USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ SUPPORT THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF UPDATE ~ February 18 2003

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[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

SUPPORT THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF UPDATE
EMERGENCY PETITION DELIVERY IN 8 DAYS!
HELP US RALLY AN ADDITIONAL 40,000 CITIZENS WHO SUPPORT OUR PRESIDENT.

In Hollywood, activists Martin Sheen, and Rob Reiner, were among 30,000 chanting marchers who filled
Hollywood Boulevard in protest of the President and his actions.
In all, more than 350 cities throughout the world played host to throngs of peaceniks
who waved banners and chanted anti-war slogans.

NOW IT'S OUR TURN!
In response to the growing peacenik movement, Grassfire.net is making an
EMERGENCY PETITION DELIVERY to our leaders in Washington in just 8 days!
Over the last number of weeks support for our President has literally gone through the roof!
Perhaps it was due to our expanding media campaign.
Perhaps it was sparked by our "Support The Troops" yard signs.
Or maybe people are hearing about our effort on national radio broadcasts...

WHATEVER THE REASON, NOW IS THE TIME FOR ACTION!
Next week we will be delivering YOUR petition to a number of our key legislative leaders
as a show of support for their actions.
8 DAYS TO HELP US MAKE A STATEMENT.
Over the next week and a half, we are calling on ALL who have signed our "I Support The President" petition to burn up the Internet lines in an effort to spark even more support for our initiative!
Just weeks ago, we thought 100,000 was a solid goal, but our supporters said otherwise, rocketing us to 138,759!
Can we rally an additional 40,000 citizens in the next 9 days?
We think we can, and are calling on you to make help make it happen!

I signed the national "I SUPPORT THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF" petition to support our President's actions in the war against terror and want you do the same. Click below to stand with our Commander In Chief:

CLICK HERE TO SIGN PETITION

Jane Fonda, Oliver Stone, West Wing's Martin Sheen, Gloria Steinem, Rev. Al Sharpton and others have taken part in a national effort to "Resist the war and repression that has been loosed on the world by the Bush Administration. It is unjust, immoral and illegitimate."

The organization is calling itself NION (Not In Our Name), and already more than 200,000 have joined the celebrity elite in this brutal attempt to undermine our President's policies.

Using the Internet, and major media outlets, they are openly and viciously attacking President Bush by stating that their goal is to "resist the policies and overall political direction that have emerged since September 11, 2001."

As Americans who love our God, and country, this is outrageous!

* * * * A CALL TO ACTION! * * * *

We are tired of the celebrity elite stealing away our voice on key issues that affect our nation by proclaiming:

NOW IT'S TIME FOR THE LIBERTY-LOVING CITIZENS OF OUR GREAT NATION TO RISE UP AND SUPPORT OUR PRESIDENT IN THE FACE OF THESE DAMAGING ASSAULTS BY CLICKING BELOW:

CLICK HERE TO SIGN PETITION

Through this national effort, Grassfire.net wants to deliver more than 100,000 signed petitions as quickly as possible to the White House, key leaders in Congress, and to the NION advisory board.

Here's how YOU can help ...

* * * ACTION ITEM #1 --SIGN THE PETITION

We are calling on every American to sign our national "I SUPPORT THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF" petition.

Click below to sign:

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And after signing, we are asking you to forward this message to 20-30 of your freedom-loving friends--urging them to stand with the President and against the liberal-minded message of Jane Fonda, Oliver Stone and others by signing the petition as well!

Thank you for lending your voice in the growing chorus of support for our Commander In Chief!

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P.S. Just one year ago, political leaders from both sides of the aisle as well as the Hollywood elite rallied behind our President. Now, just one year later, the radical left is undermining the President while our servicemen and women are defending our way of life!

To counter NION's efforts, we are asking you to help us double, even triple their efforts as soon as possible. Please join the thousands of others who are urging Congress to support the Commander In Chief, today!

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[fatima]

Thanks for the fire 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub,Jim called tonight from the ship,the men and the gals are glad to hear about the support they are are getting from the US,Jim says it is uppsetting to see people not supporting them but they feel that they are protecting the freedmon to protest,not that they agree.I read his emails and hear him call and watch him grow up and I am proud of him and all.He wants to know as soon as we know an email address for my grandaughter Karen,he vowed again to protect her,she is in the army.He wants to come and visit us on leave.I said yes.He does not know when he will get leave-still misses the snow from chicago,we sent him pics from here in Pa.

[tomkow6]

[fatima]

upsetting to see people not supporting them but they feel that they are protecting the freedom to protest-sorry for not spell checking

[LaDivaLoca]

Please tell Jim that there are a lot of us back home that are supporting all our men and women in our Military. We also show our support in different many ways as you may have gathered from all the threads not only here at the Canteen but all over FR. There are also a lot of non-FR people who support them. Please thank him in our behalf for his service to our country. God bless you, Jim and your family.

[Dubya]

One evening after work a man drove his secretary home after
she was unable to start her car. Not desiring to concern
his wife, he decided not to mention it to her.

Later that night the man and his wife were driving out to
eat when the man spotted a high-heeled shoe hidden under
the passenger seat.

Pointing to something out the passenger window to distract
his wife, he picked up the shoe and tossed it out of his
window.

They arrived at the restaurant a short time later and were
about to get out of the car when his wife asked, "Honey,
have you seen my other shoe?"

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Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly,
comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient
toward all men. See that none render evil for evil unto any
man; but ever follow that which is good, both among
yourselves, and to all men.

Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give
thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus
concerning you. Quench not the Spirit. Despise not
prophesyings. Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

Abstain from all appearance of evil. And the very God of
peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit
and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of
our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is he that calleth you, who
also will do it. -I Thessalonians 5:14

[snippy_about_it]

[Dubya]

*An Irish Friendship Blessing*

May there always be work for your hands to do;
May your purse always hold a coin or two;
May the sun always shine on your windowpane;
May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain;
May the hand of a friend always be near you;
May God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.

[Dubya]

*Ten Step Guide To Being Handy Around The House*

1. If you can't find a screwdriver, use a knife. If you break off the tip,
it's an improved screwdriver.

2. Try to work alone. An audience is rarely any help.

3. Above all, if what you've done is stupid, but it works, then it isn't
stupid.

4. Work in the kitchen whenever you can ... many fine tools are there, its
warm and dry, and you are close to the refrigerator.

5. If it's electronic, get a new one ... or consult a twelve-year- old.

6. Stay simple minded: Get a new battery; replace the bulb or fuse; see if
the tank is empty; try turning the switch "on" ; or just paintover it.

7. Always take credit for miracles. If you dropped the alarm clock while
taking it apart and it suddenly starts working, you have healed it.

8. Regardless of what people say, kicking, pounding, and throwing sometimes
DOES help.

9. If something looks level, it is level.

10. If at first you don't succeed, redefine success.

[Radix]

I thought that you were just enjoying the show.

[LaDivaLoca]

LOL! Good ones, Dubya.

God bless you all.

[Dubya]

COWBOY IN CHURCH

One Sunday morning the congregation of a ritzy church (with vaulted
ceilings, hand carved oak pews, stained glass windows and deep plush
carpet) had a stir.

A man came in just minutes before the service was to begin and he was
dressed horribly. He had on boots, overalls, a flannel shirt, and a
cowboy hat.

The congregation was aghast! Many quickly sent notes to the minister
about this concern. At the end of the service the minister greeted the
humbly dressed man and asked him if he enjoyed the service.

The man exclaimed that he enjoyed it very much. The minister asked the
man to consider possibly dressing differently, and told him to pray to
Jesus about how he would have him dress if he should return again.

The next week the man returned. He was dressed the same and once again
the
congregation was disturbed. At the end of the service the minister
greeted
the man again and asked him what he had been told by Jesus concerning how
to dress for church.

The man exclaimed, "I spoke with Jesus about this but Jesus said he
didn't know how I should dress for this church because He has never
been here."

-- Author Unknown

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Sweet Dreams
God Bless You

[Dubya]

America: Repent or Perish! - by Hal Lindsey
Here are some historical facts about the founding of the United States that were passed on to me – so I pass them on to you. Did you know that 52 of the 55 signers of the Declaration of Independence were orthodox, deeply committed Christians? The other three all believed in the Bible as the divine truth, the God of Scripture, and His personal intervention.

It is the same Congress that formed the American Bible Society. Immediately after creating the Declaration of Independence, the Continental Congress voted to purchase and import 20,000 copies of Scripture for the people of this nation.

Patrick Henry, who is called the firebrand of the American Revolution, is still remembered for his words, “Give me liberty or give me death.” But in current textbooks the context of these words is deleted.

Here is what he said: “An appeal to arms and the God of hosts is all that is left us. But we shall not fight our battle alone. There is a just God that presides over the destinies of nations. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone. Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it almighty God. I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death.”

These sentences have been erased from our textbooks. Was Patrick Henry a Christian? The following year, 1776, he wrote this: “It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great Nation was founded not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religious, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. For that reason alone, people of other faiths have been afforded freedom of worship here.”

Consider these words that Thomas Jefferson wrote on the front of his well-worn Bible: “I am a real Christian, that is to say, a disciple of the doctrines of Jesus. I have little doubt that our whole country will soon be rallied to the unity of our Creator and, I hope, to the pure doctrine of Jesus also.”

Consider these words from George Washington, the Father of our Nation, in his farewell speech on September 19, 1796: “It is impossible to govern the world without God and the Bible. Of all the dispositions and habits that lead to political prosperity, our religion and morality are the indispensable supporters. Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that our national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.”

Was George Washington a Christian? Consider these words from his personal prayer book: “Oh, eternal and everlasting God, direct my thoughts, words and work. Wash away my sins in the immaculate blood of the Lamb and purge my heart by thy Holy Spirit. Daily, frame me more and more in the likeness of thy son, Jesus Christ, that living in thy fear, and dying in thy favor, I may in thy appointed time obtain the resurrection of the justified unto eternal life. Bless, O Lord, the whole race of mankind and let the world be filled with the knowledge of thee and thy son, Jesus Christ.”

Consider these words by John Adams, our second president, who also served as chairman of the American Bible Society. In an address to military leaders he said, “We have no government armed with the power capable of contending with human passions, unbridled by morality and true religion. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”

How about our first Supreme Court Justice, John Jay? He stated that when we select our national leaders, if we are to preserve our Nation, we must select Christians. “Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and it is the duty as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian Nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers.”

John Quincy Adams, son of John Adams, was the sixth U.S. President. He was also the chairman of the American Bible Society, which he considered his highest and most important role.

On July 4, 1821, President Adams said, “The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity.”

Calvin Coolidge, our 30th President of the United States reaffirmed this truth when he wrote, “The foundations of our society and our government rest so much on the teachings of the Bible that it would be difficult to support them if faith in these teachings would cease to be practically universal in our country.”

In 1782, the United States Congress voted this resolution: “The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.”

William Holmes McGuffey is the author of the McGuffey Reader, which was used for over 100 years in our public schools with over 125 million copies sold until it was stopped in 1963.

President Lincoln called him the “Schoolmaster of the Nation.” Listen to these words of Mr. McGuffey:

“The Christian religion is the religion of our country. From it are derived our notions on the character of God, on the great moral Governor of the universe. On its doctrines are founded the peculiarities of our free institutions. From no source has the author drawn more conspicuously than from the sacred Scriptures. From all these extracts from the Bible I make no apology.”

Of the first 108 universities founded in America, 106 were distinctly Christian, including the first, Harvard University, chartered in 1636. In the original Harvard Student Handbook, rule number 1 was that students seeking entrance must know Latin and Greek so that they could study the Scriptures: “Let every student be plainly instructed and earnestly pressed to consider well, the main end of his life and studies is, to know God and Jesus Christ, which is eternal life, (John 17:3); and therefore to lay Jesus Christ as the only foundation of all sound knowledge and learning. And seeing the Lord only giveth wisdom, let every one seriously set himself by prayer in secret to seek it of him (Proverbs 2:3).”

For over 100 years, more than 50% of all Harvard graduates were pastors!

It is clear from history that the Bible and the Christian faith were foundational to our educational and judicial system.

However, in 1947, there was a radical change of direction from the Supreme Court. It required ignoring every precedent of Supreme Court ruling for the past 160 years.

The Supreme Court ruled in a limited way to affirm a wall of separation between church and State in the public classroom. In the coming years, this led to removing prayer from public schools in 1962. Here is the prayer that was banished: "Almighty God, we acknowledge our dependence on Thee. We beg Thy blessings upon us and our parents and our teachers and our country. Amen."

In 1963, the Supreme Court ruled that Bible reading was outlawed as unconstitutional in the public school system. The court offered this justification: “If portions of the New Testament were read without explanation, they could and have been psychologically harmful to children.”

Bible reading was now unconstitutional, though the Bible was quoted 94 percent of the time by those who wrote our Constitution and shaped our Nation and its system of education and justice and government.

In 1965, the Courts denied as unconstitutional the right of a student in the public school cafeteria to bow his head and pray audibly for his food.

In 1980, Stone vs. Graham outlawed the Ten Commandments in our public schools. The Supreme Court said this: “If the posted copies of the Ten Commandments were to have any effect at all, it would be to induce school children to read them. And if they read them, meditated upon them, and perhaps venerated and obeyed them, this is not a permissible objective.”

Is it not a permissible objective to allow our children to follow the moral principles of the Ten Commandments?

James Madison, the primary author of the Constitution of the United States, said this: “We have staked the whole future of our new nation, not upon the power of government; far from it. We have staked the future of all our political constitutions upon the capacity of each of ourselves to govern ourselves according to the moral principles of the Ten Commandments.”

Today, we are asking God to bless America. But, how can He bless a Nation that has departed so far from Him? Prior to September 11, He was not welcome in America. Most of what you read in this article has been erased from our textbooks.

Revisionists have rewritten history to remove the truth about our country's Christian roots.

America truly stands at the crossroads of its existence. I believe that unless Christians get involved in demanding the original beliefs of this country are restored to our laws, there is no hope for us. God has given us a brief moment of grace by giving us a born-again President. But the day of grace is not going to last for long.

[Dubya]

Good nite. see you tomorrow.

[snippy_about_it]

If you need me, I'm home this week and can help out. Mojo, beth and I were discussing pushing a writing campaign for Camp Doha, Kuwait because of the story about them being upset seeing all the protests. Let me know what day or days you could use a break.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Conquering the Manhattan-horn: Rockefeller Center visitors scale a huge mound of snow in front of New York's Radio City Music Hall after the the worst blizzard in seven years.

[Soaring Feather]

Kathy, are you crying yet??

Do you still want snow???

[Radix]

More like "descendo dis is us" = we are hitting rock bottom here!