Vlad D Impeller
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Re: Why does simply being elected...
Is Rodbolt running for office?
Is Rodbolt running for office?
The insurance companies will tell you who to trust
<br />checkout the last healthcare bill that passed through congress and the whitehouse <br /><br /><br /> ya got a link to that last healtcare bill? I heard some about it from friend that is having issues with his bone cancer treatments and the fact that he cant afford it even with insurance. his attorney has actually disscused him divorcing his wife of 27 years and divesting himself of all his assets and going on the public dole. its coming down to doing it that way or losing his house and property for medical treatments.<br /> not bad for such a great nation.
Careful. This is one MAJOR issue. We should really be talking to our friends in Canada and the UK before we do something really stupid with Healthcare. I don't know enough to really even comment, I just know that we will probably make the situation worse if we play with it . . .
I agree with you on that. But did they get sacked due to a Bush veto or the congress. I remember viagly (my spelling is fleeting me
) that the emergency budget request by Bush was upheld quite a while by congress? About the troop numbers, I would be lying if I said I had any idea of the correct # beforehand without consulting an expert. In the field I was trained fight and establish a perimeter to support the marines ahead. As well as building temperary air strips, bridges and bases. I was not trained in theater planning and tactics. So, I would only be guessing about that in the beginning. thats what they were.<br /> then you know what CIWS stands for and you know I got a lot of practicle hands on in the repair area <br /> I had to quall for ships security, also qualed on the 12ga,m14,45,m-30. mk40( i think) grenade launcher, shotline fireing, 50 cal browning, ordanance handling and magazine systems maint.<br /> got many sessions with the marines at little creek on security and chem warfare.<br /> while i never trained in tactical infantry placements i have studied it since elementary school.<br /> its a very intersting study, however it also taught me that even with the best planning and equipment you still must be lucky.<br />however planning and supieroir fire power will greatly assist if coupled with a dominating field force.<br /> seems our current crop of administration folks, while well educated, forgot the lessons or ignored them for political expediency and our young folks are paying the price. <br /> you would figgure the events as recent as somalia in 2001 or so would be fresh enough to remind them but apperently it has not.<br /> but its nice to see a fellow FC.<br /> <br /> getteysburg is a classic example of an accidental battle that lee should have won but lost the intel and the troop strength superiorty. he was lost on the firepower issue. <br />but throughout history the only way to conquer is to occupy, the only way to win a battle is by overwhelming your opponent. aint no other way. you can have all the whizbang weapons in the world but if you cannot put boots on the ground you lose. period.<br /> its a historical fact to conquer you must occupy and if you leave the area reverts to pre conquer politics.<br /> oddjob<br /> the folks that got sacked were sacked by Bush, and while Colin powell was technically not sacked he was removed by bush to a non person status and he quietly resigned.<br /> the rest were either transferred or fired if they dissagreed with the plan as written by Rumsfeld,Cheney,Rice and Bush.<br /> remember rummy promised a 6 week war financed by Iraqi oil. problem is there were insuffient troops on the ground at the initial invasion and the oil belongs to the Iraqis and they can sell or not sell as they see fit. <br /> you have to remember we were not invited there.<br />not to mention all the inadequate and poorly maintained equipment used at first.<br /> but most of that equipment now is at its service life expectancy. <br /> the military analyst sites I look at indicate another 12 to 18 months of sustainability and its either leave or replace all of it.<br /> as a seebee I know you understand service life on equipoment and its maintenance.<br /> even rifles have a service life.<br /> most artilley and tank weapons do as well. after so many rounds and bore erosion measurements its done. .<br /> but I am sure you know what I am talking about when I say quite often whizbang weapons fail to whiz or bang far more often than is let on .<br /> thats why CIWS stands for Captian It Wont Shoot.<br /> wish I had a jackson for every gun system no go lamp I ever saw.