A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....12-31-02....Hall of Fame #2

Billie

[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.

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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: 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.

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

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 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 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.

                     

To Our FReeper FRiends:   We hope you've been having as much fun as we have with our spotlight on various FReepers. We've been kicking back on the weekends where we simply review those who've been featured during the week. It's been six months now since our debut, and here is our second "Hall of Fame" 'list' of those who've held center stage in the past.

A GREAT BIG THANKS to our Hall of Famers and all of you who have become part of our Finest Family ... as regular contributors and supporters who drop in every day to say hello and give a 'pat on the back' to the "Freeper of the Day" and the hostesses.  : )

"Getting to Know You"

09-23-02 ... HALL OF FAME #1
09-24-02 ... N.Y. MUGGS
09-25-02 ... JEFF HEAD
09-26-02 ... REDWING9
09-27-02 ... FLYER
09-30-02 ... DANSANGEL
10-01-02 ... MHKING
10-02-02 ... PROFILE PAGES #4 (TEXSON66, EAKER, CULTURAL JIHAD, CVASNIPE66, DENNISW, PIPPIN)
10-03-02 ... WVNAN
10-04-02 ... ABNER AND VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANCE
10-07-02 ... ANGELIQUE
10-08-02 ... COB1
10-09-02 ... PHYSICIST
10-10-02 ... JOHNHUANG2 ESSAY#1
10-11-02 ... CHAIRMAN DECEMBER 19th SOCIETY
10-14-02 ... MOLLY PITCHER
10-15-02 ... DUTCHESS
10-16-02 ... ANNIEGETYOURGUN, RIKA STROM
10-17-02 ... JOHNHUANG2 ESSAY#2
10-18-02 ... LADTX
10-21-02 ... (INTERNATIONAL) PROFILE PAGES #5 (KNIGHTHAWK, SHAGGY EEL, FREDNORMAN, JUNICHIRO KOIZUMI, A TURK, HAPPYGAL)
10-22-02 ... KNIGHTHAWK
10-23-02 ... JOHNHUANG2 ESSAY#3
10-24-02 ... MAD IVAN
10-25-02 ... PETUNIASEVAN (ASTRONOMY)
10-28-02 ... SALVATION
10-29-02 ... PATRICIARUTH
10-30-02 ... HALLOWEEN/BIRTHDAY PARTY (LODWICK)
10-31-02 ... JOHNHUANG2 ESSAY#4
11-01-02 ... VET GROUP #11
11-04-02 ...SURPRISE - NO FREEPER
11-05-02 ...PROFILE PAGES #6 (HAIR OF THE DOG, RDB3, FIDDLSTIX, BELLSTAR, GLOCK ROCKS, TERRY'S TAKE)
11-06-02 ...HOW SWEET IT IS! (ELECTION RETURNS) JULIE RNR21
11-07-02 ...JOHN HUANG2 ESSAY #5
11-08-02 ...MINUTEGAL
11-11-02 ... VETERAN'S DAY
11-12-02 ... TEMPLE OWL
11-13-02 ... MO1 AND FREEOPLES THREAD 11-14-02 ...JOHN HUANG2 ESSAY #6
11-15-02 ... MIXER
11-18-02 ... OUTRAGEOUS OUTTAKES
11-19-02 ... THE HOLIDAYS ARE COMING (ANNOUNCEMENTS)
11-20-02 ... GRUMPSTER-DUMPSTER
11-21-02 ... JOHNHUANG2 ESSAY #7
11-22-02 ... SHE LION AND MAINE REBEL
11-25-02 ... THE GUILD
11-26-02 ... WIRESTRIPPER
11-27-02 ... CARLO3B
11-28,29,30 & 12-01-02 ... HAPPY THANKSGIVING
12-02-02 ... NICMARLO
12-03-02 ... JWFIV
12-04-02 ... PROFILE PAGES #7 (MHGINTN, TUMBLEWEED CONNECTION, SHERMY, FLYER, SABERTOOTH, XENALYTE)
12-05-02 ... JOHN HUANG2 ESSAY #8
12-06-02 ... MUDBOY SLIM
12-09-02 ... PAUL ATREIDES
12-10-02 ... GINGERBREAD HOUSE CONTEST
12-11-02 ... LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW!
12-12-02 ... HOLIDAY TOP TEN LIST CONTEST
12-13-02 ... SWEETLIBERTY
12-16-02 ... CHRISTMAS IS (VARIOUS FREEPERS)
12-17-02 ... CHRISTMAS PETS
12-18-02 ... (MOLLY PITCHER)
12-19-02 ... JOHN HUANG2 ESSAY #9
12-20-02 ... ISSAQUAHKING
12-23-02 ... CHRISTMAS MUSIC
12-24-02 ... 'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
12-25,26,27,28,29-02 ... MERRY CHRISTMAS
12-30-02 ...JOHN HUANG2 ESSAY #10


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THIS WEEK'S THREADS 12-30-02 JohnHuang2 Essay

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

[Billie]

Oh, Libbie - hello!! Thank you for your greeting! Making the puppies talk has been so much fun. Sometimes I 'pick on' Dansy, sometimes Daisy, sometimes Lori, sometimes John! And the funny thing is that I don't know why I often have Daisy and me 'sparring' verbally, cause we never really do!

[ST.LOUIE1]

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Yipeeee! You're back!!! : )

I'll be there with you in spirit!

Better than nothin'. LOL

Have a Healthy SAFE and Happy New Year!

Wishing you the same, dansy, thank you. : )

[Billie]

You are SUCH a smooth-talker!!!

[Billie]

Hi, There, BIS! Hope you come back tomorrow for more Happy New Yearing. :)

[Billie]

Hi, Meekie - YOU be careful and safe tonight, too, you hear?! Easy on the partying. :)

[Billie]

Thanks, Mixer. Look forward to seeing you tomorrow. :)

[dansangel]

So glad to meet up with you!

My big plans for tonight are FReeping, hunting graphics and trying very hard to stay awake for 2003! Pretty boring, eh? LOL!

Oh, and maybe just maybe we'll crack open that bottle of champagne we've been storing in the fridge for over a year! :-) heheheheheheh

[Billie]

Afternoon, Flyer FRiend. Beautiful New Year Greetings. Hope to see you tomorrow - in fact, I WILL 'see' you tomorrow. :)

[Billie]

Hi, Pippin! Will you be ushering in the New Year with us tonight? :)

[Billie]

Whoo Hoo, Wolfie! I already heard you were going to a couple of New Year's Parties tonight - if 'we' get to 'your pad' at 8 o'clock sharp, you'll forget all about those other two parties, now wontcha?! :)

Gosh, you look dashing in that tophap, tux and red bowtie. :)

[Flyer]

Good afternoon. I was trying to nap but I keep finding myself back in front of the computer.

Hope to see you tomorrow - in fact, I WILL 'see' you tomorrow. :)

Hmmm. . . I can't figure out if that is a promise, a threat or a prediction.

Sidebar: The homeschooled kids behind our house are outside playing. They don't get a lot of afternoons off. Darn bright little girls, getting a real education from their conservative mom.

[Pippin]

Yep! I sure will! :^)

[Mudboy Slim]

"When MUD Takes Slick Down!!"
(To be sung to U2 and B.B. King's "When Love Comes To Town")

The King of the Blues...MudBoySlim!!

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!!

Slick is a Traitor...Vile Threat to the FRee!!
Lib'rals Give Slick All Raves...Right's Gonna Make Sheeple SEE!!
RightWing's fer Fighters...Put a Hurtin' on the Left!!
Next we'll stand and sing all the things Right's said.

When MUD comes to town,
We're Gonna WHUP RATS' Stain!!
When Rush comes to town,
Right's Gonna Save the Day!!
FReepers, Left is Wrong, they'll always let you down,
And Slick Killed Twenty Kids when he Burned Waco Down!!

(TheBigMan puttin' a hurtin' on his LesPaul...)

RATS call it "Love" when they enslave black kids...
Left keeps making promises that their DOLTS soon forget.
Juanita, she was RAPED...'cuz she trusted DemRATS!!
Then Slick left her crying said, "Put Ice on it, ma'am!!"

Ran into a juke joint...we shall make Slick Willie SQUEEEEEAL!!
The Voters shall learn the Truth...Vile RAPISTS can't feel!!
As MUD's music played, Right helped Country turn around...
Right'll Save The Day once Ol' Rush comes to town!!

When MUD comes to town,
We're gonna WHUP RATS' Stain!!
When Rush comes to town,
Right's gonna Save the Day!!
Baby, Right was Wrong to ever let you down,
But Right did what it did before MUD went to town!!

(Mudboy on harmonica.....squeelin'it!!!)

When MUD comes to town,
Right's gonna WHUP RATS' Stain!!
When Rush comes to town,
We'll Kick A$$ then take names!!
FReepers, Right was wrong to ever let you down,
But they did what they did before MUD FReeped RATS' clowns!!

(Conservativemusician kickin' it on lead guitar!!)

I was there when Left crucified my Lord...
I'll sing 'gainst Willie while Good FReepers Teach the World!!
Right can't be nice as we Kill RATS' Pride...
But we'll see Truth conquer the RATS' BigLies!!

When MUD comes to town,
We're gonna WHUP RATS' Stain!!
When Rush comes to town,
Right's gonna Save the Day!!
Baby, Right was Wrong to ever let you down,
But Right did what it did before MUD went to town!!

(second solo by the BigMan)

"Yeah, Yeah, Yeah.........."

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MOJO's workin' fine...LOL!!

Mudboy Slim

[conservativemusician]

Nah, man. I'm the oldest of 7!(My dad's a maniac)

I have a niece and a nephew, age 19 and 16. Turned them on to FR at mom's birthday party in Dec.!

BTW. I think the announcers were gettin' a little ahead of themselves during the Jet game. Pennington LOOKS like the real deal, but he's got some winnin' to do before I compare him to Favre!

[SheLion]

Billie! May you and yours have a wonderful, peaceful, safe but fun New Year's Eve! And everyone else as well!

[Diver Dave]

Congratulations Uncle MUD. Sounds like you've got yourself a blocker when it comes time to take slick down.

[Billie]

Hmmm. . . I can't figure out if that is a promise, a threat or a prediction.

The answer....tomorrow. :)

[Billie]

Great - see you then. :)

[Billie]

Thank you! Wish you the same and hope you're back tomorrow.

[Pippin]

6 hours and 49 minutes left in 2002!