USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ USS DECATUR DDG 73 ~ November 21 2002

68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub and FRiends of the Canteen

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Members of the USS DECATUR DDG 73 come here often to lurk.
In fact they "know" many of us in here.
So I thought it would be nice to "dock" their ship in the USO Canteen today.
There is a lot of info about the crew, the ship and pics on their site.
Just Click on any Pic to visit their site.


The First Lady visits USS Decatur DDG 73 on 23 Mar 2001



Here are the INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNICIANS
that connect the ship to the internet.



ATTN USS DECATUR CREW: Thank You for your service to our country.

[Soaring Feather]

How wonderful, I am so happy for you!!!!

God Bless You!

[Dubya]

I'm very happy for you Dutchgirl. What a great find.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, IG, for stopping in each day to honor our veterans and troops. They are really needing more and more prayers each day as they work at keeping us free.

[LaDivaLoca]

That is wonderful, Dutchgirl! It is a small world, isn't it?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Johnny, for the daily reminder of how we can support our Israeli allies.

[Dubya]

GUNG HO I'm ready. I hope we will get started soon. The problem is not going away.

[Kathy in Alaska]

"1935 1st commercial crossing of Pacific by plane (China Clipper) "

Thanks, Valin, for today's history

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

[Dubya]

The Israeli emblem reminds us of a very sad story that happened a long time ago. In the year of 70 CE, a Roman general, named Titus, captured the city of Jerusalem, and his armies savagely destroyed the Holy Temple. They seized the golden Temple Menorah. To shame their unfortunate Jewish prisoners, Roman soldiers forced them to parade in chains through the streets of Rome carrying the captured Temple Menorah.

The Romans felt so proud of this triumph that they pictured the event on a monument called the Arch of Titus. Today, the Arch of Titus still stands in Rome, and the picture of the Menorah can still be seen. To the Romans, the story celebrated might and triumph, but to the Jewish people the story told the worst humiliation: the loss of independence in their homeland.
After almost two thousand years and much agony and bloodshed, the modern State of Israel reestablished the Jewish Homeland. Although the Temple and the Menorah were not actually rebuilt, The Jews felt that in a symbolic way, the Menorah had been saved from its ancient disgrace and restored to its original glory. The Jewish dream of independence and return has finally come true.

[PhilDragoo]

Thank you for lighting candles for Ted Maher at 66.

And at the current Ted Maher thread.

We've captured the al Qaeda who planned the Cole attack.

I have a thousand hand and power tools, a full shop and lots of juice to donate to questioning this POS.

The turkey is coming home to roost on coward trash world-wide.

God Speed the finest fighting force on earth--

And Good Hunting and Home Safe to the crew of the USS Decatur.

Our thoughts, our prayers and our flag displays 24/7 for all of you.

[Soaring Feather]

Thanks for the warm fire this evening. Troops and Canteen Gents

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Continued prayers for your health Brother.

tomkow6: Thanks for the great news Bro!

[Dubya]

U.S.Marine

Code Name: Gung-Ho

[Kathy in Alaska]

Terrific pictures of today's airplane history of the KC-10A "Extender".

Over Kuwait, an F/A-18 "Hornet" assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron Three One Four (VMFA-314), currently attached to the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), conducts refueling operations with a U.S. Air Force KC-10 tanker. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Freed, USMC)

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"I feel as though I have received this amazing gift because my Dad served. He did something important with his life, and this record of him exists because it was important enough to be recorded and remembered...just like our military today."

God does indeed reward those in the Canteen.
It may just be a good feeling from posting
OR
In this case a much bigger reward.
Thank You for letting us know about your father.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

WARNING: THIS IS HIGHLY ADDICTIVE, AND YOU MAY NOT LIKE ME ANYMORE AFTER YOU TRY THIS!!

Thanks for the recipe, TEX. Substitute key lime juice for the pink lemonade and you almost have our addictive Florida fav:

Our troops would starve if they depended on me for food...I'm a pokey food poster who can't make it to the Canteen for breakfast. Freepers, if any of you can help - post food pics, any time of day - every day - I will not be forced to take up smoking once again. (^:

For the swing shift lurkers and Freepers, and those who are just getting up on the other side of the world:

 

 

 

[Pat Bateman]

Thank you for that. I have a friend who served on the USS BATFISH (SSN-681), named after the WWII submarine. Decommissioned about 4 years ago. Today's thread, I guess the Decatur of today is still in business.

[Dubya]

DATE: November 21, 2002
FROM: Jerry Falwell

IN PRAISE OF JUDGE ROY MOORE

Judge Roy Moore, chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, has vowed to fight a federal court order instructing him to remove the Ten Commandments monument he placed at the state judicial building in July of last year.


While anti-religion leftists and civil libertarians are attempting to portray his actions as an illegitimate quest to force religion into the public square, Judge Moore is simply conducting himself in the spirit of our Founding Fathers who boldly called on the God of the Bible to influence their actions.


In fact, the U.S. Supreme Court, the highest court in our land, has a unique association with the Ten Commandments. Depictions of the Commandments appear in marble behind the justices at the High Court. In addition, friezes at the pinnacle of the U.S. Supreme Court building maintain the biblical figures of Moses (holding tablets representing the Ten Commandments) and Solomon. Plus, oak doors separating the courtroom from the central hallway of the Supreme Court building maintain a representation of tablets bearing the Roman numerals one through ten; although the Commandments are not written out. It is readily apparent that the U.S. Supreme Court bears obvious reverence for the Ten Commandments' impact on American law and justice.


It has only been in the last few decades that civil libertarians have begun their efforts to rewrite and transform history. Sadly, the U.S. Supreme Court has been largely responsible for giving credence to those who wish to camouflage the genuine Judeo-Christian legacy of our nation and enact hostility toward religion in government and the public square.


Judge Moore, a constitutional scholar and West Point graduate, believes that it's time to reverse this disturbing trend in contempt toward religious values in our nation. Where will this trend lead us?


We've already seen the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco rule that the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional (although that ruling has been challenged by the Department of Justice).


In my debates with Barry Lynn, president of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, I have been able to get him to admit that he wants to remove "In God We Trust" from American currency and to eliminate chaplains from the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. This so-called "reverend" maintains a disturbing and absolute hatred of religious expression in the public square.


The fact is, anti-religion zealots like Barry Lynn want to completely eliminate the godly influence that our Forefathers sought in the naissance of this great nation. (It's interesting that the loudest critics against religion in the public square are the first in line to defend anti-Christian "art" that is funded through taxpayer dollars at the National Endowment for the Arts.) If he gets his way, Mr. Lynn would no doubt be glad to take a hammer to the beautiful friezes of Moses and Solomon and the Commandments at the High Court.


Nobody - not Judge Moore or me - is saying that the Bible should be the standard for conducting the affairs of men in this nation. People should - and do - have the right to believe or disbelieve. We are simply saying that our nation must not eradicate the spirit of the Founders by killing off the Ten Commandments and references to other religious traditions.


Where has this anti-religion climate brought us? Many students today are forbidden from praying before football games and graduation ceremonies. Kids wanting to start Bible clubs are forced to go to court because they are treated with disdain by school officials. Teens wearing pro-life T-shirts are told to remove them or go home. One student was even prevented from distributing Valentine's cards bearing religious messages at school. And one kindergarten student had a poster removed from the classroom wall because she had drawn a depiction of Jesus on it. There are countless examples I could site.


The decision against Judge Moore's monument is just one of thousands that persecute and disparage those who simply want to sanction a climate of respect toward our religious traditions.


Please join me in praying for this religious freedom hero as he appeals his right to maintain the Ten Commandments at the Alabama Supreme Court.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Thank you, LaDivaLoca, for feeding the troops. (^: I found a little quiet spot if anyone needs to get away for a moment or two:

[Dubya]

Survivor, historian recount events of Pearl Harbor attack USS Arizona (BB-39) sunk and burning furiously, Dec. 7, 1941. Her forward magazines had exploded when she was hit by a Japanese bomb. At left, men on the stern of USS Tennessee (BB-43) are playing fire hoses on the water to force burning oil away from their ship (Navy archive photo)