It's a pretty pathetic way to treat military personnel in my opinion. Ask them to put their life on the line, then slap them in the face by telling them that their service doesn't amount to much once they get home.
-----Original Message----- From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 12:19 AM To: CF-Community Subject: So Nobody Cares Anymore? 2 things today appalled me (which is saying a lot after 7 years of Bush): (1.) John Yoo's torture memo was released. It would've taken him less time, but I suppose not been as insulting, for him to just take a shit on an original copy of the constitution. WTF? Seriously. Why not just say "Bush is King and no laws apply to him." Oh. I guess he did. Where's the outrage? Am I the only one that cares? (2.) GI Bill. Apparently giving soldiers a miniscule increase in their ridiculously meager benefits is controversial. McCain doesn't support it. Neither does the Bush administration which shouldn't surprise anyone since he routinely kicks the military in the nuts but they don't seem to notice. Here's what the Administration has say about giving the troops more money: "Attracting qualified recruits using large, across-the-board basic benefits incurs the risk that many who enter for the benefits will leave as soon as they can use them," said Thomas L. Bush, acting deputy assistant secretary of defense. That could lower the number of experienced non-commissioned officer and petty officers available and put more pressure on recruiting to replace those that leave, Bush said. Bush also said the current GI Bill for active duty is "basically sound and serves its purpose." "The department finds no need for the kind of sweeping and expensive changes offered," Bush said. ---------- Take that soldiers. Iraq costs $12B per month so we can't afford $2B more per year for you or you might actually use the benefits and leave. As long as you're poor and futureless, the Bush Whitehouse will sleep easy. WTF? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:257947 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
