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Message: <blockquote data-quote="reveal" data-source="post: 2016363" data-attributes="member: 1236">Good ole Omaha, Nebraska. You know; home of Heartland values?  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /> I was a military brat and was in the Air Force myself. I've seen it come and go. When they need us, civilians are fantastic and will go out of their way to be kind and sincere. But when they don't, they revert to the "do we really need them" mentality (see the round of base closures and downsizing in the 90's).Don't get me wrong, I think it's great that people finally recognize the sacrifice our men and women make to help our country, but it all just feels so... I don't know how to say it.Here's an example: All those "Support Our Troops" ribbon bumper magnet. People buy them and put them on their car and then forget. That's about it. And who does the money go to? Not the troops (at least not for most companies selling these things). But do people stop to ask? I doubt it. We just become another "cause" to place right next to "stop abortions/support choice" or "my kid's an honor roll student at..."*sorry if this seems political in nature; it's not. these are my personal feelings only and carries no political sentiment.*Edit Quick Google of "support our troops magnets" <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=support+our+troops+magnets" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/search?q=support+our+troops+magnets</a>Edit: And because I didn't mean to threadjack, the Burt Reynolds Kinko's commercial was, hands down, the best one.  <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing    :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /></blockquote>

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