A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....1-08-03....It's A Baby, Not A Choice

Billie and daisyscarlett

[daisyscarlett]

A Few of FR's Finest.....
......Every Day

FR is a Treasure Trove of talented, compassionate, patriotic, wonderful people who gather every day to discuss the latest news and issues; salute and support our military and our leaders;  tell a few jokes;  learn a new word;  write poetry;  pray for those in need;  and congratulate those who are deserving. Thank you, Jim Robinson, for giving us the vehicle in which we can express ourselves.

Free Republic made its debut in September, 1996, and the forum was added in early 1997.   I can remember lurking when there were only a few regulars who posted, and now there are over 60,000 who have registered for posting privileges. The forum is read daily by tens of thousands of concerned citizens and patriots from all around the country and the world.

A Few of FR's Finest November 11, 2001

So many people have written me since my original Veteran's Day Tribute, asking how they, or a loved one, could be included in that tribute. Since I can no longer add the photos to the body of the thread, I've been including them in additional posts as I received enough to make another collage.

Still that doesn't seem to be enough. I think there's never been a better nor more appropriate time to keep the faces of our own Veterans and Active Military in front of FReepers--every day! That's why I wanted to do yet another Daily Thread .....ABOUT FReepers .....and FOR FReepers. But not only about our Military FReepers; for all FReepers! Wouldn't it be nice to get to know a few of the other FReepers as well? That's why, in addition to seeing FR's Finest Military Personnel every day, I thought it might be fun to feature a different FReeper (or FReepers) each day. If you would like to be pictured, or know someone who would, please FReepmail me and we'll turn the spotlight - on YOU - for the day!

And do let me know if you'd like your picture added to the groups of Veterans/Active Military below. I will keep this page updated, and continue to add them to the comment section of the original Veteran's Day thread as well.

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TOP: Q6-God, Scan59, Mama Bear and JKPhoto's son, ofMagog.
MIDDLE:  Big'ol_freeper, JustAmy's great uncle, Prodigal Son.
BOTTOM:  JustAmy's husband, JustAmy's brother-in-law, JustAmy's brother.

TOP:  ValerieUSA's son Grant, SK1Thurman, kd5cts, RangerVetNam,
dansangel and .45man's son-in-law Tony
BOTTOM:  rangerX, Old China Hand, Trish, Howlin's dad, Mustang

TOP: ladtx #2 son; DiverDave's twin Don; petuniasevan and husband
poorman; Mustard; ladtx #1 son;
BOTTOM: AlamoGirl's brother Floyd; AG's dad; AG's brother Jim (inset);
WVNan's husband; ladtx Aunt Eva.

We now have eleven groups of veterans/active military; we will post each group of three or four twice a week, with thumbnail/links of the remaining seven or eight groups on each thread. Click on any of the thumbnails below to see the group full-size.

         

GROUP 1A: TOP: Logos, SwedeGirl's hubby, Neil E Wright, FallGuy, 1John, Sneakypete MIDDLE:  T'wit, COB1, LadyX, Dick Bachert, 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub BOTTOM:  YankeeinSC, Delta21, JoeSixPack1

GROUP 2A: TOP:  Bosniajmc, AFVetGal, Archy, A Navy Vet MIDDLE:  4TheFlag, Aeronaut, 68Grunt, Xinga BOTTOM:  Codger, AAABest, Clinton's A Liar, Duke809, dcwusmc

GROUP 3A: TOP:  mc5cents, Norb2569, LBGA's son, VanJenerette MIDDLE:  Jim Robinson, KJenerette, davidosborne, KG9Kid BOTTOM:  gwmoore, Equality7-2521, SAMWolf

GROUP 4A: TOP:  porgygirl, Phil V., MudPuppy, NorCoGOP MIDDLE:  RaceBannon, OneidaM, rdb3, jwTexian BOTTOM:  USMC Vet, TheMayor, Vineyard, rhododogma

         

GROUP 5A: TOP:  spectr17, RightOnline, SERE_Doc, Tet68. MIDDLE:  FutureSnakeEater, RightOnline's wife, CIApilot, Clamper1797. BOTTOM:  usmcobra, onedoug, DiverDave, Joe6-pack.

GROUP 6A: TOP:  g'nad, AgThorn's son Justin, SLB, AgThorn's son Brett. MIDDLE:  fish70, razorback-bert, CheneyChick, Leroy S Mort, Mark17. BOTTOM:  Terry's Take, Taxman, DinkyDau.

GROUP 7A: TOP:  ValerieUSA's son Grant, SK1Thurman, kd5cts, RangerVetNam, dansangel and .45man's son-in-law Tony.BOTTOM:  rangerX, Old China Hand, Trish, Howlin's dad, Mustang.

GROUP 8A: TOP: ohioWfan's son, MamaBear's father-in-law, MamaBear's dad, ladtx. MIDDLE:  The Mayor's niece, M.Kehoe, Beach_Babe's son-in-law. BOTTOM:  deadhead's dad, HiJinx, Severa's hubby, viligantcitizen's granddad.

                     

"There are two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle."
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

ONE OF FR'S FINEST

MHGinTN Freeper since 3-26-00
East TN

MHGinTN, whose screen name is a composite of his initials, M H G, and 'in', and his state of TN, came to FR by way of Lucianne's Website. He was posting there and Lucianne and/or her monitor didn't want anti-abortion rhetoric flowing there, so he left to visit the site Ms Goldberg recommended as a conservative website for current news and events, Free Republic.

MHGinTN is an anti-abortion on demand activist. We were curious as to how, why and when he became pro-life and he explained it "in his own words".

"For some folks, becoming pro-life is a growing process, rather than an 'ah hah' phenomenon. A growing urgency to support nascent life it has been for me."

"As a pharmaceutical sales person, back in the eighties, I was assigned the job of selling contraceptive pills and IUD's. Even as trained sales reps, we were not given the whole truth, that the pills and IUD's act to terminate already begun pregnancies. When a physician friend and fellow Christian explained the full truth to me, I was no longer able in good conscience to sell those products and went to my district mananger with my problem. He was also a Christian, but had less problem with supporting these products ... this ambiguity glared at me from the start and was some of the impetus for my further efforts to reveal the truth regarding individual womb-bound human life. He took my case to the G.D.Searle upper management, who 'laid me off', putting me on unemployment comp for a time. Within weeks, I had found another position in college textbook sales ... a position that lasted a bit over two years before I was back in pharmaceuticals working for Schering/Plough as a cardiovascular sales specialist."

"Not supporting the earliest forms of abortifacient methods caused a fair amount of upheaval with my family, but it was a matter of conviction not based on anything definitive in science. It was the tension within the family that drove me onward, to dig deeper for the full facts regarding nascent life in the womb. I don't believe a truly pro-life person could ever turn to a pro-choice person because of the truth regarding individual human life in the womb ... "

After MHGinTN "dug deeper" and discovered the full facts regarding nascent life in the womb, he shared his knowledge by writing a pamphlet and delivering speeches on the subject.

"Not long after I was laid off from my Searle sales position, I wrote a summary booklet defining the different methods of contraception and abortion, explaining in the process what I had learned regarding early abortifacients. This booklet is now held, as I understand it, at the Criswell Bible Institute in Texas, not because it is so definitive but because my Christian physician friend wanted the facts on file for future reference from a semi-professional source for use by Christian students."

"My opportunities to speak before young people regarding abortion arose naturally since I was teaching Bible Study to teens at the Baptist Church I attended, at the time of my departure from Searle. Years later, the opportunity to speak to High School students became available, as long as no religious perspective was offered with the information on abortion."

MHGinTN wrote many letters to political leaders in a vain attempt to gain political support to reform the country's abortion policies.

"During the Clinton terms, I wrote letters to congressional people and the president, seeking reform in our nation's abortion policy. When Clinton vetoed the partial birth abortion ban, I gave up on any Democrat cooperation."

"Al Gore's turnabout is most damning of his political pragmatism and his dead heart, in my honest opinion."

MHGinTN has a link to letters that can be sent to editors of local newspapers regarding abortion. They are offered for anyone to copy in response to FReepers who have requested help wording letters to better their chances of getting printed.

LINK TO ABORTION LETTERS FILE

"During the lead-up to the 2000 election cycle, I composed several letters that dealt with the various aspects of our nation's abortion policy. Originally, I was sending letters to the editors of newspapers in Tennessee and Southwestern Virginia. As these papers published the letters for their 'controversy' potential, folks at FreeRepublic began to pick these letters up and send them under their names to their local papers; a brave move on their part that I completely embrace ... it is our nation that is killing its posterity with abortion on demand and that's what we the people must change if we are to survive as a free and prosperous country, and beacon to the rest of the floundering world."

As has been noted in the past, often times original ideas, opinions and conclusions expressed on FR end up in the mainstream press and usually with no attribution to FR. Therefore, MHGinTN was not surprised to see a storyline on Law and Order-SVU remarkably similar to a story written by him that was posted on Free Republic. We will let him tell you about this "in his own words".

"I am currently trying to get a novel finished that deals with embryonic stem cell research, cloning, abortion, and harvesting of fetal tissues for medical cures. Jim Robinson allowed the short story version to be posted in RJayneJ's FR file and it remained there for several weeks until removed by me to work on the novel version. I suspect that someone writing for the TV series 'Law and Order, SVU' read the short story and used it as the basis for an episode that aired on November 15th of 2002. LINK TO L&O-SVU 11/15/02 Episode

"The writers did an exemplary job of presenting the gnarl of issues without openly coming down on one side or the other. Though no one at L&O asked for permission to use the story line so liberally, I wouldn't fault them for it ... I think it's way past time for the truth to begin getting out to the general populace. The story so skillfully presented in short form by L&O only serves to open the door to the thought processes necessary for confronting the heinous truth regarding abortion and the wrongheaded exploitation of individual human life for 'fun'(science is fun in most cases) and profit, huge profits!"

MHGinTN also writes fiction.

"My main efforts are directed to novels. I'm finishing EVIL INTERRUPTED, I have another novel, TREE OF LIFE, that I plan a sequel for, and I have a series of three novels in the 'freelance vigilante crimefighter' genre. So far, I've not used the time or energy to seek publication of my novels (I write because I enjoy it and feel compelled to do it, strangely enough), but it is time for EVIL INTERRUPTED to be shopped for publication ... the information and story line are, at last, potentially important for this nation, in my honest opinion.

"Maybe our nation is about to awaken to the chilling truth of an immense holocaust; perhaps we can avoid going down a decidedly inhumane road where individual human life is created solely for harvesting exploitation. I don't fancy my beautiful granddaughter living in a nation where modern cannibalism is the basis for health."

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MHGinTN, we applaud you for your tireless efforts and sensible approach for the pro-life movement.

Enjoy Your Day, MHGinTN!
You are One of FR's Finest!

THIS WEEK'S THREADS 1-06-03 Budge 1-07-03 HairOfTheDog

Opinions by our own 'King of Ping' The guy's good, folks!

Thanks, Mixer!

1) Click on the graphic to open the Calendar.
2) Once there you can click on any month and even click to the right to go into next year. Once you are in the month that you joined FR you will need to click on the number in the calendar and then an add item screen will come up.
3) In the next box enter your name in the "Calendar Text" field and then click on submit.
4) If any of the screens fail to load simply click on refresh in your browser and that will usually fix it.
5) If all else fails or simply if you want me to do this for you send me an FReepmail and I will gladly do it for you. ~Mixer

[Fiddlstix]

Good morning fiddlstix...Hope everyone clicks on the coffee pot and responds.

Me too
(The fund raiser threads should start soon)

[Mixer]

Hey all, can't stay much today but I wanted to pop in and say hi.
Have a happy Wednesday.

Matt

[MeekOneGOP]

This is hot off my e-mail from my Brother, lol:

One Smart Dog !

A wealthy man decided to go on a safari in Africa.

He took his faithful pet dachshund along for company. One day, the dachshund starts chasing butterflies and before long the dachshund discovers that he is lost.

So, wandering about, he notices a leopard heading rapidly in his direction with the obvious intention of having lunch. The dachshund thinks, "OK, I'm in deep trouble now!"

Then he noticed some bones on the ground close by, and immediately settles down to chew on the bones with his back to the approaching cat. Just as the leopard is about to leap, the dachshund exclaims loudly, "Boy, that was one delicious leopard. I wonder if there are any more around here?"

Hearing this, the leopard halts his attack in mid-stride, as a look of terror comes over him, and slinks away into the trees. "Whew," says the leopard. "That was close. That dachshund nearly had me."

Meanwhile, a monkey who had been watching the whole scene from a nearby tree figures he can put this knowledge to good use and trade it for protection from the leopard. So, off he goes. But the dachshund saw him heading after the leopard with great speed, and figured that something must be up. The monkey soon catches up with the leopard, spills the beans and strikes a deal for himself with the leopard.

The leopard is furious at being made a fool of and says, "Here monkey, hop on my back and see what's going to happen to that conniving canine." Now the dachshund sees the leopard coming with the monkey on his back, and thinks, "What am I going to do now?"

But instead of running, the dog sits down with his back to his attackers, pretending he hasn't seen them yet... and just when they get close enough to hear, the dachshund says, "Where's that monkey? I sent him off half an hour ago to bring me another leopard."

[FreeTheHostages]

Good day to you too!

[Libertina]

Good morning MHGinTN, how nice to meet you! I too experienced a growing process regarding this issue, so I thank you for your story. Good morning everyone! My best wishes for anpother joyous day - on FR's Finest. BTW, very cute graphics, Daisy! Now here is my "colorful greeting" done in the font "Life." :)
Chubby Baby Bump

[daisyscarlett]

Hey there wolfie. Keep "missing" you on the thread. Hope you are still here because today was a heavy baking day, hee hee.

[daisyscarlett]

I was privileged to "run into" King John last night when I posted the thread. He really does like his new logo that you made for him, Louie. I may have left him with the impression that I made it...not true...wish I could claim credit for it....I guess he threw away his typewriter cauz he finally got his computer problems solved?

[daisyscarlett]

Like the way you think, Aqua. A Department of Life with MHGinTN as Chair. How awesome would that be?

[Aquamarine]

I would settle for The Chief Justice of The Supreme Court. :)

[daisyscarlett]

I am so impressed that Mother Theresa was your commencement speaker. What an awesome memory that must be.

[MHGinTN]

You've done such a beautiful job creating this thread that highlights the little ones, why would you want to cast a 'curse' upon me?... We do a better job at FR than a government position could do ... stagnation don'tcha know! Freepers Rule!

[daisyscarlett]

Good afternoon Skinny. I agree, MHGinTN is an inspiraion and hero!!

[CounterCounterCulture]

THANK YOU for being one of FR's finest!

[FreeTheHostages]

Louie, you RULE! I like to tease you -- just joking ya know -- about the hugs. But you totally rule. Your graphics power and your profile page RULE.

[FreeTheHostages]

Psst, now what you need is a graphic showing 3 cents and then you atop the podium and when you respond to one of John Huang's articles, your three cents will trump his two cents.

[daisyscarlett]

Thank you for the beautiful baby collage and midi...You're the best!

[daisyscarlett]

Great post, jwfiv. Even better than usual and those babies are so sweet...Thanks for gracing our thread with your Finest presence.

[daisyscarlett]

Nice to see ya....I enjoyed your post the other day about leaving your Christmas decorations up for a while. Mine are gone and put away but I miss them....

[dansangel]

{{{{{{{{{{{{{Louie-Wolfie-Man}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}!

I missed you yesterday! Your "homework" is to go back and read yesterday's thread! LOL!!!

Hope you are having a great week! :-)

[daisyscarlett]

LOL...very cute joke...