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The Salt Lake City chapter of Drinking
Liberally scheduled a Saturday morning canvass of downtown, in anticipation
of Bush and Condi's visit to speak to the American Legion. We had
ordered 3 gross and quickly distributed them throughout the city.
We will be doing this again soon, and this time we're ordering more! Found him in the 15th floor men's room
of 122 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL. He's now on my desk, but I
plan to buy a bunch this weekend and spead the word. Good job! This is an awsome idea. Too bad I didn't
know about it earlier. Your army man project just made it to Dawson
Creek Canada (if it isn't there already). Found one of your army men and checked
out your web site. Posted a comment but have not seen it. Will try
again. So here goes.... Has any of you ever been in the military?
Seen combat? Been to a third world country or dictatorship? ...
been in a fight? Just curious. After reading your site it seems
you are more interested in embaressing (sic) or bringing the Bush
(and I'm not a fan) administration down rather than having any real
concern for the military or the security of our country. Do you
believe that there is a threat to our country from terrorist groups?
If not, I'm wondering what all those series of attacks starting
with the bombing of the Marine Barracks in Lebonon (sic) up until
911 is all about. I really would be interested in any strategic
plan one might have to combat that sort of thing. And finally, I'm
wondering if there is anything you'd be willing to put your life
on the line for, because it just someday may come to that. Ah, but
don't worry, if your not, there will always be the military and
the cops to protect you. Then again, maybe not. We've been placing army men everywhere
as we travel around the U.S. and talking to people about the war.
People everywhere want our soldiers to come home. Keep spreading
the message ! I found a army man laying down on a
shelf in my local Vons and saw his sticker that said "Bring
me home". So I did and I'm glad I did because this is an awesome
idea! At my next Girl Scout meeting, I will bring him and discuss
the idea of placing more throughout our community. It will be fun!
I'll let you know how that goes. Thanks and rock on! WARNING for those
distributing Army Men: Be sure your stickers read www.mouthswideopen.org I thought it would be all too appropriate
to take a pic and leave my army man at the nearest gas station.
There are so many gas-guzzling vehicles in this country club, self-indulgent
area that hopefully someone will get the message who truly needs
it. dear mwo, sunday's i take an elderly
buddy down to the local marina n last sunday we found these army
men stuck to the dock with bubble gum. pretty cool. see, my friend
is a world war two navy veteran n i learned something new that day
about him because of you n them which is that he has been collecting
soldiers like these since the korean war. he calls them "soldiers
of public conscience". we had one of the best talks ever about
war n pretty soon the other old salts that wander the docks drinking
coffee got in on our gab. others stopped to listen n soon everyone
on the dock had words to say. What stands out—a year ago this
WHOLE group wouldn't have openly talked against the iraq war like
everyone did that day. we think the tide is changing. more n more
guys are seeing n believing the cold bloody truths. mouth's rock!
let's bring em home! Great job! We're spreading the word
as part of a cross-country bike ride for peace Hello, I attended the peace rally in
Washington D.C. and took some “friends” with me. I tie
the tags on with string to make them more visible. This is a great project ! We just stumbled
on your site a few days ago through a link on Darryl Purpose's site
(he is riding his bike across the U.S. promoting peace and distributing
army men ). So we bought some bags of men and have been setting
them out. The Army men project went to Puerto
Rico!!! The New Albany chapter of Drinking Liberally is getting involved in the Army Men Project...with a twist. … recruiting a little green army of our own in a dual effort to protest the war in Iraq and support the troops. I took the idea and ran with it, as I am wont to do. I've equipped nearly a hundred toy soldiers with "Bring Me Home" labels and will be deploying them at this Wednesday's DL meeting. There will also be a few "Rebuild and Withdraw" construction worker men to represent the contractors who risk their lives alongside Coalition soldiers to restore the infrastructure of war-torn regions. There is a limited number of "Rebuild Iraq" construction worker toys for our conservative guests; and there are just a couple of little contractors holding stop signs and red flags who have been outfitted with "Stop Bush" labels, if you really want to go there. So, listen up, troops! Your mission
is to deploy your battalion of Army Men in strategic locations (keep
in mind that the labels aren't weather-proof) where they will serve
as little outposts for peace and keep the fact of war in the forefront
of the collective consciousness … Thanks … for getting me those
pins (MWO buttons), and helping me on some of my first true steps
towards standing up for my beliefs. Hello, After a recent visit to NCSU
I found a army figurine that had something tied to it's leg. That
sticker led me to your site. I am contacting you to ask about the
buttons I saw on your website so I, too, can help spread the awareness
of the war around. If you would please e-mail me back with the information
on how to order these buttons. First, let me start by saying that I love you all, you are without question MY KIND OF PEOPLE and I think you are doing a wonderful thing for citizen awareness AND symbolic action. I think that we NEED those things, now more than ever, and I'm behind your actions! I loved your idea, which was featured on a local news station, and it certainly tapped my interest, especially in relationship to this notion I have about how there ought to be public craft as well as public art. This activity embodies that perfectly. I feel, however, for myself, that I need to reach out to 'the other' our blue-hearted brothers and sisters. With that in mind, I chose to take your idea a step further and put provocative 'fortunes' on the little green men. I have gotten some friends to help me roll the fortunes, text-side out, around the little men’s leg or arm, and many are in the voice of not the living soldiers, whom we all want home, but the deceased soldiers whose sacrifices have been made already. They say things like
My friends, and anyone like US, it seems have
taken to this project like it was hotcakes, and we've started making
'starter kits' for people we meet and think might like to experience
doing it themselves … We, it is my opinion, should not shrink
from what may be required in order to wake our countrymen up to
this nightmare they seem to have overlooked.
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