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Terri

05-18-2002, 01:03 AM

http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sunflower.gif *Happy Saturday! http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/gopusa.gif 

Come in and share a cup of coffee with us. We'd love to hear your weekend plans.

What a week of news this was! All the hullaballoo that the Democrats caused by accusing the President of foreknowledge of 9/11 seems to be dying down just a bit. The tide turned yesterday and will hopefully swamp those who made these disgusting accusations. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/angry.gif

The anti illegal alien movement among conservatives is growing daily. Although we love our President many are not comfortable with amnesty for illegals or open borders.

There are many interesting ongoing discussions in the forums. If you are new please join us. We *love new members. If you have questions about posting, just ask. *http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

Some nice photos:
Awarding the Commander in Chiefs trophy (http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20020517/capt.1021652337.bush _hijackings_wh105.jp g)

Laura in Hungary (http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20020517/capt.1021652190.hung ary_europe_laura_bus h_jsa109.jpg)

Words of Wisdom:"The First Amendment...begins with the five loveliest words in the English language: 'Congress shall make no law'." ~~ *George Will * ~~

Link of the Day:
Compare Your Taxes (http://www.taxfoundation.or g/statelocal02.html)

Please remember to pray for our President and for our servicemen and women who are in harm's way.
God Bless our great country. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/flag19.gif *May Freedom ever ring![/color]

Lady Parrish

05-18-2002, 01:55 AM

Hi Terri:o Well my husbands weekend ended as he left for work tonight and my 2nd weekend began lol! We are going on a camping trip next weekend which begins Wednesday and that will end on Memorial Day.:star2:

I hope the weekend goes well for all of you here and that we all will not be blasted with more leftist news all weekend long. Have a great weekend:smile:

pRIMrose

05-18-2002, 05:32 AM

Good Morning http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sunflower.gif Terri, Ladyparrish and http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/gopusa.gif

LP ~ have a wonderful camping trip. *I haven't been camping in years ~ the last time was when we went to Colorado back in the 70's. *It was a great trip and we saw some really beautiful scenery.

Terri ~ I agree ~ I hope this deplorable partisanship on the part of the dems jumps up and bites 'em good. *I watched Sean Hannity work Charlie Rangle over last night. *Charlie took it pretty well ~ I think even he sees *this whole thing for what it really is. *Mud slinging at its lowest. :turquoiserolleyes:

WELCOME TO http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/gopusa.gif OKIEGOLDDUST AND BAILWYAT!

We're so glad you joined us. *Drag up a chair, pour yourselves some coffee and let's chat.:)

Well, gotta get ready for work. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mr_yuk.gif One of the fellas at work (wife) just had a baby girl and he is our weekend warrior, so I volunteered to fill in for him for the next couple of weekends. *My next day off won't be till Tuesday. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tearhair.gif *I'm not getting more hours, just stretching them out. *So, I'll still be around in the afternoons to see what you all are up to. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

Have a beautiful day all!
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RIM http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/bird16.gif

Saber

05-18-2002, 08:11 AM

HI Terri, Lady Parrish, and RIM! http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wavey.gif

and WELCOME BAILWYAT AND OKIEGOLDDUST! http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/elefant.gif

Just what IS it about these demoncrats that make them want to keep sticking their feet in the mouths! Do they really not think that we are all going to find out how hypocritical they are by saying "Bush Knew"....when THEY ALL KNEW everything that Bush knew! It was the same thing with the "shadow government" that they were all spewing about......until they "got caught".

RIM, you are such a sweet, good-hearted person to offer to fill in for the new father! But then, we all knew that didn't we!! As for the "boss", I find that deplorable that she would take a job for...what....3 weeks..and then just up and decide to start her own business!

Today is going to be really FULL for me. I need to go to work, I need to do some planting, I need to help put up a large birdfeeder (in concrete), I need to lay PVC piping under the gravel of the nonexistent driveway for electrical connections......and I NEED to watch the Av's game! Wonder which things aren't going to get done! LOL

MAKE IT A GREAT DAY. I'll check back in later! http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sunflower.gif

Terri

05-18-2002, 08:56 AM

http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/flag17.gif * Today is Armed Forces Day! *http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/flag17.gif
* * * * * * * * * * * *United for Freedom!
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *May 18, 2002!

Will you be attending a ceremony in your area? *Here's a link to look up events. Department of Defense (http://www.defenselink.mil/afd/)

It's a great way to introduce a young one to some patriotic feelings for our country. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

Thanks lpara. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

Saber

05-18-2002, 09:00 AM

HOWDY HUISACHE!! Nice to see you! http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wavey.gif

Saber

05-18-2002, 09:05 AM

OH, and I believe some of you were interested in the picture of President Bush on the phone on 9/11. *Here it is for your wallpaper! *BUSH (http://wwwi.reuters.com/images/2002-05-15T134344Z_01_GALAXY -DC-MDF152455_RTRIDSP_2_ NEWS-BUSH-POLITICS-DC.jpg)

Terri

05-18-2002, 09:07 AM

Welcome to bailwyat, okiegolddust, and huisache! We're happy to have 3 new members this morning. Just join in and let your thoughts be heard. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

Lady Parrish, what kind of camping do you do? We've done a lot of it here going from a tent in the early days to an RV now. It's sure nice to get out away from the city for a bit.

RIM, Hannity was in fine form last night. He really went off on a professor that was playing dumb on his show too. Or maybe he wasn't playing cause he was as far left as you can get and refused to accept conservatives in his classes. Guess he was afraid they'd make him look bad. :turquoiserolleyes:
Sorry you have to work on Saturday but it will be a star in your crown. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/star2.gif

Saber, don't work too hard and whatever you do don't miss the game! This will be another very tough series and the Avs don't have home ice advantage this time. Not that it seems to matter to them anyway. They win away and lose at home with complete equality. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mdr11.gif

I'm off to see what's going on in the news. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sunflower.gif

SueElise

05-18-2002, 09:34 AM

Morning GOPers! It's been a busy week, but now I can relax again. I was a judge for a middle school forensics competition the other day - my first time. It was pretty cool. Some of them were very good for the age.

One spoke about stopping the use of land mines as a military weapon - my question is, does the U.S. still use them?

I think this big stink the Dems are spewing to gain approval via the media is going to turn around and bite them in the you-know-what - the reason the defense agencies weren't able to coordinate with this information is because the Clinton administration and the liberal democratic government decimated defense and intelligence budgets for a long time!

angelus

05-18-2002, 10:17 AM

Sue - As for the land mines, I'm not sure if we use any new ones, but I have heard that in some places where we used to be involved in conflicts but are no longer involved, land mines were never disarmed or dug up, and people are stepping on them and getting blown up, many of these people in no way involved with military. I'm not sure how many people have been blown up, and I'm not sure how many land mines are still down. But I do know that some have written letters to their representatives, urging them to put pressure on to get the land mines taken out of these areas.
But then again, I'm not sure how true any of this is. If anyone knows more, let me know.

I got a hair cut today, I look like a human again! Yay! http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
Well, I gotta go now. Bye!

lpara

05-18-2002, 10:33 AM

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HappyARMED FORCES DAY!!!

[color=turquoise]We :1luvu: all of our :star2:Armed Forces:star2: and we are very thankful you are fighting for our http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sflag171.gif and we pray for you DAILY! *Our http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/hat.gif goes off to YOU!!!

Hope everyone here has a really great, relaxing, "don't work TOO hard" DAY!!
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Terri

05-18-2002, 10:46 AM

Hi Sue Elise! It sounds like you had a fun time being a judge for the kids. I've attended a few of those competitions and been really impressed by the skills of some of the kids. I'm pretty sure we did use landmines in Bosnia.

Angelus, too bad we don't have a before and after picture. We're all experts on haircuts for young men here. Just ask my son. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mdr11.gif *I remember at one time there was talk about developing landmines that could be automatically deactivated later. I also remember that we were catching heat at one point because we wouldn't agree not to use them. I need to get up to date on this subject.

lpara! What a beautiful patriotic post. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/twothumbsup.gif We have an airshow here today. I went to it last year but I think this year we will just watch from the yard. We aren't too far from the airport so sometimes we see a lot of the planes.

lpara

05-18-2002, 10:53 AM

Air shows are really great! *We used to go to the [color=blue]Blue Angels Air Show when I was young. *It was so exciting and almost kind of scary to see them so close together. *I would :1luvu: to see one again!!

Terri

05-18-2002, 11:02 AM

I love the Blue Angels. They are usually here every year for the Air Force Academy graduation. We used to go to graduation when my husband worked there. Now we just watch them practice. They are visible from the whole area flying against the backdrop of the front range of the mountains. It's gorgeous.

Terri

05-18-2002, 11:15 AM

YIPPEE! http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/bird16.gif

Check it out and comment on it here! (http://gopusa.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=29&topic=5)

Our immigration poll results made the Washington Times in John McCaslin's "Inside the Beltway" column!!! Isn't this exciting? Now we've been in both United Press International and the Washington Times in one week!! * **Congratulations Bobby! http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/f_rose.gif

http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/elefant.gif * http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/elefant.gif * http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/elefant.gif

Direct link to the Washington Times! (http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020516-98312590.htm)

Lord knows we don't want our party to be divided. Somehow, we've got to get our President's ear on the topic of illegal immigrants.

Aknauta

05-18-2002, 11:32 AM

http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sun1.gif Good Morning Everyone http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sun1.gif

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I Salute our Armed Forces and take pride in my service in the United States Army many years ago.

Terri, what wonderful news!... and in a much more important publication for our purposes too! Now many republicans can be exposed to GOPUSA!

Aberfoyle

05-18-2002, 12:27 PM

Well, Hello to all of you Patriotic People!

What colourful posts in here today! It's great!

Happy Armed Forced Day... I must remember my armed forces today as well.

Welcome to the new people. I know you'll feel welcome in here.

I'm off to do some yard work. I think that Saber and I should start a business up together. Sounds like similar work although I'm not doing much of the manual labour yet! My should still needs some healing before I can do that.

Talk to you all later...

pRIMrose

05-18-2002, 02:07 PM

Hi http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/gopusa.gif friends! http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wavey.gif

Ipara ~ WOW! I'm nominating you to head up the decorating committee. *What a beautiful post. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/twothumbsup.gif *

angelus ~ how much hair did you get cut off? *Was it really long? *We really do need a "before" and "after" picture. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

Sue E ~ There is quite a bit of information on the net regarding land mines and organizations trying to ban them. *I haven't found anything about whether we are still using them. *However, I did find a site Physicians for Human Rights (http://www.phrusa.org/campaigns/landmines/land_harkinst.html) with a letter from Tom Harkins (D-IA) saying that the US should join the other 130 nations that have already committed to signing and ratifying The Mine Ban Treaty. *It was written in January of 2000, so I assume at that time we had not as yet made a commitment. *Perhaps, since then, we have done so ~ I haven't found anything yet.

SR ~ I want a picture of the new driveway when it's finished and also all those beautiful flowers you bought a week or so ago. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif *As for the new boss leaving in just three weeks, I have to fess up that the "higher ups" hoodwinked her into coming to our little podunk town and I don't really blame her for not wanting to stay. *It's a long boring story, so I won't elaborate.:nopityA:

Terri ~ what wonderful news about our making it into The Washington Times with our immigration poll. *

Bobby ~ that is sooooooooooo coooooooooool! *Congratulations! http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/f_bubbly.gif http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/gopusa.gif http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/elefant.gif

Aberfoyle ~ don't work too hard out in the yard. *Take lots of "rest" breaks. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

And ~ WELCOME TO GOPUSA, HUISACHE. *You've found one of the friendliest spots on the net. *We're "one stop shop" as you can see by all the "bells and whistles". *Just about anything you could wish for right at your finger (errr mouse) tips. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

Aknauta ~ thank you for serving our country. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/twothumbsup.gifhttp: //gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/flag17.gif *We remain free today because people like you did their part to make it that way. *http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif
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RIM http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/bird16.gif

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angelus

05-18-2002, 02:32 PM

Well, my hair was long before, for my standards. *I could pull the front down and touch my eye, so I decided it was time to get it cut. *http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mdr11.gif
Anyway, the last picture I had taken of myself was last summer, before I changed the style of my hair. *Now I just comb it straight back (instead of parting it and combing to the sides, with the left side being smaller).
But, my mom just told me that we're about to get a digital camera. *She says she has ordered one, so it should be here within a few weeks. *Then maybe I can take a more recent picture of myself, wearing my "I Like Bush" T-shirt I got from NewsMax.com. *http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

I think the rhetoric from Democrats about Bush is slowing down a bit after Fox blew the lid off their boy Bill yesterday. *But it's still there. *Oh well, can't expect them to stop, but slowing down is more than I had hoped for too, so http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/twothumbsup.gif to Fox News!

Terri

05-18-2002, 04:45 PM

I don't know how many of you go to the CBS News website. I don't go there much but I saw this on another site. Check out the bias of the whole page but this blurb from the article is astonishing. <table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">The Washington Post said Saturday that a top-secret briefing memo presented to President Bush in 1998 focused on efforts by Osama bin Laden to strike at targets in the U.S. [/QUOTE]Excuse me!!! Do they mean President Clinton? *Surely Governor Bush wasn't getting these memos? Is it a typo or is it deliberate to make it appear that Bush is culpable? CBS News (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/05/15/attack/main509096.shtml)

I'm watching the Avalanche/Redwings with one eye and typing here with the other. It's 2/1 Avalanche right now. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/twothumbsup.gif

RIM, I remember the pressure on us about landmines but not what has happened since.

Aknauta! Our Veterans are special. My husband, stepfather and brother in law are all Veterans. My http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/hat.gif is off to all of you! http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/flag17.gif

Angelus, digital cameras are great. I love mine. I'm not sure if the rhetoric is slowing down or not. I heard one of their windbags this morning say that the most experience President Bush had with foreign policy was ordering Chinese food. That is such a childish and ridiculous thing to say. :turquoiserolleyes: He was inexperienced. We all knew that but that is why we have Cheney, Rice, Powell and more. Our President makes good decisions based on their counsel.

angelus

05-18-2002, 06:17 PM

For anyone who wants to look at the insane comments of the left, go to www.freedem.com and look around.

Saber

05-18-2002, 10:02 PM

HI All!

I'm bushed (no pun!!). Didn't get it all done today, but made a good dent. Tomorrow is another all day flea market in Wisconsin. I'm going for the heirloom tomato plants and their world renowned cream puffs!! LOL Doesn't exactly match up with my diet, but OH WELL! http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif Of course, anything else I might find that fits in the car will be gravy! There's nothing like a good hunt to keep me smiling!

Aknauta, I too salute you for your military service to keep us free. You have my highest respect.

BOBBY AND TERRI!!!!!! MORE GREAT NEWS FOR http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/gopusa.gif! Advertising for the site like that is priceless. Congratulations to you all. What a tribute to your hardwork!

I did watch the Av's game on tape. That is just the greatest thing to "whizz" through all the commercials and the intermissions. Unfortunately, it had a very, very, very bad outcome. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/twothumbsdown.gif Lordy how I grit my teeth at those Redwings. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR RRRR

Hope ya'll are enjoying your weekend.

Saber

05-18-2002, 10:13 PM

Angelus, for some reason, I can't get the link to work. I'll try again later. (Maybe somebody's trying to tell me something.....they know I don't need a blood pressure spike tonight!! LOL)

Terri

05-18-2002, 10:36 PM

Angelus, the link worked for me. That's the best thing I have to say about it. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

Saber, it sounds like you had a good day. I did too except for the hockey game which wasn't fun. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif *Oh well, there will be more games.

The credit for the site exposure is all due to Bobby! http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/twothumbsup.gif *This is a great site.

Saber, you might want to pick a calm moment to try Angelus' link again. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

angelus

05-18-2002, 11:02 PM

I did warn you it was full of leftist idiocy, so you went in at your own risk http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
I used to frequent there, trying to get a feel for Democratic policies. I learned just how conservative I really am.

Ardie

05-19-2002, 12:51 AM

Hello to everyone. Welcome to all of the new people. It is so nice to have you here http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wavey.gif.

Tuesday is Primary Election Day http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/elefant.gif here and I will be working at the polls. Not too much going on so expect a small turnout.

Our little town goes out in a big way for Memorial Day:flag17: We have a parade and remember our veterans with speaches at the memorial and then the cemetery.

Lets hope the sun http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sun1.gif comes out this week since it is also a week that we remember our Coal Miners. We have a "Coal Festival" going on from Thursday through Sunday. There are rides for the children http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/yelclap.gif, lots of food and entertainment plus a "Coal Museum". We all hope it warms up so we can be out in our park enjoying the activities. There will be singing and dancing and just all sorts of things going on. It snowed here this morning and I sure hope it warms up just a little.

Saturday I am going to my Alumni Banquet from high school. It has been many moons since I have seen these people and hope someone recognizes me
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Lots of lovely decorations here today and I hope the emotions work for me.

Have a great Sunday.

Terri

05-19-2002, 01:20 AM

Angelus, that's right. It was about what I expected. :turquoiserolleyes:

Hi Ardie, it sounds like you have a very busy schedule ahead of you. You'll have to tell us about your events as they happen. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif I hope you'll take a look through the ongoing discussions here when you have a chance.

Lady Parrish

05-19-2002, 02:55 PM

http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sunflower.gif Primrose, Thank You. We love camping and we camp at every opportunity we can when time and weather permits. Being from Oregon we never let rain stop us from fishing and camping but sometimes snow or too cold will. Thats when you go to the Coast instead. I hope you are having a wonderful Sunday http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mdr11.gif