USO Canteen FReeper Style ....... 10/25/01

Graphic Artist Billie and Written by Snow Bunny | October 25, 2001 | Graphic Artist Billie and Written by Snow Bunny

[Snow Bunny]

``These people try to hide. They won't be able to hide forever.They think their harbors are safe, but they won't be safe forever. One has to say it's not just simply a matter of capturing people and holding them accountable, but removing the sanctuaries, removing the support systems, ending states who sponsor terrorism.''

George W Bush, President of the United States

For those who missed Secretary Rumsfeld's prayer to the Cabinet yesterday, here it is:

Ever faithful God, in death we are reminded of the precious birthrights of life and liberty you endowed in your American people. You have shown once again that these gifts must never be taken for granted.
We pledge to those whom you have called home, and ask of you -

Patience, to measure our lust for action;

Resolve, to strengthen our obligation to lead;

Wisdom, to illuminate our pursuit of justice, and;

Strength, in defense of liberty.

We seek your special blessing today for those who stand as sword and shield, protecting the many from the tyranny of the few. Our enduring prayer is that you shall always guide our labors and that our battles shall always be just.

We pray this day, heavenly father, the prayer our nation learned at another time of righteous struggle and noble cause -- America's enduring prayer: Not that God will be on our side, but always, O Lord, that America will be on your side.

Q: Mr. Secretary, there are some in the Middle East who are saying that the United States does not have the belly to do the kind of response to this attack on the United States, that this administration, the previous administration don't have it to go after them in the kind of way that they have to be gone after. Without any specifics whatsoever, help us with the attitude that should go into this process.

Rumsfeld: Well, I guess time will tell. My -- I guess I'm kind of old-fashioned. I'm inclined to think that if you're going to cock it, you throw it, and you don't talk about it a lot. So my instinct is that what you do, you should go about your business and do what you think you have to do. I think anyone who thinks it's easy is wrong. I think that it will require a sustained and broadly based effort. And I don't think that people ought to judge outcomes until a sufficient time is passed to address what is clearly a very serious problem for the world. And it's not restricted to a single entity, state or non-state entity. It is an attack on a way of life.
The purpose of terrorism is to terrorize. It is to alter behavior. It is to force people who believe in freedom to be less free by altering their behavior and redressing a balance between freedom and security. Anyone who's ever been in a war zone, as I know most of you have, you know that when you walk out of a building you don't walk out with your head high whistling, you look around the corner and see what's out there. And that's not the way Americans live, and it's not the way we want to live.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

[WolfsView]

The Legend of Fiddlers Green

Half way down the trail to Hell,
In a shady meadow green.
Are the souls of all dead troopers camped,
Near a good old time canteen.
And this eternal resting place,
Is known as Fiddlers' Green.

Marching past straight through to Hell,
The Infantry are seen.
Accompanied by Engineers,
Artillery and Marines.
For none but shades of the Cavalrymen,
Dismount at Fiddlers' Green.

Though some go curving down the trail,
To seek a warmer scene.
No Trooper ever gets to Hell,
Ere he's emptied his canteen.
And so goes back to drink again,
With friends again at Fiddlers' Green.

And so when man and horse go down,
Beneath a sabre keen.
Or in a roaring charge of feirce melee,
You stop a bullet clean.
And the hostiles come to get your scalp,
Just empty your canteen,
And put your pistol to your head,
And go to Fiddlers' Green.

Scouts Out!

[dandelion]

Morning BUMPITY BUMP (before I go to bed) - it's a great day to carpe! (Diem, that is...)

[Norb2569]

Thanks Snow Bunny and Billie, for all that you do to let the veterans know how much they are appreciated.

Long may she wave in freedom!

Norb

[Iowa Granny]

The coffee is ready. Donuts and Bagels are set out on the counter. Everybody help yourself.

[harpseal]

Thank you to all of those who are engaged making a difference.

Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown

[Mama_Bear]

From the information I am getting in my emails and phone calls, we have now 7 bases and 3 Marine Corps League Clubs lurking at our Canteen here at FR.

That is WONDERFUL!

God Bless Our Military!

[ClancyJ]

Hi all! I can't get over here very much because my computer kicks me off loading the graphic threads - here and The Guild.

So proud to see the salt of the earth Americans here doing what they can to support our troops.

Here is something that might have been posted before but in case it wasn't I'll put here now. Takes a while to load but be sure and wait for John Wayne's reading.

Be sure to check out the other links on the site - inspirational songs, boogie, funny, etc.

SPECIAL - America Why I Love Her

Remembrance Pages-9-11-01

[Howlin]

[lodwick]

SB, Billie, Tonkin, B4, everyone,
Good morning, and thanks for the coffee. It's good to be back in town. Great to learn that our troop are seeing our support and love. God bless you, God bless America.

[lodwick]

A Great Thread
Apologies if this wonderful thread has already been posted here.

[LadyX]

Last night after I signed off, you posted the following:
"you know you are getting old when you remember there was no cable TV.."

LOL!! That makes me positively ancient since there was no tv when I was little!!
We relied on radio and publications - newspapers, magazines - and Foxtone newsreels at the movie theater for information.
Television sets were not generally in homes until the 1950's.

In 1947, I was a contestant representing Florida in the National Spelling Bee - the very first time it was televised - but no one in my family could watch it! Few Americans had sets yet.

When I won the state contest in Jacksonville, however, my grandparents in South Carolina had listened to the contest on the radio.

[Carolina]

To all Rummy fans

USA Today Interview with Sec. of Def. Donald Rumsfeld, 10/24/01

Q: Mr. Secretary, the American people, civilians, are now being forced to think about things that we kind of used to leave to the military, namely how to prepare for the next threat without knowing what the next threat is.

What advice can you give to us, to Americans on how to do this?

A: I wish I had a good, simple, easy answer that fit on a bumper sticker, but I don't. The answer is unbumperstickerable. (Laughter)

We are what we are. We are free people. And our whole society is structured and arranged and built and organized around freedom, so people can say what they want and do what they want and go where they want and not worry about someone killing them, and not worry about some unseen things.

Today if a person has to worry about the water they drink and the air they drink and their physical safety if they're working in a building somewhere and for their children, then we're not what we are. And yet the proliferation of these technologies and the existence of these networks have created an environment, a connection between the willingness to kill large numbers of human beings regardless of their religion or their race or their sex, and simultaneously the availability of these kinds of technologies that enable you to do large numbers of people simultaneously.

What all people can do is to, in my view, recognize that. As the president said, live with a sense of heightened awareness. Know that mail can be bad. Know that things can happen and yet not stop living. You can't stop living. We have to go out and do what we do. The terrorists win if we stop living. And furthermore, there's not a whole lot that any single individual can do other than use good judgment.

The other thing we can do is to support a government that's decided that that's not the way we want to live, and we choose to live as free people and therefore we've got to change the way other people are living, the terrorists, and be supportive of that.

Earlier in the interview, he said, You should be in the Pentagon press corps. You always ask two questions in one. (Laughter)

Ha, ha, ha, Rummy rules!

[YepYep]

I recently had the opportunity to visit with several WWII vets at a Marine reunion. They all are just great, quiet hero types. One of the guys there was in the Navy in WWII and is a Pearl Harbor survivor. One still does pushups, and is in really good health. Another had a huge chunk of flesh out of his back (a combat injury). Though he is 80 now, he referred with a twinkle in his eye to the present guys over there, saying, "It is amazing what 17 and 18 year old guys can do!" Prayers and love to all you Over There!!

[KLT]

Time to rock and roll in NYC on Saturday, Oct 27 @1PM...We are going to Rock those libs to their empty core!

[harpo11]

Good Morning Snow Bunny and USA Troops from the Left Coast! Thank you for all you are doing to keep America Free. God Bless You All!

"...And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave."
LET'S ROLL!

[pubmom]

I love Rummy.
Did he really say the air they drink, or did he say breathe?

I guess I could really care less though.

[harpo11]

bin laden, bin laden, I despise you, with relentless fury I yell.
You killed my kinfolk
and for that I'll send you to hell
with the full cocked fist of my brave warriors might
you'll never when this fight.

[RaceBannon]

BUMP ME ON THE DETAILS AGIN PLEASE? FOR SATURDAY?