Happy Thanksgiving ALL!

[imarangemaster]

To all on this board, have a happy Thanksgiving. I realize our brothers in Europe, UK, and "down under" don't celebrate it, but I wish them and theirs the best.

Herr Gunner,
Froeliche Dankgebens Tag!

Let us also remembers those in the service from all countries, that are far away from their families this day. May God protect them and keep them safe so they may return to friends and family.

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[painter777]

"A country's top concern should be for the welfare of those asked to fight it's battles"

Glen Beck

Thanks To All,

Charlie

[Bill Hollinger]

Amen!

[frankderrico]

Beck is so right. I have two young Black Belts over seas. One in Iraq one in Afganistan. I think about them every day. Wishing you all the best, enjoy your families today.....Frank

[painter777]

This was a E-mail passed along to me quite a while back.

Charlie-painter777



Back in September of 2005, on the first day of school, Martha Cothren, a

social studies school teacher at Robinson High School in Little Rock , did

something not to be forgotten. On the first day of school, with the

permission of the school superintendent, the principal and the building

supervisor, she removed all of the desks out of her classroom.


When the first period kids entered the room they discovered that there were

no desks.



'Ms. Cothren, where're our desks?'



She replied, 'You can't have a desk until you tell me how you earn the

right to sit at a desk.'



They thought, 'Well, maybe it's our grades.'



'No,' she said.



'Maybe it's our behavior.'



She told them, 'No, it's not even your behavior.'



And so, they came and went, the first period, second period, third period.

Still no desks in the classroom.



By early afternoon television news crews had started gathering in

Ms.Cothren's classroom to report about this crazy teacher who had taken all

the desks out of her room.



The final period of the day came and as the puzzled students found seats on

the floor of the deskless classroom, Martha Cothren said, 'Throughout the

day no one has been able to tell me just what he/she has done to earn the

right to sit at the desks that are ordinarily found in this classroom. Now

I am going to tell you.'



At this point, Martha Cothren went over to the door of her classroom and

opened it.



Twenty-seven (27) U.S. Veterans, all in uniforms, walked into that

classroom, each one carrying a school desk. The Vets began placing the

school desks in rows, and then they would walk over and stand alongside the

wall. By the time the last soldier had set the final desk in place those

kids started to understand, perhaps for the first time in their lives, just

how the right to sit at those desks had been earned..



Martha said, 'You didn't earn the right to sit at these desks. These heroes

did it for you. They placed the desks here for you. Now, it's up to you to

sit in them. It is your responsibility to learn, to be good students, to be

good citizens. They paid the price so that you could have the freedom to

get an education. Don't ever forget it.'

[gunner]

rangemaster,

Vielen Dank ! Ihnen und auch ihrer Familie ein gesegnetes Thanksgiving.

I wish you and all here at the board a very good Thanksgiving with their familys !

Best Regards

Gunner

[frankderrico]

Charlie, I just got back from the woods and read the e-mail about Ms. Cothren. I'm going to share it with some young people, thanks.....Frank

[Curt]

Happy Thanksgiving my firends.

[Bill Hollinger]

This site is the greatest!

[imarangemaster]

Being a teacher, and also a veteran and retired LE, I really appreciate that. My son in law is a Navy fighter pilot, and my son a firefighter-paramedic in Kalifornia. They both often spend holidays away from family.