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mountain grammy

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14. Thank you for your service.

Reply to maxrandb (Original post)

Sun Dec 22, 2024, 01:54 PM

Dec 22

When my husband met our Congressman at a Veterans breakfast the Congressman thanked him for his service. My husband said you can thank me by not messing with the VA except to improve it at the time it was Jared Polis who answered “yeah I hear that a lot”. Duh.

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How I make MAGA heads explode [View all] maxrandb Dec 22 OP

Nice! MineralMan Dec 22 #1

Good post - I dodged the draft in 1968 simply because I did not think that the Vietnam War was justified walkingman Dec 22 #2

30 years, that's a lot of cruises. Emile Dec 22 #3

There's an old joke that goes something like this: PCIntern Dec 22 #4

funny, but in fairness . . . . . SarcasticSatyr Dec 22 #7

My Sailors quickly learned BOSSHOG Dec 22 #23

OMG! I just had a flashback! maxrandb Dec 23 #36

Roger That My Friend BOSSHOG Dec 23 #44

One of my favorite was "if no one is in charge, then everyone is" maxrandb Dec 29 #45

HAHAHA! Brilliant! Genevra Dec 22 #5

Love it 😍. n/t iluvtennis Dec 22 #6

Or why everyone's pension and benefits DENVERPOPS Dec 22 #8

That's the real question - I think the military (at every level) deserves every cent of compensation TBF Dec 22 #9

Were they able DENVERPOPS Dec 22 #10

I'm pretty sure that came out - it likely wasn't as high as Musk was ranting about TBF Dec 22 #12

It was 3.8% and they have not had a raise since 2009. It was bullshit to get rid of it. Lochloosa Dec 23 #31

They're paid over 174,000 a yr. They dont need a raise & one certainly isnt deserved. Callie1979 Dec 23 #33

In most cases DENVERPOPS Dec 23 #37

LOL Callie1979 Dec 23 #39

BS. My brother works a lot more than 40 hrs a week. Lochloosa Dec 23 #43

I can only imagine DENVERPOPS Dec 23 #35

That's why so many are wealthy. They can afford to be in congress Lochloosa Dec 23 #38

Maybe look how their wealth has INCREASED since they GOT there. Callie1979 Dec 23 #40

I'm inclined to agree with you after living in Wash DC TBF Dec 23 #42

The most important thing they will do DENVERPOPS Dec 23 #41

The pay raise was NOT in the bill that passed. Wiz Imp Dec 22 #15

No HUAJIAO Dec 22 #26

OK, let's talk about the pay raise. It was a 3.8% raise not the 40% that the illegal immigrant said. Lochloosa Dec 23 #30

I agree with you that they deserve an appropriate level of compensation COL Mustard Dec 23 #32

Congressmembers Should be Mr.Bee Dec 22 #18

Not to rain on your rant but.. OrangeJoe Dec 22 #25

LOL!!!! LymphocyteLover Dec 22 #11

Also the big reason they hate public education: Teacher pensions. lindysalsagal Dec 22 #13

Thank you for your service. mountain grammy Dec 22 #14

I do the same thing LogDog75 Dec 22 #16

Yes Indeed Teammate BOSSHOG Dec 22 #24

I still recommend military service to young people all the time. Callie1979 Dec 23 #34

Brilliant! Blue_Tires Dec 22 #17

A thinking man Blue1Red2 Dec 22 #19

WHY THEIR PENSIONS AND BENEFITS CAN'T BE LIKE MINE!!!!!!????? Quanto Magnus Dec 22 #20

Keep taking about "president Musk" kevink077 Dec 22 #21

I get the same response when I explain my politics and also say kairos12 Dec 22 #22

The look on the face odins folly Dec 22 #27

I love it! MAGAts are so limited in their understanding of what the government does. Martin68 Dec 22 #28

I tell them they're doing the billionaires' dirty work for them for free. Initech Dec 22 #29