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Entertainer Cher, left, sits in the audience during a House Armed Service Committee hearing...

[DustyMoment]

Cher has donated more than $130,000 to the group Operation Helmet, which pays about $100 to modify the inside of soldiers' helmets to make them better able to absorb shock from a bomb blast.

Wow, who knew!!??

Good for her, I'm proud of her.

[OpusatFR]

How lovely! What a nice thing to do..

[Fawn]

Wow...out of the woodwork to help the soldiers.....that is very nice of her.

[Red Badger]

I'm lovin' it!.....

[Jake The Goose]

Well done Cher - I saw you on CSPAN - this is obviously a cause that has touched her heart.

This is real - not a PR job.

Bravo -

[Tribune7]

Rep. Curt Weldon (news, bio, voting record), R-Pa., chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, noted that Cher's ex-husband, the late Rep. Sonny Bono, had served on the subcommittee. He called it a "special irony and really great tribute" to have her there.

Wonder what Sonny would say?

[xp38]

She's a moonbat but this is a nice gesture.

[avacado]

Now that is real "We Support the Troops!" Good for Cher and for the troops to see someone famous really supporting them!

[Beckwith]

I support her effort.

[Amelia]

I think this is a great project, and I applaud her effort to help our soldiers and Marines.

She also spends a lot of time visiting the wounded in military hospitals apparently, which seems to be how she found out about this issue to begin with.

[dawn53]

Glenn Beck talked about this on his radio show. She called up the guy (he knows the guy that runs the Operation Helmet program), asked how many were on the waiting list, and then he received a check from Cher to pay for all those on the waiting list.

[Mannaggia l'America]

But she called into CSpan prior to that and went on a rant about Bush not giving the soldiers the equipment that they need....

So even though she is donating, etc., she is still an unhinged lib who thinks everything is Bush's Fault.

[agere_contra]

Damn. I came onto this thread to indulge in a bit of harmless Cher-baiting, and it turns out she's on our side! Another one of life's pleasures gone for ever :0)

[EricT.]

The Army now equips its soldiers with padded helmets designed to be shock absorbent. The Marine Corps has commissioned a study to determine whether to change its helmets but has said the ones Marines use now are effective.

Get with the program USMC. The padded helmets are obviously better for the troops, both in comfort and safety.

[SJSAMPLE]

It sounds like she wants the PASGT helmet to be upgraded/replaced with the MICH/ACH design, which uses a padding system instead of a suspension system?

[shiva]

WOW! I am suprised!

[LoudRepublicangirl]

I idolized her as a young teen, then when I got older I thought she was a total left-wing kook. She may still be but this was a wonderful gesture and I am grateful for her caring enough about the troops to do this. At least she is one liberal who doesn't seem to demonize our troops and actually has tried to help them.

[Niteranger68]

Do not be fooled by this!!!!! This is done out of pity, not pride.

[Liberty Valance]

http://www.operation-helmet.org/

[ArrogantBustard]

Cher has donated more than $130,000 to the group Operation Helmet,

Wow! My respect for her just ratcheted up a few notches.