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Posted on 05/04/2005 12:04:11 AM PDT by Mama_Bear
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Also the keyword "notmyfault" works great as well.
But only if I get to the thread first.
Cures what ails ya!
*chuckle*
Yes, and kayak's are much more stable than canoes, too!
As everyone knows, Bill Frist is a physician as well as a Senator, and while in Israel, stopped at a hospital there.
Here is his May 3rd account of his activities during his visit to Israel:
I'm in Jerusalem tonight after having a full day of meetings and seeing several historically significant sights. This is my second time to Israel, I was here in 1997, so I'm getting a chance to see the dramatic changes underway in the region.
I started my visit by exploring the Old City. We stopped at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Temple Mount and visited the Wailing Wall. I've been overwhelmed by its holiness and history; easy to understand its significance to all.
Toured the Hadassah Hospital--Womens and Childrens hospital supported by many in the U.S. Over the last 3 years have handled victims of 32 suicide attacks.
Met with Dep. PM Shimon Peres and discussed regional politics and the Roadmap.
Talked with Speaker of Parliament Rivlin and Foreign Affairs/Defense Committee Minister Steinetz--Speaker is my counterpart in the Knesset. Spoke about his views in opposition to disengagement from Gaza.
Overflight of Jerusalem Security Fence--Spent an hour in the air with the architect/builder of the fence.
Met with PM Ariel Sharon and discussed his plans to disengage from Gaza.
Met with Minister Natan Sharansky--Israeli minister who spent years in a Soviet prison and wrote an influential book on the transformative power of democracy.
Meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu--current Finance Minister.
Praised President Bush's leadership in promoting democracy around the world.
Busy day; look forward to meetings tomorrow with Palestinian leadership and then on to Jordan.
Bill Frist
Consider how terribly difficult are the positions of our leadership
with all the liberals screaming and dragging their heels.
Nuff sed....
:0)
I Am A Soldier
I am a soldier. My blood permeates the soil of many countries.
I have gasped my last breath on many a desolate stretch of beach. For you...all of you, the children who play in the parks, the mothers who watch over them, the fathers who struggle to sustain them.
There are those here who have belittled and reviled me, who have made a mockery of me and what I stand for. You, also, have I suffered and died for. I withstood heat, insects and disease so the right to dissent would be yours.
I endured the pain and terror of battle and the maiming of my body to ensure that you might worship as you please. I died in agony in order that you, no matter who or what you are, have the freedom to choose your own destinies.
AND I WOULD DO IT AGAIN because I believe in the ideals that made this country what it is today... FREE. I love her with a deep and abiding love that transcends mere physical pain.
I AM A SOLDIER. Pray that I will always be there, for if I disappear from this country, so will you.
~~Annonymous
Oh thus be it ever when free men shall stand between their 'loved homes and the War's desolation. Blessed with Victory and Peace may the Heaven rescued land praise the power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must when our cause it is just and this be our motto: In God is our Trust And the Star Spangled Banner in Triumph shall wave O'er the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave.
Francis Scott Key
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Prayers and tears today for our incredibly decent and humane fighting forces.
Starwise (aka -- Dinky Applebuns)
Bet even The Thin Man is delighted --- ..:))
Thank you for this beautiful support of our courageous Warriors for Freedom.
Yes, it is. Thank you for this post about Bill Frist's activities in Jerusalem, LadyX. You may interject anything you like, whenever you like, on any thread of mine. :-)
Oh, what a cute and appropriate graphic?! I love it!
P.S. Lori, VERY cute thread today and LOVE the background etc.!!!
P.S.S. And yes...dittos...the pledge is stunning!!!!
Awww....thank you, and thank you. :-)
I think I got your nickname wrong earlier and I shouldn't have, I am sorry,..
THANK you for the wonderful pictures and celebration of the wonderful military---
Doesn't that picture just tear your heart out? It is so similar to the one from the Okla. City bombing....
I AM A SOLDIER. Pray that I will always be there, for if I disappear from this country, so will you. ~~Annonymous
That is so true, and frightening to contemplate!
Hope all is well in your world. :-)
Thank you. In real life I look just plain silly in hats. LOL. That's why I don't wear them.
Billie made me wear a hat. Said I couldn't go to the Kentucky Derby if I didn't. ;-)
THE BRICK
A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street,
going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was watching for kids darting
out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. As his car passed, no children appeared.
Instead, a brick smashed into the Jag's side door! He slammed on the brakes
and backed the Jag back to the spot where the brick had been thrown. The
angry driver then jumped out of the car, grabbed the nearest kid and pushed him up against a parked car shouting, "What was that all about and who are you? Just what the heck are you doing? That's a new car and that brick you threw is going to cost a lot of money.
"Why did you do it?" he snapped. The young boy was apologetic.
"Please, mister...please, I'm sorry but I didn't know what else to do," He
pleaded. "I threw the brick because no one else would stop..." With tears
dripping down his face and off his chin, the youth pointed to a spot just
around a parked car. "It's my brother, "he said. "He rolled off the curb
and fell out of his wheelchair and I can't lift him up."
Now sobbing, the boy asked the stunned executive, "Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too heavy for me."
Moved beyond words, the driver tried to swallow the rapidly swelling lump
in his throat. He hurriedly lifted the handicapped boy back into the
wheelchair, then took out a linen handkerchief and dabbed at the fresh
scrapes and cuts. A quick look told him everything was going to be okay.
"Thank you and may God bless you," the grateful child told the stranger.
Too shook up for words, the man simply watched the boy push his
wheelchair-bound brother down the sidewalk toward their home.
It was a long, slow walk back to the Jaguar. The damage was very
noticeable, but the driver never bothered to repair the dented side door.
He kept the dent there to remind him of this message: "Don't go through
life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your
attention!" God whispers in our souls and speaks to our hearts. Sometimes
when we don't have time to listen, He has to throw a brick at us. It's our
choice to listen or not.
Thought for the Day:
If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it.
If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it.
He sends you flowers every spring.
He sends you a sunrise every morning. Face it, friend - He is crazy about you!
Send this to every "beautiful person" you wish to bless.
God didn't promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow,sun without
rain, but He did promise strength for the day, comfort for the tears, and light for the way.
Read this line very slowly and let it sink in...
If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.
Pass this message to seven people except you and me.
You will receive a miracle tomorrow ( just do it)!
{{{{{ Hugs }}}}}
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