A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....04-04-03...The (More er Less) Honorable Billybob

Dutchess and Billie

[Diver Dave]

Thanks for sharing your son's message, lad.

Bet you keep pretty busy sewing the buttons back on your shirts. You've every reason to be proud.

Salute!

[dixie sass]

Highlands, NC is the resort town of choice for the majority of Charlestonians (at least it use to be). It is one of the prettiest towns that North Carolina has!

[dixie sass]

Looks like Taxman behind the ST.

[dixie sass]

What a lovely tribute. That is the kind of person that we all bnefit from knowing. May GOD bless him and keep him.

[dixie sass]

Nothing finer than to sit on the veranda and sip lemonade or after the kids have gone to bed, a julep. Visiting with neighbors, keeping up with the latest... oh how I love the traditions.

[dutchess]

Was reading it and saw the caption under the Raliegh picture. I didn't know that Raliegh had moved to SC. Of course we'll allow it to remain in SC since NC was once part of SC anyway, lol.

Opps...clearly I goofed again....

BUT ThinMan didn't catch it...check mate Mr. Thin Man...(atleast for today LOL)

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Believe it or not, the first case I ever tried as a lawyer was not a fender-bender accident, or a marijuana cigarette case, but a First Amendment challenge to the election laws of Maryland which went all the way to the Supreme Court.

Here we go again with f@%$ing Maryland! Arrrgh!

[dixie sass]

Dutchess you did such a super job on the biography! As always you and the rest of the crew deserve pats on the back for the time and work that you put into these threads!

Thin man is slowing down, but don't tell him I said that, Okay?

[ArneFufkin]

He sounds like a remarkable man, Lady. We should all pass from this earthly life having made that profound and positive an imprint on those around us.

Several weeks ago, you were feeling blue about "things" ... the character of our citizens, the strength of our institutions and the mettle of a Generation of young Americans who have been embittered, misled, pampered and disserved by Baby Boomer leftists and saboteurs.

I hope that the courage, skill, honor and humanity that the young men and women of Americas Armed Forces and the overwhelming support they've received from our citizens has given you a sense of great pride and serenity. The kids have stepped up, just like their great grandparents and uncles and countrymates before them have done. The bravery, skill and humane discipline with which this vital campaign has been conducted is uniquely American. We're gonna be just fine. The selfish and corrupt Anti-American left, the 50 something Vietnam-era godless operators and poison merchants, are marginalized and isolated like never before.

[GailA]

Rock had a hair cut last week. It made him frisky too. He wants to spend more time outside now that it is warmer. We get up so early..when the sun comes up and the birds start chirping Rock starts kissing me awake. So he need an afternoon nap. I've learned the hard way that I get headaches when I try to nap.

[mombonn]

I don't have much time to spend on any one thread, but want to thank "The (More er Less) Honorable Billybob" for his contributions and insights.

He is definitely one of my top 10 favorite FReepers!

[Billie]

Thanks, JustFRiend. I know you include me 'JustCuz' whenever the others do the thread, You're such a sweetheart!

[M Kehoe]

Bttt.

5.56mm

[ST.LOUIE1]

Didn't have any pine, wolfie, but I made a 2 crust apple pie. :)

Apple will do in a pinch....thank you, BillieBlue. : )

Just Call me "Mom", I guess. : )

Uh.....I don't think so, babe. : )

[ST.LOUIE1]

Excellent, dutchess! : )

You sure know how to pick 'em.

[ST.LOUIE1]

Hi, Pip! Thought I'd better come in and *hug* my hobbit. : )

((((((((((Pippin)))))))))))

[ST.LOUIE1]

He was a living monument to beauty of spirit and showing kindness to all he met.

I'd like to have met this fine gentleman. God rest his soul.

Your tribute is beautiful, Ms.X.

[ST.LOUIE1]

I miss you! :-(

Awwwww...... I miss you, too. : )

wolfie(((((((((((((((dansangel)))))))))))))wolfie

Feel better now? : )

[LadyX]

A more apt description would be 'angry' rather than 'blue,' Arne. I don't happen to do 'blue.'

I am more than aware of the mettle of those who answer the call! My son spent 4 years in the Army; his son just completed in October 4 1/2 years in the Air Force, under General Franks in Tampa.

What is disturbing is the seeming prevalence of those warped in higher insttutions of learning with socialist leanings who now are the teachers affecting the minds of little ones today.

The waves of demonstrators massing all over America are the first ones of many; more and more similar-thinking young adults are being cranked out daily.

Even worse, they are flooding the media at every level; again reaching the eyes and ears of every age, including the children parked in front of television sets as a babysitting device to keep them quiet. Yeah - Tom Daschle and Jerry Springer right there in the living room to show them how to live right.

The messages to younger minds are twisted in so many areas; often contrary to the teachings at home - quelling patriotism - rewriting history - eradicating religion in any form from school - who knows what sex lessons? - overemphasis on 'prejudice,' creating much more of it.....

It no longer is ABC's and Apple Pie - The Pledge of Allegiance and God Bless America as the setting for their days.
It has become 'how to be tolerant of every single 'view' morally '- 'politically correct' - 'understand' that which a parent might not want them to yet, depending upon the mental and emotional level of THEIR child - how to use, and to be handed, condoms, for example.

Used to be wash your hands before you eat lunch - now it is how to avoid STD's and AIDS and pregnancy.

They too often manage to convey "If you don't like it, protest and be as obnoxious as you can," allowed;
A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E the Spelling Word of the Day.
'Get in someone's face to make your point before they get in yours'
instead of 'Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.'

Those kinds of things do trouble me, with many parents unaware of the whole scope of school influence, or thinking it all is just fine.
Those who disagree are too often in the minority and overruled when they challenge The System.

My pride in those who follow in the footsteps of those who were around during World WarII is enormous, and I can't believe you think otherwise!

My outrage is aimed entirely at those who undermine them.
I am a Survivor of the Nam Era, remember - one of those nasty military wives whose husband was a 'baby killer.'
I bear the scars to prove it.

The "Peace because I cannot face a less than peaceful environment for myself types" who float through life as if they ever earned the right to 'speak/parrot' the lofty idea of Peace just by breathing in and out with regularity disgust me.

Too many worthwhile human beings have died to ensure that right to speak. We cannot allow the Anti-War element to prevail over the Good Guys, and here at Free Republic, our aim is to counter their influence. Peaceably, but emphatically.

[ST.LOUIE1]

Early birthday present for ya, your own personal back scratcher. : )

Hi, Fuzzy! : )