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Oh look - an unoriginal, uninspired personal attack on me and my character. How quaint.
unoriginal? So people say that to you quite a bit?
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And I'm pretty damn sure the POTUS gives a damn about each and everyone of the men and women serving in the military.
If he cared about our military personnel he wouldn't put them in harms way over nothing to do with protecting our borders and everything to do with protecting our oil interests.
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As for the hazardous pay, it was being abused by many of the military commanders. My captain got us in and out of a known hostile zone when I was on deployment in 2009 so we would get that benefit and we got it for 3 months. All we had to do was enter it for several hours and it would apply for the pay for the rest of that month. That's 6 paychecks where we got untaxed money just for entering a little zone that really wasn't hostile.
LMAO You didn't earn the money, kept it, and told people about it. Quit watching cartoons and pick up a book on ethics.
Right. Whelp, any further discussion with you is irrelevant. Why? You just sat there and told me that I didn't earn the hazardous duty pay that I received while on deployment.
How many deployments have you been on? How many months out the year have you been separated from your family on the other side of the world?
You, who have never donned the uniform (or at least you've made no mention as such), have no right to tell me what I did and did not earn while in the military. I gave 4 years of my blood, sweat, and tears so keyboard warriors like you can sit there and belittle veterans such as myself.
Congratulations, you have just lost what little respect from me you had. Also, enjoy the stay on my ignore list.
I don't think knit picking over pay details is very productive.
The bigger issue might be why so many choose the military as a "good" career w/ benefits etc... I would much rather other careers be on the same level and accessibility as the military.
All this military spending could go to much more productive products and services in my view. I am not trying to dis the military. They play a roll, but the US has become quite imbalanced in a very disturbing way in my view.
Here is some great footage of the event shot by my cousin who marched in the parade. He was in the Navy. This is some of the better footage of the event that i have seen.
Right. Whelp, any further discussion with you is irrelevant. Why? You just sat there and told me that I didn't earn the hazardous duty pay that I received while on deployment.
I didn't say that you did. Your words "That's 6 paychecks where we got untaxed money just for entering a little zone that really wasn't hostile."
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How many deployments have you been on? How many months out the year have you been separated from your family on the other side of the world?
You, who have never donned the uniform (or at least you've made no mention as such), have no right to tell me what I did and did not earn while in the military. I gave 4 years of my blood, sweat, and tears so keyboard warriors like you can sit there and belittle veterans such as myself.
I didn't need to tell you, you said it yourself, you didn't earn it."That's 6 paychecks where we got untaxed money just for entering a little zone that really wasn't hostile." Or are you lying?
Real soldiers don't need to thump their chest.
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Congratulations, you have just lost what little respect from me you had. Also, enjoy the stay on my ignore list.
Good day to you.
Why would I or anyone care that you've announced to the forum I'm on your ignore list, princess?
I don't think knit picking over pay details is very productive.
The bigger issue might be why so many choose the military as a "good" career w/ benefits etc... I would much rather other careers be on the same level and accessibility as the military.
All this military spending could go to much more productive products and services in my view. I am not trying to dis the military. They play a roll, but the US has become quite imbalanced in a very disturbing way in my view.
Our veterans get crapped on too much. A relative of mine who recently retired from the Veterans Administration told me about the long wait many have to endure to receive benefits. Some die waiting to receive them, they deserve better.
That's why I like Ron Paul since he stresses "you have to take care of obligations" even when he has disagreed with the legislation that gave the people those benefits.
Our veterans get crapped on too much. A relative of mine who recently retired from the Veterans Administration told me about the long wait many have to endure to receive benefits. Some die waiting to receive them, they deserve better.
That's why I like Ron Paul since he stresses "you have to take care of obligations" even when he has disagreed with the legislation that gave the people those benefits.
Unfortunately, I think that "list" is quite long and covers many areas.
I think all those vets would have done a better job for Paul if they had all grabbed a handful of pamphlets and went out knocking on doors instead of fooling around in a parade.
Parade? Big deal. Lotsa parades around that neck of the woods, and the come and go without leaving a ripple.
Paul's campaign is chock full of symbolism, and it needs no more- the symbolism hasn't improved his numbers any.
What he needs is real skin left in the game; bruised knuckles from knocking on doors and talking to people face to face about him. A committed vet could have made a half-dozen Paul supporters going door to door in the same time he spent dinking around in the parade.
I think all those vets would have done a better job for Paul if they had all grabbed a handful of pamphlets and went out knocking on doors instead of fooling around in a parade.
Parade? Big deal. Lotsa parades around that neck of the woods, and the come and go without leaving a ripple.
Paul's campaign is chock full of symbolism, and it needs no more- the symbolism hasn't improved his numbers any.
What he needs is real skin left in the game; bruised knuckles from knocking on doors and talking to people face to face about him. A committed vet could have made a half-dozen Paul supporters going door to door in the same time he spent dinking around in the parade.
A lot of Paul's delegates are military personnel and ex-military, veterans.
We knew just like last time, the rig is set in the computer generated vote.
The delegates is where it is at.
A lot of Paul's delegates are military personnel and ex-military, veterans.
We knew just like last time, the rig is set in the computer generated vote.
The delegates is where it is at.
BS.
Once again, the Paulistas proved to be a bunch of slackers. Why did he run out of money? Because his followers preferred idle banter to digging deep, time after time, until it hurt.
My primary is today. I voted. In the past week, I have been visited by candidates and their reps from both parties and an independent. But no one from the Paul camp here, and Paul drew a crowd of 2,500 at a rally here in February. Did a single one of them turn out to go door knocking? Nope.
Vague symbolism don't feed the bulldog. This area was Paul's to lose, so his Paulistas lost it for him.
Now go ahead an whine about how everything is rigged against him while you sit on your butt. You never got on your feet anyway for your guy.
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