A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....10-23-02

JohnHuang2 and Billie | JohnHuang2

[Billie]

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
word;  write poetry;  pray for those in need;  and congratulate those who
are deserving. Thank you, Jim Robinson, for giving us the vehicle in which
we can express ourselves.

Free Republic made its debut in September, 1996, and the forum was added in early 1997.  I
can remember lurking when there were only a few regulars who posted, and now there are over 60,000 who have registered for posting privileges. The forum is read daily by tens of thousands
of concerned citizens and patriots from all around the country and the world.

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

                     

Maureen Dowd -- All The Drool that's fit to...

JohnHuang2

Dowdy's latest rant, The Soufflé Doctrine, reminds me of that age-old axiom, 'Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.'

Poor gal. You almost feel pity for the miserable wretch.

For Dowdy, life just isn't the same anymore, not after sweetheart Michael Douglas traded the weather-beaten battle-ax for shiny heartthrob Catherine Zeta-Jones. Michael, adding insult to injury, calls the swap a bargain.

And what a b-o-r-i-n-g life. Even George Burns (1896-1996) has a better sex life.

Her evenings are about as monotonous as Al Gore speeches.

Her typical night? Going-a-begging, scouring for crumbs of comfort. It's either bar-hopping with the Hampton set, or hanging out with Annette Bening, Ron Silver, Richard Dreyfuss and Bianca Jagger. Dowdy calls it 'staying in touch' with the common man, something Warren Beatty taught her.

Once home, after tripping and stumbling around in a fruitless zigzag search for the computer, the sozzled hag droops over onto her couch, drunker than Teddy Kennedy on St. Patrick's Day.

Through the Bourbon mist, the pie-eyed shrew notices the Power Mac on the coffee table right in front of her, keyboard still sticky after spilling a bottle of viagra-laced Jack Daniels the last time around. In a burst of maniacal delirium, the mad-as-a-hatter scribbler imagined the keyboard had morphed into Michael's puckered lips.

She puts down the bottle this time, though, and starts banging and whacking the keys away in a frenzy, shrieking and moaning at the top of her croaky voice as she goes.

Neighbors say that's how you know Dowdy's penning yet another hate-Bush bleat, especially when she squawks, "Michael! Michael! Why, you son-of-a-(rhymes with itch)! I'll teach you yet!"

But I think I understand what's eating Dowdy, frazzled that Bush's popularity still rates higher than her I.Q. The problem is 7-fold:

• 1) Bush ain't no felon.
• 2) Bush ain't no perjurer.
• 3) Bush ain't no traitor.
• 4) Bush ain't no coward.
• 5) Bush ain't no crook.
• 6) Bush ain't no liar.
• 7) Bush ain't no rapist.

In other words, George W., as Dowdy sees it, has some serious character flaws, not the least of which is that he loves his family -- including (gasp!) his wife!

'What?! No dress-staining, bimbo-chaser defiling the People's House? That's defining morality up. No way, can't have that,' says Dowdy.

Speaking of which, Dowdy-Democrats love to wallow in "moral" crusades, untethered to any substance. To give meaning to her life, Dowdy now fancies herself the keyboard warrioress, doing her part, battling bravely the world's most odious regime -- Bush's.

She's an "army", all right -- an army of none.

Dowdy -- petty, childish, irrelevant -- has become a caricature of ... Dowdy.

Small wonder.

For the weather, you see the weather pages.

For sports, you open the sport pages.

For fashion, you find the fashion pages.

But for no-fact pap, Dowdy's column is the place to go.

Her stuff has all the substance of Diet Coke. Indeed, between Dowdy and "Barbra", the only difference is a spell-check.

'She ain't playing with a full deck,' some say.

I say, what deck?

Her columns are living proof you don't need pea brains to string drivel together into sentences. Dowdy's the little engine -- that couldn't.

The unfettered hate which flows from her Bush-bashing harangues illustrate another point: You don't need to scour caves in Tora-Bora for remnants of al-Qaeda: Pravda West swarms with Taliban-wannabes.

I thought of using Dowdy's column as bird-cage liner.

My bird felt insulted. 'Get that no-talent out of here!'

Dowdy, O Dowdy, hate to burst your bubble, but outside the Beltway, no-one gives a lick what you think. Smear and innuendo from smarmy partisan hacks like you weigh nothing in the balance.

And only shows your pitifully thin grasp of reality. As you try to fill the hate-Bush niche, your tiresome, predictable one-track pony-ism is wearing numbingly dull.

In closing, here's 4 sincere words of advice: Get a life, already.

Gotta hand it to the New York Times, All The Drool That's Fit To Spit.

Anyway, that's...

My two cents...

THIS WEEK'S THREADs

10-21-02 International Profile Pages
10-22-02 Knighthawk

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

Thanks, Mixer!

     1) Click on the graphic to open the Calendar.
     2) Once there you can click on any month and even click to the right to go into next year. Once you are in the month that you joined FR you will need to click on the number in the calendar and then an add item screen will come up.
     3) In the next box enter your name in the "Calendar Text" field and then click on submit.
     4) If any of the screens fail to load simply click on refresh in your browser and that will usually fix it.
     5) If all else fails or simply if you want me to do this for you send me an FReepmail and I will gladly do it for you. ~Mixer

[JustAmy]

MIXER!

[Diver Dave]

Mornin' Billie, John.

Another great contribution by the King of Ping worth far more than two cents. Really glad to have JH2 on board with his weekly features.

Atta Boy, John!

[daisyscarlett]

I received a phone call last night from someone who had recently seen a replica of the Wall.

When she was in high school, she had corresponded with a few servicemen in VietNam. She was shocked to see the name of one of her penpals on the Wall. Since he wrote her that he was on a helicoptor crew, I am wondering if he was killed while serving in this capacity...

His name is Richard A. Kosti from Keewatin WI. He gave his life for his country in 1968.

REST IN PEACE RICHARD. Though your penpal. Lee, never met you and lost contact with you, she has never forgotten you and seeing your name on the Wall was devastating to her.

[JustAmy]

Bless these heros. Father, Bless and Comfort their families.

Thank you, ladtx. Your service to our great nation is greatly appreciated.
We have a very good friend who served with the Screaming Eagles during either 1964 or 1965. He came home but many of his friends did not.
God Bless our Military, Past and Present.

[JustAmy]

Good Morning, Mr. King. Hope you shake that cold but think of all the posting to the Finest Thread you can do today. LOL

[Diver Dave]

Attention On Deck!

Present Arms!

1965 MAJ Norman A. Leikam -- B/2/20 ARA 1 CAV, Age 33, Hays, Kansas
1965 CW2 Vann D. Sherrill -- 118 AHC, Age 31, Thomasville, North Carolina
1969 WO1 Andrew J. Abramson -- A/4/77 ARA 101 ABN, Age 22, Lake Oswego, Oregon
1969 WO1 Gerald L. Young -- A/4/77 ARA 101 ABN, Age 31, Ft Worth, Texas

two

[daisyscarlett]

I LOVE what you've done

Thanks,,,it is kinda out of this world, isn't it?

[Mixer]

Thanks for the mini-me version of Daisy's balloons ;-) It is nice of everyone to acknowledge these anniversaries. I hope everyone feels as good as I do about it when their anniversary comes up.

[Diver Dave]

Happy Anniversary, REXIM!

Took a look at those WTC photos on your profile page again - AWESOME!

[lodwick]

[ladtx]

I have searched a couple of Wall websites and can't find the name Richard A. Kosti. The closest I can come to it is Kostich and Kostick. I even did a search on Keewatin, WI and had no luck. Sorry.

[lodwick]

Warrior's Last Prayer
Don't miss this one.

[Mixer]

Thanks Diver Dave!....I was especially happy with the one from the ground up. That was just some site to see and whenever I would visit the WTC I would always look straight up like that from the bottom. Thankfully I have those picture to preserve the WTC the way I remember it most. Glad I could share them and glad that you like them.

[ST.LOUIE1]

Morning, BillieBlue! : )

[ladtx]

Pretty heavy stuff there.

[Diver Dave]

The "Traveling Wall" will be in Modesto over the four day Veteran's Day weekend.

I've been to the Wall in Washington D.C. and to the Traveling Wall a few years ago when it was in this area.

Both of them brought forth tears of sadness for those who gave their all. I've found the name of a high school friend and also the names of some RECON Marines who attended diving school with me.

Salute!

[ST.LOUIE1]

Morning, King!

Maybe we should start calling you - King of Mean.

Dowdy surely would. LOL

[ladtx]

I saw the traveling wall once in Longview, TX. I took a list of guys I knew in Vietnam, but could only get through 3 or 4 of them and had to leave. It was just too much to look at. I would like to get to the real wall in DC someday.

[Diver Dave]

Thanks, JL. I wasn't able to get the sound, but the prayer was pretty special.

[JustAmy]

Good Morning everyone.