ARMYDAD
Jan 14 2005, 06:13 PM
VETERANS FOR PROGRESS
“NUTS”
After the Normandy invasion the Allied Forces were on a steady march to Berlin to take Europe back from the clutches of tyranny. That winter Hitler’s forces launch a major counter offensive breaking the Allied lines. At Bastogne, Belgium two German Panzer Divisions had the 101st Airborne surrounded outnumbered and under siege. The Germans sent an offer of surrender the 101st’s General Anthony McAuliffe. His simple and eloquent reply… “NUTS.”
In the dead of winter General George S. Patton turned his 3rd Army and marched it north to engage the Germans’ southern flank The resolve of the 101st Air Bourne and determination of the 3rd Army broke the siege of Bastogne and helped break the back of German resistance.
Our campaign to take back our country, restore the middle class, and rebuild our dignity among the nations of the world has not been defeated or broken. We may be under siege, but we must stand with the same resolve of the 101st Airborne and determination of the 3rd Army.
WE ARE BREAKING OUT AND COMPLETING THE RUN TO VICTORY HOLD FIRM WITH YOUR BAND OF BROTHERS AND SISTERS COME TO THE RECONNOITERING TO DRAW THE PLAN OF BATTLE JOIN US AT
VETERANS FOR PROGRESS 1ST NATIONAL CONFERENCE
MILWUAKEE, WI
February 26-28
Hilton, Hotel
Key Addresses and Inspiration from
(TBD - SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
General Wesley Clark (Accepted)
Mayor of Milwaukee, John O. Norquist (TBD)
Paul Bucca (Medal of Honor winner) (TBD)
Senator Max Cleland (TBD)
Senator John Kerry (TBD)
HOLDING THE ALLIANCE TOGETHER
WE CAME TOGETHER FOR A COMMON CAUSE AND NO SET BACK OR THE LOSS OF A BATTLE HAS CHANGED THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT CAUSE
VETERANS FOR PROGRESS
(Formerly Veterans for Kerry)
INVITES YOU TO JOIN US AT OUR FIRST NATIONAL CONFERNCE
OUR BAND OF BROTHERS AND SISTERS ARE HOLDING FIRM
NOW MORE THAN EVER WE MUST STAND WITH RESOLVE TO PERSERVE THAT WHICH WE FOUGHT FOR AND WHICH OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS HAVE DIED FOR
JOIN US IN MILWAUKEE
February 26-28 2005
Milwaukee, WI
ARMYDAD
Jan 15 2005, 09:23 AM
WO THIS IS "STILL" FLOATING AROUND THE VETERANS ACTIVISTS NETWORK. ARMYDAD - BLESS YOUR "BOIL ON THE BUTT" HEART RUSH
From: [Veterans_For_Progress] Fwd: Death benefits for our soldiers>>in the words of "Rush Limbaugh..."
To: <Undisclosed-Recipiens:
Subject: Death benefits for our soldiers
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 10:23:42 -0500
Love him or loathe him, he nailed this one right on the head.............
By Rush Limbaugh:
I think the vast differences in compensation between victims of the September 11 casualty and those who die serving our country in Uniform are profound. No one is really talking about it either, because you just don't criticize anything having to do with September 11. Well, I can't let the numbers pass by because it says something really disturbing about the entitlement mentality of this country. If you lost a family member in the September 11 attack, you're going to get an average of $1,185,000. The range is a minimum guarantee of $250,000, all the way up to $4.7 million.
If you are a surviving family member of an American Soldier killed in action, the first check you get is a $6,000 direct death benefit, half of which is taxable.
Next, you get $1,750 for burial costs. If you are the surviving spouse, you get $833 a month until you remarry. And there's a payment of $211 per month for each child under 18. When the child hits 18, those payments come to a screeching halt.
Keep in mind that some of the people who are getting an average of $1.185 million up to $4.7 million are complaining that it's not enough. Their deaths were tragic, but for most, they were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Soldiers put themselves in harms way FOR ALL OF US, and they and their families know the dangers.
We also learned over the weekend that some of the victims from the Oklahoma City bombing have started an organization asking for the same deal that the September 11 families are getting. In addition to that, some of the families of those bombed in the embassies are now asking for compensation as well.
You see where this is going, don't you?
Folks, this is part and parcel of over 50 years of entitlement politics in this country. It's just really sad. Every time a pay raise comes up for the military, they usually receive next to nothing of a raise. Now the green machine is in combat in the Middle East while their families have to survive on food stamps and live in low-rent housing. Make sense?
However, our own U.S. Congress voted themselves a raise. Many of you don't know that they only have to be in Congress one time to receive a pension that is more than $15,000 per month. And most are now equal to being millionaires plus. They do not receive Social Security on retirement because they didn't have to pay into the system.
If some of the military people stay in for 20 years and get out as an E-7, they may receive a pension of $1,000 per month, and the very people who placed them in harm's way receives a pension of $15,000 per month.
I would like to see our elected officials pick up a weapon and join ranks before they start cutting out benefits and lowering pay for our sons and daughters who are now fighting.
"When do we finally do something about this?" If this doesn't seem fair to you, it is time to forward this to as many people as you can.
YOU WILL SEE POSTED ALOT OF INFORMATION REGARDING "ATTEMPTS" TO CUT BENEFITS FOR VETERANS AND TROOPS OVER THE COMING MONTHS ON THIS AND OTHER FORUMS. KEEP RUSH LIMBAUGH'S ABOVE WORDS ABOUT CONGRESS AND THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION IN MIND WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT THESE ATTEMPTS = ARMYDAD.