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| | | | Whatever your position is on the war, please take a moment to thank a member of our armed services with a special postcard. (Someone else will print it and mail it no charge to you!)
These guys and gals are the ones who help keep this country "The Land of the Free."
Tell them "Thanks!"~*~*~*~*~*~
“Be who you are and say what you feel,
because those who mind don't matter,
and those who matter don't mind.”
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| radishing, this is an awesome idea, thank you!! i'm sending the link to school with all three of my kids and asking them to pass it along to teachers and classmates as well, thank you so much! *hugs*
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For it was not into my ear He whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips He kissed, but my soul, He calls me slave, i call Him Master. ~Author Unknown
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| | | | this is a great idea, generally whenever I see someone in uniform I tend to take a second to say thank you, no big production no politics involved, just a simple thank you for doing what thier country asked them to do.
living near a major military base I probobly do it about once a day, one of my own strongest memories of the military is an older german woman whom had obviously lived throught the russian occupation of berlin whom met every roadmarch (at 5-6am, 2-3 times aweek) that went by her house with a basket of oranges and the word dunka to us. That thank you ment more to me then any metal I was given, and when I left the city after 5 years I got a big basket of fruit, and put it on her door, with a card that simply siad Dunka,
so it means alot to them just to know that they are supported |
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| | | | radishing~revhead ... you are a wise person *S* thanks for posting this. It made me think to do so for a member of Canadian forces (my country) abroad too.
"To know, is to know you know nothing."
-Confucius |
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| | | | | We can never do enough for these outstanding Americans. |
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| | | | Thanks radish for reminding us all. Our brave men and women in the military deserve all that we can do to help them.
UNITED WE STAND
{db}Master~Lancelot |
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| | | | *hopping in to say my thanks to those who know who they are here in the Pork*
muahz!!! *sends smoochies to my Tiger* special thanks to you. *smiles* for many reasons.
(bah.. edited for typos...)This message was edited by ~tonic* on 12-20-06 @ 10:52 PM
"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned for Sega" - Brodie, Mallrats |
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| | | | I'd go with the original suggestion
Lets Say Thanks
Diamond can find another avenue to shill his tapes. |
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| | | | i was in the US Navy from '86 til '94, active during the first Gulf War, a member of an interception and inspection force...i saw nothing in the way of what these kids now see...but i learned quickly what it's like to have a loaded weapon stuck in my face and to point mine at another human being...War sucks
as you go to bed tonite consider this:
"The average age of the military man is 19 years. He is a short haired, tight-muscled kid who, under normal circumstances is considered by society as half man, half boy. Not yet dry behind the ears, not old enough to buy a beer, but old enough to die for his country. He never really cared much for work and he would rather wax his own car than wash his father's; but he has never collected unemployment either.
He's a recent High School graduate;he was probably an average student,pursued some form of sport activities, drives a ten year old jalopy, and has a steady girlfriend that either broke up with him when he left, or swears to be waiting when he returns from half a world away.
He listens to rock and roll or hip-hop or rap or jazz or swing and 155mm howitzer. He is 10 or 15 pounds lighter now than when he was at home because he is working or fighting from before dawn to well after dusk. He has trouble spelling, thus letter writing is a pain for him, but he can field strip a rifle in 30 seconds and reassemble it in less time in the dark.
He can recite to you the nomenclature of a machine gun or grenade launcher and use either one effectively if he must. He digs foxholes and latrines and can apply first aid like a professional. He can march until he is told to stop or stop until he is told to march.
He obeys orders instantly and without hesitation,
but he is not without spirit or individual dignity. He is self-sufficient.
He has two sets of fatigues: he washes one and wears the other.
He keeps his canteens full and his feet dry. He sometimes forgets to brush his teeth, but never to clean his rifle.
He can cook his own meals, mend his own clothes, and fix his own hurts.
If you're thirsty, he'll share his water with you; if you are hungry, his food.
He'll even split his ammunition with you in the midst of battle when you run low.
He has learned to use his hands like weapons and weapons like they were his hands.
He can save your life - or take it, because that is his job.
He will often do twice the work of a civilian, draw half the pay and still find ironic humor in it all.
He has seen more suffering and death then he should have in his short lifetime. He has stood atop mountains of dead bodies, and helped to create them.
He has wept in public and in private, for friends who have fallen in combat and is unashamed.
He feels every note of the National Anthem vibrate through his body, while at rigid attention, while tempering the burning desire to 'square-away' those around him who haven't bothered to stand, remove their hat, or even stop talking.
In an odd twist, day in and day out,
far from home, he defends their right to be disrespectful.
Just as did his Father, Grandfather, and Great-grandfather, he is paying the price for our freedom.
Beardless or not, he is not a boy.
He is the American Fighting Man that has kept this country free for over 200 years. He has asked nothing in return, except our friendship and understanding.
Remember him, always, for he has earned our respect and admiration with his blood.
And now we even have women over there in danger,
doing their part in this tradition of going to War
when our nation calls us to do so."
i don't know who wrote that...but AMEN...This message was edited by Geoff on 3-15-07 @ 1:36 PM |
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| | | | Amen indeed!!
Life is short, break the rules
Forgive quickly, kiss slowly
Love truly, laugh uncontrollably
And never regret anything that made you smile |
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