A Thank You to Our Troops...

Regardless of how you feel about the war in Iraq, I urge you to at least consider this.
My favorite local radio station is doing what they are calling "The Bert Show's Big Thank You". Go here:

http://www.allthehitsq100.com/bertshow/BigThankYou/index.asp

Basically, they are asking that people in their listening area (and farther) write a one page letter to our troops. There are somewhere close to 400 thousand military personnel deployed outside of the United States. And, that number isn't just in Iraq. We are talking all over the Earth. And, that means that a lot of men and women will not be home for the Holidays. While their families and loved ones write to them on a regular basis, there are days where each of those over 400 thousand men and women don't receive a piece of mail while others around them are. Imagine Thanksgiving Day, not being with those you love the most and, as an extra slap in the face, you don't get a letter when they are being handed out. How lonely would you feel? So, regardless of your political views, please consider writing a one page letter just thanking one of those 400 thousand military personnel for doing what they are doing to maintain our freedoms.

Go to the link that I posted above and find out how. Pay attention to the rules as each letter will be read before it is delivered on Thanksgiving and they are reserving the right to withhold letters due to broken rules. Just some of the rules are as follows: no political messages, nothing stapled, paper clipped or included in the letters, only one page (use both sides if you like) hand written, and no photo copied letters.

The reason that it has to be original is, imagine that you write one letter, photo copy it 50 more times and send all of them to the address provided in the link. Then, they send them all to one area in which troops are deployed and all 51 of those letters go to one unit. Instead of each individual person getting a unique letter, they all get the same letter. It loses its heart felt value to those individuals. So send one or send more than one but make them all original.

Again, set aside what you may or may not think about the war in Iraq and remember that these letters will not just be going to our troops in Iraq, but to troops all over the planet.