What Will You Do For Them? UPDATED w/shipping info
Rush in a Hurry is up at DCProtestWarrior
Good stuff.
Rush appeared on MSNBC's "Morning Joe." The free transcript and audio and video are posted.
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Friends, I know eveyone is constantly bombarded with requests for money, send stuff there, send stuff here. I hate it. I hate being asked and I hate asking.
What I hate even more is finding out a soldier is cold or hungry. Yeah yeah, it goes with the job..but we can do something to help. We can make the desolate hopeful. We can do the work SOME politicians WON'T do.
We know how. We have the resources. We have the will. We know how to make a difference in the lives of the soldiers deployed on the front lines of the War on Terror. The men of the 173rd 2-503 and the 1st 91 are on the front lines of the fight to end the terror. They are taking the heat for us, and no one has asked us to sacrifice one single thing.
With the surge in Iraq working, Al-Qeda is going to cut their losses and re-focus their efforts on the Afghan-Pakistan region. That means these men will be working even harder. They will be facing the evil that murdered 3,000 innocent people on 11 September 2001. They will be the ones with the bulls-eyes on their backs. They will die for us if asked.
WHAT WILL YOU DO FOR THEM??????
TankerBabe and I are doing everything we can with the resources we have, and I want to thank everyone who has stepped up and made a difference.
But we need more. I'm sorry, but the fact is WE NEED MORE. We need more balaclavas, more scarves, more socks, more boots, more blankets. We need them NOW. We needed them yesterday.
PLEASE, for the sake of these brave men standing 12,000 feet on a mountain, do what you know is right. Help us take care of these brave warriors. No one else will. The politicians sure as hell won't.
If not us, who? If not now, WHEN??? Winter is coming. The Afghan mountains are brutal. Suppose it was your son? Your husband?
You know what? They are. Everyone of those men is family. We need to treat them like family.
Now, just to make things simple, if you look to your left, you'll see an avatar for US Cavalry. Clicking on that will take you straight to USCav.com. How sweet is that? You can help a whole bunch of brave Americans protecting us and you don't even have to leave the house. It doesn't get any easier or any better than that.
You can use Coupon Code USCCJ10 at checkout and save 10%
Now, just to make it even easier, here's a few links to the gear on USCav that the soldiers have asked us for:
Balaclavas
Gaiters
You can scroll down on these pages and if you're so inclined, there are some other winter items they could use.
For the price of a dinner out, you could outfit one soldier with gear to keep him warm and alert while he's doing his job protecting us by ridding the world of the scum-sucking islamo-fascists who, if given the opportunity, would kill every American they could.
I've been asked for addresses; I cannot and will not release the addresses of any deployed soldier. I will however, give you an addresss to ship to until we get things finialized with USCav;
Attn; concretebob
1 West Cary Street
Richmond, VA 23220
Comments
I'd also like to remind everyone Veteran's Day is November 11. This is an excellent time to honor our Veteran's.
Some idea's to honor them:
Host an Appreciation Dinner Banquet for the Veteran's in your community. The Veteran's would probably even let you use their VFW. There are plenty of people in your community that would love to help with it.
We all know Veteran's. Send them a Thank You card, or letter.
Teach your children about our Veteran's and what they stand for. Many schools do not do this anymore for whatever reasons - we can all pick from a list of reason's. It's you - the parents responsibility to involve them in thankfulness.
If you know of a Veteran who is have a tough financial time, help them out by paying a bill for them, if the Veteran won't accept the monetary help, pay an electric bill at the electric company, pay a phone bill, doctor bill, etc..
Leave a gift basket - gift cards, food, school supplies for children, gift certificates for a hair salon or barber shop, toiletries, start a collection for an artificial arm, leg, or whatever they need.
Do they need home repairs - you could gather like-minded friends to help a Vet. with supplies and/or your time, help them to do the repairs needed.
Troops and their families - We can also help our troops by removing a burden from their minds. Does their family need so help, monetary, home repairs, help them with their children. This options are wide open. Love Them, Be a GOOD Friend to them.
Troops - This post list many items needed, if you know someone deployed - help them out, send what you can. Think about them when you lay down in your comfortable bed every night. Think about what their sleeping conditions are - maybe the hood of a vehicle, on the ground where they are doing operations, maybe they don't even get to sleep tonight.
What is our sacrifices for this war to keep us safe at home, your children safe here at home, your parents, your siblings, nieces and nephews.
We should also joyfully sacrifice to help a deployed troops family, our deployed troops. Some families have made the final sacrifice. They've lost their loved one in this war. If those families need help - help them.
Does anyone else have any ideas of ways to help our troops and their families?