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Agenda
1. FROM
FLOYD
2. Afghan Veteran Spreads Message To
Send Christmas Cards To WWII Vet.
3. Oklahoma
4. Dear fellow MoveOn member.
5. We Have Nothing to Sell
but Fear Itself
FROM FLOYD
So much has been happening to me that I simply haven't been able to get this posting out to you. The happening is unbelievably good. Even though this is a very belated Merry Christmas, it is so good to be able to report something good.
Actually, there are two parts to this posting. One part good the other part is serious.
ABOUT THE
FIRST PART.
There are two articles in this first part. It is quite self explanatory, but I do want to clear up one thing at the end of the first article.
~~~
Afghan Veteran Spreads
Message To Send Christmas Cards To WWII Vet
Dec 15, 2015 10:30 PM CST
OWASSO, Oklahoma
Many
of us see a veteran and stop to say thanks, but one man is going well beyond
that.
War In
Afghanistan veteran, Anthony Marquez doesn't want new generations to forget
about the greatest generation - those who lived during a time of great
deprivation, then, went off to war.
Some,
like World War II veteran Floyd Bowman, live in our communities and have a lot
to offer.
The
two Marines now share a strong bond that all began over pancakes.
"I
used to eat at the IHOP every day, and one day, about a year ago, Anthony was
in there, sitting in a booth, and saw me," Floyd recalled.
Anthony
said, "He's sitting by himself and he had a hat on that said, ‘USMC,’ so I
just got up and went over there and shook his hand."
Floyd
mentioned he was a World War II photographer; Marquez was a bomb dog handler in
Afghanistan
"I
said, 'I want to meet up again and go eat, or whatever, take you out sometime
and go talk again,’" Anthony said.
The
two planned a second pancake date, and a third, and a forth...It's been going
on, once a week, for more than a year now.
"I
feel like, I don't know, I need to include him," Anthony said.
They
mostly just eat at the Owasso IHOP or go to one of Floyd's doctor appointments.
Anthony even planned a party for the
Marine Corps' 240th Birthday; Floyd got an invite.
“I
have talked to lots and lots of Marines. Never, never have I seen or talked
with or been with a Marine like this man," said Floyd.
Days
can get long and lonely for a 91-year-old, especially during the holidays.
Floyd
said when a Marine meets another Marine, they're immediately brothers, but
there's something more to their relationship.
"He
has filled a tremendous void for me and my loneliness, yes he has," said
Floyd. "He is a true American patriot...everything he does, he cares about
people."
Anthony
works to stop veteran suicide. He does so by promoting camaraderie, and what
better way than to practice what you preach?
Floyd
said, "I'd do anything on Earth I could for him because he's done
everything for me, so much. I truly love
the guy…I truly love him."
Anthony
said he wants to spread some holiday cheer to Floyd and is asking everyone to
send him Christmas cards this year.
You
can send them to Floyd Bowman at P.O.
Box 709 , Owasso , OK 74055
From
Floyd:
As you now know, this
was on Channel 6 CBS television and it makes it rather clear that I am
lonely. That is true, except you need to
know one reason for the loneliness. Some
of the cards I have received have thought that I am completely alone and they
say such things as "I am sorry you have lost your family."
I want everyone to
know that I have a rather large family and I am fortunate to be living next
door to my Son. Speaking of my Son, he
is the reason I am more lonely than usual.
He fell and broke both bones in his leg just above the ankle. He can't get over here to see me and it is a
bit of struggle for me to go see him.
Also, he always took me where I had to go and, of course, he can't do
that. He will be laid up for 4 months, I
believe, three have past.
In addition to my Son,
I have a daughter in Illinois and one in the
state of Washington Florida
~~~
Oklahoma
Posted: Dec 24, 2015 11:26 PM CST
FROM
FLOYD:
As of
this writing, Dec. 28, 15, I have received 1,201 cards. I will have a follow up statement at the end
of this article. This whole thing is
beyond belief.
OWASSO, Oklahoma
This
Christmas Eve, it wasn’t a bag full of toys delivered to a 91-year-old World
War II veteran, but a bag full of cards.
It all
started when Afghanistan
This
week it took Marquez four trips to the Owasso post office to collect the 1,201
cards that flew in for Bowman.
"Oh
my goodness! Ooooh, I'm going to spend hours and hours and hours looking at all
this. See, cards mean so much to me. Always have," he said.
The
cards have come from those young and old, from coast to coast.
"In
my eyes, you are a courageous hero," he read.
The
Oklahoma City Police Department sent 57 cards, and 150 cards were
hand-delivered by an active-duty member of the U.S.
"Merry
Christmas, Floyd. Thank you so much for
your service. You truly are from the
greatest generation. God bless," Bowman read.
They
were more than just cards. He also
received coins and even a calendar.
Marquez
and Bowman’s friendship began over pancakes at IHOP, and when the president of
IHOP got word of that, he sent in reinforcement.
The
representative met Bowman and said, "I just wanted to come over and say,
hey, Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas to you. There's also a gift card in there for both of
you."
Bowman
said there are few words to describe his gratitude, other than he's humbled by
the love and caring.
"I
just thank you so much and I will be reading these day in and day out for a
long time, and I will read every single one of them by my birthday on June
10th," he said.
Bowman
said he won't need any birthday cards.
FROM
FLOYD:
I just want to tell you that the TV crew came to my house and shot this last segment. They were two real fine people and I thank them so much. While they were making this last bit, I wound up with 9 people in this little place I have. There was a Captain Tulsa County Deputy Sheriff here. His Son was in the Corps. Another Marine and his wife and daughter came. I have left out some, but it was a wonderful get together along with 1,201 cards.
~~~
PART
TWO
Dear
fellow MoveOn member.
Donald
Trump could really win this election.
And, even if he doesn't, the whole
Republican field just keeps getting crazier.
Threatening
to commit war crimes by intentionally bombing women and children.1 "Closing"
sections of the Internet.2 Keeping Sharia law out of a city near
you.3
These
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Sources:
1. "GOP
Candidates Actually Spend Time Debating Whether to Kill Terrorists' Innocent
Family Members," The Huffington Post, December 15, 2015
http://act.moveon.org/go/313?t=6&akid=160628.31692658.eTHNhY
http://act.moveon.org/go/313?t=6&akid=160628.31692658.eTHNhY
2.
"Why Donald Trump Can’t Actually Close 'Parts of the Internet,'" Time, December 16, 2015
http://act.moveon.org/go/368?t=8&akid=160628.31692658.eTHNhY
http://act.moveon.org/go/368?t=8&akid=160628.31692658.eTHNhY
3.
"Ben Carson Invokes Anti-Islam Myth Even Fox News Admits Is False,"
ThinkProgress, December 16, 2015
http://act.moveon.org/go/309?t=10&akid=160628.31692658.eTHNhY
http://act.moveon.org/go/309?t=10&akid=160628.31692658.eTHNhY
4.
"McSally Recount Win Gives GOP Biggest Majority Since 1929," ABC
News, December 17, 2014
http://act.moveon.org/go/310?t=12&akid=160628.31692658.eTHNhY
http://act.moveon.org/go/310?t=12&akid=160628.31692658.eTHNhY
5.
"Republicans to hold 32 gubernatorial seats after wins in Kentucky , Mississippi
http://act.moveon.org/go/312?t=14&akid=160628.31692658.eTHNhY
http://act.moveon.org/go/312?t=14&akid=160628.31692658.eTHNhY
6.
"Have Democrats lost 900 seats in state legislatures since Obama has been
president?" PolitiFact, January 25, 2015
http://act.moveon.org/go/311?t=16&akid=160628.31692658.eTHNhY
http://act.moveon.org/go/311?t=16&akid=160628.31692658.eTHNhY
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~~~
We Have Nothing to Sell but Fear Itself.
By Greg Palast -
December 13, 2015
News Analysis
Fear
is the sales pitch for many products: from war on the Euphrates
to billion-dollar submarines. Better
than toothpaste that makes your teeth whiter than white, this stuff will make
us safer than safe. It’s political junk food, the cheap filling in the flashy
tube.
True
security for life’s dangers—from a real national health insurance program to
protecting teachers’ jobs, would take a slice of the profits of the owning
classes, the Lockheeds, the JP Morgans. The
War on Terror has become class war by other means.
And
who will get us next? Don’t assume
they’ll be clutching Korans. Until
September 11, 2001, the deadliest terror attack in American history was carried
out by an all-American Gulf War veteran.
Outside
the war zones we create, organized terror’s power is diminishing, and for
politicians, especially The Donald and Ted Cruz, that is a political problem.
That’s why this latest mayhem by a sick-o ISIS wannabe couple was such a boon
to the panic salesmen in Washington ISIS , it was enough for
candidates to mainline into the body politic a big, fat dose of fear.
Once
they have the media all jumped up on a new fear high, some presidential
candidates, and sadly too, our President, The Drone Ranger, can resume their
sales pitch for their two-barrel cure: less liberty, more weaponry.
Our
leaders are counting on cowardice in the hearts of the Heart-land. The Republicans’ unstated election campaign
slogan is, “They are coming to get us.” Americans, scared for their lives, soil
their underpants and waddle to the polls crying, “Donald, save us!”
It
began with the September 11 attacks. From his bunker, Dick Cheney created
a government that is little more than a Wal-Mart of Fear: midnight snatchings
of citizens for uncharged crimes, wars to hunt for imaginary weapons aimed at Los Angeles
In
1933, Franklin Roosevelt calmed a nation when he said, “We have nothing to fear but fear itself.”
Today,
our would-be presidents all but admit, “We have nothing to sell but fear itself.”
Greg
Palast is the author of the New York Times bestsellers, Billionaires &
Ballot Bandits, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy and Armed Madhouse and
Vultures' Picnic.
~~~
Have a Happy New Year and let us all pull together
in 2016. From these last two articles,
which I believe are factual, we MUST elect Democrats and in my book that spells
BERNIE Sanders.
If the good Lord is willing and the creek don't
rise, I'll be back with you in January 2016 as I begin my sixth year.
God Bless You All
&
God Bless the United States of America
Floyd
