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Posted on 10/01/2007 3:39:02 AM PDT by Jim Robinson
Woo hoo!! Open all night!! FR never closes!!
Well, it's O'Dark Thirty and I'm still up so we might as well get started early on our FReepathon!!
Lots of great things happening. The surge is working. The Iraqi army is trained and starting to take over some of the fighting. Some of our troops will be relieved soon. The Iraqi citizens are growing tired of the Islamic extremists and are starting to kick them out. Things are getting generally better throughout Iraq. FRed Thompson has officially entered the race. The pro-abort, gun grabbing Rudy Giuliani is faltering. The antiwar moonbat Ron Paul is quickly rushing to the top of the one percenters (assuming you count the lib vote and the spammers, LOL). Cindy Sheehan can't muster a crowd. The Democrats are deeply saddened.
And Free Republic, the premier pro-God, pro-life, pro-family, pro-gun, pro-national defense, pro-limited government, pro-America independent grassroots conservative site is still on the air and kicking lib butt!!
Go FReepers!! Go Thompson/Hunter!!
Thank you all very much for your support!!
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Happy 117th Birthday, Yosemite National Park!
On this day in 1890, an act of Congress creates Yosemite National Park, home of such natural wonders as Half Dome and the giant sequoia trees.
Don't Feed Yogi or His Little Friend Boo Boo!
Environmental trailblazer John Muir (1838-1914) and his colleagues campaigned for the congressional action, which was signed into law by President Benjamin Harrison and paved the way for generations of hikers, campers and nature lovers, along with countless "Don't Feed the Bears" signs.
Native Americans, the Gold Rush & Ye Olde Lookie Lous
Native Americans were the main residents of the Yosemite Valley, located in California's Sierra Nevada mountain range, until the 1849 gold rush brought thousands of non-Indian miners and settlers to the region.
Tourists and damage to Yosemite Valley's ecosystem followed. In 1864, to ward off further commercial exploitation, conservationists convinced President Abraham Lincoln to declare Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove of giant sequoias a public trust of California.
This marked the first time the U.S. government protected land for public enjoyment and it laid the foundation for the establishment of the national and state park systems. Yellowstone became America's first national park in 1872.
Baaaah Baaaah Baad Sheep
In 1889, John Muir discovered that the vast meadows surrounding Yosemite Valley, which lacked government protection, were being overrun and destroyed by domestic sheep grazing.
Muir and Robert Underwood Johnson, a fellow environmentalist and influential magazine editor, lobbied for national park status for the large wilderness area around Yosemite Valley.
Enough Room for Rhode Island!
On October 1 of the following year, Congress set aside over 1,500 square miles of land (about the size of Rhode Island) for what would become Yosemite National Park, America’s third national park.
In 1906, the state-controlled Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove came under federal jurisdiction with the rest of the park.
It's a Right Purty Place
Yosemite's natural beauty is immortalized in the black-and-white landscape photographs of Ansel Adams (1902-1984), who at one point lived in the park and spent years photographing it.
Big Rocks, Bigger Splash, and Humongous Trees!
Today, over 3 million people get back to nature annually at Yosemite and check out such stunning landmarks as the 2,425-foot-high Yosemite Falls, one of the world's tallest waterfalls; rock formations Half Dome and El Capitan, the largest granite monolith in the U.S.; and the three groves of giant sequoias, the world's biggest trees.
Source: My own sub-titles were added on to the wunnerful reportin dun by History.com. Y'all ken click righ chere fer This Day in History
I, Brad's Gramma, spoke with LOGAN! today.
:)
It’s October already?
Wow......when did THAT happen? :)
Monthly donor here - Just keep doing what you’re doing to my credit card....
Freep-a-thon Ping!
I can do that, Steve. However, I’m tapped out right now. I JUST sent in my last check for last quarter. Husband is underemployed but working on it; we’re hunkering down in the bunker with mac-n-cheese for the time being. :)
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Cute!!! (How long did it take ya?) ;)
Keep up the good work!
Thank you very much, SouthTexas!!
Woo hoo!!
And this just in:
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Thank you all very much!!
Ya'll keep it going, I'm calling it a day. ;)
Woo hoo!! Howdy Grammie!! How is our little man?
Thank you very much, SnarlinCubBear!!
Thank you very much, Diana in Wisconsin!!
Let’s see. He told me he loved me, (not bragging again). :)
He was eating HEARTILY, and I mean HEARTILY....
He’s been playing.....
He’s sounding out letters to names/words....
He’s LOGAN! :) He is L-O-G-A-N!
WHOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
You are most welcome, and thank you!
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