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Merry Christmas all!! Hope you all enjoy it to the fullest!! I started this thread for the appreciation for what music has done for society. As in, it is most joyous to witness first hand the passing of the tourch to the next generation. I honestly got a little misty watching some of these! There are not many things out there today that can form a bond with kids and parents, and especially grand parents. This thread, if it takes off, may help with some of you old farts today break that silence!! lol... as things chill later today, take...

I never thought it would happen to me! April 16th, Kiteboarding at Desoto Beach Florida, I fell and when I stood up Bam!! Stingray Barb right in the bottom of my foot!! The bastard got me good because the water turned Crimson around me almost immediately! I made my way back into the beach, wrapped my foot the best I could, stowed my gear in the van and headed to Palm Medical Center near Treasure Island. Long story short, I got 2 X-rays on my foot to check for pieces of the Barb, a little saline flush syringe, and the...

I just have to share... I frequent Florida regularly because at 60, I still refuse to grow up. I go several times a year to Kiteboard various favorite spots on both coasts as well as the keys. A familiar landmark!! Ron Jon's Surf Shop is a very large Surf Board and appearal store right smack dab in the center of Cocoa Beachs City's Strand. Well for many moons, as soon as you enter Florida, the landscape is littered with billboards, and I swear 75% of them are sporting poster boys and girls,, blonde haired, blue eyed surfer looking humans,,,. You...

A musician Friend of mine posted this on FB saying how awesome the sound was..."It Rocks"... so being a hack musician myself I clicked in and could believe my eyes... I simply dont have the appropriate words...

I know they've said it!! I know they're out there!! but when I go and search, cant find a thing except Feinstiens mug from a 1995 video publicly admitting to total gun confiscation... Abolishing the 2nd Amendment if they could! We all know they play the game near election time, but we also know they talk their retoric with the sheeple in their districts. Some freepers are notorious for your archives so may I ask... ya got any smoking guns!!??

Washington (CNN)A Holocaust denier is now officially the Republican nominee in a Chicago-area House race after running unopposed in Tuesday's primary. Arthur Jones' campaign website includes a section titled "Holocaust?" and he has been involved with anti-Semitic and racist groups since the 1970s, according to the Anti-Defamation League. The Illinois Republican Party denounced Jones' campaign earlier this year, saying there is "no place for Nazis like Arthur Jones" in the GOP or the country.

Hey its been a while Freepers... How have you been?? I have been out of it for some time here due to the fact that I honestly gave up! Sorry to say it but it is what it is! Recently however I find myself being sucked back into it because of the recent gun issues once again. so I'm posting this hoping I can tap years of membership to gather some ammo to counter the barrage that is upon us once again. I recently attempted to do a few hours of research to counter some "More guns does not mean...

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio—With the help of celebrities and professional activists, protests of the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota attracted international attention. The shouting and violence have drawn sympathy from people who are hearing only one side of the story — the one told by activists. Were the full story to be heard, much, if not all, of that sympathy would vanish.

Costa Rica has announced that it will be the first country in the world to shut down its zoos and free the captive animals they hold. Costa Rica is an especially biodiverse country, holding about 4% of the world's known species. Sadly, the country is contractually obligated to keep two of its zoos open for another decade. Still, after that, they plan to shut it down in favor of a cage-free habitat for the animals to live in. Treehugger reports that the nation, which also recently banned hunting for sport, will close the last two zoos in the next 10...

Is there any free fixes for the virus, "Internet-Antivirus Pro" It's killin' me over here and all the "Free Downloads detect it, but I have to pay for the key to the product. There are several reasons why I don't fork out the dough, but I'll use the easiest one.... I ain't got the money right now!!

Why all of a sudden am I loading the Latest articles page? It used to be clicking on messages in the upper right corner solved the problem. Now, I finally found "Comments" down the right side a bit, but every time ya hit browse now coming out of a thread, I return to latest articles page! WWWWWHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTZZZZZZZZZ - UUUUP!!??!!!

The ongoing debate on Amnesty got me to thinkin'... If we do have it, or a more realistic way of stating it would be if we are forced to accept it, why not make it worth our while? Here is my proposal for the polidiots who want to take away our sovereignty, and those mindless sheep who live on the hill and are not threatened in anyway by our deteriorating culture. Start a Lottery... That's right, start a Lottery that "Pays out", say, one in 5,000-10,000 tickets sold. You hit, you can stay. And you can even bring over your...

TO FIND PEOPLE WHO HATE AMERICA AS MUCH AS THEY DO, the Fifth Column Left had to go halfway around the world to meet with Iraqi political leaders who call terrorism “honorable national resistance” and say foreign jihadists “are guaranteed Paradise” – and at least one of whom has ties to militia leader Muqtada al-Sadr. By the end of the trip, the American leftists would echo these sentiments. Somehow most of the media – occupied with interminable coverage of Hurricane Katrina and JonBenet Ramsey’s non-killer – neglected to report that earlier this month a contingent of infamous American radicals including...

I'll make it short and sweet... I just took the poll at the bottom of the latest posts page, and was absolutely shocked when I seen the results. Close to 50% say they will continue to vote for the GOP if they do NOTHING about the illegal immigration/border security. Granted, it is early on, but what this tells me, a guy who swings a hammer for a living, is that our general consensus is to do nothing about this situation, but vote the same folks back in...as in "That a boy, you're doing good!!"

Many of thread, and many of discussion, have been centered on Cops, and the likes and dis-likes there of. Whether they be Constitutional issues or just plain abuse, to the cop being the victim in any givin situation. Well, I just got out of jail on bond this early afternoon, and I am reluctantly posting this thread looking for any legal advice some upper level legal genious may offer... Yersterday, Sunday, I was on my way home from layin' about 90 yards of carpeting in a home down in the Motor. I looked in my review and a cop was...

I refused to go see it at the movies, because of the rumor of the gay thing. Just watched the DVD from blockbuster, and being I swing a hammer for a living, I missed this part of my formal education....Ancient Persia. Now, there were a couple scenes where "you thought maybe..." or, was there a possible slant in my own mind that they were switch hitters? IOW, is my bigoted outlook showing me they were indeed pillow biters, or was I seeing true love in friendship back in the day? The came unglued when his Persian wife killed his life...

Greetings, I am not a worldly scholar, maybe if I was, I'd know the answer to this question. The question is, why are the jews hated by almost everyone?? I can understand the Islamic factor, heck, they don't like anyone. But why the mainstream of the left, and even some on the right? Why are they looked down upon? My understanding is, there was a bit of a ruckuss back when they were givin Palistien(sp?) after WWII. But what is it that gives them the black eye these days? A black eye from those who never read the Bible or...

I am writing a college essay for an English Composition class. The assignment is an argument essay with the topic of adult punishment for minors who commit violent crimes. My stance on the subject is, indeed adult time for adult crime. I am looking for a selected group that would be known to be against adult punishment for minors in violent crimes. Does anyone have any suggestions? Also, do you know who is it that determines the case be tried in adult or juvinile court?

Clay and his buddy Matt used to shoot the puck around the ice as members of their high school’s hockey team. Come springtime, they’d shoulder their clubs and wander out to the golf course where they’d tee-up and shoot for a hole in one.Clay and Matt had a lot in common and liked to hang out together, even planning to double-date for their senior homecoming dance at Concordia Academy, a private Lutheran school in Roseville. These guys were buddies. And neighbors, friends, family, classmates – even those who only met them once or twice – called them good kids who...

CHICAGO — When it comes to gender, Alex Polanco is not easily pegged. Some days, he wakes up in the morning and feels male, pulling on jeans and a T-shirt and leaving it at that. Other times, he wears makeup and one of the wigs he keeps in tidily packed boxes in his bedroom closet