[An.American.Expatriate]

Can anyone re-cap the events of the last 7 hours?

[Conservababe]

We are winning. They are losing.

[Cate]

Sorry, I can't fill in the blanks... I've been at my neighbors tole painting vines on her kitchen wall. Her kids were all home and watching 'their' shows so I didn't get to see the news. I am now an advocate for 24 hour a day school, 365 days a year. hahha... just kidding.

[sheikdetailfeather]

Recap attempt: Iraqis love us for liberating them and ride statue down street in Baghdad. The world watches and some are just getting in touch with reality. Rumsfeld says it's not over yet and Syria has ignored his warnings. Saddam and all of his gang are resurrected again for the fifteenth time. Snipers here and there. Kent the pigeon died (R. Leventhal said a dog got it this morning.)

[An.American.Expatriate]

From my e-mail (URBAN LEGEND WARNING!!)

"Prob a bit of exaggeration to this story, but ya gotta love it."

"To nobody's surprise there were protestors today in DC, they attempted to disrupt the metro system and block the Key Bridge, a leading artery into DC from Northern Virginia. I got hosed twice because I come in from NoVA on the Metro and it is raining hard which makes traffic worse
anyway...to the point--"

"I got off my train in Rosslyn because I had to use the bathroom. When I was getting back on the train, there were protestors on the train platform handing out pamphlets on the evils of America. I politely declined to take one. An elderly woman was behind me getting off the escalator and a young
(20ish) female protestor offered her a pamphlet, which she politely declined. The young protestor put her hand on the old woman's shoulder as a gesture of friendship and in a very soft voice said, "Ma'am, don't you care about the children of Iraq?" The old woman looked up at her and said, "Honey, my first husband died in France during World War II so you could
have the right to stand here and bad mouth your country. And if you touch me again, I'll stick this umbrella up your a** and open it."

[hoosiermama]

Just got home too. From bits and pieces I've watch a hugh celebration in Michigan (not related to any kind of sports) Flags of both USA and Irag waving. People celebrating freedom.
People in Iraq giving our soldiers flowers, tearing down statues of SH and hitting them with their shoes. Saw several pictures people in Iraq kissing soldier and pictures of "W"; a picture of young boys sitting eagerly at their school desks grinning from ear to ear.(with a caption that read their teacher's salary had ben paid in advance out of pockets of our GI.)
Smiles on the faces of young children, old men, soldiers, youth, women, babies. In fact everyone seems happy except certain unnamed democrats.

Let freedom ring!