Unfortunate Selection

After I arrived at school this morning in a blue polo shirt (but not my most favorite blue shirt, which I wore every Friday for the first three years of my teaching career but have since semi-retired), a very complex and broad-minded colleague stopped by to say that he was wearing blue quite by accident.

Well, so was I, I quickly told him after reading the email forward he’d mentioned, one that our forward-happy librarian sent out earlier this week. An excerpt:

Very soon, you will see a great many people wearing blue every Friday. The reason? Americans who support our troops used to be called the ‘silent majority’ We are no longer silent, and are voicing our love for God, country and home in record breaking numbers We are not organized, boisterous or overbearing.

Many Americans, like you, me and all our friends, simply want to recognize that the vast majority of America supports our troops. Our idea of showing solidarity and support for our troops with dignity and respect starts this Friday — and continues each and every Friday until the troops all come home, sending a deafening message that every red-blooded American who supports our men and women afar, will wear something blue. By word of mouth, press, TV — let’s make the United States on every Friday a sea of blue much like a homecoming football game in the bleachers. 

If every one of us who loves this country will share this with acquaintances, coworkers, friends, and family, it will not be long before the USA is covered in BLUE and it will let our troops know the once ‘silent’  majority is on their side more than ever, certainly more than the media lets on. 

The first thing a soldier says when asked ‘What can we do to make things better for you?’ is ‘We need your support and your prayers.’ Let’s get the word out and lead with class and dignity, by example, and wear something blue every Friday.

Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you:

1. Jesus Christ
2. The American G. I.

One died for your soul, the other for your freedom.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO PASS THIS ON, AS MANY SEEM TO FORGET BOTH OF THEM.

Good grief! I almost changed back into my sweaty biking shirt, or pinned a small sign to myself: “This shirt is green.” Instead, throughout the rest of the day I noticed the other faculty who were in fact also wearing blue. I felt rather annoyed and sick to think that they might think that I think like they do.