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Here's something where you can send a care package to 'Any Soldier' even though you're not supposed to be able to anymore: http://www.anysoldier.us/index.cfm

A similar system is being used to send charitable items which are then distributed by the soldiers to the civilians: http://www.bevscountrycottage.com/iraqbabies.html

For the latter one, I'm tempted to copy down the Arabic lettering from this shirt: http://www.cafepress.com/americanapology.6120915?zoom=yes#zoom

but I might get in trouble. Well, maybe next year it won't apply anymore!

O.o I can actually read the russian part on there ^^ Hehe. Hmm Ima go check out those sites

I used to get those Operation Dear Abby letters when I spent one holiday season in Turkey. I think I speak for most when I say that using these services to distribute religious pamphlets to unsuspecting troops is very much not appreciated. If you can sneak any alcohol through to the Middle East without the postal service catching it, that is usually very much appreciated by the recipient.

I work on a military base so if anyone's interested, the order of ranking goes: Private (Pte), Lance Corporal (LCpl), Corporal (Cpl), Sergeant (Sgt), Warrant Officer 1 (WO1), Warrant Officer 2 (WO2), Second Lieutenant (2Lt, and if you're British, it's pronounced 'left-tenant' not 'loo-tenant'), Lieutenant (Lt), Captain (Cpt), Major (Maj), Lieutenant Colonel (LCol), Colonel (Col) and so on until your ego inflates so much it bursts, or you run out of space to put the medals, whichever comes first.

Thanks, Laydee ^^ Where does private first class come in? Is it the same as private? But it couldn't be cause in ajrotc they told us that it was private and then private first class. is that right?

The titles for each enlisted rank differ for each branch of the military, and the navy officers have their own ranks that differ from the Army/Air Force/Marine officer ranks. And that's just for the American armed forces. Each country does it a little bit differently.

This page has a chart for the US armed forces:

http://www.agd.state.tx.us/stateguard/air/rank_structure.asp

On a totally different subject, I did 2 hours of statistic analyzing tonight on the election.

I gathered data from polls from October 26th to the October 30th, but only in states that were close or undecided.

I then combine and took an average of the totals of the polls for both candidates and picked a winner for each state. Hawaii is totally in the air, but the second closest state was Wisconsin. Bush got 47.50% and Kerry got 47.13%.

According to the info on battleground states:
Kerry Wins Pennsylvania, New Jersey (now considered battleground), New Hampshire, and Michigan.
Bush wins Ohio, Florida, Iowa, Colorado, and Wisconsin.

The total electoral count is Bush: 287 Kerry: 238.
I might have a map of the red and blue states on my website tomorrow. Ok, no more stats for me for a while.

Do the Canadian deaf have to sign half in French?

Changing the subject again, you guys should check out www.join-me.co.uk
If you like the sound of doing a random act of kindness every Friday, join us!

Could you please change the subject.

The election is too close to call! The uncertainty is driving me nuts! Though it appears that the polls are not taking into consideration new voters and student voters.

I cant wait until Nov. 3rd when the recounts and lawsuits begin. *sigh*

Yes, electoral-vote.com now switched the data 50 points the other way and is favoring Kerry. (This site was a couple votes off my prediction last night) Race2004.net says that no candidate has enough votes yet. (These two sites only show the most recent poll) Here, you can see my map, and predictions.
http://www.angeltowns.com/members/alc003/election.html