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Trek 4 the Troops
In December, 2006 I'm embarking on a cross country ride to raise
awareness and nonpartisan support for our troops involved in the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. I'm calling the ride Trek 4 the Troops, and I welcome you to read more about it www.trek4thetroops.com. What makes this ride different from other cross-continental awareness/fund raising rides? The ride will be done solo, without a support vehicle, on a fixed-gear. That's right, FIXED GEAR! To the best of my knowledge only a select few have ever traversed the continent on a fixed-gear, and some might say that the attempt is crazy. I'll be following a fairly southerly route from San Diego to Savannah, and I welcome anyone/everyone to ride along should I pass through your area. Fixed gear bikes not required! I'll be updating the ride website every day, and who knows, maybe your picture will show up there. In the meantime, please visit www.americasupportsyou.mil and see how you can help in the effort to support our service men and women serving our country in the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. I'm not soliciting funds or donations directly. I have no way (or desire) to handle donations of cash. I'm asking that folks select one of the many fine organizations that are doing a wonderful job supporting the troops, so please help however you can. thanks! Scott Hendricks p.s. for the usenet nazis on rec.bicycles.racing who think this doesn't have anything to do with bicycle racing, you're right. If it'll make you feel better, think of it as my winter fixed gear base mile riding in preparation for next season! |
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Sure, I'll make donations to the American Friends Service Committee and Move
On in your name. The best was to support the troops is to bring them home NOW and vote Democrat in November. wrote in message ups.com... In December, 2006 I'm embarking on a cross country ride to raise awareness and nonpartisan support for our troops involved in the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. I'm calling the ride Trek 4 the Troops, and I welcome you to read more about it www.trek4thetroops.com. What makes this ride different from other cross-continental awareness/fund raising rides? The ride will be done solo, without a support vehicle, on a fixed-gear. That's right, FIXED GEAR! To the best of my knowledge only a select few have ever traversed the continent on a fixed-gear, and some might say that the attempt is crazy. I'll be following a fairly southerly route from San Diego to Savannah, and I welcome anyone/everyone to ride along should I pass through your area. Fixed gear bikes not required! I'll be updating the ride website every day, and who knows, maybe your picture will show up there. In the meantime, please visit www.americasupportsyou.mil and see how you can help in the effort to support our service men and women serving our country in the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. I'm not soliciting funds or donations directly. I have no way (or desire) to handle donations of cash. I'm asking that folks select one of the many fine organizations that are doing a wonderful job supporting the troops, so please help however you can. thanks! Scott Hendricks p.s. for the usenet nazis on rec.bicycles.racing who think this doesn't have anything to do with bicycle racing, you're right. If it'll make you feel better, think of it as my winter fixed gear base mile riding in preparation for next season! |
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B. Lafferty wrote: Sure, I'll make donations to the American Friends Service Committee and Move On in your name. The best was to support the troops is to bring them home NOW and vote Democrat in November. The word "nonpartisan", in the first sentence of his post, seems to have no meaning to you. As a combat vet I have my own opinions of the Iraq war. But I'll keep them out of this thread. This man is doing a good thing. Go somewhere else and troll. |
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Ozark Bicycle wrote: wrote: B. Lafferty wrote: Sure, I'll make donations to the American Friends Service Committee and Move On in your name. The best was to support the troops is to bring them home NOW and vote Democrat in November. The word "nonpartisan", in the first sentence of his post, seems to have no meaning to you. As a combat vet I have my own opinions of the Iraq war. But I'll keep them out of this thread. This man is doing a good thing. I agree the mention of Move On and the vote Democret part are inappropriate here, but who can argue against the idea that "the best way to support the troops is to bring them home'? In the short term, that's not viable. Since we can't (or won't) bring 'em home before Christmas, please help however you can in supporting them in ways that are viable. Send an email to a soldier, donate to the USO, buy a teddy bear and give to the child of serviceman or woman serving overseas, whatever. Unlike Tom, I'm not a combat veteran, but I AM an old soldier. I'm sure you've heard the saying, and trust me it's true, that NOBODY wants war less than a soldier. So, I'd like to ask everyone to NOT hijack the thread, turning it into a political debate. That's been done to death in previous threads and isn't appropriate here. |
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wrote in message ups.com... Ozark Bicycle wrote: wrote: B. Lafferty wrote: Sure, I'll make donations to the American Friends Service Committee and Move On in your name. The best was to support the troops is to bring them home NOW and vote Democrat in November. The word "nonpartisan", in the first sentence of his post, seems to have no meaning to you. As a combat vet I have my own opinions of the Iraq war. But I'll keep them out of this thread. This man is doing a good thing. I agree the mention of Move On and the vote Democret part are inappropriate here, but who can argue against the idea that "the best way to support the troops is to bring them home'? In the short term, that's not viable. Since we can't (or won't) bring 'em home before Christmas, please help however you can in supporting them in ways that are viable. Send an email to a soldier, donate to the USO, buy a teddy bear and give to the child of serviceman or woman serving overseas, whatever. Unlike Tom, I'm not a combat veteran, but I AM an old soldier. I'm sure you've heard the saying, and trust me it's true, that NOBODY wants war less than a soldier. So, I'd like to ask everyone to NOT hijack the thread, turning it into a political debate. That's been done to death in previous threads and isn't appropriate here. Tell that to the 2,600+ young soldiers who have come home dead, several of whom I knew very well, and those without faces and/or limbs. There's no such thing as non-partisan when people die because of orders coming down the chain of command from Bush. They are in harm's way due to the stupidity of ideologues in this Administration who didn't have any idea what the Middle East is. Support our troops! Bring them home NOW! |
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wrote in message ups.com... So, I'd like to ask everyone to NOT hijack the thread, turning it into a political debate. That's been done to death in previous threads and isn't appropriate here. I'm sorry, but you don't get to decide what's appropriate. *I* don't think it's appropriate for someone to represent bicyclists, even by the remotest inference, as supporting this war, since I am a bicyclist and I don't support the war. You may think that it's possible to separate "support the troops" from "support the war," but I don't. The troops are there to execute an immoral and illegal policy on behalf of a rogue government, and the only support I can conscientiously give them is to try to get them out of there. Helping them in their mission makes me complicit in it. I would support you riding across America on a "bring the troops home now" mission, however, and would be happy to donate to that. RichC |
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Sure, I'll make donations to the American Friends Service Committee and
Move On in your name. The best was to support the troops is to bring them home NOW and vote Democrat in November. Brian: While I agree with your sentiments, it's wrong to assume a reasonable person couldn't make a reasonable case for the other side (keeping troops there, or putting them there in the first place). And as for the Democratic party, sorry, I can't help but think that Bill Clinton passed up opportunities to deal with this before things got totally out of hand. When the inspectors weren't allowed to inspect, he could have ordered immediate reprisals each and every time. Eventually the message gets home. You let the inspectors do their job, or something gets bombed. A direct linkage. But we seem to have problems with that sort of thing; in our military handbooks, apparently it's a requirement that all such things lead to escalation and ever-greater involvement. I can't believe I'm replying in this thread. --Mike Jacoubowsky Chain Reaction Bicycles www.ChainReaction.com Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA "B. Lafferty" wrote in message link.net... Sure, I'll make donations to the American Friends Service Committee and Move On in your name. The best was to support the troops is to bring them home NOW and vote Democrat in November. wrote in message ups.com... In December, 2006 I'm embarking on a cross country ride to raise awareness and nonpartisan support for our troops involved in the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. I'm calling the ride Trek 4 the Troops, and I welcome you to read more about it www.trek4thetroops.com. What makes this ride different from other cross-continental awareness/fund raising rides? The ride will be done solo, without a support vehicle, on a fixed-gear. That's right, FIXED GEAR! To the best of my knowledge only a select few have ever traversed the continent on a fixed-gear, and some might say that the attempt is crazy. I'll be following a fairly southerly route from San Diego to Savannah, and I welcome anyone/everyone to ride along should I pass through your area. Fixed gear bikes not required! I'll be updating the ride website every day, and who knows, maybe your picture will show up there. In the meantime, please visit www.americasupportsyou.mil and see how you can help in the effort to support our service men and women serving our country in the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. I'm not soliciting funds or donations directly. I have no way (or desire) to handle donations of cash. I'm asking that folks select one of the many fine organizations that are doing a wonderful job supporting the troops, so please help however you can. thanks! Scott Hendricks p.s. for the usenet nazis on rec.bicycles.racing who think this doesn't have anything to do with bicycle racing, you're right. If it'll make you feel better, think of it as my winter fixed gear base mile riding in preparation for next season! |
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"Mike Jacoubowsky" wrote in message . .. Sure, I'll make donations to the American Friends Service Committee and Move On in your name. The best was to support the troops is to bring them home NOW and vote Democrat in November. Brian: While I agree with your sentiments, it's wrong to assume a reasonable person couldn't make a reasonable case for the other side (keeping troops there, or putting them there in the first place). And as for the Democratic party, sorry, I can't help but think that Bill Clinton passed up opportunities to deal with this before things got totally out of hand. When the inspectors weren't allowed to inspect, he could have ordered immediate reprisals each and every time. Eventually the message gets home. You let the inspectors do their job, or something gets bombed. A direct linkage. But we seem to have problems with that sort of thing; in our military handbooks, apparently it's a requirement that all such things lead to escalation and ever-greater involvement. I can't believe I'm replying in this thread. Bill Clinton has been out of office for six long years during which the Republican Party has controlled the Executive branch and both Houses of Congress. Bill Clinton didn't invade Iraq. He continued the policies toward Iraq that were in place from the prior Bush administration. The evidence is clear that the intelligence people in Clinton's outgoing National Security Council tried to tell the incoming Bush people about bin Laden but the warnings fell on deaf, ideological ears. Bush and the Republican party made this mess and America is finally waking up--too late for the needlessly dead and maimed. And now the Taliban is returning in Afghanistan because Bush diverted the war machine to Iraq. The only people coming out of this on the plus side are the leaders of the arms industry. And then there's that budget deficit every year under Bush. My kids will be paying for that and their kids as well. --Mike Jacoubowsky Chain Reaction Bicycles www.ChainReaction.com Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA "B. Lafferty" wrote in message link.net... Sure, I'll make donations to the American Friends Service Committee and Move On in your name. The best was to support the troops is to bring them home NOW and vote Democrat in November. wrote in message ups.com... In December, 2006 I'm embarking on a cross country ride to raise awareness and nonpartisan support for our troops involved in the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. I'm calling the ride Trek 4 the Troops, and I welcome you to read more about it www.trek4thetroops.com. What makes this ride different from other cross-continental awareness/fund raising rides? The ride will be done solo, without a support vehicle, on a fixed-gear. That's right, FIXED GEAR! To the best of my knowledge only a select few have ever traversed the continent on a fixed-gear, and some might say that the attempt is crazy. I'll be following a fairly southerly route from San Diego to Savannah, and I welcome anyone/everyone to ride along should I pass through your area. Fixed gear bikes not required! I'll be updating the ride website every day, and who knows, maybe your picture will show up there. In the meantime, please visit www.americasupportsyou.mil and see how you can help in the effort to support our service men and women serving our country in the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. I'm not soliciting funds or donations directly. I have no way (or desire) to handle donations of cash. I'm asking that folks select one of the many fine organizations that are doing a wonderful job supporting the troops, so please help however you can. thanks! Scott Hendricks p.s. for the usenet nazis on rec.bicycles.racing who think this doesn't have anything to do with bicycle racing, you're right. If it'll make you feel better, think of it as my winter fixed gear base mile riding in preparation for next season! |
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B. Lafferty wrote: "Mike Jacoubowsky" wrote in message . .. Sure, I'll make donations to the American Friends Service Committee and Move On in your name. The best was to support the troops is to bring them home NOW and vote Democrat in November. Brian: While I agree with your sentiments, it's wrong to assume a reasonable person couldn't make a reasonable case for the other side (keeping troops there, or putting them there in the first place). And as for the Democratic party, sorry, I can't help but think that Bill Clinton passed up opportunities to deal with this before things got totally out of hand. When the inspectors weren't allowed to inspect, he could have ordered immediate reprisals each and every time. Eventually the message gets home. You let the inspectors do their job, or something gets bombed. A direct linkage. But we seem to have problems with that sort of thing; in our military handbooks, apparently it's a requirement that all such things lead to escalation and ever-greater involvement. I can't believe I'm replying in this thread. Bill Clinton has been out of office for six long years during which the Republican Party has controlled the Executive branch and both Houses of Congress. Bill Clinton didn't invade Iraq. He continued the policies toward Iraq that were in place from the prior Bush administration. The evidence is clear that the intelligence people in Clinton's outgoing National Security Council tried to tell the incoming Bush people about bin Laden but the warnings fell on deaf, ideological ears. Bush and the Republican party made this mess and America is finally waking up--too late for the needlessly dead and maimed. And now the Taliban is returning in Afghanistan because Bush diverted the war machine to Iraq. The only people coming out of this on the plus side are the leaders of the arms industry. And then there's that budget deficit every year under Bush. My kids will be paying for that and their kids as well. Brian, et al... I implore you, please start your own thread if you want to bash Bush or discuss the war itself. I'm not talking about supporting the administration or the war. I'm just trying to generate support for the folks who're asked to do the hard work. If you have a single sympathetic gene in your body for the folks actually fighting, suffering, or dying in the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, you'll take your political discussions elsewhere. thank you, Scott |
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