Donate Frequent Flyer Miles to Our Troops

[Jim Thompson]

Did you know that you can donate some of your frequent flyer miles to
benefit our troops getting to their homes from Iraq?

The military generally flies a soldier only back to his base. Your
frequent flyer miles can get them the rest of the way home....

http://www.heromiles.org/

I think most of the airlines are now participating.

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.

 

[Don Pearce]

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 14:14:20 -0700, Jim Thompson
<invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:

Did you know that you can donate some of your frequent flyer miles to
benefit our troops getting to their homes from Iraq?

The military generally flies a soldier only back to his base. Your
frequent flyer miles can get them the rest of the way home....

http://www.heromiles.org/

I think most of the airlines are now participating.

...Jim Thompson

Don't they get paid, then? Seems a pretty lousy sort of deal to me.

d

_____________________________

http://www.pearce.uk.com

 

[Jim Thompson]

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 21:53:06 +0000, Don Pearce <complete@nonsense.com>
wrote:

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 14:14:20 -0700, Jim Thompson
invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:

Did you know that you can donate some of your frequent flyer miles to
benefit our troops getting to their homes from Iraq?

The military generally flies a soldier only back to his base. Your
frequent flyer miles can get them the rest of the way home....

http://www.heromiles.org/

I think most of the airlines are now participating.

...Jim Thompson

Don't they get paid, then? Seems a pretty lousy sort of deal to me.

d

_____________________________

http://www.pearce.uk.com

Paid? Who? Airlines? Troops?

My understanding is that the airlines will honor the miles as if it
were you personally using them.

I donated all my accrued AA mileage that I hadn't used, about 5000
miles. I fly so little anymore that my other accounts didn't have
piddling in them.

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.

 

[repatch]

Gee, that's great, but did you ever think about the possiblity that not
everyone here is from the states, and not everyone here exactly AGREES with
what the states is doing??


"Jim Thompson" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:v3tutvkeii13d5d3d2hc2uo9iucul81rq8@4ax.com...

Did you know that you can donate some of your frequent flyer miles to
benefit our troops getting to their homes from Iraq?

The military generally flies a soldier only back to his base. Your
frequent flyer miles can get them the rest of the way home....

http://www.heromiles.org/

I think most of the airlines are now participating.

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.

 

[Southern]

"Don Pearce" <complete@nonsense.com> wrote in message
newskvutv01ivpd1dj9b97t1paf69l12iq2kh@4ax.com...

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 14:14:20 -0700, Jim Thompson
invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:

Did you know that you can donate some of your frequent flyer miles to
benefit our troops getting to their homes from Iraq?

The military generally flies a soldier only back to his base. Your
frequent flyer miles can get them the rest of the way home....

http://www.heromiles.org/

I think most of the airlines are now participating.

...Jim Thompson

Don't they get paid, then? Seems a pretty lousy sort of deal to me.

d

Military will get them back to their duty station, the donated miles get
home and back from there.

 

[Jim Thompson]

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 18:51:21 -0500, "repatch" <repatch42@yahoo.com>
wrote:

Gee, that's great, but did you ever think about the possiblity that not
everyone here is from the states,

Really? I didn't know that ;-)

and not everyone here exactly AGREES with
what the states is doing??

Really? I didn't know that, but do you think I care?

"Jim Thompson" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:v3tutvkeii13d5d3d2hc2uo9iucul81rq8@4ax.com...
Did you know that you can donate some of your frequent flyer miles to
benefit our troops getting to their homes from Iraq?

[snip]

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.

 

[Southern]

"repatch" <repatch42@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:%TMDb.6213$CK3.474399@news20.bellglobal.com...

Gee, that's great, but did you ever think about the possiblity that not
everyone here is from the states, and not everyone here exactly AGREES
with
what the states is doing??

Helping get soldiers home to see their families is good thing, and does not
reflect taking sides in the conflict or otherwise agreeing with the
conflict.

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

repatch wrote:

Gee, that's great, but did you ever think about the possiblity that not
everyone here is from the states, and not everyone here exactly AGREES with
what the states is doing??

Do you think we really care what YOU think? Have you ever served in
the military, and couldn't afford a round trip ticket to visit your
family? I have been in that position. Almost $2,000 to fly from
Fairbanks AK to Cincinnati and back, and that was in the '70s. if you
don't like what is going on in Iraq, fly over and help the snipers dig
holes to hide in. If you're lucky, you might get it deep enough for your
grave before they blow your head off.


--
9 days!


Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

 

[repatch]

"Jim Thompson" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 18:51:21 -0500, "repatch" <repatch42@yahoo.com
wrote:

Gee, that's great, but did you ever think about the possiblity that not
everyone here is from the states,

Really? I didn't know that ;-)

and not everyone here exactly AGREES with
what the states is doing??

Really? I didn't know that, but do you think I care?

Hehe, I guess that, and that sir, is the reason much of the world thinks
of the States as they do. TTYL

 

[repatch]

"Southern" <no@email> wrote in message
news:eIqdnYhL5vblP0KiRVn-tA@comcast.com...

"repatch" <repatch42@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:%TMDb.6213$CK3.474399@news20.bellglobal.com...
Gee, that's great, but did you ever think about the possiblity that not
everyone here is from the states, and not everyone here exactly AGREES
with
what the states is doing??

Helping get soldiers home to see their families is good thing, and does
not
reflect taking sides in the conflict or otherwise agreeing with the
conflict.

Hmm, ok, consider this: what about Sadam's former soldiers? Do they
deserve the same?

 

[repatch]

"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:3FDFA7F2.30011E36@earthlink.net...

repatch wrote:

Gee, that's great, but did you ever think about the possiblity that not
everyone here is from the states, and not everyone here exactly AGREES
with
what the states is doing??

Do you think we really care what YOU think? Have you ever served in
the military, and couldn't afford a round trip ticket to visit your
family? I have been in that position. Almost $2,000 to fly from
Fairbanks AK to Cincinnati and back, and that was in the '70s. if you
don't like what is going on in Iraq, fly over and help the snipers dig
holes to hide in. If you're lucky, you might get it deep enough for your
grave before they blow your head off.

HEHEHE, my my, it's amazing how quickly irrational behaviour shows up in
the face of some facts.

 

[Bill Garber]

"Jim Thompson" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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: On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 18:51:21 -0500, "repatch"
<repatch42@yahoo.com>
: wrote:
:
: >Gee, that's great, but did you ever think about the possiblity
that not
: >everyone here is from the states,
:
: Really? I didn't know that ;-)
:
: >and not everyone here exactly AGREES with
: >what the states is doing??
:
: Really? I didn't know that, but do you think I care?

They don't agree that Hussein needed his arse
kicked??? I guess they live in a glass case and
have never been persecuted.

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
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[Rheilly Phoull]

"Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote in message
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"Jim Thompson" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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: On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 18:51:21 -0500, "repatch"
repatch42@yahoo.com
: wrote:
:
: >Gee, that's great, but did you ever think about the possiblity
that not
: >everyone here is from the states,
:
: Really? I didn't know that ;-)
:
: >and not everyone here exactly AGREES with
: >what the states is doing??
:
: Really? I didn't know that, but do you think I care?

They don't agree that Hussein needed his arse
kicked??? I guess they live in a glass case and
have never been persecuted.

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[A Soberon]

Do you think we really care what YOU think? Have you ever served in
the military, and couldn't afford a round trip ticket to visit your
family? I have been in that position. Almost $2,000 to fly from
Fairbanks AK to Cincinnati and back, and that was in the '70s. if you
don't like what is going on in Iraq, fly over and help the snipers dig
holes to hide in. If you're lucky, you might get it deep enough for your
grave before they blow your head off.

This is NOT the NG to discuss these issues, although miki, or whatever his
alias is now, will bark back that any NG is free to discuss anything.

Antonio

 

[Bill Garber]

"Rheilly Phoull" <shredder@bigpong.net> wrote in message
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:
: "Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote in message
: news:iuqdnbNwtaPNXkKiRVn-iQ@comcast.com...
: >
: > They don't agree that Hussein needed his arse
: > kicked??? I guess they live in a glass case and
: > have never been persecuted.
: >
: Hmmm, the USA rage against persecution seems somewhat selective
??

Not really, there are lots of people in the world
that need to have their arses kicked. I'd have to
post probably 25-30 times to list them all. Yes,
I am from the USA, but I only speak for myself.
The rest of the world can speak for themselves.

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[Bill Garber]

"A Soberon" <asoberon@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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: > Do you think we really care what YOU think? Have you ever
served in
: > the military, and couldn't afford a round trip ticket to
visit your
: > family? I have been in that position. Almost $2,000 to fly
from
: > Fairbanks AK to Cincinnati and back, and that was in the
'70s. if you
: > don't like what is going on in Iraq, fly over and help the
snipers dig
: > holes to hide in. If you're lucky, you might get it deep
enough for your
: > grave before they blow your head off.
:
: This is NOT the NG to discuss these issues, although miki, or
whatever his
: alias is now, will bark back that any NG is free to discuss
anything.
:
: Antonio

And which NG would that be? You may not have noticed
that this particular thread is multiply cross-posted.

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[Mike]

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 14:14:20 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote:

Did you know that you can donate some of your frequent flyer miles to
benefit our troops getting to their homes from Iraq?

The military generally flies a soldier only back to his base. Your
frequent flyer miles can get them the rest of the way home....

http://www.heromiles.org/

I think most of the airlines are now participating.

...Jim Thompson

One hundred and eighty billion dollars and counting. I think I've paid my
share already.

-- Mike --

 

[Rich Grise]

All the more reason to get them home.

Cheers!
Rich

repatch wrote:

Gee, that's great, but did you ever think about the possiblity that not
everyone here is from the states, and not everyone here exactly AGREES with
what the states is doing??

"Jim Thompson" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:v3tutvkeii13d5d3d2hc2uo9iucul81rq8@4ax.com...
Did you know that you can donate some of your frequent flyer miles to
benefit our troops getting to their homes from Iraq?

 

[Rich Grise]

Well, I live in the US and I'm ashamed. Spend trillions
of dollars and lives satisfying some sick personal
vendetta. Shudder!

And of course, the "Department of Homeland Security,"
or whatever in Hell it's called. I HATE the country
being the biggest perpretrator of war in the history
of life, (well, at least in dollaras spent and sheer
killing power) albeit it's a very comfortable cage
for me. I can sit here and bitch about the Government,
and so far they haven't sent anybody after me. The IRS
confiscated my bank account once, but that's not
political ;-)

But I wonder how many Americans will admit that the
antics of the US government make it rightly the butt of
a lot of bitching?

Certainly none of the blindered Dubya fans, that's for
sure. He can do no wrong, you know. I can't understand
why those nasty French don't like him. They must be
savages. Yeah, that's it.

It's amazing the number of people who would rather be
right than happy.

Cheers!
Rich

Rheilly Phoull wrote:

"Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote in message
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"Jim Thompson" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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: On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 18:51:21 -0500, "repatch"
repatch42@yahoo.com
: wrote:
:
: >Gee, that's great, but did you ever think about the possiblity
that not
: >everyone here is from the states,
:
: Really? I didn't know that ;-)
:
: >and not everyone here exactly AGREES with
: >what the states is doing??
:
: Really? I didn't know that, but do you think I care?

They don't agree that Hussein needed his arse
kicked??? I guess they live in a glass case and
have never been persecuted.

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
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Email - willy4SPAM6pa@comXcast.net
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Hmmm, the USA rage against persecution seems somewhat selective ??

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[Rich Grise]

Well, before you sign up, do they give you any kind of indication
what you might be in for? Anybody who signs up for a 2-year hitch
and then whines and snivels because they can't fly back to Mommy's
lap on a moments notice doesn't deserve to have been sent on a road
trip at taxpayer expense in the first place.

Peace on Drugs!
Rich

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote:

repatch wrote:

Gee, that's great, but did you ever think about the possiblity that not
everyone here is from the states, and not everyone here exactly AGREES with
what the states is doing??

Do you think we really care what YOU think? Have you ever served in
the military, and couldn't afford a round trip ticket to visit your
family? I have been in that position. Almost $2,000 to fly from
Fairbanks AK to Cincinnati and back, and that was in the '70s. if you
don't like what is going on in Iraq, fly over and help the snipers dig
holes to hide in. If you're lucky, you might get it deep enough for your
grave before they blow your head off.

--
9 days!

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida