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Merry Christmas! I'm taking some time off over the holidays and won't be posting as prolifically as usual (as some say "thank GAWD, Christmas is REAL!" lol) but I did want to extend my very best wishes to everyone, regardless of whether we always see eye-to-eye on the issues of the day. No matter what the 0bamunist regime and their thugs and lackeys do, we still live in the greatest Nation on the face of the Earth, and I still believe in 2 Chronicles 7:14, and I (like many of you) pray for America every day to be delivered out...

As Mormons join with all of Christendom in commemorating the birth of the Savior Jesus Christ this time of year, the thoughts of some might turn to observance of an event of lesser magnitude, but nevertheless vital to the unfolding of God's purposes among His children: The birth of Joseph Smith Jr., just two days before Christmas on Dec. 23, 1805, in Sharon, Vt. In noting the birthday anniversary of the Prophet, some may feel uncomfortable, not wishing to detract in any way from the veneration due the Advent of the Christ in mortality and the commencement of His mortal...

William F. Buckley, Jr. Born November 24, 1925 Tribute To William F. Buckley With Rich Lowry, Richard Brookhiser, Jeff Greenfield, Garry Wills and Mona Charen

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HYANNIS — It was an unhappy birthday for an alleged drunken driver who crashed into a local liquor store yesterday, the police said. At 1:34 a.m., a witness on Main Street called police to report seeing a man driving a 2009 Honda Civic through a series of bushes near the Paddock restaurant, across the West End Rotary and into the Hyannis Package Store on Main Street. The police said Bernard Kilroy, 27, of Centerville, crashed into the front window of the building and his car came to rest completely inside the store. He then put his car in reverse, exited...

Oct. 25, 2009 Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal VIN SUPRYNOWICZ: In 1942, it came down to one Marine It's hard to envision -- or, for the dwindling few, to remember -- what the world looked like on Oct. 26, 1942, when a few thousand U.S. Marines stood essentially stranded on the God-forsaken jungle island of Guadalcanal, placed like a speed bump at the end of the long blue-water slot between New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago, the most likely route for the Japanese Navy to take if they hoped to reach Australia.On Guadalcanal, the Marines struggled to complete an airfield....

The very symbol of the freedoms we enjoy in America is represented by the Statue of Liberty. However, after 123 years, one gets the impression that her birthday aint much to celebrate! NOTE: The author of this comic requests that you visit his web site and please refrain from copying this cartoon within this thread. Thanks!

MOSCOW, October 21 (RIA Novosti) - President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulated on Wednesday the Israeli premier, Benjamin Netanyahu, on his 60th birthday, a Kremlin spokesman said. Medvedev reiterated Russia's intentions "to contribute actively to the settlement of a fair and solid peace in the Middle East on the basis of equal and safe security for all states and nations in the region." Putin praised what he described as a "constructive and open dialogue" between the two countries. "I am committed to enhancing further the cooperation between our countries' governments," the Russian premier said.

I would like to extend warm birthday wishes to Margaret Thatcher today. Baroness Thatcher continues to remain a role model to many people, particularly women, around the world. Her career is a collection of "firsts." She was the youngest female Conservative Party member to stand for election in history, she was the first woman to hold the title Leader of the Opposition, and she was the first woman to become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. As Prime Minister, she took an active role in defending economic freedom and democratic ideals. Her push to privatize British industry and lower tax...

Happy BirthdayFree Republic(13) Thank you JimRob (or is it that Thompson fella?)for the memories, frustrations with friends & foe, love, and friendships forged over the years.

Happy birthday to the "Fly boys and girls" in the USAF! 18 September 1947, separated from USAAF with the National Security Act of 1947. Happy Birthday! 62 and looking good in BLUE!

August is a seminal month in the history of the airborne, and especially of the 82nd Airborne Division. Aug. 15, 1942, is the birth date of the 82nd and 101st airborne divisions. "Airborne" was already well under way before the magic date 67 years ago when the War Department formally ordered the formation of two divisions of jumpers and glidermen. Battalions of jumpers had been training at Fort Benning, Ga., since 1940, and the high command of the Army was eager to grow the airborne force. By March, a new infantry division, the 82nd, was activated for training at Camp...

(English-language translation) Washington - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, who will turn 63 on August 19, celebrated his birthday in advance and to the hilt in an exclusive Las Vegas restaurant where a 225-gram [8-ounce] "wagyu" veal steak costs $240. The one person conspicuously missing was Hillary Clinton, who is touring Africa and who missed the gathering which some Washington heavyweights attended, such as John Podesta who was [White House] Chief of Staff during Clinton's presidency. The former President, who yesterday was one of the main speakers at a renewable-energy conference in Las Vegas, aroused suspicion among the press when...

Let's all wish our youthful president a belated happy birthday. Barack Obama turned 48 Tuesday. May he be forever young in the minds of the American people. Those of us who have been around for a while know that the office of the president of the United States seems to age our leaders at an accelerated pace. You've always heard that one "dog year" equals seven human years, but unlike man's best friend, there is no universally recognized measure for "president years." I'd like to establish such a standard because I'm concerned about the disconcerting signs that President Obama is...

Who let this out of the kitchen?To those who say there is no difference between Democrats and Republicans I have another item to add to the million already compiled. A Republican First Lady would never order such a hideous, comical birthday cake to celebrate her husband's birthday. The Obama's were supposed to be the new "glam" power couple in the White House But with Michelle dressing in something that looks like it came out her daughters' art class when she visited Westminster Abbey in London I guess we shouldn't be too surprised at this: "44?" He's the 44th President but...

This tacky monstrosity can't belong to Obama, can it? Maybe this is just wild conjecture here -- and we all know how much everyone loves opinions in Serious Journalism -- but isn't Barack Obama's birthday cake hideously ugly? This is not at all in line with Obama's sleek, skinny-tie persona, and frankly, we're shocked. It looks like the Cake Boss's disgruntled ex karate-chopped the frosting bag. Decorated with the presidential seal, the layer cake also is accompanied by various pies, including pecan, huckleberry, Key lime and coconut cream, plus a cheesecake. How'd this happen? Michelle wears $540 Lanvin sneakers to...

Papa Possum'sNew World Nursery Rhymes Political Poetry for Traitorous Times Happy Birthday, O Dear LeaderI'm Not Kneeling Happy Birthday, O Dear Leader,         and on this, your glorious day, if I were a kneeling peon,         I'd wish that all things go your way. That our evil land be humbled         so Utopia might flower. That our economy be leveled         to secure your seat of power. ...

News fairly unbalanced. We report. You decipher. President Barack Obama today celebrated his 48th birthday with a retroactive declaration of statehood for Kenya, his father's homeland and the nation where some skeptics say he was born on August 4, 1961. Conspiracy theorists, collectively called 'birthers' by those who trust the president's version of events, say Obama has refused to release his official birth certificate, so no one can be sure that he's a 'natural born' U.S. citizen, or even that he's at least 35 years old and, therefore, Constitutionally qualified for the office. By declaring Kenya a U.S. state retroactive...

Well, happy 48th birthday President Obama -- though the nature of those birthday details has become a politically charged topic among those convinced Mr. Obama was not a natural-born citizen and therefore not eligible for the office. WorldNetDaily offered $10,000 to anyone who could produce Mr. Obama's birth certificate. Jason Hommel, the California-based author of the "Silver Stock Report," has now offered $100,000.

Happy birthday Woodstock baby, if you exist Babies reportedly born 40 years ago at music fest remain a mystery Depending on the source, there was one birth at Woodstock. Or two. Or three. Or none. By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press Writer July 17, 2009 BETHEL, N.Y. - Welcome to middle age, Woodstock Baby — if you're really out there. The babies reportedly born at the Woodstock festival 40 years ago remain the most enduring mystery from that chaotic weekend that defined a generation. Depending on the source, there was one birth on that patch of upstate New York farmland between...

ABOARD THE USNS COMFORT OFF THE COAST OF CORINTO, NICARAGUA, July 13, 2009 – It was Beyker Maldonado’s birthday last week. Beyker Maldonado and his friend chase a toy car July 10, 2009, while waiting in the reception area of the Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort off the coast of Corinto, Nicaragua. Maldonado turned 2 on the ship as he waited for eye surgery. DoD photo by Fred W. Baker III  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. The toddler likes to run, chase bouncy balls, and run. Sporting a cloth diaper, a dirty T-shirt, socks and sandals, Beyker zips up...

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is helping the nation celebrate its birthday and his daughter Malia celebrate hers. The president on Friday morning flew to Camp David, Md., for the first part of the first family's Fourth of July celebration, including daughter Malia's 11th birthday on Saturday. He set off with friend Martin Nesbitt to meet first lady Michelle Obama, who was already at Camp David.

This is it. The final year of my life that I can still describe myself, albeit in extremely specific instances, as ‘young’. Like if I were to find myself in a retirement home, for example. A bingo hall, perhaps. The Legion. Or a cemetery. “Boy, compared to these folks, I’m young.”

Today [June 19th] marks the 64th birthday of 1991 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Aung San Suu Kyi. Burma's leading freedom-fighter celebrates it inside notorious Insein Prison, near Rangoon. Here's another House Of Cards dictatorship the sissified, self-hating Western states don't lift a finger to topple. America, Britain, France, Germany, Japan, and even Israel are all pretty much feckless, impotent, "paper tigers" by now. Tigers waiting for some crippled, retarded, diseased Communist or Muslim mouse to slaughter them.

Soldiers of the 276th Engineer Battalion from Richmond, Virginia are harmonizing the chords of “Happy Birthday to You” in celebration of the Army’s 234th birthday. Or maybe they are just showing off their newly acquired “deployment mustaches” at FOB Orgun E, somewhere in the mountains of Afghanistan. Photo Courtesy of Cpt. Dave Baber. Happy birthday to the US Army and a salute to all the soldiers, enlisted and commissioned, deployed abroad and serving at home. The Army is the nation's oldest uniformed service. It was officially created on June 14th, 1775 during the Revolutionary War more than a year before...

FORT HUACHUCA — It wasn’t until nearly 181 years after the U.S Army was formed that the organization had an official flag, although Army units had their own colors. And, for the past 234 years 178 campaign streamers have become an integral part of the Army flying symbol. Each streamer is a visual reminder that throughout the nation’s history, ensuring life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness has required the sacrifices of soldiers. On June 12, 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorized the official flag. Ike previously had became a General of the Army in World War II and led...

On this day in 1931, actor Clint Eastwood is born in San Francisco. With his father, he wandered the West Coast as a boy during the Depression. After four years in the Army Special Services, Eastwood came to Hollywood, winning small roles. For eight years, he played Rowdy Yates in the popular TV western series Rawhide and later starred in three low-budget “spaghetti” westerns: Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More, (1965) and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), all of which became hits.

I have never done a vanity before but today I just needed to let my FREEPER FRiends that I turned 40 today and am stunned. I just can't believe that I remember my parents turning 40. Enjoy life cuz it is short. I tell you my life has been enhanced with my membership to Free Republic. Thank you to all of you and my family Julie (Mrs. NAPS), Nick, Kyle, Alex, and Abby. May 2, 1969 as a lucky day for the world...lol. Just kidding.

WASHINGTON, May 1, 2009 – Walter Reed Army Medical Center opened its doors here 100 years ago today as an 80-bed facility at a time of U.S. peace. Civilians and troops attached to Walter Reed Army Medical Center’s Warrior Transition Brigade gather for a group photo in front of the post’s original hospital in Washington, D.C., April 21, 2009. The Walter Reed General Hospital was used until the 1970s when the Heaton Pavilion facility was opened. DoD photo by Samantha L. Quigley  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. “There was no ceremony, no dedication and no fanfare,” Walter Reed...

Washington, on certain special nights, feels like America's living room writ large. Last night, it was Uncle Teddy's living room. They all crammed in, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's whole Washington familial tableau, eager to wish him a happy, if belated, 77th birthday. The senators and the staffers, the television anchors and the social secretaries -- generations of official Washington all brought together. They slipped into gowns and dark suits, and mingled familiarly in the red-carpeted halls of the Kennedy Center. [Snip] A few steps away, there was John Dingell, the Democratic congressman from Michigan, leaning heavily on two canes....

His brother John was famously serenaded by Marilyn Monroe in 1962. But last night Edward Kennedy also got a memorable rendition of 'Happy Birthday' when the President of the United States sang to HIM. Barack Obama led the crowd in a performance of Happy Birthday for the 77-year-old senator. The ailing Massachusetts Democrat was honoured at the Kennedy Centre in Washington at an event hosted by comedian Bill Cosby. Actresses Lauren Bacall and Bernadette Peters, singer James Taylor and conductor John Williams also performed. But the icing on the cake of the star-studded musical tribute was a chorus of Happy...

It's really bad that I don't think I heard any media outlet even mention that it was George Washington's birthday today. Before Presidents Day which honors bad presidents as well as good ones his birthday was a federal holiday for years. We should return to it because even the people who grew up looking back at our best president's life it is not even mentioned anymore. He was our best president because he had no previous leader anywhere to base on how to be a leader that was not a king or dictator. He served as chairman for Declaration of...

Greetings, We're writing today because Russ's 56th birthday is just two weeks away. Traditionally Russ's supporters in Wisconsin come together to celebrate his birthday, and this year we'd like to give you an opportunity to celebrate along with us. We've created a virtual card for you to sign. You can leave Russ a message and we'll make sure he gets everyone's well wishes on his birthday. Help Us Celebrate - Sign Russ's Birthday Card! Thanks for helping us make Russ's 56th birthday special. Sincerely, The Feingold Campaign Team http://www.russfeingold.org/get-involved/birthdaycard.html

In 2009, the eyes of the world will turn to commemorate the anniversaries of the births of the two most influential men of the last one thousand years — the 500th anniversary of the birth of John Calvin, and the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin. No two men of the past millennium have done more to shape the thoughts of mankind or to affect the political and social destiny of nations than Calvin and Darwin — the former for the glory of God, and the latter for unimaginable evil. The following is a synopsis and excerpt...

That’s right, everyone’s favorite commie and the father of modern street agitation turns one hundred today… January 30th 2009. I’ll pause for a second so we can truly appreciate our circumstance here in the United States of America. We have a Marxist President. We have a Supreme Court that has established itself as a secular tribunal. And our Congress makes the dudes hanging out at Starbucks look like Senior Fellows at The Heritage Foundation! You’ve got to be [censored] kidding me! How ironic is it…by the way…that as we speak we are watching one of Alinsky’s rules being

President-elect Obama missed President Bush's farewell speech Thursday night (at least when it aired live) but he had a good reason: He was taking out his wife for an early birthday dinner at the time. Michelle Obama turns 45 on Saturday, the soon-to-be first couple stole away (with about 40 Secret Service agents) to Equinox restaurant, which is only a block from their temporary home at Blair House. Crowds of well-wishers assembled outside, as the couple tried their best to have some private time. Chef Todd Gray sent out a special birthday dessert for Mrs. Obama, said a restaurant spokeswoman....

"The King" has been gone for more than 30 years, but that hasn't stopped fans from gathering to celebrate his birthday each year - often times by chowing down on one of the "Hound Dog" crooner's favorite foods: peanut butter".

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Ann Coulter!(12/8) GOOD LUCK with your NEW BOOK! (12/30) ... But, PLEASE tell us, Ann -- how the HECK did you break your jaw? The lefties are going NUTS with this story, as you can see from a Google search for:"Ann Coulter" jaw wired

The Land of the Free, because of the Brave. All our thanks.

From the Halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli, all across America and in Iraq, Afghanistan and wherever America is being defended, the world’s most exclusive gun club is the celebrating its 233 birthday today. Born in a roughneck Philadelphia bar in 1775 on a dare to surpass standard warrior excellence, the United States Marines Corps has distinguished itself over its history as the finest military force the world has ever seen. Do not point the US Marines Corps at anything you do not wish conquer. They are the pointy end of America’s spear. The Devil Dogs are always...

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Happy Birthday Johnny Carson Perhaps we need some smiles this morning. Let us remember an entertainment immortal. Carnac: A. A triple and a double, catcher's and fielder's, and Dolly Parton Q. Name two big hits, two big mitts.....and a famous country singer! A: The Nestea Plunge. Q: What does the president of Nestea use when his toilet is topped up? A: A, B, C, D, E, F, G. Q: What were some of the earlier forms of Preparation H? A: Shoo-be-doo-be-doo. Q: What do you look for when you're tracking a shoo-be-doo-be? A: Zippo Marx. Q: What do you get...

You tube video, with hilarious subtitles, of Joe Cocker singing at Woodstock http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4_MsrsKzMM

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KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 18, 2008 – Combined Security Transition Command Afghanistan servicemembers celebrated the 61st anniversary of the U.S. Air Force during a ceremony at Camp Eggers here today. (Left to right) Air Force Lt. Col. Mathies Santos, a reserve airman deployed from Quonset Point, R.I., Air Force Maj. Gen. Jay H. Lindell, Combined Air Power Transition Force commander, and Air Force Airman 1st Class Jordan Ramsey, a security forces airman deployed from Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., cut the traditional birthday cake during a ceremony for the U.S. Air Force’s 61st anniversary at Camp Eggers, Afghanistan, Sept. 18,...

Omar Fikri, 42, said he was so offended by the card he destroyed it after showing it to his wife. He told the hearing that although it was meant as a joke, his co-workers knew he was sensitive about being labelled an extremist after the terrorist attacks on London and America. He also told the hearing that co-worker Sam Low called his praying "disgusting" when Mr Fikri failed to answer the phone while praying at his desk. Mr Fikri, who worked as a £30,000-a-year software programmer for international freight company Davies Turner, in Dartford, Kent, is claiming discrimination on the...

8/4/2008 - WASHINGTON (AFPN) -- The following birthday message is sent to the men and women of the U.S. Coast Guard from Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: On this, the 218th birthday of the United States Coast Guard, our nation pauses to say thanks to you, our guardians of the sea. For more than two centuries, you and your families have stood, always ready for the call, in light or darkness, with sunny skies or through howling gales, to respond to crises and to fight in every one of our nation's armed conflicts. Today,...