Posting History for Netroots For The Troops
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| 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 |
| Mr. Olbermann? Mr. Lieber? Rep. Grijalva? Gov. Dean? It's about Memorial Day. Do you have a minute? I'm sorry to bother you, especially on a Sunday. But Daily Kos has been trying to do something wonderful and we're running out of time. You see, our ... |
Onomastic | 05/22/2011 | 75 | 78 | - | 534 |
| Military Life is Like a Roller Coaster - an NFTT Diary with $500 Match - double your donation!
Life in the military is a roller coaster. There is no other way to put it. Often, it's like we're sitting in the car waiting to start, anticipating the thrill of a new and exciting ride and ... |
angelajean | 05/11/2012 | 75 | 47 | - | 187 |
| Testvet - we got 'er done! This morning I had two interesting conversations I want to share with you. The first was with TexDem. Last night Vetwife and he talked . . . at length. She is thrilled, relieved, and humbled by your ... |
llbear | 09/14/2011 | 73 | 55 | 1 | 308 |
| Netroots For The Troops: Parrot's Beak l am in my senior year in high school when my brother joins the Army. It is just before the draft, he's recently graduated college and he knows he's probably going to be selected. He is the only ... |
boatsie | 02/21/2012 | 71 | 111 | - | 479 |
| NFTT: The Troops, and How I Got Here
My dad grew up in Michigan. He was interested in engineering, and he completed two years of what was then called "junior college," but he was feeling sort of rudderless and left school. The Korean ... |
belinda ridgewood | 02/23/2012 | 71 | 72 | - | 171 |
| Admiral Mullen: Cut in Military Pay and Benefits is "On the Table" Just when I think I can't be any more disgusted with the priorities in this country I see something new. Admiral Mullen, in an article at Military.com, says that cuts in troop pay and benefits (... |
Actbriniel | 06/03/2011 | 70 | 28 | - | 234 |
| Netroots For The Troops® Gives Its Sincere Thanks Where to begin?
I should begin with Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse because without her none of this would have happened. Two things, when I asked her to co-ordinate this effort, I didn't know ... |
TexDem | 02/26/2012 | 70 | 74 | - | 271 |
| Cranky Users: CNFTT | belinda ridgewood | 05/29/2011 | 69 | 49 | - | 281 |
| TexDem discharged from the hospital in Minneapolis! ( and if you don't donate to VetWife I'm tellin) First, go make a donation to VetWife in angelajean' |
Eclectablog | 06/20/2011 | 69 | 133 | 2 | 735 |
| Netroots for the Troops 2012 recap - blood was spilled (many PHOTOS) It's what we do
The Netroots for the Troops 2012 went off almost entirely without a hitch. Although, due to a lack of donations this year, we were only able to pack 150 boxes, half of what we've ... |
Eclectablog | 06/13/2012 | 69 | 58 | 1 | 240 |
| Air Force thinks Segregation is the answer to Sexual Assault After the latest scandal involving sexual assault and sexual harassment in the military, the Air Force's answer may very well be segregated basic training. In today's Chicago Tribune News :
The U.S. |
angelajean | 07/07/2012 | 67 | 51 | - | 234 |
| 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 |
| NFTT: Sometimes Soldiers Live on our Care Packages (Plus $1,000 Matching Donor) (Photo by kayakbiker) After Bush first started the illegal wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, I "adopted" several soldiers over the course of a few years, and sent care packages each month. We sent an ... |
Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse | 02/24/2012 | 66 | 99 | - | 395 |
| NFTT: “I just have to give you one last hug…” To give my Marine son that hug before his third deployment, I drove 2000 miles back to the Midwest. His emotional detachment for this third deployment was very extreme. He didn’t want to fly out ... |
Proud Mom and Grandma | 05/25/2011 | 65 | 45 | - | 184 |
| VETWIFE's Emergency - UPDATE 5:25 EDT I'm going to let VetWife tell you later tonight exactly how two incredible Kossacks plus a host of donors resolved this situation. Right now, Vetwife and I need a break.
UPDATE 5:25 PM EDT: Those ... |
llbear | 07/06/2012 | 64 | 234 | 2 | 2278 |
| NFTT: Nurse Kelley shares a wartime love story ♥ On March 20, 1942, a young first lieutenant sat down at a table preparing to write a letter. His stationery was embossed with a seal and a heading in red, "Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma" |
KelleyRN2 | 02/23/2012 | 63 | 115 | 1 | 314 |
| 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 |
| Swinging and Shaking a Broken Hearted "Au revoir" to Dancing with the Stars ::sniffle:: Yes, it's true. I watch Dancing with the Stars . Now before you burst into a horrified "How could you'??!!!!", or throw a copy of ... |
Onomastic | 05/24/2011 | 60 | 43 | 1 | 321 |
| Failing our Military Kids Sometimes we forget that buried deep in our Defense Budget are items of critical importance. No, not bombs and weapons. No, not armor or tanks.
Schools. We pay for the upkeep of schools on many a ... |
angelajean | 09/01/2011 | 60 | 19 | - | 139 |
| Netroots For The Troops®: Deployment is a Dirty Word For military families, Deployment is a dirty word. It not only means our loved one will be leaving, first for weeks of training, then for months on end in Afghanistan or the surrounding area. It ... |
angelajean | 02/22/2012 | 60 | 71 | - | 177 |
| 31 Victims in GROWING Air Force Scandal - Thank You for helping meet today's goal! HALT Sexual Predators in the Military - Sign the Petition, Share Widely
We need 25, 20, 15, 10, 9, 6, 3 more signatures to make the search engine on WhiteHouse.gov! Please help us get those before ... |
angelajean | 06/29/2012 | 59 | 163 | 1 | 821 |
| UPDATED Netroots for the Troops - We need your money & your time - what you'll get back is priceless Trust me, you'll be thanking US by the time you're done
UPDATE: bjedwards is now matching donations up to $250 . Please give, even if it's only a small amount.
Yes, yes, yes. It's that time again. ... |
Eclectablog | 05/11/2012 | 58 | 60 | - | 272 |
| An NN13 NFTT Memorial for my Father-in-Law (w/ vid)
I want to thank my fellow Kossacks. This year, my beloved father-in-law of 30 years passed away while I was at Netroots Nation. The next morning, my friends at Netroots for the Troops ... |
TheFatLadySings | 07/02/2013 | 58 | 59 | 1 | - |
| 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 |
| "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 |
| Without you, there is nothing. I've been wanting to write something wonderful, something meaningful to convey just how much what you've all done matters. The last days, weeks (Yikes! Has it really been months?) ... |
Onomastic | 05/31/2011 | 57 | 65 | - | 292 |
| "The Invisible War"; a disturbing film that screams for action Yesterday I drove to the Laemmle Theater in Santa Monica to watch "The Invisible War" . It was opening night for this documentary that won the Audience Award at the Sundance Festival.
This is the ... |
Shockwave | 06/24/2012 | 55 | 159 | 3 | 810 |
| Class of Tết 1968: Larry, Tommy, Mike. Miss ya, guys! Tết - New Year's Day in the Chinese and Vietnamese traditional lunar calendar - fell on January 30 in 1968. In Việt Nam, Tết is a day of celebration, the day for setting the path of the year ... |
Clem Yeobright | 05/28/2012 | 54 | 82 | 1 | 356 |
| 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 |
| An Ceiling Cat sayed, O hai! Letz tehre be Peeps for teh NFTT! In teh begininz Ceiling Cat no haz Peeps. So Ceiling Cat sayed, I haz egg furst? And tehre waz egg.
An Ceiling Cat sayed, O hai, make moar eggs kthx. An dont worry i ... |
Onomastic | 04/08/2012 | 53 | 96 | 1 | 581 |
| NFTT @ Netroots Nation - Military Sexual Trauma: The Women's War On Friday, June 8th, at 3:00PM at Netroots Nation , Netroots for the Troops will be hosting a panel on Military Sexual Trauma: The Women's War. I will be joined by Elizabeth Stinson, LMFT and ... |
joanbrooker | 06/03/2012 | 53 | 30 | - | 219 |
| The Giving Project: Shane's Inspiration. $856, looking for $1000 Last week I wrote a diary about giving.
Specifically I pledged to...
...do a diary a month... for a ... |
JeffLieber | 11/01/2011 | 52 | 192 | - | 517 |
| Updated. NFTT: In Honor of Howard Dean, a Bat for the Troops!
Intro note: First, it's great to be a part of this terrific effort. Thanks to NFTT for the invite. Second, the following was written as a Dean supporter and is aimed at other Dean folks, but I ... |
CJB | 02/24/2012 | 52 | 65 | - | 243 |
| The Heart of Providence, A Photo Diary The Independent Man on top of the State House
The truth is I didn't see a lot of Providence, Rhode Island but the ... |
angelajean | 06/13/2012 | 52 | 90 | 3 | 348 |
| It's not about SEX. It's about POWER. It's not about SEX. It's about POWER.
That single statement is probably the most striking thing I heard at NFTT's panel on Military Sexual Trauma and I can't even remember who said it. We had two ... |
angelajean | 06/21/2012 | 52 | 71 | - | 355 |
| Support Their Sacrifice In 2008, Netroots For the Troops® began raising money to send specially designed care packages to our soldiers stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Sending our troops practical items like socks, ... |
Gov Howard Dean MD | 02/24/2012 | 51 | 150 | 2 | 393 |
| 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: 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 |
| 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 |
| NFTT: Back When I Was A Troop... I was surprised, honored, and daunted (in that order) when I was asked about writing a diary for the NFTT Blogathon – alas, I’m better known for rattling off obscure historical factiods than ... |
Unitary Moonbat | 05/11/2012 | 47 | 48 | - | 153 |
| 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 |
| Netroots For The Troops® - Why We Do What We Do I received this from Lance Cpl Adam Buck's dad the other day. You know him as LCaseRussell here on Daily Kos.
Tony,
I will forward your request. So far, only Facebook has the pictures. I do know ... |
TexDem | 06/28/2012 | 45 | 41 | - | 224 |
| Obama with the Troops - White House Photo Diary (NFTT) '13
A special edition of my monthly diary showcasing the pictures taken by the White House Photography staff. This is a follow up diary to the one I did last year ... |
bsegel | 06/08/2013 | 45 | 57 | 1 | - |
| Obama with the Troops - White House Photo Diary (NFTT)
A special edition of my monthly diary showcasing the pictures taken by the White House Photography staff. I thought a diary of pictures taken since President Obama was elected interacting with the ... |
bsegel | 05/22/2012 | 44 | 102 | 1 | 402 |
| "Morning has broken, like the First Morning.." | Onomastic | 04/24/2011 | 43 | 55 | - | 316 |
| 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 |
| "...Where are they gone? The song vanished away...." Those words are part of a song from Tad Williams' The Dragonbone Chair - Book One of Memory, Sorrow and Thorn. |
Onomastic | 05/23/2011 | 43 | 28 | - | 198 |
| Vets and Milfam in San Jose - Welcoming them to Netroots Nation 2013 Before we get to the meat of this post, I highly recommend starting the video below to set the mood. Yes, there's a good chance you're going to get tired of hearing the words Do you know the way to ... |
angelajean | 03/01/2013 | 43 | 47 | - | - |
| NFTT: It's been a decade. Ten years is a long time.
Way back when, I was told that to serve, I needed to shop. Get out the credit cards. Pump that gas. Debauch and have fun. That was my patriotic duty.
Flag-draped coffins ... |
rb137 | 02/23/2012 | 42 | 93 | - | 327 |
| NFTT- Where is my Daddy? Why is he gone? At the end of last year he left again for another deployment.
This is the fifth one. Twice in Iraq was bad enough. Now Kandahar awaits, again.
This time is different. Last time there wasn't ... |
Oke | 05/10/2012 | 42 | 63 | - | 250 |
| Protecting Military Service Dogs Just One Dog , written our own Noweasels along with Cas and DavidSeth told us this about Cpl. Megan Leavey and her partner Sgt. Rex. Cpl. Leavey received the Purple Heart, ... |
llbear | 03/19/2012 | 41 | 63 | 1 | 243 |
| Netroots for the Troops: Taking care of those who serve us Today, less than one-half of 1 percent of this nation is serving in uniform. We have come a long way from the Vietnam era when we foolishly punished troops as a proxy for a war many did not support. ... |
TammyDuckworth | 05/07/2012 | 41 | 105 | 1 | 261 |
| Netroots Nation - The Women's War For the brave women who suffer from MST and deserve to have their stories shared to a wide audience, I am asking upfront that you recommend this diary. We want to see Ballroom C at Netroots Nation ... |
joanbrooker | 06/08/2012 | 41 | 27 | - | 121 |
| NFTT: Freedom Way On NC-24, about 30 miles from Camp Lejeune, a large sign in front of the turkey coops in a large field says "Thank You For our Freedom".
A few months ago I made a pit stop at a fast food joint in ... |
FishOutofWater | 02/24/2012 | 40 | 79 | - | 191 |
| NFTT 2012 and the Woozles of War Hello and welcome! Hope no-one minds my cheating a little by updating last year's diary. I was inspired to write this by my little woozle, Casey. I've read all of the NFTT diaries to him, and he's ... |
TokenLiberal | 05/08/2012 | 40 | 60 | - | 208 |
| Dear President Obama, Last week, I wrote a piece to Mr. Romney asking him a simple question:
So, Mr. Romney, if you are elected President, would you fight to change the law that prevents an active duty servicewoman from ... |
angelajean | 09/03/2012 | 40 | 58 | 1 | 552 |
| "Today we have peace. Tomorrow you fight for your country. I fight for mine. Good luck."
I first posted a version of this diary on Christmas Eve 2011. Even in the midst of unprecedented carnage in World War I, soldiers on both sides found within themselves a modicum of human decency ... |
JekyllnHyde | 12/24/2014 | 39 | 92 | 2 | - |
| Nurse Kelley Sez: If you like this love story, donate to NFTT On March 20, 1942, a young first lieutenant sat down at a table preparing to write a letter. His stationery was embossed with a seal and a heading in red, "Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma" |
KelleyRN2 | 05/30/2011 | 38 | 66 | - | 194 |
| Attending Netroots Nation? Netroots for the Troops needs VOLUNTEERS! As you probably already know, every year at the Netroots Nation conference, a group of very hard-working, compassionate and caring people step up to help ... |
Eclectablog | 06/03/2011 | 38 | 33 | - | 154 |
| Netroots for the Troops - The Family Gram FLASH TRAFFIC...RICHARD SENDS...
It's been said that submariners are a crazy lot – as in, literally nuckin' futz. Perhaps that explains a lot about me. What else would possess anyone to ... |
Richard Cranium | 02/22/2012 | 38 | 53 | - | 143 |
| Just Incredible. A Jail 'dedicated' to US Military Veterans If this doesn't scream "Failure", Im unsure what does.
Georgia opens first jail devoted to U.S. veterans The problem of US military veterans falling into a life of crime after returning from Iraq ... |
xxdr zombiexx | 05/07/2012 | 38 | 49 | - | 247 |
| I Went to See My Dad Today. He wasn't there, of course. He hasn't been around since 2002 when he died at the age of 80. Our little family of three wasn't alone there at Willamette View Memorial Cemetary in Portland, Oregon. ... |
CJB | 05/31/2011 | 36 | 65 | - | 392 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Why Netroots for the Troops? It's still personal. Netroots for the Troops needs diary writers for this week's fundraising blogathon - especially today and tomorrow. I wanted to help get out the word and spent a good chunk of time trying to decide ... |
Onomastic | 02/21/2012 | 35 | 51 | 1 | 151 |
| NFTT: The “Anythings” After 3 Deployments This fundraiser for our military is one that is near and dear my heart. As I wrote about last year, I am the very proud mom of a U. S. Marine, who did three deployments in three years. I wrote ... |
Proud Mom and Grandma | 02/22/2012 | 35 | 56 | - | 177 |
| NFTT: Once a Marine, Always a Marine During the spring of 1945, there was a war on in the Pacific, as well as over Europe. At home young men were being called up to fight in what Studs Terkel called "The Good War."
Even though his ... |
Susan Grigsby | 05/06/2012 | 35 | 78 | - | 240 |
| NFTT - My friend joined the Army, I want to honor his service My friend Mike joined the Army. I call Mike a kid but he is not that much younger than me, he is in his mid-twenties, I'm not that much older than him, but I look at him like a younger brother, Mike ... |
MinistryOfTruth | 05/15/2012 | 35 | 59 | 1 | 197 |
| DK Quilt Guild: NFTT Round Robin DK Quilt Guild: A place for quilters to gather, share ideas, projects, and to make the world a better place, one quilt at a time. Join us and share your thoughts, projects, questions, and tips. ... |
Melanie in IA | 01/29/2012 | 34 | 26 | 2 | 140 |
| 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 |
| Sen. John Kerry writes in support of Netroots for the Troops Sen. John Kerry wrote this diary, but because of a computer problem asked that I post it here for him. —Meteor Blades.
By John Kerry
Sen. John Kerry Just a quick post about your "Netroots for ... |
Meteor Blades | 02/24/2012 | 33 | 103 | 1 | 250 |
| Poets and Propaganda in a Time of War: "The Old Lie: Dulce Et Decorum Est, Pro Patria Mori" The War to End All Wars? On September 1, 1939, the armed forces of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany invaded Poland with overwhelming force, lightning speed, and unprecedented ferocity. World War II had begun and the term "Blitzkrieg" would enter our... |
JekyllnHyde | 11/11/2019 | 32 | 30 | - | - |
| NFTT - We Need You. More Importantly, They Need You. | Onomastic | 04/05/2011 | 31 | 28 | - | 146 |
| 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 |
| They Give Years - Can You Spare 12 Minutes? On this and every Memorial Day we honor those who have given the ultimate sacrifice in service to their country, and there are so many who are still in harms way. I pause today to think of them too. |
Actbriniel | 05/30/2011 | 31 | 30 | - | 149 |
| Netroots for the Troops, Baybeee! As I'm sure you've noticed, the NFTT blogathon is on and strong! We have one more month before the big box day happens, so let's rock this out! All the goods below the squiggeldy-doo.
Now, I'ma ... |
Cedwyn | 05/07/2012 | 31 | 66 | - | 155 |
| PLEASE REC! Netroots for the Troops volunteers: Now is the time to pick your shifts! Hi, folks. As I wrote about last week, I am coordinating the volunteers for the Netroots for the Troops (NFTT) effort in a couple of weeks at Netroots Nation in Providence. If you are unfamiliar ... |
Eclectablog | 05/24/2012 | 31 | 81 | 1 | 203 |
| Netroots for the Troops….Oops I consider myself lucky to be a member of the Daily Kos community for a variety of reasons. I visit the site every day, and post diaries on occasion. My son is a United States Marine, currently ... |
LCaseRussell | 06/21/2012 | 31 | 124 | - | 406 |
| TexMex's ShelterBox work in Texas. Dear Daily Kos readers,
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to actually stand in front of a ShelterBox tent and promote it to Rotary members from Austin, San Antonio, San Marcos, Monterrey and other ... |
TexMex | 09/16/2012 | 31 | 50 | - | 155 |
| 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 |
| There's one big problem with Netroots Nation - and YOU can help fix that!
I've been to two Netroots Nation conferences so far and, wow, what a rush. But, there is one thing about ... |
Eclectablog | 12/10/2011 | 30 | 53 | - | 297 |
| NFTT: A Soldier's Thank You I was 28 when I arrived in Afghanistan. I was a Private in the US Army. I was beginning my first and only 12 month tour as an Army Infantryman. At the time, I had no idea how much my life was about ... |
Showtime | 12/14/2011 | 30 | 65 | 1 | 265 |
| Supporting Netroots for the Troops I hope all of my friends in the Daily Kos community will join me in support of Netroots for the Troops. As the daughter of a career military service member, I know firsthand the impact taking action ... |
DonnaFEdwards | 05/10/2012 | 30 | 60 | - | 161 |
| 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 |
| DK Quilt Guild and NFTT: Community Quilt - Show and Tell DK Quilt Guild: A place for quilters to gather, share ideas, projects, and to make the world a better place, one quilt at a time. Join us and share your thoughts, projects, questions, and tips. ... |
Chinton | 02/26/2012 | 29 | 19 | - | 161 |
| Kos Katalogue Challenge for All of Daily Kos: Could You Do THIS? It Will Help Lots of People
I am reposting the diary from late last night in the hope that more of you would see fit to consider the simple request I made, which is rather easy to implement. As OPOL wrote far more ... |
JekyllnHyde | 07/12/2013 | 29 | 65 | 2 | - |
| The Christmas Truce: For At Least One Night, the Guns of War Fell Silent I first posted a version of this diary on the night of December 24, 2011. Wars suppress the natural urge of men to behave in a manner that has no bearing and can even remotely be construed as civilized behavior. Combat does terrible things to human... |
JekyllnHyde | 12/24/2019 | 29 | 41 | - | - |
| 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 |
| Protecting Our Heroes on the Homefront President Barack Obama has taken the final major step in bringing our brave soldiers home from Afghanistan, and this is an exciting moment for military families across America. The President's ... |
cbrangel | 05/11/2012 | 28 | 65 | - | 229 |
| I'm going there because someone needs to....Creating Class Warfare among Veterans ..New War vs Old First let me say that I appreciate each and every honorable service member who served in the military but something IMO needs to change before we have a brewing problem, especially among the wives ... |
Vetwife | 06/23/2012 | 28 | 30 | - | 172 |
| The Great War's 100th Anniversary The Great War began one hundred years ago this very summer. But while the 70th anniversary of D-Day made headlines for a week and more across the nation, our memory, when it comes to the First World ... |
Matthew R Bishop | 06/25/2014 | 28 | 21 | - | - |
| Netroots For The Troops: Random Meanderings on a Rainy Tuesday Netroots For The Troops is a group which is very dear to my heart. Many thoughts run through my mind as I sit here on a very dreary, rainy Tuesday. As Mets102 reminds us in his posting, Thank A ... |
PoliSigh | 05/08/2012 | 27 | 57 | 1 | 137 |
| NFTT - I'm a brat and I need to do more. Can you? I'm a brat. A Navy Brat. And yet, I have done so little to help those who serve and who have served in the past. I need to do much more. Have you done all you can? Can you do more? Give to NFTT. |
bjedward | 05/22/2012 | 27 | 39 | - | 175 |
| 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 |
| Mortgage Relief for Troops, Veterans h/t lulu57
This afternoon President Obama will hold his first full news conference since November to discuss new protections and payouts for troops that were harmed by unfair mortgage practices. ... |
kirbybruno | 03/06/2012 | 23 | 22 | - | 117 |
| Cheers and Jeers, NFTT and You
Netroots For The Troops® would not have had the success it's had without Bill in Portland Maine and his C & J'ers. From the very beginning Bill's ... |
TexDem | 09/17/2012 | 23 | 29 | - | 116 |
| PLEASE REC! Netroots for the Troops volunteers at Netroots Nation: It's time to pick your shifts! Hi, folks. As I have for the past two years, this year I am again coordinating the volunteers for the Netroots for the Troops (NFTT) effort in a couple of weeks at Netroots Nation in San Jose. If ... |
Eclectablog | 06/06/2013 | 23 | 90 | 1 | - |
| 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 |
| 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 |