Freeper Budge passed away

1/2/2011 | sweetliberty

[sweetliberty]

I received a message from a good friend of Budge's telling me that he had passed away either last night or this morning. I don't know any particulars yet. I got an email from him just yesterday. I know Budge had lots of friends on FR and was active for many years and attended numerous events. I thought y'all would want to know.

[johniegrad]

May he rest in peace.

[Retired Greyhound]

RIP Budge

[johniegrad]

May he rest in peace.

[Daffynition]

May his soul rest in peace. Prayers up for the family.

[DarthVader]

RIP and prayers for his family.

[napscoordinator]

RIP Budge. Thanks for your contributions to Free Republic. You were one of the best.

[Lakeshark]

Sorry to hear that SL, you knew him fairly well as I recall.

[freepersup]

I knew Budge through the massive shuttle disaster postings here at FR. He was in the forefront of cracking the cause (as best a keyboard commando can) of the shuttle’s break up. He had an RV that he mused using for a search vehicle to collect shuttle parts that remained missing along the flight path out west. RIP freeper friend.

[basil]

Oh goodness! I’m so sad to hear this. Budge and I go way back to the late nineties when we first met to “Freep The Creep” (Bill Clinton)

[sweetliberty]

Yes; we were next door neighbors for a year and a half.

[basil]

Let’s do one more “Cops Cheer” for Budge—He loved standing in front of the White House with us, yelling this:

BILL CLINTON (pause)
WE HAVE YOU SURROUNDED!(pause)
PUT DOWN THAT CIGAR! (pause)
STEP AWAY FROM THAT INTERN! (pause)
AND COME OUT! (pause)
WITH YOUR HANDS UP!

[Lakeshark]

Was he about your age?

[Charles Henrickson]

Budge was one of our regulars on the DUmmie FUnnies threads, a “Pingee” and a frequent commenter. He will be missed.

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/by:budge/index?brevity=full;tab=comments

[freepersup]

Thank you for posting on Budge’s passing. I appreciate the fact that there are photos of Budge (that you’ve posted) within your profile.

[The Shrew]

...AND COME OUT! (pause) WITH YOUR HANDS UP!

I thought it was:

AND COME OUT! (pause)
WITH YOUR PANTS UP!

Prayers up for Budge's family and friends.

Regards,

TS

[politicianslie]

In Memory:

Barry Obama (pause)

WE HAVE YOU SURROUNDED!(pause)

PUT DOWN THAT QURAN! (pause)

STEP AWAY FROM YOUR COMMUNISM! (pause)

AND COME OUT! (pause)

WITH YOUR EARS DOWN!

AND BRING BILL AYERS and GEORGE SOROS WITH YOU!

[Darksheare]

He and his humor will be sorely missed.

[mountainfolk]

Budge exemplified the meaning of courage. His physical situation would have daunted many but he worked around that and set higher standards for the rest of us. We had tremendous respect and appreciation for the way he was able to inspire and motivate others to join with him in serving this country. Rest in peace Budge.

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.