USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Military Reaction to the Commander in Chief ~ February 22 2003

Lt. Commander Bill Goss, USN (Ret) ^ | 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub and FRiends of the Canteen

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

On Feb 13th, 2003 President George W. Bush gave a speech to the thousands of Sailors
and their families attached to ships homeported at the U.S. Naval Station in Mayport, Florida.
Here are some of their reactions.

"What did you think of your Commander-in-Chief's speech?"

Here's their response:

1. "It was a very good speech. It gave that camaraderie back to us…I think we lost it for a while our ship was getting refurbished. His speech gave us back that 'umph!' we needed. I liked how he said we are going to go kick Saddam's butt. Saddam's been pussyfooting around and the United Nation's told him that he has had his last chance…the people of Iraq aren't the problem, it's their leader and his underlings."

2. "I'm highly encouraged by what the President said. I like how our Commander-in-Chief came down to the 'deck plate level' to talk to us, because we're the ones that have to do his will, and he showed that he cares by coming to see us. He gave us confidence to go do what we've got to do."

3. "He gave a great speech. He said 'thanks' to the troops here; he sent a message to the U.N. and a message to Saddam Hussein. The people onboard my ship are going to be talking about it for days and also reading about it on Military.com. Now we've got to head back to the ship to get it ready…"

4. "The President isn't afraid to say what needs to be said to get the job done. He's not politicking and not mincing words. We don't need that -- we've got way too many serious things going on. We've got countries like France and Germany that want to play games right now and they've a record of doing that, so I'm not surprised. It's good to have a leader that's willing to step up to the plate when we need it most and a speech like this for the 'Blue-shirts' means everything to them because they're getting ready to leave their families for six months and it's great for them to know that their leader is behind them."

5. "The President's speech was very exciting and very emotional. We're very nervous at home wondering about what's going to happen. I think we should stop politicking and go get the job done, so my husband can get back home and let us continue on with our family life." (Quote from the wife of a Navy helicopter pilot.)

[snippy_about_it]

Those are great pamphlets, thanks for the link Dubya.

[tomkow6]

WOOHOO!! There's no one around. ...

Dont't count on it! I've tried a time or two.......seems someone is always watching

We can't never have any fun!

[Valin]

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Please check out the streaming video

[snippy_about_it]

[HiJinx]

Ok, Snippy and Brian, this is going to take awhile to upload.

Here's the opening slide. I'm going to post it again in a few minutes, linked to an HTML presentation.

[PhilDragoo]

Our forces continue to destroy the fiber optics link the ChiComs built for Saddam with technology Clinton helped them steal.

That link is called Tiger Song by China--and its destruction is Swan Song for Saddam.

Blinded, the Butcher of Baghdad will go down as though we took his viagara.

With insight and determination, with proud skill and bold action, history's page is being turned.

Thanks to our commander in chief and our men and women in uniform a new chapter of security and freedom looms.

God Bless the Finest Fighting Force on Earth
Godspeed Swift Victory and Safe Return
God Watch Over Their Families Until Then

[Kathy in Alaska]

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Duty ~ Honor ~ Country

Click above to visit "A Day in the Life of President Bush"

[Kathy in Alaska]

A PRAYER OF PROTECTION

The light of God surround you
The love of God enfold you
The power of God protect you
The presence of God watch over you
Wherever you are,God is,
And all is well.
Amen.

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Bless This House

Bless this house O Lord we pray;
Make it safe by night and day;
Bless these walls so firm and stout,
Keeping want and trouble out:
Bless the roof and chimneys tall,
Let thy peace lie over all;
Bless this door, that it may prove
ever open to joy and love.


Bless these windows shining bright,
Letting in God's heav'nly light;
Bless the hearth a'blazing there,
with smoke ascending like a prayer;
Bless the folk who dwell within,
keep them pure and free from sin;
Bless us all that we may be
Fit O Lord to dwell with thee;
Bless us all that one day we
May dwell O Lord with thee.

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(Click on praying hands above,
or on banner at the top to hear the music)

[southerngrit]

Hi, Kathy!

How are you?

[southerngrit]

Good afternoon, all. Just catching up on the last few day's threads - been down with 'the miseries' for awhile.

Looks like I've missed a lot!

[snippy_about_it]

Are you better?

[HiJinx]

Technical difficulties abound...

We'll get this up later...I hope!

[southerngrit]

Yes, much. I'm just a little wobbly from the after effects. Nothing a quiet evening at home with my FRiends won't cure!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Passable, sg, passable. How's the weather in your neck of the woods? We got a couple dustings of snow, but right now the temp is trying to push above freezing. Yuck! And thanks again for the "names" for everybody. They are all so different and so cool. I love mine.

[southerngrit]

It's a dreary day in south Louisiana - but it was good napping weather. Temps around the mid 60's, I think.

[snippy_about_it]

I wondered what happened to you. Bless your heart. This is turning out to be a lot of work. I'm downloading Microsoft Office Web Publishing Accessibility Wizard from the University of Illinois, although I only have the power point viewer I'm going to give it a try anyway. Only 39 more minutes to go to complete downloand. HA HA!

What the heck, it's a distraction from trying to do my tax return!

[HiJinx]

Turbo Tax rules!!!!

Right Click the link to save the Powerpoint Slideshow that Brian sent to Snippy from the USS Tarawa. I'll try to figure something out for everyone after dinner...we're entertaining guests from Tucson this evening.

All I've managed to do so far is upload the show. This is a really great presentation of the awesome and mighty power of the U.S. Armed Forces!

http://d21c.com/HiJinx/eagle.pps

See everyone later, have fun!

[Radix]

Here is some transportation for the Dudes!

[snippy_about_it]

It's wonderful! Folks right click and it only takes a few minutes to load and then enjoy the full screen awesome picture show!

Thank you Brian and thank you HiJinx for your assistance in allowing everyone to see this!