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

JohnHuang2 and Dutchess and Billie | JohnHuang2

[azGOPgal]

D1, can you post this picture toight on the Dose? I think they would like to see the series. Thank you.

[Aquamarine]

Gald you all liked that Cowboy song post. Gail challenged me to find the right pic for that song and I didn't want to go back to Reuters...they have some vicious pop ups that are like a virus, you can't get rid of them. Then I remembered Dutchess telling Meekie this morning that she had visited his site and that it was a great place to get pics...and I knew Meekie would have Dubya in a cowboy hat...so thanks Meek!

[Aquamarine]

Gald = Glad!!!

[Utah Girl]

Thanks. :)

[Pippin]

:^)!

[dansangel]

Absolutely beautiful! Thank-you for the link.

[GailA]

GW article to read The Atlantic

[LadyX]

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

Your command is my wish, Billie - and yes, jw, I just *happen to have* a rainbow handy...:))

Rainbow over May Valley

[LadyX]

"Gald = Glad!!!"

Well, Gawl -lee, Aqua!
That there cowboy song was sumpin' else!
LOL

Ahm plumb gald yew posted that handsome fella to go with it - -

Seriously, aren't we blessed to have a President with whom we are comfortable on any level?

Was out of town this a.m. - without computer access in the afternoon. ( don't like to share..:(( )

Running in idle gear this evening - - -

[jwfiv]

I found no gold at the end of today's rainbow, only a shot of Bailey's Irish Cream...a faire prize, nonetheless...)

Incredibly beautiful picture of May Valley!

[LadyX]

Dear John Letter # 74:

The LadyX extends a sincere apology to be late to today's party, out of town in the morning and...it's a long story..:))

Trying to have a glimmer of pity for the current crop of so-called 'reporters' who abound these days all over the world.

Where is Ernie Pyle when you really, really need him?

Ernie Pyle

Ernie Pyle was one of the most famous war correspondents of World War II. Pyle studied journalism at Indiana University and left school to become a reporter for a small-town newspaper. Later, after various editorial jobs, he acquired a roving assignment for the Scripps-Howard newspaper chain; his daily experiences furnished him material for a column that eventually appeared in as many as 200 newspapers before World War II.

His coverage of the campaigns in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, and France brought him a Pulitzer Prize for reporting in 1944, as well as several other awards. The motion picture G.I. Joe (1945) was about Pyle's coverage of the Italian campaign. He was with the U.S. forces in the Pacific on Iwo Jima, and during the Okinawa campaign he visited the nearby island of Ie Shima, where he was killed by Japanese machine-gun fire.
— Source: Encyclopædia Britannica

I was aghast watching the CentCom Conference today at the positively insulting questions and comments made by 'journalists.'

Their disrespect and thinly veiled contempt for the General speaking was hideous, asking him why the command was wasting their time, not giving them juicy details to send back to their respective employers - where was their 'scoop' of the day? implied.

I say they should be placed in a Time Transponder and beamed back to cover The Hundred Year Wars between England and France.

LadyX

[Dubya]

FYI Good News

Kurdish fighters ready to link with US and challenge Iraq

[Dubya]

FYI NAVY HERO

POW awarded medals 60 years after WWII bravery

[JustAmy]

"asking him why the command was wasting their time"

You are right, Lady.

When I saw the news conference this morning, I thought he should have asked him since the reporters already knew everything why they were wasting his time!

I would have loved it if he had said " You are right, this is a waste of time" and walked away.

[LadyX]

My childhood was filled with stories of heroes like these, both written, and from the survivors themselves, as well as through my lifetime.

It disgusts me to see the many in America who have no understanding of what drove these men - what motivated them to endure beyond ordinary limits and act on behalf of their fellow men.

To them, no war is 'just,' although the Bible is filled with ones who were told to go forth by God, with His backing and blessing! We need some more Joshuas, for example...

It is with sadness that I foresee the eventual regret they will have when they stand before their Creator and explain themselves....

[dutchess]

I've just been catching up and caught your last night post ...so very sorry about your dog's diagnosis....We have two, one 15, who are our kids too...you just give him/her love and comfort....Just want you to know our household is thinking of you and yours.....

[Dubya]

You are right on.

[dutchess]

Just popped in to say hi...one of these days I will be able to stay up and "play" with you all. Have a wonderful evening...god bless our men and women overseas and give their families comfort.....

[LadyX]

"I would have loved it if he had said " You are right, this is a waste of time" and walked away."

You are right, Amy; although better yet would have been "You are right, YOU are a waste of our valuable time," and walked away.

He handled well the very personal insult by the one who had the gall to ask why HE was making the presentation instead of the Big Honcho!

Can you imagine what it took for that General to be in the position he has, at the right hand of the General conducting this whole complicated campaign?!!
Probably the most important one in the history of mankind, at that.

[MeekOneGOP]

You're welcomed ! That is the pic I found and would post as "President Bush at the wheel. On the road to victory November 5, 2002 !" And, buddy, was THAT right ! I am elated you used that ! . . .