$2,000,000,000,000 defense budget?????

[BlueStreak]

Sorry, man. Gotta make a car payment.

[piece-itpete]

Damn. Barkeep, I'll have a Genessee

Pete

[icenine]

Originally Posted by Boreas

Stop lossed if you want out.

Kicked out if you want a career.

Figures.

John

It is really hard on someone who has done 14 years and only has 6 to go for a retirement....these are good kids too, not bad apples....there is some talk about newer enlistees getting a 401k instead of a retirement like we did.
I have not kept up.

[icenine]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

There are. My sister gets VA Healthcare benefits, (Eight years, Navy.). But, she had to means test for financial hardship to get it.

At $62k this year, and close to a quarter million in savings*......I'm too rich.

(When I heard Limbaugh advising his lemmings to hide their money 'cuz Obama was going to destroy the economy, I invested more. I find if the dittoheads are buying it, it HAS to be wrong.)

Regards,
Dave

Is that how it really works? I was thinking an honorable discharge would let you in the system....they means test you? I would really double check but I did not know that.....

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

That did it. Drinks ARE on you!

I'll have a tall Guiness and a double of Petron. Tell that barmaid make sure she pulls that beer right!

Pete

Petron? Is that something they're serving in New Orleans (courtesy of BP)?
I think you meant El Patron. It's Ok but Sauza's "Tres Generations Anejo" (black bottle, aged eight years) kicks the crap outta it. Sippin' tequila there...MmmmMmm, good. It better be at $45 a bottle, $35 bucks in Tijuana-damn NAFTA! It used to be half the US price.

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Damn. Barkeep, I'll have a Genessee

Pete

See? Now you're trying to make me feel sorry for you! It won't work, Pete.

Enjoy your Genny....I'm reaching for a New Belgium Trippel.

Dave

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by icenine

Is that how it really works? I was thinking an honorable discharge would let you in the system....they means test you? I would really double check but I did not know that.....

Yes. She had to refile just a few days ago.

[wgrr]

I defer to the founding fathers as all good teabaggers should.

http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/...ng-armies.html

The bigger problem we face is lobsters.

Not on this clip, but it was introduced in the most sophisticated PBS Masterpiece Theater intro as a reading of Dostoevsky's "The Idiot".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9cBc-TQESI

This is why we need at least 15 aircraft carriers equipped with lemons and butter.

[piece-itpete]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Petron? Is that something they're serving in New Orleans (courtesy of BP)?:
I think you meant El Patron. It's Ok but Sauza's "Tres Generations Anejo" (black bottle, aged eight years) kicks the crap outta it. Sippin' tequila there...:MmmmMmm, good. It better be at $45 a bottle, $35 bucks in Tijuana-damn NAFTA! It used to be half the US price.

Yikes! Though I tend to stay away from tokillya nowadays

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

See? Now you're trying to make me feel sorry for you! It won't work, Pete.

Enjoy your Genny....I'm reaching for a New Belgium Trippel.

Dave

Darn lefties grumble grumble. Redistribution!!

Originally Posted by wgrr

I defer to the founding fathers as all good teabaggers should.

http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/...ng-armies.html

The bigger problem we face is lobsters.

Not on this clip, but it was introduced in the most sophisticated PBS Masterpiece Theater intro as a reading of Dostoevsky's "The Idiot".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9cBc-TQESI

This is why we need at least 15 aircraft carriers equipped with lemons and butter.

I agree, but technology means a standing army is a neccessary evil.

Pete

[ebacon]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

I agree, but technology means a standing army is a neccessary evil.

Pete

Few people diagree with that. Where we disagree is the size and role of that army.

Suppose our military budget is 10x the size of the next biggest military on the earthball. Would you be willing to make it say, 9x the size?