This week was full of news for us. First was that my cousin who has been 30 years in the military and thought he was retiring this year has instead been deployed to Iraq for a 13 month stint. At this time he is in Kuwait and they are waiting for their equipment when they will drive in a convoy of over 100 vehicles, "none of which have proper armor" according to him. Just a few minutes ago I heard on the radio that Donald Rumsfield will from now on personally sign the condolence letters sent t...

I have figured out how to support our troops by armoring their humvees and stimulate the economy before Christmas! The problem with getting enough armor to Iraq was a logistical problem according to Mr. Rumsfield. That is because he was thinking "the old way." I have a new way to do it, lets call it the American patriot act of 2004. All the people who have the big yellow magnetic ribbons on their vehicles can send them to Iraq and we will use them on the humvees! What a fantastic idea. I k...

Yes, let's support our troops. That is the message I get. But what am I actually supposed to do? I got an email titled "support our troops" telling me a patriotic story and it played "God bless America" as you read it, I was told to support our troops by forwarding it to ten people I know and returning it to the person that sent it to me. I wondered if the troops appreciate that sacrifice. Actually I still haven't figured out how that will help support them. So I decided to look for other way...

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