Posted on 07/08/2002 1:43:56 AM PDT by Snow Bunny
Ron
USMC
Victoria Delsoul and Aquamarine thanks for
the music it was the best. You read my mind
on most of the songs you played.
Your USO sure knows how to throw a party and
and how important liberty is to all of us.
Kisses to all the girls, and a special one for Victoria.
Your friend,
Tony
USMC
I get to see the Freeper USO Canteen each day and I have yet to be disappointed am a veteran of two wars and from seeing each of you and the Canteen,I can tell you I would go back again and fight in those same wars over again.
YOU all are what America is about!
I give you permission to add this to your Monday Mail Call day. I want everyone there to know we are out here and you make a difference in lives you touch. You see, each day I get up and after my physical therapy I come back home. The first thing I do is turn on my computer and come to Free Republic. I keep two screens open, one with the Canteen and the other with all the threads at FR that I read . The information at FR is top notch and usually before it is on my news here.
The anger builds sometimes as I read of things eating away at MY America. Then I read the Canteen screen and smile or a hearty laugh. It keeps me sane in a world gone half crazy with liberals.
Thank you for welcoming all of us Veterans home and for your marvelous support of our kids serving now. The Canteen is exactly how I remember the USO except for one BIG thing, Free Republics IS EVEN BETTER.
God be with each of you and your families that let you spend the time at the Canteen to make such a big difference in the life of an old worn out veteran.
In your service,
Tyler
USNAVY Veteran and now lurker at FR
Victoria Delsoul can you hear me because this is for you.
I LOVE YOU !
There Ive said it and I feel much better now. Thank you for
making my days over here feel a little more like I am home.
The Canteen is my home away from home over here and Bunny
your gift to us with the Canteen is more then appreciated.
Admirer of the Freeper USO Canteen and Victoria, Thank you !
Mike
US Army
My Mom wrote me an email and told me after reading my letters to her I had better check out Free Republics USO Canteen for Freepers. I finally did and now I am addicted to it. I dont know your real names, but the 4 Bad Boys here are Joe, Marty, Al, and myself Scully the Scrounger.
So far we have only been in trouble once, but that is because we had a little misunderstanding if you get what I mean. A guy has to do what a guy has to do after all. LOL
It is good to see we can carry on the fine tradition of Bad Boys that was set before us in you Veterans. Fine job men!
My mom likes it because she said there is hope for us over here when I tell her a little of what we have done. She says if we turn out to be the kind of Bad Boys she sees at the Freeper USO Canteen there is hope. Ya got to love Mom !
Mainly I , no we all want to thank you for the Freeper USO Canteen. There are some tuff days for us and you make them better.
Thanks much!
Scully and the Pirates
US Navy
Thank you and all of you that make such a great place online. My Uncle is with the National Guard and where they are right now, were not sure. Before he left he told me about the USO Canteen Freeper Style and also Jim Robinson founding Free Republic.
What a fine man Jim Robinson is and reading about him in the tribute you all did at the Canteen was very motivating to me. I have some favorite days there that I look forward to each week when I can get the time online:Themeless Thursday, Freeper Friday and when you do threads about different topics.
Tell LadyX she is beautiful and I am proud of her. She has raised a fine family besides being a lady Marine. We can always use more lady Marines like LadyX setting such a fine example.
All of your support means a lot over here.
Your friend, Love you Snow Bunny,
Cole
USMC
Now SAMWolf we need to have a little talk here. I read your
Freeper Friday and saw you were in the Army. Now IF and I say IF
you had been a Marine you never would have been in that Volcano
in the first place. You would have taken those fine ladies, Misty CA,
and yes GREAT legs on that one, SpookBrat (the most delightful
personality ) and AntiJen ( got a crush on her) and led them away from
that nasty volcano.
But we cant all be Marines and you did give the ladies a fine time of it.
So I wont be too hard on you Sam.
You have it all at the Freeper USO Canteen. Humor that is great, not only
the jokes which I send back home to my family. But in heartfelt reaching
out in the truest support of the military I have ever seen.
Ladies go easy on Sam, LOL , Bad Boys need love too.
The Canteen just keeps getting better each time I check in. God bless each
of you!
Steve
USMC
Jim Robinson, a lot of us here cant post as you understand , but we
want you to know that your life makes a difference in others you have
not met on your forum. Thank you Sir !
Slim
USAF
Thank you for the thread about Ordies. My cousin is an Aviation
Ordnanceman and I sent him the web site that day in an email.You
all made his day.
Thank you may be just two words but it carrys with is a lot of
meaning.
Hugh
US NAVY
I just love everyone there and especially the way you hit hard with posts and
then turn around and play hard too. Leadpenny, I like your name and thank you for
Serving. DoughtyOne, you are very talented and I really like the things you make
that Bunny shows us each day.
I feel like I have come from a town where all of us girls have been friends. Jen, Misty,
Spookie, Sassy ,Deadhead, Coteblanche ( I love to say your name) ,Iowa Granny
(Grandpa was born in Iowa), Victoria, Linda, Aquamarine, Souris, I will feel awful if I leave
out any one of you.
And you guys are so funny, Tomkow6, HiJinx, Sam, Kneezles, Mr_Magoo, Radio Astronomer, how can I thank
you. Ligeia and MeeknMing, Light Speed, Bahbah, LadyX, BeforeISleep, The Mayor, DoughtyOne , Larry Johnson, Lodwick,so many I wish I could name you all.
I love the Canteen, it makes a bad day good, sadness go away, a loneliness disappear
Each time I am there. In one of your posts you have me crying it is so touching, then you
Turn around and have me laughing so hard. Thank you! God be with you and your families you deserve every happiness and protection. You
deserve not to worry about your safety and to know we are doing our jobs. And we are and
will continue too. God bless our Commander in Chief.
Thank you for your generous support each day. I carry it with me when I am not able to
Visit.
Karyn
US Army
And yes, after a week with Aunt Sassy and Uncle kneezles he is SPOILED rotten. *giggle*
Also...Wednesday is Sassy's birthday. She will be 29 this year. She's gonna kill me!!!
Bush ready to trade Maine for Crawford
Media and staff, however, would rather avoid Texas in August
07/08/2002
Excerpt:
KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine - Cool sea breezes, coffee on the hotel veranda and long walks on the beach.
Enjoy it while you can, President Bush told his entourage as they enjoyed a holiday weekend on the Maine coast.
Crawford in August is right around the corner.
Mr. Bush himself can't wait to get back to his beloved Texas ranch, which he again plans to use as a western White House in August, despite not-so-subtle suggestions by staff and reporters that he consider another visit to his parents' compound in Kennebunkport.
In wishing the president a happy 56th birthday, one reporter asked Mr. Bush: "Now that you're a little older and wiser, are you rethinking avoiding spending all of August here?"
No, Mr. Bush replied: "I think you'll like Crawford."
Members of the presidential caravan said the people in Crawford and Waco are great, but the area lacks the amenities of the seaside resort. Some suggested a parity plan by which every day in Crawford is matched by a day in Kennebunkport.
Don't count on it, Bush aides said. One joked that that while Mr. Bush likes to go to Crawford to unwind, everyone else seems to go there to whine.
Go! George, GO!
I've missed you too, but I've been so busy. I finally got rid of all my company but now I have to go pick up Ally at the airport here in a bit. It's just go, go, go...pant, pant, pant.
Scully:
I'm so proud to see the scrounging tradition is being carried on and that there are still guys out there who are proud to wear the title "Scrounger".
P.S. In the Military, there's "in trouble" and there's "IN TROUBLE", stay away from the second one and you guy's will be fine.
Steve:
Now us Army guys may not be as smooth talking as you Marines, but thats besides the point. You see if throwing me in the volcano allowed the Ladies to have a good time and enjoy themselves, then that was ok with me. I actually sort of liked being chosen by the Ladies over all the other guys at the Canteen. Gives you that "you're special" feeling. There are times to lead and times to just go with the flow. The Volcano incident was definately a "go with the flow" event.
Hugh, Mike and Tony:
Hey Guys. Give me a break here, I have enough competition already! I'm trying my hardest to make an impression on Victoria and am constantly getting shot down, you guys aren't helping me out any. (Speaking of shot down, I notice a curious lack of Air Force competition for Victoria's attention, you guys dead or what?)
He really is precious as are ALL of our children. You are so right about why freedom must never die. I thought about that a lot this last week while I held this baby and played with my wonderful nieces. They are our future and we must teach them about freedom and about the men and women that have made it possible to be free. God bless our children. God bless America.
oh.......okay........sorry......
Thank you for your generous support each day. I carry it with me when I am not able to visit.
Karyn:
Your letter brought tears to my eyes because what we we try to do at the Canteen you put into words. It may not always seem like it but we're here to "make a bad day good, sadness go away, a loneliness disappear."
You earned our support, you pay for it every day with your service and we thank you for it.
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