Do it yourself

Hello Folks, I have been reading all of the groups comments whether they concern the group's intent or not. I have enjoyed Dale's off subject emails, and tonight I have to admit that I got a lot of education on the background of our leaders. I have been watching the war news very closely and since I seem to sleep by day and watch the tube by night I get news of the war almost as it happens. The news castors do not get a chance to modify the news for a sound bite nor does it get a chance prepare it's audience for what they are about to see and hear. It is news by the minute as it happens. This "News as it Happens" is to me very traumatizing and yet I know this trauma is not even 1/100 of the trauma that our troops overseas in the war are experiencing. I think we need to put some effort, if not, a lot of our efforts, into what we can do for our men and women serving our country. This bickering over who supports the war and/or our country or President does ***NOT*** do one iota to support our troops afar. These men and women are risking their lives so that we can continue to bicker publicly and not be punished for our ideas or thoughts. For this FREEDOM OF SPEECH we owe a great deal to those who are defending our way of life. These are not our "rights to speak", but rather the privileges provided to the individuals living within the United States which others have fought for so valiantly. Some of the men and women will not come home a live. Some are or will become POWs. Some will suffer injuries that will forever change their lives. All of them, including their loved ones will suffer great psychological damage that will never be reversed. I applaud all of you who are putting forth the effort to do something to ease the mental torture in their path. These men and women, families and those assisting them and taking care of them in the hospitals will need all the help they can get when they try to re-enter our society upon their return from the war. Some will not be so lucky to return a live and their loved ones will need help and assistance during the war as they attempt to adjust to their painful new reality. This bickering, in the end, will not help anyone. We are no longer deciding whether to go to war. We are now at war and that fact is a done deal. I hope that through the use of this "Do It Yourself" list that we will be able to share our skills and knowledge and that we might be able to use these skills to help someone else. In spite of our differing opinions I hope that we do not loose sight of our goal to work together as a team for the good of all. There are now and will be many more in the future that will need our help. Anne in Texas