To my friends here at FG..........

Carl44 · Post by **Carl44** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 7:30 am

clipper , i dont get involved in threads like that , but i do enjoy your posts on f g

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 7:37 am

Clipper;547371 wrote: Many thanks to those of you who have filled my PM box with kind words regarding my support for the American Veteran's "Gathering of Eagles" to defend and protect The Vietnam War Memorial in Washington next month.

My hard-line stand on this may have surprised most of you as I stay away from the hot topics and crap-fests which occur here at FG.

If I have lost a few friends here because of all this then I guess that was just meant to be.

No problem here Clip as you well know.....:-4

minks · Post by **minks** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 8:24 am

Bez;547385 wrote: No problem here Clip as you well know.....:-4

To know you is to like you... or something cool like that, hey we all don't have to support the same things to keep friendships.

Carry on your a great contributor to the garden

(oldie)

Post by **spot** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 8:26 am

Clipper;547371 wrote: If I have lost a few friends here because of all this then I guess that was just meant to be. I doubt whether you've lost any at all. I'm more than happy to read anything you post, you're well worth the effort.

WonderWendy3 · Post by **WonderWendy3** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 8:33 am

I think even MORE of you since your thread on the Memorial...and can't wait to shake your hand!!:-4

Thank you again for your time that it took in that thread to make your point valid. I enjoyed reading your posts and a few others that agreed with you of course.

:-6

SuzyB · Post by **SuzyB** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 8:35 am

Clipper;547371 wrote: Many thanks to those of you who have filled my PM box with kind words regarding my support for the American Veteran's "Gathering of Eagles" to defend and protect The Vietnam War Memorial in Washington next month.

My hard-line stand on this may have surprised most of you as I stay away from the hot topics and crap-fests which occur here at FG.

If I have lost a few friends here because of all this then I guess that was just meant to be.

Clipper, we can't get along with everyone all the time, but real friends stick by you even if they have different opinions. The world would be a boring place if everyone had the same views.

cars · Post by **cars** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 10:05 am

Clip, you were "Tops", and still "are" Tops!:)

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 12:35 pm

Dunno if i count as a friend, but i enjoy your posts Clipper. :-6

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 12:55 pm

it's nice to see ya back, even if you are wierd and prefer those red tractors over the green ones.

Sweet Tooth · Post by **Sweet Tooth** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 1:01 pm

hey! by the way, talked to my friend, Eve Tidwell, and she already has Atlanta buzzing with what is going on and will be up here for it! I think shes bringing 500 people or so! Congrats! Your post will surely make a huge difference!:-6

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 2:16 pm

Clipper;547371 wrote: Many thanks to those of you who have filled my PM box with kind words regarding my support for the American Veteran's "Gathering of Eagles" to defend and protect The Vietnam War Memorial in Washington next month.

My hard-line stand on this may have surprised most of you as I stay away from the hot topics and crap-fests which occur here at FG.

If I have lost a few friends here because of all this then I guess that was just meant to be.

I, for one, have seen nothing offensive or objectionable in any of your posts. No friend lost here.

There is a vast difference between supporting the troops and supporting the administration that started the war.

I would not support or condone anyone who attacks the troops doing their job or desecrates any memorial to those who lost their lives in previous wars.

On the other hand, I would have Bush and Blair in front of the war crimes tribuneral on charges of crimes against humanity.

Peg · Post by **Peg** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 4:32 pm

I have enjoyed that thread and am glad you started it.

WonderWendy3 · Post by **WonderWendy3** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 9:04 pm

I pulled this up to post that I went to Washington DC to meet Clipper today at the "Gathering of Eagles"...

He is a True Gentleman and I'm honored to call him friend. I felt like I knew him all my life. We had a Wonderful time and thankful that I broke my fear of going to a city by myself!!:-4

Peg · Post by **Peg** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 11:24 pm

Details! I need details! How'd it go?

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 11:30 pm

I'm very glad you got to meet Clipper, Wendy!! He's a sweetie.

cars · Post by **cars** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 1:26 am

Peg;578157 wrote: Details! I need details! How'd it go?

Right, details, details!!! It must have not gone too badly or else that's the first thing that would have been mentioned, "after" of course meeting the Clipper!

Post by **spot** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 2:43 am

Peg;578157 wrote: Details! I need details! How'd it go?

Here's a plain write-up from the Washington Post for background, but we really would love to hear how FG counter-protestors got on - it sounds very wet and windy there. And cold.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 39_pf.html

Much of the passion yesterday was supplied by thousands of counter-demonstrators, many of them veterans who mobilized from across the country to gather around the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Some said they came in response to appeals on the Internet to protect the Wall against what they feared would be acts of vandalism; no such acts were reported. Others said they were tired of war protesters claiming to speak for the country. "I'm here because I think we need to commit to our troops in the field," said Guy Rocca, 63, a veteran who drove nine hours from Detroit.

Some counter-protesters yelled obscenities and mocked the marchers as traitors. War protesters responded with angry words of their own, and police intervened at times to prevent shouting matches from escalating. The counter-demonstrators ringed the Lincoln Memorial and continued along portions of Arlington Memorial Bridge. "You've got no pride and no honor," yelled Kenneth Murphy, a Vietnam veteran from North Carolina. When marchers reached the Virginia side of the bridge, they were greeted by more protesters at the traffic circle in front of Arlington National Cemetery, along with a banner that read in part: "You dishonor our dead on Hallowed ground."