Ah yes, because if there's anything our military needs, it's more money. (kidding)

Actually there are many charities that benefit our military veterans and families. The Yellow Ribbon Fund is the one that comes to my mind first, but there are many others. There's another group where you can send care packages to soldiers. I can't remember the name of it off-hand, but I've sent several care packages that way.

Also, the money these "rock stars" raise typically goes to children and other civilian victims of war. If you want our military and their families to be taken care of, you should demand it from our government. National Guard soldiers who fought shoulder-to-shoulder with their Army/Marine counterparts have their VA benefits turned off after 12 months. The VA is constantly understaffed and underfunded, (Walter Reed anyone?) and of course there's the infamous "you go to war with the army you have" line that pretty much summed up why our troops were sent into combat with inadequate armor. of course the I'd like to see some of the "rock stars" of Washington step up to the plate (and I include the Democrats who lied when they said they were going to change directions) and start really caring about the troops as other than photo ops.

Well you can swallow the "we care about the troops" ploy being used but the proof is in the action, not the bumper-stickers.
We have a group locally which reach out to help families in many small day-to-day ways such as minor auto repair, help with home repairs, childcare and a number of other ways. I have asked several "peace loving friends of the military" to join and only one actually seemed interested.
Sure there could be some Govt. program to do this as you suggest but I doubt it would be as effective.




No. It galls them (the peace movement) that huge numbers of troops continue to be killed and maimed over a war about oil and egos.

Oil and ego? when was the last time you walked to work?
Unless your sitting at a hand-cranked computer, your whole life-style is provided by oil.

Also, recruiting for the Army has dropped off to dangerous levels. The reason you hear that they are meeting and sometimes exceeding their quotas is because 1) they have "adjusted" recruiting targets to much lower levels than pre-war and 2) they have drastically lowered the requirements for entry into the service. Talk about Vietnam all over again. I just heard a report on Friday that the Army is facing a huge shortage of West Point graduates, because most graduates are resigning their commisions after their obligation is up. This is potentially devastating to an all-volunteer Army because they depend on this pipeline for future leadership.


You should get new voices. (sorry, couldn't resist... )
Ok, I'll swing by moveon.org and get all the FACTS.

Good news we have elections for presidendssoon in both countries,so no matter what those will decide i hope it wont be closed eventually.But hey she can still fly to europe and then to russia from european country.