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Default Where should the focus be - the problems or the solutions?

"TopBassDog" wrote in message
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On Apr 1, 1:56 pm, "nom=de=plume" wrote:
"anon-e-moose" wrote in message

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nom=de=plume wrote:
"Eisboch" wrote in message
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On 4/1/10 7:47 AM, Eisboch wrote:
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How's that surgery of the week doing for ya, Johnny Boy? Kinda cuts
down
on hopey-changey for you, eh? Got that surgical suite booked for
your
next
"incident"?


Oh...I read the post under question for "content." The content was
easy...it was just a restatement of the usual conservative's "I've
got
mine, so **** you."


Let's see here ...


John earned his for him and his family by fulfilling a 20+ year
contract
with the US military serving at the pleasure at several US
Presidents.


You earn yours by keeping your union dues paid up to date.


Who sacrificed more for his?


Eisboch


Not the point. It's the "I've got mine, so **** you" attitude of his.


And what sacrifice? Herring was in the military voluntarily.


I don't know when John entered military service. I think he's of the
same vintage as you and I, and I know I entered "voluntarily" to avoid
entering "involuntarily". He may not have been so lucky.
I don't know.


Once in, many decide to make it a career. Reasons vary per the
individual. I didn't make it a full career with retirement benefits,
but
I did nine years to "pay" for educational programs that were offered.


Everyone makes their way through life in their own way. To do so
responsibly, honestly, raising a family and providing for them is key,
not what your title or social status is to others.


You want sacrifice, consider a factory worker who spends 20 years on
the job and is pink-slipped, losing health care and quite probably a
good chunk of pension benefits.
Maybe they should have joined the Army. Just kidding. But that said,
it does raise a point.
For some, military or government careers provide the financial and
retirement benefits that many seek. Whats wrong with that? The bulk
of the US Senate does the same thing. Career politicians with decent
salaries, fantastic benefits and huge expense accounts. Talk about
milking the system.


Eisboch


Which is nice for both of you, but you didn't address hk's point, which
is that he's basically saying he's got his and he doesn't care about
anyone else.


Harry is full of ****e. If you want to address Harry, be my guest. I
sense
that you are too afraid of him to engage him though.


Full of it or not, he made a valid point, which hasn't been addressed.
Looks
like you're not going to address it either. Why is that typical...

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Nom=de=Plume


Keep spinning D'Plume. You're proven you're not average some time ago.
But it doesn't hurt to show you are maintaining your selective
competence levels.



You would know about incompetence!

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Nom=de=Plume