[Howlin]

Live thread ping!

[Mo1]

Thanks for the PING .

[Freedom2specul8]

Thank you!

[TomServo]

Thanks for the pings, Howlin. I read everything you send to me, although I rarely reply. Continued thanks...

[Dog]

I'm here...

[Kathleen]

Thanks for all your live pings, Howlin.

[mhking]

I'm here.

[hole_n_one]

Mission control awaiting the President......

[eddie willers]

Thanks....I'm here.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Thanks for the ping, Howlin...

[JennysCool]

Thanks for the ping, Howlin. Once again the President you and I admire so much has done us proud.

[Inspectorette]

Thank you, Howlin - saw him, and I'm still in tears.

This President has been burdened with more grief and tragedy than any other president I can think of, except possibly for Abraham Lincoln, who presided over a time when 500,000 Americans died - fighting each other.

[EternalVigilance]

Reaching Higher Ground

Descending, only to rise!
Leaving pull
Of God's green Earth
In a blaze of fire!

Worldly friction didn't win
Every trouble fades
On that heavenly high

Pushing out further
Than man has ever been
On the frontier
Of the deep dark night

Pushing the limits
Of this mortal life
We will never know
Unless we strive

The brave live forever
Seared into our hearts
Not knowing they were heroes
Just doing their part

But they'll not be forgotten
In the troubled times ahead
By courageous example
They have forever led

Elijah's chariot
Came to carry them away
To their eternal home
In God's eternal sky

EV

Dedicated to the crew of Columbia - 2/1/03