Posting History for Netroots For The Troops
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| Brothers in Arms - Update with Audio It's late, three forty one am as I write this, a Diary about a song. Tonight is Friday, and songs are on my mind on Fridays, because every week I run a karaoke show in a local bar, getting home ... |
twigg | 05/21/2011 | 23 | 29 | 1 | 175 |
| Sports are for Stupid People Did the outrageous title of this diary prompt you open it? If so, that was what I intended. It’s a shame that we have to go to these lengths to get people’s attention around here.
Sorry to ... |
StateOfGrace | 05/20/2011 | 233 | 367 | 1 | 2325 |
| Mojo Friday - Two Winners In NFTT DK4 Group Challenge - Edition In the first ever DK4 Group Challenge we have two winners. Readers and Book ... |
TexDem | 05/20/2011 | 854 | 71 | - | 533 |
| Doing the Funky Chicken! Why? You met the $1500 Match for NFTT! But wait! There's more! Wanted to put together a little fun diary to tell you about the good news! We raised $3000 dollars last night thanks to all of you meeting the $1500 Match Challenge. Isn't that ... |
Onomastic | 05/19/2011 | 28 | 36 | - | 123 |
| Update! $1000 waiting to be matched is now $1500! Lets do This! NFTT Match Diary! No, this isn't a pyramid scheme. |
Onomastic | 05/18/2011 | 317 | 155 | 2 | 785 |
| This is personal This morning he woke up again on the couch, as he always does. He hasn't been in our bed, my bed, in a long time. It took the wise words of our god-daughter, someone who works with Veterans, to ... |
Onomastic | 05/17/2011 | 250 | 326 | 8 | 2133 |
| MCM Open Thread - Your Presence is Requested for Jester Dear Military Community Members of DailyKos (and all other passersby),
A member of our community is in serious need of some morale building. Luckily, here at DailyKos, we have a wonderful member ... |
angelajean | 05/16/2011 | 47 | 25 | - | 137 |
| International Currency 101 - Is that a dong in you pocket or are you ready to donate? | Onomastic | 05/15/2011 | 15 | 24 | - | 117 |
| Readers and Book Lovers NFTT Final Call When we started this journey together, I truly believed we might be able to reach our $3000 goal for the NFTT group challenge. Based on the number of R&Bler group members, I calculated that am ... |
aravir | 05/14/2011 | 11 | 12 | - | 70 |
| Mojo Friday - Will You Match $500? - Edition A Netroots For The Troops Diary
We have an anonymous Kossack who is willing to match up to $500. The caveat is that you guys have to kick in $250 to get it started. |
TexDem | 05/13/2011 | 717 | 57 | - | 691 |
| Soupin It Up W/Sped: Back with a Cause :::dusts off the soup pot::: I'm back! Many of you will remember my series of diaries called [http://dailykos.com/news/soupin%20it%20up%20with%20sped Soupin It Up W/Sped] which featured a different ... |
Spedwybabs | 05/12/2011 | 29 | 43 | 7 | 216 |
| NFTT: "It seems like you just got home" Those are the words I said when my son called me to say he was deploying for a second time. “This is what I signed up for, Mom,” he said.
In my mind, those six months stateside flew by so fast. |
Proud Mom and Grandma | 05/12/2011 | 35 | 34 | - | 148 |
| We Got Osama bin Laden – Now Let’s Get Out of Afghanistan The news of Osama bin Laden’s death at the hands of a small group of Navy SEALs, after hiding in plain sight for years, reminds us that we spent a generation deploying ever more troops to fight an ... |
Raul Grijalva | 05/10/2011 | 176 | 304 | 5 | 748 |
| I Need A Lawyer. Lots of Them, Actually. And it's very simple what I need you for: your money.
No aspect of Netroots Nation makes me prouder than Netroots for the Troops, a volunteer-driven year-round effort to fundraise for and provide ... |
Adam B | 05/10/2011 | 104 | 179 | 3 | 2027 |
| Troop Morale at Five Year Low A NFTT Diary
"We're an Army that's in uncharted territory here," says Gen. Peter Chiarelli, Army vice chief of staff, according to the report. "We ... |
TexDem | 05/10/2011 | 33 | 55 | - | 226 |
| NFTT: Nice Day for a Czech Wedding You remember me from Netroots for the Troops 2010, right? Volunteer coordinator, the sober one at karaoke? SanDiegoDem has promised to help me ... |
CA Berkeley WV | 05/09/2011 | 45 | 33 | 2 | 159 |
| On this Mothers' Day - A Decade of Deployment for Military Families - Does Anyone Care? There's been far too many goodbyes. |
Onomastic | 05/08/2011 | 43 | 38 | - | 159 |
| Genealogy and Family History Community Open Thread - NFTT Version We're sorta volunteer-less today, so I thought I'd take it upon myself to fill in and post our Friday Open Thread.
Before anything else, I'd like to point your attention to the NFTT fundraiser ... |
edwardssl | 05/06/2011 | 75 | 23 | - | 273 |
| Mojo Friday - $3000 Challenge For NFTT - Edition In the past we here at Daily Kos have raised that sum in a single day for Netroots for the Troops™ , can we do it again? There are professionals on this site who have the income ... |
TexDem | 05/06/2011 | 721 | 76 | 1 | 478 |
| Help! Help!! We Need Bharns! Lots of Bharns for bubba!!!! What? No! Not that kind of bharns....... |
Onomastic | 05/05/2011 | 16 | 11 | - | 127 |
| Cheers and Jeers: Thursday
From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE� |
Bill in Portland Maine | 05/05/2011 | 252 | 31 | - | 468 |
| NFTT: It’s not goodbye – it’s “I’ll see you in 7 months” Those are the words my Marine son said to me when he left for his first deployment in early 2005. I will never forget them, and they were words I held onto for dear life.
As he walked through the ... |
Proud Mom and Grandma | 05/04/2011 | 47 | 62 | - | 255 |
| What talk of Butterflies, Budding Tree Leaves, and Spring Flowers can do. Yes, of course he's brilliant, all three of the grand boys are, if I do say so myself. But the four year old beautiful boy out did himself the other day. We were talking about the quick change ... |
Onomastic | 05/03/2011 | 22 | 25 | - | 123 |
| Words are Tumbling, Shifting like Sand. How do I Say - They need You? There are too many memories of 9/11 and the days, weeks, months that followed, bubbling up today. The grief over the lives lost on that day and in the years following is ever present. Normal, I ... |
Onomastic | 05/02/2011 | 31 | 30 | - | 170 |
| On This Day, of All Days - For our Troops and Their Families - Thank You Our goal for Netroots for the Troops TM 2011 is $100,000.0 (cash or in-kind donations) |
Onomastic | 05/02/2011 | 17 | 25 | 1 | 96 |
| We few, we happy few, we band of brothers This is one of the most moving scenes I have ever seen in a movie. I think it completely illustrates the commitment that those in our armed forces have for each other. |
Actbriniel | 05/01/2011 | 35 | 32 | - | 194 |
| Mojo Friday - A NFTT Auction For Two Netroots Nation Registrations - Edition Netroots For The Troops is the beneficiary of someone's inability to go to NN 2011. They have turned their situation into a positive for Netroots For The Troops. NFTT has two registrations available ... |
TexDem | 04/29/2011 | 724 | 59 | - | 595 |
| NFTT--Camouflage Snuggies and Courage in Afghanistan "Please send more camouflage Snuggies!"
Josh, a dear young man whose parents are family friends, was deployed to Afghanistan as a medic several months ago. As a joke, his parent ... |
Ekaterin | 04/27/2011 | 20 | 32 | - | 98 |
| R&BLer NFTT challenge: let's take it up a notch As you may know, the Readers and Book Lovers group has accepted ... |
aravir | 04/26/2011 | 4 | 7 | - | 58 |
| Mommy, When Is Daddy Coming Home? An NFTT Diary
Sitting at the breakfast table, his eyes convey what his mind has yet to comprehend. Quiet tears roll down his little face as he looks at his Mommy ... |
VeloVixen | 04/26/2011 | 30 | 74 | - | 361 |
| "Morning has broken, like the First Morning.." | Onomastic | 04/24/2011 | 43 | 55 | - | 316 |
| R&BLers NFTT group challenge update Note: this diary is being written on Thursday, for Saturday morning release. I am away from the computers on weekends and holidays, but wanted to give you all a general idea of how we are doing.
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aravir | 04/23/2011 | 5 | 13 | - | 67 |
| An Ceiling Cat sayed, O hai! Letz tehre be Peeps for teh NFTT! But, in teh beginnin Ceiling Cat no has Peeps. An Ceiling Cat sayz, I haz eggz furst? And tehre ... |
Onomastic | 04/23/2011 | 66 | 92 | 1 | 551 |
| Mojo Friday - NFTT, It's Time - Edition It's time to step up Daily Kos, here we are in our fourth year of trying to support our military deployed in combat areas and this site with the exception of those involved with NFTT and IGTNT have ... |
TexDem | 04/22/2011 | 1295 | 75 | - | 688 |
| "Do You Remember Me?" "I don't ask for much.....
All I want is for you to say, I'm proud of you. I remember.
I'm lucky and grateful to have you in my life.
I love you.
I miss you.
I'll be home soon.
Remember ... |
Onomastic | 04/21/2011 | 57 | 77 | 1 | 545 |
| Netroots For The Troops Challenge Update I thought I give an update as to where the NFTT Daily Kos Group Challenge stands. There'... |
TexDem | 04/20/2011 | 6 | 22 | - | 57 |
| Welcome to today: April 15: NFTT edition It has been a while since I've had time to punch an installment of this diary series out, for which I apologize to my miniscule fan club. One of the things which has held me back is my team ... |
aravir | 04/15/2011 | 4 | 8 | - | 36 |
| Mojo Friday - Are You Up To It? - Edition Three groups have taken up the challenge issued to all Daily Kos groups to support NFTT. |
TexDem | 04/15/2011 | 823 | 68 | 1 | 636 |
| Cheers and Jeers: Thursday
From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE. |
Bill in Portland Maine | 04/14/2011 | 173 | 36 | - | 462 |
| NFTT -- Repost: Let’s thank the Iowa National Guard (and all the other troops serving!) This is a repost from my diary that was published on 3/31/2011. Since then, Rob has had to return to Afghanistan, where several of the men he serves with were injured by an IED during his last week ... |
glendaw271 | 04/14/2011 | 22 | 25 | - | 110 |
| NFTT Fundraising- So easy even a child can do it! ***REPOST*** This is a requested re-posting of a diary that I wrote and published on 04/10/2011- Please enjoy the diary, but more importantly, please donate to this amazing cause! I know ... |
beantown mom | 04/12/2011 | 21 | 22 | - | 110 |
| You got Questions? The Progressive Caucus has Answers! Not only do they have answers but they have two ways for you to get those answers!
Update: Rep. Grijalva has been invited to be on the Lawrence O'Donnell show on MSNBC at 8 pm EST sooo ... |
Spedwybabs | 04/11/2011 | 8 | 28 | - | 122 |
| NFTT Fundraising- So easy even a child can do it! I know every mother thinks her child is special. I am absolutely no different- the only difference is, both of my kids really ARE special! Beantown girl (hereafter known as BG) and beantown boy (BB) ... |
beantown mom | 04/10/2011 | 61 | 35 | - | 182 |
| Books That Changed My Life: NFTT Edition We have filled out the roster of diarists for the Books That Changed My Life series, through the end of May. A list of books already written about, and the list of impending diarists below the fold. |
aravir | 04/09/2011 | 9 | 13 | - | 113 |
| Mojo Friday - Netroots For The Troops, Group Challenge - Edition On Wednesday night of this week Meteor Blades posted a diary issuing a ... |
TexDem | 04/08/2011 | 812 | 76 | - | 573 |
| NFTT Issues a Friendly challenge to All Daily Kos Groups - II Writers Note;
This was originally posted last night ... |
TexDem | 04/07/2011 | 11 | 35 | - | 141 |
| NFTT Issues a Friendly challenge to All Daily Kos Groups Each year for the past three years, we at Netroots for the Troops™ have raised money to send hundreds of ... |
Meteor Blades | 04/06/2011 | 76 | 93 | 4 | 549 |
| NFTT - We Need You. More Importantly, They Need You. | Onomastic | 04/05/2011 | 31 | 28 | - | 146 |
| Mojo Friday - NFTT, It's No Joke - Edition There was a moment where I was tempted to do a April Fool's Joke Mojo Friday, that moment passed. Nothing about Netroots For The Troops TM is a joke. as the burdens on our military ... |
TexDem | 04/01/2011 | 722 | 76 | - | 636 |
| NFTT: A very special announcement Greetings from wet and cold Washington, DC. It's Opening Day here and the excitement is in the air... and I'm hoping that excitement will carry over to this diary, because I have a very special ... |
Spedwybabs | 04/01/2011 | 50 | 47 | - | 263 |
| NFTT -- Let’s thank the Iowa National Guard (and all the other troops serving!) Last August, the Iowa National Guard had its largest deployment since World War II in their orders to deploy to Afghanistan. This deployment was so widespread over the state that almost every ... |
glendaw271 | 03/31/2011 | 53 | 45 | - | 188 |
| Breaking! Pootie Strike Ends! (NFTT) Thursday a tragedy occurred here on Daily Kos. The pooties went on strike and their only demand was that everyone should contribute $ to Netroots for the Troops.
I'm thrilled to report you came ... |
Spedwybabs | 03/28/2011 | 14 | 29 | - | 158 |
| Ceiling Cat sazs "Letz Tehre be teh Lite of NFTT!" | Onomastic | 03/27/2011 | 76 | 39 | - | 308 |
| Mojo Friday - NFTT Matching Challenge - Edition One of our most successful methods of fundraising diaries has been those where there's been a challenge to match a potential donation based upon how much the diary receives from the readers. With ... |
TexDem | 03/25/2011 | 962 | 65 | - | 578 |
| Mojo Friday - Netroots For The Troops 2011 - Edition On this weekend where many will be extending their celebration of St. Patrick's Day and others are looking with great anticipation to Spring, let us not forget we still have members of our military ... |
TexDem | 03/18/2011 | 786 | 73 | 1 | 598 |
| Netroots Nation: Has Anyone Else Checked Air Fares? Yikes! I just checked air fares from Tampa to Minneapolis and I'm looking at about $400 RT.
That's just crazy! TPA is a Southwest hub and I thought I'd be able to get to Minneapolis for a decent ... |
donnamarie | 03/08/2011 | 57 | 19 | 1 | 247 |
| Netroots For The Troops Well it's time to start our little group for NFTT. We're looking for followers, members and editors.
Followers just so you'll know when we write a diary. Editors if you think you may write an NFTT ... |
TexDem | 02/15/2011 | 18 | 25 | - | 96 |