| Watching the Towers Fall and Moving Beyond | | | | sweatshirts, women's garments and other products |
| Stuck-On-Stupid! | | | | win votes because logical truths usually persuade |
| Watching the twin towers of the World Trade Center | | | | objective thinkers. |
| come down, live on TV, had a profound affect on | | | | Truthful, persuasive messages were embedded into |
| many Americans including this baby boomer. Probably | | | | digital photographs of the World Trade Center (2 |
| due to age, serious motivation to join the Ohio Army | | | | designs), the Statue of Liberty, the Golden Gate Bridge |
| Reserve did not develop, however, until 2004 when I | | | | and other U.S. landmarks. Talking animals and nature |
| was fifty years old. It was not only our enemies who | | | | scenes complete the ensemble of around twenty |
| influenced my attempt to join up; it was the mindsets | | | | exclusive, imprinted designs with two back designs to |
| of some of my closest loved ones. Those mindsets | | | | choose from. The mission is to boost morale of our |
| appear to be mental blocks that obstruct logic. | | | | troops through increased voting unity and these |
| This obstruction of logic caused an acute affliction of | | | | designs help you influence voters with patriotic pride |
| angst in me until it seemed that only joining our | | | | and logical truths. People can just read the shirt, tote |
| volunteer forces would position me around clear | | | | bag or sticker with no discussion necessary. Truthful |
| thinkers, to keep me out of the insane asylum. Hopes | | | | messages are like mustard seeds; they start out tiny |
| were for nothing drastic, just going to serve as a | | | | and grow insidiously. |
| slightly arthritic operations guy on a desk somewhere. | | | | Part of a large vision is supporting our troops' majority |
| Unfortunately, age already restricts me from serving | | | | wishes with votes and helping you influence other |
| as a first time member of our military. Hopefully world | | | | voters to consider deferring their personal political |
| events will not degrade to the point that the Army | | | | wishes to our troops' majority political wishes when |
| needs to include my age group or skill level, but I was | | | | voting. Voting as most of our troops will vote is really |
| disappointed. Eventually motivation overcame | | | | supporting our troops' wishes. Anything else holds no |
| disappointment and this is how it happened. It was not | | | | water and is just more worthless talk. It is about getting |
| easy because I was stuck on stupid, for a while. | | | | voters to think about it. |
| Years of stressful dialog with loved ones who cling to | | | | The vision includes a full service web presence to |
| mental blocks about projecting US military power and | | | | serve and inspire our troops and America at large. It is |
| about George W. Bush, had all ended in failure. My | | | | a vision of a non-profit organization doing many |
| relentless efforts to present common sense, logical | | | | wonderful things for and with our volunteer troops. But |
| conclusions based upon facts from many sources had | | | | it is more than that; it is about starting a net roots or |
| all failed. Beloved friends and family members were | | | | grass roots wave of serious, conscientious thought |
| content with their mental blocks. Failure in my efforts | | | | about how votes either support or subvert our troops' |
| finally became undeniable and had to be accepted as | | | | majority wishes. These are the real world |
| the truth. | | | | consequences of voting results. Votes embolden one |
| After a stubborn period of denial, the truth of the | | | | group of combatants while they demoralize their |
| failure was realized and accepted. Consequently, a | | | | opposition. Votes affect morale on both sides. |
| redirection of energies became prudent, even | | | | A vision of a voter, or millions of voters, researching |
| necessary, and finally became apparent to me too. | | | | and considering what our troops want politically, before |
| Very important relationships were suffering. Stuck on | | | | we vote, is now planted in you too. Our troops are |
| stupid had been my lot and my angst was hurting us. | | | | volunteers who deserve our voting support. Will we dig |
| You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make | | | | for answers, polls results and letters from troops on |
| him drink. Finding more fertile ground to plow became | | | | the hundreds of military support websites on the |
| the cure. Being deeply concerned about our troops | | | | Internet? A Google search for Military Times or Stars |
| and setting failure with loved ones aside; a larger vision | | | | and Stripes will lead to an endless chain of links to |
| began to develop. | | | | letters, blogs, poll results and more than a person can |
| Do you know what our troops' majority wishes are, | | | | ingest, if you care. Even with all of that, it will come |
| politically? Would you like poll results or facts regarding | | | | down to a calculated risk and judgment call of what |
| what our troops want, politically and regarding your | | | | you accept as truth and logic, when you decide how |
| votes? Are you willing to believe the answers if you | | | | to vote. Voters must set aside emotion and employ |
| could find them? Do you believe our troops are just | | | | logic when they research and deduce What Our |
| brain washed, uneducated dummies supporting the | | | | Troops Want. After the research, each voter must |
| political line they are told to tow, while risking death | | | | decide whose political wishes are more important, |
| from our enemies? | | | | yours or the wishes of the majority of our troops. |
| While most military volunteers would undoubtedly | | | | Hopefully, you will not ignore our troops' majority |
| support your right to vote against their political wishes, it | | | | wishes by not voting. Unless you judge our volunteers |
| is human nature for our troops to hope we understand | | | | as Red Coat types or Genghis Khan-style marauder |
| and share their principles, priorities and political wishes | | | | types or Nazi types, why not vote as the majority of |
| and vote to support them, especially during wartime. | | | | our troops will vote? Why cast votes that subvert our |
| As a voter, is there a more important issue to | | | | troops' majority wishes? Our volunteer forces are the |
| research and understand than this one - What Our | | | | boots on the ground and this citizen will trust their |
| Troops Want - during wartime? | | | | judgment, at least for now. I hope the light comes on |
| Creative inspiration and a redirection of nearly | | | | and another patriotic wave of voting troop support |
| obsessive efforts resulted in an online store full of | | | | sweeps America very soon. Our volunteers deserve |
| products to be proud of. Patriotic images with inspired | | | | US voting unity and nothing less. Neither do our |
| messages that provoke thought on t-shirts, | | | | enemies. |