USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Help Decorate the Canteen Christmas Tree ~ December 14 2002

68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub and FRiends of the Canteen

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

It's that time of year to start decorating the Canteen Christmas Tree.
We know from traffic stats from the Post Office that military lurkers come here daily.
They come to "escape" from the often dreary world they live in while ensuring our Freedom.
Many of our service men and women are experiencing their 1st Holiday Season away from home.

Will you take a few moments from your day today to post an ornament for the tree?
This may be cyberspace but know that military lurkers today will know they are not forgotten.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Meek, for my morning cup. Hits the spot.

[Kathy in Alaska]

ROTFLMAO!! I MEANT we could use the skis for your size 42.5...extra wide tootsies. But, since I wasn't very specific, I guess I'm stuck with you flying.

[Kathy in Alaska]

ms feather, as always, thank you so much for the Canteen Blessing for the Troops.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Great ornament! I see you all dressed up, but where is Otto? LOL!

[Dubya]

FROM: Jerry Falwell

WHEN CHRISTMAS BECOMES ILLEGAL

Merry Christmas everyone!


Oops, did I say Christmas? I meant to wish you Happy Holidays or a Cheerful Winter Season. Christmas, you see, contains that dirty little word ... Christ.


If you don't believe me, just ask the veteran first-grade teacher who was informed this week that she could not mention the word "Christmas" in her Sacramento public school classroom.


Imagine that. Christmas banned in a public school classroom. This interdiction is actually quite predictable because the word Christmas and the concept of a holiday bearing the name of Christ contradicts the situational ethics that pervades many public school classrooms. If there is no true right and wrong, there must not be a notion of a Savior or the need of a Savior.


However, such a ban is nothing less than religious persecution. In order to promote "diversity," these types of policies actually target individual for their beliefs. It is systematic discrimination that is unconstitutional and illegal.


Tragically, the ACLU and similar groups have convinced many public school officials that the mere mention of Christ or a biblical reference is barred by law. Nothing could be further from the truth.


In the Harry Potter series, the evil character Voldemort is so feared that his name must never be mentioned. Similarly, real-life religious antagonists today are creating an environment that virtually prohibits the mention of Christ in public school classrooms or in the public square. By twisting the meaning of the Constitution, they have produced an atmosphere of fear regarding Christ and Judeo-Christian teachings.


Across the nation, school and city officials are banning Christian themes. Nativity scenes have been barred in some New York schools. A New Jersey middle school cancelled a field trip to attend a performance of a play based on Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." In Lewistown, Pa., a Christian church was denied tax exemption because it distributes food to needy families (the activity was deemed not to be religious worship). In Cleveland, Tenn., missionaries have been barred from placing religious literature on cars (even though other groups frequently do so). The Ten Commandments - the very foundation of American law - have been banned in many public arenas. (Thank God that Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore is leading the defense of the Commandments by legally defending his erection of a Ten Commandments monument in the rotunda of his courthouse.)


These alarming actions are part of a diabolical scheme by anti-religion devotees to create distinctive and unfair rules for religious Americans. These individual cases will eventually add up to a national climate of overt hostility toward Christianity (and Christians). It's really quite a frightening scenario, but we are literally watching it unfold before our eyes.


We have seen a federal court panel rule that the mention of God in the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional. Atheists are now attempting to seek the ban of congressional chaplains. Barry Lynn of Americans United for Separation of Church and State has admitted that he wants the word God erased from American coins. These people literally want a godless society, a concept that dramatically conflicts with the God-centered nation our Founders created and nurtured.


The agenda is clear. Christians must be prepared to stand ready to fight for their rights. It is apparent that our adversaries who wish to stifle us will not rest until they have silenced every last one of us.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Three cheers for Hyperion, Simon & Schuster and Dover Publications! Thanks, Ligeia, for the story and link. It is great to see this tradition brought back. Our military men and women need as much support as ALL of the USA can provide.

[Soaring Feather]

we could use the skis for your size 42.5...extra wide tootsies.

Don't you dare bring out those clown shoes again tonight!!!!!

ROFLOLHO

KATHY IN ALASKA

BENTFEATHER

[Soaring Feather]

Canteen Blessing for the Troops.

You're welcome and thank you Kathy.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Operation Infinite FReep Columbia, MO

Click on the pic. (I hope this works. I'm trying something new.)

[tomkow6]

At sea aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Dec. 12, 2002 -- Members of Theodore Roosevelt's medical staff conduct medical assistance training on simulated injuries during a mass casualty drill. Roosevelt is underway for Tailored Ship Training Availability (TSTA). U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Phillip A Nickerson Jr.

At sea aboard USS Constellation (CV 64) Dec. 10, 2002 -- Electrician’s Mate 2nd Class Ramon Chavez from San Diego, Calif., prepares the stator of a motor for rewinding. Petty Officer Chavez routinely repairs motor equipment from ships within the Constellation Battle Group. Constellation is on a regularly scheduled six-month deployment conducting missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Felix Garza Jr.

[Soaring Feather]

So very nice of you to bring so many ornaments for the canteen tree, thank you!

[Soaring Feather]

Works great Kathy!!

Operation Infinite FReep Columbia, MO

Great Report, thanks so much!
Way to go MO, here, here!!

[Soaring Feather]

At sea aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Dec. 12, 2002

U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Phillip A Nickerson Jr.

Here ya go guys from the Canteen Crew

At sea aboard USS Constellation (CV 64) Dec. 10, 2002 -- Electrician’s Mate 2nd Class Ramon Chavez from San Diego, Calif.

Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Felix Garza Jr.

[Kathy in Alaska]

"Don't you dare bring out those clown shoes again tonight!!!!!"

But...but...but I was only trying to help! LOL!!

[firewalk]

Hi radu, sorry I missed you. Hope you're having a good weekend (-:

[Soaring Feather]

But...but...but I was only trying to help! LOL!!

Kathy this is helping?????

[Dubya]

Posted on Sat, Dec. 14, 2002



FBI Director: 100 Terror Attacks Stopped

CURT ANDERSON
Associated Press

WASHINGTON - Nearly 100 terrorist attacks, some intended to take place on U.S. soil, have been thwarted since Sept. 11, 2001, FBI Director Robert Mueller says. But he warns that many potential terrorists remain at large in the United States.

"We will be at war until we make certain that every member of al-Qaida is incapacitated in his or her ability to harm the United States," Mueller told The Associated Press.

In a wide-ranging, almost hourlong interview in his seventh-floor conference room at FBI headquarters, Mueller also rejected proposals to shift counterintelligence duties from the FBI to a new agency. He said punishment is not the answer for mistakes by individual FBI agents before the Sept. 11 attacks.

On terrorism, Mueller said "tens of attacks, probably close to a hundred around the world" have been stopped in the past 15 months. He credited better intelligence gathering and coordination, and information from al-Qaida detainees in custody, including those he described as architects of would-be attacks.

"There have been any number of attacks on ships that have been thwarted," Mueller said. "Without getting into details, we have thwarted a number of attacks, both large and small."

Asked if some of those attacks were aimed at U.S. targets, Mueller said: "Yes."

He specifically mentioned Jose Padilla, a U.S. citizen being held as an enemy combatant who authorities say was plotting to detonate a "dirty" radioactive bomb in the United States. Also cited were the arrests of members of an alleged al-Qaida cell in Lackawanna, N.Y., and individuals in Portland, Ore., Seattle and elsewhere.

Mueller said it may take years to destroy al-Qaida and other terrorist groups, but he said the United States and its allies have the upper hand.

"I think we're well on our way to winning the war, but the fact of the matter is, it is a war. Al-Qaida still has the capability of striking us," he said.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Just got an SOS from and "older" friend. "How do I set the VCR to record on Tuesday? Sooooo....I'm off to help her. Be back later.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome home from a Monday at work. Hope it went well and that callers were in a holiday mood.

[grantswank]

see you then. . .

blessings,

chap grant

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