Kids Raise Money for Soldiers' Phone Cards is just the kind of
hometown, kids showing gratitude and initiative, helping others,
story that has
absolutely nothing to do with politics or
military policy.
So, what do you think the Associated Press says in the first
paragraph?
For all the billions of dollars being spent on the war
in Iraq (
news -
web sites), 14-year-old Brittany Bergquist is surprised that
the U.S. military doesn't do what she and her little brother are
doing: helping soldiers phone home free.
There's not one word in the rest of the article, not one word,
where Brittany Bergquist criticizes the DoD, any of the branches,
the administration, or anyone serving the country, civilian or
military. Here's a story about a 14 year old girl and her 12 year
old brother, who have raised a
quarter of a million dollars
in less than nine months, and the AP cannot resist the urge to get
in a dig.
It must be really hard to always look at things that way. It must
really take a lot of antacid for the anger those reporters and
editors feel. Maybe we can start a fundraising program to get them
Zantac.