A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....02-04-03....His Royal Podness

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.

                     

                 


His Royal Podness

SAUROPOD Member since April 20, 1998

Sauropod tells me he first became an activist in the early 1990's. He said it was the forced government taking of a Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton (the famous "Sue" case) that really put him over the edge. The skeleton, excavated by a private company, was "the best one ever found, and when the feds, the ranchowner, and his Indian tribe learned about it, the District Attorney for the state of South Dakota authorized the FBI to come in and seize the property, as well as all other field notes on other digs and projects the company had. They also trumped up currency charges against the co-owners of the company, and one of them spent two years in jail for this. This occurred before Waco."

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Sauropod and Hellinahandcart
GirlFRiend and Fellow FReeper

'Pod Speaks...

I was always anti-authori-
tarian in my youth. I was not particularly conservative until about 1990 or so. I thank the Large One in the afternoon for that shift in my thinking.

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I also credit the education I received (particularly the graduate education - M.S.M.E) with teaching me how to think. This skill (thinking) is not possessed by everyone.

Testifying against the Roadless Area Iniative Forest Service public hearings in 2000.

I began to familiarize myself with land rights issues and "takings", etc., and have been an activist ever since. I've given testimony in Forest Service public hearings and in Department of the Interior public meetings. Although possessing no geology degree, my avocation is of being an avid fossil and mineral collector.

When the Department of the Interior tried to ram the "Baucus Bill" through in the mid-1990's, that also set me off!. The gist of the bill was that no one but degreed paleontologists were to be permitted to collect vertebrate material on any BLM controlled land. This monstrosity was put together by a group of elitist professors who didn't like commercial collectors or amateurs.

Anytime an elitist group tries to control an area of my life that should be free is an occasion to "go to war." Ruby Ridge and Waco really set me off, particularly after seeing the McNulty films. I track legislation and regulation that pertains to my areas of interest (land rights, smart growth, etc.) and have become a leader of the land rights community on FR.

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I began reading the Washington Times in 1993 on a daily basis. While not perfect (they canned Samuel Francis), they are still the best newspaper around. This (and talk radio) is how I tracked the myriad scandals of His Slickness.

When the Monica thing broke, I was so hungry for news, I kept going to the Drudge homepage all the time to see what was breaking news. I started exploring the links and found FreeRepublic and started lurking. I joined about a month after finding the site and have been here ever since.

I have to tell you that another FReeper, Angelwood, has been an inspiration to me to get out and protest. During the March for Justice, I was unable to attend due to an obstinate wife, and I recall seeing it on the C-SPAN website and literally crying that there were so many folks who thought like I did about Bonnie and Clod. I resolved to attend the next major event that I could. That was the Judgement Day Rally (December 5, 1998) and started me down the path of active protesting.

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I attended the House Manager's Dinner that honored the 13 House Managers who did their job in getting His Slickness impeached. At that rally, Angelwood looked at me with those baby blues of hers and asked me why I wasn't out there more often. I said I would start and soon I was joining the D.C. Chapter in front of the White House on Saturdays. I did perhaps two dozen or so of these protests. In addition, I have protested at two of the last three White House Correspondence Association dinners and also at events such as the Darby Farmland Rally (September 2, 2000). I try and videotape as much as I can of these events. I use the following logo on the protest tapes which I produce.

I have participated in several FReeps of Her Heinous at Massachusetts and Whitehaven (Witchhaven, for those of you in the know) and also FReeping Al Gore at a recent book signing.

Some of the most important FReeps that I have done include:

• organizing the D.C. Chapter's protest of the Endangered Species Act in support of the Klamath Farmers two summers ago,
  and
• counter-protesting the A.N.S.W.E.R and the D.A.W.N leftist filth anti-war rallies.

I also protested during the election fiasco in 2000 (first weekend after the election).

That's pretty much it. I keep busy being a Dad to my two kids and being the ant that spoils the picnic pretty much everywhere else.

~ His Royal Podness

Sauropod often use props and street theater to make his points to the sheeple. For the Klamath Farmer rallies, he appeared as King Suckerfish; for the W.H.C.A. protests, he dressed as Her Heinous one year and as Media Whore Madam the next.

He dressed as Her Heinous for the Hillary! (tm) FReeps, using different wigs and dresses.   For a number of the counter-protests, he's donned the Tyranny Response Team shirts and used Braveheart Blue facepaint.

I thought you might like to some of the more outlandish outfits he's donned for some of those FReeps!

Oh! Those legs!
'Pod in his Media Whore Madam getup.

This is his favorite Queen Hillary

Oh, You Beautiful Doll, Hillary

Another of Her Heinous looks

Looking very Braveheart

AP Photo Sept 02 with Ann Coulter, Matt Drudge
at the White House Corresp. Assn. Dinner


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Under whichever guise, this dino is a constant presence at all the DC Freeps, to the delight of the DC Chapter and the dismay of liberals everywhere.

His Royal Podness, King Suckerfish,
Her Heinous, or Media Whore Madam...

Take a bow, please...
You Are One of FR's Finest!

THIS WEEK'S THREADS 02-03-03 HomeschoolMama

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

[nutmeg]

It was a tgslTakoma photo; not quite in the same league as AP.

That's right, tgslTakoma... your photo is BETTER than an AP photo! :-)

[nutmeg]

This thread is a keeper. Be sure to bookmark it!

This thread is a definite keeper! I've got it bookmarked. What a fabulous gallery of Pod photos!

Thanks again for the ping, FTH. GREAT presentation, Billie!

[nutmeg]

Stop by our FRiend sauropod's thread when you get a chance. He was honored Feb 4, 2003 as one of FR's Finest. Be sure to check out his... um... *unique* FReepWear!

[JustAmy]

[sauropod]

Thx. < blush>

[sauropod]

My understanding is that the biggest greenhouse gas is actually water (vaporized). Anthropogenic cause of warming has been estimated at around 3%. I read this somewhere (can't remember exactly where).

Also, a lot of the heat from in the Earth is from radiation. Check out junkscience.com.

Deus Vult! 'Pod

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Sauropod is on the right side of just about everything. His Queen Hillary outfit for the 2000 W.H.C.A. Dinner protest was something else! I either helped him get into it, out of it, or both.

[Billie]

Come See us TODAY! Another Fun Day!

[stand watie]

oh, so very too true!

GAG REFLEX ENABLED!

FRee dixie,sw

[stanz]

Congrats on being "One of FR's Finest."
Glad to know there are other rock hounds out there. Do you specialize in dinosaur fossils or will any vertebrates do?

[sauropod]

Any vertebrates.

[sauropod]

I really like minerals too. I specialize in Fluorites, Sphalerites, Barites, Calcites...

Am into lapidary as well...

[Exit148]

A day late, but still with hearty congrats, Pod!

Here you are with FreeThe Hostages, Nutmeg, and my sister Ann who came to the Correspondence Dinner to help you Freep the media. She never thought she would be helping a guy put on his net stockings and adjust his boobs er, ah, ?knockers? on the streets of our capital!! LOL!

Pod With Ladies in Waiting

I hope you basked warmly on your day!

[stanz]

I don't get to go, but I did have to travel with my Geology class to a quarry somewhere in Connecticut. For the occasion, I went out and bought a fossil pick. Haven't used it since. But, I loved it. Got some really nice quartz crystals that day. I don't drive, so fossil-hunting's not a option, but I that would be an ultimate trip for me.

[L_Von_Mises]

Terrific profile!!! Love the pictures - sticking it to the left with a little humor. Way to go Pod!!

[hellinahandcart]

Over here, KLT hon, sorry you missed it.

[KLT]

Oh hhc, I love that pic of the two of you....Yep, the world knows...

[SheLion]

Thank you, Billie! I miss you all. I hope to be back in here real soon. It's just a very dark period in my life right now!

Big Hugs!!

[boxerblues]

You can add my sons for your prayers..SPC Brent 101st Fort Campbell recently deployed and PFC Chris Fort Sill OK.

[Billie]

Thank you, boxerblues - we had just added one son last night (another FReeper had given us the information) - will revise to include both of them.