FReeper Canteen ~ Part VI of Women Warriors: Celts ~ February 25, 2004

GendeGap.com ^ | February 25, 2004 | LaDivaLoca

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Hi Diva!
Thanks for YOUR contributions to the Canteen.

[ohioWfan]

It's coming VERY close, Tonk.

This has been the longest year in any of our lives!

But we got an e-mail from him today, and he's doing great! Just really ready to come home......

THANKS for remembering him, and all the other brave men and women who are sacrificing for OUR freedom and for OUR safety. GOD BLESS THEM!!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Iraq Homecoming Tips

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

To every service man or woman reading this thread.
Thank You for your service to our country.
No matter where you are stationed,
No matter what your job description
Know that we are are proud of each and everyone of you.

To our military readers, we remain steadfast in keeping the Canteen doors open.
The FR Canteen is Free Republics longest running daily thread specifically designed
to provide entertainment and morale support for the military.
The doors have been open since Oct 7 2001,
the day of the start of the war in Afghanistan.
We are indebted to you for your sacrifices for our Freedom.

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT
Showing support and boosting the morale of
our military and our allies military
and the family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.
CLICK HERE TO FIND LATEST THREAD.

[E.G.C.]

Weather's clearing up. Rain's moving South. FR's sure a little slow this morning.(LOL)

[Soaring Feather]

Good morning Kathy in Alaska!!
Feeling like a new dollar bill this morning, thank you.

[tomkow6]

You're not feeling good??? Should I come over & cook for ya??

[Soaring Feather]

eek, you come and cook for me??
Well, thanks but fried spaghetti and sardines are not on my menu. Just old back problems acting up again, Tom. Doing much better today.

[Kathy in Alaska]

FR has been running at a snail's pace for days. Hmmmmm....

[tomkow6]

What? You don't like CLASSY Cookin'????

[tomkow6]

 

Want me to jump  up & down on your back?

 

[Soaring Feather]

Well, Burka Man, I have seen what you offer in the way of a menu and it does not encourage me.

[StarCMC]

Way to go Tomkow - you got #50!

Let the games begin....

[Kathy in Alaska]

Pink carnations.....nice centerpiece today. Thanks men in the Military and the Canteen.

[StarCMC]

1996 Haing S Ngor doctor/actor (Killing Fields), dies at 45

Excerpt from website -- linked below....

One film, more than any other, made such an impact on me that I can vividly recall scenes from it without any difficulty at all. That film, which I first saw in 1985, is The Killing Fields, a story of friendship that endured against appalling odds in war-torn Cambodia. Filmed in Thailand on a budget of $15 million, it recounts the true story of Dith Pran, a Cambodian assistant to American journalist Sydney Schanberg of The New York Times. After the fall of Phnom Penh to the Khmer Rouge, Schanberg was allowed to leave while Pran, forced to work long, hard hours in primitive conditions and under the constant threat of death, remained behind. Enduring four and a half years of privation and fear, Pran dramatically escaped across the border with Thailand and was reunited with his friend and mentor Schanberg in a Thai border camp on 9 October 1979, uttering the immortal words, "you came Sydney, you came."

One of the movie's best reviews I've read comes from Peter Reiher, which I've re-produced here to provide a flavour of the film: The Killing Fields is an extraordinarily powerful film, the best new film I've seen this year. It's a strong indictment of modern war in general and the American conduct of the war in Cambodia in particular, but its great strength derives from its secondary themes of the power of friendship and the importance of a will to survive, as well as general comments on accepting responsibility for one's actions. This rich combination of themes is what lifts The Killing Fields above most other films.

The Killing Fields is based on a true story. Sydney Schanberg was the New York Times correspondent to Cambodia during the 70s. He worked closely with his interpreter, Dith Pran, a Cambodian journalist. Together, they exposed many of the US atrocities in Cambodia which resulted from our secret war there, a spillover from the Vietnam War. Sydney and Pran also became good friends, but when Lon Nol's government fell and Pol Pot took over, Schanberg was able to escape and Pran could not. As Schanberg heard more and more of the horrors of the Pol Pot regime, Communism gone mad, he castigated himself more and more for persuading Pran to remain even when it was no longer safe. Meanwhile, Pran struggled to survive in a nation in which 3 million people, out of a population of 7 million, were killed in the course of a few years.

Read more about the movie here.

I finally had my husband watch this with me a few months ago. I had seen it beofre, but he hadn't. As we started he wasn't really interested, but soon found the depth and depravity of the communists and the desire for the Cambodian people's freedom sucked him in. It is a movie that has had a LOT of impact on me as a parent (the kids need GUIDANCE!!") and as a conservative. If you've never seen it, it's well worth watching, IMHO.

[txradioguy]

Morning/evening Kathy. Hope everything is well and good back in the states. WOn't be too much longer before I don't have to wonder about that anymore! WHOOOOOO HOOOOO!!!

[Arrowhead1952]

Hi Kathy. I am in meetings all day today. Won't be on FR much, but had to say Hi to you.

[StarCMC]

Tomkow -- you got #100!

Did you scan the patch??