Rain and Gratitude...

1200 people showed up in spite of a three day rainstorm to assemble care packages for the troops.  Operation Gratitude will ship its 500,000th package this coming weekend, Saturday, December 19th. Help them.

He who hesitates...

Operation Gratitude Care Package Weekend! November 14th, 2009!

Over 1000 volunteers turned up to prepare nearly 9000 packages for the troops!  
Church groups, corporate sponsors, Knights of Columbus, Scouts, school groups... 
everybody you never knew existed in Los Angeles!

Target gave OG a $250,000 check on the spot. Thank them at the 

cash register!

Operation Gratitude Care Package Weekend!

It's hard to describe what an incredible, well, operation Operation Gratitude is. It started in a California woman's living room and today it is so large the Post Office has assigned it its own zip code.

They went from scraping to fill a few cartons a month to the point where this December they will ship their 500,000th package.

They're a registered, fully deductible charity. NO ONE makes a penny off it. EVERYONE involved is a volunteer.

It's a totally apolitical group; they're not interested in politics, just in reminding the deployed troops that they are not forgotten. Check out their site to see what you can do to get involved.

Fuck You Very Much, Mistah Commander in Chief. Sir. (11)

Penalty tax on veterans' healthcare, companies who hire Guard and Reservists.

"...the House bill as it stands today still would not, repeat, would not exempt veterans who receive VA healthcare from the punitive 2.5 percent tax that the bill would impose for failure to have “acceptable coverage.

...The current House bill would also create a disincentive to hiring members of the National Guard and Reserve by levying an eight percent payroll tax penalty against employers that do not provide continuous health coverage to its employees. Continuous coverage for National Guard and Reserve members is not always necessary because they frequently transition to and from active duty where they have access to TRICARE."-- Steve Buyer, House Veterans Affairs Committee

We have troops in combat overseas and Barack Obama and the Democratic Party are promising to monitor them as potential terrorists, to tax their health care, and to cut their benefits to their dependents. Do they really think the troops don't notice this?

How do people this dumb breathe without assistance? How do people that dumb manage to vote for them?

Some good people...

While Frumley Brooks was wandering around Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre giving all us vulgar reactionaries a good look up his nostrils, he overlooked some folks you might want to check out...

Operation Homefront provides assistance to deployed troops, their families, and returning wounded.

1-858-695-6810

The Cal-Diego Paralyzed Veterans' Association assists veterans of both peacetime and combat service with permanent spinal chord damage. You can reach them or their national organization through the link.

1-858-450-1443

1-800-423-2778

Do something useful with your money before Barry gets it all.

Memorial Day Weekend 3

(With thanks to A.E. Houseman)

Help Send Care Packages to Our Troops!

With over 430,000 sent so far, they need your help to send 

more!  Read on for how!
 "On Thu, 5/14/09, Operation Gratitude <opgrat@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Operation Gratitude  subject: The Battle is Heating Up To: brieventures@yahoo.com Date: Thursday, May 14, 2009, 2:16 AM Having trouble viewing this email? Click here   The Battle is Heating Up -- We  Need Reinforcements!   SPREAD THE WORD -  GET OUT THE VOTE     ...for  Operation Gratitude on  Facebook! Our Corporate Sponsor, Target, selected Operation Gratitude as  1 of 10 Charities to participate in their Bullseye Gives contest  to receive a portion of $3 Million.  YOUR votes will determine how  much money we receive! All you need to do is VOTE for Operation  Gratitude every 24 hours from Now through May 25!   Operation Gratitude does not rely on paid advertising, mailing lists  or hired staff--We count on YOU--Our dedicated and patriotic  supporters--to get the job done.   We need to get our grass-roots in gear NOW and kick butt  our own way: with consistent voting and word-of-mouth  publicity.  WE CAN DO IT!   Our vote tally has slipped to only 8%--our Troops in harm's way  deserve better than that!  Let's get voting now!  If we hit 15%, Target  will pay for all 40,000 care packages we send during the current  Patriotic Drive: that's  $450,000! EVERY VOTE COULD SEND ANOTHER  CARE PACKAGE!!   We need all Operation Gratitude Facebook  fans, supporters, volunteers, donors, care package  recipients, friends, family, and colleagues to vote for  Operation Gratitude on Facebook!   (see below for voting info)    For 12 more days, through May 25, every person can vote  once every 24 hours for Operation Gratitude.  The more votes  we get, the more money we will receive.  It's that simple!  SPREAD THE WORD - GET OUT THE VOTE                 ...for Operation Gratitude on Facebook!  Invite all your Facebook  Friends to VOTE too!   Become a Fan of Target and post comments  on the Target Wall--tell the world of your  respect for our Military and for Operation  Gratitude.  Let them know why it is so  important to keep sending our care packages!   Invite them to put a smile on a service  member's face with every vote cast!    All votes and dollars allocated are updated  in real time on the Target Facebook page so you  can see how we are doing at all times.  The final  donation to each charity will be announced on  May 26. That's it! Vote every day through May 25  and tell ALL your  friends to VOTE too!!  We need to keep up the pressure--this is a  Marathon...we need to vote every day, and remind others  every day.  Every vote every day makes a difference! Here's how to vote:* 1. Click on this link: Bullseye Gives or click here:   (If you receive this email at work and are unable to access  Facebook, please forward this email to your personal email  account.) 2. If you are already a member of Facebook, you will be  prompted to log-in.  Once logged in, VOTE for Operation  Gratitude!   3. If  you are not yet a member of Facebook:     a. Click on the green sign-up button in the upper left  corner and complete the sign up form with your name, email address, ** a birthdate and a secret password.       b. Once your account is created, click again on this link:  Bullseye Gives -VOTE   4. Return to the Bullseye Gives page every day through  May 25 to vote each day!   *For technical assistance, please email Robert Bender at:  ozarkrwb@pacbell.net   **Facebook only allows one member per email address.  In order  for every person in your household to be able to vote for Operation  Gratitude, each person needs their own email address and then their  own Facebook account.  Multiple email addresses are free through  providers such as AOL,  Yahoo, Gmail. Remember: Our men and women in uniform put  their lives on the line every day to preserve our  freedom TO VOTE!  You can thank them right  now with YOUR VOTE! Love, Operation Gratitude Note from Richard McEnroe:  As of right now, voters have guaranteed Operation Gratitude over $200,000 in Target donations!  Keep it up!