While I have great affection for all the friends I’ve made here, in resigning I have created a mass of work for myself, and I’m throwing my full time into it.

So this is goodbye my friends! My best wishes & my prayers go with you! I’ll continue the Good Fight — just not online. Since I am convinced our one & only true hope lies in teaching the Constitution and its surrounding history to our neighbors, I will concentrate my efforts in that area. I will have freedom of action politically after I’m severed from the USAF.

Best Luck and Strength in this Fight, to all Constitutionalists!

[NB: I hope to crosspost this (probably tomorrow or the next day) in newer threads so everyone I pal around with will see it.]

#49
On February 24th, 2009 at 4:04 am, PKAmmoTroop said:

I know where you are comming from PKAT! A couple of family members are changing their military status, for reasons related to Der Leader and CONgress:
3 brothers, 1Bro-in-law, 2 sisters, 2Sis-in-law, 7children(aggragate count) serving out/retiring/etc. and leaving.

StepMom, a (top-notch) surgeon, will retire w/her 20 in six months. She’d planned to stay but she says that many of the changes (in the Medical Corps) during the last half of GWB were planned to fail, w/an eye to terminating *all* dependent & retiree care inorder to outsource it. Now, the plans are to collapse all the military services into 1 military, slash manning (to “cure” redundancy…) and (apparently) to create a separate Medical Corps distinct from the military.

This group would be paramilitary and provide all health care, as in universal health care.

On a happier note, my orders came through: my Date of Separation is in 2weeks, at which time I will have officially resigned my Commission and I have 3days to bring my replacement uptospeed[sic], 2days debriefing(here), and I fly back to CONUS 6days from today. Outprocess the remainder, and become a “retired person”, with nothing but the wealth our family has created and stored away.

At times such as these, I am so greatful my Church teaches self-sufficientcy, food & money storage, and helping others. Because I listened, we have a good-sized store of hard currency, 5yrs “needful things” storage {everything (cloth, cleaning supplies, food, hard medical supplies, etc}; but not fuel, excl propane which we have in abundance). This has allowed me to follow “that still, small voice” of my conscience[sp?] and to part company w/these CONgressional & Administration blivets. I know that I could not hold to my Oath and obey their orders.

On February 23rd, 2009 at 8:42 pm, mike.musculus said:

Anyway, lots of great changes coming… /sarc

Is there any way I can get those 20 years of my life back? I suddenly feel a profound lack of pride in this country.

/serious

#35
On February 23rd, 2009 at 3:32 pm, ajmontana said:
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Meanwhile back at the troops I hear they’re getting hosed on 500 bones after they re-up. gotta be a link somewhere….
All hail Odopey… lol. what a turd.

Actually, it is Medical that is going to change dramatically. (because of the plan Obie’s people are pushing…) Tricare co-pay for your dependents will increase to 25% (that’s at an MTF, more off-base) + a yearly cap with a lifetime cap of (the number being thrown around is) $270k total services. (BTW, that’s with Tricare PRIME folks!) and Active Duty will (for the 1st time) will pay a 10% co-pay even at an MTF! Of course, Active Duty don’t have the option for off-base care, except for referrals.

And, it gets better! Retiree’s will pay 25% with spouses paying 35% — assuming the spouse is still under the lifetime cap, of course…

The price increases will be immediate (they’ve asked the Pentagon to cut health care costs by an initial 27% with additional percentage each year…) and the base formularies will be directed to cut stock on hand by 41%, and in addition to decrease the diversity of stock by some (yet to be specified) amount. Step Mom has told me that they will be starting a move to out source all medical, Active Duty and dependent’s

Also, anyone remember when (approx 1996-78) they collapse the radius for Retiree’s care? In order to continue to receive the promised medical benefits the Retiree had to live within (I believe) 15mi radius. I remember the uproar that change caused. This promises to be even greater fun!

Anyway, lots of great changes coming… /sarc

Buckle-up! Remember keep your shot handy and your powder dry!

monkey business going on.
O.K. That was funny!!

#15
On February 23rd, 2009 at 2:20 pm, CantCureStupid said:

Maybe the reason that P-BHO Prez B-HO is chomping at the bit to enable deadbeats…

Fixed it

On February 23rd, 2009 at 5:58 pm, flmom said:
Can he possibly be that dumb?
No, he thinks we are.

So true. Gov. Pawlenty made the same statement, something like, “If you believe (BHO’s statement about cutting the deficit by spending more), then I’ve got some prime hunting land in Minnesota to sell you!”

I think BHO is speaking to his base, not to those of us who knew what was coming. He knows he can’t fool us.

Can he possibly be that dumb?

No, he thinks we are.

On February 23rd, 2009 at 3:30 pm, sonofdy said:
WASHINGTON — President Obama has vowed to cut the country’s budget deficit in half by the end of his first term.
Thus leaving it higher that the average bush deficit.

Let’s see…last week he doubled the deficit. This week he wants to cut it in half. Can he possibly be that dumb?

corona said:
BTW, Barry O is still doing a job on the stock market.

Can we conservatives now respond to the liberal “Bush lied; people died” with “Obama speaks; markets freak”??

On February 23rd, 2009 at 4:30 pm, Excessive Moderate said:

Even that statement isn’t true.
The “big” people pay lots.
I dare you to get a tax form and find all the so-called tax breaks the rich get.

On February 23rd, 2009 at 1:50 pm, tarpon said:
Acting President Obama thinks paying bills is for the little people.

On the contrary, the little people will get their handout, and then some. It’s the responsible middle people who are the only ones who must pay bills.