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Edited on Wed May-17-06 10:19 AM by stop the bleeding
Below is an email I just go from someone who does work for the company that I work for, the first part is theirs(which was in all red fonts), the second part is mine(which has already been sent). I usually ignore these things but this one just set me off. Let me know how I did, also everything said in it is true as far as my family and all. Let me know if there is something that could be done better in case I need to do this again, or better yet in case I need to respond to their reply.
----- Original Message ----- From: XXXXXXXXXXX Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 10:03 AM Subject: Fw: Red Friday
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Red Friday
Just keeping you "in the loop" so you'll know what's going on in case this takes off.
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 breaking 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 America 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 United States 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 won't be long before the USA is covered in RED and it will let our troops know that 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 COULDN'T CARE LESS THEN HIT THE DELETE BUTTON --- IT IS YOUR CHOICE. WE LIVE IN THE LAND OF THE FREE, ONLY BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE.
THEIR BLOOD RUNS RED---- SO WEAR RED! --- MAY GOD HELP AMERICA TO BECOME ONE NATION, UNDER GOD.
HAVE A GREAT DAY!
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Here is my reply
Both of my parents are retired active duty Army. My grandfather served in WWII, he also was an engineer for GM in which he ended up drawing up plans for the Catalytic Converter found on most cars. My family is from the Midwest. So when it comes to Mom, Apple Pie and the Stars and Stripes you won't find anyone more patriotic than me.
They(my retied Active Duty parents) like the rest of our elected officials when they took their oaths, swore by placing their hand on the Bible to up hold the Constitution of the United States of America, they did not swear by placing their hands upon the Constitution of the United States in order to uphold the Bible.
As for supporting our troops I have sent care packages which they badly need see here: www.anysoldier.com whenever I am able. In addition to this I have sent care packages for the Iraqi's hopefully it will make up for the 100,000 - 150,000 that we have killed so far in the name of WMD,s, Iraqi Freedom or whatever the talking point is this month. As a Christian I always wonder who would Jesus bomb? Furthermore, I feel that these support/care packages would not be needed if the Liberal Media did their job, which was to make this War and it's lead up a platform for good open discourse. Instead they published countless false reports about WMD's on behalf of the current Administration. - see Judy Miller NYT. To further underscore this carrying the water for the Administration - see James Risen - NYT holding NSA domestic spying story for more than a year, which if it had been released when they got it would have been sometime in the fall of 2004. The job of the media according to our founding fathers is to act as another form of check and balance on the Government, not to serve up softballs or to go along with whatever talking points that are coming out of DC at the time.
I appreciate and applaud any effort in supporting our troops, but anyone who feels this strongly about it should go down to their local recruiting station and volunteer, and if they can't then maybe they have a family member that can and shares the same views. The best way to support our troops while keeping America safe is to get their butts home yesterday.
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