A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....03-07-03...The Blue Star Flag

LadTx and Billie | Ladtx

[Billie]

It would make a great quilt, wouldn't it? I'll bet it's been done and a photo could be found if one wanted to search for it. :)

[FreeTheHostages]

Oh yes, I loved the song too!

[Billie]

Morning, Budge. Always nice to see you here. :)

[Billie]

Good morning, Beautiful LadyX. Your posts always show such beauty and love of God, life, country.....thank you for your daily presence at the Finest - it's FReepers like you who help to make and to keep our thread the finest.

[deadhead]

Good Morning All! Thank You ladtx for the information and history about the blue star flag. I will be sharing it with others. Beautiful Prayer ladyx, Thank You. Have a great day all! God Bless Our Troops and Veterans. God Bless President Bush, I was extremely proud of him last night. God Bless America.

~~~Colleen~~~

[daisyscarlett]

I have been so looking forward to this...

Thank you for the information about Blue Star Mothers. I am so happy that this practice is being revived. What a shame that it was not popular during VietNam.

Great essay Mr. and Mrs. Ladtx-God Bless and keep your beautiful sons...

Billie, nice layout (as always). I really do like W's portrait imposed on the background...very moving.

Ohiowfan posted her blue star display on the Dose last night....Eric is still at Ft. Campbell but will be deployed soon. God Bless and keep Eric....

[ladtx]

You mean like this one?

[jwfiv]

Thank you all for a most inspiring way start to our day.

I never knew about the Blue and Gold Star Mothers....very glad that my ignorance has been diminished.

Thank you, Billie, for a beautiful composition.

Thank you, LadyX, for the prayer you offer.

Thank you, LadTX...just...thank you.

Good morning to you all...)

I made a screen capture of my TV last night, as the President was walking up to the podium for his incredible, powerful and sobering address and question taking....he sure looks cool...

Flipping channels after the news conference, to catch all the buzz, I watched for a few minutes as Chris Matthews couldn't speak a sentence without saying the word 'cowboy'...made me feel good.

Then poor, stupid Pat Caddell started spouting and fuming about how Dubya has pulled off a coup and hijacked our government to satisfy his lust for power and war and revenge....made me sick, so I switched channels again, to see Cutty Sark Ted, Captain of the S.S. Oldsmobile, and Tiny Tommy, sputtering like boiling teapots...made me sick, but amused me, too...Dubya holds aces, these poor fools don't even know the rules of the game, so out of touch with reality, they are.

Freepers know real when we see it.

God bless America, land that I love.

Dubya rocks.

Let's roll.

(Thanks for the coffee, Meek.)

[daisyscarlett]

Thanks for that great photo of ladtx....No wonder he has such good looking sons and a beautiful grand-daughter, Leila Kay, too....

[Salvation]

I got this via email and wanted to post it somewhere:


Samuel Thompson wrote:

I don't believe in Santa Claus, but I'm not going to sue somebody for

singing a Ho-Ho-Ho song in December.

I don't agree with Darwin, but I didn't go out and hire a lawyer when my

high school teacher taught his theory of evolution.



Life, liberty or your pursuit of happiness will not be endangered because

someone says a 30-second prayer before a football game. So what's the big

deal? It's not like somebody is up there reading the entire book of Acts.

They're just talking to a God they believe in and asking him to grant safety


to the players on the field and the fans going home from the game.



"But it's a Christian prayer," some will argue. Yes, and this is the United


States of America, a country founded on Christian principles.

And we are in the Bible Belt. According to our very own phone book,

Christian churches outnumber all others better than 200-to-1. So what would


you expect -- somebody chanting Hare Krishna? If I went to a football game
in

Jerusalem, I would expect to hear a Jewish prayer. If I went to a soccer

game in Baghdad, I would expect to hear a Muslim prayer. If I went to a

ping pong match in China, I would expect to hear someone pray to Buddha.

And I wouldn't be offended. It wouldn't bother me one bit. When in Rome...

"But what about the atheists?" is another argument. What about them?

Nobody is asking them to be baptized. We're not going to pass the

collection plate. Just humor us for 30 seconds. If that's asking too much,


bring a Walkman or a pair of ear plugs. Go to the bathroom. Visit the

concession stand. Call your lawyer. Unfortunately, one or two will make

that call. One or two will tell thousands what they can and cannot do. I

don't think a short prayer at a football game is going to shake the world's

foundations.



Christians are just sick and tired of turning the other cheek while our

courts strip us of all our rights. Our parents and grandparents taught us

to pray before eating, to pray before we go to sleep. Our Bible tells us

just to pray without ceasing. Now a handful of people and their lawyers are


telling us to cease praying. God, help us. And if that last sentence

offends you, well..........just sue me. The silent majority has been silent

too long.. it's time we let that one or two who scream loud enough to be

heard, that the vast majority don't care what they want.. it is time the

majority rules!

It's time we tell them, you don't have to pray.... you don't have to say
the

pledge of allegiance.... you don't have to believe in God or attend services


that honor Him. That is your right, and we will honor your right.... but
by

golly, you are no longer going to take our rights away ..

we are fighting back.. and we WILL WIN!

After all the God you have the

right to denounce is on our side!



God bless us one and all, especially those who denounce Him...

God bless America, despite all her faults.... still the greatest nation of

all.....

God bless our service men who are fighting to protect our right to pray and

worship God...

May 2003 be the year the silent majority is heard and we put God back as the


foundation of our families and institutions.

Keep looking up......

In God WE Trust

[daisyscarlett]

Read your essay from yesterday, Your Majesty. Loved it as I always do...Nice to have a patriotic, flag waving King on the Finest...

[daisyscarlett]

Missy Aqua, As I told you in FreepMail, you get an A+ on your "assignment"....Very nice framing and linkage.

Free-As Billie knows, Aqua and I are working on a music thread and it will feature many of Aqua's wonderful patriotic graphics and music. So stay tuned, lol....

[LadyX]

Your selection was so perfect, Aquamarine!
Spirited and uplifting, and a perfect fit for ladtx and The Missus,
passing the torch through their sons.

It is heartening to realize how many of us DO still stand for
the Old American Dream, and are willing to speak out for it.

[LadyX]

It is I who appreciates your heart, Billie, through five years of sharing and friendship.

That heart and your talent in expressing it bind us and inspire us - - - a collective and grateful 'we' love you.

[FreeTheHostages]

A website that sells blue star service flags is here.

[daisyscarlett]

Good morning, dear Family:

FTH-thank you for the calendar page today....reminds me of W and Laura, growing old together....Thank you for the excellent account and photos of the D.C. Freep last week....Sorry you did not have better weather and what a trooper you are, shovelling all that snow etc....

Billie-am thrilled to be here for a bit today...As I said before, great topic, great essay, great layout...

Lori-hi there....thanks for the nice thread on Monday, presenting Pippin's letters in a nice format. Glad that GrammyBear is home enjoying her own recliner etc. Hugs to Grammy.....

Dansy-Absolutely delightful and informative interview of Billthedrill....You are a treasure....Anxious to hear about the FReep you hope to attend this weekend.

Dutchess-what fun you had on Tuesday at Mardi Gras...I learned so much from your column and continue to delight in your enthusiasm....Hope having a widescreen t.v. does not cut into your Finest on line time, lol.

Louie-well, I hope you enjoyed your lunch and/or dinner with my sistahs yesterday....Boo-hoo, I was not on the invitation list but that is okay. I am not offended. In fact, I made you a pie today, double crusted pineapple...Enjoy...

[MeekOneGOP]

Mornin', everybody !! Happy Friday !

57 degrees right now and headin' for 72 they say . . .

Very nice work, ladtx ! Thank you !

Have a cup while you FReep !

For those who prefer hot chocolate.....

[MeekOneGOP]

Wow. If I'd posted that 4 minutes earlier, it would have been 57 degrees on post 57 at 10:57 Central time . . .

[Pippin]

Thank You, ladtx!

[ladtx]

You're welcome, Pippin.