HELP KEEP THE LIGHTS ON: First Quarter '03 FReepathon Now Underway .. Thread 6
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... The Free Republic first quarter '03 FReepathon is now underway!
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. And, how about this infamous day where liberty and a small child's dream was whipped away from him 
. May I present Elian Gonzalez, former resident of the United States and the only immigrant I've heard of to have come to the land of the free asking for asylum but was sent back to oppression by the Clinton/Gore/Reno gang. He now is living at the mercy of their communist dictator pal, Castro. Oh, here was another low day in democrat skullduggery, 
Algore and Lieberman capriciously trying to throw out election laws in his bid to steal the 2000 Presidential Election. Yep, the FReeRepublic was with us all the way. Finally, never, never could we have imagined the horrors, the pain, the mind chilling violence of the murdering terrorist scum's attacks on September 11, 2001 which killed 3,000 innocent citizens of our great country. 
On that horrific day we also witnessed incredible bravery and sacrifice as many courageous firemen and policemen, ordinary citizens rushed to the aid of their fellow man even knowing they would not survive the inferno. We learned of heroes on Flight 93 thwarting the terrorists hellish plan for more killing. These men and women gave us inspiration to not stand in fear. They made us proud and gave us an increased awareness of our glorious freedom and liberty. FReeRepublic was there with us. 