Posted on 01/22/2005 6:55:01 AM PST by kristinn
Sure did! I'm sure he was getting creeped out from my staring at him! :) Maybe the reason he kept walking away very quickly!
I'd feel better about the whole experience if his nametag said something else... like "Ed."
It's great to see the Iraqi guests there with you. I wish I could have met them.
Great report RaceBannon!
Great pix, good job ~ Thanks!
Mega Taxman Bravo Zulus to DC Chapter and all who were involved in the FRee Republic Inaugural Ball!
I missed a great party, and will forever be sorry I did, I expect.
Great party, great report, great pics, All!
Great pix ~ Good job ~ Thanks!
Hey, tomkat. Long time no see.
Prairie - thought you might like this thread.
Great pix ~ Good job ~ Thanks!
Jim Robinson is my Hero, too!
Thanks for ther photos ramseye!
LOL! Well I was the poor lost FReeper who couldn't read the nametags anyway--because of the general dimness of the room and my poor eyesight. If I met anyone I hope they remind me what their screennames are!
If it was betweeen 9:30 and 11:30, that might have been me! :)
Thank your son for me,and thank-you.
Bronze Star bump
I went to a Catholic School,watch out for them rulers,be careful out there!;)
Glad you all had a great time, the pix are great.
How about nametags, the size of bumper stickers, and pasted on Freeper's backs!! I couldn't make out the names without snoozling up to their chests (I'm being polite), so I missed some who I spoke to!
What a great time I had! I didn't go to the parade or the ceremony itself, but watched the swearing-in and address on TV in the hotel. Then a few of us decorated the ballroom and diningrooms. Budget decorations but everything looked pretty and red/white/blue. The flags on the walls all had meaning, and the pictures and posters told what we were all about.
While we were working, I spoke to a hotel employee who thought we were a group from Arkansas. So I explained who we were and the Arkansas link. He was curious about FR.com. and asked some questions about us. He had a 'W' pin on his uniform, but I thought it was because he was an employee of the Washington Plaza. Later on I saw many Freepers with the same W pin --- so the guy was a Bush man!!
I spent a long time checking people in by pasting wrist tags on them, but when I was relieved, I simply circulated, hugging old friends and meeting new ones. There was one time when I simply had to get off my feet, and sat in the room outside the ballroom was. It was, of course crowded, and as I sat there, it was such a wonderful feeling to be with so many who are on my wave-length! Many, many I knew as I had Freeped with them over the years, but the others were "Strangers who were all my friends"!!
My sincere thanks to all those who carried all the planning and worries on their backs, these past weeks, setting up such a wonderful night.
And -- to Jim Rob and his wonderful family ----- we love and thank you!! You have done so much for this country with Free Republic. God bless you!!
there's only about 6. They've been coming every Wed for months. They just stand there holding a sign that says "No more war"
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