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Litchfield Connecticut settled in 1721 and the home of Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen has turned its back on today’s war heroes. Since 2003 yellow ribbons have been tied around five trees standing on the Litchfield’s “Green”, the center of its civic life. Earlier this week Litchfield’s Town Board ruled the ribbons had to be removed regardless of their purpose as reminders that America is fighting a war of survival. Can’t get their stories straight Like most challenged liberals the town’s Board is fuzzy about why they pulled this stunt. Despite six years with no evidence to support it, they...

Pro-troop decals removed UPDATED: 2007-08-15 02:54:03 MST Calgary garbage trucks pulled into the garage to have yellow ribbon stickers scraped off By SHAWN LOGAN, SUN MEDIA Yellow ribbon decals were removed from a handful of garbage trucks as some city employees continue to defy council's decision that shot down a plan to adorn civic vehicles with the patriotic decorations. A foreman for Calgary's waste and recycling services sent about a dozen trucks to the garage yesterday to have the offending decals -- proclaiming Support Our Troops -- scraped off the bumpers, leaving one worker, who asked not to be identified...

When Trish Bailey's son returns to Manassas this weekend from Iraq, she wants to honor him. But she said she is being rebuffed by city officials. Her 28-year-old son, Jason Nichols, is a 12-year veteran of the U.S. Army, and on Friday, he will be leaving Iraq, where he has been since January, to visit home. When Bailey brings her son home from Dulles International Airport and they enter Manassas on Va. 28, she wants him to be greeted by yellow ribbons hanging from every pole and post she can find along the route. "I think that every soldier that...

It's the third anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The moonbats plan to march on the Times Square recruiting office. We plan to support our military by counter-protesting the lefties. Join us for Operation Yellow Ribbon When: March 18th AND March 19th (Saturday AND Sunday) Where: New York City *March 18th (Saturday): The Leftist's Plan that day: At 1pm, the Lefties plan to converge at the Military Recruitment Center in Times Square "for a massive rally to shut down the recruiting station and the entire area." From there, they plan on marching East on 43rd Street to the UN. Our Plan:...

DELAWARE, Ohio -- Two adults and one magnet led to a political confrontation at a Delaware City school, according to The Delaware Gazette. Amy Runyan said she proudly displayed a "support our troops" magnet on her school bus, but last December, a teacher took it off and destroyed it. The teacher was disciplined, but bus drivers were also reminded that Ohio law only allows state safety stickers on buses. Now, Runyan has filed a complaint with police. "All I want is my ribbon bought and an apology," Runyan said. The teacher involved in the situation declined to comment. The Delaware...

The City Council declared next week Yellow Ribbon Week in honor of the National Guard troops returning from Iraq. As part of the declaration, the city is encouraging Lubbock-area residents, businesses and organizations to wear or display yellow ribbons. Yellow Ribbon Week begins Sunday and lasts through Dec. 18. "It's a great way to honor the soldiers that are coming back," said Mayor Pro Tem Tom Martin. "We owe it to them to recognize their service and welcome them back." About 400 members of the 2nd Battalion, 142nd Infantry of the Texas National Guard troops left the Lubbock area for...

SUPPORT THE TROOPS RALLY Friends, Every week, a group of protesters assemble in front of Fort Monmouth. They claim that they are against the war, not the troops, yet they choose to protest right in front of the soldiers home, Fort Monmouth. Time after time, the families of these soldiers, many of whom are deployed in Iraq, are subjected to these protesters suggesting their family members are “murderers.” They use their freedoms to abuse the very people that ensure they are free. Many of these people are bussed in from New York, professional protesters, if you will. My small group...

Guilt can only weigh on a person's mind for so long before they crave the act of purgation; to get the weighty feelings of shame and responsibility out of the mind - or at least the guilty parties attempt to find some kind of peace if they cannot rid themselves of a screaming conscience that implicates and indicts its possessor.That said, perhaps some readers will understand why my friends and I rip yellow ribbon "support the troops" magnets off of cars or wherever people have affixed them. By ripping off these ribbons, we find a way to deal with our...

Apparently the way to ruin a DUmmies day is for him to see one of those yellow magnetic ribbons supporting our troops on cars. You can see the DUmmie outrage over this at this DUmmie THREAD titled, “Twisted yellow ribbon magnets on cars means...‘I support the Republican/Bu$h/NeoCON agenda and all you anti-war, liberal, commie motherf*ckers can rot in hell. Praise the lord.’” As usual, DUmmie Road Rage over those magnetic ribbons is in Bolshevik Red while the commentary of your humble correspondent is in the [brackets]: Twisted yellow ribbon magnets on cars means..."I support the Republican/Bu$h/NeoCON agenda and all...

THEY DON'T SEEM TO GRASP THE CONCEPT: A full five days has now passed since I first read and reacted to the University of Oregon banning the "Supprt the Troops" ribbons. They admit in various news stories that they have been in fact inundated with reaction to the issue. In the Oregon Daily Emerald, Moriah Balingit, put it this way: Last week, the University asked delivery truck driver Pete Baker to remove the magnet from his car to comply with an Oregon state administrative policy that prohibits "unauthorized stickers" on state-owned vehicles after another employee complained. The only decals permitted, according to...

A number of people around where I live have pasted decals on their cars which resemble yellow ribbons and which say something like "Support our troops". I want one, but I have not been able to figure out where to get one. Anyone know?

The yellow ribbons become noticeable perhaps three miles from the modest ranch house in Glen Este where Matt Maupin spent his boyhood, increasing in number the closer you get, until it seems every tree, every fence post and every mail box has sprouted a bright yellow bow. Everywhere, you see reminders of Matt. A tire store marquee exhorts passing motorists to "Pray for Matt." Similar messages are posted at a nearby florist, a convenience store and in assorted storefront windows. A 15-foot evergreen in the Maupins' front yard is a Christmas tree covered with yellow ribbons. The bus drivers showed...

Magnetic ribbons of all colors, sizes and varieties are being attached to the tails of SUVs and compact cars alike, like so many dot-commers swarming to the deceiving stock market rise of the late '90s. In particular, the yellow and red, white and blue ribbons sporting the phrases "Support Our Troops" and "Freedom Isn't Free" have become as common as taillights.

Yellow ribbons adorn so many cars here that the issue of the public's support of the troops seems a moot point, even among the most ardent opponents of the war in Iraq.      But it's easy to pay $1.99 and slap a ``Support Our Troops'' slogan on an SUV. The hard part is seeing the reality of war in our hometowns. It's reconciling the Hollywood-like image of a tiredsoldier dubbed a modern day Marlboro Man with the clear-eyed countenance of a 19-year-old from Bedford, married five months, and killed in Fallujah.      It is harder still to see a U.S. Marine, America's...

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As long as the weather is nice, Noah Smialek, 5, can be found out on his front lawn selling magnetic yellow ribbons to passers-by. "Sometimes when they go by, I say, 'Magnets for sale. We support our troops,' and they stop and come back," Smialek said. Smialek got into the business with help from his grandfather, Don Smialek, who has been selling the magnetic ribbons from his office on Main Street. Don Smialek's son is a member of the 197th Field Artillery unit and was deployed to Iraq in January. Don Smialek said selling the ribbons is a way for...

Many people have expressed their opinion that they do not want to put a Bush/Cheney Bumper sticker on their car for fear that degenerate unlawful liberal scum will damage their car.In many respects this fear is understandable. Liberals are by nature scofflaws and have little respect for life or property.I have seen thousands of these yellow (and Red, White, & Blue) ribbon magnetic "stickers" that proclaim support for our troops.I have ask everyone I have seen with one of these if they are supporting Bush. 100% said yes.My conclusion, hundreds of thousands of people are showing their support for our...

Squirrel Steals Yellow Ribbons From Tree Tue Jun 29, 8:05 AM ET BETTENDORF, Iowa - A couple has finally discovered what was happening to the yellow ribbons they were tying to the trees in their yard in support of their son and other troops in Iraq (news - web sites). "The ribbons started to disappear. Every time it disappeared, I would hang a new one," said Bob Saskowski, who tied the ribbons with his wife, Alexis. It went on for eight months. The last straw was when three ribbons disappeared in three days. So Bob Saskowski appealed to his neighbors...

BETTENDORF, Iowa - A couple has finally discovered what was happening to the yellow ribbons they were tying to the trees in their yard in support of their son and other troops in Iraq. "The ribbons started to disappear. Every time it disappeared, I would hang a new one," said Bob Saskowski, who tied the ribbons with his wife, Alexis. It went on for eight months. The last straw was when three ribbons disappeared in three days. So Bob Saskowski appealed to his neighbors through a memo, asking them to talk to their teenagers about respect and patriotism and asked...

<p>WEST BRANCH, Iowa — Yellow ribbons tied around utility poles to welcome soldiers home from Iraq were removed by the National Park Service (search), which says they are a political statement.</p> <p>About a dozen ribbons were posted along a park service-owned street that runs through the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site (search), where his presidential library, birthplace and gravesite are all located.</p>