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RamboLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 01:25 PM
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Alternate to those yellow ribbons-Blue Bring Home Our Troops
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Edited on Thu Nov-04-04 01:25 PM by rmpalmer
Found this from a Pittsburgh couple - the blue ribbon. I ordered.



Why is the Ribbon Blue?

Blue is the international color of peace.

Blue is associated with trust and stability.

Blue is the color of inspiration.

Blue represents sincerity, truth and moderation.

http://www.troopsribbon.com/blue.html

Those ubiquitous yellow ribbons have Colin Ernst and Andreas Beck feeling blue.

They believe the good intentions of people sporting the "Support Our Troops" ribbon decals and magnets have been co-opted by war proponents, politicized into an endorsement of the Iraq conflict.

Ernst, of Highland Park, and Beck, of Shadyside, are peddling alternative blue-ribbon "Bring Our Troops Home" magnets on their Internet site, www.troopsribbon.com. Ernst said he and Beck, both 26, hope to counter the yellow magnets' perceived political tenor.

"I understand the original intent was to provide moral support," said Ernst, a financial aid adviser. "But in all these rallies and speeches, the message has sort of been that if you don't support the war, you don't support the troops.

"We're saying if you really support the troops, you want to bring them home."

http://www.troopsribbon.com/blue.html



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