[Luis Gonzalez]

I have to go out for a couple of hours, but I will be back.

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Luis - I am now listening to the Archive of the FR RAdio show with Jeff Head on with you! Neat! Great program.

[daisyscarlett]

I have changed our luncheon menu and will serve Cuban food instead of Elvis food. After all, Luis is our Finest Freeper of the Day, not Elvis. Although Elvis coulda have been (arguably). He believed in the right to own guns and served his country well and met with Nixon in the WH. The druggie thing was not good, however.

Anyway, here is some Cuban food for lunch...Well, actually the restaurant that prepares this considers it half-Cuban, half Columbian food.

Left to right: Appetizer platter- roast pork, chorizo, corn pancake, tostones, beef....Octopus Salad...tamarind Cuban milk shake.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Luis, thank you for your beautiful and passionate words, for seeing the possibilities, sharing your colorful past, reminding us of what's true and great about our country and our freedoms.

Thank you for teaching us about Cuba, and our patriotic E. coast neighbors.

Billie, thanks for giving us an opportunity to say thanks. (^:

From My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys, Luis Gonzalez, Sept. 24, 2000. (keep a hankie handy)

Dubya approached the edge of the stage and shook hands with many, including the FReeper known as MissionPossible, some of the crowd began to leave and I was once again able to move forward. That's when it happened, for one incredible moment, Dubya looked up. Now, I don't know if he was looking right at me or not, it really was of no consequence whatsoever because I saw what I wanted to see.

The eyes squinted under the glare of the stage lights but the lines where well worn, a product of the great Texas sun. The face was rugged and honest, emanating self-assurance and quiet strength. This was the face of the America of my dreams and my memories. Randolph Scott, Gene Autry, Gary Cooper. I saw them all in that face. A face as rugged and honest as the wide open Texas plains, eyes as clear as the blue skies over the Lone Star State.

Governor George W. Bush walked off the stage like one of my heroes riding off into the sunset. As he turned for one last wave I saw them stand next to him, maybe it was my eyes, maybe it was the lights. But I swear he was flanked by The Duke and "Dutch".

By God, I love this Country.