SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THIS!!!

I fully support this.  Let me state for the record, speaking as a subject matter expert, young men and women join the military and go to war because the adults (who don't go to war) glorify battle and encourage their young to "defend" this country and their way of life.  Such honorable service should be a prerequisite for later service in any political position.  

We went a long way to throwing all the politicians out of congress in 2010, and if we persevere, we should be able to get rid of another chunk in 2012, to include the current president and all his Czars.  Then in 2014 we should be able to finish the job.  

NOTE: America has not actually had to defend her shores and way of life from outside forces since 1945.  Korea, Cuba,Vietnam, Grenada, Mogadishu, Iraq I and Iraq II, Afghanistan, and most recently Libya did not require American presence. 

Conrad Boterweg

Colonel, US Army (Ret.)

561-352-7480

SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THIS!!!!!

No one has been able to explain to me why young men and women serve in the U.S. Military for 20 years, risking their lives protecting freedom, and only get 50% of their pay. While Politicians hold their political positions in the safe confines of the capital, protected by these same men and women, and receive full pay retirement after serving one term.

It just does not make any sense.

 

Monday on Fox news they learned that the staffers of Congress family members are exempt from having to pay back student loans. This will get national attention if other news networks will broadcast it. When you add this to the below, just where will all of it stop?

35 States file lawsuit against the Federal Government
Governors of 35 states have filed suit against the Federal Government for imposing unlawful burdens upon them. It only takes 38 (of the 50) States to convene a Constitutional Convention.

This will take less than thirty seconds to read. If you agree, please pass it on.

This is an idea that we should address.

For too long we have been too complacent about the workings of Congress. Many citizens had no idea that members of Congress could retire with the same pay after only one term, that they specifically exempted themselves from many of the laws they have passed (such as being exempt from any fear of prosecution for sexual harassment) while ordinary citizens must live under those laws. The latest is to exempt themselves from the Healthcare Reform... in all of its forms. Somehow, that doesn't seem logical. We do not have an elite that is above the law. I truly don't care if they are Democrat, Republican, Independent or whatever. The self-serving must stop.

If each person that receives this will copy and forward it on to 12 people, in three days, most people in The United States of America will have the message.. This is one proposal that really should be passed around.

Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution: "Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States ."
You are one of my 12+

Time to Fix Ourselves!

We as Americans need to stand up be better stewards of this great nation that was entrusted to us by GOD. Obama is not the problem. We and I mean this country voted him in. If you did not vote for him fine I understand that but how much time did we spend helping someone worthy of the Presidential Office get a campaign started on the local level to one day run for the oval office. Folks it is not the governments fault it is OURS we vote these officials in office. If you are a man or woman of good moral standing and will not be swayed by the rotten money grabbers in Washington dc then I say run for local government then state government and then US government. I WILL VOTE FOR YOU and so many more will to. My friends it all starts with us at the bottom of the food chain the backbone of this great nation of thinkers and doers. In a time of turmoil that this country of the greatest men and women on earth we all need to ask yourself a question. CAN I HELP RESHAPE THIS LAND? I believe that answer is yes. I know that there are people out there worthy of holding public offices at each level and we all know at least one. Lets come together convince these people to run for offices and give them the support they need to lead our country back to the greatness that it once had.

People always say, "It's Obamas fault" or "It's Bushes fault". Your wrong on both counts. I say it's Clintons fault. He is the one that put through NAFTA and that is where all the jobs and money went. We need to get our American owned companies back into America and get back to a manufacturing based economy and not a service based economy. Obama is talking about all the new jobs that are in America now and that we are on the road to recovery. I say B.S. All these jobs are low paying service jobs. Where the hell are the manufacturing jobs that made this country great and powerful and respected? They are all over seas now. Buy American is the way to go. Too bad they don't have a label on the American products to tell you if it is truly American Made. The product may be American owned but odds are it is manufactured outside the US. We have become a nation of lazy consumers that manufacture nothing for ourselves. We need to get the government off our backs and out of our pockets and make it easier for a person to start their own business without having to jump through all the hoops and government red tape that is needed to do business in this country. We also need term limits on ALL elected offices. DC is nothing but a good ol' boys club and the only thing they are interested in is re-election. The government was never meant to be a career. The founding fathers saw it as a term of service and then they returned to the private sector. I refuse to vote for any incumbent politician and I urge ALL Americans to do the same. If the incumbent is running for re-election then vote for the other guy.
Quit this partisan arguing amongst ourselves. You must realize that once these guys get elected they are no longer Republicans or Democrats. They all become Republicrats and are now members of the DC Good ol' Boys Club. Stop blaming the President no matter who he is. The only power the president has is the veto. The House and the Senate are the ones spending all your hard earned tax dollars. If you want to see real change, quit returning these morons and get some fresh faces and ideas into those bodies of government

Reflections On Military Service

 

YOU CAN LEAVE THE MILITARY, BUT IT NEVER REALLY LEAVES YOU.

This article by Ken Burger in The Charleston Post and Courier sums it
up quite well. The article appeared on Thursday, March 4, 2010.

Occasionally, I venture back to Naval Air Station, Meridian,
Mississippi, where I'm greeted by an imposing security guard who looks carefully at my identification card, hands it back and says, "Have a good day, Chief." Every time I go back to any Navy Base it feels good to be called by my previous rank, but odd to be in civilian clothes, walking among the servicemen and servicewomen going about their duties as I once did, many years ago. The military is a comfort zone for anyone who has ever worn the uniform. It's a place where you know the rules and know they are enforced, a place where everybody is busy, but not too busy to take care of business.

There exists behind the gates of every military facility an
institutional understanding of respect, order, uniformity,
accountability and dedication that becomes part of your marrow and
never, ever leaves you. Personally, I miss the fact that you always
knew where you stood in the military, and who you were dealing with.
That's because you could read somebody's uniform from 20 feet away and know the score. Service personnel wear their careers on their sleeves, so to speak. When you approach each other, you can read their name tag, examine their rank and, if they are in dress uniform, read their ribbons and know where they've served.

I miss all those little things you take for granted when you're in the
ranks, like breaking starch on a set of fatigues fresh from the
laundry and standing in a perfectly straight line military formation
that looks like a mirror as it stretches to the endless horizon. I
miss the sight of troops marching in the early morning mist, the sound of boot heels thumping in unison on the tarmac, the bark of drill instructors and the sing-song answers from the squads as they pass by in review.

To romanticize military service is to be far removed from its reality,
because it's very serious business, especially in times of war. But I
miss the salutes I'd throw at officers and the crisp returns as we
criss-crossed with a "by your leave sir".

I miss the smell of jet fuel hanging heavily on the night air and the
sound of engines roaring down runways and disappearing into the
clouds. The same while on carrier duty. I even miss the
hurry-up-and-wait mentality that enlisted men gripe about constantly, a masterful invention that bonded people more than they'll ever know or admit. I miss people taking off their hats when they enter a building, speaking directly and clearly to others and never showing disrespect for rank, race, religion or gender. Mostly, I miss being a small cog in a machine so complex it constantly circumnavigates the Earth and so simple it feeds everyone on time, three times a day, on the ground, in the air or at sea.

I don't know anyone who has served who regrets it, and doesn't feel a
sense of pride when they pass through those gates and re-enter the
world they left behind with their youth.

* Any man or woman who may be asked in this century what they did to make life worthwhile in their lifetime....can respond with a great deal of pride and satisfaction, "I served a career in the United States Navy."