Posting History for Netroots For The Troops

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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
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
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 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
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
Cheers and Jeers: Thursday From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE.	Bill in Portland Maine	04/14/2011	173	36	-	462
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
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
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. ...	aravir	04/23/2011	5	13	-	67
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
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
"Morning has broken, like the First Morning.."	Onomastic	04/24/2011	43	55	-	316
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
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
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
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
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’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
Cheers and Jeers: Thursday From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE�	Bill in Portland Maine	05/05/2011	252	31	-	468
Help! Help!! We Need Bharns! Lots of Bharns for bubba!!!! What? No! Not that kind of bharns.......	Onomastic	05/05/2011	16	11	-	127
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
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
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
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: "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
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
International Currency 101 - Is that a dong in you pocket or are you ready to donate?	Onomastic	05/15/2011	15	24	-	117
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
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
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
Testvet & LLBear ask "Where are you?" We are now at $39,357.56 It's all about your Care Package When either of us undertake a mission, we see it through to conclusion. Well, this is one we can't do alone. We ...	llbear	09/30/2011	117	109	-	546
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
"...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
“Simply put, I find myself caught between two duties. I love my country; I love my family more.” By now, you will have heard Mitch Daniel's famous words: “Simply put, I find myself caught between two duties. I love my country; I love my family more.” Imagine, if ...	angelajean	05/24/2011	77	39	-	214
NFTT and the Woozles of War! Hello all! This is my second diary ever and my first for NFTT. I was inspired to write this by my little woozle, Casey. I've read all of the NFTT diaries to him, and he's told me how much he ...	TokenLiberal	05/26/2011	109	59	-	290
Cranky Users: CNFTT	belinda ridgewood	05/29/2011	69	49	-	281
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
Mojo Friday - Memorial Day - Edition In the traditional launch of summer, it's easy to forget Memorial Day's origins and significance. For many it's come to mean the start of a summer rental, or the first weekend of summer. For a ...	TexDem	05/27/2011	717	84	-	575
NFTT: DK birthday edition Here we are, celebrating the 9th birthday of our beloved orange juggernaut, Daily Kos. And ...	aravir	05/04/2012	4	14	-	34
NFTT: For Dan, Today is His 65th Birthday	Chacounne	05/29/2011	82	115	-	326
"Firefight Dream": A Memorial Day dream poem in support of NFTT In honor of Memorial Day and to help raise some money for Netroots For The Troops (NFTT), I'd like to share a poem that came to me in a dream. I had ...	dewtx	05/30/2011	18	28	-	127
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
This Memorial Day, Let's Pay for Our Wars On Memorial Day , Americans in big cities, small towns and rural communities commemorate those who made the ...	Jon Perr	05/31/2011	9	13	-	46
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
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
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
Mojo Friday - Thank You Kossacks et al - Edition Thanks to your donations and the hard work of the Onomastic and the many diarist who participated we're able to repeat our efforts of past years. Netroots For The Troops TM will be sending ...	TexDem	06/03/2011	1000	76	-	570
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
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
Cut Veterans Benefits? Hell No! Congress is looking at many ways to cut the deficit and the debt, but their most recent attempt would include cutting veterans benefits. According to the Congressional Budget Office, this would ...	imobannon	06/08/2011	12	16	-	61
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 ...	Eclectablog	06/10/2011	21	36	-	128
Netroots for the Troops volunteers: Now is the time to pick your shifts! Reposting for the Saturday crowd. Hi, folks. As I wrote ...	Eclectablog	06/11/2011	5	10	-	55
Netroots Nation attendees: Netroots for the Troops is still in need of volunteers. Can you help? As of this morning, there are still 13 shifts in the Netroots for the Troops booth still unfilled. If you are attending Netroots Nation this week, would you be willing to spend a couple hours ...	Eclectablog	06/13/2011	17	11	-	68
The Last Care Package / The Care Continues At this moment at Net Roots Nation, the magic begins. Caring people are showing up to pack Care Packages. The magic? Each US Postal regulation box contains 1 part product to 4 parts love - your love.	llbear	06/18/2011	80	79	-	301
We raised $1286 for Vetwife today! You guys rock! Many of you know that we've been raising money ...	angelajean	06/20/2011	165	143	-	731
Dozens of Father's Days; Decades of Grief For thousands, Father's Day will mean only memories. Their fathers were killed in America's longest wars.	brasch	06/19/2011	3	2	-	37
Guy Walks Into an Army Recruiting Center and says "where do I sign?" The sergeant on duty hands him a waiting list. Joke? No. Nothing funny about it.	Downtowner	05/04/2012	112	99	-	826
Mojo Friday - Dirty Jobs - Edition Looking at the economy and jobs numbers it made me think about what's the worst job you ever had and would you do it again if it was the only job you could get? You don't have to limit it to one, ...	TexDem	08/05/2011	1068	60	-	823
Mojo Friday - Community - Edition We have a way here on Daily Kos of having someone finding a way to make something positive out of what could be called a negative. The latest of those came yesterday when our very ...	TexDem	08/12/2011	1012	67	-	893
Mojo Friday - -Blocked- Change - Edition I can usually throw something together on Friday morning for Mojo Friday, but today I have writers block and I'm struggling. Friday mornings are usually spent doing a quick review of the Front Page ...	TexDem	08/26/2011	945	63	-	852
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
Mojo Friday - Firefox 6.01, Java and DailyKos - Edition Recently I bought a new computer(PC), so I needed to download the most current version of Firefox. I had been using Firefox Beta on the old computer and had a few issues starting to show up, so I ...	TexDem	09/02/2011	1432	70	-	1023
Mojo Friday - Coffee, Good or Bad - Edition The Great Oz has spoken, Dr. Oz that is. The well known Cardiologist, professor and TV Host of a show carrying his name responded in a Q & A published in several magazines as to whether or not one ...	TexDem	09/09/2011	629	65	-	584
Testvet - we need some "Happy Dance" time Over the last two weeks I've been checking with Mike Bailey [testvet] & Dorrie. Mike is coming around but still in post-heart surgery pain. He also experiences a shortness of breath ...	llbear	09/30/2011	84	52	-	193
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
Mojo Friday - Netroots Nation Registration = $50 For Netroots For The Troops ® - Edition They made us an offer we couldn't refuse. Seriously. When Netroots Nation came to Netroots For The Troops ® and offered to donate $50 ...	TexDem	10/28/2011	1030	55	-	669
Mojo Friday - Eight Days Left - Edition That's eight days left to register for Netroots Nation 2012 and have $50 donated ...	TexDem	11/04/2011	1310	55	-	789
Mojo Friday - Thank You Veterans - Editions At the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month" of 1918 the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany ...	TexDem	11/11/2011	1007	60	-	561
Mojo Friday - Sign Up For NFTT Monthly Donation - Edition Looking for something to give thanks for next week? Try signing up for a recurring monthly donation to Netroots For The Troops ® .	TexDem	11/18/2011	1166	49	-	640
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
Mojo Friday - A Merry Christmas 97 Years Ago - Edition This Is A Repost From Last Year (with revisions) You may have heard the story before but let me tell it once ...	TexDem	12/23/2011	1626	66	-	823
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
Netroots For The Troops®: You're the boss Today Netroots For The Troops ® is kicking off a week-long campaign to raise money to send care packages to our troops. I am honored to be part of the effort. What follows is adapted from my ...	Dragon5616	02/20/2012	78	108	-	344
$1000 for Matching, Netroots For The Troops®, How Did We Do Last Year? The short answer, GREAT! DONATE TO NFTT ...	TexDem	02/20/2012	87	74	-	267
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
Have a spare rec or comment? bubbanomics wants to give away $1000 and you can help! Yes, my beloved kossacks, he does! I'll match each dollar pledged herein. I'll throw in a dollar for each rec. I'll throw in a dime for each comment. Up to a cap of $1,000 from me. That makes me ...	Onomastic	02/21/2012	12	28	-	150
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
Netroots for the Troops: The Wrong Stuff I spent half a decade as the world's worst Navy officer's wife. Tom Wolfe should have known me. I would have inspired a sequel to his satire about NASA's astronaut training program. His book ...	TheFatLadySings	02/22/2012	91	104	-	302
NFTT 2012 Blogathon - Why I Write This is my second year participating in Netroots for the Troops. Onomastic noticed last year I was always in the comments of these diaries and asked me if I would like to write one to raise money ...	Actbriniel	02/23/2012	80	61	-	219
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
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...The Friends and Family Connection I grew up in the shadow of an Air Force Base in an area with a large military presence and it has had a lasting effect on my life. Many of the kids I went to school with called themselves 'Air Force ...	VL Baker	02/23/2012	21	52	-	161
Netroots For The Troops round-up (Posted on behalf of the organizers and participants of the NFTT blogathon) Netroots For The Troops® is holding a blogathon this week, Feb. 20-24, to raise funds to send Care Packages to soldiers ...	Barbara Morrill	02/22/2012	14	23	-	81
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: 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: 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
NFTT--A Challenge and a Chat with blue jersey dad This is the final diary in the NFTT blogathon series. I have been involved with NFTT since 2009 when I served as volunteer coordinator. I want to make this worth everyone's while, so I will offer a ...	blue jersey mom	02/24/2012	87	158	-	405
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
Netroots For The Troops: 'Nobody understands' Netroots For The Troops® is holding a blogathon this week, Feb. 20-24, to raise funds to send Care Packages to soldiers overseas and, this year for the first time, we are also sending Care Packages ...	Eclectablog	02/24/2012	96	140	-	642
Mojo Friday - Netroots For The Troops® Netroots For The Troops® has had a great week so far and there's so much more to come. By the time this is posted we'll have heard from Senator John Kerry and later today from former Governor and ...	TexDem	02/24/2012	844	68	-	785
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
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
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
DK Quilt Guild: NFTT Community Quilt - We Need a Name for Our Quilt 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	03/11/2012	12	18	-	157
Mojo Friday - Throw A NFTT Party - Edition A whaa? you may be saying. A party. That's right, throw a party for Netroots For The Troops® . Maybe you have a birthday coming up and you want to do something different. How about making it a ...	TexDem	03/30/2012	911	54	-	1083
Books That Changed My Life: Open Forum: NFTT edition Note: this diary was written on Thursday, April 4th. Because of the holiday today, I will not be able to monitor this diary. Let me first tout for NFTT. The Readers and Book Lovers group has a ...	aravir	04/06/2012	15	10	-	92
Vet Arts Profiled on PBS PBS Newshour ran an unusual program the other night, providing an insightful look at the Combat Paper Project that I’ve been working with for some time. “Finally tonight, transforming the ...	Jan Barry	05/02/2012	4	6	-	29
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
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
Dawn Chorus: Creature Comforts (NFTT) There you are, thousands of miles from where you were born and raised. You and thousands of others, similarly clad to blend in with the surrounding terrain. Some have made this trip before, but ...	lineatus	05/06/2012	103	97	-	333

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