We Thank Our Troops News

We Thank Our Troops Special Christmas Message

newswtot — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:12:06 +0000

A Special Holiday Message

From Bobby Z and

We Thank Our Troops

May the Joy of this Christmas Season

fill you with Love, Peace, and Happiness

For you Troops,

Thank You and God Bless you

for your Service

Happy New Year Too!

Ho, Ho, Ho…

God Bless America!
This statement is integral to our well being as a nation…

In America We Thank Our Troops Past and Present
“A country worth defending is a country worth preserving “
– Major General Michael Lehnert USMC Retired

We Thank Our Troops
(www.WTOT.org)
The Veteran Advocate
Serving the Veteran Community Past and Present

1230 Columbia Street Suite 930
San Diego, CA 92101
619.838.4544

bzsandiego@aol.com

Filed under: Active Duty Military, America, Support Our Troops, Thank Our Troops, US Military, Veterans

Home From Iraq

newswtot — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:50:00 +0000

Santa Grants Girl’s

Christmas Wish:

Dad Home From Iraq!

We would like to sharing a Great Christmas time video with all of our readers:

Filed under: Active Duty Military, News, Support Our Troops, Thank Our Troops, US Military

A Single Step Then Everything Changed

newswtot — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:33:25 +0000

Dear Veterans and Fellow Americans:

Below is an article written by Gretel C. Kovach and photographs by her story telling partner, Nelvin C. Cepada. In telling the story of our Combat Marines and their travails in the War on Terror in Afghanistan.

Gretel and Nelvin have been embedded with our Marines in Afghanistan going above the call for excellence in bringing our Marine’s story home for all to read. These stories remind American how blessed we are to have these brave men and women who love their country so much, they put their lives on the line for their fellow Americans.

I note, at the bottom of this email is a quote from Major General Michael Lehnert USMC Retired, ‘A country worth defending is a country worth preserving’ , you can best believe our U.S. Marines proudly represent this quote from a Marines, Marine.

In this edition of the San Diego Union Tribune, Sunday December 18, 2011, Gretel’s article is titled, “A single step, then everything changed”. Each and every article written by Gretel is like a chapter in an ongoing story about American Defenders of Freedom, Combat Marines deployed to Afghanistan.

Today’s story is the story about one of thousands of American Warriors who are committed to protecting and defending this, Land of the Free and Home of the Brave, The United States of America. And as any Marine would say, “ooRAH Brother.”

A single step, then everything changed SignOnSanDiego.com

Read The Full Article Here:

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/dec/17/the-long-walk-home/

Filed under: Active Duty Military, Army, Marines, Support Our Troops, Thank Our Troops, US Military, War on Terror in Afghanistan. Tagged: Active Duty Military, Military Appreciation, Support Our Troops, Thank Our Troops, U.S. Marines, War on Terror in Afghanistan

Veterans Wellness Program News

newswtot — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:51:46 +0000

Bands for Freedom Foundation

Today Announces New Board Member To

Help Facilitate Implementation Of

Upcoming Veterans Wellness Program

Bands for Freedom Foundation Announces Robert E. Zimmerman (aka Bobby Z) as new member of the board to help implement the upcoming Veterans Wellness Program to launch in early 2012 from San Diego, California.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/bandsforfreedom/veteranswellnessprogram/prweb9039356.htm

Orem, Utah (PRWEB) December 14, 2011

Bands for Freedom Foundation today announces Robert E Zimmerman (Bobby Z) as newest member of the board.

“With the launch of the Bands for Freedom Veterans Wellness Program upcoming, we felt the need to bring on someone with experience producing and promoting events for our military personnel. Bobby Z. has that experience and we are honored to have him as part of the Bands for Freedom team.” said Steve Cloward director of sales and marketing.

Bobby Z. produced “The Chamber Brothers Live from the Factory” which was the first ever live on Air production. Following this event The Chamber Brothers asked Bobby to become their manager. In the course of managing The Chamber Brothers, Bobby negotiated their second album deal with CBS records on the CBS affiliate.

Bobby later met the band called “Painter” and just ten days from meeting Painter, Bobby signed Painter to Elektra Records. The first Painter single “West Coast Women” was released a few months later and it immediately became hit bound on the billboard top 100.

During the decades of the 60′s, 70′s and 801′s Bobby was involved with Event productions with such bands as Willie Nelson, Heart, Sugarloaf, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Alice Cooper, and the Doobie Brothers, to name a few.

In 1990 when Operation Desert Shield came about Bobby formed Operation San Diego Cares. “I did this out of concern for our Troops coming home to the response they experienced following the Vietnam War. That war killed my brother. He and all the men and women who served our country deserved nothing but adoration from the American people, yet they came home scorned. Forming Operation San Diego cares turned out to be the salve this nation needed to be reminded American troops are our defenders of Freedom. To this day I have held steadfast in my belief that in America, we thank our troops past and present.”

“Becoming involved with a great organization like Bands for Freedom is a natural for me. I want to continue to raise the awareness of the American public of the service and sacrifice our men and women in uniform past and present make. Bands for Freedom have done a great job with this using their Patriotic wristbands. Now with the upcoming Veterans Wellness Program we are forming we can make a big difference for our service members with the many unseen wounds from war.” said Bobby Z.

By teaming together medical professionals with services such as; Acupuncture therapy, Chiropractic therapy, and Nexalin technology therapy for Anxiety, Depression, and Insomnia Bands for Freedom Veterans Wellness Programhas embarked upon a mission to be a key player in making sure “We The People” welcome our combat Veterans home from all wars, past and present.

About Bands for Freedom Foundation

Created in 2004, Bands for Freedom follows the lead of its predecessor, Freedom bands, Inc., and Bands for Freedom and has become an enormously popular supplier of patriotic silicone wristbands that come in red, white, blue, black and desert camouflage. The wristbands are marked with the words freedom, liberty, and Support our Troops and are designed to aid Americans in making a respectful and unified statement in honor of the men and women of the armed forces past and present.

Filed under: National Veteran Wellness Program, News, Support Our Troops, Thank Our Troops, US Military, Veterans, Veterans Wellness Program Tagged: Active Duty Military, Caring for our wounded troops, Memorial Day, Military Appreciation, Support Our Troops, Thank Our Troops, U.S. Marines, Veterans, Veterans Wellness Program

Veterans Wellness Program and WTOT

newswtot — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:43:03 +0000

New page added to the We Thank Our Troops Site

National Veterans Wellness Program Medical Service
To Be Launched By We Thank Our Troops
and adopted for implementation by
Bands For Freedom to provide resources
for qualified veterans who suffer from the
physical wounds of war, as well as the unseen wounds; Insomnia, Anxiety, and Depression

SEE MORE:
http://www.wtot.org/veterans-wellness-program.htm

Filed under: National Veteran Wellness Program, News, Support Our Troops, Veterans Tagged: Caring for our wounded troops, National Veteran Wellness Program, Support Our Troops, Veterans

The Veteran Wellness Program VWP, San Diego, CA

newswtot — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:02:06 +0000

A Medical Service designed by

We Thank Our Troops WTOT and

adopted for implementation by

Bands For Freedom BFF,

a 501 (c) (3) Corporation.

BFF will provide the means for

Qualified Veterans who

suffer from the physical wounds of war,

as well as the unseen wounds,

Insomnia, Anxiety, and Depression.

As of this writing, the Pilot Operation for the launch of a National Veteran Wellness Program is in the preliminary stages of being established in San Diego, California known throughout the world as “America’s Finest City” home away from home for Thousands of Marines and Sailors, and home to many thousands of Military Veterans and their families, Past and Present.

The launch will include (4) existing clinics centrally located that will add the treatment program for the above mentioned wounds. Names and addresses of the clinics will be released in a Press Conference that will be organized once the Business Affairs of this, “Thank you For Your Service” program have concluded, we will announce a Press Conference, to be held in San Diego’s Mission Valley.

BFF shall endeavor to raise the means to implement these programs by various Fund Raising projects i.e. Appeal Letters, Staged Events to include the production of myriad live performance events, Dinners, Black Tie or Dress Casual, formatted to suit the proposed attendees, Fundraising Wrist Bands, Baseball Caps, T-Shirts and other BFF paraphernalia such as “Star Posters” of performers who have joined BFF’s campaign to make a difference in past Fund Raising Promotions for our nations heroic, Defenders of Freedom.

This notice will serve as our first official, “Teaser Announcement” as our team marches forward to make a significant difference in the lives our nations Veteran Wounded Warriors.

God Bless America!

This statement is integral to our well being as a nation…

In America We Thank Our Troops Past and Present ‘ A country worth defending is a country worth preserving ‘ Major General Michael Lehnert USMC Retired.

Filed under: Marines, National Veteran Wellness Program, News, Support Our Troops, Thank Our Troops, US Military, Veterans Tagged: Active Duty Military, Military Appreciation, National Veteran Wellness Program, Support Our Troops, Thank Our Troops, U.S. Marines

Capitalism is America, take it away, the Great Country we know goes with it

newswtot — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:04:28 +0000

Individual Prosperity was and is the Capitalistic Glue that created this
Great Land of Opportunity
By Bob Zimmerman, Veteran Advocate
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When our Founding Fathers based Americas Laws on Judeo Christian Values, freedom, as we know it was born. Free will created what became unabridged opportunity for American Achievement. Free will was and is the cornerstone of everything great about America, and Free Will in 237 years built the wonder of the world, The United States of America.
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There is no comparison between Capitalism and Socialism.
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Socialism offers a few positions to being a part of the Intellectually Elite, in short providing the mechanism that created Royalty, or absolute rule. History tells us, there were Rulers who were obsessed with greed, and there were those who were benevolent and kind but the people were still subjects. Socialism thrived throughout the world for centuries. It wasn’t until the United States was created that the worlds people had a “Land of Opportunity” to call home.
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Freedom gave birth to Capitalism, and almost like a Magician waving a Magic Wand the creativity of man developed and without fanfare this Democratic Republic flourished.
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All of the American Monikers, Land of the Free, Home of the Brave, and Land of Opportunity, gave America the recognition as the Leader of the Free World. The gates of Immigration opened to welcome the flood of humanity yearning to be free in this vast land of opportunity from Sea to Shining Sea.
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In any society Government is needed, but Government is not a Cog in the Wheel of Economics, We The People are the engine that creates opportunity. Governments sole duty is to maintain the Infrastructure which gives us the ability to move about freely, have modern conveniences in our homes such as Electricity, Running Water, interconnecting Roadways and Highways, Bridges, etc. Thus, instead of Royal Palaces for the Elite, we have Civic Centers, these are places We The People provide for those who chose to be Public Servants. These are the folks we elect to keep the wheels of progress in motion.
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With all of the above said, We The People must be vigilant in making sure that those who may come with unscrupulous abilities are not permitted to prosper at the expense of the governed.
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Today in America we are experiencing what can happen within in the Halls of Governance if We The People don’t maintain proper vigilance. If one chooses to be a Pubic Servant, we are obligated to reward them with a comfortable income and retirement. Common Sense Benefits befitting their personal commitment to serve is the proper and descent thing to do. What isn’t proper and descent is when public servants are elevated to a station of “Special Interest” and awarded compensation benefits that are far and away out of the realm of, “Proper and Descent” Reward.
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There are those in our society called “The Achievers”, the folks who have achieved great wealth. These are the folks that have earned their way to Economic Success, and are also the Employers of We The People.
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The beauty of being an American is the fact that anyone who chooses to work hard, and further their education, may achieve the financial ability to choose a lifestyle of their choice in climbing the ladder of opportunity.
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Thusly, in this Democratic Republic of America we have all levels of social economic status i.e. from Billionaires on down the ladder to those are comfortable with being considered the American Working Class, or American Worker Bees. These are the folks that We The People need to consider when it comes to providing them with the ability to own a home, a car, essentially a comfortable way of life befitting their economic zone.
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We The People, who are achievers, particularly those who have become property barons, must take into consideration the fact our Worker Bees can’t afford the same amenities that wealth can bring. Therefore, Common Sense dictates in order for this Capitalistic Society to thrive on an equal playing field, We The People need to consider how to make all things we enjoy available to all Americans, the keywords are, making the abundance of recreational assets affordable for all levels of American Society.
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To achieve such a goal, making things affordable for all should be a key element in planning, both in the Public and Private Sectors.
What ever we do in our America we all must
concentrate on the maintenance of being a
nation of Free People, governed by We The People!

God Bless America!
This statement is integral to our well being as a nation…

In America We Thank Our Troops Past and Present
‘ A country worth defending is a country worth preserving ‘
Major General Michael Lehnert USMC Retired

Filed under: Thank Our Troops

The Cost of going Green before America is ready, is not acceptable

newswtot — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:23:07 +0000

By Bob Zimmerman, Veteran Advocate,

(Will go green when Common Sense Says “GO”)

The Cost of Going Green before we’re ready is like Henry Ford making and selling Model T’s before he built gasoline engines.

Apparently the Environmentalists of the 20th Century must have used “Common Sense” when addressing the daily deposits of Horse Manure left behind when the Rider and his Horse departed the scene.

I’m certain we all will agree there probably was a shortage of Meter Maids, in the days of Horse and Buggies, to write “Horse Poop Tickets”. A Hot Steamy Summers Day in 1900 must have been a nightmare for folks on a shopping trip downtown, mercy me, Horse Poop and Flies and there was no Fly Spray back then.

Mind you, Horses were the source of transportation across the world for hundreds of years. In the late 1950′s I never thought to ask my Grandfather what the Environmental Protection Agency, of the day, tried to do to stem Human use of Horse’s for a means of Transportation, after all the stench was offensive, particularly when the wind was against you.

Due to the alarming amounts of Horse Poop deposits on the streets and the Flies it attracted, where were the Occupy Types to protest this senseless era of out and out pollution by every man, woman and Child who came into town on a horse.

I guess we’ll have to conclude that in the early days of our America, “Common Sense” sort of ruled the day, everyday of the year.

There is one fact that begs the question in today’s America, “Why is it that we must shelve “Common Sense” when dealing with the new “Green Era”, it all seems a bit more like we’re putting the Cart before the Horse.

Since August 27, 1859 when Colonel Edwin L. Drake struck Oil at a depth of 691/2 feet near Titusville, Pennsylvania, it was decades before we put the horses out to pasture, and started buying vehicles with Internal Combustion Engines. Thanks to Henry Ford and John D. Rockefeller America launched the beginning of the Industrial age. Mind you, The EPA was not yet invented, nor were Environmental Whacko non – Realists.

Somewhere along the line, over the past 4 decades, Common Sense became the enemy of modern man, and our society became infected with what we call “Political Correctness”. Faith in God, took a hit, Morality in America, took a hit, and America’s most favored Traditional Holiday Christmas, has taken a “Big Hit” for the past couple of decades.

What we have done to this most Exceptional Nation of Wonderment is a National Disgrace. The demise of Dad, Mom, and the Kids, the All American Family, all were an integral part of the Great American Backbone of One Nation Under God.

If we were to harken back to the days of “Lassie” and the “17 Cartoons on Saturday Morning”, we would recapture some of the wholesomeness of our America. Those were the days when we left the keys in our cars, and left our doors at home open at night.

We don’t need a “Reality TV Show” to once again become the America envisioned by our Founding Fathers, certainly not the America some among us would like to reduce our living to one common denominator, MEDIOCRITY…

Let us all hope that we don’t lose one of the most cherished attributes a country could have, ” America, the Land of Opportunity”

Filed under: Thank Our Troops

The Left Wing Political Assault on the Land of the Free and Home of the Brave

newswtot — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:15:10 +0000

By Bob Zimmerman, Veteran Advocate

The Mission of Left Wing Politicians, Destroy Capitalism, establish a Dependent Society,

reduced to a life of mediocrity

The Left Wing in the USA is working to destroy Personal Responsibility and Capitalism, the Backbone of this Democratic Republic. The America, We The People love, is a Thorn in the side of The Elite Left, those who dream of a nation ruled by Silver Tongued Pied Pipers. with their mission to reduce the American People to a life of dependence.

Why would anyone in America want to resurrect the ideology that brought down the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics? If they preach socialism, stifle industries from creating jobs under the guise of protecting the environment, then they are Elite “Pied Piper Opportunists,” seeking absolute rule.

It’s hard to imagine, how anyone who’s lived the, “Exceptional American Experience” would want to replace our “Land of Opportunity” for a land of dependency. If we hearken back to the year 1620 our Forefathers left the Kingdoms of Europe for a breath of Free Fresh Air.

On the Fourth of July 1776 We The People realized we found our Utopia and declared our independence, we cast aside our Lemming Status, and threw out the Pied Piper Rulers.

Freedom was our mission then, and Freedom is our mission today for these United States of America.

We are a people replete with governance By the People, for the People and of the People, so help us God, we shall remain as such!

Hunger in America: 2011 United States Hunger and Poverty Facts

This link is not an acceptable condition in America, and on Tuesday

November 6, 2012 We The People will restore GREATNESS to America,

So help us God!

Filed under: Our Republic, Support Our Troops, Thank Our Troops, Veterans

Making Anywhere USA affordable is not the job of Government, Federal, State, or Local

newswtot — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:05:44 +0000

We Thank Our Troops WTOT

The Veteran Advocate

Serving the Veteran Community Past and Present

1230 Columbia Street Suite 930 / San Diego, CA 92101 619.838.4544 / bzsandiego@aol.com / www.wtot.org

By Bob Zimmerman, Veteran Advocate

America is a Capitalist Country

Capitalism is the sole reason for the Great Success of this Great Country. Americans achieve wealth to the best of their ability based on Personal Responsibility, Education, and Determination to succeed, in whatever level they find provides a comfortable life.

The USA, since day one, has been a land of people who through personal responsibility and hard work made their way in life. In the beginning there were no Social Programs and America grew to become known as the land of opportunity.

Prior to our USA, people of the world were dependent upon their Kings, Queens, or Tribal Leaders, all whom lived off the people, i.e. their Subjects, or Personal Slaves.

In today’s world there exists myriad lines of Pied Pipers, those who see themselves as, The Elite, or appointment themselves as Shepherds of the masses, commonly referred to as, the Lemmings. The Pied Pipers in our midst find their way to leadership roles by honing their leadership skills with a Silver Tongued way of speaking.

Their mission is to gain the confidence of the masses, they do so by becoming educated and formulate plans of governance that make the masses dependent upon government to live.

The net result of such missions over the past century have given us such empires as; the United Soviet Socialist Republics USSR, following WWll they annexed Eastern Europe. For 4 decades the people of such lands were dependent upon the Elite to feed, cloth, and house them. We The People of the USA were the essential tool that broke the back of that Dark Blanket of Socialism in 1989.

In today’s world we are seeing the failure of Socialism in Europe, country after country are finding making thier citizens dependent upon social programs to exist are today facing unstable financial markets and possible collapse of their economic system.

Over the past several decades, here in America, there was and still is a movement by the Elite to end our way of life by gaining control of the people through our political system.

In this Democratic Republic of The United States of America our way of life, known as the American Way, is not up for sale. The attempts to hoodwink We The People have awakened The Sleeping Giant to this ploy.

During the 2010 election We The People sent a strong message to those who reside on the Left Side of American Politics, NOT IN OUR BACKYARDS!

On Election Day November 6, 2012, The Pledge of Allegiance will ring loud and clear with the sound of Freedom!

God Bless America!

This statement is integral to our well being as a nation…

In America We Thank Our Troops Past and Present

‘ A country worth defending is a country worth preserving ‘

Major General Michael Lehnert USMC Retired

In God We Trust.
Respectfully,

Bob Zimmerman, Veteran Advocate

Filed under: Active Duty Military, News, Support Our Troops, Thank Our Troops