Support Our Military!!!

[zomachosauce]

We of course know that Obama really doesn't support our military. The trip to Iraq was just a pacifier, and patronizing. Obama accuses us of being dismissive, but the truth is he projects his dismissive disposition on to us. He is dismissive of us, and our military. We have hosteges held by pirates, and
Here is an example of Obama's great compassion, and concern:

Linko:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRrXrGg292w

[Ignacia]

Thank goodness our Navy seals are a little more compassionate than that. Just as you said, Zo. A soldier will throw himself/herself over a grenade to protect the life of another.

[Mistress-Blood]

I still don't get it. Liberals say they support our troops but don't support what they do. It's like an oxymoron. But then again, "liberal logic" is an oxymoron by itself.

Sorry. This post was begging for a punch line. 

[upright79]

Leftists think that war is the worst of all possible human conditions, so they oppose it in every form. They also think our fighting men and women join the military because they have no choice; they assume they're all Richard Gere from An Officer and a Gentleman shouting "I got nowhere else to go!!" The American military, on the other hand, correctly realizes that peace with tyrants is no peace at all, and they place a higher value in defending freedom.

[RJspetkitten]

Deep down, I think liberals WANT our military to fail. Our military are out there risking their lives for ALL of us (even liberals) & deserve far more credit than they get.  Pray for our troops!

[Thor]

A fantastic way to help our current Veterans/ Active Duty is through this organization: http://www.unmetneeds.com/  They could use your donations in order to help those in need. It is a subsidiary of the VFW.

[Tricia]

My friends in the military admit in private that morale is low - really low. They are being led by clowns in DC and that means money and support is hard to come by.

The answer for everything these days just seems to be - pray it out.

 

[neofilm]

Now here's a good one!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7zxjy4ITuc&NR=1

[waegwan2000]

It's a matter of sacrifice. The leftist are willing to sacrifice the lives of our soldiers in order to allow the Afghani's and Paki's to fail. Then they can say, “Well, it wouldn't have been successful anyway.". I get tired of the argument that "they have been fighting for a thousand or so years and we're not going to change that." That's garbage. Europe was fought over for thousands of years and it changed. East Asia was fought over for thousands of years and it changed. The bigger picture about South West Asia is they brought the fight to us to get world attention and intend on doing it again. So even if it wasn't morally correct to have a dog in this fight, it is at least smart.
There is no such thing as a limited war. It's all or nothing and now is the time. Civilians will be killed and that is tragic but every effort to stop the bloodshed through security should be made and I'm not sure we can do that with the current policy of trickle down or attrition warfare.

[waegwan2000]

Folks,
I wanna be involved in this discussion but I need to be careful not violate the regulations governing my support of my commander in chief. I may not agree with him but I must follow his orders and I must not directly insult him, Dem, Rep or Ind. If I do, let me know so I don't get myself in trouble.
God Bless,
Doug

[neofilm]

Waegwan, thank you and may God Bless you profoundly for all you are doing for this world while we live here to enjoy what you fight for. And while some may take what you do for granted know that there are millions of others that appreciate it more than anything. Thank you for our freedom, thank you!!! From me and my family and hopefully everyone! We are grateful to have you in this forum!!!!

[waegwan2000]

Thank you. I serve so selfishly. I have 7 children who need to eat. But I really appreciate the thanks from all the people I serve and continue to fight to keep free. I'll be eating Applebee's on veteran's day and this Thursday, our local Mulligan's B & G is feeding all of us in the Wounded Warrior Battalion. I have been truly blessed to have a society that believes in me and my mission and if I could only get congress to support us, I think we could free the world. Oh well, you can't have it all. I never could understand why a freshman congressman deserves around $165,000 and a starting soldier gets less than $24,000. No one is throwing lead at the congressman.

God Bless,
SSG Doug Blair

[Bubba]

God Bless all the families of the fallen at the tragedy at Ft. Hood. I just don't understand the evil that's inside some people.

[neofilm]

I received this in an email today, i don't know if it's legit but it appeared worth posting for sure!

By Rush Limbaugh (according to the email):

I think the vast differences in compensation between victims of the September 11 casualty and those who die serving our country in Uniform are profound. No one is really talking about it either, because you just don't criticize anything having to do with September 11. Well, I can't let the numbers pass by
because it says something really disturbing about the entitlement mentality of
this country. If you lost a family member in the September 11 attack, you're
going to get an average of $1,185,000. The range is a minimum guarantee of
$250,000, all the way up to $4.7 million..

If you are a surviving family member of an American soldier killed in action,
the first check you get is a $6,000 direct death benefit, half of which is taxable.

Next, you get $1,750 for burial costs. If you are the surviving spouse, you get
$833 a month until you remarry. And there's a payment of $211 per month for each child under 18. When the child hits 18, those payments come to a
screeching halt.

Keep in mind that some of the people who are getting an average of $1.185 million up to $4.7 million are complaining
that it's not enough. Their deaths were tragic, but for most, they were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Soldiers put themselves in harms way FOR ALL OF US, and they and their families know the dangers.. (Actually, soldiers are put in harms way by politicians and commanding
officers.)

We also learned over the weekend that some of the victims from the Oklahoma City bombing have
started an organization asking for the same deal that the September 11 families
are getting. In addition to that, some of the families of those bombed in the
embassies are now asking for compensation as well.

You see where this is going, don't you? Folks, this is part and parcel of over 50 years of entitlement politics in this country. It's just really sad. Every time a pay raise comes up for the military, they usually receive next to
nothing of a raise. Now the green machine is in combat in the Middle East while their families have to survive on food stamps and live in low-rent housing.  Make sense?

However, our own US Congress voted themselves a raise. Many of you don't know that they only have to be in Congress one time to receive a pension that is more than $15,000 per month. And most are now equal to being millionaires plus. They do not receive Social Security on retirement because they didn't have to pay into the system. If some of the military people stay in for 20 years and get out as an
E-7, they may receive a pension of $1,000 per month, and the very people who
placed them in harm's way receives a pension of $15,000 per month.

I would like to see our elected officials pick up a weapon and join ranks before they start cutting out benefits and lowering pay for our sons and daughters who are now fighting

[Thor]

His figures are wrong, at least for 2009. An E-7 at 20+ years of service receives 50% of their pay. Currently, that pay would be $3995.40/ mo. 50% of that would be ALMOST $2000.00/ mo. (All of that income IS taxable unless one receives a disability waiver)

http://www.dfas.mil/militarypay/militarypaytables/2009MilitaryPayTables.pdf

The intent of the email, to point out the pay discrepancies is very true. Congress gets more and more, even in these lean times, while the active duty and retired vets get minimal raises, if any at all. For 2010, the retired military people are receiving NO pay raises while the active duty folks are receiving somewhere around 3%. Congress seems to get theirs, no matter what and I don't hear of but maybe one that's NOT taking that raise.

BTW, that email surfaced somewhere around 2002. http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_rush_limbaugh.htm