These stories always amaze me.
There were times during their night marching when Crowson remembers being walked, under heavy cover, right near his fellow U.S. soldiers, not being able to scream out in fear of being shot by his captors. He remembers clearly seeing soldiers chat on the tanks amongst one another and was even close enough to smell their cigarette smoke but couldn’t yell out for help.
Mike is a veteran US Army, Non-commissioned Officer with a combined 20 years of military and private sector experience in numerous aspects of military operations, physical security, fire protection, life safety, and crisis management both foreign and domestic.
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6b3Hi there,Wow! What a discussion you’ve ptmrpoed! What I don’t see in the responses are many perspectives from customers. The way to combat price is by offering quality. I cannot stress this enough. Quality quality quality. This is what is missing from today’s mass produced marketplace, and is a niche to be filled by skilled and talented craftspersons. Make products to last (as opposed to designed for the dump), make products from eco-friendly sustainable materials (as opposed to cheap), and share your story. I support businesses that work towards a triple bottom line: profit, environmental responsibility, and social responsibility. Corporate culture cannot address these three priorities as well as small business and individual artists, so make that a feature. I am willing to pay up to 5x more for products made under this premise, and I do (often). The amazing things I buy from craftpersons on etsy are prized pieces in my wardrobe and home, I treat them with respect and I cherish them. I feel good about support a real person, about the materials used, and because its made to last I keep it 10x longer than the mass produced crap Hold on It costs 5x more but last 10x longer? I just made my investment back! These are investment pieces: while they cost more upfront it ends up saving me money in the long term. Make your stuff well and responsibly and be sure to communicate where the value comes from. People like me will buy it.
Just for the record, I never visit ‘anarchore’s site since I learned he’s just a JEW-operative preaching tolerance and understanding for most JEWS.Besides the fact I’m a not a JEW-rat, we also differ in that I believe JEWS bring on what they get, throughout history. Violence has been the solution at times, and besides, JEWS are the most violent people on earth. Turning the other cheek will only get you killed with these scumbags.How about that webcam interview I requested, ‘anarchore’? Don’t want anybody to see that beak?