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My Blog: wear red
By: Asmurf24

Will you give this to my Daddy?

As a Company, Southwest Airlines is going to support 'Red Fridays.'

Last week I was in , attending a conference. While I
was in the airport, returning home, I heard several people behind me
beginning to clap and cheer I immediately turned around and witnessed
one of the greatest acts of patriotism I have ever seen.

Moving thru the terminal was a group of soldiers in their camos. As they
began heading to their gate, everyone (well alm ost everyone)was abruptly
to their feet with their hands waving and cheering.

When I saw the soldiers, probably 30-40 of them, being applauded and
cheered for, it hit me. I'm not alone. I'm not the only red-blooded
American who still loves this country and supports our troops and their
families.

Of course I immediately stopped and began clapping for these young
unsung heroes who are putting their lives on the line everyday for us so
we can go to school, work and home without fear or reprisal.

Just when I thought I could not be m ore proud of my country or of our
service men and women, a young girl, not more than 6 or 7 years old ran
up to one of the male soldiers. He kneeled down and said 'hi.'

The little girl then asked him if he would give something to her daddy
for her.

The young soldier, who didn't look any older than maybe 22 himself,
said he would try and what did she want to give to her daddy. Then
suddenly the little girl grabbed the neck of this soldier, gave him the
biggest hug she could muster and then kissed him on the cheek.

The mother of t he little girl, who said her daughter's name was
Courtney, told the young soldi er that her husband was a Marine and had
been in Iraq for 11 months now. As the mom was explaining how much her
daughter Courtney missed her father, the young soldier began to tear up.

When this temporarily single mom was done explaining her situation, all
of the soldiers huddled together for a brief second. Then one of the
other servicemen pulled out a military-looking walkie-talkie. They
started playing with the device and talking back and forth on it.

After about 10-15 seconds of this, the young soldier walked back over to
Courtney, bent down and said this to her, 'I spoke to your daddy and he
told me to give this to you.' He then hugged this little girl that he
had just met and gave her a kiss on the cheek. He finished by saying
'your daddy told me to tell you that he loves you more than anything and
he is coming home very soon.'

The mom at this point was crying almost uncontrollably and as the young
soldier stood to his feet, he saluted Courtney and her mom. I was
standing no more than 6 feet away from this entire event

As the soldiers began to leave, heading towards their gate, people
resumed their applause As I stood there applauding and looked around,
there were very few dry eyes, including my own. That young soldier in
one last act of selflessness, turned around and blew a kiss to Courtney
with a tear rolling down his cheek.

We need to remember everyday all of our soldiers and their families and
thank God for them and their sacrifices. At the end of the day, it's
good to be an American.

RED FRIDAYS ----- Very soon, you will see a great many people wearing
Red every Friday. The reason? Americans who support our troops used to
be called the 'silent majority'. We are no longer silent, and are
voicing our love for God, country and home in record b reaking numbers.

We are not organized, boisterous or over-bearing.. We get no liberal
media coverage on TV, to reflect our message or our opinions. Many
Americans, like you, me and all our friends, simply want to recognize
that the vast majority of supports our troops.

Our idea of showing solidarity and support for our troops with dignity
and respect starts this Friday -and continues each and every Friday
until the troops all come home, sending a deafening message that.. Every
red-blooded American who supports our men and women afar will wear
something red.

By word of mouth, press, TV -- let's make the on every
Friday a sea of red much like a homecoming football game in the
bleachers.

If every one of us who loves this country will share this with
acquaintances, co-workers, friends, and family. It will not be long before the is covered in RED and it will let our troops know the
once 'silent' majority is on their side more than ever; certainly more
than the media lets on.

The first thing a soldier says when asked 'What can we do to make
things better for you?' is...We need your support and your prayers.

Let's get the word out and lead with class and dignity, by example; and
wear something red every Friday.

IF YOU AGREE -- THEN SEND THIS ON.

IF YOU COULD CARE LESS THEN HIT THE DELETE BUTTON --- IT IS YOUR
CHOICE.

Published On: 9/29/2008

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My Journal: Bali By: mar_wa
Going surfin in Bali for 2 months, sept-november. See you there! Published On: 9/10/2008 Add/View Comments (0)

My Journal: I rock at skateboarding.
By: justgimmemyboard

So last month I entered a local skate comp in Park City, and I totally took 1st place. Cool huh? I knew my practice would pay off one day! It was my first and only comp so far... and I will have to admit... Competing makes me sick. Like people who get sick when they speak in public, I got sick to my stomach each time I dropped in for my one minute run. Dang.

Published On: 8/24/2008

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Snowboard news: Outdoor Education
By: voleurz_family

Hey everybody!!! We have freshly finished our teaser for this years FREE release of Outdoor Education. FREE FREE FREE.. that's the price of this years full-length-feature-film by Voleurz. Free on the internet, Free in DVD format. If you want to pay for it, we'll charge you $0.00 plus 0% tax & shipping.

Filming for "Outdoor Education" is almost complete and the strenuous editing process will begin this month of May. What we're most excited about this years film is the level of riding. Athletes truly stepped it up and what was last years 'A' roll is this years 'B'.

Enjoy the teaser and thanks for the support!

Slap a friend a high-five!

Published On: 5/8/2008

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My Blog: saleing my G6 pontiac 2006 By: Butterfly_Kiss
53000 miles power everything,ac cold, am,fm radio, Cd player everything works 4 door 2.4 leter get about 26-30 MPG Automatic Red G6 Pontiac 2006, black intieror,seats up to 5 people. if you would like to know anything else please write me asap and i will get back to you. lil_babe_04_7@hotmail.com Published On: 5/4/2008 Add/View Comments (0)

My Blog: Help Get Me Some Money For College =]
By: sexii_boarder_69

In Brief: What if Ur Undies Had the Last Word
Brickfish

Published On: 4/30/2008

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My Blog: fighting zombies By: death_god15
Published On: 4/22/2008 Add/View Comments (0)

News and stuff: De La Soul and more!
By: WSSF

Outdoor Concert Series

Join the collective groove, as we anchor the TELUS World Ski & Snowboard Festival with the biggest FREE outdoor concert series in North America. Live music for ten sound-struck days, flooding the ampitheatre of Whistler Blackcomb with the anthems of reggae, rock, hiphop and indie-funk.

Main Stage located in Skier's Plaza, free concerts 2:30pm - 5:30pm.

Friday, April 11th ILL SCARLETT, RALLY CAR

SATURDAY BIG AIR | 8:30PM | APRIL 12TH RAVI, DRUMS, DJ CROOKED

Sunday, April 13th JOHN BUTLER TRIO, MAMA'S COOKIN'

Monday, April 14th DANIEL WESLEY, CURRENT SWELL

Tuesday, April 15th BLUE SCHOLARS, COMMON MARKET, ANIMAL NATION, NOBODY REALLY

Wednesday, April 16th THE TREWS, BLACK SWADE

Thursday, April 17th BLACKALICIOUS

Friday, April 18th JULIAN MARLEY, FLOWMOTION

Saturday, EVENING SHOW | 8PM | April 19th DE LA SOUL

Sunday, April 20th MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEADFREEFLOW

whistler2008.com for more info

Published On: 4/6/2008

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My Blog: yeah
By: death_god15

there is a god

his name is death

he walk among us

choseing his next

he writes their name with his blood

he laughs

knowing that their gonna die

he see's our names with his eyes

he dosent have a syth

just a book

he cry's knowing he has done wrong

its his burdon

he's the only one

the pain in his chest

where his heart should belong

he has wing's but likes to walk

we cant see him

he's just there

he is a god that cannot die

he writes his own name

hopeing that he should die

his life is a burdon

one that he cannot stand

he falls to his knees

and he wonders why

the gods hate him

as he begins to die.

Published On: 3/29/2008

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My Blog: Back home
By: Heart.Strings

So, I'm finally back home from my trip, and my sleeping patterns are completely shot.
I went back 7 hours, so the time change screwed me up even more!

You should have seen my cat when I walked through the door.
He stared at me, then attacked my leg. After about 5 minutes of him clung to my leg, he finally realized it was me. (Spazz)

My bunny was just like, "oooh, people, PET ME!"

Published On: 3/28/2008

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My Blog: Pictures from Japan !!!
By: hatboy

Well Japan is fukin awesome, me and my mate ben were there from 13th Janurary - 15th feburary 2008 staying at a place called hakuba powder lodge in Hakuba, Nagano.

Spent most of our time boarding at hakuba 47 resort but also visited happo-one, yanaba, cortina and iwatake..

will definatley be going back sometime in the future, the snow was amazing, people are nice, food and booze is cheap.. nothing to complain about in a whole month besides a hangover lol..

so yeh, take a look at some pics and feel free to ask away if you have any questions about japan i mite be able to help you!!

cheers
tim.

Published On: 3/15/2008

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My Blog: ahhhhh By: Dazmin
I BROKE MY RIBS NO SPORTS FOR 8 MONTHS WHAT AM I GOING TO DO. ANY IDEAS HOW TO PASS THE TIME Published On: 3/7/2008 Add/View Comments (1)

my blog: who am i ?
By: black_voodoo

i'm guessing this is supposed to be about me even tho its on my profile but w/e ummm lets see..........

why im different b/c everyone is the same

my name is brianne or bri if ur that special and i am not like everyone else. a lot of people call me a nerd, geek, dork, and all of those other names. haha i love it. i am me. i will never change ..it may seem like im conceited but im not if u get to know me u will see wats up hmm Don't really care what people think of me. If you don't like me, keep muh name outcha mouth! Almost 80% of the time I'm nice. Even if I don't like you. I'm just a nice person. I usually keep to myself with my problems because I don't want anyone else's sympathy. This is my life. I live it the way I want to. And at the end of the day, I'm happy with it & who I am!

Published On: 3/5/2008

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My Blog: Autumn Times
By: moo60

Autumn breeze frigidly touches ailing dreadful lives
Harshly darkness quietly surrounds the broken souls
Mellow serenades that once played between hearts
Pathetically have transformed into bitter sad songs

Somewhere beyond the flossy clouds
Cupid has lost his romancing arrows
Plays sad sonorous tunes on his bow
Dedicated to all weepy lonely hearts

Howling chilly wind blows through the mist
Sounds of sorrow spread all over the place
Fuzzy humid air submerges the inner lust
Lives decay slowly as the autumn leaves fall...

Published On: 2/29/2008

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Park & Pipes - Whistler Blackcomb: Brian Finestone's Park Report - Feb 29, 2008
By: WhistlerBlackcomb

The level of skill being displayed in all of the Whistler Blackcomb Parks is astonishing these days. The progression we are seeing in athletes is at light speed and tricks formerly reserved for the rare mutants are now being thrown with ease by local kids skipping school to ski and ride. (Don’t skip school!) This week I witnessed 16-year-olds throwing double back flips, 19-year-olds spinning corked 10s and a 4-year-old slide a four foot round bar. This progression has pushed the Park crew to step up and create the best possible playground for these athletes and then work backwards to ensure we have a smooth progression. The bar is being set high for the next generation and we are doing our best to evolve at the same rate.

The Parks all got new set-ups this week, some even seeing changes daily. On Whistler Mountain we changed up the top section to include a new barrel bonk in addition to the stump jibs as well as freshening up Bobcat with a never-been-tired-before combo box with a quad kink. There are also new jump styles on Chipmunk and two “Skate Style” spines with log and metal coping for every transfer trick imaginable.

The Choker Park saw the addition of the Quicksilver and Nintendo boxes set up in series as mellow up-boxes as well as the addition of a mini shack booter style step over jump. The Superpipe rebuild has resulted in the best pipe I have ridden in a long time and special props go out to Andy Morrison for his epic 17 hour shift grooming the pipe se we can all rip it this week!

The Terrain Garden continues to be one of the busiest parks with hordes of newbie riders getting their legs on the small jumps, mini spine, boxes and rails offered up in this line. We are hoping to add a few more basic flat boxes to the mix so trick development can progress here too.

The HL Park has basically been split into Lucas Land’s rail line for metal grinders and the main park for jumpers. The left line continues to be the BIG XL line while the right side offers up the L / XL multi-takeoff options.

If you have not been up in the parks yet this year, you are missing out! Don’t wait to see it in next year’s vids, come on up today.

See the Photos

Published On: 2/29/2008

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My Blog: www.h2o.ro By: ilovepow
cityslide sibiu Published On: 2/28/2008 Add/View Comments (0)

my blog: I'm ready to be sure I never become that way again,
By: black_voodoo

And you might think I'm losing my mind,
But I will shy away from the specifics,
Cause I don't want you to know where I am.
Cause then you'll see my heart in
the saddest state its ever been.
And this is no place to try and live my life.

I heard the reverberating footsteps,
Syncing up to the beating of my heart,
And I was positive that unless
I got myself together, I would
watch me fall apart.

control.

make me happy ?

see what i see touch the stars

Published On: 2/25/2008

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My Blog: Canada By: mp3nico
mp3nicolas.romandie.com Published On: 2/23/2008 Add/View Comments (0)

My Blog: poem
By: death_god15

this poem is called why ok

why do i fill i can do more

why do i fill i havent done enought

why do i think my dreams will never come true

why am i so complicated

why am i such a weirdo

why do i fill im so intrusting a person

why do i have all these filling

why do i want more in life

why do i make promises i cant keep

why do i have so many thoughts

why do i make things so hard

why was i born it makes no cents

why dose eveyday end the same

why cant i change fate

why is deatany so mean

why do i wake noing that nothing hase changed

why is the only question i can ask myself

Published On: 2/23/2008

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My Blog: Rap
By: bigboy23

Chorus
Lookin in da mirror say goodbye 2 da badguy

I hurt alotta ppl n fer dat i apologize

So few my type, but so many want me 2 die

So before da curtains close please say goodbye 2 da badguy

Verse 1

I remember az a youngster alwayz tried 2 do right

A heart so kind, n ideas dat shined like a light

A mind so bright, he culda changed da world if he tried it

A tru friend he waz da one dat erryone liked

Sat back and played nice never started a fight

He kept hiz game tight n now hiz dreams were in sight

Got exposed 2 da streets n it took over hiz life

Now he carries heat, on hiz knees erry night

Prayin to God dat he wont be da next 2 die

He smokes weed 2 release da pain he feels inside

But he cant escape da demons no matter how hard he tries

Memories of soldiers lost weigh on hiz mind

Knowin wen he out on hiz grind hiz ma sits at home n cries

But try not 2 worry mama ur son kno how 2 survive

Listen 2 me mama cuz im sayin my final goodbye

Im here 2 tell u now dat i apologize

Chorus
Lookin in da mirror say goodbye 2 da badguy

I hurt alotta ppl n fer dat i apologize

So few my type, but so many want me 2 die

So before da curtains close please say goodbye 2 da badguy

Verse 2

Dese visions i keep havin make it hard 2 sleep

Keep seein a gravestone wit Tex Rip

I try 2 speak but i can only hear da pastor preach

Dear lord please guide our dearly deceased

Iz dis really how its spose 2 b fer me

Will i fall fer da streets livin da life of a G

If its my fate let it b i will die like a man

Wit dis gun in my hand im makin my stand

N ill b damed if imma letchu disrespect me i cant

Wit dese cops tryina get me goin outside iz a chance

Now dey got me on my knees puttin me up in dem cuffs

How can i continue my life so f*cked up

But my lil ones look up 2 me so i must stay tough

Never let dese cowards break me even if i must play rough

So tired a dese bluffs i aint goin pull dis punch

Tired a bein broke nothin less den da best iz enough

N dese haters softer den paper so im tearin em up

Chorus
Lookin in da mirror say goodbye 2 da badguy

I hurt alotta ppl n fer dat i apologize

So few my type, but so many want me 2 die

So before da curtains close please say goodbye 2 da badguy

(Verse 3)

Listen close cuz dis will b my final goodbye

2 my babi gurl i love u hold me tight dnt cry

I knew wat waz comin fer me c i chose dis life

I knew it wuld come back on me wen i told those lies

All dem nights dat i ride n all dem tearz i cried

Alwayz packed dat 45 n never let shi*t slide

How many times did i ride because a me how many died

How many times did i put tears in someones mama eyes

Dese nightmares i keep havin keep replayin in my mind

Im so tired cuz i cant sleep juss gimme peace dis one time

N i cant count how many times i screamed at da sky

Beggin God fer forgivness but he dont wanna reply

So im writin out dese lyrics fer neone datll listen

Before like da show witout a trace i go missin

But until dat day comes imma keep on spittin

Lookin fer dat walkoff homerun so homie i aint quittin.

Published On: 2/23/2008

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