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For Veterans and Military personnel only.[W:651]

For Veterans and Military personnel only.


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1964-65 Vietnam Vet.

BTW - Where is all that liberal media we hear about? Most reps on talk shows are republicans. Check out Sunday mornings, main stream media. There are left and right medias. But the montra is ALL are left wing. Check radio stations across the nation.

Yes, Obama, is my vote!
What os "montra" ?
I never listen to the radio, except for NPR...I cannot abide all those advertisments on radio..
Interesting and strange that "all the talk shows" are Republician (actually extreme conservatives), IMO...
 
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**** it, if I absolutely had to choose between those two, it would be Obama. Personally, I think Obama has done alright. I don't agree with his politics, but I don't think he's all that bad.
 
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**** it, if I absolutely had to choose between those two, it would be Obama. Personally, I think Obama has done alright. I don't agree with his politics, but I don't think he's all that bad.

With all due respect, r u really paying attention?
 
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12 years active duty starting in late 64, 2 years of school, then 67-69 Fast attack submarine, 69-70 Vietnam, 70-71 more school, 71-74 AAWC, GTMO, 74-77 COSL, Norfolk, then out and into the reserves for 10 years...
Pretty sure that Obama has done more for veterans his first year than GWB did in 8 years....
During Obama's watch, I was diagnosed with Parkinson's and 2 weeks later PD, IHD, and DMII were added to the agent orange presumptive list. I submitted my paperwork and now get a disability check from the VA.
I don't hate Obama, but I will vote for Romney....after all, Romney is the first republican in many years that I will be voting FOR, instead of just voting against the democrat's candidate.



Yeah like cut the military 487 billion dollars and wants to cut it 500 billion more.......He has really helped the military..not.........
 
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Yeah like cut the military 487 billion dollars and wants to cut it 500 billion more.......He has really helped the military..not.........

maybe from your experience you never saw any waste? congress wanting military hardware built in their states, hardware that the military does NOT WANT.....
How about all the officers sitting at desks doing jobs that were done by enlisteds during WWII....
Admiral Rickover said, openly, that we had a ratio of enlisteds to officers that was way off base compared to WWII. If we can fight a world war with fewer officers, maybe we are doing something wrong now?
How about we have a military that is capable of defense, cut back on the offense. Neither Iraq was was necessary. Trillions of dollars wasted, not so we here in the states can live free, but so we can live well, trading the blood of our youth for cheaper gasoline in our cars....
 
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Neither candidate is a very nice choice, but at least Romney isn't going to double my Tricare premiums.

Romney 2012
 
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Lots of non vets voting in the poll....take them out and the count is pretty close....

Bull****! This vet didn't vote in your caca poll. It's ridiculous, much like a communist election vote for Chairman Mao or Chairman Mao.
 
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Neither candidate is a very nice choice, but at least Romney isn't going to double my Tricare premiums.

Romney 2012

You know that for a fact and therefore you trust Romney? How about he is true to his word and doesn't double your premiums, but he quadruples your copay? Still like Romney? I'm not saying Obama won't do the same thing. I am saying both of them are as full of **** as a Christmas goose. Voting for Romney because he promises not to double your Tricare premiums is a fool's game.
 
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Neither candidate is a very nice choice, but at least Romney isn't going to double my Tricare premiums.

Romney 2012

which is very little to start with.....I had Tricare prime til I turned 65, now just tricare as supplement to Medicare A and B.....
 
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You know that for a fact and therefore you trust Romney? How about he is true to his word and doesn't double your premiums, but he quadruples your copay? Still like Romney? I'm not saying Obama won't do the same thing. I am saying both of them are as full of **** as a Christmas goose. Voting for Romney because he promises not to double your Tricare premiums is a fool's game.

Forgot that jokes don't really fly without emoticons on the internet lol. My point was more like I don't care for either one, but I know I dislike Obama. That and the military tends to get a little more cash in their pocket whenever there's a republican in office. Therefore since I can't decide who would **** up worse, I may as well go with the one who's more likely to benefit me. See what 'm saying?
 
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You know this is a weird thread when I consider the best posts to have come from James and Rev.
 
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maybe from your experience you never saw any waste? congress wanting military hardware built in their states, hardware that the military does NOT WANT.....
How about all the officers sitting at desks doing jobs that were done by enlisteds during WWII....
Admiral Rickover said, openly, that we had a ratio of enlisteds to officers that was way off base compared to WWII. If we can fight a world war with fewer officers, maybe we are doing something wrong now?
How about we have a military that is capable of defense, cut back on the offense. Neither Iraq was was necessary. Trillions of dollars wasted, not so we here in the states can live free, but so we can live well, trading the blood of our youth for cheaper gasoline in our cars....


There is waste everywhere but don't just take it out on the military........Even a lefty like you has to admit that almost a trillion dollars in cuts is a little much and you pay attention a lot of those cuts will come in active duty and retired benefits..........No wonder dems can never get the vets vote..........


How about we cut the EPA, NEA, PP.............Heaven forbid any of those liberal agencies...............better yet disband them.....
 
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There is waste everywhere but don't just take it out on the military........Even a lefty like you has to admit that almost a trillion dollars in cuts is a little much and you pay attention a lot of those cuts will come in active duty and retired benefits..........No wonder dems can never get the vets vote..........

I dont think so at all

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which is very little to start with.....I had Tricare prime til I turned 65, now just tricare as supplement to Medicare A and B.....

Why don't you get tricare for life? Its great and it pays the 20% medicare does not pay..........
 
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I dont think so at all

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ALOT of that is Retiree benefits and Cost-of-living allowances to take care of our troops. Trust me, we dont exactly use "state of the art" technology. Most of it is 5-10 years old or older
 
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There is waste everywhere but don't just take it out on the military........Even a lefty like you has to admit that almost a trillion dollars in cuts is a little much and you pay attention a lot of those cuts will come in active duty and retired benefits..........No wonder dems can never get the vets vote..........

How about we cut the EPA, NEA, PP.............Heaven forbid any of those liberal agencies...............better yet disband them.....

We need to cut spending and raise taxes. We should be cutting spending within the military by getting rid of waste, not people. I hate to tell you it isn't Obama that is cutting personnel instead of waste when it comes to military spending. That would be those who get to decide military budgets, generally that would be people within the military brass or Congressmen.

I have personally seen military waste that can't be fixed because pointing it out is useless because those who are doing it don't consider it wasteful. And it goes up to some pretty high people within certain commands. They refuse to believe they are wrong in their assessment of what is and is not wasteful.
 
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ALOT of that is Retiree benefits and Cost-of-living allowances to take care of our troops. Trust me, we dont exactly use "state of the art" technology. Most of it is 5-10 years old or older

Actually a good bit of the military budget also goes to upgrading certain things, such as our aircraft, weapons systems, and warships. The new CVNs, supercarriers, have been in development for the last decade or so and they are still working on improving them. Some of these improvements are meant to improve efficiency of our carriers, including needing less crew. Of course, less crew needs mean less sailors needed in the Navy as well.
 
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Actually a good bit of the military budget also goes to upgrading certain things, such as our aircraft, weapons systems, and warships. The new CVNs, supercarriers, have been in development for the last decade or so and they are still working on improving them. Some of these improvements are meant to improve efficiency of our carriers, including needing less crew. Of course, less crew needs mean less sailors needed in the Navy as well.

While these upgrades are happening, it's due to the fact that we have about 1/3 of the ships that we had 20 years ago.
 
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Why don't you get tricare for life? Its great and it pays the 20% medicare does not pay..........

I do, just left out the "for life" words...
 
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We need to cut spending and raise taxes. We should be cutting spending within the military by getting rid of waste, not people. I hate to tell you it isn't Obama that is cutting personnel instead of waste when it comes to military spending. That would be those who get to decide military budgets, generally that would be people within the military brass or Congressmen.

I have personally seen military waste that can't be fixed because pointing it out is useless because those who are doing it don't consider it wasteful. And it goes up to some pretty high people within certain commands. They refuse to believe they are wrong in their assessment of what is and is not wasteful.

Did you even read my post? I acknowledged that there is waste in all agencies of the Gov, but don't take it out on the backs of our active duty personnel or our vets......everythingthing Hussein Obama does is against the military.......Cost of living goes up and we don't get a cola for 3 years while employees in the WH get huge raises...Where is your outrage against them???? There is a call in the Hussein Obama administration to cut retirements in the military to 15 years or even do away with the present retirement system and let you retire after 20 years but you get no pension until age 60.........They also want to raise the premiums on tricare.........

I am really surprised that you as a vet would take the Hussein Obama side on this issue....I would be willing to bet your husband would not agree with you on this one...........

Make cuts, yes but not a trillion dollars........Even Panetta, Hussein Obama right hand man is against that..........

I apologize for any missspelling but I am fighting the good fight against several Libs on various threads at the moment...........
 
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While these upgrades are happening, it's due to the fact that we have about 1/3 of the ships that we had 20 years ago.

exactly and personnel has been cut way back where a lot of ships are making back to back deployments............
 
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We need to cut spending and raise taxes. We should be cutting spending within the military by getting rid of waste, not people. I hate to tell you it isn't Obama that is cutting personnel instead of waste when it comes to military spending. That would be those who get to decide military budgets, generally that would be people within the military brass or Congressmen.

I have personally seen military waste that can't be fixed because pointing it out is useless because those who are doing it don't consider it wasteful. And it goes up to some pretty high people within certain commands. They refuse to believe they are wrong in their assessment of what is and is not wasteful.


That is really all you people on the left care about is raising taxes when in fact we actually get more revenue by cutting them and cutting spending and downsizing government...........
 
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