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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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On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 18:07:26 GMT, "B. Lafferty"
wrote: wrote in message oups.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! I'm with B. I support our troops, but that tends to get thrown in with supporting Bush. Our troops are dying for corporate profits and that is the bottom line. Good luck on your ride. It's too bad that our government doesn't give them sufficient support. |
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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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Anybody that puts p.s. in an electronic message is a
moron, since a postscript goes after the signature, and only ever had utility in handwritten communications when a further item occurred to the writer after composing and writing the missive. Electronic articles are easily edited anytime up to the time they are transmitted. Maybe in your world. A great many times people use a "PS:" deliberately, in a pre-meditated action (meaning they planned to do so while writing the letter or whatever), in order to give additional emphasis to an idea. It often has nothing to do with editing. Emails have not changed that. They might make such intentions appear more obvious, but they don't automatically negate the reasons people have historically used a "PS" (postcript) in a correspondence. --Mike Jacoubowsky Chain Reaction Bicycles www.ChainReaction.com Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA "Michael Press" wrote in message ... In article . com, wrote: 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! I challenge you to find one usenet nazi posting to rbr from rbr. Anybody that puts p.s. in an electronic message is a moron, since a postscript goes after the signature, and only ever had utility in handwritten communications when a further item occurred to the writer after composing and writing the missive. Electronic articles are easily edited anytime up to the time they are transmitted. -- Michael Press |
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