Monday, March 17, 2008
So, Here We Are Again ...
It's interesting, to me, at least. This blog is coming up on it's 4th anniversary. I started it as a way of keeping family informed of what was going on with me. It grew to be much more than that, then if dwindled, as my posts dwindled.
A lot of my posts in the first year, had to do with Presidential campaign, and here we are in another one.
The previous Democrat nominee was out of the race before it began, because he talked about being "Stuck in Iraq". During his last Presidential run, I was "stuck in Iraq".
Now what are we looking at?
There is John McCain ... former POW, acted honorably in the 1970's, and has betrayed his party, and espoused principals for most of this decade.
There is Senator Clinton ... whose chief recommendation for office is that she has not divorced her husband.
Then, there is "Barry" (that is the name he went by in college) Hussein Obama ... who says nothing, donates thousands of dollars to a racist(the preacher at his church ... that he has been a member of for, what, 20 years?), and espouses the same socialist/communist crap that Senator Clinton spews every chance that she gets?
Case in point, I am not rich. I am a Staff Sergeant in the US Army. If my wife and I had a kid right now (we have none), we would qualify for WIC, but, somehow, both Obama, and Clinton voted against renewing the tax cuts for the "rich" in the last week. So, now I am "rich". Because both of these Presidential candidates have both voted to take $600 dollars a year from my paycheck.
On the one hand, according to them, I am too uneducated, unskilled, etc. ... to do anything else, but serve in the Army.
On the other, because I am "rich" and "privileged", they are going to vote to take even MORE money from my paycheck.
That's right folks, military personnel pay federal income tax, unless you are serving in a combat zone, for the moment.
It has never made sense to me, either.
But it must make sense to Senators Obama, and Clinton, because they both voted to have me pay even more federal income tax, because, as an enlisted person in the military, I am "rich".
They, both, voted to rescind the Bush Tax Cuts ... for the "rich" ... like me.
I am so "rich" that I can't afford to buy the "rent to own" house that military housing allownace pays for ... even with a VA loan ... which will not cover the cost of this house.
Which brings us back to the original point of this post, our three crappy choices. By being stuck with these three ... Senators ... (not the first choice I would make for words starting with "S"), we are beyond SNAFU (Situation Normal, All F'bombed Up). We are well into TARFU (Things Are Really F'bombed Up). At this point, in my estimation, we just have to keep things at TARFU, and not go into FUBAR (F'bombed Beyond All Recognition). I'm not sure that is possible, at this point.
I do know, however, that I am going to retire from the military the first chance that I can. No matter who wins.
I mean, really? Obama, Clinton, or McCain ... if I don't retire, one of those three are going to get to make, literally, "life or death" decisions about me.
A lot of my posts in the first year, had to do with Presidential campaign, and here we are in another one.
The previous Democrat nominee was out of the race before it began, because he talked about being "Stuck in Iraq". During his last Presidential run, I was "stuck in Iraq".
Now what are we looking at?
There is John McCain ... former POW, acted honorably in the 1970's, and has betrayed his party, and espoused principals for most of this decade.
There is Senator Clinton ... whose chief recommendation for office is that she has not divorced her husband.
Then, there is "Barry" (that is the name he went by in college) Hussein Obama ... who says nothing, donates thousands of dollars to a racist(the preacher at his church ... that he has been a member of for, what, 20 years?), and espouses the same socialist/communist crap that Senator Clinton spews every chance that she gets?
Case in point, I am not rich. I am a Staff Sergeant in the US Army. If my wife and I had a kid right now (we have none), we would qualify for WIC, but, somehow, both Obama, and Clinton voted against renewing the tax cuts for the "rich" in the last week. So, now I am "rich". Because both of these Presidential candidates have both voted to take $600 dollars a year from my paycheck.
On the one hand, according to them, I am too uneducated, unskilled, etc. ... to do anything else, but serve in the Army.
On the other, because I am "rich" and "privileged", they are going to vote to take even MORE money from my paycheck.
That's right folks, military personnel pay federal income tax, unless you are serving in a combat zone, for the moment.
It has never made sense to me, either.
But it must make sense to Senators Obama, and Clinton, because they both voted to have me pay even more federal income tax, because, as an enlisted person in the military, I am "rich".
They, both, voted to rescind the Bush Tax Cuts ... for the "rich" ... like me.
I am so "rich" that I can't afford to buy the "rent to own" house that military housing allownace pays for ... even with a VA loan ... which will not cover the cost of this house.
Which brings us back to the original point of this post, our three crappy choices. By being stuck with these three ... Senators ... (not the first choice I would make for words starting with "S"), we are beyond SNAFU (Situation Normal, All F'bombed Up). We are well into TARFU (Things Are Really F'bombed Up). At this point, in my estimation, we just have to keep things at TARFU, and not go into FUBAR (F'bombed Beyond All Recognition). I'm not sure that is possible, at this point.
I do know, however, that I am going to retire from the military the first chance that I can. No matter who wins.
I mean, really? Obama, Clinton, or McCain ... if I don't retire, one of those three are going to get to make, literally, "life or death" decisions about me.
