A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....01-22-03...What IS IT with all these People?

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[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: 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.

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

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; 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.

                     

What IS IT with all these People? by FreeTheHostages

If you ever come to a DC Freep, come to fly the flag and have your voice heard. We’ll make sure you stay safe. But we can’t protect your sanity.

Our DC Patriot’s Rally would have made perfect sense to you. At the DC Rally, marine Corps Veteran Joel Kernoodle, right, saluted the Vietnam War Memorial before giving a rousing speech. (You can read all the background on the DC Freep against the “peace” protestors you wish RIGHT HERE and view the photographs RIGHT HERE!)

If you live in “fly over” country, you Praise God that these leftists don’t live anywhere near your lovely little shire. But perhaps you want to know: WHAT IS IT WITH YOU PEOPLE? What IS IT with young college women taking off their shirts and young men holding Hezbollah flags and horrifying-looking ex-60’s protestors with matted hair and “Regime Change Begins at Home” signs? Mainstream TV news tends to select the more washed, photogenic, and moderate of the group for comment.

About 20 percent are left-over 60s radicals. The older hippie people were more likely to carry signs that said “Re-Elect Carter.” These people didn’t want any war ever anywhere. One of them apparently thought it would be persuasive to hold aloft a large sign asking, “Who Would Jesus Bomb?”

They held signs that said “War is never the answer” and “No child wants to be an orphan.” I had to laugh when I saw that last sign, thinking that was probably the only sign in the lot I would agree with. One held a sign that said "This is not about 911." Hmm, that’s like when someone says, "This is not about money."

Here’s a frightening leap of logic: “Whatever Change Occurs in Iraq Should Come From Within From the Iraqi People Themselves.” Wow: it’s too long, it makes no sense, it pretty much ignores what happens to dissenters within Iraq. It brings to mind Christopher Hitchens’ scolding of those who want to avoid solving the Iraqi problem: “such . . . abstention will be remembered only with pity and scorn.” Some of these protestors were into weird stuff, like putting peace signs all over their half-naked bodies in 20-degree weather.

Another 30 percent are mostly rich white college kids. There were many gentle and kind-faced youth who solemnly held out a two-fingered peace sign to us as we carried American flags: those are the redeemable silly kids you wish you could talk to and explain that removing a dictator who gassed the Kurdish people, who oppresses and murders his own people, who continues a curiously unpublicized, clandestine war of murder against the Kurds to this day,

who plots wars against peaceful neighbors, is entirely consistent with peace and freedom. But you can’t, because they came in closely packed “affinity groups” of like-minded kids from the same college campus. The extension of adolescence into early adulthood personified: everything is done in groups. One group came to DC for a “peace” rally on a bus called the “Joan of Arc” bus! I guess no one told them that Joan was a bit of a warrior. These children think our President is a terrorist.

I’d guess another 20 percent are the radical hard left. People who could not hold a job, rather obviously. Socialists, anarchists, weird lifestyle people, masked people, half-naked people, people wearing chickens on top of their head (no really!). The “puppet people” who dissent for dissent’s sake and often bring puppets to protests. (We were disappointed by the lack thereof and occasionally yelled at them in our afternoon Freep of their parade: “Where are the puppets!”). These people often white college kids wearing Palestinian scarves – or that’s what they’ve been told they are – and they hold signs that say things such as “Israel, your Zionism is staining this holy land red” and “Long Live the Intifadah.” There were a group of about 50 or so marching in lock-step unison, with 3 leaders holding flags showing a picture of a lion saying “no,” swirling their flags in unison. They were repeating whatever chant was given by a drum corp at the front of their group. They gave a “vibe” of being a paramilitary group.

Some of these more radical kids got arrested Sunday at the White House when they tried to do an “inspection” of the White House (which they called a “presidential palace”) for weapons of mass destruction. Some members of the DC Chapter (not me) went back in the cold Sunday to remind them that Saddam uses civilians as human shields. DC Chapter members formed a mock human shield to protect our White House.

But of course we let the police to the real protecting. Sixteen of these radical kids were arrested, and one boasted on the news that this arrest was going to help change the world. Visions of grandeur.

Finally, there was about 30 percent that I’d call general rent-for-a-day-Democratic-party activist types that looked like labor union activists, environmentalists, the usual coalition members in any coalition you might want. “No blood for oil” was a very common sign. When Curtis Sliwa spoke at our rally he suggested that many of these leftists wouldn’t have come to Washington if Al Gore were in the White House. It’s a good point. We definitely had the usual rainbow of activists. It was very common for these types to walk in groups with the same pre-printed signs. I was very shocked to see the feminist groups out and about: they’d be shot in Iraq for protesting publicly uncovered!

When I got home from the day’s activities, I turned on CSPAN to watch the leftists’ speakers on re-run. I had to switch channels when I heard a rally speaker call for a revolution in the United States, and I landed on the CNN channel/planet just in time to hear a CNN commentator opine: “Of course, the anti-war protestors are very careful not to appear anti-American.” Bwa-hah-hah.

THIS WEEK'S THREADS 01-20-03 Puddleglum 01-21-03 JWFiv Essay

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[GailA]

You're welcome. You guys get to have the most fun living in DC FReeping the Creeps.

[Pippin]

GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY!

I had to come over here for a bit, was in another thread that was bashing Canada again.

Got so upset with them that I left the thread. Noe to come on here and unwind with my Finest FRiends!

[FreeTheHostages]

Pippin, come here, I'll comfort you. Ladies, I do announce that you're all such good FRiends I do hereby impart my very favorite soup recipe. Carlo3b, this one is great!:
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Tomato Roasted Garlic Soup
Ingredients:
1 head of garlic (1.5 head if you love garlic)
2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil
Salt and freshly ground pepper
1 cup chopped onion
1 cup chopped celery
4 (14 1/2-ounce) cans stewed tomatoes, undrained
2 bay leaves
2 teaspoons dried basil
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon dried thyme

Directions:
* Preheat oven to 350°.
* Remove loose, papery skin from garlic, leaving heads intact. Place
garlic on a sheet of foil; drizzle with 1 teaspoon olive oil and sprinkle
with a pinch of salt and pepper. Loosely wrap foil around garlic, folding
foil edges securely. Roast for 40 minutes, remove to a plate and let garlic
cool.
* Squeeze soft garlic from each clove into a small bowl; set aside.
* In a large saucepan over medium flame, heat remaining teaspoon of
olive oil. Add onion, celery and roasted garlic. Cover and cook until
vegetables soften, about 3 minutes. Stir in tomatoes, one cup water, 2 bay
leaves, basil, oregano, thyme and 1/4 teaspoon pepper; bring to a boil.
Reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes to blend flavors.
* Remove bay leaves. In a blender, puree soup in batches until smooth.
Salt to taste. Serves 4.
Notes:
* Recipe created by Cary Neff, Miraval Spa with minor
modifications
* Batch = 1000 calories

[FreeTheHostages]

Ping to the post above: here's a great soup recipe!

[Aquamarine]

Oh that sounds so good, I'll definately have to try that one out.
Billie that reminds me...I've made your sweet and sour dressing several times. It works great as a sauce on baked teriyaki chicken breasts. I also add a little bit of celery seed to the dressing.

(((Pippin)))

[WVNan]

Sorry, I had to come home and cook supper. About there being more young Repubs. That seems to be happening for sure, but I was talking about the young people in that mob this past week-end. Trying to put an answer to "what were those people thinking?" I am encouraged by the younger generation coming along. There are a lot of them that seem to be turning. A lot of it is simply the normal mind-set of young people which says, "whatever my parents believe, I must be the opposite in order to be my own person." You will notice that frequently young people get along with their grandparents better than with their parents. Just some observations from experience. My two "Boomer" kids are hopelessly liberal, but my GenXer has a good head on his shoulders and is conservative. Remember that song...Turn, Turn, Turn?

[Pippin]

OOOOOH! Thank You!

Aqua, quit making me hungry! LOL

[WVNan]

Hi Pip. Good day?

[Mama_Bear]

Howdy, sistahs and Finest FRiends. Had a dentist appointment today, plus a bunch of errands to run. But, I'm here now and, better late than never, right?

Free that was an excellent write up on the DC rallies. I tried to watch it on C-Span. Only managed to get through about 10 minutes of listening to their whining, sniveling, anti-American leftist garbage before I had to turn it off. I just couldn't deal with it. Thank you for your report and for being there for those of us who could not.

Diver Dave, I really appreciate your military posts. Brings back memories of long ago as I watched my dad depart on the Ranger for a WESTPAC cruise. He wasn't going into into harms way, but still, how sad it is when the ships leave, even in peace time, and how wonderful when they return.

Jwfiv, thank you for your daily contribution to the thread. I do look forward to your posts each day and your kind words for the hostesses. You're very sweet to always remember us.

Meek, a belated birthday greeting to your Ming. I missed getting in on the birthday posts yesterday, but I hope she had a very happy birthday.

dutchess, and WVNan, I enjoyed the pictures of your get together. Isn't it wonderful to get to meet FReepers in person?

Billie, dansy, and daisy, sorry I haven't been around much to help with the hostess duties. I'm afraid if I don't do better I will eventually get booted out of the sistah hood. :-( I promise to be around tomorrow no matter what.

[Pippin]

Let's say it was interesting. :^)

It would have been better if I stayed off that Canada bashing thread! The IDIOTS!

Why do I always go into places I know will upset me?

[GailA]

What did the Canadians do now to upset everyone?

[Mama_Bear]

That cartoon is hilarious. I LOVE it! In fact, I think I will see if I can find room for it on my profile page. Just look at the smug expression on Papa Bear's face and the grin on his lawyer! So funny! You made me laugh and made my day.

[Pippin]

Hi, (((MB)))!

[Mama_Bear]

LOL! Mamabear, are you going to appeal?

Absolutely! There has been a huge mistake! That wasn't MY porridge. Everyone knows I don't cook! LOL!!

[Pippin]

I'm not sure, but I think it is something to do with thier government policies on immigration and a poll that was taken ib Canada about what Canadians think about Americans and President Bush. There's more to it but I cant name them all here right now, but I could make you a list the size of Texas of alledged grieviances some people have against Canada. ALL FALSE IMO!

[Mama_Bear]

Hi Pippin. Nice to see you, as always. :-)

[MeekOneGOP]

Thank you, Mama_Bear ! Ming had a good birthday. We went to Outback Steakhouse and had an enjoyable time. She had a good birthday.

[Pippin]

I don't get much time for freeping but I try to get it in every chance I get.

[Pippin]

So, when are you going to get Ming to become a freeper like us?

[Mama_Bear]

We went to Outback Steakhouse and had an enjoyable time.

Great choice! This meat and potatoes girl LOVES Outback Steakhouse! It's one of my favorite places to go to celebrate anything. Only problem is, the closest one is 45 minutes away and it's always terribly crowded. It's worth the drive and the wait though.