Comments for I challenge the Senators involved...

I challenge the Senators involved...

2007-10-14T12:16:16Z

...to match the high bid. *Each of them.*

Then we'd see some support of the troops and law enforcers with the most important indicator of personal support - their own money, instead of just bloviating about their support of the troops... with my money. And yours. And you too - over there, yeah, you, over there in Pie Town, NM. I mean you - well, your money. Not to mention the closet liberal in Ann Arbor who reads this place because he was searching for pr0n, found Gun Pr0n and keeps coming back for more, even while his wife makes him write checks to the Brady Bunch.

How do you know you live in the post-industrial age? When the Senate had (and took) the time, theres a venue, and someone has the money, and you're reading about it here, there and everywhere...: For this.

Snerk.

I could get the money to bid on it at this time, but I *don't* have the cojones to ask SWWBO to do so. Because if I was gonna do that, I'd send it where most of my troop support money goes... Project Valour-IT.

That's not a slam on the Marine Corps - Law Enforcement Foundation, it just means this is The Castle, and that's our shtick - every warrior, every service, every day. Whether we like the mission they've been sent to do or not. Yeah, we'll snark the AF, Navy, and Marines, but hey, that's what families do, right?

Comment from Cricket on 2007-10-15

2007-10-15T14:26:06Z

Is it that time of year again? Where we put sibling rivalry aside and show the love? I smell....FUNDRAISING. *sits in for the interservice snark-a-thon*

Comment from FbL on 2007-10-14

2007-10-14T12:56:47Z

I should also add that the romance novel items for our auction are going to be advertised on a BB that caters to readers, so we should get a lot of interest in it from outside the milblog community. And due to a pre-announcement, people are already showing interest in donating some beautiful handmade items to support Valour-IT (i.e. an award-winning, knitted baby blanket). It's really branching out this year!

Comment from FbL on 2007-10-14

2007-10-14T12:52:31Z

Wow. Bravo to Rush for putting it to that kind of use!! And as I am up to my eyeballs in web design and planning for the Valour-IT auction, I'm insanely jealous! :P Btw, this auction is going to be amazing. A military wife has tapped into the network of Romance novel authors and landed a HUGE fish is going to be donating highly-sought-after, signed first editions of three of her (out of print) books. And under her encouragement, a number of other authors are expected to jump on the bandwagon. There is also a very, very special handmade quilt called "Fallen but not Forgotten" that is going to be auctioned. And there are a number of military-related books signed by the authors that are also lined up. It's going to be awesome! But yeah... nothing like that letter. Wow.