USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Camp Run-A-Muck ~ WooHoo! ~ March 26 2003

[tomkow6]

Oh, BOY! The Circus is HERE!  Oh, BOY!

 

The CIRCUS is HERE!

...What do we do today?....the CIRCUS is here.....clowns?......YOU'RE A CLOWN....Ma, he called me a clown.......stop it, you three...
...LIONS?.....TIGERS?......BEARS?...oh, my?......QUIET!....is there gonna be a PARADE?.. ..I wanna see the sideshow....I want some popcorn...Stop hitting me...
...Sigfried & Roy?.......where's the PARADE..........it's comin'...........giggle...snicker...Maw! she hit me....go to your room....

Welcome to Camp RUN-A-MUK!

Today, the CIRCUS comes to the Canteen!

  Where the Plan Of the Day is: Mirth...Merriment...and FUN!
Kick back! Relax! Tell a joke or two! Have a brew ! The BAR is OPEN!
We've got Eye candy...Mind candy... & Chicken soup for the soul!

To start today's CIRCUS is a PARADE!
  

  

 

  

   

The CIRCUS is HERE!

 

Welcome to the greatest show for OUR troops,

in Cyberspace!

[tomkow6]

Sea of Japan (Mar. 25, 2003) -- A Plane Captain assigned to the "Argonauts" of Strike Fighter Squadron One Four Seven (VFA-147) cleans the canopy of an F/A-18C Hornet after its return from flight operations aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is participating in Exercise Foal Eagle, an annual joint and combined field training exercise between the U.S. and Republic of Korea armed forces. The exercise is designed to strengthen relationships and improve interoperability between both nations through real world training scenarios. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Nathan L. Guimont.

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Sea of Japan (Mar. 25, 2003) -- An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the "Argonauts" of Strike Fighter Squadron One Four Seven (VFA-147) launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) during flight operations. Carl Vinson is participating in Exercise Foal Eagle, an annual joint and combined field training exercise between the U.S. and Republic of Korea armed forces. The exercise is designed to strengthen relationships and improve interoperability between both nations through real world training scenarios. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Nathan L. Guimont.

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Naval Air Station Sigonella, Sicily (Mar. 25, 2003) -- Sicily's volcano, Mt. Etna, is the backdrop for a U.S. Air Force C-5 "Galaxy" and the air terminal of Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella. NAS Sigonella provides logistical support for Sixth Fleet and NATO forces in the Mediterranean Sea. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Damon J. Moritz.

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Arabian Gulf (Mar. 18, 2003) -- Postal Clerk 3rd Class Samantha Miller sorts through 16,000 pounds of mail piled in the ship's hangar bay. Kearsarge is deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Alicia Tasz.

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Arabian Gulf (Mar. 25, 2003) -- An F/A-18E Super Hornet prepares for launch from one of four steam driven catapults aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are conducting combat missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Tyler J. Clements.

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Arabian Gulf (Mar. 25, 2003) -- An Aviation Ordnanceman assigned to the “Tomcatters” of Fighter Squadron Three One (VF-31) checks precision guided ordnance prior to the start of flight operations aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are conducting combat missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Philip A. McDaniel.

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Arabian Gulf (Mar. 25, 2003) -- A Naval aviator assigned to the “Strikers” of Strike Fighter Squadron One One Three (VFA-113) gives the thumbs up to his plane captain signaling that he and his F/A-18C Hornet are ready to launch from one of four steam driven catapults aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are conducting combat missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Philip A. McDaniel.

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Arabian Gulf (Mar. 25, 2003) -- An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the “Eagles” Strike Fighter Squadron One One Five (VFA-115) configured in the Mission Tanker role clears the flight deck during combat flight operations aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are conducting combat missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Philip A. McDaniel.

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The Arabian Gulf (Mar. 23, 2003) -- A CH-53E Super Stallion assigned to the "Condors" of Helicopter Light Squadron Four Sixty Four (HMH-464) lifts off the deck of USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) for another combat mission to re-supply the Marines fighting for control of Southern Iraq. Kearsarge is deployed to the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multinational coalition effort to liberate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Jeffrey Truett.

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....................okay, I'm done.................

[snippy_about_it]

[Vets_Husband_and_Wife]

Don't have a "circus" item to post.. but then again.. LIFE is a circus, right? :o)

Here is funny.. don't know if its true.. but cute.

The famous Olympic skier Picabo ( pronounced peek-a-boo ) Street is not just an athlete, she is a nurse. She currently works at the Intensive Care Unit of a large metropolitan hospital.

She is not permitted to answer the telephone, however, as it caused simply too much confusion when she would answer the phone and say, "Picabo, ICU".

A good clean joke is so hard to find these days!

[snippy_about_it]

[grantswank]

WANDA AND MAX: THE SENATOR'S WIFE SAYS HUSSEIN IS AN OK PREXY

Mrs. Max (Wanda) Maucus, wife of Montana Senator, according to THE
WASHINGTON POST, says the following, it being appalling. She was asked if
she ever thought of terrorism set loose in the USA. Her answer: "I never
think about it."

She, an educator who has taught at Harvard, never thinks about it. Talk
about denial big time, coming no less from a supposedly educated woman.
Very sad indeed. . .and not that commendable for an individual who steers
others in classrooms, supposedly teaching them to think deeply about life
issues.

Yet that's just the start. There's more-worse: "I don't think we have any
business being in a preemptive war against Iraq. Any time you drop bombs,
there are going to be a lot of innocent people hurt. A billion Muslims all
over the world are in pain to see their brothers losing their homes and
their families losing the stability of their civilization."

Say, Ms. Maucus, what about the billion Muslims plus non-Muslims all over
the world who have been in long-duration pain due to Saddam cutting off
innocent women's heads in the marketplace, let alone his killing his own
people, and much more that has already been taken in with angst by persons
in thought.

She added: "Baghdad is where the beginning of civilization occurred,
literally where the wheel was invented, where the very first city was
built, where writing began, and it has a very deep and profoundly beautiful
history-which we should never take lightly, no matter who the existing
president is."

Ah, so that's it. Wanda's hubris is showing obviously. It is not so subtle
intelligentsia snobbery. She, an anthropologist (big deal!), now moves into
her own discipline of study by which to spout loony tunes about the war and
Hussein the Horrible and a nation held prisoner for years upon years and so
forth. Mix that with tablets of antiquity, markings in underground
this-n-that, vases from the centuries long dusted and other such museum
pieces for ahh-ing and oohh-ing.

But back to politics and world health: Even if it's Saddam who is "the
existing president", she was asked? "I think he is very proud of the
history of his country. I think it's we Americans who don't know the facts
about what anthropologists call 'the cradle of civilization.' When we watch
the bombing on television, we really don't seem to understand or appreciate
that some of these places are sacred. . . . I disagree with those who say
that Saddam Hussein doesn't think about this. He cares about these places
and their people."

This woman has truly lost it. So anthropological digs and findings come
ahead of the human beings tortured. And Saddam is a mortal who has an
aesthetic appreciation for matters historical, e.g., anthropological
discoveries and art treasures of the past. Again, this woman has truly lost
it.

She continued: "I don't think American lives are threatened by him. There
is no evidence of weapons of mass destruction and we have no right to make
a preemptive strike on another country and try to assassinate its leader.
We have no right legally or morally. We are way out of line."

President George W. Bush is legally and morally "out of line" while Hussein
the Horrible is right in there with the morally clean and legally upright.
So housewife anthropologist professor has hoisted a peace sign in her
window at the house. It is the same house where 62-year-old husband and
five-term senator lives, he having stated that he "believes strongly that
Saddam Hussein and his regime must be disarmed and removed from power."

In this latest interchange between Wanda and media, Senator Max held his
ground. He continues to endorse the President and troops and "is praying
for a quick end to the conflict in Iraq," said his chief of staff.

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NO RIFT . . . BLAIR AND BUSH TEAM OKAY


With polls increasing markedly in US and Britain favorably for Bush and Blair in the last week regarding the Iraqi conflict, it is hardly believable that a huge rift is to rip between the two.

Yet the media has a tendency to make the public believe that a big time fallout is just around the corner. So much for an alarmist / liberal media that delights more in pointing to rifts than unity.

US has gone on record as building in Iraq a civilian team for the postIraq war. This will effectively by-pass the UN, understandably so since the UN has not been exactly a most cooperative partner with the US.

With Prime Minister Tony Blair visiting President George W. Bush in Washington, the two men will surely iron out fine line detail regarding the postIraq war. And their iron, though hot for pressing out the creases, will undoubtedly come smooth in the fabric. Neither can afford to wrinkle relationships, considering what they have labored for since the war’s outset.

THE TIMES reports that Blair is hiding “contrasting priorities over the role of the United Nations in post-conflict Iraq. . .” So how can these contrasts be deciphered as large and “looming” from the exceptional finesse by which Blair has made his statements from Downing Street lately? Yet the press presses on with same.

The media did admit that at his residence “you would think that all is harmony and concord.” Then why not leave that harmony and concord in place? Because the media would like there to be a disagreement between the two regarding humanitarian relief delivered to the Iraqi people, such relief perchance going through UN channels.

The US has let it be known that such channels can indeed be utilized but only if they would not interfere with a civilian team already being put in place in Kuwait for use in Iraq. So now, what’s the big rift?

Of course, if UN input is liable to the Security Council stamp, much groundwork would have to be laid to satisfy the US agenda, understandably so.

Finally, concerning Bush-Blair relations, if there were a slight wrinkle in the ironing, one can be sure that the ingenuity of both men would work toward a continued coordinated course as in weeks past. Neither is going to gamble on a major disagreement at this crucial point, especially considering the French and German lack of cooperation “looming” still.

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What's a circus without the TATOOED MAN?

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Tom, that is an impressive sight, all those hopticopters all lined up in a row ready to take off.