Will you help

[glass man]

[] FROM GA.! WOW! IT IS TOUGH WHEN PEOPLE DON'T WANT POOR PEOPLE TREATED AND YET DEMAND THEY STAY ALIVE??!![:-] RONNIE VAN ZANT WAS LIVING WITH THE "HIPPIES" UP ON THE STRIP IN OLE ATL. IN THE LATE 60S EARLY 70S. HE WAS A FREE BIRD MAN,HE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO GO TO NO RICE PATTY PLACES! HE DID HIS BIT WITH JUST THAT ONE SONG DIDN'T HE? NOW OLE BLACK CROW SINGER SAID "RONNIE WAS NOTHING ,BUT A REDNECK"! WHO NEEDS OLE BLACK CROW SINGER AROUND ANY HOW! HEY TEACHER I KNOW ! IKNOW! WHAT THE HELL YOU KNOW SMART BOY?[] I KNOW HOW GREG ALMOND STAYED,STAYED AWAY,STAYED AWAY FROM VIETNAM AND GET TO STAY IN GOOGD OLE MACON GA.! WELL HOW DID HE DO THIS SMART ASS BOY? WELL TEACH THEY HAD A PARTY! NOW SMART BOY HOW DID A PARTY KEEP OLE BLOND BLUES BOY OUTTA NAM. THEY WAS PARTIES ALWAYS GOING ON SOME WHERE BACK THEN! YEAH ,BUT THIS PARTY WAS A "FOOT SHOOTING"PARTY! RIGHT ! WHEN GREGORY GOT HIS NAMMIE DRAFT NOTICE HE WAS NOT LIKE THE DAMN OLE DRAFT DOGERS,HE DID NOT BURN THAT DRAFT NOTICE,NO SIR.HIS GREAT BLUES PLAYING BROTHER DUANNE CIDED WAY TO KEEP BABY BRO. FROM THE LITTLE PEOPE WHO HAD GOODER GUNS THEN DUANNE DID "SAID DON'T FEAR WE GONNA HAVE US A GOOD OLE FOOT SHOOTING PARTY,WITH GLEE GOOD BRO.DRAYNIE DREW A BULLS EYE ON ONE OF GREG'S MOCCASON SHOE [VERY POPULAR FOOT WARE WAY BACK IN THEM OLE DAYS,AS WAS THEY FURTHER BACK,BUT THAT IS A HISTORY SHOOTING TIME FOR ANOTHER DAY!] WELL THE IDEA WAS TO HAVE A PARTY,AND WHEN THE MOOD WAS JUST RIGHT OLE GREG WAS TO SHOOT THE CAREFULLY PLACED BULLS EYE ON HIM FOOT PLACED THERE BY THE EVER LOVING BRO.THAT AS LITTLE DAMAGE AS POSSIBE TO FOOTY WOULD BE DONE! WELL GREG BEING THE PARTY POOPER HE CAN BE STARTING GETTING A "COLD FOOT" BIG BRO. SAID "OLE HELL NO GREG,YOU AIN'T GONNA MESS UP OUR FOOT SHOOTING PARTY". GREG HAD TO LISTEN TO BIG BRO. CAUSE HE WAS THE BEST BLUES PLAYER AROUND! SO AT THE RIGHT TIME ,THEY CALLED THE ABULACE TO START COMING! AFTER A LITTLE BIT,WHEN IT WAS FIGURED THE ABULANCE WAS BOUT TO GET THERE OLD GREG DID NOT LET THE PARTIERS DOWN![ALRIGHT!![]] HE DID THE DEED! COURSE AT THE HOSPITAL THE DOC.WAS A LITTLE MORE THEN DUBIOUS BOUT THIS BEING A CLEANING THE GUN SHOOTING THE FOOT ACCIDENT,NOT CAUSE OF GREGIRIES LONG HIPPIE HAIR ,BUT CAUSE THE DUMNASS WAS SITTING THERE WITH A BULLS EYE ON HIM MOCCANSIN![][] THAT IS THE STORY OF HOW ONE "ALLMAN" STAYED AWAY FROM NAM! LATER I AM SURE GREG PLAYED FOR SOME SOILDERS AT WARNER ROBBINS DOING THIS COUNTRY PROUD!!![] JAMIE YOU STAY AFTER CLASS AND WRITE "I HATE HIPPIES" 50,000 TIMES,AGAIN!![&o]

 

[Alexander]

If Lincoln was an abolitionist, then why did William Lloyd Garrison, a well-known abolitionist, say that Lincoln "had not a drop of anti-slavery blood in his veins"?

 

[glass man]

William Lloyd Garrison

WAS THIS THE MAN THAT SIGNED THE "EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION?" CAN'T REMEMBER HIM IN HISTORY. WILL LOOK HIM UP. JAMIE

 

[capsoda]

Hadn't had a chance to check in much lately. It has been pen to the paper/finger to the keys kind of weekend. Lincoln had slaves. One of his favorites was a house girl who cleaned for him in the Whitehouse. She singlehandedly turned the tide of war in the Union's favor when she humpfed several general's, including Grant, plans for an upcomming battle. Remarkes were made to Lincoln about her rudeness and that if she could do better she should show them. She did, until the war was over.

As far as government run health care, it was a sham from the begining. There will never be a politician who will be able to understand the needs of the people as far as healthcare untill they are on the same program as everyone else. How any grow man or woman can believe that a politician is going to help them is far beyond my grasp. They are not helping anyone but themselves. Sure a little display here and a little show there but keep your eye on them.

Lobey one commented that I should know that in business you have to spend money to make money and that is true but our government is not a business. They are spending money they don't have and printing money that has no value. You can argue sides all you want all the way back to the Civil War but it doesn't matter today because nether side is on the side of the People of the United States of America. Take a good look at the slime we have put into office. Check their records. They are not going to help you. Look at what happened in the town hall meetings so far. PEOPLE are pissed. Not republicans. Not democrats. Not independance. AMERICANS. If petty grievances mattered at all right now Americans would not be united on one front.

The fact is not many people want to have government run healthcare except those who expect a free ride in the first place. I do not want to provide 11 million illegals with free healthcare. Nor do I want to provide free anything for natural born dead beats. I don't want the government telling me they will handle something that should be handled by churches and charities. I want the government to stay the hell out of my business. I gave at the office.

 

[capsoda]

I want to thank everyone who has sent letters, emails or made phone calls to their representatives. I spent most of the last 4 days doing just that plus calling, visiting and emailing friends. Paying twice what I get in a month each year and being taxed on top of that is something I can't.....


I don't know how many of you watched the shift in direction today on TV. Obama suddenly LOVES the veterans and military of this country. He told many good things that he was going to assure concerning veterans and military personel. If he keeps his word it will be the greatest strides to improve the health and welfare of vets and military personel and upgrade the military since Reagan. He bashed congress pretty bad in his speach so I don't think he will be able to get this passed anymore than his health plan because he knows congress is already planning to rape us.


Obama 08/17/09

"And since there's been so much misinformation out there about health insurance reform, let me say this: One thing that reform won't change is veterans' health care. No one is going to take away your benefits. That is the plain and simple truth."

He is going to let congress tax it away instead…..


THE END OF TRICARE FOR LIFE

To: All Military Retirees and Their Spouses/Surviving Spouses

This is a "Heads Up" on a battle we are facing now and down the
road with the new Administration. The Congressional Budget Office
(CBO) has already drafted proposed legislation that would basically reduce
our TRICARE for Life benefits to a system whereby we pay deductibles and
co-pays up to $6,301 the first year for you and your spouse, with future
years being indexed to increase with inflation.

What can we do? The article below, obtained from an Air Force
Association and written by BG Bob Clements, best describes what we can do.
Please read it and check the links for CBO language and do what Bob
says-Send this email to every Military Retiree you know and write and email
your Congressman often.
For
those of you that might have voted for "Change", you should do it more than
often!

TRICARE FOR LIFE'S FUTURE.... TRICARE For Life was instituted to correct
the broken promise that military retirees would receive free healthcare
coverage for life and it covers the Medicare co-pay. Now a heavy assault has
begun on Veterans'/Retirees' benefit to pay for other programs our President
promised during the campaign. An it is a high priority of his
administration. The one item of most interest to Retired Military is in
Article 189. If approved by
Congress the first assault wave would hit in 2011 and would hit hard. It
would initiate cost sharing to require retirees to pay the first $525 of
medical cost and 50% of the next $4,725 for a first year cost of $2,888 per
person. It would be indexed to increase with inflation. A reason given for
this action (for PR effect) is "overuse"
by Retirees.

For those of you who are covered by TFL you will want to pay attention
(Below) to what BG Bob Clements has surfaced about the future of TFL.

In any case, on page 189 of the Congressional Budget Office report, see
the note below on how to get to that spot, there is a strong recommendation
to eventually eliminate the program as it is too expensive. This is just
another move to slight those of us who dedicated much of our adult lives to
the defense of our country. I strongly recommend that you contact your
elected officials and register your strong opposition to the elimination of
the TFL program. Heads-up from BG Bob Clements, USAF Ret(P 38 Bob) The
following has been added to the Congressional Budget Office Web Site
www.cbo.gov/
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<http://www.cbo.gov/%20%25%20http:/www.cbo.gov/>
Budget, Options, Volume 1: Health Care
(www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9925
<http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9925>
http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index9925
<http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index9925>
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<http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?%20index=9925>
blockedhttp://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9925
<http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9925> )

For those who have never opened one of these web sites from OMB :
1. double click on the above URL
2. click on PDF
3. click on the binoculars
4. do a search for TFL

Now here it is folks and I will guarantee if you sit around on your
behind and do nothing about it as they bring these options forward this
coming year, you will lose one of the best healthcare benefits that the
Medicare eligible retired
military have. It is short of the promises made that we fought so hard
for back in the late 90s and early 2000's but it is still the best
healthcare program that anyone in the United States has, bar none.
People who are professionals always look for the channel of least resistance
when it comes to cutting money out of the Federal and DOD budget. I can tell
you this straight on, military retirees are one of those channels of least
resistance noted for sitting around, doing nothing, and waiting for ole Joe
to do it for them.
You
had better wake up. Your medical benefits are prime target. If you lose
them, you have nobody to blame but yourself. Let me repeat that ... you have
nobody to blame but yourself.

The way to secure your benefits, is to write to your members of Congress
and to keep writing and writing and writing. ONCE IS NOT ENOUGH!! Keep
repeating the above statement until you are blue in the face. Now I'm going
to make one more statement to all of you younger people out there who are
not yet eligible for TRICARE for Life. HEALTH CARE WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME
THE DOMINATING FACTOR IN YOUR LIFE. Remember that . . . . it will impact you
big time with the utmost in cruelty unless you are fortunate enough to die
from a heart attack or get run over by a truck. The service organizations
will put up a fight, but, they will need your help and can't do it by
themselves. I hope this makes it clear as to what you can expect if you do
nothing. To show you how stupid these professionals can be at times just
read the data on the noted sites closely. You will see that in spite of the
MTF's (Military Treatment Facility) need to get patients back to keep their
doctors busy and the hospitals from going to clinic status, these people
from OMB would employ a means to keep retirees from using MTF facilities by
charging them a fee for services. How dumb can you get. Even if you are an
Obama fan, and believe that change cometh, TFL option from OMB will not go
away.
They
need the money they spend on you for other programs for people who produce
nothing but votes to keep their boss in office. If you know of anyone who is
Retired Military, please forward this on to them.
Remember- TFL is an "Earned Benefit" that's been granted by a previous
Congress. Classification:
UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: FOUO.

So even if you are not eligible for TFL, please write your congress
person and tell them what you think about the idea of any fooling with these
benefits that a lot of folks gave a lot of blood to earn, and not to have
some one just go to Washington and take them away from us.

 

[mr.fred]

Cap----I'll do my part----------------------------------Fred.