POLITICAL: Four month rotation

Thursday, December 24, 2009

On a recent trip to AC, at the magic show, an USAF fellow was there. With wife and two little girls. (Guess he was leaving from McGuire) Under duress, he revealed that he was about to leave on Thanksgiving for a FOUR MONTH ROTATION as a medic to the “war”.

Of course, this made me start thinking.

Why four months?

… because 181 days in a war zone gives certain benefits, entitlements, and pay.

Why Thanksgiving?

… no clue. (A human being might have scheduled the 4 months to split the holidays.)

Why are we always at “war”?

… because “war is the health of the state”.

Why do we regard the military as a job?

… that family could lose the husband.

Why?

… because we don’t have the stones to stand up to the political class and say “no”?

“Dona Nobis Pacem”

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NEWJERSEY: 937M$ for Obamacare

Thursday, December 24, 2009

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/12/the_hidden_costs_of_obamacare.html

December 24, 2009
The hidden costs of Obamacare
Phil Marshall

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Let’s take a look using New Jersey as an example.

According to State Health Facts.org , New Jersey has 935,500 total Medicaid recipients at a cost of 7.3 billion dollars. The state’s share is 3.65 billion. The state cost per recipient is $3,904.00.

New Jersey accounts for 1.6% of all US Medicaid recipients. If the reported 15 million are added to Medicaid nationwide, New Jersey’s 1.6% of that total would be 240,000. Multiply 240,000 by $3904.00 and ObamaCare adds 937 million dollars to the New Jersey State Budget. New Jersey will be forced to either raise taxes or make additional budgets cuts.

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Given the state of NJ’s budget, there’s no way that NJ can come up with 937M$

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INITIALISMS: Car name map to fun

Thursday, December 24, 2009

On a recent trip to AC, I heard a comic do initialisms of car companies that was fast, cute, and funny.

The only one I remember was:

FIAT = “Fix It Again Tony”

Any one know others?

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