Here's one for all those sporting "Support the Troops" stickers...

does your support end with just a bumper sticker?

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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/03/25/eveningnews/main683247.shtml

<snip> When "Iraqi Freedom" began, Private First Class Herold Noel was a soldier in the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division, pounding a path into Baghdad.

"I fought for this country," he said. "I shed blood for this country. I watched friends die."

And like so many, Herold Noel came home a hero, but he wound up homeless.

He started living out of the back of his jeep when most of his clothes and all of his military medals were stolen at a homeless shelter.

<snip> Herold was diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Unemployed, married with three kids, he couldn't get a job.

"The physical war is over. The mental war has just begun," he said.

<snip> "I put applications in. I did all that. They lost my application three f^&@# times!" Noel said.

This time a city housing agency has given him the runaround yet again.

"What are you telling me man? I have three kids out there man! I fought for my country man. My country shouldn't be doing this to me."

"It's terrible to know that he's not the only one crying in his car," Lohaus said.

"This may sound like an insensitive question, but why should anyone care? About Herold? About the others?" Pitts wanted to know.

"These are the folks who are protecting us and we are treating them this way, who is going to sign up? Who is going to do it next time?"

Still, Herold Noel is one of the luckier ones. Just recently an anonymous donor heard Herold's story and is paying his rent for a year. Tonight, one Iraq War veteran is off the street. But somewhere soon, another could well take his place.

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From Terri Schaivo to Herold Noel... do the Republicans really give a shit about the people they exploit for political gain??

Youu fight for your country (regardless of whether the war is right or wrong) then it is your right, yes right, to have a job. If he can't find a job then the government must put him to work doing something, anything, for a paycheck. I don't care if we have to bring back some of the old work relief agencies from the New Deal (CCC, WPA, etc.). A job is a right that all veterans have earned.

on Democracy Now, if I remember right-- NOT the MSM

They gave their life for this. Then they dump them. So pissed.

... it's the only fair deal for anyone who may end up in harms' way on the orders of the Preznit. Period.

You would probably have to change the 14th Amendment to pass a law that says all veterans are guaranteed a job...just sayin'

Hate hate hate...I don't like to hate, but they leave no other options. They're inhuman.

I had a magnet yellow ribbbon that said "Support the Troops- End the War". Someone stole it off my car.

that reads... "Support the Troops - make sure they have support when they get home".

I thought of that when Kerry was raising concern for the cuts to the Troops' benefits during this past election. It seems so foul to me that the Republicans continue to screw over these troops they claim to love and pray for. Bush's budget cuts funding for the Veterans, and the Veterans Administration right and left... and then they wonder why no one wants to sign up to go over to Iraq. They don't give a shit about anything but rallying the "patriotic" base.

... and I'm NOT making this up:

"Tony Orlando & Dawn"

At least that bumper sticker makes sense.

Unfortunately I've lost the site, but someone here probably knows it.
"Support our Troops, Bring them Home"
They really distinguish themselves from all the others. If I can relocate the link, I'll post it.

Edit: typo


http://www.kliljedahl.net

This is horrible. :cry: Support the troops my ass! :grr: And so sad about his medals. :(

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chewing them up and spitting them out.

"BRING THEM HOME"

and now I've added the thoughts of a youngster in Aloha, Oregon, who painted this phrase on her family's fence. I think it is wonderful:

"BRING THEM HOME IN ONE PEACE!!"