Shazzayam!
Posted on 01/29/2005 6:13:04 PM PST by kristinn
I always admire your hard work and determination, kristinn. God bless you for all you do.
Shazzayam!
Kristinn........you are truly doing the work of the Lord.
Iraq voting day Ping!
AM over on the live thread cheering on the Iraqis....As I looked at the pictures Sir Francis Scott's poem came to mind.
Breathes there the man with soul so dead
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
Bush gets it!
Oh man! You just brought a tear to my eye with that sentence. I bet it was a very emotional moment for you - not to mention your friend Nofel and his family.
Freedom, and free democracy. Nothing quite like it.
ttt Great
Excellent job Kristinn!!!!!
What a great story. You planted the seed..Hooray for you!
I've only been a Freepr since this year. Ran into Chieftain in a parking lot with his Swiftees sticker on his car. He told me about Freerepublic and encouraged me to join. I then became involved in the election....BIG TIME. Seeing the pics of the Iraquis voting was the second time I felt that all my minute efforts meant something. The first time was when Bush won.
The best part of Freeping is that you get so much more back than you "give"!
http://www.scout.org/wsf/docs/21bl_afghanistan.pdf
http://www.scout.org/front/worldinfo/worldinfo0604_e.pdf
http://www.scout.org/front/docs/C0416ccommittee_e.pdf
http://www.scout.org/front/0405Iraq_e.shtml
http://outside.away.com/outside/features/200410/iraqi_boy_scouts_1.html
http://www.intellectualconservative.com/article3767.html
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/printer-friendly.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38761
http://www.kingmere.f9.co.uk/Chip/scouts/30thMay.pdf
http://www.republicanmensclub.com/archive/spr.pdf
and the left says Democracy and liberty can't take root.
I saw the Imam earlier on Fox today, too. The rally you're thinking of is the October 2002 rally that C-SPAN covered. That's where we first met the Iraqis. I figured the Lord put us together that day.
Kudos to the DC Chapter!
In case you didn't think your efforts amounted to anything, this should confirm that they do! You have made a lot of Iraqis very happy! And allowed them to vote for the first time in a free Iraqi election! That's something to brag to your kids and grandkids about!
Forcing the legacy media to cover it also didn't hurt. :^)
You are so right. We never know what will transpire as a result of our actions. The only thing we're sure of is if we do nothing, then nothing will change.
Your ripple in the pond. You, my friend, enfranchised hundreds of thousands of people across the world.
It makes it all so worthwhile, doesn't it, Kristinn!! A little rally, and look at what it brought about!
Yes, you are right, kristinn; and I do believe so you're right, kristinn...what a wonderful thing to feel, being used by God for such a cause. Congratulations to you and all of you...
Glorious!
a butterfly's wings....
You guys are the the best!
"An election worker told me a story about one voter. Yesterday, an Iraqi man stood before the ballot box and held his completed ballot in the air. He said, in a loud voice in Arabic, as he thrust his ballot in the box, "F--- Saddam! F--- Bin laden! F--- Zarqawi! F--- the terrorists!"
GOTTA LOVE IT!
Who would have thought...
That what one man started with the FR Forum in February 1997 has brought forth such fruit (worldwide no less!) eight years later.
Thank you Jim and Kristinn
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