DownTime wrote:
JimH wrote:
"John H." wrote in message
...
Something cool that Xerox is doing ... Please take a moment to go to the
website below and pick out a thank you card for our Troops. We've
got tons
to be thankful for during the holiday season. Wouldn't it be
wonderful of
each of our soldiers (and Marines, of course) received a bunch of
these???

If you go to this web site, www.LetsSayThanks.com you can pick out a
thank
you card. Then Xerox will print it and send it to a soldier
currently serving in Iraq .

You can't pick out who gets it, but it will go to some member of the
armed
services.

Have a super day!


I guess I missed your comments in the "My Marine" supporting my son
and his accomplishment.

Please check the thread again, you missed mine.

and mine. I think he is losing it.

wrote:
On Nov 18, 6:53 pm, HK wrote:
Reginald Smithers III wrote:
JimH wrote:
Something cool that Xerox is doing ... Please take a moment to go
to the
website below and pick out a thank you card for our Troops. We've
got tons
to be thankful for during the holiday season. Wouldn't it be
wonderful of
each of our soldiers (and Marines, of course) received a bunch of
these???
If you go to this web site,www.LetsSayThanks.comyou can pick out
a thank
you card. Then Xerox will print it and send it to a soldier
currently serving in Iraq .
You can't pick out who gets it, but it will go to some member of
the armed
services.
Have a super day!
So what is your point?
My point is that the "Support the Troops" concept is one where the
troops can actually read a personalized card of support. It really is a
great idea, one I would think you would readily endorse.
Someone sent me that link a week or so ago, and I sent a few and then
did a general distribution to people in my email. I have it set up as
my home page, so I will fill out a new one every time I log on. As
nice as you passing along the words of support are to your son and
friends, an actually card is nice also and if we get enough people to do
it, will impact even more than your son and friends.
www.LetsSayThanks.com
ps - I would recommend you tell your son that everyone you know,
including those in rec.boats pass along their prayers and Godspeed. That
way you have covered your verbal pass along and then you can fill out
the "www.letsaythanks.com", so more soldiers will get warm words of
support during the holiday season.
The only support the troops concept that matters is to work to get them
the hell out of Iraq.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

"F" you, you are the last person to tell us what someone serving their
country would want. I don't think someone like you could even really
understand why someone would serve in the first place...

Au contraire. I can understand why a young man or woman would want to
donate a couple of years of his or her life to public service, whatever
direction that service takes. I will admit that going into military
service with a good chance of ending up in Bush's idiotic war in Iraq
makes no sense to me.

" JimH" ask wrote in message
...

"Reginald Smithers III" wrote in message
...
JimH wrote:
"Reginald Smithers III" wrote in message
...
JimH wrote:
Something cool that Xerox is doing ... Please take a moment to go
to the
website below and pick out a thank you card for our Troops. We've
got tons
to be thankful for during the holiday season. Wouldn't it be
wonderful of
each of our soldiers (and Marines, of course) received a bunch of
these???

If you go to this web site, www.LetsSayThanks.com you can pick out
a thank
you card. Then Xerox will print it and send it to a soldier
currently serving in Iraq .

You can't pick out who gets it, but it will go to some member of
the armed
services.

Have a super day!

So what is your point?
My point is that the "Support the Troops" concept is one where the
troops can actually read a personalized card of support. It really is
a great idea, one I would think you would readily endorse.


Nice snip Jim/Reggie. Why did you snip the following from my post:

"As Tom knows, I pass along the support shown to our troops here to my
son
and the other Marines I personally know.

I have yet to read any support from you or John to my son in the "Our
Marine" thread."

'nuff said.



I have never known anyone who needs more stroking than you. I hope your
son got his spine from his mom's side of the family, or he will be in a
world of hurt in the Marines.


I am proud of my Marine and his accomplishment, just as John is of his
daughters. The fact that you cannot look beyond a personal grudge with
me and did not post any congrats to him is very telling Jim/Reggie. Too
bad. It speaks loudly of just the type of person you are.


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Subject: Our Marine

"HK" wrote in message
. ..
wrote:
On Nov 18, 6:53 pm, HK wrote:
Reginald Smithers III wrote:
JimH wrote:
Something cool that Xerox is doing ... Please take a moment to go
to the
website below and pick out a thank you card for our Troops. We've
got tons
to be thankful for during the holiday season. Wouldn't it be
wonderful of
each of our soldiers (and Marines, of course) received a bunch of
these???
If you go to this web site,www.LetsSayThanks.comyou can pick out
a thank
you card. Then Xerox will print it and send it to a soldier
currently serving in Iraq .
You can't pick out who gets it, but it will go to some member of
the armed
services.
Have a super day!
So what is your point?
My point is that the "Support the Troops" concept is one where the
troops can actually read a personalized card of support. It really is
a
great idea, one I would think you would readily endorse.
Someone sent me that link a week or so ago, and I sent a few and then
did a general distribution to people in my email. I have it set up as
my home page, so I will fill out a new one every time I log on. As
nice as you passing along the words of support are to your son and
friends, an actually card is nice also and if we get enough people to
do
it, will impact even more than your son and friends.
www.LetsSayThanks.com
ps - I would recommend you tell your son that everyone you know,
including those in rec.boats pass along their prayers and Godspeed.
That
way you have covered your verbal pass along and then you can fill out
the "www.letsaythanks.com", so more soldiers will get warm words of
support during the holiday season.
The only support the troops concept that matters is to work to get them
the hell out of Iraq.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

"F" you, you are the last person to tell us what someone serving their
country would want. I don't think someone like you could even really
understand why someone would serve in the first place...

Au contraire. I can understand why a young man or woman would want to
donate a couple of years of his or her life to public service, whatever
direction that service takes. I will admit that going into military
service with a good chance of ending up in Bush's idiotic war in Iraq
makes no sense to me.

Yep, it is time Bush either delivered Osama Bin Laden's head or get the ****
out. Let the Taliban kill their own people as they rebuild and perhaps the
UN will get off their buts in fear once the next crop of dictators grow up
with power.

No kidding, you can stay in war like this for too long. They like you at
first then kill you. Save it for a nuke later. Costs too damn much.

On Nov 18, 8:06 pm, HK wrote:
wrote:
On Nov 18, 6:53 pm, HK wrote:
Reginald Smithers III wrote:
JimH wrote:
Something cool that Xerox is doing ... Please take a moment to go
to the
website below and pick out a thank you card for our Troops. We've
got tons
to be thankful for during the holiday season. Wouldn't it be
wonderful of
each of our soldiers (and Marines, of course) received a bunch of
these???
If you go to this web site,www.LetsSayThanks.comyoucan pick out
a thank
you card. Then Xerox will print it and send it to a soldier
currently serving in Iraq .
You can't pick out who gets it, but it will go to some member of
the armed
services.
Have a super day!
So what is your point?
My point is that the "Support the Troops" concept is one where the
troops can actually read a personalized card of support. It really is a
great idea, one I would think you would readily endorse.
Someone sent me that link a week or so ago, and I sent a few and then
did a general distribution to people in my email. I have it set up as
my home page, so I will fill out a new one every time I log on. As
nice as you passing along the words of support are to your son and
friends, an actually card is nice also and if we get enough people to do
it, will impact even more than your son and friends.
www.LetsSayThanks.com
ps - I would recommend you tell your son that everyone you know,
including those in rec.boats pass along their prayers and Godspeed. That
way you have covered your verbal pass along and then you can fill out
the "www.letsaythanks.com", so more soldiers will get warm words of
support during the holiday season.
The only support the troops concept that matters is to work to get them
the hell out of Iraq.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

"F" you, you are the last person to tell us what someone serving their
country would want. I don't think someone like you could even really
understand why someone would serve in the first place...

Au contraire. I can understand why a young man or woman would want to
donate a couple of years of his or her life to public service, whatever
direction that service takes. I will admit that going into military
service with a good chance of ending up in Bush's idiotic war in Iraq
makes no sense to me.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

So we agree again, you don't understand this subject. That brings me
to the question then, why would you use it to hate on folks that do?

JimH wrote:
"Reginald Smithers III" wrote in message
...
DownTime wrote:
JimH wrote:
"John H." wrote in message
...
Something cool that Xerox is doing ... Please take a moment to go to
the
website below and pick out a thank you card for our Troops. We've got
tons
to be thankful for during the holiday season. Wouldn't it be wonderful
of
each of our soldiers (and Marines, of course) received a bunch of
these???

If you go to this web site, www.LetsSayThanks.com you can pick out a
thank
you card. Then Xerox will print it and send it to a soldier
currently serving in Iraq .

You can't pick out who gets it, but it will go to some member of the
armed
services.

Have a super day!

I guess I missed your comments in the "Our Marine" supporting my son and
his accomplishment.

Please check the thread again, you missed mine.
and mine.

I guess so.



Is that the best humble apology you can do?

JimH wrote:
"Reginald Smithers III" wrote in message
news
JimH wrote:
"John H." wrote in message
...
Something cool that Xerox is doing ... Please take a moment to go to the
website below and pick out a thank you card for our Troops. We've got
tons
to be thankful for during the holiday season. Wouldn't it be wonderful
of
each of our soldiers (and Marines, of course) received a bunch of
these???

If you go to this web site, www.LetsSayThanks.com you can pick out a
thank
you card. Then Xerox will print it and send it to a soldier
currently serving in Iraq .

You can't pick out who gets it, but it will go to some member of the
armed
services.

Have a super day!

I guess I missed your comments in the "Our Marine" supporting my son and
his accomplishment.
Does your son read rec.boats while he is in training?


As Tom knows, I pass along the support shown to our troops here to my son
and the other Marines I personally know.

I have yet to read any support to my son in the "Our Marine" thread.

So what is your point?

Your son has done something selfless. He is not looking for public
affirmation of his actions and neither should you. I know you are proud
of your son and you want the best for him but you really need to give it
a rest. Put some time and effort into Toys for Tots or some other
charitable activity.

I have a cousin who is going to Iraq for the second time, his first tour
was in Afghanistan. Hell, he may be in country already, I haven't heard
from him in a couple of weeks. His battalion was in Kuwait for some
acclimation and desert training before moving north, he is a Major and
is the XO of his battalion. Just before he left Iraq last time his
battalion's XO was KIA with two weeks before the went home.

On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 20:06:36 -0500, HK wrote:

I will admit that going into military
service with a good chance of ending up in Bush's idiotic war in Iraq
makes no sense to me.

Johnson's idiotic war in Vietnam didn't make a lot of sense to me
either, but I went anway. Hell, I volunteered.

And know what? If I had to do it all over again, I wouldn't change a
thing.

John H. wrote:
On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 20:24:25 -0500, Reginald Smithers III
wrote:

JimH wrote:
"Reginald Smithers III" wrote in message
...
DownTime wrote:
JimH wrote:
"John H." wrote in message
...
Something cool that Xerox is doing ... Please take a moment to go to
the
website below and pick out a thank you card for our Troops. We've got
tons
to be thankful for during the holiday season. Wouldn't it be wonderful
of
each of our soldiers (and Marines, of course) received a bunch of
these???

If you go to this web site, www.LetsSayThanks.com you can pick out a
thank
you card. Then Xerox will print it and send it to a soldier
currently serving in Iraq .

You can't pick out who gets it, but it will go to some member of the
armed
services.

Have a super day!

I guess I missed your comments in the "Our Marine" supporting my son and
his accomplishment.

Please check the thread again, you missed mine.
and mine.
I guess so.


Is that the best humble apology you can do?

He said 'sorry' about four messages ago.

Oh, that was to someone else.

Take it.

I was hoping for a nice thick serving of humble pie.

John H. wrote:
On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 21:22:04 -0500, Reginald Smithers III
wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 20:24:25 -0500, Reginald Smithers III
wrote:

JimH wrote:
"Reginald Smithers III" wrote in message
...
DownTime wrote:
JimH wrote:
"John H." wrote in message
...
Something cool that Xerox is doing ... Please take a moment to go to
the
website below and pick out a thank you card for our Troops. We've got
tons
to be thankful for during the holiday season. Wouldn't it be wonderful
of
each of our soldiers (and Marines, of course) received a bunch of
these???

If you go to this web site, www.LetsSayThanks.com you can pick out a
thank
you card. Then Xerox will print it and send it to a soldier
currently serving in Iraq .

You can't pick out who gets it, but it will go to some member of the
armed
services.

Have a super day!

I guess I missed your comments in the "Our Marine" supporting my son and
his accomplishment.

Please check the thread again, you missed mine.
and mine.
I guess so.


Is that the best humble apology you can do?
He said 'sorry' about four messages ago.

Oh, that was to someone else.

Take it.
I was hoping for a nice thick serving of humble pie.

If you're really hungry, I'll be doing two turkeys this year

Well, I can only eat one.