A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....03-31-03 - A Salute to our Military

Billie and Mama_Bear

[ST.LOUIE1]

Hi, 45Man!

Hope you're feeling better. : )

[Mama_Bear]

Thanks for posting the link to Nan's rally.

Nan, I just got back from your rally thread. Enjoyed the pictures........(I see you posted them yourself this time. I knew you could do it.) ;-)

Thank you for all you do. BEEP BEEP!!

[ST.LOUIE1]

Hey Peter... Here's your pink slip...

Funny!

[Mama_Bear]

Good morning, jw.

...somehow, this thread is just what I needed to see to start my day just right

Always happy to oblige. ;-)

Have a nice Monday and a great week in this, the greatest country in the world!

[JulieRNR21]

Dear LadyX....came across this bit of humor in an article about a Rally to Support Our Troops held in Mashpee, MA last Saturday and naturally thought of you!

Excerpt: Carpenter injected a little humor with a joke about which branch of the armed services was the best, ending with a punch-line where St. Peter reads a message from God to vets at the pearly gates.

"The law above says: All vets go to heaven because you've served your time in hell," Carpenter said. "All of the services are equally good ... signed God, USMC."

[Mama_Bear]

Hi Aqua, I'm sitting here tapping my toe to that midi......that's a nice medley of service songs. Thank you.

[Mama_Bear]

Thanks for coming by and helping us salute our military. I am so proud of them and their Commander-in-Chief.

[Mama_Bear]

I'm so proud to call you "sistah"!

Awwwwww.......you're so sweet. :-)

[Mama_Bear]

Thank you so much for your work on this thread.

You're welcome. It was a labor of love. I am thankful for this place in cyberspace where we can all come and join hearts and hands in prayer and wave our flags in support of our military. I wish every one of them could know how proud we are of them.

[FreeTheHostages]

Hello!! :) Isn't the news about Arnett great? Here's a little quote from Arnett in the upcoming issue of TV guide, per FOXNEWS and the AP:

In the April 5 issue of TV Guide, Arnett said he felt he had found redemption reporting on the current war.

"I was furious with (CNN founder) Ted Turner and (then-CNN chairman) Tom Johnson when they threw me to the wolves after I made them billions risking my life to cover the first Gulf War," Arnett told TV Guide.

"Now (Turner and Johnson) are gone, the Iraqis have thrown the CNN crew out of Baghdad, and I'm still here," he said. "Any satisfaction in that? Ha, ha, ha, ha."

He said the Iraqis allowed him to stay in Baghdad because they respect him and "see me as a fellow warrior."

[Mama_Bear]

Thanks so much for your kind words, daisy. Many hours went into this, but it truly was a labor of love. I completely immersed myself into it, even ignoring my pings and mail this weekend. LOL.

There are hundreds of great military websites with so much information - I could have gone on and on with more links and quotes and pictures. Finally had to force myself to stop......it was getting too long, and I was running out of time. :-)

Like most all of us here, I'm happy to do whatever I can to inspire pride in our military and show our troops how much we love them.

[FreeTheHostages]

We have -- gasp -- Ann Coulter!! She's doing to speak at a rally in DC on April 12th per www.citizensunited.org

Now, the support our troops rally isn't be thrown by the DC Chapter, it's an outside group, but you want to be that every Republican male in a 100-mile radius comes to the rally?

[FreeTheHostages]

LOL, catch this fact from the FOXNEWS article on Arnett:

In the April 5 issue of TV Guide, Arnett said he felt he had found redemption reporting on the current war.

"I was furious with (CNN founder) Ted Turner and (then-CNN chairman) Tom Johnson when they threw me to the wolves after I made them billions risking my life to cover the first Gulf War," Arnett told TV Guide.

"Now (Turner and Johnson) are gone, the Iraqis have thrown the CNN crew out of Baghdad, and I'm still here," he said. "Any satisfaction in that? Ha, ha, ha, ha."

He said the Iraqis allowed him to stay in Baghdad because they respect him and "see me as a fellow warrior."

A FELLOW WARRIOR!! THIS GUY IS NUTS, NUTS, NUTSS!!! Ok, this line here wasn't in the FOXnews piece. But he actually SAID fellow warrior.

[FreeTheHostages]

The colors are just wonderful. I find myself taking in the thread in snippets, service-by-service, today.

[azGOPgal]

What a beautiful salute to our military men and women of past and present. May God bring them all safely home.

[Mama_Bear]

I just visited the Barbara Niven site......thanks for the link, Meek. I hope everyone will post their links to patriotic military sites that they find on the internet. Can't have too many of them. :-)

[Mama_Bear]

I meant to tell you, I like that graphic you posted. In all my travels to military sites around the internet this weekend I didn't come across that one.

[JustAmy]

God Bless and Protect our Military!

[Mama_Bear]

What an * OUTSTANDING * presentation, Lori!! We can only imagine the time and effort that went into it to make it so very special.

Awwww.......thanks so much.

It is a great debt that we owe those who have taken that military oath......and I thank every one of them, past and present. Where would we be without them? It doesn't bare thinking about.....(although I wish the "peace" protestors would put a little effort into pondering that question. Not that I think it would enlighten them much.....they are clueless - not to mention, irrelevant, angry, bitter, anti-American leeches and malcontents).

[humblegunner]

Thank you! Your service is appreciated.

You are the best Lady Marine I know!