[Vision2020] pledge

Thu Jan 26 22:05:27 PST 2006

With respect to US flags, and car magnets & decals supporting our troops,
Donovan Arnold wrote:
"Yeah, but they are all made in China."

No, they aren't:  neither our magnets nor our flags were made in China.
They were all made in the good ol' USA.  Perhaps *yours* are, but don't
assume the rest of ours are because that's just plain wrong.

Saundra Lund
Moscow, ID

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do
nothing.
Edmund Burke

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-----Original Message-----
From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
On Behalf Of Donovan Arnold
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 6:22 PM
To: J Ford; mattd2107 at hotmail.com; vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] pledge

"I see plenty of the car 'cals and magnets.
I see flags EVERYwhere as well."-Jackie Woolf

_DJA

J Ford <privatejf32 at hotmail.com> wrote:

	You been down 6th street lately? or just tooling 'bout town, I see
plenty 
	of the car 'cals and magnets. I see flags EVERYwhere as well.

	J :]

	>From: "Matt Decker" 
	>To: privatejf32 at hotmail.com
	>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] pledge
	>Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 17:22:19 -0800
	>
	>J Ford,
	>
	>How many of these things do you see around Moscow? In my opinion
not 
	>enough.
	>
	>Matt
	>
	>
	>>From: "J Ford" 
	>>To: kjajmix1 at msn.com, vision2020 at moscow.com
	>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] pledge
	>>Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 16:20:56 -0800
	>>
	>>If Moscow does not support our troops, what are all those "Support
Our 
	>>Troops" magnets getting stuck to? Who's driving around town with
the 
	>>signs, stickers and ribbons on their car? Who is flying the flags
that I 
	>>see in the neighborhoods? Whose trees and homes are being
"decorated" 
	>>with the yellow and red/white/blue ribbons? Who was it that
greeted the 
	>>troops that made it back to the Moscow National Guard Base?
	>>
	>>You may not support the conflict/war/action, but you certainly
should 
	>>support our troops.
	>>
	>>J :]
	>>
	>>
	>>
	>>
	>>>From: "keely emerinemix" 
	>>>To: mattd2107 at hotmail.com, mushroom at moscow.com,
citizenament at moscow.com, 
	>>> ! vision2020 at moscow.com
	>>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] pledge
	>>>Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 15:57:30 -0800
	>>>
	>>>So, Matt, you're an "actual supporter" of the troops and Don
Coombs and 
	>>>other Moscow folks who want them brought home safely and soon
aren't? 
	>>>And that's laughable to you?
	>>>
	>>>Really?
	>>>
	>>>I can't decide if your arrogance or your snottiness is more
offensive, 
	>>>but what's also striking is your apparent inability to grasp the
validity 
	>>>of arguments that oppose yours. Intellectual rigor, if not mere
charity, 
	>>>kind of demands that you learn that. Unless, of course, your
heroes 
	>>>model the same.
	>>>
	>>>Could that be it???? Huh. I wonder . . .
	>>>
	>>>keely
	>>>
	>>>
	>>>From: "Matt Decker" 
	>>>To: mushroom at moscow.com, citizenament at moscow.com,
vision2020 at moscow.com
	>>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] pledge
	>>>Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 15:47:42 -0800
	>>>
	>>>Mr Combs,
	>>>
	>>>Moscow supporting our troops?
	>>>
	>>>You almost had me laughing.
	>>>
	>>>I would not call Moscow a full fledged "troop supporter", but
what the 
	>>>hell I'm sure some of you will criticize me for saying this.
	>>>
	>>>Actual supporter
	>>>Matt D
	>>>
	>>>
	>>>>From: Don Coombs 
	>>>>Reply-To: mushroom at moscow.com
	>>>>To: aaron ament , vision2020 at moscow.com
	>>>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] pledge
	>>>>Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 15:40:00 -0800
	>>>>
	>>&g! t;>I would like to commend Aaron Ament for the straightforward
explanation 
	>>>>of his position on the pledge of allegiance at council meetings.
	>>>>
	>>>>To me, he seems more patriotic than those who want to be
divisive and 
	>>>>make a big issue of this. Some of those who started the
discussion, 
	>>>>however, just asked for information and they, too, deserve
commendation.
	>>>>
	>>>>Now my hope is that Vision2020 can get beyond this particular
topic. I'd 
	>>>>like it if people would show a little more patriotic enthusiasm
for 
	>>>>supporting our troops and for getting them home safely.
	>>>>
	>>>>Don Coombs
	>>>>
	>>>>
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