Tuesday
Supporting the Troops?
Morning. Just a little groggy. Healthy breakfast, but at least I'll live a little longer. Eyes bug out, almost spit up... I'm reading letters to the editor in my local Gannett rag and I came across a letter from an addle-brained woman who shrieks that an "anti-Bush stampede" only serves to demoralize our troops.
Now, I just can't believe that it benefits anyone, least of all our troops, to close our eyes and give the Bush administration a free ride. In fact, it is just this virtual free ride that has allowed congress to cut 14.6 billion in veterans benefits over the next 10 years, cut over a billion for military housing, and allowed a failure to extend a child tax credit to almost 200,000 low-income military personnel.
Who is really supporting our troops? A soldier's mom named Frankie Mayo who has started a project called Operation Air Conditioner. It is a drive to donate and send the troops basic items such as toiletries, pens, paper, bug repellant and inexpensive air conditioners to help survive the deadly Iraqi summer. (Her son's tent recently topped out at over 140 degrees in the middle of the day.) The operation can be found at 302-836-1008, or Operation Air Conditioner
It's just a damn shame that we have to bear this burden so Bush's wealthy friends can have a multi-billion dollar tax cut. Oh well, at least 2004 isn't that far away. Gephart? Kerry? Have to talk more about that later...
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Morning. Just a little groggy. Healthy breakfast, but at least I'll live a little longer. Eyes bug out, almost spit up... I'm reading letters to the editor in my local Gannett rag and I came across a letter from an addle-brained woman who shrieks that an "anti-Bush stampede" only serves to demoralize our troops.
Now, I just can't believe that it benefits anyone, least of all our troops, to close our eyes and give the Bush administration a free ride. In fact, it is just this virtual free ride that has allowed congress to cut 14.6 billion in veterans benefits over the next 10 years, cut over a billion for military housing, and allowed a failure to extend a child tax credit to almost 200,000 low-income military personnel.
Who is really supporting our troops? A soldier's mom named Frankie Mayo who has started a project called Operation Air Conditioner. It is a drive to donate and send the troops basic items such as toiletries, pens, paper, bug repellant and inexpensive air conditioners to help survive the deadly Iraqi summer. (Her son's tent recently topped out at over 140 degrees in the middle of the day.) The operation can be found at 302-836-1008, or Operation Air Conditioner
It's just a damn shame that we have to bear this burden so Bush's wealthy friends can have a multi-billion dollar tax cut. Oh well, at least 2004 isn't that far away. Gephart? Kerry? Have to talk more about that later...
