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A personal remembrance of FReeper BKO (Barbara Olson) "let us never forget..."
one man's opinion....

Posted on 09/09/2011 12:49:05 PM PDT by ken5050

Among the victims on 9/11 was Barbara Olson, the beautiful and brilliant author and political commentator who perished when American Airlines flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon. Many here will recall that she was an avid Freeper ( her screen handle was "bko" )...and many who are new to FR may not have known it. It was because of FR that I had the very good fortune to get to know Barbara..indeed, the week before she died we'd spoken on the phone, to talk about actually meeting in NYC for the first time later that month. She was an absolute delight, and I thought I'd like to briefly share with all of you a little bit about my experiences with her.


TOPICS: Announcements; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: barbaraolson; bko
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To: ken5050
..reporting on all the insider stuff about the Clintons...( and believe me, there was also a lot of stuff I couldn't post)

Ahem.....she may 'challenge' in the next few months. Get it up, and get it out!

Seriously, great essay...thanks, amigo.

81 posted on 09/09/2011 5:02:24 PM PDT by ErnBatavia (Obama Voters: Jose Baez wants YOU for his next jury pool.......)
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To: ken5050

Thank for sharing this fascinating story that makes me proud to be associated with such fine Freepers as yourself.


82 posted on 09/09/2011 5:26:30 PM PDT by Atlas Sneezed (Are you better off now than you were four trillion dollars ago?)
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To: ken5050

Thank-you for sharing that.I hadn’t discovered FR until after 9/11 but loved Barbara Olson when I saw her on TV.I’m sorry you lost your friend and the world lost her.


83 posted on 09/09/2011 5:45:17 PM PDT by chris_bdba
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To: ken5050

Thanks Ken for sharing. Even though the progressive revisionists would like us to forget - WE MUST NEVER FORGET!!!


84 posted on 09/09/2011 6:07:26 PM PDT by surfer (To err is human, to really foul things up takes a Democrat, don't expect the GOP to have the answer!)
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To: ken5050

Thanks for bringing back some pleasant, though bittersweet memories!


85 posted on 09/09/2011 6:22:43 PM PDT by tarheelswamprat
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To: seekthetruth

Thanks for sharing. C.


86 posted on 09/09/2011 7:12:52 PM PDT by Calusa (The pump don't work cause the vandals took the handles. Quoth Bob Dylan.)
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To: ken5050

Thanks for sharing your memories.


87 posted on 09/09/2011 7:45:38 PM PDT by iceskater (I am a Carnivore Conservative - No peas for me. (h/t N.Theknow))
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To: cajungirl

The RECOUNT! We had some really good threads. Remember “Chad” the hanging squirrel?


88 posted on 09/09/2011 7:51:10 PM PDT by Texas Tea
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To: Texas Tea

I do! And our weird diets and lack of doing housework for days and days. It was dreadful, up all night watching tv and going to work bleary eyed!


89 posted on 09/09/2011 8:11:02 PM PDT by cajungirl
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To: ken5050

Thanks for the great post, Ken. I miss Barbara as well.


90 posted on 09/09/2011 8:24:22 PM PDT by Chieftain (Never forget 9-11-01)
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To: ken5050

Thanks for the great post, Ken. I miss Barbara as well.


91 posted on 09/09/2011 8:24:30 PM PDT by Chieftain (Never forget 9-11-01)
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To: ken5050

Thanks for the great post, Ken. I miss Barbara as well.


92 posted on 09/09/2011 8:24:33 PM PDT by Chieftain (Never forget 9-11-01)
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To: ken5050

Thanks for all that! I remember your threads very well, we had insights here that no one had and it is all because of your coverage.

I never knew BKO was her until after that day. She is missed by many of us. You my FRiend had the chance to be a part of her life and helped her formulate her speaking on TV.

Thank you!


93 posted on 09/09/2011 8:26:50 PM PDT by The Mayor ("If you can't make them see the light, let them feel the heat" — Ronald Reagan)
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To: ken5050
A remarkable story.

Thanks for posting it.

Rest in Peace, BKO.

94 posted on 09/09/2011 8:58:20 PM PDT by OddLane (If Lionel Hutz and Guy Smiley had a lovechild together, his name would be "Mitt Romney." -KAJ)
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To: ken5050

Thank you for the wonderful recollections of Barbara.


95 posted on 09/09/2011 9:15:47 PM PDT by mcmuffin ("Wanting your country back is not the same thing as working to take it back." JB Williams, Patriot U)
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To: Servant of the Cross

Saving for later


96 posted on 09/09/2011 9:42:37 PM PDT by 2nd amendment mama ( www.2asisters.org | Self defense is a basic human right!)
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To: ken5050; Guenevere; Two Thirds Vote Aye

I remember. Thank you for sharing, ken. Guennie and 2/3, thank for the ping.


97 posted on 09/09/2011 9:44:04 PM PDT by lysie
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To: ken5050

Thanks for sharing and keeping their memory alive....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2336834/posts


98 posted on 09/09/2011 11:08:08 PM PDT by RasterMaster ("To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men." - Abraham Lincoln)
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To: RasterMaster; All
Thanks so much for you kind words..I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Though unrelated to the topic of the thread, there was a common theme in many of your comments...how much FR has changed since those days...it's a different place now..harsher, less civil..sometimes unpleasant..

The natural eveolution of political discourse in a decade, or have we so allowed our opponents to debase our society? We shall see over then next 15 months...

99 posted on 09/10/2011 3:54:38 AM PDT by ken5050 (Save the EARTH...it's the ONLY planet with CHOCOLATE!!!)
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To: ken5050
I had a few freepmails with Barbara, I didn't know who BKO was until she was gone..

May she rest in peace.

100 posted on 09/10/2011 4:16:58 AM PDT by Las Vegas Dave
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