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| Disgusted by Shutdown Politics |
| 2011-04-10 |
| Rebecca Duncan, the wife of a Navy sailor stationed in Corpus Christi, Texas, started saving money nearly a month ago by cutting trips to restaurants and movies. The 37-year-old mother of three stocked up on food -- items that could be frozen in case the family had to do without a paycheck. Had a shutdown occurred, military service members would have gotten half a paycheck next week and then not been paid until the standoff was settled. Suits the Dhimmicrats just fine; they only need the military that's enforcing the no-fly zone in Libya right now. April Woods, the wife of a soldier based at Fort Campbell on the Tennessee-Kentucky line, said she thought her husband's job in the Army would provide better stability during tough economic times. She wasn't so sure after the budget showdown. "When you hear about everyone getting laid off, your first thought when you are a military person is, 'Oh, I am never going to get laid off. The military is always going to need me.' This has made me feel like maybe they don't. Maybe they don't care." Politicians? Democrats? The Commander in Chief? Are you serious? Meanwhile, back at the ranch... "Everyone was a little nervous that we wouldn't be able to get in to see the Liberty Bell," Rennig said. "I was really relieved." |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #11 oh wow, I wonder if the IRS, the EPA, NPR, eveyone on Welfare, and Planned parenthood would ALSO have gotten half a paycheck, then NOTHING afterwards? And here I was looking forward to seeing half my taxes NOT COLLECTED this paycheck and NONE afterwards. /SARC (of course!) The guns WOULD have come out if the Military got nothing while all the above got full benefits during this time. I wonder how much of the "threat" of a government shutdown is composed of NOT REALLY KNOWING what would happen if the Government DID shut down? Alternate question: who in Washington would want to know LESS and not want us to know? |
| Posted by: Ptah 2011-04-10 21:01 |
| #10 The first duty of every person serving in the military, in any capacity, is to support and defend the Constitution. That includes all us old retards that draw a retirement check. I'm just a half-inch short of grabbing a rifle and marching to Washington. Unfortunately, I'm afraid I'd be marching alone, since so few people today have any sense of commitment - to anything. I respect the office of the President, but the person currently filling it is beneath contempt. If he comes even close to being re-elected in 2012, there WILL be war, count on it. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2011-04-10 14:01 |
| #9 the Army would provide better stability during tough economic times... Uhhh, maybe? Stability comes from being pretty much a hustler nowadays. Never count yourself above needing to take a second job. I know some who tried to get a waiver to take a second job during off hours at McDonald's when they were based at a US base for a six month stint. Now, if the military paycheck for E-4 and below were so good, why would that be necessary? This gave me nightmares of our soldiers cut off and stranded in Iraq or some other shithole like desolate S. Korea near the Nork border, with an MRE, bottled water, a prayer and not much else. |
| Posted by: Fi 2011-04-10 13:45 |
| #8 To paraphrase someone else - I knew General Washington and you're no Washington. That's the problem, who has that man's standing these days? Why do you believe we give so much recognition even a couple hundred years later in a society that spends its time with personality over substance that transits in mere years? You keep pushing the envelope and one day 'tradition' won't hold back that which has been seen in nearly every culture of man. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2011-04-10 11:50 |
| #7 General Beauregard didn't open up Sumter until the 12th of April |
| Posted by: Beavis 2011-04-10 11:39 |
| #6 I think the Sunday paper was commemorating the 150th anniversery of the start of the Civil War. Not a good day to start another one. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2011-04-10 11:17 |
| #5 I just wonder how many weeks it would take of not getting paid and watching family members starve before our military leaders decided to cross the Rubicon on behalf of the US citizens. And I wonder how much longer they're going to watch The Constitution get shredded, and Obamao set himself up as Dictator in Chief before they do their duty. I also wonder when people are going to fed up enough to start taking matters into their own hands, or even the States for that matter. |
| Posted by: Secret Asian Man 2011-04-10 11:15 |
| #4 True Nimble, and it gave us a tradition of the military following the civilian leadership. However, we are much different than now. Back then, people still farmed much of their own land and made most of their own things. A lack of pay wouldn't be the end of the world for most of those people. Nowdays, it would cause homelessness and starvation. Trust for the federal government is at an all time low for everyone one in the nation and trust for the military is at an all time high. I just wonder how many weeks it would take of not getting paid and watching family members starve before our military leaders decided to cross the Rubicon on behalf of the US citizens. I seriously doubt the politicians would let it go that far since it would be political suicide for them, but it could happen. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2011-04-10 10:49 |
| #3 Not in America. True they did eventually get paid, but not at the tip of a bayonet. This incident ranks with the surrender of his commission as the two greatest acts of Washington. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2011-04-10 10:39 |
| #2 Yes, meanwhile back at the ranch. Four thousand years of human history teaches many things. One of them is to make sure the guys with the swords or guns are paid first. Not that they teach real history in schools and universities any more. Been crowded out by 'studies' programs. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2011-04-10 10:04 |
| #1 Better keep stocking and saving because when the banks, China, etc., stop pumping money into the governement and it goes belly up, you and your family is going to need what ever you can get to go from day to day in abject poverty. How is that for your 'hopey changy thingy', America? |
| Posted by: Waldemar Chomomp5118 2011-04-10 08:51 |