Why Soldiers Need Our Help

[Saxjazzman]

Let's see, Opus X or bubble gum?? And We Thought Acids Were Bad!!

 

[Brickhouse]

Hehe, yeah, I wouldn't be diggin' the bubblegum cigars.

However, I should say, Soldier's Angels is a very good organization that did a lot for us over there. Good people.

But maybe they should let Operation From The Heart handle this one, ROFL.

 

[ThankYouForNotSmoking]

I'm a little skeptical. Whenever these companies selling not very popular products "help out the troops", I tend to see it as a marketing device, not necessarily to the troops directly, but to Americans back home (that's a good American company, etc).

I don't know, but I bet you do Wyatt - how many of those guys are going to hand out bubble gum when a kid comes along and how many would rather hand out the real thing?

 

[Brickhouse]

I'm a little skeptical. Whenever these companies selling not very popular products "help out the troops", I tend to see it as a marketing device, not necessarily to the troops directly, but to Americans back home (that's a good American company, etc).

I don't know, but I bet you do Wyatt - how many of those guys are going to hand out bubble gum when a kid comes along and how many would rather hand out the real thing?

Well no doubt, they'd rather hand out the real thing. But I'll tell you from personal experience. I've received packages from Soldiers Angels. These aren't corprate boxes with specific brand name items in them.

They enlist the help of actual people, like you and me to "adopt" a Soldier. That person hand writes letters, emails the Soldier, makes homemade cookies, and so on and actually mails them from their house to the Soldier. The "Angel" and the Soldier in a lot of cases develop a close relationship.

For example, while deployed I had about 4 "Angels" that would send me newspapers, candy bars, baby wipes, other personal hygiene items, and so on. One of them even mailed my wife a birthday card when it was her birthday.

These people are the real deal I assure you, and it's most likely just a good effort at something and they probably didn't want to catch hell for health concern reasons and junk for real cigars.

I know a guy who had an "Angel" that sent him a humidor and more than a few cigars though. It's really up to that individual.

 

[preembargo]

Sounds like they do a great a job! :thumbs:

 

[MiamiCubano]

I used to love those things as a kid.
Maybe that explains some things.... :laugh:

 

[preembargo]

One of my favorite B&M's used to always have a box on the counter. I'd grab a few so the princess and I could have a cigar together. :love:


The new owner doesn't keep them around anymore.

 

[Saxjazzman]

I'm a little skeptical. Whenever these companies selling not very popular products "help out the troops", I tend to see it as a marketing device, not necessarily to the troops directly, but to Americans back home (that's a good American company, etc).

I don't know, but I bet you do Wyatt - how many of those guys are going to hand out bubble gum when a kid comes along and how many would rather hand out the real thing?

Interesting you should say that. Not that I am taking anything away from this group but that exactly was what Coca Cola did during the Second World War. It was that give away strategy that increased their world wide market sales after the war.

 

[ThankYouForNotSmoking]

I'm a little skeptical. Whenever these companies selling not very popular products "help out the troops", I tend to see it as a marketing device, not necessarily to the troops directly, but to Americans back home (that's a good American company, etc).

I don't know, but I bet you do Wyatt - how many of those guys are going to hand out bubble gum when a kid comes along and how many would rather hand out the real thing?

Well no doubt, they'd rather hand out the real thing. But I'll tell you from personal experience. I've received packages from Soldiers Angels. These aren't corprate boxes with specific brand name items in them.

They enlist the help of actual people, like you and me to "adopt" a Soldier. That person hand writes letters, emails the Soldier, makes homemade cookies, and so on and actually mails them from their house to the Soldier. The "Angel" and the Soldier in a lot of cases develop a close relationship.

For example, while deployed I had about 4 "Angels" that would send me newspapers, candy bars, baby wipes, other personal hygiene items, and so on. One of them even mailed my wife a birthday card when it was her birthday.

These people are the real deal I assure you, and it's most likely just a good effort at something and they probably didn't want to catch hell for health concern reasons and junk for real cigars.

I know a guy who had an "Angel" that sent him a humidor and more than a few cigars though. It's really up to that individual.

No doubt that Soldier's Angels is a great program and I wasn't at all criticizing their work. It sounds exactly like the type of charity that's does a lot of good, one person at a time.

What I'm skeptical about is the Bubblegum Cigars Co. misusing it as a marketing mechanism. It seems as though the Bubblegum folks are "donating" boxes of bubblegum cigars via a form on the website - so someone's angel can go online, fill out the form, and get the soldier their bubblegum cigars. This kind of still strikes me as a way for BubbleGum cigars to get good publicity...

 

[Mr Peat]

This type of stuff didn't really happen before the 9/11/01 incident. Soldiers pretty much had to depend on their own families but now the "Bandwagon Patriots since 9/11/01" want to jump on board and that just makes me sick.

 

[Saxjazzman]

This type of stuff didn't really happen before the 9/11/01 incident. Soldiers pretty much had to depend on their own families but now the "Bandwagon Patriots since 9/11/01" want to jump on board and that just makes me sick.

I do wish that we would get more people in uniform. The rate of rotations into the battle field is not good for the soldiers or the army families. We have our highest suicide rates in ten years with similar high rates of divorce.

 

[ThankYouForNotSmoking]

This type of stuff didn't really happen before the 9/11/01 incident. Soldiers pretty much had to depend on their own families but now the "Bandwagon Patriots since 9/11/01" want to jump on board and that just makes me sick.

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I think it's good that people are finally getting around to helping the troops out, but, I question reasons a lot of times. Something that infuriates me even more is armchair patriots who stick a yellow magnet to the back of their car and run around waving their 'patriotism' in your face. Last I checked, love for your country can't be measured in dollars - and especially not in the few cents that go to the troops when you buy one of those magnets.