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GOTTA SEE THIS-WarEndur.Freedom 03/20/03 Part 2-Baghdad,Kuwait,Royal Navy
The Usual Suspects | 3/20/03 | The Armies of Good against the Axis of Evil

Posted on 03/20/2003 7:09 PM EST by Diogenesis

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 03/20/03 - Part 2
Baghdad,Kuwait, USS Bunker Hill, USS Donald Cook, USS Kitty Hawk

BREAKING: Baghdad burns is surgical strikes
BREAKING: Kuwait, Incoming missiles which Blix said Iraq did not have
BREAKING: USS Bunker Hill, USS Donald Cook, USS Kitty Hawk, Black Knights, Royal Navy
BREAKING: Heroes everywhere

=========== Royal Navy fires Tomahawk Land Attack Missile ===========

A Royal Navy Tomahawk Land Attack Missile is launched at a target in Iraq,
as seen through the periscope of the firing submarine,

========= USS Bunker Hill =========

On the USS Bunker Hill, Tomahawks leaves the deck.

========= USS Donald Cook =========

On the USS Donald Cook, Tomahawks leaves the deck.

========= USS Kitty Hawk =========

On the USS Kitty Hawk, Black Knights.

========= Oil Wells - New Crime by Iraqis =========

From space, ~520 miles, oil well fires visible, and indicated by arrow.

========= Baghdad =========

In Baghdad, the presidential palace.

========= Baghdad =========

In Baghdad, Iraq, a fire burns behind a bridge probably from Iraqi guns.

In Baghdad, near Saddam's palaces and intelligence headquarters.

In Baghdad, at the Iraqi (ex)-planning ministry.

========= Kuwait =========

In Kuwait, heroes wait in their suits for Iraqi Scuds which Blix said did not exist,
were intercepted, or off course.

In Kuwait, heroes of the British Royal Air Force wait for the incoming.

In Kuwait City, foreign journalists scramble as civil alert sirens ring out.

========= On the Road to Baghdad - Day 2=========

Somewhere near Iraq, heroes of the Royal Air Force on their Harrier GR7s.

Near Iraq, with the 3 Commandoes.

Heroes of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

In Kuwait, with the Royal Air Force, Top Gun heroes return.

Heroes of the 'Raiders'.

More heroes in NBC (Nuclear, Biological, Chemical) outfits.

US marine heroes move towards Iraq at dawn

========= UPDATE =========

Missing? Dead? Incapacitated? Doubled dead, too? S

=========== The Cessna ===========

The Cessna single engine plane that crashed after it flew across the border from Iraq.

=========== Amman ===========

In Amman, Jordan, Jordanians pray for Saddam at the al-Husseini mosque.

========= White House =========

At the White House, in the Oval Office, adults are in charge at last.

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Please spend a few hours today helping for success in the War for Enduring Freedom,
or/and post your thought, missive, picture, thread, analysis, greetings to those serving overseas,
venting, update, correction, observation, or anything else of interest.

END OF TRANSMISSION 03/20/03 .......... K

May the US Forces fly like the wind and hit like an Eagle.

1 posted on 03/20/2003 7:09 PM EST by Diogenesis

Hey, son, is that one of your Cessnas?

2 posted on 03/20/2003 7:12 PM EST by HiJinx (Blessed is the Nation whose God is the Lord...)
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Goddess, installment #2 is up and awaiting your Ping Prowess!

3 posted on 03/20/2003 7:13 PM EST by HiJinx (Blessed is the Nation whose God is the Lord...)
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Cool pics...

4 posted on 03/20/2003 7:13 PM EST by dinok
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Drinking from a canteen through your protective mask...

Good grief, some things never change. I hated the taste of water coming through that dinky little rubber hose...

Thanks for doing what you do so well, Diogenesis!

5 posted on 03/20/2003 7:14 PM EST by HiJinx (SFC, USA (Ret))
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Cessna looks like it is in pretty good shape- any word on whether it was remotely pilotted or if there was a pilot?

6 posted on 03/20/2003 7:15 PM EST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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Another great post. Go team!

7 posted on 03/20/2003 7:15 PM EST by MEG33
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They look pretty relaxed in those holes. Maybe that's what my nephew's doing right now. He's in the 3rd Infantry division, he drives a Bradley.

8 posted on 03/20/2003 7:16 PM EST by Brett66
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BUMP FOR LIBERTY, JUSTICE, FREEDOM AND THE AMERICAN WAY

9 posted on 03/20/2003 7:16 PM EST by Diogenesis
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This image brought to mind:

"It's been a hard days' night, I should be sleeping like a log..." ---the Beatles

10 posted on 03/20/2003 7:17 PM EST by TomGuy
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Holy-Moly! What the heck is that!

11 posted on 03/20/2003 7:21 PM EST by LibKill (The UN is of less use than dog doo in the gutter.)
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Thanks bunp.

12 posted on 03/20/2003 7:23 PM EST by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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Great stuff! Thanks!

13 posted on 03/20/2003 7:23 PM EST by NautiNurse (Usama bin Laden has produced more tapes than Steely Dan)
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oops, bunp = bump

14 posted on 03/20/2003 7:24 PM EST by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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And when the EAGLE gets him in its claws, let it crush him with all its might and put an end to his reign of evil!

15 posted on 03/20/2003 7:25 PM EST by teancumspirit
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Fires of freedom have begun burning in Bagdad.

Continuing thanks Dio. Your pics make my day. May the Heavens look over and protect our brave soldiers, our allies and the innocents....

16 posted on 03/20/2003 7:27 PM EST by eureka! (Bless our Troops and Allies.........)
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That's the rocket booster firing a Tomhawk cruise missile out of its launch tube on a Royal Navy submarine. A rocket motor fires it out of the water and up into the air, where the wings unfold and its internal jet engine takes over.

That weapon is one of the best things to come out of the American defense establishment in the last thirty years. And as we've seen in both Gulf Wars, it's tailor made for situations like this. Don't want to send in a pilot? No problem. Just program the coordinates in our little jet-powered robotic kamikaze friend, and off he goes. :)

}:-)4

17 posted on 03/20/2003 7:28 PM EST by Moose4 (Let's do the Tomahawk chop! OooooOOOOoooo *BOOM*)
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"May the Heavens look over and protect our brave soldiers, our allies and the innocents."

And then some.

18 posted on 03/20/2003 7:29 PM EST by Diogenesis
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Bump.

19 posted on 03/20/2003 7:29 PM EST by blam
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Ok, the registration numbers are N814HA. Go to google and check that string to find a registration history, and voila!

Pilot James Laverack has logged 7 flights in this Cessna C-172.

Click here to see the logbook entries for this craft that he flew in and around Naples, Florida as (looks like) a student pilot. Each flight has a different Captain noted. All flights were in May of 2001.

20 posted on 03/20/2003 7:32 PM EST by HiJinx (SFC, USA (Ret))
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Very good. Very effective.

Thanks for the info.

21 posted on 03/20/2003 7:33 PM EST by LibKill (The UN is of less use than dog doo in the gutter.)
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What, pray tell, is that intact round doing at the side of this guy's head?

22 posted on 03/20/2003 7:34 PM EST by sciencediet (Googolplex Star Thinker of the Seventh Galaxy of Light and Ingenuity)
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Many thanks for the photos Dio...you never fail.

Regards from news-starved Chile

23 posted on 03/20/2003 7:35 PM EST by Cuttnhorse
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Tell me, is that a bullet whizzing by this Tommy's head? If not, what the heck is it?

24 posted on 03/20/2003 7:35 PM EST by Alas Babylon!
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Thank you so much for the effort you put into your "GOTTA SEE THIS" posts. I always check them out and share them. Time to let you know how much they are appreciated. Thanks again.

25 posted on 03/20/2003 7:35 PM EST by callthemlikeyouseethem
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Not intact...just BIG!

That's probably a 7.62mm (or .308 caliber) standard NATO round.

26 posted on 03/20/2003 7:36 PM EST by HiJinx (SFC, USA (Ret))
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Ejected round...

27 posted on 03/20/2003 7:37 PM EST by HiJinx (SFC, USA (Ret))
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28 posted on 03/20/2003 7:41 PM EST by chance33_98 (www.hannahmore.com -- My new website, under construction)
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It's the ejected spent casing from the bullet he just fired. It came out of the light-grey rectangle just below his nose.

29 posted on 03/20/2003 7:41 PM EST by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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That's the shell casing that was just ejected after he popped a cap.

30 posted on 03/20/2003 7:42 PM EST by Doomonyou
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It looks like bullet and casing. The front end is a different color and appears to have a rim at the back. Just imagining things I guess.

31 posted on 03/20/2003 7:44 PM EST by sciencediet (Googolplex Star Thinker of the Seventh Galaxy of Light and Ingenuity)
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Hydration alert, drink your buddies water, drink your buddies water, hydration alert, that is all... :-)

32 posted on 03/20/2003 7:46 PM EST by ODC-GIRL (Proudly serving our Homeland Defense)
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That's probably a 5.56x45 (.223)

What was the deal with the cessna?

33 posted on 03/20/2003 7:46 PM EST by Attman
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Excellent work!

As a loyal patriot artist you should be awarded recognition as a 'BushBotticelli'!

34 posted on 03/20/2003 7:47 PM EST by Diddle E. Squat
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Totally amazing picture!

35 posted on 03/20/2003 7:50 PM EST by Humal
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It's a spent casing for certain.

36 posted on 03/20/2003 7:52 PM EST by chuknospam (Help fight the War On Terror!! www.operationmilitarypride.org)
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The periscope one is cool!

I see that all the street lights are still on.

It would be nice if the Iraqi military would surrender quickly so we didn't have to go after "soft" targets like the electrical grid. Winning and keeping the lights on would be a real coup!

37 posted on 03/20/2003 7:52 PM EST by Incorrigible
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38 posted on 03/20/2003 7:55 PM EST by radu (May God watch over our Troops and Allies and keep them safe)
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Here's what an empty casing looks like for .223 caliber (the standard rifle caliber for NATO infantry):

The discoloration on the front end is just the soot from the expended round.

39 posted on 03/20/2003 7:55 PM EST by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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Beautiful pictures. If anyone knows, what does that Commando have stuck to the side of his head.

40 posted on 03/20/2003 7:55 PM EST by Bahbah (Pray for our Troops)
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ears...

Spent shell casing!

41 posted on 03/20/2003 7:58 PM EST by Doomonyou
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Thank you for these updates from the war.

Victory to the Allied Forces!

42 posted on 03/20/2003 7:59 PM EST by SeenTheLight
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May God bless and protect our brave heroes!

43 posted on 03/20/2003 8:02 PM EST by Humidston (Do not remove this tag under penalty of law)
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"ears" LOL. Thanks, I'll remember what they're called.

44 posted on 03/20/2003 8:02 PM EST by Bahbah (Pray for our Troops)
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Duh! But of course! Thank you very much.

45 posted on 03/20/2003 8:03 PM EST by sciencediet (Googolplex Star Thinker of the Seventh Galaxy of Light and Ingenuity)
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Hey got a cousin in Kuwait to god bless your Nephew and god bless all the brave warriors be the us , brit, ausi, polish or Kurds.. And god will smile on us all.

46 posted on 03/20/2003 8:09 PM EST by DAPFE8900
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It does look a bit like an intact straight-walled round, but I think it is really an empty conventional bottle-necked casing that was just ejected.

47 posted on 03/20/2003 8:11 PM EST by Beelzebubba
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Thanks, I wasn't thinking on long rounds. I almost always shoot pistols.

Basra is next. Let's hope for a jubilant reception.

48 posted on 03/20/2003 8:20 PM EST by sciencediet (Googolplex Star Thinker of the Seventh Galaxy of Light and Ingenuity)
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Thanks for the photos. Good job!

Saddam, your time's up!

49 posted on 03/20/2003 8:20 PM EST by Victoria Delsoul (The ability to delude yourself may be your only survival tool.)
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50 posted on 03/20/2003 8:23 PM EST by InShanghai (I was born on the crest of a wave, and rocked in the cradle of the deep.)
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That's probably a 7.62mm (or .308 caliber) standard NATO round.

Not out of that Brit bullpup. It's 5.56 NATO(.223), same as the M-16, FNC, (some) Galil, K-2 (Daewoo) and many others.

51 posted on 03/20/2003 8:36 PM EST by El Gato
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Every night before I go to bed I thank G-d that we no longer have a president who makes decisions with his dick.

52 posted on 03/20/2003 8:42 PM EST by Bubba_Leroy
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Thanks again, Dio. These threads make my day. Godspeed to our troops and to our allies.

53 posted on 03/20/2003 8:43 PM EST by nutmeg (Liberate Iraq - Support Our Troops!)
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Great pictures. Thanks and bump

54 posted on 03/20/2003 8:43 PM EST by baseballmom
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ping!

Please FReepmail me if you want on or off my infrequent ping list.

55 posted on 03/20/2003 8:52 PM EST by nutmeg (Liberate Iraq - Support Our Troops!)
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Bump!

56 posted on 03/20/2003 8:54 PM EST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
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Let's not forget the San Francisco protesters. Enemies on the Home Front.

57 posted on 03/20/2003 8:54 PM EST by FreedomPoster (This Space Intentionally Blank)
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On the contrary, they are on our side. They are saying they support our (American) troops when they shoot their (Iraqi) officers. What would have been bad is if they had said they support our troops when they shoot our officers. ;)

58 posted on 03/20/2003 8:59 PM EST by coloradan
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Every night before I go to bed I thank G-d that we no longer have a president who makes decisions with his dick.

He has been know to consult with Dick...Cheney.

59 posted on 03/20/2003 9:01 PM EST by CharacterCounts
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Ok. My Marine buddy and I blew up the picture and it is just an ejected 5.56mm brass.

60 posted on 03/20/2003 9:09 PM EST by EricT. (Are you pondering what I'm pondering, Pinky?)
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Crap like this makes me wish I had an auto 12ga. with a tube full of rocksalt rounds.

61 posted on 03/20/2003 9:12 PM EST by EricT. (Are you pondering what I'm pondering, Pinky?)
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Great pictures once again Diogenesis. My mind has been spinning so fast today I've hardly posted at all, although I've been reading all day.

62 posted on 03/20/2003 9:17 PM EST by McGavin999
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Great pictures!

OFFICIAL BUMP(TOPIC)LIST

63 posted on 03/20/2003 9:23 PM EST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (Where is Saddam?)
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LOL

64 posted on 03/20/2003 9:27 PM EST by gitmo ("The course of this conflict is not known, yet its outcome is certain." GWB)
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I hope you don't really think that's what the bearers of this banner thought.

65 posted on 03/20/2003 9:31 PM EST by FreedomPoster (This Space Intentionally Blank)
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Thanks for putting these up (even though I miss most of em)

66 posted on 03/20/2003 9:35 PM EST by Rightly Biased (<><)
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Wow! These are the best.
I think our guys are needed in San Francisco. Those crowds need some roughing up.

67 posted on 03/20/2003 9:36 PM EST by stanz
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I think that gun's ejector is right under his cheek.

68 posted on 03/20/2003 9:52 PM EST by OXENinFLA
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They said a small plane crash-landed in Kuwait today, and that's it's picture. I got curious and looked up the registration number to find it's history.

My son is in flight school, he tells me that when the lease is up on trainers, they are sold to private owners. Planes are real cheap, that way.

69 posted on 03/20/2003 10:03 PM EST by HiJinx (Blessed is the Nation whose God is the Lord...)
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Thanks

70 posted on 03/20/2003 10:11 PM EST by ImphClinton
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AWESOME PHOTOS! TWO IN ONE DAY! FABULOUS

Incoming e-mail at 12:42 p.m. today:

Dear Friends,
 
I just saw on CNN about an hour ago that the first strike into Iraq this morning with the cruise missiles and stealth fighters was led by two EA-6B Prowler jet aircraft flown by my squadron, VAQ-131, the Lancers from USS Constellation!  WOOHOO!  Leading the way!  My aircraft carry one or two anti-radar missiles but their main mission is to jam enemy radar and communications.  Normally a strike will not happen without the Prowler.  We ensure that the enemy cannot fix their radar on our aircraft.  We also monitor and jam any and all types of communication that relies of radio waves.
 
And my squadron is part of history now, leading the very first mission!  :-)
WooHoo!  Let's Roll!
 
Remember always that we love you guys and continue to appreciate very much your support!
 
YF,
Socks

ENS "Socks"
VAQ-131
USS Constellation

ANYONE WISHING TO PERSONALLY THANK THESE MEN FOR THEIR EFFORTS - E-MAIL ME AT linda@lindasog.com. I will send your message to Socks who will pass it along to these brave and wonderful warriors fighting for your freedom!

71 posted on 03/20/2003 10:28 PM EST by LindaSOG (Support the Troops!)
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That is one of the worst things I have ever seen and just makes me sick inside.

In my humble opinion, whoever is holding up that sign does not deserve to live.

Linda

72 posted on 03/20/2003 10:31 PM EST by LindaSOG (Support the Troops!)
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Ejected round...

Gee, really? Ya think so?

73 posted on 03/20/2003 10:48 PM EST by Radix (Clean up your brass!)
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"Each flight has a different Captain noted. All flights were in May of 2001."

WTF ?? Any thoughts on what's going on with this plane?

74 posted on 03/20/2003 10:48 PM EST by Crowcreek
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That's a little overboard, but they probably deserve to get their @$$'s kicked pretty hard.

75 posted on 03/20/2003 10:48 PM EST by FreedomPoster (This Space Intentionally Blank)
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Can you give a URL on that? I'd like to use it elsewhere.

76 posted on 03/20/2003 10:49 PM EST by Wavyhill
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That effing ahole just won't go away!

We think alike!

77 posted on 03/20/2003 10:50 PM EST by Radix (Clean up your brass!)
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Just saw your other post, please say "Thanks" from one of the 25,000 at last Saturday's Rally for America in Atlanta.

78 posted on 03/20/2003 10:51 PM EST by FreedomPoster (This Space Intentionally Blank)
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My eldest says that flight schools routinely sell their older planes once the lease runs out, or after they have a set number of hours on the powerplant.

Still, the connection is spooky...!

79 posted on 03/20/2003 10:51 PM EST by HiJinx (Blessed is the Nation whose God is the Lord...)
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Assuming you're using IE, right click the picture, choose "properties", and copy the URL out of the box that comes up.

If that doesn't work for you, FReepmail me.

80 posted on 03/20/2003 11:34 PM EST by FreedomPoster (This Space Intentionally Blank)
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"Every night before I go to bed I thank G-d that we no longer have a president who makes decisions with his dick."

But it makes me VERY glad that he has the BALLS to back up his words with action!!

81 posted on 03/20/2003 11:47 PM EST by tristam
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82 posted on 03/21/2003 12:10 AM EST by bentfeather (~~God be with our Military! ~~Thank You)
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Note to Hans Blix:
This is to confirm your nomination as

83 posted on 03/21/2003 12:11 AM EST by TheGrimReaper (o)(o)
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Crap like this makes me wish I had an auto 12ga. with a tube full of rocksalt rounds.

I think this guy:

Needs to meet these dirt bags:

84 posted on 03/21/2003 2:11 AM EST by Doomonyou
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BTTT!!!!!!

85 posted on 03/21/2003 6:06 AM EST by E.G.C.
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Good morning Linda (thanks for the ping)

86 posted on 03/21/2003 7:54 AM EST by BeforeISleep
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No, I don't, hence the smiley. But the banner is ambiguous - sort of like the "hell no, I won't glow" slogan used by both sides of the nuclear debate. The antis were trying to convey they refused nuclear power because they didn't want to glow, which would have been inevitable had nuclear power been adopted there, and the pro-nuclear people were saying that nuclear power is safe enough that, hell no, they won't glow even after the plant is built.

87 posted on 03/21/2003 8:49 AM EST by coloradan
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