It is about time that the American puplic learns that to support our troops is a good, no, a great thing. One that should be embrased by each and every one of our citizens.We are a financially motivated society and I am going to attemp to motivate all of our citizens with money. Thats right cash,greenbacks,Georges in large quantitys.
How am I gonna do this? How am I gonna motivate all these good people? By waving profit under their noses. First a little background...The Coca Cola Co. You see there has been a old saw about paying attention to history and it will profit you. And to finnish the saw for those who don't pay attention to history it will come back to you and bite you on your butt. Sometimes a really huge bite like the U.S.S. Cole or The World Trade Center (you may take your pick here it WAS attacked by similar groups only a few years apart)You may insert your favorite terrorist action here.
Now for the motivational part.......The gentleman who owned Coke at the onset of World War Two was in fact a strong supporter of our troops and was so touched by our troops sacrifices that he vowed that he would make damned sure that where ever they were in the world that our brave men and women in the military would be able to get a iced cold coke for what they paid for it at home .....5 cents. Thats right 5 cents. not only was coke cheaper then, most other things were also. Still it posed a problem for the board of directors of Coke. It would cost a lot more to make it here at home and ship it to them, also the manpower was lacking because most of America's young men were in reality fighting to bring freedom to the rest of the world once again. (It seemed like everyone had forgotten our earlier attemp.... .World War One.)So being the great business people they are, the folks at Coke decided to build Coke factories in all of the theaters of war so that our troops could have a iced cold coke when the oppourtunity presented itself.Well today we know that that worked out well for our favorite soft drink company because you see they got to keep the factorys that Coke had built all over the world which gave them a handle on a world market for a refreshing soft drink when the war was over.Today they are a multi national company with profits in numbers you and I can't understand.
So wake up folks....SUPPORT OUR TROOPS and perhaps someday you too will reap the rewards of a greatfull military and live in a land that has unlimited freedoms for you and yours,who`s standard of living is better than anyplace I have ever been.
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The one thing that the world cannot seem to understand is how the poor in this country are better off than about half of the earths population and the not quite poor would be considered wealthy in most countries on earth. I have not quite understood how we can consider a family with an automobile, a roof over their heads, food on the table, a couple of TV sets and a computer, clothes to wear, free public education, and ample employment opportunity to be poor people. This is one of the few countries that have waiting lists for people wanting to get in and nothing to stop them from leaving if they so desire.
I am all for supporting the troops! I support them with books and packages whenever I can.
However, I am a Pepsi person.
I just don't like Coke.
I wonder how many of the people who say they support the troops actually have sent them anything?
There are links on my blog that you can order the boxes if you don't want to put one together yourself and fill out the custom forms.
If you have paperback books in your house that you haven't read for years, toss them into a box and send them to Books for Soldiers. The link is at the bottom of my page.
Write them a letter, a card ANYTHING! Show them your heart not your faded magnetic yellow ribbon on your car. They can't see that!
For those of you who have truly supported the troops, on behalf of my son who is in the Navy, I thank you!
The spiritual support of the people serving in the military is important too, to let them know that their sacrifices enable us to enjoy our freedoms. Whether we agree on politics, we should support the morale of our troops abroad. This is a good Christmas post...
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