A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....03-27-03..."Operation Iraqi Freedom: Week 1"

JohnHuang2 and Dutchess and Billie | JohnHuang2

[Billie]

Afternoon, JustFRiend. Didn't dutchess do good?! I feel like a proud mama bird. :)

[Billie]

Well I love the pic to go with the "Cowboy in the White House" - visited the other thread earlier that mentioned it. Isn't it great we have a CIC that inspires these kinds of songs written about him.

[Aeronaut]

I think that spot's pretty much got Aeronaut's name on it! Not this week though - he's slipping.

It's all a function of when the thread gets posted..., There's no doubt I am an early morning person.

[Billie]

I'm listening to it now, paul - what a sweet song and a sweet voice singing it, too (did she record it too?)

Thank you so much for posting it for us.

[Billie]

I am so surprised. Saddam said he didn't have any chemical weapons.

[dutchess]

That is awesome news about Priscilla Owens. I watched the confirmation hearings last summer and was so disgusted with the way the dems treated her. They are pro choice until it comes to ideology! If you have a difference of that, then forget it if you are a woman or a minority. I'm just glad she hung in there.

[Billie]

Know that we feel bad for you - or maybe that should be with you. I'm sorry - not at all fun, Gail.

[dutchess]

Hi Billie. You have email! Wonderful news on Priscilla Owens. Congratulations Texas!

[Billie]

The sun is warm but the breeze is cool...ho hum, just another day in paradise...)

Well, it sounds almost perfect - like there should be a rainbow, and then of course at the end of that rainbow.......:)

[Billie]

I'm going now to take care of it. :) I wanted to mingle with our guests first. LOL!

[Utah Girl]

Thanks for noticing! I love roses too. :)

[JohnHuang2]

Thanks {{{{{{{{{{Billie}}}}}}}}}}}}

[JohnHuang2]

Re: #126 -- beautiful song. Thanks for posting :)

[MeekOneGOP]

Dat Saddam be a tricky fella, huh?

Speaking of surprise. Breaking News excerpt, full detail on post #88 . . .

Powerful blasts rock Baghdad

03/27/2003

Associated Press

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Massive explosions rocked central Baghdad late Thursday night, sending a towering plume of smoke skyward in the strongest blasts felt in the city in days.

Shortly after 11 p.m. in Baghdad (2 p.m. CST), explosions shook the capital near the city center. Buildings close to the Information Ministry appeared to have been hit, sending a huge plume of smoke skyward.

Earlier Thursday, Iraq's defense minister said the real battle for Baghdad will be on its streets, and that Saddam Hussein's regime will prolong the war as long as possible.

"The enemy must come inside Baghdad, and that will be its grave," said Defense Minister Sultan Hashem Ahmed.

"We feel that this war must be prolonged so the enemy pays a high price," he said at a news conference at a downtown Baghdad hotel.

Asked whether the fighting in Baghdad will be on the streets, Mr. Ahmed replied, "Yes."

He called the two-day sandstorm that engulfed Iraq this week and slowed the U.S.-led coalition "a divine gift to tell the aggressor that he is an aggressor."

President Bush said Thursday the United States was prepared to fight "however long it takes."

The Iraqi health minister said 36 civilians were killed and 215 wounded in U.S. airstrikes on Baghdad a day earlier, and he accused U.S.-led forces of deliberately targeting civilians to break the people's will.

Loud explosions were heard in and around Baghdad again Thursday, and witnesses said an unknown number of people were killed and injured when a housing complex for employees of a weapons-producing facility came under attack. The Military Industrialization Authority of Iraq complex is in the Al-Youssifiah area, about 12 miles south of the capital.

Another blast about 700 yards west of the Information Ministry, possibly from a missile, sent scores of journalists fleeing. Anti-aircraft guns on the roof of the ministry opened fire, witnesses said, but there was no immediate information on damage or casualties.

One of Baghdad's main telephone facilities also was hit early Thursday, causing some disruptions in service.

Click here for entire article (post #88)

[GailA]

Sure isn't BUT I will survive...to FReep again, never fear.

[FBD]

RE:#89;

Thanks JH!

[dutchess]

Happy Anniversary Utah Girl!

[Aquamarine]

Afternoon, Aqua. You knew her when, then. :)

Can't say that I knew her just met her once and saw her on the local Atlanta news alot.

Did you ever find what you were looking for to post tomorrow?

Not sure, I'm going to freepmail you after while.

[Aquamarine]

The song was really good! The singer reminded me of Norah Jones...the recent Grammy winner.

[azGOPgal]

Great essay John, but who would have thought that the media would distort the news? :)