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

Billie and daisyscarlett

[daisyscarlett]

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

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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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[ladyinred]

Good morning!

Wow, you are my new hero on FR! After reading your profile above I have to thank you for the outstanding way you have represented Freepers against the thugs from the left.

Your family is just beautiful, what adorable children you and Mrs. Physicist have. You are all indeed Free Republic's finest! Enjoy your day in the spotlight!

[Physicist]

Yesterday was an auspicious day here at the Penn physics department.

[ladyinred]

John dear, good morning, and thank you for the early morning ping, and all of millions of pings all of the time!

You the man!!!

[Physicist]

Mrs. P. doesn't like the photo at the top of the bio. She says she looks "horrible"; I think she looks just fine. If anything, I look worse, trying as I am to smile with a big mouthful of Guinness Stout.

[Lil Boop]

I saw this on TV too when it happened. How amazing that these people got away with barely a slap on the wrist.

What a beautiful family. You have blessed in many ways. Thank you for sharing a piece of yourself with me today.

Boop

[MrConfettiMan]

I hope that no news is good news.

It is, my friend. It is. Thanks for asking.

[VadeRetro]

Good to see you getting recognized for your efforts! Congratulations!

I see we aren't airbrushing the bannee/departees out of the official histories yet. CaL's pic is still there.

[Mixer]

Good morning FRiends. I wanted to share an email that I received this morning. Maybe you have seen it and maybe you havent't but I think it is worth looking at and I think if you agree you should ping all of your friends to it.

Have a Great day. Here is the email.

Subject: Gas

Every time you fill up the car, you can avoid putting more money into the
coffers of Saudi Arabia. Just buy from gas companies that don't import their
oil from the Saudis. Nothing is more frustrating than the feeling that every
time I fill-up the tank, I am sending my money to people who are trying to
kill me, my family, and my friends. I thought it might be interesting for
you to know which oil companies are the best to buy gas from.

Major companies that import Middle Eastern oil (for the period 9/1/00
-8/31/01).

Shell................ 205,742,000 barrels
Chevron/Texaco....... 144,332,000 barrels
Exxon /Mobil......... 130,082,000 barrels
Marathon............. 117,740,000 barrels
Amoco................ 62,231,000 barrels
If you do the math at $30/barrel, these imports amount to over $18 BILLION!

Here are some large companies that do not import Middle Eastern oil:

Citgo 0 barrels
Sunoco 0 barrels
Conoco 0 barrels
Sinclair 0 barrels
BP/Phillips 0 barrels
Hess 0 barrels

All of this information is available from the Department of Energy and can
be easily documented. Refineries located in the U.S. are required to state
where they get their oil and how much they are importing. They report on a
monthly basis.

Keep this list in your car; share it with friends. Stop paying for
terrorism.............

But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of gas buyers.

[Gumlegs]

A recital of facts is hardly a puff-piece.

I'm proud to be on your side.

[lodwick]

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[Mixer]

I hope my email posting was not too intrusive. If so I am sorry but i wanted to share that important note. If you feel it is not wanted in this thread please have it removed and let me know so that I do not make the same mistake in the future.

Thanks

[lodwick]

I found it to be good and useful information - thanks for bringing it here. JL

[Mixer]

I found it to be good and useful information - thanks for bringing it here. JL

Glad you liked it. I was just starting to wonder if it was a little off topic. I didn't want to rain on anyone's parade. If I can helps my fellow Americans I will do so.

[daisyscarlett]

Good morning......I am so happy to hear that you like your profile...

.I learned so much about so many things in snooping around the threads you were involved in. I had heard of the Don Adams incident, and had seen his name mentioned many times, but it was just great to put all of the pieces together and see the complete picture...

.Special kudos to you for founding the Philadelphia Chapter of Free Republic...And we need more information about the statement on your Profile Page that you "introduced dead to laz" (or was it the other way around?)...Whatever, details please...lol....

[Diver Dave]

Attention on Deck!

Present Arms!

1964 CW3 Manford L. Kleiv -- US Army, Age 40, Whitefish, Montana
1966 MAJ Pierce I. Robertson -- A/227 AHB 1 CAV, Age 31, Hamden, Connecticut
1968 WO1 Morris J. Ross -- 191 AHC, Age 26, Tacoma, Washington
1969 CPT John P. Brennan -- 195 AHC, Age 26, Union, New Jersey
1969 CPT Charles D. Jageler -- 195 AHC, Age 26, Gatesville, Texas
1969 1LT Robert S. Mason Jr. -- 118 AHC, Age 22, Babylon, New York
1969 CW2 Owen T. Hirano -- 118 AHC, Age 24, Honolulu, Hawaii

two

[Alamo-Girl]

Congratulations on your special day! You are so deserving of this recognition, Physicist!!! You're always firm on the issues and ever willing to help us explore and actually understand the mysteries of the physical realm. Lots of hugs to you and best wishes for your whole family!!!

[daisyscarlett]

Another sad date...Seven heroes representing seven different states and ranging in age from 22-40....May they Rest in Peace knowing they are not forgotten......

[dutchess]

"...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."

Gives new meaning to the phrase "you reap what you sow"

Congratulations physicist. You really hung in there in Philly. My best to Mrs. P. and your beautiful children.

[daisyscarlett]

Thanks for posting about the helicoptor pilots lost during the Vietnam conflict...

And thank you for the nice words about Physicist...you are "right" on...

[lodwick]

We have to get a bit off-topic from time to time, lest the honoree collapses from so much back-slapping and well-wishing. ;-)