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jim_nyc · Seaman Joined: 13 Sep 2004 Posts: 198

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

We ...I ....Have a lot to be thankful for and one of them is that the Swift Boat Veterans had the courage to step forward, despite the slings and arrows and potential harm to their characters and careers.

May all of you be blessed for stepping up to the plate with them.
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Barbie2004 · Commander Joined: 18 Sep 2004 Posts: 338

HAPPY THANKSGIVING to ALL!

God Bless everyone!

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Navy_Navy_Navy · Admin Joined: 07 May 2004 Posts: 5777

Same to you! Smile

Hope you'll all have a wonderful holiday weekend.

Remember that beginning on Friday night at midnight, the new URL for this board will be http://www.swiftvets.com/phpBB2 - don't lose us when you come back! Smile

Have fun!
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Tanya · Senior Chief Petty Officer Joined: 13 Aug 2004 Posts: 570

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!

When I was a young turkey, new to the coop,
My big brother Mike took me out on the stoop;
Then he sat me down, and he spoke real slow,
And he told me there was something that I had to know.
His look and his tone I will always remember,
When he told me of the horrors of ... Black November;
"Come about August, now listen to me,
Each day you'll get six meals instead of just three."

"And soon you'll be thick, where once you were thin,
And you'll grow a big rubbery thing under your chin;
And then one morning, when you're warm in your bed,
In'll burst the farmer's wife, and hack off your head."

"Then she'll pluck out all your feathers so you're bald 'n pink,
And scoop out all your insides and leave ya lyin' in the sink;
And then comes the worst part," he said not bluffing,
She'll spread your cheeks and pack your rear with stuffing!"

Well, the rest of his words were too grim to repeat,
I sat on the stoop like a winged piece of meat;
I decided on the spot that to avoid being cooked,
I'd have to lay low and remain overlooked.

I began a new diet of nuts and granola,
High-roughage salads, juice and diet cola;
And as they ate pastries, chocolates and crepes,
I stayed in my room doing Jane Fonda tapes.

I maintained my weight of two pounds and a half,
And tried not to notice when the bigger birds laughed;
But 'twas I who was laughing, under my breath,
As they chomped and they chewed, ever closer to death.

And sure enough when Black November rolled around,
I was the last turkey left in the entire compound!
So now I'm a pet in the farmer's wife's lap,
I haven't a worry, so I eat and I nap.

She held me today, while sewing and humming,
And smiled at me and said
"Christmas is coming ..." Shocked

~ author unknown ~

USAFE5 · PO2 Joined: 23 Aug 2004 Posts: 362 Location: Reno Nevada

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tony54 · Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 8:13 pm Post subject:

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you good people!
We sure have a lot to be thankful for this year,
First and foremost I got to thank God, cause without his grace nothing is possible.
Then I got to thank the SWIFTIES, without them I think Kerry would have snuck in.
Thank the President for being brave and hanging tough even with all the adversities.
Thank the Veterans for keeping this country free all these years.
Most important though I thank the brave American soldiers all over the world fighting terrorists and keeping my family and my countrymen safe and free!
God Bless them all.