A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....12-09-02

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 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

We now have eleven groups of veterans/active military; 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 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.

      

GROUP 9A: TOP: Q6-God, Scan59, Mama Bear and JKPhoto's son, ofMagog. MIDDLE:  Big'ol_freeper, JustAmy's great uncle, Prodigal Son. BOTTOM:  JustAmy's husband, JustAmy's brother-in-law, JustAmy's brother.

GROUP 10A: TOP: dakine's wife, MeeknMing's dad, Auntbee's nephew, MilitiaMan7, AlasBabylon. BOTTOM:  Joe Brower, Temple Owl, Temple Owl's wife, dutchess' dad, Aomagrat.

GROUP 11A: 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.

                     

ONE OF FR'S FINEST

Paul Atreides
FReeper since 04-04-02

Northern Alabama

Paul Atreides' favorite science fiction book is Dune and his screen name is the main character in that book. (As El Rushbo would say, For those of you who live in Palm Beach,) Dune is one of the most popular novels in the history of science fiction. It has spawned two film versions, a host of sequels, a fake encyclopedia, and several video games. Published in 1965, it won both Hugo and Nebula awards. Thirty six years on, its popularity shows little sign of waning.

Paul Atreides is a college student who composes humorous photo montages to suit various posts on the FR Forum. He, in fact, composed the above montage of Rush and Daschle. This was posted just about everywhere on FR (including the Finest thread) and delighted many of us. Including Rush Limbaugh, who mentioned the montage and the site (Free Republic) it appeared on. Immediately afterward, FR's servers went down and many attributed it to Rush's listeners trying to check out Free Republic. This montage has also been featured on the Home Page of Free Republic since that time (along with a Welcome to Free Republic to Rush listeners) and was mentioned on Rush's website.

In Paul Atreides' Words:

"It is funny how the Rush/Daschle composite came about; I was on another thread, and someone made the comment that Daschle was acting like a big baby having a temper tantrum. When I thought of a baby kicking its legs and crying, I immediately thought of the Jackson photo that had been so prevalent in the news. I did Google image searches for Rush and Daschle. I used my photo editing software to do cutouts of their heads, and pasted them on the bodies. I painted out some of the areas that weren't needed. I uploaded the photo to my storage site and created a "Caption Rush Limbaugh" thread on FR. Some on the caption thread suggested that the photo be sent to Rush. I didn't have his email, but someone managed to send him the link. The next day was a school day (I had somewhat forgotten the photo) and didn't get a chance to listen to Rush. Imagine my surprise when I came home and saw that the FR server had been maxed out and that Rush had bust a gut laughing over my photo!"

OTHER MONTAGES BY PAUL ATREIDES

"Al Letting it Rip"

One of Paul Atreides' favorites was created after Al Gore made his statement about how he would "let it rip" on this next campaign. That just opened up the floodgates for everyone to laugh at him and make jokes out of the statement. Since Al had gained weight, Paul Atreides took a photo of a sumo wrestler's body and transposed Al's head onto it.

"Gephardt and Daschle as Dr. Evil and Mini-Me"

Remeber the James Cagney movie, in which Cagney smashes the grapefruit-half in a woman's face? Well this is what happened when PaulAtreides put Bill and Hillary's heads on the bodies. (Hee hee, one of my favorites...ds)

THANK YOU, PAUL ATREIDES, FOR SHARING YOUR TALENTS WITH US
YOU ARE ONE OF FR'S FINEST

THIS WEEK'S THREADS 12-07,08-02 Weekend Thread

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

Time's Running Out! ~ Billie

[lodwick]

Looking great in the sunset by the ocean - glad you approve. ;-)

[The Thin Man]

That's a very fine gift, Billie. I am bit puzzled how you were able to get yourself inside of that package. I guess you must have had help with the cover. :-)

[Paul Atreides]

You have just turned me into a drooling Homer Simpson, with that photo!

I want to thank you wonderful talented ladies for the page. I am humbled by all of the wonderful compliments by you and all of the great Freepers on this wonderful site. I have a lot of people here who inspire me on the graphics. Many have sent me wonderful photos that form the basis for some funny montages. The compliments have special significance when I consider the wealth of talent that all of you possess.

My final exam was this morning, and this page was a welcome delight to come home to.

[lodwick]

Come on oh NerdyOne - get geeky here for your sweet wife.

She's borne your children, decorated your home, baked your Christmas cakes, stained your decks at midnight - get the machines networked - like now! ;z-z0

[Mama_Bear]

I'm a big Santa fan, and still believe in him.

You do?? So do I! You know, if you keep believin', you keep gettin' stuff. LOL!

I hope Santa is extra good to you this year. :-)

Isn't this a precious picture?

Pinging Flyer...just because I know you are particularly fond of Goldens. :-)

[Paul Atreides]

Shameless Dune promotion!

Children of Dune Miniseries Sequel

Thanks for the Dune photo!

[Mama_Bear]

Hi, honey! That was a very nice snapshot lodwick got of us, huh? :-)

[The Thin Man]

Since you have often corrected my spelling in the past, grammatically what does this sentence mean? I.e. Did you mean "Whoever" knew or did you mean WHO? knew....lol...picky, picky, picky..today...that's me...

My sentence is grammatically perfect! For "Who" I used the definition: The person or persons that; whoever: Who believes that will believe anything.  If  I was referring to are beloved freeper 'whoever' I would have used only lower case letters. She's very sensitive about that.....

I have to admit that you scared me. For a second I thought my streak of 1427 posts without a typo or a grammatical error had ended. :-)

[GailA]

I saw the promo for the Children of Dune while watching the mini series TAKEN. Another 5 episodes to go. Children of Dune looks like a must see. I love good sc-fi.

[lonestar]

I can come out of hiding now. I've been so mad because I hadn't gotten my White House Christmas card.

My friend, who I recommended for a Bush appointment when he was gov, not only got a card but also an ornament from the Bushes last week.

All is well. My card arrived today; was post-marked Saturday--in Crawford.

I'm wondering if only Texans' were mailed in Crawford rather than in D.C.

I can sleep well tonight.

[Flyer]

There you go. Now you're going to get me on that "I want a puppy for Christmes" rant again.

[Paul Atreides]

Thank you Libertina! This means more to me than you will ever know.

[Paul Atreides]

Thanks EternalVigilance! Your words of encouragement are very inspiring.

[Paul Atreides]

Thank you!

I am sorry that your father is ill, and hope that he may be returned to good health as soon as possible.

[Paul Atreides]

Thank you, Kristy! I'm glad to know they give you a laugh.

[Paul Atreides]

Thanks Mud! Little did I know what was being wrought on FR, that day.

[Paul Atreides]

Thanks, Pippin! Pippin is one of my favorite LOTR characters. Though, you may of the Dickens(?) Pippen.

[Paul Atreides]

Wow! Thanks for that beautiful sunrise.

[jwfiv]

Just too cute, good grief. Floors me. Whatta sweet little rascal.

Santa knows what's cool...he carries a key to our hearts in his pocket...whatta wise old rascal.

Thank you...))))))))

[Paul Atreides]

Thanks, Angel! Where I go to college isn't so bad. We have a veteran's monument on campus and an ROTC department. We have an alumnus who was killed at the Pentagon on 9-11. There is also a Young Republicans organization. I would guess it is about 50/50 conservative/liberal.