Posting History for Netroots For The Troops
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| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Lawmakers want to cut military benefits
Support the troops? Honor our veterans? No so ... |
Joan McCarter | 10/24/2011 | 95 | 72 | 1 | 335 |
| 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 |
| 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 - 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 |
| The Giving Project: Netroots For The Troops. 2X UPDATE: Home Stretch Folks. Last month I wrote a diary about giving.
Specifically I pledged to...
...do a diary a month... for a ... |
JeffLieber | 12/12/2011 | 100 | 113 | 2 | 414 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Mojo Friday - Netroots for the Troops®, 2012 Press Release - Edition It's that time of year again, fundraising for Netroots for the Troops®. Next week we'll launch a Blogathon. Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse has been working tirelessly organizing this. Along with ... |
TexDem | 02/10/2012 | 950 | 58 | 1 | 600 |
| Senator Kerry, Elizabeth Warren, and Governor Dean, will be on Dkos next week!
Yes, they are ALL stopping by. A plethora of riches indeed. Why? They are helping kick off our annual Netroots for the Troops , or NFTT, fund raiser with a blogathon. ... |
Onomastic | 02/19/2012 | 97 | 101 | 1 | 471 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Honoring our Servicemembers, Veterans, and Military Families I was the little sister. When I was three, my oldest brother, Don Reed, left for the military, followed in a few years by my brother John, and a few years later by my brother David. We were proud of " |
Elizabeth Warren | 02/22/2012 | 122 | 372 | 5 | 1202 |
| 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 |
| 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 - 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 |
| 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: 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: 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: 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...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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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: '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 |
| 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--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 |
| 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 |
| Community Quilt for Scott Olsen, Wounded at Occupy Oakland [http://communityquiltproject.com/2011/11/12/community-quilt-for-scott-olsen/ Cross posted from the Community Quilt Project] |
Sara R | 03/11/2012 | 143 | 118 | 2 | 460 |
| 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 |
| Updates on Vetwife, her family, and mine I don't know how many of you have been following Vetwife's story, but her life has been nothing but a rollercoaster.
Her husband just came home for the hospital, again. The good news is that this ... |
angelajean | 03/14/2012 | 123 | 348 | 3 | 1465 |
| Just one dog.
These are United States Marine Cpl. Megan Leavey and Sgt. Rex. They were wounded together during their second tour of duty in Iraq. Cpl. Leavey received the Purple Heart, the Combat Valor Medal ... |
noweasels | 03/19/2012 | 153 | 234 | 1 | 1216 |
| 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 |
| We Fight Our Country’s Battles On Monday, March 19th, 2012 the swallows returned to Capistrano and a few miles away at Camp Pendleton, my son was deployed to Afghanistan along with 400 other United States Marines. My wife and I ... |
LCaseRussell | 03/23/2012 | 11 | 28 | 3 | 180 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Because it's all too damn much and yet, it can't be I need you, not that you can do anything about what has been pulling at my heart for over thirty years. That's how long my son has been fighting his own war of survival against health issues that ... |
Onomastic | 05/03/2012 | 119 | 225 | 1 | 916 |
| 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 |
| JUST IN: Obama Recognizing Military Suicides w/ Condolence Letters, Reversing a Longstanding Policy This week, President Obama began doing what no president in history has done: officially recognize the mental health tolls of war by writing letters to the families of veterans who committed suicide ... |
David Harris Gershon | 05/04/2012 | 116 | 208 | 4 | 665 |
| 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 |
| Testvet This will be very, very short and to the point:
Mike Bailey, Testvet, has come through surgery in great shape. His wife, Dorrie, called me to express her thanks - and Mike's - for ... |
llbear | 05/04/2012 | 127 | 435 | 1 | 1787 |
| PTSD, and You, and Me, and All of Us. ** Warning: May Contain Some PTSD "Triggers" **
I am not the same person I was when I went to Iraq. I only know a few that didn't come back alive; almost everyone I know that went there returned ... |
Canis Aureus | 05/04/2012 | 90 | 80 | 8 | 367 |
| It's Cinco de Mayo! It's almost post time! There's a Flower Moon rising! Wait a minute. What? I wanted to do a diary for Netroots for the Troops but how with all this great stuff happening? It's celebration time. Party time. Magic time. And all in ONE day!
Today is Cinco de Mayo , a ... |
Onomastic | 05/05/2012 | 125 | 107 | 1 | 426 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Netroots for the Troops Pootie Edition
Netroots for the troops is an effort to provide care packages to the troops overseas. The money raised covers getting these supplies and shipping them to points around the globe. Can the Pootie ... |
Horace Boothroyd III | 05/08/2012 | 77 | 98 | - | 389 |
| 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 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 |
| Netroots for the Troops - revealed classified secrets: Letters to my parents + cookies & matches I have an unusual war to share with you. My Viet Nam experience wasn't like what real soldiers experienced. First of all, most soldiers – real soldiers – didn't have the time to write long ... |
llbear | 05/10/2012 | 112 | 79 | - | 271 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Mojo Friday - NFTT Thanks Mechanix Wear, Inc. - Edition This week Netroots For The Troops® received outstanding news from Mechanix Wear, Inc. They're donating 300 pairs of gloves this year! That means the most expensive item we put in our Care Packages ... |
TexDem | 05/11/2012 | 1403 | 63 | - | 1535 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 - Friends, Heroes and Falling Stars My father was ten years old when he became the man of the house and began helping his mother care for four younger siblings. It was the 1930s. The Great Depression was devastating millions of ... |
desertguy | 05/15/2012 | 15 | 44 | - | 129 |
| 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 |
| Mojo Friday - Netroots Nation, Roommates Needed - Edition Muskegon Critic is looking for a roommate and I'm sure he's not the only one. It's close enough to NN 2012 for everyone to start to reach that panic moment. They have a room, but they want/need a ... |
TexDem | 05/18/2012 | 1560 | 81 | - | 1270 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Mojo Friday - Memorial Day - Edition
Memorial
n.
1. Something, such as a monument or holiday, intended to celebrate or honor the memory of a person or an event.
2. A written statement of facts or a petition presented to a legislative ... |
TexDem | 05/25/2012 | 1559 | 59 | - | 1053 |
| Joe Biden's speech to Military Heroes will rank with one of the best ever This is a speech that will rank up with the best ever given. I love Joe. |
Olympia | 05/27/2012 | 97 | 249 | 6 | 1387 |
| Memorial Day! 'Flags In' Tradition and the Real Joe Biden Just a gathering of links on the start of this Memorial Day weekend to hopefully bring real reflection, not for those of us who've served or are serving but the 99% who never did nor are, and not ... |
jimstaro | 05/28/2012 | 11 | 15 | - | 109 |
| Update: For Vets: The Veteran's Certificate Created for People in my Building Last Veteran's Day Last Veteran's Day a few of us held a "Veteran's Day Thank You" lunch for the building I live in. This would be the first time anyone held a celebration for veterans in this senior building. I ... |
Liberal Granny | 05/28/2012 | 14 | 24 | - | 152 |
| 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 |
| Military Sexual Trauma: An Epidemic In the last few years, as the debate played out surrounding the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, it was easy to get the impression that by allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in our armed ... |
julimyers | 05/30/2012 | 20 | 31 | 2 | 205 |
| PLEASE REC! Netroots for the Troops volunteers: Now is the time to pick your shifts! I am reposting this so that as many people as possible see it. Please Rec it up and forgive the repost and the subsequent one I will do next week. We still have MANY unfilled slots and I need to get ... |
Eclectablog | 05/31/2012 | 14 | 44 | - | 93 |
| From Ripples to Waves I have spent most of my life wondering how, if at all, I could make a difference. It’s a lofty ideal, but it didn’t mean much because I never allowed myself to get past the part where I ... |
julimyers | 05/31/2012 | 17 | 26 | 1 | 155 |
| Mojo Friday - NN 2012, NFTT and MST - Edition And no, MST doesn't stand for Mountain Standard Time. It stands for Military Sexual Trauma and Netroots For The Troops® is sponsoring a panel discussing what it means. If you're going to Netroots ... |
TexDem | 06/01/2012 | 1247 | 65 | - | 1150 |
| 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 |
| PLEASE REC! (UPDATED) - Now I'm begging! TONS of Netroots For the Troops shifts open at NN12 Okay, now I'm begging
I'm beginning to get a bit panicky because I have TONS of empty shifts at the booth and for staging at our Netroots for the Troops "33-Minute Miracle" CARE package assembly ... |
Eclectablog | 06/04/2012 | 142 | 243 | 5 | 617 |
| Netroots For The Troops--A tiny FUNDRAISER!!! One of the great experiences I had at NN 2011 was volunteering for Netroots for the Troops. Yesterday, Chris (Electablog) asked for volunteers. I can't be at NN12 so I sadly could not throw my ... |
Tasini | 06/05/2012 | 2 | 8 | - | 38 |
| Our Undeclared War If you are attending Netroots Nation #12 this weekend in Providence, RI, you will have a plethora of sessions from which to choose, everything from Lizz Winstead to effective tweeting to carrying ... |
julimyers | 06/07/2012 | 16 | 37 | - | 270 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| WAR ON WOMEN [Soldiers] - House GOP Blocking Abortion Access for Raped Military Women The Department of Defense currently grants abortion access to women only if their life is at stake, which stands in stark contrast to all other federal employees, who are granted abortion access in ... |
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