One person can make a difference

Ashley Bach at the Seattle Times has a great story on how one person can make a difference.

The call from Nadine Gulit's grandson came in January of last year. From his Army base in upstate New York, Scott Sheaffer looked at the images of anti-war protesters on the news and asked, "Where are you guys?"

Days later, Gulit, her daughter and a couple other people took up the call. They met at a rally near Tacoma and began gathering e-mail addresses.

Over several months, the mailing list grew to a few thousand people and Operation Support Our Troops was born.

If we only listen to the major media (network TV and NY Times/LA Times), we would not know the good things happening in Iraq and Afghanistan. If we and the soldiers only listened to the major media, one would not know that the majority of the people in the US support the troops and the war. This is an important reason to look at the local papers and local TV news and reading blogs (blatant plug) to get the entire story.