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Politics

Military Pay Raise 2011 — Update

March 6, 2010

This was in a comment from a reader [who commented on this post] and it was just too good to not respost for everybody to see.
See people, there is a rhyme and reason to everything.
[emphasis is mine]
By law the administration’s pay increase proposal is restricted to no more than the Employment Cost Index (ECI). The [...]

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Umm … Hi!

March 5, 2010

Can somebody fill me in?
Was there some new recent development in the 2011 budget? Primarily in regards to the PROPOSED military pay raise? Was Glenn Beck or Rush Lamebrain spouting their mouth somewhere? If you know something, please let me know. I am totally clueless on this one.
Because holy crazy hits! (Hi to all the [...]

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Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell — To Repeal or Not to Repeal

February 24, 2010

Hey all — I’ve written a piece for my other blog, LeftFace, on my DADT opinions. I was going to cross-post it here, but figured I wanted to keep the discussion going over there, in one spot. I think it will be more beneficial that way. Basically, I tackled the big pink elephant in the [...]

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SOTU 2010

January 28, 2010

I’m throwing this out there, and it really should be no shock to anybody who knows me or reads this site regularly, but I’m going to say that Obama KILLED it at the State of the Union Address last night. He was well-spoken, articulate, fierce and blunt. I always enjoy listening to him speak, and [...]

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Obama’s Proposed Military Pay Raise

January 27, 2010

Oh, the Obama bashing. People who have their panties in a twist need to chill out. I swear — you can’t mention Obama and the Military without people on the right freaking out.
CHILL, PEOPLE.
In case you haven’t heard, the numbers for the 2011 fiscal budget are coming out, and the proposed military pay raise is [...]

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Michael Steele is a Moron

January 16, 2010

It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything political, mostly because there are so many DUMB people out there right now, that it would fill my entire day posting on all the stupid things people are saying and doing right now [really, Glenn Beck? President Obama reacted too quickly to the devastation in Haiti? I [...]

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The US Is The Cool Kid Again!

October 7, 2009

This article makes me very, very happy. I read it this morning, and saw it when another blogger friend posted it. I love that the United States is once again viewed in an excellent light, and that the rest of the world doesn’t hate us anymore. I don’t care what you say, being the popular [...]

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