Man, I feel you. It sucks that it takes a war to make our government improve it's most basic service, the only one really spelled out in our constitution.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Bruce Sorge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 11:12 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Election Day Results Thread > > Yes, it is all about dollars and cents. > Without money, we can't buy the parts we need to keep the > vehicles running to get us out to train. If we can't train, > we are not ready to fight. We can't afford the new equipment > or the neccessary upgrades that are required to keep us > technologically superior. If we can't keep our technological > superiority, they we are not ready to fight. And they like to > cut the number of troops, which means they are going to start > nit picking and kicking out otherwise good soldiers just > because they are a couple of pounds overweight. > And since they need less soldiers, they are slower to > promote. And that means that good soldiers are going to > stalemate. Everyone will start looking over their shoulders > again and backstabbing each other so that they are not axed. > I can go on and on, but I think that you see the picture. > > Again, I truely hope that these things don't happen. I hope > that he picks his generals and Sec Def based on their > experience and willingness to keep our military strong and > ready at all times. > Time > > > > > On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 7:02 PM, G Money wrote: > > > > > Bruce, I know that military spending was cut under Clinton, and > > generally speaking this seems to be the case....Republicans > spend more > > on military, Democrats generally cut military budgets. > > > > But can you get into some of the specifics as to why your military > > service was so miserable under Clinton, and what specific > outcomes you > > fear from the Obama campaign? Is it all just a matter of > dollars and > > cents? > > > > -- > > I'm only one, but not alone > > My finest day, is yet unknown > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:278562 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
