USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ New Year's CHEESE Ball! ~ December 31, 2002

American Preservative and FRiends of the Canteen | Wednesday, December 31, 2002 | American Preservative and FRiends of the Canteen

[American Preservative]

The hour is near
Time to face a New Year
A toast to good health, family, and FRiends dear
A wish for safety, prosperity, laughter, and love
And, many, many thanks! to those serving our Country
and, to the One above.

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OK, was that mushy? Was it cheesy? Yes! Heartfelt, too.....

And, speaking of "CHEESE" (after all....this is Free Republic : ))

You are cordially invited to the Canteen's
New Year's
: )

So guys and dollz it's time to boogie!

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HAPPY 2003!

Come on and party!

Please pick up your new CHEESY name tag for the ball HERE

(To "find" your new cheesy name, use the first letter of your first name for your first cheesy name. Use the first letter of your last name for the first part of your last cheesy name, or, your middle cheesy name, and, use the last letter of your last name for your cheesy last name. [Thanks LindaSOG. I tweaked the formula. : )]
For example: The name Hillary Clinton becomes Hereford Hop Curd Nokkelost.)

Hey, if that's too much, just pick a few cheese names and have fun! : )

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So, everyone LET'S CHEESE ROLL! LET'S CHEESE DIP! AND, LET'S HAVE A CHEESE BALL! : )

[Soaring Feather]

Happy New Year to you!

Acron Harbourne Blue
bentfeather

[Soaring Feather]

To the GUYZS on the USS CONSTELLATION

If I Could...

If I could catch a rainbow
I would do it just for you
And share with you its beauty
On the days you're feeling blue.

If I could build a mountain
You could call your very own
A place to find serenity
A place to be alone.

If I could take your troubles
I would toss them in the sea
But all these things I'm finding
Are impossible for me.

I cannot build a mountain
Or catch a rainbow fair
But let me be what I know best:
A friend that's always there.

Author Unknown

[American Preservative]

benteather

Quicth, 'pith outh tat f..f..f..FEATHER! Good kitty! : )

[Libertina]

Liptauer Braudostur Swaledale
YUM! How delicious is that! LOL
Happy New Year 2003!

[Soaring Feather]

Acorn Harbourne Blue

featherlite and free!

pith outh tat f..f..f..FEATHER!

heeheeheehee

[radu]

HAPPY NEW YEAR'S EVERYONE!

A HAPPY AND SAFE NEW YEAR to our troops and allies scattered around the globe! Thank You! to all our service men and women, past and present, and to our allies for keeping our country The Land of the Free.

I brung along some cheese balls 'n' things for the CHEESE Ball. giggle!

~Danablu Selva String Zamborano~

[Pippin]

Hi, Radu!

That looks yummy!

Cheese!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Constellation Sailors battle it out in the hangar bay's joust game. "Connie's" Morale, Welfare and Recreation Department provided a few games of this nature for the crew to have some fun on the Christmas Eve "no-fly" day. (Photo by PH3 (AW/SW) Jamar Perry)

A Constellation Sailor takes a seat on Santa's lap in the hangar bay and gets a brand new hat. Kris Kringle made his rounds on the ship, towing oridance on the flight deck and shaking hands with Sailors and Marines throughout. "Connie's" Santa even made the front page of the Christmas edition of the New York Post. (Photo by PH3 Prince Hughes)

[American Preservative]

Hey everybody look at these - : )

TIMEANDDATE.COM

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TIMEANDDATE.COM COUNTDOWN CLOCK

[radu]

Howdy Pippin.

Gots ta have lotsa cheese at the Cheese Ball. hehehe!

Happy New Year to you!

~Danablu Selva String Lamorano~

[southerngrit]

Love the pics from the Constellation. There are 3 guys aboard who are from the Lake Charles area. They got in touch with me after I used that link Tonk posted yesterday. Hey, guys - if you're lurking, thank you for your service to our country.

[radu]

Hi Kathy!

You've found some cool pics of the Consellation Sailors having a little fun on Christmas Eve. The jousting looks like a lot of FUN! YEEEEHAAA!!! I could get into that game!

[Pippin]

Hmmm, I'm gonna have to find my cheesey handle.

[radu]

The links for the Time and Date Countdown are great, AP!! Thanx for posting them.

[radu]

Most definitely, the cheesey handle is a must. It's fun putting it together. hehehe!

[Pippin]

I found it!

Maribo Shelburne Chedder Niolo

[Dubya]

Dec. 31, 2002

Kissinger, Ivins and Indochina
Star-Telegram

Molly Ivins' Dec, 12 column, "Adding insult to injury," was the most outrageous yet. For her, any truth that isn't leftist is a lie.

Ivins recently appeared on A&E's Biography of the Year program, which honored President Bush. She said of the president, "There isn't much there." Coming from her, it was a compliment because it means that he isn't a communist.

Now she has called Henry Kissinger a war criminal. She added a dose of nonsense by tarring all Christians with Nazism. To Ivins I say: Adolf Hitler wasn't a Christian. To lump everything but the kitchen sink into a condemnation of Christianity is ludicrous.

Had we shut down North Vietnam, we wouldn't have this revisionist history that is going on. People like Jane Fonda's ex-husband, Tom Hayden, led protests against the war, and if ever there was a leftist, he was one. I'm sure that Ivins was or would have been in the same loony groups that protested the war, mostly to cover their own skins.

It's typical of a leftist to blame America and anyone else, but not the communists. The Khmer Rouge was a bloody communist organization, and to say that it was Kissinger's fault that it reaped a bloodbath in Cambodia/Laos is a typical communist lie.

Ivins is all over the map, and somebody should hold her accountable. No wonder history is distorted by the likes of her.

Thank heavens that George W. Bush rather than Ivins' buddy Ann Richards won the 1994 Texas gubernatorial race. "Not Much There" Bush hasn't lost since.

Isn't it time for Ivins to retire? Her credibility is worse than the description she tried to hang on Kissinger.

Alan D. Shaffer, Mansfield

[Soaring Feather]

Hey radu!
How are you???
Happy New Year to you, Mr. radu and cats!!

Acorn Harbourne Blue
a/k/abenteather
featherlite and free

Barney says: "hi radu, I am coming to visit you and the cats!! whooooooo hoooooooo"

[MoJo2001]

I'm getting ready to post the music!! So?? I hope everyone enjoys it!! There's a real variety for the New Year Blast! Remember that not all music is for everyone. So? If you aren't sure, DON'T CLICK!

Thank you to American Preservative for the wonderful time we've all had and will have tonight!! Woohoo!!

[Dubya]

Once again, the shrill voice of the far, far left is projected by columnist Molly Ivins.

As a Navy pilot, I sat on an aircraft carrier in the Tonkin Gulf, not allowed to fly because one of Ivins' heroes, Jane Fonda, was cruising around North Vietnam, betraying the POWs who put their faith in her to pass notification home to their loved ones that they were still alive.

Ivins' tirade against Henry Kissinger was another left-wing smoke screen, a la James Carville. You all know how that works. Say something loudly and long enough, and it magically becomes fact.

The left-wing Democrats don't want you to remember that Vietnam was the Democrats' war. First John F. Kennedy, then Lyndon B. Johnson.

Johnson and his fellow war criminal, Robert McNamara, were the ones who failed to rescue a dear friend of mine from the South China Sea after he was shot down by the Red Chinese in international waters while on an unarmed ferry flight.

The reason? Because it was too "politically sensitive."

Those two men, thousands of miles away, left Lt. Joe Dunn to die in the water at the hands of the Chinese. This Texas boy will wear Joe's bracelet until the day I die because that Boston Irishman was one of the finest men I ever knew.

All the wasted lives in Vietnam because of the cowardice of those two men is swept under the carpet of history in the "war we lost." In truth, it was the war we were not allowed to win.

Ivins' attempt to blame Kissinger for the deaths of all those Asians who fell to the communists under "the domino theory" was pathetic.

If Kissinger is guilty, I would have no problem in giving him up if he is properly charged. I do object to communist kangaroo courts that would love to murder those who have successfully opposed them.

It's time to fish or cut bait, Molly. If you can prove something, have at it. If you are just desperate to find something to feed your socialist readers, then stand by for people to call you out.

Quoting books by left-wing writers as fact won't get you anywhere in today's world. The public is getting smarter. They demand responsible reporting, not left-wing dogma.

James Wellman, Granbury