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The FReeper Foxhole - Memorial Day - Freedom Is Not Free - May 29th, 2006

Posted on 05/29/2006 5:16:06 AM PDT by snippy_about_it

A Day of Remembrance for Those Who Have Died In Service To Our Country



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Never Forget



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To: alfa6

Three daughters? You are a brave soul.

We will be lucky to survive just the one.


61 posted on 06/04/2006 4:12:40 PM PDT by Samwise (All that is needed for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing.)
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To: Samwise; SAMWolf; snippy_about_it; bentfeather; Valin; The Mayor; All
Battle of Midway Bump for the Freeper Foxhole.

64 years ago the sun began to set on the Empire of the Rising Sun. A Brief Synopsis!!!

While the Japanese Carrier Air Groups were attacking Midway, Midway was trying to take the fight to the Japanese. Attacks by B-17 Flying Fortresses, SBD Dauntless, SB2C Vindicators, TBF Avengers and B-26 Marauders were swatted away without to much effort by the IJN Combat Air Patrols

The end began with the attack on the IJN carriers led by the torpedo bombers of the Hornet,Enterprise and Yorktown. These attacks which were executed in piecemeal fashion with minimal fighter cover were a diaster. The three squadrons of slow TBD Devastator torpedo planes were practically wiped out by the defending Japanese Combat Air Patrols. But the loss of the Devastators was not in vain as thier sacrifce sucked the Japanese fighter down to the deck and the evasive movements of the Japanese carriers disrupted flight deck operations.

Pic of the TBD (To Be Destroyed) Devastator. An unfortunate nickname that proved all to apt.

Just in the nick of time, owing to some good luck and good decision making, arrived the better part of three dive bomber squadrons from the torpedo planes carriers. Owing to the sacrifice of the torpedo planes the SBD Dauntless dive bombers found the sky free of Japanes fighters and the IJN carriers with full flight decks. Down went the SBDs and in short order three of the four Japanese carriers were starting to make thier way to the bottom of the Pacific..

Pic of the SBD (Slow But Deadly) Dauntless

There was three more years of fighting to go before the Rising Sun set but Midway was the begining of the end for the Japanes Empire.

Regards

alfa6 ;.}

62 posted on 06/04/2006 6:48:17 PM PDT by alfa6
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To: snippy_about_it; SAMWolf; bentfeather; Professional Engineer; Samwise; Peanut Gallery; Wneighbor; ..

June 5, 2006

It’s What God Says

READ: 1 Kings 13:7-22

It was commanded me by the word of the Lord. —1 Kings 13:9

An experiment with teenagers showed how they handle peer pressure. Groups of 10 adolescents were brought into a room and instructed to raise their hands when the teacher pointed to the longest line on three charts. Nine of the people had been told ahead of time to vote for the second-longest line. But one person in the group had not been told.

The experiment began with nine teenagers voting for the wrong line. The tenth person would typically glance around, frown in confusion, and slip his hand up with the group because he lacked the courage to challenge them.

In 1 Kings 13, an unidentified man of God performed miraculous signs at the altar in Bethel (vv.1-6). But then, after this great victory, he took the word of another prophet to be the truth even though he knew it was contrary to what God had told him (vv.15-19). Because of his disobedience, he was killed by a lion (vv.20-24).

The story teaches us that God’s Word is superior to anyone else’s word and therefore should be obeyed. When we’re tempted to buckle under pressure, it’s then that we must stand firm. God’s Word—the truth—can always be relied on. Anne Cetas

O help us, Lord, to heed Your Word,
Its precepts to obey;
And may we fight the tendency
To walk in our own way.  —Sper

God’s Word is the compass that keeps us on course.

Bible in One Year: Bible in One Year:   2 Chronicles 23-24; John 15


63 posted on 06/05/2006 5:28:08 AM PDT by The Mayor ( http://albanysinsanity.com/)
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To: alfa6; snippy_about_it; bentfeather; Samwise; Peanut Gallery; Wneighbor; Valin; Iris7; SAMWolf; ...
Good morning ladies and gents. Flag-o-Gram.


64 posted on 06/05/2006 6:46:50 AM PDT by Professional Engineer (The only part George Orwell got wrong was the year.)
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To: Professional Engineer

Oh, that is Great!


65 posted on 06/05/2006 6:58:33 AM PDT by The Mayor ( http://albanysinsanity.com/)
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Good morning all.


66 posted on 06/05/2006 7:44:57 AM PDT by Soaring Feather
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To: bentfeather

Hi miss Feather.

The word for the day is:

listen

Translation:

listen

Usage:

Daddy, listen(watch), while I look at the pictures in this book.


67 posted on 06/05/2006 10:25:01 AM PDT by Professional Engineer (The only part George Orwell got wrong was the year.)
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To: Professional Engineer; bentfeather

err,

Translation:

watch


68 posted on 06/05/2006 11:06:14 AM PDT by Professional Engineer (The only part George Orwell got wrong was the year.)
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To: Peanut Gallery

Floriduh is about as hot as Dallas.


69 posted on 06/05/2006 4:32:44 PM PDT by Professional Engineer (The only part George Orwell got wrong was the year.)
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To: Professional Engineer



sorry PE can;t chat today, I am on an ancient computer, diaal up with sticky ffff keys... Gonna be this way all week, worse than your blackberry.LOL


70 posted on 06/05/2006 5:11:00 PM PDT by Soaring Feather
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To: bentfeather

Oh my

I'm working on a project on Perdido Key, FL. I've got meetings in Pensacola the next 2 days.

Say, they've goy blue and gold Navy planes around here. Spiderboy's gonna be jealous.


71 posted on 06/05/2006 5:57:47 PM PDT by Professional Engineer (The only part George Orwell got wrong was the year.)
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To: Professional Engineer

Yeah, and I used to watch 'em every day when I was stationed at P-cola.


72 posted on 06/05/2006 7:27:08 PM PDT by Peanut Gallery
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To: Peanut Gallery

We just got home from the championship game... karateboys' team WON! 12-6 WooHoo!


73 posted on 06/05/2006 7:28:39 PM PDT by Peanut Gallery
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ping to post #73


74 posted on 06/05/2006 7:57:27 PM PDT by Peanut Gallery
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To: Peanut Gallery

The beach is all romantical like in the moonlight.

I'm sitting here all alone. Well, except for the other few dozen folks taking moonlit strolls.


75 posted on 06/05/2006 8:10:33 PM PDT by Professional Engineer (The only part George Orwell got wrong was the year.)
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June 6, 2006

Family Stories

READ: Luke 15:11-32

God . . . has given us the ministry of reconciliation. —2 Corinthians 5:18

Everybody loves a family story, and today’s Bible reading contains one of the most well-known stories in all of Scripture—the Parable of the Lost Son.

Author Henri Nouwen, in his book The Return Of The Prodigal Son, suggests that all Christians, at some point in their walk of faith, are represented by each of the three main characters. At times we are the wayward child in need of repentance and forgiveness. At other times we are the big brother who wants to hold on to resentment and withhold forgiveness. But as we mature, we become like the father, whose highest desire is to have all his children reconciled.

Nouwen ends the book with these words: “As I look at my own aging hands, I know that they have been given to me to stretch out to all who suffer, to rest upon the shoulders of all who come, and to offer the blessing that emerges from the immensity of God’s love.”

What role are you playing in your family story? Do you need the courage to repent and seek forgiveness? Or do you need the compassion to extend forgiveness?

God has given His children the “ministry of reconciliation” (2 Corinthians 5:18-19). Now would be a good time to start. Julie Ackerman Link

Lord, grant me the courage to confess my faults to those I’ve offended, and the grace to accept the confessions of those who have offended me. May I become a minister of reconciliation to bless my family on Your behalf. Amen.

A right attitude with your family begins with a right attitude toward God.

Bible in One Year: Bible in One Year:   2 Chronicles 25-27; John 16


76 posted on 06/06/2006 5:17:14 AM PDT by The Mayor ( http://albanysinsanity.com/)
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Watching mighty Hercules in Floriduh bump.


77 posted on 06/06/2006 3:33:59 PM PDT by Professional Engineer (The only part George Orwell got wrong was the year.)
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To: Peanut Gallery

Beach front lot

1.14 acres

3.5 million


78 posted on 06/06/2006 4:07:43 PM PDT by Professional Engineer (The only part George Orwell got wrong was the year.)
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Say, they've goy blue and gold Navy planes around here. Spiderboy's gonna be jealous.

Like this maybe...

Better Late than never Bump for the Tuesday Freeper Foxhole

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

79 posted on 06/06/2006 6:28:10 PM PDT by alfa6
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karateboys' team WON! 12-6 WooHoo!

Congrats to karateboy and his teammates on the victory. Were all afire about it up here in KC :-)

If I can ever get off my lazy carcass I will send alomg another F-O-G CD and some Space and SR-71 pics.

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

80 posted on 06/06/2006 6:31:06 PM PDT by alfa6
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