Posted on 02/21/2003 5:09:31 AM PST by snippy_about_it
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Dear Mr President:Even as you keep your brave demeanor and tough approach to the current World situation, we surmise that in private moments you surely agonize over the weighty decisions that soon you will be called upon to make.
Our prayers are with you, and our support as well. We know that you will do the right thing, as you see it in your heart. You are a good man.
War is ugliness incarnate, and it is always to be avoided when possible. The day it becomes an attractive option, we fear, then we are all doomed.
But, to every season we must turn. Action now may be the only way to avoid a worse scenario down the road. That decision falls to you and the Congress. It is part of the job description. You must have known that when you signed on.
We don't envy you your task, but we will support you and our fine men and women in the military, as the future unfolds. Support in every way.
Of course, you will take a lot of criticism, no matter what you do. Stand strong. Your strength is our strength. As a nation, that is the way it must be.
God and history will judge us all, eventually.
Best regards,
RG Griffing,
Editor/Publisher San Antonio Lightning NewspaperPS: Our heroes have always been cowboys.
Posted on 02/19/2003 11:45 AM EST by Dixicrat
Tuesday, February 25, from 12:20 p.m. to 12:40 p.m., the Young Conservatives of Texas at West Texas will be holding a Pro-Bush/Support Our Troops Rally. We need everyone who can converge on our campus to do so.
We have already recieved notice the two other campus groups - young liberal texans and the leftist club - are coming to our rally to play the spoiler.
Be in Canyon, TX on February 25 to show our troops how grateful you are for their courage and sacrifice!
Posted on 02/19/2003 6:31 PM EST by Xenalyte
Chris Baker just announced a Houston-area Rally for America - Saturday, March 1, at (I think) Jones Hall. More details to follow!
Posted on 02/19/2003 6:43 PM EST by UCFRoadWarrior
On Saturday, Feb 22, 2003, at 2P, there will be a Rally For America being held at Lake Eola in downtown Orlando. It is being sponosred by WFLA 540AM.
If any of you are in the Orlando area...come on down
Locations to date:March 1st, 11:00 AM
San Antonio, TX
Rivercenter Mall AmphitheaterNationally syndicated radio talk show host Glenn Beck and San Antonio radio station WOAI 1200 AM will host a Rally for America at the Rivercenter Mall Amphitheater.
Located on the gorgeous San Antonio Riverwalk near the historic Alamo, the amphitheater will host a celebration of American spirit and pride.
This event was conceived as a pro American freedom rally, to show the average Joe that he is not surrounded by the seemingly crazy people that much of our media focuses on. No, the crazies are surrounded by you, the ones in the majority in this great land, the decent God fearing hard working Americans that don't sue every time they spill hot coffee in their own laps!
The Rally for America is a group of people that are normal Americans; not media favored celebrities and money grubbing opportunist. The Rally for America is for the people that are the backbone of this country; people who despise war but understand that there are times when we have to fight a war. Both against our enemies abroad, and those within America who look upon the regular average American citizen as something less than decent and caring.
This event will feature local San Antonio KJ97’s Randy Carroll, Mix96.1’s Woody and Singer Beverly Houston + other Special Guests.
March 2nd, Noon Cleveland, OH
UPDATE, clic on Rosie pic for Cleveland update.
Rally for America Update: Trouble in Cleveland? Update, press picture below
Join Operation Infinite FReep! As the inevitable war with Iraq approaches, more and more of the America-hating leftist weasels are crawling out of the woodwork. So-called "anti-war" protests are popping up in cities all across the nation. We will not allow these communist organized and led demonstrations go unanswered. FReepers are countering these terrorist supporting leftists wherever and whenever they pop up. Form a group, grab your signs, unfurl the flag and prepare to support your country!
- Operation Infinite FReep
- Support our Troops Rallies
- Search for more Rallies and Protests
- Patriots Rally for America!
Pictures of past rallies This is weldgophardline returning from the other side.
Here is Beaversmom attending her first FReep. The little Beave is hanging on to fivetoes' sign.
Here is RandallFlagg and weldgophardline's new sign.
A shot of Trteamer and CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC
Push HERE to see tgslTakoma's DC Chapter Photos in support of freeper devildog0341-USMC
From the WSJ - Best of the Web Today - February 20, 2003 By JAMES TARANTO
'Antiwar' Is Pro-Saddam
Writing in the Jerusalem Post, Amir Taheri reports on his experience with the pro-Saddam mob this weekend:
I spent part of last Saturday with the so-called "antiwar" marchers in London in the company of some Iraqi friends. Our aim had been to persuade the organizers to let at least one Iraqi voice to be heard. Soon, however, it became clear that the organizers were as anxious to stifle the voice of the Iraqis in exile as was Saddam Hussein in Iraq.
The Iraqis had come with placards reading "Freedom for Iraq" and "American rule, a hundred thousand times better than Takriti tyranny!"
But the tough guys who supervised the march would have none of that. Only official placards, manufactured in thousands and distributed among the "spontaneous" marchers, were allowed. These read "Bush and Blair, baby-killers," "Not in my name," "Freedom for Palestine" and "Indict Bush and Sharon."
Not one placard demanded that Saddam should disarm to avoid war.
The goons also confiscated photographs showing the tragedy of Halabja, the Kurdish town where Saddam's forces gassed 5,000 people to death in 1988.
A 78-year-old Iraqi grandmother managed to reach featured speaker Jesse Jackson and asked if she could "have the microphone for one minute to tell the people about my life." Jackson's response: "Today is not about Saddam Hussein. Today is about Bush and Blair and the massacre they plan in Iraq."
Links to protest storiesProtests ignore Iraq's fascism - NY Daily News
Immorality of the Anti-War Marchers
At sea aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Feb. 17, 2003 -- An F/A-18C “Hornet”, armed with the AIM-9M Sidewinder missile, stands ready for launch. The Sidewinder missile is a short-range, heat seeking, air-intercept missile, used by 28 different nations including the United States. Kitty Hawk and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5) are in the Indian Ocean with coalition forces in that area. Kitty Hawk is the Navy’s only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier and operates out of Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Todd Frantom.
At sea aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Feb. 17, 2003 -- The guided missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG 63) approaches Kitty Hawk for an underway replenishment (UNREP) in the Arabian Gulf. The Kitty Hawk and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5) are in the Indian Ocean with coalition forces in that area. Kitty Hawk is the Navy’s only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier and operates out of Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Todd Frantom.
At sea aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Feb. 17, 2003 – The Military Sealift Command ship USNS Pecos (T-AO 197) approaches USS Kitty Hawk during an underway replenishment (UNREP). The Kitty Hawk and embarked Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5) were recently ordered to the Arabian Gulf to join coalition forces for operations in that area. Kitty Hawk is the world’s only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier and operates out of Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Todd Frantom.
At sea aboard USS Kearsarge (LHD3) Feb. 18, 2003 -- Aerographer’s Mate 3rd Class John Reed updates a status board to track the ship’s Landing Craft Air Cushions (LCACs). The LCACs from Assault Craft Unit Four (ACU-4) are transporting elements of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade (2nd MEB) to a port in Kuwait to support Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Angel Roman-Otero.
At sea aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Feb. 20, 2003 -- A Pre-Aimed Calibration (PAC) test-fire is conducted on a Close in Weapons System (CIWS) to check the gun’s bore alignment. CIWS is primarily used for air defense against missile and aircraft threats. Carl Vinson is currently conducting operations in the Pacific Ocean. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Nicole Carter.
Central Command Area of Responsibility (Feb. 18, 2003) -- Naval Special Warfare combatant-craft crewmen operate a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) (right) and Mark V Special Operations Craft (left) from a forward location. A RHIB is a high-speed, high- buoyancy, extreme-weather craft assigned the primary mission of ship-to-shore insertion/extraction of SEAL tactical elements, while the MARK V Special Operations Craft (SOC) is the newest, versatile, high performance combatant craft introduced into the Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Special Boat Squadron (SBR) inventory. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Arlo K. Abrahamson.
poor Kathy & Radu will NEVER catch up today...............
News from our very own Tarawa at post 137.
bkwells, this pic is for you. Sweet dreams.
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