Posted on 10/31/2002 11:08:53 PM PST by Snow Bunny
Huzzah! Huzzah!! Huzzah!!!
FReegards to all my fellow Canteeners...MUD
BTW...I still don't like his Education Plan and the Farm Bill was waaaay overboard, but he's still purty kewl.
We'll enlighten all we meet...
For our children, we shall FReep...
Truth and Morals that we worship shall live on!!
'Tis Clinton who spurs us on...
Lib'ral Judgement is all Wrong...
Media LIES, but the Sheeple shall catch on!!
We'll re-enforce Nation's Ol' Constitution...
Devolve Power...The Great Devolution...
Laugh and sing and take Slick Willie down!!
Listen to what Limbaugh's sayin'...
Gotta do more than pray!!
Folks, we'll rise to our feet and sing...
"We shan't git fooled again!!!"...No NO!!
We'll raise our voice for our Country with pride...
Ain't gonna listen to Left's Medyuh Jive!!
We'll wake all the Sheeple and smite all Left's spies!!
Folks, you know that RATS' Chi-Com spies always lie...Don'tcha?!!
(Kewl synthesizer/guitar combo...maybe a li'l MUD on harp)
YEEEEEEE-HAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
FReepers, hit the streets...educate everyone you meet...
Lib'rals' "programs" we'll erase...MUD don't lie!!
And the SLAUGHTER of the Left...means momentum for what's Right...
Sheeples' fears shall melt away before our sight!!
Right'll re-enforce our Ol' Constitution...
Reject Hitlery's Socialist solutions!!
Smile and grin at the change all around...)8^D!!
Pick up my ol' harp and sing...ain't like yesterday...
Folks, we'll take to streets and scream...
FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDOM!!!!!!!!!!
Meet the new boss...his name is George Bush!!
Mudboy Slim
1 Posted on 10/13/2000 01:23:41 PDT by Mudboy Slim (The Clinton Legacy SHALL BE the Destruction of the Democratic Party!!)
But President Bush is a man of honor, integrity, decency, and faith who loves his Lord, his country, and his family. He has a sense of humility and of history and decorum that are just a breath of fresh air after .... well, you know ..... (I refuse to bring up that name on this thread). He respects the military and supports them wholeheartedly. He has character and we have certainly found out that character truly counts.
Welcome to the Bushbot Club ...... *grins*
LOL...good point.
"President Bush is a man of honor, integrity, decency, and faith who loves his Lord, his country, and his family. He has a sense of humility and of history and decorum that are just a breath of fresh air after .... well, you know ..... (I refuse to bring up that name on this thread). He respects the military and supports them wholeheartedly. He has character and we have certainly found out that character truly counts."
Couldn't agree more, my FRiend.
"Welcome to the Bushbot Club"
I'll accept an Honorary Membership only at this time...I reserve the right to call him a Milquetoast Moderate if at some point in the future he buckles to the Leftist pressure for a Tzx Increase, but I reckon that ain't in the cards, anyway.
FReegards...MUD
BTW...I realize many of the Bushbot Women think Dubyuh's handsome and all that, but I wanna go on record as saying I don't find him the least bit attractive--not that there's anything wrong with that...LOL--I just think Dubyuh's a dude's dude!!
You too, my FRiend...MUD
You can send an e-mail to the President at: president@whitehouse.gov
President Bush, PLEASE bring Ted home to his family. It's nearly Veteran's Day. Ted is not only a husband, a father of three young children, a son, a brother, a professional neonatal nurse, he is also a Special Forces veteran.
It has been nearly 3 years since Monaco has held Ted! Please President Bush, please let Ted be home with his family for THIS Thanksgiving.
Ted protected America's freedom as a Green Beret. It's time Ted regained his freedom. Thank you.
021025-N-8629M-001 At sea aboard USS Milius (DDG 69) Oct. 25, 2002 -- With the flight deck crew standing by, an SH-3 “Sea King” from Helicopter Support Squadron Three (HC-3) prepares to land aboard the guided missile destoryer. Milius is part of the USS Constellation (CV 64) Battle Group, which is conducting operations in support of a Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFEX) prior to its regularly scheduled deployment. U.S. Navy photo.
021027-N-0923G-002 At sea aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Oct. 27, 2002 -- Sailors stand in line to enjoy steaks during a “steel beach picnic” held on the ship’s flight deck. The steaks were donated by Thomas Anton and other distinguished visitors who recently toured the Navy's newest aircraft carrier. Truman is participating in a Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFEX) preparing for it’s upcoming scheduled six-month deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate Airman Dustin Gates.
021027-N-4953E-003 At sea aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Oct. 27, 2002 -- Dental Technician First Class Kimberley Davis, from Coon Rapids, Iowa, enjoys a steak served by the ship’s Commanding Officer, Captain Michael R. Groothousen. Sailors enjoyed steaks donated by Thomas Anton and other distinguished visitors who recently toured the Navy's newest aircraft carrier. Truman is participating in a Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFEX) preparing for it’s upcoming scheduled six-month deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Third Class Danny Ewing, Jr.
021028-N-0174W-505 Sicily (Oct. 28, 2002) -- On the evening after the initial eruption of Mt. Etna on the Italian island of Sicily, U.S. Navy photographer Richard W. Williams captures this image of a river of lava flowing down the side of the volcano. Dark clouds of pyroclastic ash from the eruption stretched as far as Africa this week and were visible from space during continued volcanic activity. Experts indicate the earthquakes felt subsequent to the initial eruption were not necessarily related to Etna's rumblings and were optimistic that the lava flows would soon be brought under control. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Richard W. Williams.
Today's classic warship, USS Dale
Dale class sloop of war
Displacement. 566 t.
Lenght. 117'
Beam. 32'
Draft. 15'8"
Speed. 13 k.
Complement. 150
Armament. 14 x 32-pdr., 2 x 12-pdr.
The first Dale , a sloop-of-war, was launched 8 November 1839 by Philadelphia Navy Yard, and commissioned 11 December 1839, Commander J. Gwinn in command. She was taken to Norfolk Navy Yard to be readied for sea.
Dale 's first cruise, on which she sailed from Norfolk 13 December 1840, took her around Cape Horn to the Pacific Station. Based at Valparaiso, Chile, she patrolled the eastern waters of the vast ocean to protect American commerce and the whaling industry. Upon her return to the east coast in October 1843, she went into ordinary at New York until early in 1846, when she was refitted for a second cruise in the Pacific.
Sailing from New York 6 June 1846, Dale arrived at Valparaiso 8 September, and cruised the coast of South America until ordered north for duty in the Mexican War. The sloop arrived off Monterey, Mexico, in January 1847, and through the remaining year of the war, cruised the coasts of Mexico and California. Not only did she capture several Mexican privateers and merchantmen, but landing parties she sent ashore raised the Ameriean flag over the towns of Guaymas and Muelje. Following the ending of the war in February 1848, Dale continued to patrol until the summer of 1849, when she sailed for the east coast, arriving at New York 22 August 1849.
In ordinary at New York between August 1849 and August 1850, Dale made three extended cruises along the African coast to suppress the slave trade until going out of commission in May 1859. She was recommissioned 30 June 1861 at Portsmouth, N.H., and sailed to join the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, capturing two schooners on her passage to Port Royal, S.C.. Here she served as store and guard ship until sailing north for repairs 30 September 1862.
Dale arrived at Key West 10 December 1862 for duty as ordnance store ship until 3 July 1865. She was decommissioned at Philadelphia 20 July 1865, and was in ordinary at Norfolk until recommissioned 29 May 1867. She served as training ship at the Naval Academy until 1884, then as receiving ship at Washington Navy Yard until 1894. Transferred to the Maryland Naval Militia in 1895, she was renamed Oriole 30 November 1904, and transferred to the Coast Guard at Baltimore 23 July 1906. She was finally sold in December 1921.
USS Dale was named in honor of Commodore Richard Dale (1756-1826), who served in the Continental Navy during the Revolutionary War and in the United States Navy in the late 1790s and early 1800s.
Upon hearing of the Pearl Harbor attack, while a student at Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., George Bush decided he wanted to join the Navy to become an aviator. Six months later, after graduation, he enlisted in the Navy on his 18th birthday and began preflight training at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After completing the 10-month course, he was commissioned as an ensign in the U.S. Naval Reserve on 9 June 1943, several days before his 19th birthday; making him the youngest naval aviator then.
After finishing flight training, he was assigned to Torpedo Squadron (VT-51) as photographic officer in September 1943. As part of Air Group 51, his squadron was based on USS San Jacinto in the spring of 1944. San Jacinto was part of Task Force 58 that participated in operations against Marcus and Wake Islands in May, and then in the Marianas during June. On 19 June, the task force triumphed in one of the largest air battles of the war. During the return of his aircraft from the mission, Ensign Bush's aircraft made a forced water landing. The destroyer, USS Clarence K. Bronson, rescued the crew, but the plane was lost. On 25 July, Ensign Bush and another pilot received credit for sinking a small cargo ship.
After Bush was promoted to Lieutenant Junior Grade on 1 August, San Jacinto commenced operations against the Japanese in the Bonin Islands. On 2 September 1944, Bush piloted one of four aircraft from VT-51 that attacked the Japanese installations on Chi Chi Jima. For this mission his crew included Radioman Second Class John Delaney, and Lieutenant Junior Grade William White, USNR, who substituted for Bush's regular gunner. During their attack, four TBM Avengers from VT-51 encountered intense antiaircraft fire. While starting the attack, Bush's aircraft was hit and his engine caught on fire. He completed his attack and released the bombs over his target scoring several damaging hits. With his engine on fire, Bush flew several miles from the island, where he and one other crew member on the TBM Avenger bailed out of the aircraft. However, the other man's chute did not open and he fell to his death. It was never determined which man bailed out with Bush. Both Delaney and White were killed in action. While Bush anxiously waited four hours in his inflated raft, several fighters circled protectively overhead until he was rescued by the lifeguard submarine, USS Finback. For this action, Bush received the Distinguished Flying Cross. During the month he remained on Finback, Bush participated in the rescue of other pilots.
Subsequently, Bush returned to San Jacinto in November 1944 and participated in operations in the Philippines. When San Jacinto returned to Guam, the squadron, which had suffered 50 percent casualties of its pilots, was replaced and sent to the United States. Throughout 1944, he had flown 58 combat missions for which he received the Distinguished Flying Cross, three Air Medals, and the Presidential Unit Citation awarded San Jacinto.
Because of his valuable combat experience, Bush was reassigned to Norfolk and put in a training wing for new torpedo pilots. Later, he was assigned as a naval aviator in a new torpedo squadron, VT-153. With the surrender of Japan, he was honorably discharged in September 1945 and then entered Yale University
PERSONAL DECORATIONS
Distinguished Flying Cross.
Air Medal with two gold stars in lieu of subsequent awards
Presidential Unit Citation awarded USS San Jacinto (CVL-30)
Marines from Marine Squardron VMFA-323 do hand-to-hand combat training in the hangar bay of the USS Constellation, Monday, Oct. 28, 2002, during training exercises in the waters off Southern California. The USS Constellation and its battle group will leave San Diego later this week for a six-month Persian Gulf deployment. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)
The aircraft carrier Constellation with 72 warplanes aboard will head for the Gulf on November 2, 2002, the latest piece in a quiet U.S. buildup off Iraq, Navy officials said on October 18. The 88,000-ton Constellation, seem in this undated file photo, will be the third U.S. carrier in the region. It was sticking to a schedule worked out at least nine months ago, and not being accelerated due to the Iraqi crisis officials said. (U.S. Navy (news - web sites)/Reuters)
Navy Capt. John Miller directs operations from the bridge of the USS Constellation during training exercises in the waters off of Southern California Monday, Oct. 28, 2002 . The USS Constellation and its battle group will leave San Diego later this week for a six-month Persian Gulf deployment. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)
Flight deck crew on the USS Constellation prepare two F/A-18 Hornets for launch as a smoke trail for from another plane is left on the deck Monday, Oct. 28, 2002, during training exercises in the waters off of Southern California. The USS Constellation and its battle group will leave San Diego later this week for a six-month Persian Gulf deployment. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)
The flight deck crew prepares for a launch as planes line up during flight operations on the USS Constellation Monday, Oct. 28, 2002, during training exercises in the waters off of Southern California. The USS Constellation and its battle group will leave San Diego later this week for a six-month Persian Gulf deployment. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)
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