A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....10-09-02

Billie and daisyscarlett

[daisyscarlett]

A Few of FR's Finest.....
......Every Day

FR is a Treasure Trove of talented, compassionate, patriotic, wonderful people who gather every day to discuss the latest news and issues;  salute
and support our military and our leaders;  tell a few jokes;  learn a new
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we can express ourselves.

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A Few of FR's Finest November 11, 2001

So many people have written me since my original Veteran's Day Tribute, asking how they, or a loved one, could be included in that tribute. Since I can no longer add the photos to the body of the thread, I've been including them in additional posts as I received enough to make another collage.

Still that doesn't seem to be enough. I think there's never been a better nor more appropriate time to keep the faces of our own Veterans and Active Military in front of FReepers--every day! That's why I wanted to do yet another Daily Thread .....ABOUT FReepers .....and FOR FReepers. But not only about our Military FReepers; for all FReepers! Wouldn't it be nice to get to know a few of the other FReepers as well? That's why, in addition to seeing FR's Finest Military Personnel every day, I thought it might be fun to feature a different FReeper (or FReepers) each day. If you would like to be pictured, or know someone who would, please FReepmail me and we'll turn the spotlight - on YOU - for the day!

And do let me know if you'd like your picture added to the groups of Veterans/Active Military below. I will keep this page updated, and continue to add them to the comment section of the original Veteran's Day thread as well.

TOP: Logos, SwedeGirl's hubby, Neil E Wright, FallGuy, 1John, Sneakypete
MIDDLE:  T'wit, COB1, LadyX, Dick Bachert, 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub
BOTTOM:  YankeeinSC, Delta21, JoeSixPack1

TOP:  Bosniajmc, AFVetGal, Archy, A Navy Vet

MIDDLE:  4TheFlag, Aeronaut, 68Grunt, Xinga

BOTTOM:  Codger, AAABest, Clinton's A Liar, Duke809, dcwusmc

TOP:  mc5cents, Norb2569, LBGA's son, VanJenerette

MIDDLE:  Jim Robinson, KJenerette, davidosborne, KG9Kid

BOTTOM:  gwmoore, Equality7-2521, SAMWolf

TOP:  porgygirl, Phil V., MudPuppy, NorCoGOP

MIDDLE:  RaceBannon, OneidaM, rdb3, jwTexian

BOTTOM:  USMC Vet, TheMayor, Vineyard, rhododogma

TOP:  spectr17, RightOnline, SERE_Doc, Tet68

MIDDLE:  FutureSnakeEater, RightOnline's wife, CIApilot, Clamper1797
BOTTOM:  usmcobra, onedoug, DiverDave, Joe6-pack

                     

ONE OF FR'S FINEST

Physicist
FReeper since 10-01-98

near Philadelphia PA

Physicist comes by his screen name logically and honestly. He has an Undergraduate Degree majoring in Physics and Earth and Space Sciences; a Masters in General Physics and a Ph.D. in Experimental High-energy Physics. His thesis experiment was performed with the AMY detector at the KEK laboratory in Japan, where he lived from 1988 to 1989. He is a Staff Scientist at the University of Pennsylvania in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. Here is a link to his homepage at Penn.

Physicist was raised in Bethlehem PA of old Pennsylvania Dutch stock. His genealogical research has uncovered ten direct ancestors who served in the Revolutionary War in various Pennsylvania militias, primarily in Berks county. His Pennsylvania roots are deep; his family has been in Pennsylvania for almost 300 years.

"A FAMILY AFFAIR"

Physicist's wife is also a FReeper being registered as "Mrs. Physicist". Physicist has two siblings and both are registered on FR as "Enzymologist" and "Molecular Biologist", respectively. Mr. and Mrs. Physicist met in middle school, were married in 1991 and have three beautiful children. When Jake was born in 2001, Physicist shared the news with his FRiends by posting a poignant vanity thread. PHYSICIST AND MRS. PHYSICIST HAD A SON TODAY

"DON AND TERI ADAMS"
(Don Adams pictured above at FR Garden Party)

Physicist first started reading Free Republic just after the Lewinsky scandal broke, from a link on the Drudge Report. He lurked until October 1, 1998, when he made his first post regarding an appearance by Bill Clinton in Philadelphia the next day. Large crowds had been protesting against Clinton around the country, and he expected a similar occurrence in Philadelphia.

As it turned out, only around three dozen people were there to protest Clinton (including five FReepers), while around 500 members of the Teamsters and Carpenters unions were there to support him...and brutally to suppress anyone who dared to protest against him.

Physicist was the first person attacked that afternoon; he thinks he is the only FReeper ever to have his blood shed by the Clintonistas while protesting. Later that evening he witnessed firsthand the bloody beating of Don and Teri Adams, a brother and sister whom he met shortly after he was attacked.

The events of the "City Hall Putsch" in Philadelphia had a galvanizing effect on Free Republic. As a result of the incidents of that day, Jim Robinson made the fateful decision to go to Washington to demand the impeachment of Bill Clinton.

In a few weeks' time, 5000 FReepers decided to join him, and the result was the March for Justice on October 31, 1998. During that time, Physicist managed to establish contact with Don and Teri Adams, and he arranged for Don Adams to speak at the March for Justice that evening at the Octogon in Washington, D.C.

In the years since then, five different court cases have resulted from the beating. Physicist has participated directly in two of them, and has chronicled all of them in a series of posts to FRee Republic.

A good background source for the Teamster beating incident is the four-part write-up Physicist did for the 2-10-99 pre-trial hearing of Kevin McNulty and Marc Nardone. The links to "Philly Teamster Update" are here:
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4

Please visit the following links for more information; still others are bookmarked on Physicist's Home Page: 9-12-00, 10-25-00, 11-01-00, 11-03-00, 12-18-00, 1-15-01, 1-28-02, 1-28-02

"FREE REPUBLIC PHILADELPHIA CHAPTER"

In December of 1998, Physicist became incensed when the City of Philadelphia began criminal proceedings against Don Adams, the victim. (Although he was ultimately acquitted, he remains the only person actually to stand trial as a result of the beating that was administered to him.) In response to this outrage, Physicist formed the Free Republic Philadelphia Chapter to organize local support for the Adamses, and to support Free Republic activism in the Phildelphia area. Abner is the current president of FRee Republic Philadelphia Chapter.

The FR Philadelphia Chapter staged protests against Clinton in the Philadelphia area more than ten times from 1998 to 2000, among other activities. Here are links to some of them, others are bookmarked on Physicist's Home Page:

Clinton and Kennedy FReep 10-29-99
Clinton Rendell Protest FReep 12-02-99
Clinton Philadelphia Profest FReep 2-24-00
Clinton solo FReep 5-19-00
Clinton FReep 6-30-00
Clinton 10-11-00 Eagles Up
Clinton FReeped on 25th anniversary 10-11-00

Bush Cheney Rallies:
Media Pa 11-19-00
Philadelphia 11-24-00

"IN HIS OWN WORDS"

"I spend much of my time on FreeRepublic defending libertarian principles, defending evolution and fielding physics questions. If anyone has any, ask away!"

"At home, I engage in the only hobby that is also clinically recognized as a mental illness: book collecting. I most avidly collect academic imprints of the '40's and '50's, especially Mentor, Pelican, Modern Library and Anchor, but many others besides."

"I like to read classics, lit-crit, history, science, science biography, politics, Sovietology, philosophy, science fiction, fantasy, techno-thrillers and mysteries."

A final ending quote from Physicist:

......."here's the main difference that FreeRepublic has made in my life: I can look myself in the face in the mirror.".....Physicist, Post #33 My Life Has Never Been the Same Since I Found www.freerepublic.com

CONGRATULATIONS PHYSICIST YOU ARE ONE OF FR'S FINEST

THIS WEEK'S THREADS

10-07-02 Remembering Angelique

10-08-02 COB1

Opinions by our own 'King of Ping' The guy's good, folks!

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[daisyscarlett]

[daisyscarlett]

[Diver Dave]

Howdy Miss Daisy. You picked another winner! Now I've got to go back and read the links. :)

[daisyscarlett]

[JohnHuang2]

Morning =^)

[JohnHuang2]

[Diver Dave]

Congratulations, Physicist. You did and outstanding job writing all the reports for the Adamses. You brought us to the streets and courtrooms of Philadelphia. I spent many long hours reading through your thread. Thank You.

Kindly step forward to the star on the floor, and take a bow.

GREAT looking family!

[daisyscarlett]

Physicist is a fascinating FReeper and the links to the Don Adams case are a good education for some of us newer FReepers and a good review for those who were "around" when the incident happened.

What I did not elaborate on is the fact that Physicist is very active on the "science" threads and is quite good and patient in explaining things to those of us who are not up to speed on science articles, yet are interested in said articles. Please visit Physicist's Home Page and check out some of his bookmarks....

One FReeper said it very well:

"Physicist has the talent to explain to lay folks interesting science."......Posted on 04/26/2001 11:44:23 PDT by daivid

[Askel5]

Oh my gosh, the girls have grown and your son's a doll!

All the best to your wife. Best regards.

[Diver Dave]

Physicist's reports along with the DC Chapter reports were probably the greatest influence on me and my decision to 'get involved' with FReeping our Creep.

[daisyscarlett]

Those are the most photogenic children I have seen in awhile...

Here are some more family photos that did not make the cut....

[Mo1]

Thanks for the PING John Physicist was the first person attacked that afternoon; he thinks he is the only FReeper ever to have his blood shed by the Clintonistas while protesting. Later that evening he witnessed firsthand the bloody beating of Don and Teri Adams, a brother and sister whom he met shortly after he was attacked.

WOW Physicist you were in that mess. I still remember watching it on Channel 6 News and couldn't believe my eyes..

And not a dang thing happened to those teamsters .. ticked me off but good

Congrats of being FR's Finest

[daisyscarlett]

Good morning, Your Royal Highness...lol...

[daisyscarlett]

I guess that musta been the Creep Clinton since Condit and his shenanigans were unknown to us at the time...I guess this it is called "trickle down FReeping"....Who knows who will read about your successful Condit FReeps and Physicist's effort in Pa. and get inspired to FReep any number of likely candidates.

[daisyscarlett]

Hi there...Thanks for your comments...Would you believe I am heading over to my FReepmail in just a few minutes to answer your FReepmail so be on the lookout...hee hee...

[Askel5]

Thanks Daisy!

[Mo1]

LOL .. ok then

[Physicist]

Gosh, what a handsome tribute! I feel as if I'll have trouble living up to it. :-)

[Physicist]

Those are the most photogenic children I have seen in awhile...

Thanks! Here are a couple early photos of Jake:

[Physicist]

And not a dang thing happened to those teamsters .. ticked me off but good

Well, they didn't get off entirely scot-free. Five of the Teamsters--tracked down by patient effort from the videotapes, with NO help from the police or Teamster Local 115--pled guilty in exchange for negligible probation sentences. No trials, no details potentially embarrassing to the Teamsters or to Rendell, no media, no muss, no fuss.

Johnny Morris, the ringleader, was never prosecuted, but he suffered a worse fate: the beating incident was one of the motivations for a raid on Local 115 by the union itself, which resulted in Morris losing the local he built, and ultimately being drummed out of the Teamsters. He died earlier this year, still attempting to win his position back. The events reportedly took a very heavy toll on him.