How You Can Support Our Troops

MonstaThrilla

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I received the following email, and I thought I should pass it along here:



Dear Friend,

Our troops are in harm's way this holiday season. Hundreds of thousands
of American soldiers won't be home for the holidays -- but we can still
let them know how proud we are of the finest military in the world.
There are two ways you can show American troops how grateful their
fellow citizens are for their sacrifice.

Many Americans want to send care packages to the troops, but have no
idea how to do it. By visiting this site you can get information about
sending a care package to one of our troops in the field:

http://www.anysoldier.us

The site provides information about what our troops need us to send and
where we can send it. Many of our men and women in uniform endure the
harshest conditions -- even the most basic food items or personal
hygiene products can make a huge difference. They also need help with
supplies like gloves and flashlights to help them complete their
missions. Click here to send a soldier the supplies she or he needs on
the ground:

http://www.anysoldier.us

Some soldiers will almost make it home for the holidays. Each day more
than 470 soldiers arrive home on short notice for two-week R&R stints --
but the military only takes them part of the way. Servicemen and -women
are flown to Germany or one of three airports in the United States --
from there they are on their own to get home.

You can donate your airline frequent flyer miles to Operation Hero Miles
to bring them all the way home. Twelve major airlines will accept
donations as part of this program, started by Congressman Dutch
Ruppersberger, Democrat of Maryland:

http://www.heromiles.org

Because the last-minute notice the troops receive, they are forced to
pay very expensive fares to finish their journey. Your miles can bring
an American soldier home to his or her family for the holidays:

http://www.heromiles.org

Many of you, like me, did not support a unilateral war in Iraq. But the
brave women and men of the U.S. military deserve our support and
gratitude even as we seek to change the policies that put them in
danger. Please join me in supporting our troops this holiday season --
and in wishing them a safe return home.

Yours sincerely,

Governor Howard Dean, M.D.
 

lozina

Lifer
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Good stuff, what can I send? Maybe some magazines ? a flashlight like the article suggests?

anyone of you have good suggestions?

how bout a deck of cards (no, not with iraqi faces on it [and no, not with american official faces on it :D]) or some dice? I'm sure playing some good 'ol gambling games kills time pretty well
 

alchemize

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Cool I finally made a sig! ;)

Just what is Dean's proposal on how he will get us out of Iraq, anyhow?
 

lozina

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Originally posted by: alchemize
Cool I finally made a sig! ;)

Just what is Dean's proposal on how he will get us out of Iraq, anyhow?

Use the same door we came in with :D

 
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Wow, what a guy! I may vote for Howard Dean now! I believe he truly cares about our troops and would never send something like this out for self-serving purposes even though he's demoralizing them by insiting they're fighting an illegal war on unjust grounds.

Anyway, I'm 98.9% sure this email was sent by some liberal goober form his bedroom in Spokane.
 

lozina

Lifer
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Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
Wow, what a guy! I may vote for Howard Dean now! I believe he truly cares about our troops and would never send something like this out for self-serving purposes even though he's demoralizing them by insiting they're fighting an illegal war on unjust grounds.

Anyway, I'm 98.9% sure this email was sent by some liberal goober form his bedroom in Spokane.

You have a little stain there on your partisan jersey, might wanna take it to the dry cleaners.
 
Dec 27, 2001
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Originally posted by: alchemize
Cool I finally made a sig! ;)

Yeah, you used the word "gay" and are now going to be pegged as a homophobic NRA-supporting wife-beating dog-kicking confederate redneck wielding a Bible in one hand and a shotgun draped with the American flag in the other.

Maybe if I use the word "gay" I can make his sig too. Let me see....

That sig is gay.

That should do it.
 
Dec 27, 2001
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Originally posted by: lozina
Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
Wow, what a guy! I may vote for Howard Dean now! I believe he truly cares about our troops and would never send something like this out for self-serving purposes even though he's demoralizing them by insiting they're fighting an illegal war on unjust grounds.

Anyway, I'm 98.9% sure this email was sent by some liberal goober form his bedroom in Spokane.

You have a little stain there on your partisan jersey, might wanna take it to the dry cleaners.

I would, but all the dry cleaners are full of Democratic interns' blouses.
 

SuperTool

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Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
Originally posted by: lozina
Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
Wow, what a guy! I may vote for Howard Dean now! I believe he truly cares about our troops and would never send something like this out for self-serving purposes even though he's demoralizing them by insiting they're fighting an illegal war on unjust grounds.

Anyway, I'm 98.9% sure this email was sent by some liberal goober form his bedroom in Spokane.

You have a little stain there on your partisan jersey, might wanna take it to the dry cleaners.

I would, but all the dry cleaners are full of Democratic interns' blouses.

It's not Clinton's fault Republican's can't get it up.
 

alchemize

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Dealmonkey where are you? ;)

Ah I'll just say it for ya again....

Is everything a partisan battleground for you guys? Geeze, give it a rest.


 
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Originally posted by: SuperTool
Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
Originally posted by: lozina
Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
Wow, what a guy! I may vote for Howard Dean now! I believe he truly cares about our troops and would never send something like this out for self-serving purposes even though he's demoralizing them by insiting they're fighting an illegal war on unjust grounds.

Anyway, I'm 98.9% sure this email was sent by some liberal goober form his bedroom in Spokane.

You have a little stain there on your partisan jersey, might wanna take it to the dry cleaners.

I would, but all the dry cleaners are full of Democratic interns' blouses.

It's not Clinton's fault Republican's can't get it up.

Ya? Then why'd he need a cigar? Hell, he even admits he had "shut down" sexually prior to that. You really wanna go there?
 

MonstaThrilla

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Originally posted by: alchemize
Dealmonkey where are you? ;)

Ah I'll just say it for ya again....

Is everything a partisan battleground for you guys? Geeze, give it a rest.

Yeah. I was thinking about deleting the last paragraph and his signature because I knew it would open a can of worms, but then I realized it would be a rather entertaining can of worms. :)

Hopefully the message of doing whatever you can to support our troops still comes through...
 

SillyMan

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the best thing we could do to support our troops is get the government to
make it so they don't have to pay any taxes on their military pay