We’re getting shellacked. Publicly. Like by the Prof himself.
Everyone can see!
So. Time to dig a little deeper, Navy. Time to try a little harder. No more screwing around.
I get about, eh – 800 to a 1000 unique visits a day. Each one of you cleans all the spare change out from inside your couch cushions, we take the lead.
But I can’t count on each one of you, can I?
I can’t. Some of you land here looking for “caveman commercials,” or “BMW motorcycles.” A non-trivial number come looking for “flying monkeys.”
Which means the rest of you need to pick up the slack. Ramp it up. Get it done.
It’s for an excellent cause:
Project Valour-IT began when Captain Charles “Chuck” Ziegenfuss was wounded by an IED while serving as commander of a tank company in Iraq in June 2005.During his deployment he kept a blog (an online personal diary, opinion forum, or news analysis site-called a milblog or military weblog when written by a servicemember or about military subjects). Captivating writing, insightful stories of his experiences, and his self-deprecating humor won him many loyal readers. After he was wounded, his wife continued his blog, keeping his readers informed of his condition.
As he began to recover, CPT Ziegenfuss wanted to return to writing his blog, but serious hand injuries hampered his typing. When a loyal and generous reader gave him a copy of the Dragon Naturally Speaking Preferred software, other readers began to realize how important such software could be to CPT Ziegenfuss’ fellow wounded soldiers and started cast about for a way to get it to them.
A fellow blogger (blog author) who writes under the pseudonym FbL contacted Captain Ziegenfuss and the two realized they shared a vision of creating libraries of laptops with voice-controlled software that could be brought to the bedsides of wounded soldiers whose injuries prevented them from operating a standard computer. FbL contacted Soldiers’ Angels, who offered to help develop the project, and Project Valour-IT was born.
This is bigger than us. Do what you can.
I don’t ask for much.
Well I guess Instapundit’s post puts to rest any doubts you expressed yesterday about shilling for Valour-IT in that post about the idiot Kerry. And he’s not the only one tying the two together. This could turn out to be quite the boon for Valour-IT, in which case I actually say something positive about Kerry.
Any chance you know how to stop a tongue from bleeding?
I’ve seen several commenters on various blogs say that Kerry’s words inspired them to donate to Valour-IT. And early yesterday morning I got a great email from a guy in Massachusetts who said Kerry’s actions reminded him he hadn’t donated to the troops in awhile.
11.08.2006 7:00 pm San Diego, CA [ map ] [ RSVP YES ]
AMC Mission Valley 20
1640 Camino Del Rio, North
San Diego, CA 92108
Doors open at 7:00 p.m.
Film starts at 7:30 p.m.
Speed and Angels producer, Francesco Chierici, will be there for a brief Q & A following the film. This screening is free and intended for early friends and fans of the film. Space is available on a first come first serve basis.
Capt., If anyone should be there….
Capt., If anyone should be there?
Capt., If anyone should be there….
I’ll be there!!!
I prefer to think that we’re still at cruising speed and hopefully will be at flank speed.
GO NAVY!
Made my donation at 1400, yesterday. This was my second donation to them for the year. Had to go to Chaotic’s site to do it.
I feel this charity is more useful than the CFC or some of the other high maintenance cost charities out there.
Go Navy!
Lex –
Thanks for the pointer to this cause.
But, I didn’t see a category for “John Q Public” to compete under. So, I simply picked the first in the list — Air Force. They fly jets and stuff, so they must be cool, right?
~john — who’s uncrossing his fingers now
I’m joining this week… under team Navy, of course. I was horrified when I saw we were getting annihilated!!! Ack!
Lex – what if a donor’s company does a match? Will that amount count? Those matching donations won’t go thru the online donation system and will likely not make it to Valour IT by the 11th, but they will get there. I made a generous donation, which will be matched at 100% by my employer…
Done. Did what I could.
I’m in. And you didn’t even twist the old arm very hard. Navy’s still down below the horizon though.
Lots of behind the scenes efforts are underway — I know I’ve reached out to 400+ so far, but must confess that most of the responses thanking me have noted they are contributing to the other pots (mostly Marine) in honor of their family member who served in that branch. We can always claim a moral victory, right?
There’s still time — let’s help Curt and get those cards, emails, phonecalls, private arm-twistings, etc. out. Check with your company’s HR department and see if this qualifies as a “human interest” email that they could send to all employees. Contact your local paper and talk radio outlets and keep pressing! Heck, hit up your local PAO while you are at it
- SJS
Heck, hit up your local PAO while you are at it.
Navy’s fearless leader has already gotten us at least one bite in that arena. The pitch is: “Project that has distributed 650 laptops to the wounded in only 15 months was begun by a wounded Army Captain and a school teacher who had never met until this spring.”
Pretty good human interest story, huh?
OK, guess it?
OK, guess it’s throw down time. Something isn’t kosher when the Navy is trailing the bus men in blue, so here goes. Open challenge to Mike over at No Angst Zone — if USAF team is ahead of Navy after the final reckoning on 11 Nov, then the following Friday, my Flightdeck post will be devoted to (gag) scummy, prissy, no *real* tailhookin’ airplane, your choice. I’ll give it the full treatment the real aircraft get on the regular Flightdeck Fridays. Of course, should the tables be reversed (don’t leave me hanging here folks) I’ll ask the same for your Tarmac Saturday the w/end after the 11th. What sayest you? 20mm @ FL250? Fight’s On…
- SJS