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Audacity of Truth
Whiner-in-Chief:
"[W]hether the grumbling is about Republicans on Fox or bloggers in pajamas, there's a word for what the president and his aides are doing. That word is "whining." And nothing [...] does more damage to Obama's credibility or authority than the sense that a popular president is becoming the whiner-in-chief."
- John Nichols, Nation Magazine - 10/12/09
Southwest Airlines and “Red Friday”
Robert Bluey has a great post up about Southwest Airlines’ decision to encourage their employees to show their patriotism on Fridays by wearing red:
Southwest Airlines is taking patriotism to a new level. My favorite airline has stepped to the forefront of the Red Fridays campaign, which encourages Americans to wear red on Fridays in a show of support for our troops.
This post on Southwest’s blog explains why the company has embraced the Red Fridays idea as a voluntary way of showing support. A spokeswoman for Southwest told me that at the height of the current conflict, Southwest had 173 employees called to serve, 79 of who remain on military leave. So now when you see a Southwest employee wearing a red shirt, you’ll know why.
Read more about what Red Friday is all about at the Bluegrass Military Affairs Coaltion website.
I’ll be wearing red to work on Friday in honor of all our troops, especially this week for the nine from the 82nd Airborne (based here in NC) who were KIA earlier this week.
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Somewhere, Herb Kelleher (founder and previous longtime CEO of Southwest Airlines) has a big SMILE on his face.
Thanks so much for the link to the Southwest blog, http://www.blogsouthwest.com! At our Headquarters Building, you don’t even need a calendar to know it’s Friday because of all the red.
Incidentally, Tango, Herb is still very much on the job as Executive Chairman–and he does have a big smile on his face.
Brian
THAT IS SO COOL!!!! I have to go find a red pull over to wear on Friday. – Lorica
while I’m out shopping today, definitely buying more red clothing!
It would seem to me that everybody, no matter what they think of the war personally, can make the effort to show that they support the troops.
Of course, that’s easy for me to say. I look good in red.
Brian, thanks for that! As you probably deduced, I’m a long time admirer of ole Herb. Long may he reign!