A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....11-06-02 How Sweet It Is!!

JulieRNR21 and Billie

[Billie]

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.

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TOP:  g'nad, AgThorn's son Justin, SLB, AgThorn's son Brett.
MIDDLE:  fish70, razorback-bert, CheneyChick,Leroy S Mort, Mark17.
BOTTOM:  Terry's Take, Taxman, DinkyDau.

TOP:  ValerieUSA's son Grant, SK1Thurman, kd5cts, RangerVetNam,
dansangel and .45man's son-in-law Tony
BOTTOM:  rangerX, Old China Hand, Trish, Howlin's dad, Mustang

TOP: ladtx #2 son; DiverDave's twin Don; petuniasevan and husband
poorman; Mustard; ladtx #1 son;
BOTTOM: AlamoGirl's brother Floyd; AG's dad; AG's brother Jim (inset);
WVNan's husband; ladtx Aunt Eva.

We now have eleven groups of veterans/active military; beginning this week we will post each group of three or four twice a week, with thumbnail/links of the remaining seven or eight groups on each thread. Click on any of the thumbnails below to see the group full-size.

         

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

GROUP 2A: TOP:  Bosniajmc, AFVetGal, Archy, A Navy Vet MIDDLE:  4TheFlag, Aeronaut, 68Grunt, Xinga BOTTOM:  Codger, AAABest, Clinton's A Liar, Duke809, dcwusmc

GROUP 3A: TOP:  mc5cents, Norb2569, LBGA's son, VanJenerette MIDDLE:  Jim Robinson, KJenerette, davidosborne, KG9Kid BOTTOM:  gwmoore, Equality7-2521, SAMWolf

GROUP 4A: TOP:  porgygirl, Phil V., MudPuppy, NorCoGOP MIDDLE:  RaceBannon, OneidaM, rdb3, jwTexian BOTTOM:  USMC Vet, TheMayor, Vineyard, rhododogma

         

GROUP 5A: TOP:  spectr17, RightOnline, SERE_Doc, Tet68. MIDDLE:  FutureSnakeEater, RightOnline's wife, CIApilot, Clamper1797. BOTTOM:  usmcobra, onedoug, DiverDave, Joe6-pack.

GROUP 6A: TOP:  g'nad, AgThorn's son Justin, SLB, AgThorn's son Brett. MIDDLE:  fish70, razorback-bert, CheneyChick, Leroy S Mort, Mark17. BOTTOM:  Terry's Take, Taxman, DinkyDau.

GROUP 7A: TOP:  ValerieUSA's son Grant, SK1Thurman, kd5cts, RangerVetNam, dansangel and .45man's son-in-law Tony.BOTTOM:  rangerX, Old China Hand, Trish, Howlin's dad, Mustang.

GROUP 8A: TOP: ohioWfan's son, MamaBear's father-in-law, MamaBear's dad, ladtx. MIDDLE:  The Mayor's niece, M.Kehoe, Beach_Babe's son-in-law. BOTTOM:  deadhead's dad, HiJinx, Severa's hubby, viligantcitizen's granddad.

                     

HOW SWEET IT IS!

She flies the Florida Flag, and flies it as proudly as she does Old Glory. Below is a recent photo of JulieRNR21 with Katherine Harris, taken at a neighborhood coffee for Ms. Harris' Congressional Campaign. Julie is very active in helping to get, and keep, the Republican candidates in office.

The above was taken from our Spotlight on Julie on July 2, 2002. She has worked so very hard on both Ms. Harris' and Jeb Bush' campaigns, and oh, how sweet the rewards. This morning some of us received an email from Julie, and it was so special I asked her if I could share it here with all of FR. She said yes, and how sweet it us, Friends:

Dear Family & Friends:

As you probably know I'm a Republican who would 'walk over glass' to vote. Well, I've got sore feet today, not from glass but from fire ant bites.

Those nasty stingers got me yesterday when I stood with other dedicated GOP volunteers at the busiest intersections in Sarasota waving signs for JEB and Katherine Harris.

How sweet it is......Clinton, Gore & McAuliffe targeted Florida to defeat JEB and Katherine.....they lost and we won.....big time. Our President put his reputation on the line and campaigned hard for our candidates.....Americans responded by giving him the opportunity to break through the Daschle Senate stonewall!!

Last night we attended the victory party for Katherine Harris at the Sarasota Hyatt. As the evening unfolded...the good news just kept coming from everywhere. All the grassroots 'get out the vote' efforts certainly produced the results we were all hoping for!!!!

I had the chance to tell Katherine Harris: 'Two years ago the Democrats tried to destroy you for following the law. Tonight we sent them a message by sending you to Congress!' She gave me a bear hug and kiss on the cheek and tears filled her eyes!

Then I asked for her autograph on my sign....the one I was waving when those pesky fire ants got me! The sores & swelling will go away in a few days.....but I'll always have that permanent momento of our decisive victory!

Clintonism is dead! Praise be to God!

Viva DUBYA!
Viva JEB!
Viva KATHERINE!
How sweet it is!!!
~Julie

It's Your Day, Pubbies! Have a great one!

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[JustAmy]

Now that is my cup of tea!! Thanks.

[COB1]

"In CA, we have alienated the Latino vote....and those are people who share many conservative values."

That's the whole thing, feiney!

Like I said, the people I was with yesterday are my type of people - salt of the earth, working class people.
We share the same values, and yet they view us as "evil, rich white folks".
We sorely need some black leaders to turn that idea around.

[Feiny]

Sadly, JC Watts is retiring. The real problem is that the black leaders we do have like Clarence Thomas, Colin Powell and Condi Rice get dismissed as "Uncle Toms" by the liberal black leaders. We have Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson to combat Jesse Jackson....but Jesse Lee gets called a race traitor. There is a belief amonst blacks (and Jews) that voting for Republicans is just bad. I am not sure how to combat that brain washing.

[COB1]

The problem is that working class minority Democrats are living in the past.
The Republican Party is today what the Democratic Party was fifty to seventy five years ago.
The Republican Party was at one time the elitist political party with tons of money, and they never tried to garner support from the working class.
They didn't need it.
The Democratic Pary was the party of my father, and he would have cut off both arms before voting Republican.
He hated their complete indifference to the needs of the working class.
But he accepted the socialistic programs of FDR like he was God.

Possibly this is just a matter of time when the younger minorities become separated far enough from the ideas of their grandfathers that they can see for themselves.

[dansangel]

I received this in my e-mail today and wanted to share. I thought of lodwick when I read it, but wanted to share it with everyone:

Drive-Through ATMs

Please note that the Wachovia Bank is installing new "Drive-through" teller machines. Customers will be able to withdraw cash without leaving their vehicles. To enable customers to use this new facility, the following procedures have been drawn up. Please read the procedure that applies to your own circumstances (i.e. MALE or FEMALE) and remember them when you use the machine for the first time.

MALE PROCEDURE

1. Drive up to the cash machine.
2. Put down your car window.
3. Insert card into machine and enter PIN.
4. Enter amount of cash required and withdraw.
5. Retrieve card, cash and receipt.
6. Put window up.
7. Drive off.

FEMALE PROCEDURE

1. Drive up to cash machine.
2. Reverse back the required amount to align car window to machine.
3. Set parking brake, Put the window down.
4. Find handbag, remove all contents on to passenger seat to locate card.
5. Turn the radio down.
6. Attempt to insert card into machine.
7. Open car door to allow easier access to machine due to its excessive distance from the car.
8. Insert card.
9. Re-insert card the right way up.
10. Dig through handbag to find diary with your PIN written on the inside back page.
11. Enter PIN.
12. Press cancel and re-enter correct PIN.
13. Enter amount of cash required.
14. Check make up in rear view mirror.
15. Retrieve cash and receipt.
16. Empty handbag again to locate wallet and place cash inside.
17. Place receipt in back of checkbook.
18. Re-check makeup again.
19. Drive forwards 2 feet.
20. Reverse back to cash machine.
21. Retrieve card.
22. Re-empty hand bag, locate card holder, and place card into the slot provided.
23. Give appropriate hand signal to irate male drivers queuing behind.
24. Restart stalled engine and pull off.
25. Drive for 2 to 3 miles.
26. Release parking brake.

[lodwick]

Good looking chips & salsa - GOP Cheers back to ya.

[Aquamarine]

That is so funny. In the past whenever my mom came over you could always smell her brakes burning when she got here because she could never remember to release the emergency brake. I finally convinced her to stop using her emergency brake.

[lodwick]

LOL - Dang Angel - what a harsh assessment of female type drivers. Like most things we've got good and bad in both groups and I remember reading that you were plenty good at the shooting range with a weapon you'd never seen.

Maybe the tragic ones are all 'rats. ;-)

[dansangel]

Maybe the tragic ones are all 'rats. ;-)

I KNEW you'd have a viable explanation, loddie!

{{{{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}}}}

[dansangel]

heheheheh....how many times have any of us done that? Prior to my current "smart" car that ***"dings"*** when I forget to release the brake, I'd come close to burning up the emergency brake many a time!

[LadyX]

What you describe is true in the so-called Deep South, too, Cobby.
Everyone took Daddy's word as fact, and the local Good Old Boys' Network was very much in play.
Things changed!

That the old Democrats and present day ones do not resemble one another eludes many of those who do not look - or are not perceptive.

With the advent of television, however, and the Internet, it is easier to see the truth - or untruths - of individuals and party directions.
In the 30's through 50's, you seldom had personal contact with the Big Boys.
Now news and details about their efforts is within easy reach, no matter whether you are in a rural or city area.

On the whole, too, we are more confident in reaching our own conclusions, don't you think?
That, perhaps, is more applicable to today's women - when you and I were young and most women homemakers, they usually fell into step with what the males in their world thought.

Another factor is the mobility of families, seeking upward movement in jobs, or forced to move in specialized work.
Not only are they in areas where 'Daddy's Thoughts' are not relevant, but there is no familiar network to reinforce them.
Local factors heavily influence and shape their views.

Today, there is no excuse for not being informed, except for the old enemies - indifference and complacency.

As you ably point out, our responsibility is to provide quiet and nonconfrontational education so they can make more informed choices.

[lodwick]

Good post and correct observations on the myriad of societal factors contributing to the otherwise unexplicable existence of 'rats. Thanks for this one.

Be a host or a parasite, pubbie or 'rat - it's your choice.

[JETLOVER]

I've been here,just been lurking.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

This election was the Democrats' to lose, and they did.

[ValerieUSA]

Central Texas in October - milkweed

[Chris_Noel_Knows_]

I just love this thread today! Hi Billie!Hope you don't mind me getting all silly, but isn't it great to see so brave and decent a lady as Katherine Harris do so well and be on her way to Congress? This is so inspiring to me and I want to thank you both for sharing this today with all of us.Thank you, Julie, for helping Mrs Harris.It's just the icing on the cake after what a wonderful night!!

[LadyX]

Be still, my heart!!
Thanks, Valerie. I love the autumn landscapes.

This year I mourn the fact the local counties have already mowed the roadsides, denuding the miles and miles of glorious goldenrod.
I had not yet gathered bouquets of them and Queen Anne's Lace to place in containers....

[Aquamarine]

[COB1]

PING!!

You have mail!

[M Kehoe]

Great job Julie! You do us all proud.

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