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Gotta See This!--Operation Infinite Freedom!--09-12-03
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Posted on 09/12/2003 8:18 PM EDT by ConservativeMan55

American soldier Maj. Bryan Luke of Mobile, Ala., 2nd in command of 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry keeps at the ready during a night patrol in Tikrit, Iraq (news - web sites), Friday, Sept. 12, 2003. Patrols are an ongoing exercise in Iraq as a show of force to attempt to reduce the activities of possible Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) loyalists. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

Democratic presidential hopeful Howard Dean (news - web sites) rolls up his sleeves before taking the stage to babble to supporters during a campaign stop at Plymouth State College, Friday, Sept 12, 2003, in Plymouth, N.H. (AP Photo/Lee Marriner)

Mark Wiegner of San Francisco, dines at News Cafe, located along Ocean Drive in the South Beach section of Miami Beach, Fla., Monday, Sept 1, 2003. The number of visitors to Florida has more than recovered from the decline following the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. But tourists in the Sunshine State are spending less in restaurants, hotels and attractions than before the attacks. (AP Photo/Richard Patterson)

An Iraqi policeman lies injured in a hospital in the restive Iraqi town of Falluja on September 12, 2003 after being wounded by U.S. troops in a friendly fire incident. American troops killed eight members of a local U.S.-backed security force and three thieves in an ambush west of Baghdad after mistaking them for guerillas, witnesses said. (Akram Saleh/Reuters)

A video grab image from footage aired on Al Jazeera television shows a man which the station says is Saeed Alghamdi, one of the September 11 hijackers, September 12, 2003. Alghamdi was among those who seized control of United Airlines flight 93, which crashed in a field in Pennsylvania (Al Jazeera Television via Reuters)

Jewish worshippers run for safety at Judaism's Western Wall after those religion of peace practitioner's the Palestinians hurled rocks at them from the holy site Muslims call al-Haram al-Sharif (Noble Sanctuary) and Jews revere as the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City September 12, 2003. Israeli police stormed the compound outside Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque after Palestinians angered by Israel's threats against Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) hurled rocks at worshippers. (Gil Cohen Magen/Reuters)

Palestinian President Yasser Arafat appears intoxicated and attempts to (news - web sites) walk in front of his office prior to Friday prayers, in his compound in the West Bank town of Ramallah, September 12, 2003. Israel faced an international outcry over its decision to 'remove' Arafat, a threat that drew tens of thousands of supporters into the streets to rally to his defense. (Ammar Awad/Reuters)

Legendary country music singer Johnny Cash died early September 12, 2003 in a Nashville, Tennessee hospital. Cash, 71, had been battling various illnesses for several years, and is shown in an April 6, 1999 file photo in New York. (Jeff Christensen/Reuters)

Republican gubernatorial candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger talks during a press conference in San Jose, California, on September 10, 2003. Schwarzenegger has halved the distance between himself and California Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante in the state's Oct. 7 recall election and now trails by only 5 points, a Los Angeles Times poll showed on September 12, 2003. The poll, conducted Sept. 6-10, also showed that Gov. Gray Davis (news - web sites), an unpopular Democrat who stands to lose his job in the Republican-led recall, has gained ground with voters since August. (Lou Dematteis/Reuters)

U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) visits U.S. military personnel and family members at the headquarters of the 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized) at Fort Stewart, Georgia ON September 12, 2003. Bush urged American allies to join the effort to build a stable postwar Iraq (news - web sites) and said free nations cannot be neutral in the 'fight between civilization and chaos.' (Larry Downing/Reuters)

Upgraded to the most severe Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale on September 11, 2003, Hurricane Isabel kept moving westward, packing winds near 160 miles per hour. The National Hurricane Center (news - web sites) (NHC) in Miami said some temporary weakening was possible, with fluctuations in intensity common in major hurricanes. This NOAA satellite image, taken on Sept. 11, 2003, at 10:45 a.m. EDT., shows Hurricane Isabel looming hundreds of miles from the USA coast with the remnants of what was Tropical Storm Henri still hugging parts of the Eastern United States. ( NOAA National Hurricane Center via REUTERS)

Two U.S. soldiers were killed and another seven wounded during a pre-dawn raid in the heartland of anti-American resistance to the occupation of Iraq (news - web sites), the U.S. military said on September 12, 2003. The latest casualties came during an exchange of gunfire in Ramadi, a town 60 miles west of Baghdad in the so- called 'Sunni Triangle', where support for deposed dictator Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) is strongest. (Reuters Graphic)

A Palestinian holds a poster of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) during a demonstration in his support in the West Bank city of Nablus on September 11, 2003. Palestinian President Yasser Arafat told thousands of Palestinians on that he would stay put in his headquarters come what may after Israel threatened to expel him. (Abed Omar Qusini/Reuters)

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jose Torres enters the Ishikawa police station on Japan's southern island of Okinawa after the United States agreed to hand him over to Japanese authorities in this June 18, 2003, file photo. A Japanese court on Sept. 12, 2003, sentenced the 21-year-old Torres to 3 1/2 years in jail for raping a woman in a case that stirred resentment against the U.S. military presence. (Eriko Sugita/Reuters)

Anthony Taccetta, 10, holds a photo of his uncle, firefighter Lenny Ragaglia, as he joins mourners at Ground Zero in New York on September 11, 2003. Ragaglia, who died in the attack, was with Engine 54. (Pool via Reuters)

Actor John Ritter collapsed on the set of his comedy series, '8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter,' in Burbank, California September 11, 2003 and later died of a massive heart attack at a local hospital. Ritter and his co-star Katey Sagal are shown in this undated publicity photograph. Photo by Abc/Reuters

Actors from left Amy Davidson (news), Katey Cuoco and John Ritter (news) appear in a scene from the ABC network's pilot of 8 Simple Rules ...for Dating My Teenage Daughter' in this undated promotional file photo. Beyond the personal tragedy, John Ritters death Thursday, Sept. 11, 2003, left ABC executives with an unprecedented nightmare: the loss of one of their biggest stars a week before a new TV season is to begin. (AP Photo/ABC, Carin Baer/ File)

Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites) waves to supporters after speaking at a fundraiser for Rep. Robin Hayes (news, bio, voting record), R-N.C., in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, Sept. 12, 2003. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Protesters holds signs Friday, Sept. 12, 2003, in Raleigh, N.C., as they wait for Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites) to arrive for a fundraiser. (AP Photo/Bob Jordan)

Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites) speaks to supporters at a fundraiser for Rep. Robin Hayes (news, bio, voting record), R-N.C., in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, Sept. 12, 2003. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

US President George W. Bush (news - web sites) waves to soldiers and family member from the 3rd Infantry Division after he addressed them at Ft. Stewart, Georgia(AFP/Stephen Jaffe)

US President George W. Bush (news - web sites) (L) presents Major General Burford Blount (R), Commander, 3rd Infantry Division the Presidential Unit Citation at Ft. Stewart, Georgia.(AFP/Stephen Jaffe)

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) speaks to supporters in the grounds of his compound about how he is in dire need of a dentist.(AFP/Awad Awad)
"Does anybody have some infidel toothpaste?"
Said the Terrorist Leader.

President Bush (news - web sites) speaks at a fund-raiser Mississippi Republican gubernatorial candidate Haley Barbour at the Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson, Miss., Friday, Sept. 12, 2003. Bush will help Barbour raise about $1.2 million for his race against incumbent Democratic Gov. Ronnie Musgrove. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

U. S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) waves with the GOP candidate for the Mississippi governership, Haley Barbour, while his wife, Marsha, (L) watches at the Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson, September 12, 2003. The president is scheduled to continue on to an event in Houston before returning to Washington this evening. REUTERS/Larry Downing

U. S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) waves at a fundraiser for the GOP candidate for the Mississippi governship, Haley Barbour, at the Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson, September 12, 2003. The president is scheduled to continue on to an event in Houston before returning to Washington this evening. REUTERS/Larry Downing

President Bush (news - web sites) waves to soldiers of the 3d Infantry Division, as he arrives to praise them for their service in Iraq (news - web sites), during a visit to Ft. Stewart, Ga., Friday, Sept. 12, 2003. The 3rd Infantry Division suffered more casualties than any other American military division in the Iraq invasion and Bush honored them with the Presidential Unit Citation for exceptional valor. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

President Bush (news - web sites) shakes hands with soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Division after he addressed them at Fort Stewart, Ga., Friday, Sept. 12, 2003. Bush thanked the soldiers of the division for their service in Iraq (news - web sites). (AP Photo/Ric Feld)

U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) greets soldiers during a visit with U.S. military personnel and family members at the headquarters of the 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized) at Fort Stewart, Georgia, September 12, 2003. Bush urged American allies on Friday to join the effort to build a stable postwar Iraq (news - web sites) and said free nations cannot be neutral in the 'fight between civilization and chaos.' Bush pressed his case for help from abroad as he welcomed troops to their home base in Georgia from service in Iraq. REUTERS/Larry Downing

U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) waves as he is applauded during a visit with U.S. military personnel and family members at the headquarters of the 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized) at Fort Stewart, Georgia, September 12, 2003. Bush urged American allies on Friday to join the effort to build a stable postwar Iraq (news - web sites) and said free nations cannot be neutral in the 'fight between civilization and chaos.' Bush pressed his case for help from abroad as he welcomed troops to their home base in Georgia from service in Iraq. REUTERS/Larry Downing

President Bush (news - web sites) waves after offering his tribute to the soldiers of the Army's 3rd Infantry Division during a visit to Ft. Stewart, Ga., Friday, Sept. 12, 2003. The 3rd Infantry Division suffered more casualties than any other American military division in the Iraq (news - web sites) invasion and Bush honored them with the Presidential Unit Citation for exceptional valor. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

President Bush (news - web sites) waves after offering his tribute to the soldiers of the Army's 3rd Infantry Division during a visit to Ft. Stewart, Ga., Friday, Sept. 12, 2003. The 3rd Infantry Division suffered more casualties than any other American military division in the Iraq (news - web sites) invasion and Bush awarded them the Presidential Unit Citation for exceptional valor. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) waves as he boards the Marine One helicopter on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington September 12, 2003. Bush will greet troops at Fort Stewart, Georgia later today. REUTERS/William Philpott

US Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites) called Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom to discuss Israel's actions towards Yasser Arafat (news - web sites).(AFP/File/Nicholas Roberts)

A soldier from the Xatruch battalion of Honduras takes his position in a patrol truck a few minutes before patrolling with US soldiers in the city of Najaf, central Iraq (news - web sites).(AFP/Thomas Coex)

White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan answers questions during a press briefing.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)

Senator Byron Dorgan briefs the press(AFP/File/Stephen Jaffe)

An F/A-18 Hornet jet fighter crashed into the sea when a cable snapped as it attempted to land on the aircraft carrier USS George Washington off Virginia.(AFP/File/Leila Gorchev)

President Vladimir Putin (news - web sites) (L) and his US counterpart George W. Bush at an earlier meeting in Moscow.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)

US soldiers stand as they observe a moment of silence during the 9-11 Day of Commemoration Prayer Breakfast at Baghdad International Airport.(AFP/Robert Sullivan)

An Iraqi worker hauls a sack of rice donated by the United States at an open black market in the Sadr City locality of Baghdad.(AFP/Thomas Coex)

A US flag flies on the New Jersey shore as beams of light shine into the sky behind the Statue of Liberty and above the Manhattan skyline(AFP/Don Emmert)

A couple embrace on a bench in the grounds of the Washington Monument as US flags fly at half-staff in Washington, DC in observance of Patriot's Day. Septem 11 marks the second anniversary of the terror attacks against the United States(AFP/Nicholas Roberts)

US soldiers bow their heads in tribute to the victims of the 11 September 2001 attacks in the US at a ceremony at Bagram Airbase some 50 kms north of Kabul.(AFP/Shah Marai)

Members of the non-governmental organization and charity Oxfam lampoon the leaders of the G8, (L-R Vladimir Putin (news - web sites) of Russia, Gerhard Schroeder of Germany, Tony Blair (news - web sites) of Great Britain, Silvio Berlusconi of Italy, and Jean Chretien of Canada), on the sidelines of the World Trade Organization (news - web sites) ministerial meeting in Cancun, September 12, 2003. The Oxfam event was designed to illustrate what it called the G8 countries' subsidized agricultural sectors and dumping of their excess production. Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters

Palestinians demonstrate in support of scumbag Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) in the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip (news - web sites). A little closer with those flames son and I think you will have it.(AFP/Said Khatib)

Hurricane Isabel is seen in a NOAA satellite image September 12, 2003, at 2:45 p.m. EDT. The storm with 160-mph winds, remained far out at sea and forecasters said they were still uncertain about its possible impact on the U.S. eastern seaboard. The long-range forecast issued by the U.S. National Hurricane Center (news - web sites), which has a wide margin of error, put the Category 5 hurricane several hundred miles east of the central Florida coast by next Wednesday, headed in the general direction of the southern U.S. states. Photo by Noaa/Reuters

Graphic detailing assasinations of politicians in europe, since 1986(AFP) For no apparent reason.

American soldier Sgt. 1st Class Gilbert Nail of Clayton Okla. from the 1st Battalion, 22nd infantry regiment, 4th Infantry division enjoys a light moment with a puppy on the roadside during a night patrol in Tikrit, Iraq (news - web sites), Friday, Sept. 12, 2003. Patrols are an ongoing exercise in Iraq as a show of force to attempt to reduce the activities of possible Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) loyalists. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

American soldier Stf. Sgt. Jennie Olson of Milwaukee Wis, from 1st Battalion, 22nd infantry regiment, 4th Infantry stands guard in a doorway while fellow soldiers search inside during a night patrol in Tikrit, Iraq (news - web sites), Friday, Sept. 12, 2003. Patrols are an ongoing exercise in Iraq as a show of force, to attempt to reduce the activities of possible Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) loyalists. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

American soldier Stf. Sgt. Jennie Olson of Milwaukee Wis., from 1st Battalion, 22nd infantry regiment, 4th Infantry keeps at the ready during a night patrol in Tikrit, Iraq (news - web sites), Friday, Sept. 12, 2003. Patrols are an ongoing exercise in Iraq as a show of force, to attempt to reduce the activities of possible Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) loyalists. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

American soldier Sgt. 1st Class Gilbert Nail of Clayton Okla. from the 1st Battalion, 22nd infantry regiment, 4th Infantry division stands guard from the back of his vehicle during a night patrol in Tikrit, Iraq (news - web sites), Friday, Sept. 12, 2003. Patrols are an ongoing exercise in Iraq as a show of force, to attempt to reduce the activities of possible Saddam loyalists. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

American soldier Maj. Bryan Luke of Mobile, Ala., 2nd in command of 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry keeps at the ready during a night patrol in Tikrit, Iraq (news - web sites), Friday, Sept. 12, 2003. Patrols are an ongoing exercise in Iraq as a show of force to attempt to reduce the activities of possible Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) loyalists. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

Ungrateful Iraqis celebrate next to a burning U.S. Army Humvee vehicle following an attack near the Iraqi town of Falluja, September 12, 2003. A roadside bomb destroyed the vehicle, wounding three Americans, witnesses said. Photo by Akram Saleh/Reuters

President Bush (news - web sites), left, greets Special Forces Master Sgt. Kevin Morehead of Benton, Ark., right, in this March 2002 handout photo at Fort Bragg, N.C. Morehead, 33, was killed late Thursday night or early Friday during a firefight in Iraq (news - web sites), his father, Jim Morehead said. (AP Photo/Morehead family)

U.S. soldiers of the Fourth Infantry Division perform during 'soldiers sing for soldiers' a talent contest for U.S. troops, in front of a demolished palace of the ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) at a U.S. army base in Tikrit, about 110 miles (180 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, September 12, 2003. A top U.S. commander said on Thursday U.S. forces were winning the war against guerrilla opponents in Iraq (news - web sites) and closing in on the elusive Saddam Hussein. REUTERS/Arko Datta

U.S. soldiers of the Fourth Infantry Division perform during 'soldiers sing for soldiers' a talent contest for U.S. troops, in front of a demolished palace of the ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) at a U.S. army base in Tikrit, about 110 miles (180 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad September 12, 2003. A top U.S. commander said on Thursday U.S. forces were winning the war against guerrilla opponents in Iraq (news - web sites) and closing in on the elusive Saddam Hussein. REUTERS/Arko Datta

The Intelligence and Security Committee revealed that Prime Minister Tony Blair (news - web sites) ignored warnings that a war on Iraq (news - web sites) would make it easier for terrorists to get hold of weapons of mass destruction.(AFP/WPA/POOL/Stefan Rousseau) A little bias...you think?

President Bush (news - web sites) picks up a baby as he greets soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Division and their families, during a visit to Ft. Stewart, Ga., Friday, Sept. 12, 2003. The 3rd Infantry Division suffered more casualties than any other American military division in the Iraq (news - web sites) invasion and Bush honored them with the Presidential Unit Citation for exceptional valor. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

President Bush (news - web sites) waves to soldiers of the 3d Infantry Division, as he arrives to praise them for their service in Iraq (news - web sites), during a visit to Ft. Stewart, Ga., Friday, Sept. 12, 2003. The 3rd Infantry Division suffered more casualties than any other American military division in the Iraq invasion and Bush honored them with the Presidential Unit Citation for exceptional valor. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

U. S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) visits U.S. military personnel and family members at the headquarters of the 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized) at Fort Stewart, Georgia, September 12, 2003. Bush urged American allies on Friday to join the effort to build a stable postwar Iraq (news - web sites) and said free nations cannot be neutral in the 'fight between civilization and chaos.' Bush pressed his case for help from abroad as he welcomed troops to their home base in Georgia from service in Iraq. REUTERS/Larry Downing

U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) points during a visit with U.S. military personnel and family members at the headquarters of the 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized) at Fort Stewart, Georgia, September 12, 2003. Bush urged American allies on Friday to join the effort to build a stable postwar Iraq (news - web sites) and said free nations cannot be neutral in the 'fight between civilization and chaos.' Bush pressed his case for help from abroad as he welcomed troops to their home base in Georgia from service in Iraq. REUTERS/Larry Downing

President Bush (news - web sites) offering his tribute to the soldiers of the Army's 3rd Infantry Division during a visit to Ft. Stewart, Ga., Friday, Sept. 12, 2003. The 3rd Infantry Division suffered more casualties than any other American military division in the Iraq (news - web sites) invasion and Bush honored them with the Presidential Unit Citation for exceptional valor. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) arrives during a visit with U.S. military personnel and family members at the headquarters of the 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized) at Fort Stewart, Georgia, September 12, 2003. Bush urged American allies on Friday to join the effort to build a stable postwar Iraq (news - web sites) and said free nations cannot be neutral in the 'fight between civilization and chaos.' Bush pressed his case for help from abroad as he welcomed troops to their home base in Georgia from service in Iraq. REUTERS/Larry Downing

President Bush (news - web sites) acknowledges the applause after he addressed the 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, Ga., Friday, Sept. 12, 2003. Bush thanked the soldiers of the division for their service in Iraq (news - web sites). (AP Photo/Ric Feld)

Soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Division fill Trent Field as President Bush (news - web sites) spoke at Fort Stewart, Ga., Friday, Sept. 12, 2003. Bush thanked the soldiers of the division for their service in Iraq (news - web sites). (AP Photo/Ric Feld)

President Bush (news - web sites) shakes hands with soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Division after he addressed them at Fort Stewart, Ga., Friday, Sept. 12, 2003. Bush thanked the soldiers of the division for their service in Iraq (news - web sites). (AP Photo/Ric Feld)

President Bush (news - web sites) is backed up by members of the 3rd Infantry Division as he addressed the soldiers at Fort Stewart, Ga., Friday, Sept. 12, 2003. Bush thanked the soldiers of the division for their service in Iraq (news - web sites). (AP Photo/Ric Feld)

A U.S. Army soldier takes cover as an Iraqi man walks by smoking a cigarette during a shootout in Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), Friday Sept. 12, 2003. A gun fight broke out on the east bank of the Tigris River in central Baghdad as police chased a suspected carjacking gang and captured three men. There were no injuries. The hotel is believed to house many American security officials. (AP Photo/Murad Sezer)

President Bush (news - web sites) returns a salute from Maj. Gen. Buford C. Blount III, commander of the 3d Infantry Division, as he honored the soldiers during a visit to Ft. Stewart, Ga., Friday, Sept. 12, 2003. The 3rd Infantry Division suffered more casualties than any other American military division in the Iraq (news - web sites) invasion and Bush presented them with the Presidential Unit Citation for exceptional valor. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

President Bush (news - web sites) smiles with Pastor Kirbyjon Caldwell, Founder, Pyramid Community Development Corporation, as Bush promotes his faith-based initiative at The Power Center, a huge, multi-use complex celebrating ten years of community service in southwest Houston, Friday, Sept. 12, 2003. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Late night talk show host David Letterman (news - Y! TV), who portrays himself on air as a cantankerous loner, says he is about to become a father. Letterman, shown in a recent show taping, told the studio audience at Thursday's taping of Friday night's show that his girlfriend, Regina Lasko who is 43, is pregnant. (CBS via Reuters)

President Bush (news - web sites) promotes his faith-based initiative as he lends support to The Power Center, a huge, multi-use complex celebrating ten years of community service in southwest Houston, Friday, Sept. 12, 2003. He is intoduced by Pastor Kirbyjon Caldwell, Founder, Pyramid Community Development Corporation. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

This undated handout is the first place winner of the National Science Foundation (news - web sites) and Science magazine inaugural Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge, illustration category, entitled 'Innolab 3D File Manager' by Adam Miezianko, Kristopher Rambish, Karen Fung and Zavnura Pingkan illustrating that a three-dimensional interface organizes computer contents by their relationships rather than their physical position on a hard drive. (AP/Science Magazine, HO)

US President George W. Bush (news - web sites) (L) congratulates Country singer Johnny Cash (C) along with First Lady Laura Bush (R) in Washington,DC, where Cash was awarded the National Medal of Arts.(AFP/File/Stephen Jaffe)

US country singer Johnny Cash, who has died at the age of 71 in a hospital in Nashville(AFP/DPA/File)

This is the daily market chart for Friday, Sept. 12, 2003. (AP Photo)

This is the weekly market chart for the week ending, Friday, Sept. 12, 2003. (AP Photo)

A poster of the late country music legend Johnny Cash hangs on the wall as Craig Curtis, right, and Donnie Collins perform at Tootsie's Orchid Lounge in downtown Nashville, Tenn., on Friday, Sept. 12, 2003. Cash, known as 'The Man in Black' and famous for songs like 'I Walk the Line,' 'Ring of Fire' and 'A Boy Named Sue,' died Friday in Nashville from complications from diabetes. Tootsie's is one of the best-known honky-tonks in Nashville. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

A cable car offers tourists a view of the Andes in Sierra Nevada National Park in Merida, Venezuela, Aug. 31, 1996. A study released by study, by Conservation International (CI) and the United Nations (news - web sites) Environment Program (UNEP)says a boom in world tourism is posing a huge threat to some of the planet's most sensitive ecosystems, including the tropical Andes and the Guinean forests of West Africa. (AP Photo/Jose Caruci)

RIchard White, 30, is shown in an undated police handout. Police are looking for White, who is wanted in connection with the deaths of two women who were found buried Thursday, Sept. 11. 2003, in the back yard of a home where used to live in Denver. (AP Photo/Aurora Police Dept.)

California gubernatorial candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger, center, answers questions about restoring the state's economic competitiveness during a news conference in Los Angeles, Friday, Sept. 12, 2003. Jon Coupal, president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, left, and Mitch Greif, chairman of the board of Coast Converters, right, whose plant is moving to Las Vegas, Nev., joined Schwarzenegger at the news conference. (AP Photo/Rene Macura)

Mitchell Greif, left, talks with Republican gubernatiorial candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger during a tour of Greif's Coast Converters, Inc., a plastics manufacturing plant, in an industrial area near downtown Los Angeles Friday, Sept. 12, 2003. Greif said he was being forced to relocate his business outside of California because of, among other things, the high cost of taxes, workers' compensation insurance, and energy. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Standing next to a large carton of plastic pellets, Mitchell Greif, left, talks with Republican gubernatiorial candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger during a tour of Greif's Coast Converters, Inc., a plastics manufacturing plant, in an industrial area near downtown Los Angeles Friday, Sept. 12, 2003. Jon Coupal, president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, is at center rear. Greif said he was being forced to relocate his business outside of California because of, among other things, the high cost of taxes, workers' compensation insurance, and energy. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Republican gubernatorial candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks with reporters during a news conference at a plastic bag manufacturing plant just east of downtown Los Angeles, California September 12, 2003. Schwarzenegger will be running in the October 7 recall election. REUTERS/Jim Ruymen

Democratic presidential candidate and former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean (news - web sites) addresses supporters at Plymouth State College Friday, Sept. 12, 2003, in Plymouth, N.H. (AP Photo/Lee Marriner)

Sen. John Kerry (news, bio, voting record), D-Mass., seeking the Democratic Party presidential nomination, talks to Benedict College students about his experience in Vietnam during his campaign visit to Columbia, S.C., Friday Sept. 12, 2003. (AP Photo/Lou Krasky)

President George W. Bush (news - web sites), left, shares a laugh with Pastor Kirbyjon Caldwell as they are introduced during a fundraiser for the Power Center, a huge multi-use complex in southwest Houston, which is celebrating its' 10th anniversary Friday, Sept. 12, 2003. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

1 posted on 09/12/2003 8:18 PM EDT by ConservativeMan55

Gotta See This PING!
"Let me know if you would like on or off this list.

2 posted on 09/12/2003 8:20 PM EDT by ConservativeMan55 (What happened to the man that fell into the upholestry machine? He's fully recovered!)
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Terrific post. It is really appreciated here.

I have missed the posted threads of Diogenesis.

3 posted on 09/12/2003 8:24 PM EDT by Radix (You are reading this Tag Line because somewhere a Volunteer is protecting you and all that you know)
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Bump to the Top!

4 posted on 09/12/2003 8:24 PM EDT by ConservativeMan55 (What happened to the man that fell into the upholestry machine? He's fully recovered!)
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Just a question....Where's Diogenesis?

or where the hell have I been....

5 posted on 09/12/2003 8:27 PM EDT by b4its2late (When you do a good deed, get a receipt in case heaven is like the IRS.)
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Pinging Dr Diogenesis! Pinging Dr Diogenesis!

6 posted on 09/12/2003 8:28 PM EDT by ConservativeMan55 (What happened to the man that fell into the upholestry machine? He's fully recovered!)
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I haven't seen him anywhere. :)

7 posted on 09/12/2003 8:29 PM EDT by ConservativeMan55 (What happened to the man that fell into the upholestry machine? He's fully recovered!)
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Bum-P-ing!!!

8 posted on 09/12/2003 8:32 PM EDT by ConservativeMan55 (What happened to the man that fell into the upholestry machine? He's fully recovered!)
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You've done an excellent job too! I don't want to throw water on your fire.... Just wondering.

Add me to the ping list please.... Thanks.

9 posted on 09/12/2003 8:32 PM EDT by b4its2late (Where there's a will, I want to be in it.)
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Thanks! I added you to the ping list.

10 posted on 09/12/2003 8:33 PM EDT by ConservativeMan55 (What happened to the man that fell into the upholestry machine? He's fully recovered!)
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PING!

11 posted on 09/12/2003 8:35 PM EDT by ConservativeMan55 (What happened to the man that fell into the upholestry machine? He's fully recovered!)
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Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen.

ConservativeMan55 is fantastic. "Gotta See This" lives.

Thank you, ConservativeMan55.

12 posted on 09/12/2003 8:36 PM EDT by Diogenesis (If you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us)
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No Problemo! I love doing it!

Just hope the Carpal Tunnel doesn't kick in! Just Kidding!!!!!

13 posted on 09/12/2003 8:36 PM EDT by ConservativeMan55 (What happened to the man that fell into the upholestry machine? He's fully recovered!)
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Pinging you to this thread!

14 posted on 09/12/2003 8:37 PM EDT by ConservativeMan55 (What happened to the man that fell into the upholestry machine? He's fully recovered!)
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You know you're a lowlife when
penguins turn their backs on you.

15 posted on 09/12/2003 8:40 PM EDT by LibWhacker
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Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen.

Great job revivng "Gotta See This", a bright and shining FR star.

16 posted on 09/12/2003 8:41 PM EDT by BOBTHENAILER (One by one, in groups or whole armies.....we don't care how we getcha, but we will)
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LOL!!!

17 posted on 09/12/2003 8:41 PM EDT by ConservativeMan55 (What happened to the man that fell into the upholestry machine? He's fully recovered!)
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Thank you!

Tia

18 posted on 09/12/2003 8:43 PM EDT by tiamat ("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno World!")
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Palestinian President Yasser Arafat appears intoxicated and attempts to (news - web sites) walk in front of his office prior to Friday prayers, in his compound in the West Bank town of Ramallah, September 12, 2003. Israel faced an international outcry over its decision to 'remove' Arafat, a threat that drew tens of thousands of supporters into the streets to rally to his defense. (Ammar Awad/Reuters)

19 posted on 09/12/2003 8:43 PM EDT by ConservativeMan55 (What happened to the man that fell into the upholestry machine? He's fully recovered!)
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It was my pleasure!

20 posted on 09/12/2003 8:44 PM EDT by ConservativeMan55 (What happened to the man that fell into the upholestry machine? He's fully recovered!)
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There you are!

21 posted on 09/12/2003 8:48 PM EDT by b4its2late (Where there's a will, I want to be in it.)
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Ah yes, green slime-o-vision.
I do miss those nogs.
They did smell kinda funny though, an odd library stored papery smell.

Thanks for the ping and the memory jog.

22 posted on 09/12/2003 8:51 PM EDT by Darksheare (One bad night of waking up somewhere new to me, and I'm forever labeled.)
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Palestinian President Yasser Arafat appears intoxicated and attempts to walk

In keeping with the great tradition

Superb Commentary

23 posted on 09/12/2003 8:51 PM EDT by BOBTHENAILER (One by one, in groups or whole armies.....we don't care how we getcha, but we will)
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thanks for the PING... I picked up the finest paper in America.. The Enquirer of course, and wouldn't you know?
They have pics of the fatass Ted Kennedy sitting on the edge of a boat almost falling in the water!! LMAO at work too... he has had plenty of practice swimming.

24 posted on 09/12/2003 8:51 PM EDT by cyborg (and you thought I was just joking about the tinfoil hat)
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I realize that I have already posted on this thread. I just wanted to say that you might want to consider carefully posting also with the images (which are very good) the comments by the editors at Reuters. They are or have by and large a very anti-American attitude. I sometimes get almost ill when I read their garbage commentaries.

I have posted their crap myself when I was only really concentrating on the images, and not the messages that they try to transmit.

25 posted on 09/12/2003 8:52 PM EDT by Radix (You are reading this Tag Line because somewhere a Volunteer is protecting you and all that you know)
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I wonder if this is posted online? I bet it is!

Lets find it so we can all laugh at his fat ass!

26 posted on 09/12/2003 8:52 PM EDT by ConservativeMan55 (What happened to the man that fell into the upholestry machine? He's fully recovered!)
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Hmmmmm. I bet we could get some hilarious tag lines out of a lot of these pics, LOL!

27 posted on 09/12/2003 8:54 PM EDT by ConservativeMan55 (What happened to the man that fell into the upholestry machine? He's fully recovered!)
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Thank You!

28 posted on 09/12/2003 8:54 PM EDT by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub (God Bless and Protect our military and our allies military.)
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http://www.nationalenquirer.com/stories/news.cfm?instanceid=508

29 posted on 09/12/2003 8:57 PM EDT by ConservativeMan55 (What happened to the man that fell into the upholestry machine? He's fully recovered!)
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Nice to meet you here. Hi, Radix.

ConservativeMan55 had better take care of his median nerve.

30 posted on 09/12/2003 8:59 PM EDT by Diogenesis (If you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us)
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Thanks for the pictures, I've missed them.

31 posted on 09/12/2003 9:05 PM EDT by blam
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Thank you my friend. Great work.

32 posted on 09/12/2003 9:06 PM EDT by MotleyGirl70
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OH THE HUMANITY!!!!! I wish I had my scanner plugged in but then I don't want FR to get sued. It is gross. He is being to weightclass Jerry Nadler.

33 posted on 09/12/2003 9:07 PM EDT by cyborg (and you thought I was just joking about the tinfoil hat)
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Diogenesis! If you say I gotta see it, I know I gotta see it!
How wonderful it is to hear from you!

Thank you ConservativeMan55 for carrying the torch!

34 posted on 09/12/2003 9:12 PM EDT by LindaSOG (First Rule of French Warfare; " France only wins when America does most of the fighting.")
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I feel like a lard butt after eating a pasta dinner but

Ted "Beached whale" Kennedy...How do you sleep being so chubby?

35 posted on 09/12/2003 9:14 PM EDT by MotleyGirl70
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Hi my FRiend,
Thanks for putting me on your ping list and thanks for all your hard work in putting this collection together for us. Wonderful job!
Best Regards,
HB

36 posted on 09/12/2003 9:14 PM EDT by Hyacinth Bucket
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I LOVE THAT! Can I put that on my profile, if you don't mind.

37 posted on 09/12/2003 9:16 PM EDT by MotleyGirl70
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Fabulous news photos! Thank you! It's great to see this forum again.

38 posted on 09/12/2003 9:22 PM EDT by NautiNurse
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Wow, thanks again, CM55! Busy newsday...

39 posted on 09/12/2003 9:24 PM EDT by nutmeg (Is the DemocRATic party extinct yet?)
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Thanks for the ping! Good job CM55!

40 posted on 09/12/2003 9:30 PM EDT by Ben Hecks
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Outstanding pictures! There is nothing like FR.

41 posted on 09/12/2003 9:31 PM EDT by MotleyGirl70
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Thanks for the kudos.

42 posted on 09/12/2003 9:40 PM EDT by ConservativeMan55 (What happened to the man that fell into the upholestry machine? He's fully recovered!)
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Good work bump.

5.56mm

43 posted on 09/12/2003 10:08 PM EDT by M Kehoe
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Great post. The twin beams pointing skyward at the Trade Center site still gets to me.

44 posted on 09/12/2003 10:13 PM EDT by MissAmericanPie
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Bumpity, bump, bump, bump!

45 posted on 09/12/2003 10:16 PM EDT by Victoria Delsoul (There aren't enough conservatives in CA to vote for Tom and still have him to win. That's a fact)
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I didn't realize John Ritter had died.

46 posted on 09/12/2003 10:34 PM EDT by Prodigal Son
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No matter what else one may say about the situation in Israel, one fact remains. Yassir Arafat is a loathsome toad. Period.

47 posted on 09/12/2003 10:36 PM EDT by Salman (Mickey Akbar)
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Thanks for the pics.

Broadband rules!

48 posted on 09/12/2003 11:03 PM EDT by right way right
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Great post.....Right ON! Best thing I seen or heard today!

49 posted on 09/12/2003 11:13 PM EDT by ezoeni
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http://www.coolourtroops.com/photo_gallery/911.htm

didn't know if you saw this one.

50 posted on 09/12/2003 11:34 PM EDT by LadyDoc
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I LOVE THAT! Can I put that on my profile, if you don't mind.

Of course I don't mind! Thank you.

51 posted on 09/12/2003 11:39 PM EDT by LindaSOG (First Rule of French Warfare; " France only wins when America does most of the fighting.")
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Always males. Always angry. Always shouting. I doubt we'll ever see a photo of a rational group of "Palestinians," accompanied by females....

52 posted on 09/12/2003 11:56 PM EDT by Theo
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Oh, and I wonder if "Palestinians" would be so angry if there weren't camera operators coaching them on how to pose for their photos. "Complicit" I'd call these photographers....

53 posted on 09/12/2003 11:58 PM EDT by Theo
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Sen. John Kerry (news, bio, voting record), D-Mass., seeking the Democratic Party presidential nomination, talks to Benedict College students about his experience in Vietnam during his campaign visit to Columbia, S.C., Friday Sept. 12, 2003. (AP Photo/Lou Krasky)

Let's get it correct. It's the french looking John Kerry

54 posted on 09/13/2003 12:55 AM EDT by Valin (There is all the difference in the world between treating people equally and attempting to make them)
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55 posted on 09/13/2003 1:07 AM EDT by Cindy
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Ping

56 posted on 09/13/2003 1:51 AM EDT by TexKat
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I seem to have fallen off this ping list after only 1 day being on it! :( Please pull me back into the loop. Thx.

57 posted on 09/13/2003 5:02 AM EDT by witnesstothefall
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Outstanding ! You're the Man !

My favs were anything of President Bush with the troops; the soldier with the puppy, and the soldiers singing for soldiers having a good time.

Arafat: Ugh.

Democratic Candidates: Ugh.

That serial killer from Denver: Ugh.

58 posted on 09/13/2003 5:13 AM EDT by happygrl
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PLease add me. Thanks!

59 posted on 09/13/2003 7:26 AM EDT by ovrtaxt ( http://www.fairtax.org ** God may not be a Republican, but Satan is definitely a Democrat!)
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Excellent news wrap-up of the week.

60 posted on 09/13/2003 8:50 AM EDT by Samwise (There are other forces at work in this world, Frodo, besides the will of evil.)
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Wow!!!!

thats a lot of

HTML...

way to go and thanks for all the hard work keeping us posted in Pictures.

Regards
RB

61 posted on 09/13/2003 11:52 AM EDT by Rightly Biased (<><)
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