On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 02:47:31 GMT, "tony thomas"
wrote:

I read the first 5 or 6 posts and all I saw was requests for popcorn, junk
food, pleasure type things. Some said some 220 to 110 adapters but not what
they are for. My guess is probably to run things the army does not provide
such as hair dryers, electric razors, etc... These are not necessities that
the Government is not providing. These are pleasures.

I not saying that we can certainly make life easier/better for the soldiers
but I did not see anything about infected food, no hygene products, no basic
needs of life, etc...
One even said they had air conditioning and heat.

Last time I was in the Army - we did not have A/C.
The Army is all volunteer. They know what they are signing up for.

As I said, we can make it nicer and why not but the Gov is not responsible
for making it nice. If they provided everyone w/ popcorn and junk food we
would get complaints about spending too much money and not feeding the
hungry at home instead.

I think you are making a big stink out of nothing.

Jeez, a voice of reason. You'll catch a lot of flak for that Tony.
Better dig your foxhole a little deeper.

You also sound like you've had some military experience, which the
biggest whiners around here haven't had.

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 19:58:48 -0800, "Snafu"
wrote:

"tony thomas" wrote in message
news:YKYJd.30398$EG1.3458@attbi_s53...
Actually read a bunch more and still did not see any bad food. Mostly
people want Junk food such as popcorn, jerky, snacks. DVDs to watch.
Coffee makers and power adapters.


Yes, I agree, many (maybe even most) are asking for popcorn, CDs and snacks,
but what you may have missed is that many are also thanking people who
responded to this website for filling earlier requests for hygiene items and
so forth.

There ARE requests on there for really down-to-earth things. Take a look at
the post that Sgt Samuel Bass of the Marines left on 22 Jan 2005. Socks,
underwear, pens, sheets and other stuff. He says why he's asking for them.
Much of it (but not all) is stuff that I would not expect Uncle Sam to
provide, but I think he has truly compelling reasons for all of his
requests.

I DO expect the USMC to provide batteries for their night vision goggles,
and to provide binoculars to our guys and gals. Those are among the Sgt's
requests.


The Army provided him with an initial issue of socks and underwear.
The Army gives him a clothing allowance every month to refurbish same.
It *could* be that the local PX was out of his size, or it *could* be
that he'd rather save his clothing allowance for beer. Regardless of
the reason, there is no one in the Bush administration trying to keep
the socks and underwear from the troops as implied by Jim,.

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 20:32:27 -0500, "BridgetStoli"
wrote:

I mailed them a boat.

I love it!

Hope you sent some bottles of water to float it in!

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 06:28:55 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

Doug Kanter wrote:
wrote in message
oups.com...


Room temperature JimH responded to my comment:


Maybe we should all pitch in and buy JimH one of those plug-in heated rocks
that people put in the tank or cage with their pet reptiles. A couple hours
with that rock, and JimH may seem almost as smart as his president.



Sigh...dumber than Bush...what a burden to bear.

One could be in your shoes, Harry. That would be a bitch!

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 06:31:15 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

Tuuuk wrote:
I blame people like kanter,, white and most surely the puppet master
himself, you flies are spending so much time badmouthing your country and
its leader, you spend all your effort in regards to this liberation campaign
doing negative,,,,

Time for you to head back to Bangkok and crawl into your mommy's bed.

Why, Harry? Because he sees you for what you are?

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 15:36:10 GMT, "Don White"
wrote:


"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...

Time for you to head back to Bangkok and crawl into your mommy's bed.


If he went back home, the only job he'd get would be cleaning up the
elephant dung from the roadways.


Should one be discussing dung while following Harry so closely?

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 12:41:22 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

" Tuuuk" wrote in message
...
I blame people like kanter,, white and most surely the puppet master
himself, you flies are spending so much time badmouthing your country and
its leader, you spend all your effort in regards to this liberation
campaign doing negative,,,,

Well....let's see,,,,,,,,I've,,,,written 11 letters so far to m,y
legislators. Stop by sometime and we'll "talk". When you're released from
the emergency room, I'll show you the letters.


If they're more than just whining, post them. Maybe we'll send them to
our legislators also.

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 16:02:55 GMT, "Don White"
wrote:


"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...

He sleeps with his mother, is obsessed with flies, makes punctuation
errors no one has ever seen before, and cannot comprehend what he reads.
That's it...I know who he is... Tuuk is the son of John Herring out of
Karen Smith of Oz, with help from Fritz, Robbins, Wally, and the rest of
the one-handed typists.


Maybe we should all put our heads together and find a good 'institution'
that could help him.



Don, it's obvious what you and Harry are putting together. It ain't
heads.

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

"JohnH" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 06:28:55 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

Doug Kanter wrote:
wrote in message
oups.com...


Room temperature JimH responded to my comment:


Maybe we should all pitch in and buy JimH one of those plug-in heated
rocks
that people put in the tank or cage with their pet reptiles. A couple
hours
with that rock, and JimH may seem almost as smart as his president.



Sigh...dumber than Bush...what a burden to bear.

One could be in your shoes, Harry. That would be a bitch!

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to
resolve it."
Rene Descartes

Chuck has lowered himself to Harry's level. A real shame as he was once a
nice guy here.

Perhaps he can change. All it will take is to stop the lies and
exaggerations and then stop the insults.

Maybe he will give it a go.

"JohnH" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 12:41:22 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

" Tuuuk" wrote in message
...
I blame people like kanter,, white and most surely the puppet master
himself, you flies are spending so much time badmouthing your country and
its leader, you spend all your effort in regards to this liberation
campaign doing negative,,,,

Well....let's see,,,,,,,,I've,,,,written 11 letters so far to m,y
legislators. Stop by sometime and we'll "talk". When you're released from
the emergency room, I'll show you the letters.


If they're more than just whining, post them. Maybe we'll send them to
our legislators also.

John H

Stop, will ya? Write your own letters! I don't want someone else's signature
on my exquisite compositions.