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05-04-2008, 12:17 PM
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I agree, they do deserve better, both while enlisted and when their back to their civilian status. It's a crying shame that the troops need to suffer from partisan politics. Afterall, if it wasn't for the fighting men and women of this great country, none of these jokers would be where they are.
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How true. You are right about the services once they get home, as well. |
05-04-2008, 12:27 PM
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How true. You are right about the services once they get home, as well.
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Yes, how a country treats it's vets does play a part in how the general population percieves their country of origin.....our's has been going downhill ever since the conclusion of WWII/Korea.
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Muslims aren't dying from war....they're being murdered by members of their own cult.
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05-04-2008, 12:29 PM
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Yes, how a country treats it's vets does play a part in how the general population percieves their country of origin.....our's has been going downhill ever since the conclusion of WWII/Korea.
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Yeah, they get crappy pay and poor sevices. God bless them for even enlisting. |
05-04-2008, 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by oceanbreeze
"The accidental deaths and close calls, which are being investigated by Congress and the Defense Department’s inspector general, raise new questions about the oversight of contractors in the war zone, where unjustified killings by security guards, shoddy reconstruction projects and fraud involving military supplies have spurred previous inquiries."
Contractors have no "oversight" stateside or overseas.
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Thats the Military's and federal goverment's fault.
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Everything you just said is total bullshit
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
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05-04-2008, 12:49 PM
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Originally Posted by noneof yourbusiness
Thats the Military's and federal goverment's fault.
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Well what can you expect from a government that pays $300.00 for a hammer?
I want to also be in the hammer manufacturing biz as long as I can get me some big, fat government contracts.
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Muslims aren't dying from war....they're being murdered by members of their own cult.
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05-04-2008, 12:51 PM
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Thats the Military's and federal goverment's fault.
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Yes it is. Were you wounded in Desert Storm?
Last edited by sachem : 05-04-2008 at 01:19 PM.
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05-04-2008, 01:19 PM
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Yes it is.
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I recent read that we, the tax payers, are paying for the representitives leases on car. One topped out at $1k a month, including gas, insurance, repairs.  |
05-04-2008, 01:22 PM
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I recent read that we, the tax payers, are paying for the representitives leases on car. One topped out at $1k a month, including gas, insurance, repairs. |
I saw something on that. Hell, we all pay for our own cars to get to work,I say give them a discount on parking and the rest they can pay themselves. |
05-04-2008, 01:27 PM
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I saw something on that. Hell, we all pay for our own cars to get to work,I say give them a discount on parking and the rest they can pay themselves.
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In college I had an internship at the state Capitol. I had to pay and take the bus because parking was horrendously expensive. I bought my own lunch. I did a 6 month internship 5 days a week, I saw the Senator 1x.  |
05-04-2008, 01:31 PM
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In college I had an internship at the state Capitol. I had to pay and take the bus because parking was horrendously expensive. I bought my own lunch. I did a 6 month internship 5 days a week, I saw the Senator 1x. |
Yup, they are surely the 'people's' representatives, aren't they?  Particularly Senators, who think they are above the rabble. |
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