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A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....03-24-03...Hall of Fame #3
Billie

Posted on 03/24/2003 6:55:33 AM PST by Billie




A Few of FR's Finest.....
......Every Day

FR is a Treasure Trove of talented, compassionate, patriotic, wonderful people who gather every day to discuss the latest news and issues; salute and support our military and our leaders;  tell a few jokes;  learn a new word;  write poetry;  pray for those in need;  and congratulate those who are deserving. Thank you, Jim Robinson, for giving us the vehicle in which we can express ourselves.

Free Republic made its debut in September, 1996, and the forum was added in early 1997.   I can remember lurking when there were only a few regulars who posted, and now there are over 60,000 who have registered for posting privileges. The forum is read daily by tens of thousands of concerned citizens and patriots from all around the country and the world.






A Few of FR's Finest November 11, 2001

So many people have written me since my original Veteran's Day Tribute, asking how they, or a loved one, could be included in that tribute. Since I can no longer add the photos to the body of the thread, I've been including them in additional posts as I received enough to make another collage.

Still that doesn't seem to be enough. I think there's never been a better nor more appropriate time to keep the faces of our own Veterans and Active Military in front of FReepers--every day! That's why I wanted to do yet another Daily Thread .....ABOUT FReepers .....and FOR FReepers. But not only about our Military FReepers; for all FReepers! Wouldn't it be nice to get to know a few of the other FReepers as well? That's why, in addition to seeing FR's Finest Military Personnel every day, I thought it might be fun to feature a different FReeper (or FReepers) each day. If you would like to be pictured, or know someone who would, please FReepmail me and we'll turn the spotlight - on YOU - for the day!

And do let me know if you'd like your picture added to the groups of Veterans/Active Military below. I will keep this page updated, and continue to add them to the comment section of the original Veteran's Day thread as well.

TOP: Logos, SwedeGirl's hubby, Neil E Wright, FallGuy, 1John, Sneakypete
MIDDLE:  T'wit, COB1, LadyX, Dick Bachert, 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub
BOTTOM:  YankeeinSC, Delta21, JoeSixPack1



TOP:  Bosniajmc, AFVetGal, Archy, A Navy Vet
MIDDLE:  4TheFlag, Aeronaut, 68Grunt, Xinga
BOTTOM:  Codger, AAABest, Clinton's A Liar, Duke809, dcwusmc



TOP:  mc5cents, Norb2569, LBGA's son, VanJenerette
MIDDLE:  Jim Robinson, KJenerette, davidosborne, KG9Kid
BOTTOM:  gwmoore, Equality7-2521, SAMWolf



TOP:  porgygirl, Phil V., MudPuppy, NorCoGOP
MIDDLE:  RaceBannon, OneidaM, rdb3, jwTexian
BOTTOM:  USMC Vet, TheMayor, Vineyard, rhododogma



We now have eleven groups of veterans/active military; we will post each group of three or four twice a week, with thumbnail/links of the remaining seven or eight groups on each thread. Click on any of the thumbnails below to see the group full-size.

         

GROUP 5A: TOP:  spectr17, RightOnline, SERE_Doc, Tet68. MIDDLE:  FutureSnakeEater, RightOnline's wife, CIApilot, Clamper1797. BOTTOM:  usmcobra, onedoug, DiverDave, Joe6-pack.
GROUP 6A: TOP:  g'nad, AgThorn's son Justin, SLB, AgThorn's son Brett. MIDDLE:  fish70, razorback-bert, CheneyChick, Leroy S Mort, Mark17. BOTTOM:  Terry's Take, Taxman, DinkyDau.
GROUP 7A: TOP:  ValerieUSA's son Grant, SK1Thurman, kd5cts, RangerVetNam, dansangel and .45man's son-in-law Tony.BOTTOM:  rangerX, Old China Hand, Trish, Howlin's dad, Mustang.
GROUP 8A: TOP: ohioWfan's son, MamaBear's father-in-law, MamaBear's dad, ladtx. MIDDLE:  The Mayor's niece, M.Kehoe, Beach_Babe's son-in-law. BOTTOM:  deadhead's dad, HiJinx, Severa's hubby, viligantcitizen's granddad.
      

GROUP 9A: TOP: Q6-God, Scan59, Mama Bear and JKPhoto's son, ofMagog. MIDDLE:  Big'ol_freeper, JustAmy's great uncle, Prodigal Son. BOTTOM:  JustAmy's husband, JustAmy's brother-in-law, JustAmy's brother.
GROUP 10A: TOP: dakine's wife, MeeknMing's dad, Auntbee's nephew, MilitiaMan7, AlasBabylon. BOTTOM:  Joe Brower, Temple Owl, Temple Owl's wife, dutchess' dad, Aomagrat.
GROUP 11A: TOP: ladtx #2 son; DiverDave's twin Don; petuniasevan and husband poorman; Mustard; ladtx #1 son. BOTTOM: AlamoGirl's brother Floyd; AG's dad; AG's brother Jim (inset); WVNan's husband; ladtx' Aunt Eva.




                     














A GREAT BIG
to all our Hall of Famers and to all of you who have become part of our Finest Family ... as regular contributors and supporters who drop in every day to say hello and give a 'pat on the back' to the "Freeper of the Day" and the hostesses.  We wouldn't be here without you. : )





It's been nine months today since our debut, and we're still having fun. We hope you are. As promised, for your information and perusal, here is our third "Hall of Fame" - a list of all those who've held center stage ... from Monday, June 24, 2002 through Friday, March 21, 2003.



"Getting to Know You"






Previous Hall of Fame Threads


09-23-02 .................................. HALL OF FAME #1
12-31-02 .................................. HALL OF FAME #2






January 2003

01-01,02,03-03 ........................ HAPPY NEW YEAR
01-06-03 ..................................................... BUDGE
01-07-03 ................................. HAIR OF THE DOG
01-08-03 ................................................ MHGINTN
01-09-03 .............................. JOHNHUANG ESSAY
01-10-03 ...................... SISTAHS......... DUTCHESS
           FREE THE HOSTAGES, DAISYSCARLETT

01-13-03 ........................................ TGSLTAKOMA
01-14-03 ........................... NAME THAT FREEPER
01-15-03 ...................................................... PIPPIN
01-16-03 .............................. JOHNHUANG ESSAY
01-17-03 ............................... DANSANGEL ESSAY
01-20-03 ........................................ PUDDLEGLUM
01-21-03 .......................................... JWFIV ESSAY
01-22-03 ................ FREE THE HOSTAGES ESSAY
01-23-03 ............................ JOHNHUANG2 ESSAY
01-24-03 ................................................ FIVETOES
01-27-03 ........................................ AQUAMARINE
01-28-03 .................................................. TAXMAN
01-29-03 ................................... SNIPPY ABOUT IT
01-30-03 ............................ JOHNHUANG2 ESSAY
01-31-03 ................................................ JKPHOTO






February 2003

02-03-03 .......................... HOMESCHOOL MAMA
02-04-03 ............................................. SAUROPOD
02-05-03 ........................... ST.LOUIE1 BIRTHDAY
02-06-03 ............................ JOHNHUANG2 ESSAY
02-07-03 ................................ PROFILE PAGES #8
             (PHELIX,   MR.MULLINER,   MR.FOWL
            CETURIAN2000,  SIOBHAN, ARKINSAW)

02-10-03 ............................................ OHIOWFAN
02-11-03 ......................................... LADTX ESSAY
02-12-03 ....................................................... BERT
02-13-03 ............................ JOHNHUANG2 ESSAY
02-14-03 ............................ VALENTINE SPECIAL
02-17-03 ................................. PRESIDENT'S DAY
02-18-03 ... ..................POLITICAL PICTIONARY
02-19-03 ................................. BRAD'S GRAMMA
02-20-03 ............................ JOHNHUANG2 ESSAY
02-21-03 ......................................... ANGELWOOD
02-24-03 .................................................. MJY1288
02-25-03 ............................. NUTMEG AND ZELIG
02-26-03 ............................................. AERONAUT
02-27-03 ............................ JOHNHUANG2 ESSAY
02-28-03 ........ ANATOMY OF A FINEST THREAD






March 2003

03-03-03 ............................. PIPPIN'S THOUGHTS
03-04-03 ................ MARDI GRAS FAT TUESDAY
03-05-03 .................................... BILL THE DRILL
03-06-03 ............................ JOHNHUANG2 ESSAY
03-07-03 ......................................... LADTX ESSAY
03-10-03 .............................................. DOG GONE
03-11-03 ..................................................... AUNTB
03-12-03 .............................................. AZGOPGAL
03-13-03 ............................ JOHN HUANG2 ESSAY
03-14-03 ................................. PATRIOTIC MUSIC
03-17-03 ................................ ST. PATRICK'S DAY
03-18-03 .................................................. W04MAN
03-19-03 ....................................... SPARKOMATIC
03-20-03 ............................ JOHNHUANG2 ESSAY
03-21-03 ..................................................... LADYX













"Sunrise, Sunset"

Neither near nor far away;
God's living masterpiece
Returns to us each day.






~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


......and so will we








THE WEEKEND THREAD

03-22,23-03 Week in Review

Opinions by our own 'King of Ping'
The guy's good, folks!
Thanks, Mixer!

1) Click on the graphic to open the Calendar.
2) Once there you can click on any month and even click to the right to go into next year. Once you are in the month that you joined FR you will need to click on the number in the calendar and then an add item screen will come up.
3) In the next box enter your name in the "Calendar Text" field and then click on submit.
4) If any of the screens fail to load simply click on refresh in your browser and that will usually fix it.
5) If all else fails or simply if you want me to do this for you send me a FReepmail and I will gladly do it for you. ~Mixer




TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: freepers; fun; military; patriotic; surprises; veterans
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To: Billie
Good morning Billie. What a beautiful presentation today. It will be fun looking back at some of the earlier profiles from a "hostess" point of view. I think I took for granted early on all that is involved in doing a thread! (no longer LOL!) So glad you created this wonderful site!
21 posted on 03/24/2003 7:56:08 AM PST by dutchess (God Bless our military men and women.)
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To: JohnHuang2
Morning John. I have the honor of doing your essay again this week. Looking forward to it!
22 posted on 03/24/2003 7:58:19 AM PST by dutchess (God Bless our military men and women.)
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To: FreeTheHostages
Morning Free. What a great calendar picture today! Hope you have a great day!
23 posted on 03/24/2003 7:59:39 AM PST by dutchess (God Bless our military men and women.)
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To: MeeknMing
Hi Meekie. Missed you all this weekend...Saw that you attended a support our troop rally. Wonderful job all you Texas freepers!
24 posted on 03/24/2003 8:01:53 AM PST by dutchess (God Bless our military men and women.)
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To: Temple Owl
Howdy Temple. It's a beautiful day in Ohio too...And yes, prayers for our military today. I was just sick when I heard Michael Moore's speech on the radio this morning...so glad I didn't watch it (and that he got boo..ed). Have a great day!
25 posted on 03/24/2003 8:04:28 AM PST by dutchess (God Bless our military men and women.)
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To: Billie
Cool! Thanks to our Country and Western singers!

You bet ! I agree.

And DOWN with the Dixie Chimps/daschle Chicks/Nazi Chicks, or any other variation one might use to describe them! . . .

26 posted on 03/24/2003 8:05:26 AM PST by MeekOneGOP (Bu-bye Saddam! / Check out my Freeper site !: http://home.attbi.com/~freeper/wsb/index.html)
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To: dutchess
Why, thank you! *Smiles*
27 posted on 03/24/2003 8:07:12 AM PST by JohnHuang2
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To: Aquamarine; daisyscarlett; Billie
Aqua, Daisy and Billie. My parents visited the patriotic music thread this weekend and were very touched. Never thought I'ld see the day that they would become lurkers here (being the lifelong dems that they are LOL!) Think you guys are converting them...something I've tried for years to do LOL!
28 posted on 03/24/2003 8:07:59 AM PST by dutchess (God Bless our military men and women.)
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To: Diver Dave
Hi Dave...missed you all this weekend. Belated thank you for the lovely anniversary card from Christian and Logan. That is just so sweet! Hard to believe I've been here 5 years! Was there really a life before FR?????
29 posted on 03/24/2003 8:09:58 AM PST by dutchess (God Bless our military men and women.)
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To: dutchess
They're still Americans and are probably coming to realize that the Democratic Party left them a long time ago.
30 posted on 03/24/2003 8:12:03 AM PST by Aquamarine
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To: Mama_Bear; LadyX; FreeTheHostages
Lori and Maggie. Thanks for the lovely anniversary flowers yesterday. Hate that I didn't have a chance to visit with you yesterday...

Maggie...Congratulations again on Friday's spotlight! What a party you had!

Free...forgot to tell you how perfect your top 10 list was LOL!
31 posted on 03/24/2003 8:13:09 AM PST by dutchess (God Bless our military men and women.)
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To: dutchess
It was FUN ! :O)

Oh, here are a couple of new pics from the rally too !

As you can see, I'm not very photogenic, though :O) . . .


MeeknMing!


strela,"Tony" Aguilar,Houmatt,Stultis,SerpentDove,MAF,MeeknMing,PetroniDE
Thank you Houston Chapter


A very tired, wet, cold bunch of freepers!
from back left to right: Houmatt, Jerry, Ron H.
Middle row: SerpentDove, PetroniDE, Terry's friend, Terry, MAF, Stultis
Front: friend of SerpentDove

32 posted on 03/24/2003 8:13:29 AM PST by MeekOneGOP (Bu-bye Saddam! / Check out my Freeper site !: http://home.attbi.com/~freeper/wsb/index.html)
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To: Billie
Didn't think anyone would mind. :)

Keep the flag graphic if you think you can use it.

33 posted on 03/24/2003 8:15:18 AM PST by Aquamarine
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To: dutchess; Mama_Bear; LadyX
LOL, *stop* with the top ten list compliments. If you look at it again, you'll realize it's funny because youse guys are funny. I mean, "The Thin Man couldn't resist" isn't inherently funny: it's funny because the skinny little guy is so dipsy. :)

Well, we had a good rally at the Lincoln Memorial. CNN did live cut-aways to it. We had 500 at any given time, and over 1000 over all, coming and going. It was a beautiful day. I *always* wish for more people, but I'm not disappointed by this turn out. On short notice, we had a goodly crowd which made for good media photos and gave a good counterpoint to the leftists.

I and others had the honor of having dinner after the rally with Mr. Aziz Al-Taee, president of the Iraqi American Council. He spoke more about Saddam. He worries for his family in Baghdad and yet he doesn't. His speech at our rally was put on Al-Jeezera: he knows that it might put his son in Baghdad at risk. But he says, "My son doesn't matter and I don't matter. Media is part of the war. Getting rid of Saddam is what matters." He's right to think of media coverage as part of the war.
34 posted on 03/24/2003 8:17:59 AM PST by FreeTheHostages
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To: Billie; dansangel; daisyscarlett; FreeTheHostages; dutchess; JohnHuang2; All
I remember the early days of the Finest, when I was too shy to do anything but order a Cadillac Cheeseburger and Freedom Fries, with a chocolate shake, and coffee to wash it down.

I saved a screen cap offa my magic TV from back when, of dear Billie, working the midnight shift:

Thank you, Ladies all, for your hard work and kindness this past year...you've made all our days a little more bright and wonderful...and, inspired me to love my country more and more and more and more...

35 posted on 03/24/2003 8:23:29 AM PST by jwfiv
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To: MeeknMing
Thanks for the link and pictures. Only had a chance to skim through some of the reports but sounds like a fabulous time was had by all....BTW...love the picture of the cubscouts saying the pledge...
36 posted on 03/24/2003 8:25:40 AM PST by dutchess (God Bless our military men and women.)
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To: jwfiv
G'morning, my friend.
37 posted on 03/24/2003 8:29:06 AM PST by JohnHuang2
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To: jwfiv
you've made all our days a little more bright and wonderful...

and ditto's to you dear friend!
38 posted on 03/24/2003 8:29:14 AM PST by dutchess (God Bless our military men and women.)
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To: dutchess
Good morning, Sistah Dutchess! Thank you for becoming one of us! Also, I missed your FR anniversary YESTERDAY, so a belated Happy Anniversary! We love our Dutchess!

Happy Fifth Anniversary, Dutchess!



39 posted on 03/24/2003 8:36:49 AM PST by Billie (We are thankful for our President, our Leaders, our Military)
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To: MeeknMing
Speaking of the Dixie Chicks.....:)

I don't know how many watch American Idol, but I enjoy the music and watching all that new talent....there is a young 17 year old singer who has this unique sound to her music - country style - it almost sounds like a yodel just when she sings. Anyway, one of the judges told her after her performance last week that he thought she should replace the what's-her-name Dixie Chick!

40 posted on 03/24/2003 8:41:18 AM PST by Billie (We are thankful for our President, our Leaders, our Military)
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