Everyone seems to be on the "raise the price", "raise the taxes" band wagon these days... Food has gone up 40% due to the increase in gasoline costs.  Aloha Airlines just went out of business. My gas bill just came for the house and it's $400.00 for one month!  We purposely didn't use the gas fireplace this year nor did we turn on the heat in winter.  Basically, we use gas for the clothes dryer.  Our stove is electric and the water heater we use for showers is electric.  The other water heater only heats water for the kitchen sink.  

I just heard a report that the Department Of Water and power in Los Angeles is raising their rates as of July by 8%. They defend this move by claiming it's not that much and there is the same need they had the last 20 times they raised the rates to replace the infrastructure that never got done.  My bill is already $700.00 per month so I guess it's no big deal to tack on another $80.00.   Now 8% might not be a lot but when you add that to every other expense that has gone up 40 to 50% it's devastating.  I don't know how people on a fixed income are surviving in this corporate bleeding of America but I have an awful feeling that my prediction

of the U.S. becoming a 3rd world country is already here...

U.S. Military Deaths

All we hear is how much the war is costing us. Should we just stop fighting the enemies that want to kill us because it is too expensive? Should we pull out and leave all those that helped the U.S. in Iraq be slaughtered in mass genocide? This is what Obama and Hillary offer. Is this acceptable to you? Did you know that more of our miltary men and women were killed under Bill Clinton's do nothing administration than under Bush? Keep in mind we have been at war for 6 years...

U.S. military deaths under Bill Clinton's administration: 14,000

Under Bush 7,936

If you don't believe this you can find the statistics at: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/rl32492.pdf

Obama Drama

The greatest Speach Since Martin Luther King? Obama's speech on race. What a joke. Who the hell does the mainstream press think they are kidding here? For one, despite Obama's claim that he is so sure that everyone has heard their Pastor, Priest, or Rabbi, say things that they disagree with... I can assure you, I have never heard any Priest preach hatred for any race let alone our country in any church I have ever attended. This pathetic excuse for a man is down playing the significance of attending a church for 20 years that preached rasicsm. He has no buisness being a Senator let alone the Commander In Cheif of our armed forces. I would have left any church that preached such hatred as it has no place in religion period. Of course you won't hear any of this because no one wants to be politically uncorrect. Congress is polluted with politicians that have no balls and a country that can never advance because of it.

As if this wasn't bad enough the man is persoanl friends with a terrorist? I hope to hell that people in this country learned a lesson here. You don't vote for someone with nothing to say but promises. promises that have been recyceled time after time for the last 30 years by every lying politician that ever ran for office. It's real simple here, the banks run the country and no matter who you put into office, they aren't going to give you anything so get used to it.

A friend sent this to me today and it is a must read for anyone that thinks socialism is the answer to all our problems...

Catching Wild Pigs

There was a Chemistry professor in a large college that had some
exchange students in the class. One day while the class was in the lab
the Prof noticed one young man (exchange student) who kept rubbing his
back, and stretching as if his back hurt.

The professor asked the young man what was the matter. The student
told him he had a bullet lodged in his back. He had been shot while
fighting communists in his native country who were trying to overthrow
his country's government and install a new communist government.

In the midst of his story he looked at the professor and asked a
strange question. He asked, 'Do you know how to catch wild pigs?'

The professor thought it was a joke and asked for the punch line.
The young man said this was no joke. 'You catch wild pigs by finding a
suitable place in the woods and putting corn on the ground. The pigs find
it and begin to come everyday to eat the free corn. When they are used to
coming every day, you put a fence down one side of the place where they
are used to coming. When they get used to the fence, they begin to eat
the corn again and you put up another side of the fence. They get used to
that and start to eat again. You continue until you have all four sides
of the fence up with a gate in The last side. The pigs, who are used to
the free corn, start to come through the gate to eat, you slam the gate
on them and catch the whole herd.

Suddenly the wild pigs have lost their freedom. They run around and
around inside the fence, but they are caught. Soon they go back to eating
the free corn. They are so used to it that they have forgotten how to
forage in the woods for themselves, so they accept their captivity.

The young man then told the professor that is exactly what he sees
happening to America . The government keeps pushing us toward
socialism and keeps spreading the free corn out in the form of
programs such as supplemental income, tax credit for unearned income,
tobacco subsidies, dairy subsidies, payments not to plant crops (CRP),
welfare, medicine, drugs, etc. while we continually lose our freedoms -
just a little at a time.

One should always remember: There is no such thing as a free Lunch!

A politician will never provide a service for you cheaper than you
can do yourself.

If you see all of this wonderful government 'help' is a problem confronting
the future of democracy in America, you might want to send this on to your
friends. If you think the free ride is essential to your way of life then you will
probably delete this email, but God help you when the gate slams shut!

In this "very important" election year, listen closely to what the candidates are
promising you ----just maybe you will be able to tell who is about to slam the gate
on America.

"A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big
enough to take away everything you have." - Thomas Jefferson

What costs more per year than the the Iraq War?

All we hear is everyone screaming about the cost of the Iraq war. The cost of National Defense is talked about like it is totally unnecessary and we should be spending the money here. Well folks, we have the money being spent here. It's just not being spent on you...

What costs more per year than the the Iraq War?

I hope the following 14 reasons are forwarded over and over again until they are read so many times that the reader gets sick of reading them. I have included the URL's for verification of the following facts:

1. $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens each year.

http://tinyurl.com/zob77

2. $2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens.

http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html

3. $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens.

http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html

4. $12 Billiondollars a year is spent on primary and secondary school education for children here illegally and they cannot speak a word of English!

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.0.html

5. $17 Billion dollars a year is spent for education for the American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies.

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

6. $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens.

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

7. 30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens.

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt..01.html

8. $90 Billion Dollars a year is spent on illegal aliens for Welfare and Social Services by the American taxpayers.

http://premium.cnn.com/TRANSCIPTS/0610/29/ldt.01.html

9. $200 Billion Dollars a year in suppressed American wages are caused by the illegal aliens.

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

10. The illegal aliens in the United States have a crime rate that's two-and-a-half times that of white non-illegal aliens.. In particular, their children, are going to make a huge additional crime problem in the US .

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0606/12/ldt.01.html

11. During the year of 2005 there were 4 to 10 MILLION illegal aliens that crossed our Southern Border also, as many as 19,500 illegal aliens from Terrorist Countries. Millions of pounds of drugs, cocaine, meth, heroin and marijuana, crossed into the U. S from the Southern border. Homeland Security Report.

http://tinyurl.com/t9sht

12. The National Policy Institute, "estimated that the total cost of mass deportation would be between $206 and $230 billion or an average cost of between $41 and $46 billion annually over a five year period."

http://www.nationalpolicyinstitute.org/pdf/deportation.pdf

13. In 2006 illegal aliens sent home $45 BILLION in remittances back to their countries of origin.

http://www.rense.com/general75/niht.htm

14. "The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration: Nearly One Million Sex Crimes Committed by Illegal Immigrants In The United States ."

http://www.drdsk.com/articleshtml

Total cost is a whooping ... $338.3 BILLION A YEAR!!!

The Flu Is Not What It Used To Be

I haven't been blogging lately due to the fact that I have come down with the flu, Twice as a matter of fact. The next question is always, did you get your flu shot? The answer, no. Why?
Because I always get the flu anyway. The next response is always, if you got your shot it wouldn't be as bad. I am so tried of hearing this.

The fact of the matter is as always the Government is asleep at the wheel again. In the past I could always bulk up on my vitamins and take my chicken soup, infused with fresh garlic to lessen the impact of the flu. Now days, nothing works. What we have is a virus that is strengthening and becoming more resistant to drugs but no word from the "health officials" that this is happening.

My wife had this before I did. She went to the Doctor and was prescribed anti-biotics two different times and nothing worked. It stayed with her for two months! I have had this for two weeks and not only are the symtptoms strange compared to when I was a kid but they are more suspicious. How can you go to bed the night before perfectly healthy and wake up with a chest infection so bad you can't get out of bed. How does a virus strike without warning or any indication that you are going to be on your back for the next two weeks to two months. This is not the type of flu we had when we were kids that lasted all of 5 days at the max. The health department needs to look into this but the chances of that happening until scores of thousands start dying is like your chances of winning the lottery.

There was a reason new immigrants were sent to Ellis Island before being allowed into the country. They screened all applicants for helth related issues With the resurgence of Hepatitis
and other life threatening diseases, it's time the Government started to go back to the days of precaution. Why doesn't this happen? Because the illegal rights activists will be screaming biggotry and racism to offset any real reform. What sense does it make to screen your pets but not screen humans?

America's Use Of Torture

I just got back from a round trip from Los Angels to New York and back. During this trip, I had plenty of time to think about how Congess could make better use of it's time. Forget
investigations about water board torture used on terrorists. The practice is totally
unneccessary. I have a better idea. Put them on a flight from L.A. to New York on any of the long established airlines! I can gaurantee they start spilling the beans halfway through the trip! Hours on the runway with nasty airline personel, irritated customers, screaming children and having to pee. They have no training to prepare themselves for this. From what I hear the food at Gitmo is better.

12 hours after leaving N.Y.C., I arrived in L.A. That's exactly how much time it takes to fly from New York to England. Clear weather patterns all over the States so no chance of blaiming that. I began to log my trips after having spent 10 hours on my birthday at the Burbank Airport trying to get to Las Vegas. That's normally a 50 minute flight.

My next trip at Christmas was to Beaver Creek Colorado. Three hours to Denver turned into 7 and 30 minutes to beaver Creek turned into 3 hours. A 10 hour total for a four hour encounter. The trip back to L.A. was even worse. 12 hours from Beaver Creek to L.A. with 3 of those hours being on the runway after landing.

It's become very clear to me that the Airline Indusrty is not capable of getting you where you are going within a reasonable amount of time. If it's not bad enough you have to go through hell at the security gates halfway stripping out of your clothes, now you get treated like your getting to fly for free. At what point is congess going to get off their "do nothing asses" and introduce a bill to force these airlines to function in a manner that represents a business model that makes people want to fly rather than dread it?

If 9/11 happened today, it would be hard for Homeland Security to figure out if the attack was against the U.S. or the lousey service of the airline industry.

Omitting Facts Does Not Make A Truth

The following is my response in the daily news to another Democrat giving Bill Clinton credit for the great economy during his administration. What follows is another democrat commenting on my thoughts about Bill Clinton and comparing my beliefs about George Bush and the war to the Germans that believed in Hitler. It's a great example of the lunacy that cultivates their minds. Note how he even goes as far to blame george Bush for the trisection of Iraq which has been the structure of Iraq for 2000 years.

He doesn't even know that I'm not a republican nor do I think George Bush is God. I believe Bush has failed us on many levels but the war in Iraq has been an unfortunately a necessary one. It would be great if America could just pull out all of it's troops from around the world and let the evil and insane take over but it is a fact, we are the only country that takes on the responsibility of protecting ourselves and others from tyrany. If not for America, I would hate to see what would happen to the world. It took the U.S. to get involved in WW2 to end the war and it's going to take the U.S. to end terrorism. No one else seems to care or has the balls to do so. Thank God we don't listen to what the rest of the world thinks, if we did their would be no Jews at all.

Bill's economy

Re "Hillary" (Your Opinions, Feb. 8):

If I have to hear one more time how Bill Clinton's leadership was responsible for the budget surplus of his administration I'm going to cry. No one seems to notice the fact that the dot.com boom happened during the same time, bringing billions of dollars to people who could work with small Internet businesses, boosting the American economy from its stagnation.

It was not "Wild Bill" who accomplished this no more than it was Al Gore who invented the Internet. It was "Wild Bill" who was responsible for 12 deadly attacks on U.S. interests because of his complacency and nonreactive leadership. Say what you will about George Bush, but you can't deny that there have been no attacks on U.S. soil since 9-11.


Still Bill

Re Bill's economy" (Your Opinions, Feb. 14):

Today's "Highlights in History" details the day five years ago when the world rebuffed George W. Bush for not giving the United Nations weapons inspectors more time to find any WMD in Iraq. U.N. inspector Hans Blix could find nothing, despite Saddam Hussein's even opening his palaces to inspections.

So here we are today, with thousands of dead, Iraq ethnically cleansed and trisected, our nation diminished and our economy in turmoil, and Laurien DuTremble of Northridge is still singing the praises of George Bush and railing about Bill Clinton and Al Gore. I have often wondered why many Germans in the spring of 1945 continued to believe in Adolph Hitler. DuTremble offers a clue. a county that has been trisected for 2000 years.


This is in response to the idiotic comparison of George Bush and Adolph Hitler by Chuck Heinold

Once again a liberal democrat proves how void of fact they actually are. You will one day learn that omitting fact will not prove your point. It seems as many times that I've heard this stupid rant of "No Weapon's Of Mass Destruction" I have to respond with the following...

1. George Bush is not the only one that agreed Sadam had weapons of mass destruction and to think he would store them in his Palace is idiotic of you but nice of sadam to offer. Even your beloved Bill Clinton admitted that Sadam had weapons of mass destruction and we had intelligence reports by other countries that agreed.

2. Sadam played games with the inspection teams for months giving plenty of time for them to be transfered to Syria. To think hans Blix and a small team of researchers could even find cases filled with chemical weapons given the vast desert surrounding Bagdad is a joke. A briefcase full of
anthrax smuggled into the U.S.across our open borders would bring more mass destruction then anyone has witnessed in this country.

3. Weapons of mass destruction can be contained in something as small as a test tube, they didn't have to be stored in massive warehouses that could be easily found. Apparently you have no military history or you would know this.

4. You also are not aware of the U.N.'s mission after WW2 to stand against ethnic cleansing. Sadam poisoned (with weapon's of mass destruction) 200,000 kurds (Ethnic Cleansing) but yet you blame the U.S. and George Bush for this? The U.N. stood by and did nothing for years. The only ethnic cleansing going on in Iraq now is by various tribes against each other and I'm sorry to disappoint you, George bush is not over there leading them on.

My railing on Al Gore and Bill Clinton is fact though you Democrats love to avoid this nature of the conversation to make your point.

Adolph Hitler? Please! Read a book or two before you embarrass yourself to this degree. The fact is Sadam Hussein himself, responsible for 200,000 deaths was a weapon of mass destruction. He should have been stopped long before George Bush got into office. If you don't think our pulling out of Iraq will cause equally as large a number of deaths in ethnic cleansing your head needs to be examined for
Chinese lead poisoning.

You also blame George Bush for trisecting a country that has been trisected for 2000 years. You blame George Bush for so much that it would take a magician to be able to accomplish all you have given him credit for single handedly.

As far as the economy goes... blame the internet. Just as it brought jobs in the 90's it's taking them away just as fast. Piracy of music and movies is costing billions in lost tax revenue. No more need for duplictors, replicators, film labs, printing and shipping costs are cut into fractions. Studios going out of business as well as video rental companies and music stores. The Loss in jobs is staggering.

Blame corporate greed and the banking system for the failure of economics in this country. $800.00 hotel rooms, $150.00 pills form your pharmacy, 30% interest rates on credit cards, fraudulent late charges on bills that are paid on time with $180.00 fees for a $600.00 bill. $500.00 electric bills. $200.00 an hour for plumbers. All of this is eating away at the economy and your retirements. Cheap products made in China made not to last is bilking billions out of your savings accounts.

100 million in bonus's to the 5 top corporate executives of the Mortgage Industry for bankrupting their businesses. I could go on but you probably would rather invison George Bush waving a magic wand and making all of this happen. Just as stupid to think that george Bush is doing all of this is thinking Hillary or Obama will change it all.

"Masterminds" Of Terror

My wife and I bought airline tickets to Colorado and she realized when she was checking prices that it was cheaper and quicker to fly from LAX (Los Angeles) to Denver via Delta and then fly back by way of South West. So we bought one way tickets each way because they were from differnet airlines.

By now everyone knows that if you buy a one way ticket you are asking for trouble at the airport. Sure enough, when we walked up to security they checked our ID's, circled our tickets in red and marked us suspicious. That led to being walked into a glass cage and separating us from our carry-ons. Next came the body search with hands up and down the legs, back, torsoe and arms. Our carry-ons were then taken to a seperate area and searched for explosives as we sat and waited.

Now, the two of us look nothing like terrorists. I am full of tattoos and as far as I know this is strictly forbidden in the Islamo/Muslim world. My wife is blond, British and looks like Jessica Rabbit.

Don't get me wrong. I'm very happy about the extra security that will keep us all safe from a possible second terror attack in the air. What I don't understand is, if these people are truly the "Masterminds" the Govenrment and the News Agencies keep labeling them as, why after 7 years have they not figured out that they have to buy a round trip plane ticket to avoid the extra scrutiny? I mean they are Masterminds aren't they? Do you think by now they understand that they have to take flying lessons and learn how to take off as well as land?

Do you think by now they would bother to try an air strike again knowing they can just walk across the our open border with a nuclear suitcase bomb? Did anyone find the 7 that went missing when the Soviet Union tore down that wall? Just a thought or two to stimulate what ever is left of those brain cells that lead infested Chinese products haven't mangaed to kill.

Poster Child For The Democratic Party

Bill Maher is the poster child for Democratic Party. Just as the democrats have no real answers when asked for specifics for the change they so heavily promise, Bill Maher will have no show once Bush has left office. I don't know how many times I have tuned in to hear the same old line of , "No Weapons Of Mass Destruction". Without it, he would have no show.

Why do I listen? I think it's like going to the circus and paying to see the "Fat Lady" or the "Two Headed Goat". There is something about absurdity that's entertaining. Maher should spend more time reading the news than trolling at the Playboy Mansion to prepare for his show

Bill Clinton's Economy

I really wish the Democrats would stop crediting Bill Clinton for the prosperous years of the Clinton administration. If you really looked past their propaganda you would recognize the fact that it was the .com boom that created millions of jobs and took anyone with a little internet savy out of their low paying sales jobs. Many were able to create their own websites to generate money than their 9 to 5 and stay at home. Entrepueners were born overnight generating billions in new tax revenue and wages making the economy strong. People that normally would not be able to afford a first time home purchase did so with ease. The fact is, Bill Clinton was no more responsible for the booming 90's economy than Al Gore inventing the internet.

I've also hear how with Bill's administration we were at peace. They also omitt the fact that U.S. interests were attacked 12 times during the Clinton Administration because Bill was too busy playing with cigars and Monica to be bothered to take a stand against US attacks. This lacksidasical attitude emboldened our enemies making them think we didn't have the guts to fight, thus causing 9/11. Bill even had the chance to get Osama and passed. Say what you will and hate the man for whatever reason you can dream up but one thing can't be denied. We have not had an attack on American soil in 7 years and even Osama himself admitted it's beacause Al Queda's resources are stretched too thin fighting in Iraq. What ever makes you think that freedom is free? Freedom has consistantly cost American lives and will continue to do so as long as there are people out there that want to harm us. Obama can talk all he wants about how much money is being spent in Iraq and that the money should be spent here but without
defending the interests of the U.S. there will be no "here". A more experienced statesman would no this and that's what makes him dangerous to the safety of all Americans.

All Bill really accomplished during his administration was to defile the office of the Presidency
and the White House. Another Clinton in the White House? No Thanks.

Now the country is excited to elect a man with no experience as Commander In Cheif of the Armed Forces Of The United States during a time of war? You so hate Bush that you are willing to settle for this? You hate a man that has protected you inspite of the polls and your own ignorance? Not surprising, since the most well known case in history of this sort of hatred was the Crucifiction of Christ.

In Novenber, remember one thing and one thing only... Who would Al Queda want elected?

Illegal Immigration Destruction

First , let me say that our gardener is legally here. There does seem to be a misconception about how much money they make. He is on my property once a week. He doesn't trim anything above his shoulders and refuses to pick up doggy do. He has to constantly be told to trim the hedges. The time he spends at my house is about 10 minutes and he charges $20.00 for that 10 minutes. Let's do the math. If you mutiplied that 10 minutes times 6, it's an hour. 60 minutes. Lets mulitply $20.00 times 6 and you get an astounding $120.00 an hour. We've tried various gardeners and they are all the same. They are actually making more than your kid makes with a college degree. If you think your being able to hire someone to mow your lawn for $120.00 an hour is worth it, think of this...

From the L.A. Times

1. 40% of all workers in L.A. County ( L.A. County has 10.2 million people) are working for cash and not paying taxes. This is because they are predominantly illegal immigrants working without a green card
2. 95% of warrants for murder in Los Angeles are for illegal aliens.

3. 75% of people on the most wanted list in Los Angeles are illegal aliens.

4. Over 2/3 of all births in Los Angeles County are to illegal ali en Mexicans on Medi-Cal , whose births were paid for by taxpayers.

5. Nearly 35% of all inmates in California detention centers are Mexican < /SPAN>nationals here illegally.

6. Over 300,000 illegal aliens in Los Angeles County are living in garages.

7. The FBI reports half of all gang members in Los Angeles are most likely&n bsp;illegal aliens from south of the border.

8. Nearly 60% of all occupants of HUD properties are illegal.

9. 21 radio stations in L.A. are Spanish speaking.

10. In L.A. County 5.1 million people speak English, 3.9 million speak Spanish.
(All 10 of the above statistics are from the Los Angeles Times)

Here's a couple more . . . . .
Less than 2% of illegal aliens are picking our crops, but 29% are on welfare.
Over 70% of the United States ' annual population growth (and over 90% of California , Florida , and New York ) results from immigration .

29% of inmates in federal prisons are illegal aliens.

We are a bunch of fools for letting this continue. California now faces a 14 billion dollar deficit.
It was estimated that the illegal allien crises costs the state 12 Billion a year in welfare at the time Grey Davis was ousted from office. Guess what? We are still 14 billion in debt. Now, we are expected to close our state parks and let prisoners out early to try and make up for our politicians wasteful spending.

During that same time period, it was also esitmated that 14 billion was wired out of the country by illegal alliens. This is money not being spent in the U.S. and not matter what way you want to look at this, it's money taken out of our economy and a loss of billions in State taxes. The total cost with the 14 billion in welfare is 26 billion a year! Arnold, "The Govenator" promised the first thing he would do is "Open The Books" to find out where the money goes but have we seen him do that? No. Why? Because we all know where the money is going. Corporate welfare. The next time they want to raise your taxes to pay for their foolish and destructive policies, just vote no. The well is dry! If you have the power to just say no to drugs, you have the power to just say no to higher taxes.

First To Condemn, Last To Forgive

I can think of no better example of Political Pornography than the following article. This should be the poster child for this web blog.

The latest news on the "Religious Right" is that they want to select Cardinal Mahony from the Catholic Archdiocese Of Los Angeles to resurrect a fight against the billion dollar Los Angeles Porn Industry calling for a revival of decency laws.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! Sorry, had to get that out of my system. Isn't this the same guy that covered up hundreds of child molestation cases within the church and transfered guilty priests to avoid prosecution? This is the guy they are asking to start a new crusade against obscenity? Ok, you got me. Have these people completely lost their minds? Nothing is more obscene that what Mahony did to the victims of these crimes and the man himself should be in jail rather than socializing and being touted by the disgraceful Mayor of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa.

Do they think that by demonizing the Porn Industry they can take the attention away from themselves as having damaged more children than Pornography could ever think of doing?
8 thousand effected by their child molestations and they want to be the spokes model for decensy?

I have a long article that I will soon publish regarding the religious and the porn industry. You

don't want to miss this one. Stay tuned.

http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=11724

Shameful Company Of The Month

Circuit City wins the Crystal Ball "Most Shameful Company Of The Month Award",

They sold me a laptop two years ago and talked me into buying the "Replacement Guarantee"

for three years.

Well, the HP laptop went down after two years and I said to myself, "man am I glad I was covered"! That was 06 November 2007 and now it is 05 feb 2008. Three months later and guess what? I still don't have a laptop. Imagine how shocked I was when the manager said to me, "you should be glad you got the coverage because without it, we wouldn't be working on it". I said, "that would all be well and good if you could fix the thing now wouldn't it"? No reply,

just a snarl.

I then dared to ask at what point does the "REPLACEMENT"come into play? I've been back and forth to the store at least 12 times and it's been sent out now for repair two times. Please explain. That's simple he said, it has to be the same problem and sent out more than three times and it doesn't state anywhere that it has to be fixed within a certain amount of time.

They did say that the repair center refused to fix it saying there was nothing wrong with it,
even though the problem was witness by at least 3 Circuit City "Firedog" repairmen including the manager. They decided to order the suspected part and repair it themselves since they had to honor the warranty. After not hearing anything again, my last trip to the store found my laptop under the counter after two weeks untouched and I was assured they would call me and bring it to my house. There was never a call or a delivery.

Buyer beware. Know that they can spend the rest of your life repairing your laptop and there is nothing you can do about it. Never mind that I left town two times thinking it was fixed and couldn't conduct the business I was suppose and wasted thousands in travel expenses.

The next stupid comment always follows and we all know what that is... you should have a backup. If this were true, I would need to buy two of everything I use to conduct business with and that would put me out of business, so save yourself the thought process of coming up with that bright idea. So people, in the future, avoid their warranty scam.

Circuit City, congratulations, you really know how to treat your customers.

kamikaze Economics

The Crystal Ball strikes again!  Finally the financial world has caught up to my predictions! Most agree a recession is here!  Gee, I still wonder how a ordinary guy like me can know this and the "experts" can't see it.  That's why I'm known as the Crystal Ball!

Now, we will hear how it won't last very long.  Lets take a look at the top ten reasons for the Economic Disaster heading our way.  Not even Osama could do this on 9/11 but our corrupt system managed it within a year.

1.   We've got lower interest rates and banks that don't lend.  

2.   We have equity values being diminished by "New Rules" from the mortgage Industry wiping out what little is left of home values and drying up investment opportunities.

3.   29.75 percent interest rates on credit cards. 

4.   Higher credit scores needed for credit and beyond what is necessary.  

5.   $700.00 a month electric bills and $400.00 a month gas bills. Utilities are starting to get more expensive than someone's rent.  Who wants to be a first time buyer?

6.   $800.00 hotel rooms and you still have to pay 28.00 to park your car.  

7.   $18.00 BLT's and $15.00 drinks.  

8.   $150.00 late payment fees on a $600.00 car payment.  Even bills that aren't late.

9.    Dependancy on foreign oil and one U.S. Oil company raking in 1 billion in profits, driving up the costs.  Damn those Polar bears who have actually doubled in population.

10.  Politicians that want to raise your taxes.  The well is dry!  Stop spending more than you make!

The Governments remedy?  $300.00 rebates!  Now go have a party knowing that when you get over your hangover all will be right again.

Until these facts are addressed, the country will continue the downward spiral similar to that of a Kamikaze Pilot in WW2 and head right for a depression if we aren't already in one.  I believe we are.  Grab on to your gonads and stuff that money under your mattress! Is anybody out there?

The recession watch can now end. It's already here. - Feb. 5, 2008

Suicide Up For U.S. Military

Another surprising fact for the rocket scientists in Washington. In the last five years, attempted suicide rates have gone from 1 to 5 a day. No where will you see a comparison between the length of tours of duty in Vietnam and the amount of time troops spend in Iraq.

The difference being that during the Vietnam war we had a draft that shifted the responsibility of "service to your country" around to nearly everyone physically fit for duty. One year with your "boots on the ground" was enough unless you volunteeered to go back. Now, because there is no draft (any politician supporting this would be hammered into early retirement) our heroes are required to three sometimes four tours "In Theater". If it wasn't bad enough to serve one year getting shot at and watching your buddies get blown to bits, now they can do it 3 or 4 times to really let that PTSD (Post Tramatic Stress Disorder) sink in to the point where you would like to put the barrel of a gun in your mouth jsut to stop the screaming going on in your head.

Of course they are hard at it in Washington to throw more money into the care of these poor souls. That seems to be the answer for everything in Washington. Throw more money at it. How about we throw more man power at the military to reduce the length of time these heroes are exposed to life worse than hell?

Bring back the draft. Induct all those people on the waiting list that are eligible and want to become citizens. Make them learn English and earn there life in America. maybe they would have more respect for the American way of life if they had to fight for it. Our boys overseas could use the help. Our unprotected borders could use the help. We are at a time of war. Like it or not, soemone has to hold the rifle.

This would all be nice if it were possible but this brings us back to the one thing the U.S. Government never planned. The American people are now segregated into too many subcultures to ever stand up for one cause and that includes the defense of the country. Try and reinstate the draft and see how many people run for the hills. The same thing brought down the Roman Empire. No, contrary to popular belief, it wasn't sex orgies that did it. It was the multi cultural infusion that cut away at the fabric of the Roman culture. It seems history always repeats itself because we have no ability to learn by mistakes whether they be our own or by others.

Washington.http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/01/military.suicides/index.html

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Military Unready For Homeland Attack

Should we be surprised by this? We are incapable of protecting the borders and inncapable of protecting the country from an attack. We don't have the equipment or man power to protect this nation yet we are out there starting wars we can't finish. Be afraid. Be very affraid. Is there anything the U.S. Government is capable of besides turning us into a Third World Nation? Do you really think Health care is the main issue in the upcoming elections? Do you really think Billary is going to be able to give free health care to everyone in the U.S.? If we don't have the money to protect ourselves from attack (the first thing that should be financed) where are we going to get the trillions of dollars that this will surely cost? You can rest assured, she doesn't know either...

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/01/guarding.america.ap/index.html

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Agent Orange Is Back!

Another story being swept under the rug by the "Mainstream Press". On a more personal note: "Mainstream News" agencies and or so called journalists that have been contacted and elected to ignore this story do far are ABC News, Sean Hannity, and Bill OReilly. I guess Bill is too busy looking out for me to help the Vets and is surprising considering how much they supposedly support the troops. I guess the election of the next Puppet (I mean "President" ) of the United states is much more important than Veteran's dying.

My Brother who is now a Federal Judge in S.C. served in Vietnam from 67 to 68. Two tours. Con Tien Khe Sanh and Da Nang. He was diagnosed with tumors in his bladder. They were removed a few weeks ago and when he went in to start chemo they checked him again to make sure he was fully healed. They found another tumor much bigger and more aggressive. He is going through hell and back fighting this and I'm sure one of the bloodiest battles in the Vietnam War, Con Tien, was the last battle he thought he would ever face.

I immediately thought of Agent Orange although his Doctor says it was from second hand cigarette smoke when we were kids. My Brother never smoked a day in his life, none of the other four of us have it. and we are all near the same age. It looks like they are telling all the other Veterans that are coming up with bladder cancer that do smoke, it's caused by that.

Now he waits six weeks to see if they need to remove his bladder to rebuild it and or replace it with a man made one. The VA is not allowing compensation for Bladder cancer although they allow coverage for prostrate cancer which is much more common in any man even if they aren't exposed to Agent Orange. Also, the bladder is so near the prostrate how can it be possible it wouldn't be effected but the prostrate would? Makes no sense at all. The type of tumors found in my brothers bladder are rare which tells me that it's highly likely that it is associated with his high level of exposure to the chemicals which is also rare. Not many people have been exposed to these levels.

He was the radioman and jumped into a foxhole in Vietnam that a live grenade was thrown into and pulled his radio out under fire. For that he was awarded the Bronze Star for bravery for without that radio his platoon would have been wiped out. He fought for and served his country well and now, when he needs help, the Government has turned their back on him. This is disgusting.

There are enough of these cases on the following web page that warrants further investigation as to why bladder cancer is not associated with Agent Orange. These Veterans all deserve to be treated like heroes and not just swept under the rug.

I have asked all of the people on the web page to send names, phone numbers, dates and where it was they served. The Quang Tri Province was the most heavily sprayed area of Vietnam. It's obvious to me that some cancers take
longer to appear and this sounds like the case with Bladder Cancer.

When Hanoi made the trade agreements with the U.S. both agreed to stop all investigations of Agent Orange related illnesses and drop any further legal issues concerning the birth deformities and deaths of the North Vietnamese people. The fact that we used chemical warfare on North Vietnam has been swept under the rug along with any new illnesses popping up over time that can be directly linked with Agent Orange.

When I first started this research I found this page of Veteran's that suffer from this and it seems to be growing significantly.

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ACS :: Agent Orange and Cancer
Cacodylic acid is reported to cause lung and bladder tumors, .... Note: This document is adapted from the article Agent Orange and Cancer: An Overview for ...
www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_1_3x_Agent_Orange_and_Cancer.asp - 68k - Cached - Similar pages

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Another great article to show the cover up and lack of research specifically to stop further litigations.

http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2000/01/orange.html
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Growing list of Veterans....

Agent Orange: Bladder Cancer
posted by Janice on 04 Sept 2006 at 10:32 am
I have been fighting the VA for almost three years concerning my husband's bladder cancer as being connected to agent orange/dioxide..with repeated denials. He was an infantry soldier with the 82nd Airborne and was in highly concentrated areas of agent orange in Nam. They tell us it was due to his smoking..he quit smoking 20 years ago; however, they will pay compensation for lung cancer due to agent orange/dioxide. I find this a contradiction..smoking caused my husband's bladder cancer, but smoking did not cause a person's lung cancer..agent orange caused that! Does anyone have an opinion on this and have any of you ever been diagnosed with bladder cancer that served in Nam ?
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Agent Orange
posted by Joanne on 23 Oct 2006 at 8:04 pm
My comments are directed to Janice who posted a note concerning her husband's bladder cancer and agent orange. My husband we recently diagnosed with bladder cancer. He was operated on in August of this year. His cancer was caused from a large tumor growing and attaching itself to his organs. The doctors have told us that this cancer was caused from chemicals.

My husband was also in Vietnam and exposed to agent orange. He has been through a lot since August, in and out of the hospital 4 times. Next step is chemo and radiation.

I to believe this has been caused from agent orange when he was in Nam.

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Bladder Cancer
posted by Cecil Sanders on 28 Oct 2006 at 9:18 am
I too have bladder cancer. I have had all kinds of medical problems, Fibro mylgia , nurepothy, headaches I think caused by AO Cecil

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Bladder Cancer
posted by Bob Graham on 16 Nov 2006 at 8:54 am
Several years ago I developed Type 2 diabetes. I was approved for medical treatment thru the VA for that condition. I have now been diagnosed with High Grade Malignant Bladder Tumors (Cancer). I served in Danang, RVN and probably exposed to AO. Years ago, I went thru testing at the VA and was issued a Medical Card with the initials AO listed on it. Anyway, I truly believe all or most of my health problems are a result of my exposure. I am currently in the process of applying for disability.

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Agent Orange - Bladder Cancer
posted by Ron on 18 Dec 2006 at 8:28 am
I was diagnosed with bladder cancer 2003. I have had 4 surgeries since. I served in Vietnam in '67.

I haveave been advised by a urologist to have bladder/prostate, nodes removed. 40% disability due to diabetes type II. Also many skin cancers removed (1 malanoma)

Same explanation from VA: smoking must have caused BC.
Question to VA: how about those with BC who never smoked?
Answer: "Must have been second hand". They say "insufficient evidence" for agent orange/bc".

Wouldn't it be simple to ascertain Nam vets vs general public regarding BC?

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Bladder Cancer And Vietnam
posted by anon on 19 Dec 2006 at 9:47 am
I served in Vietnam from july '65 to january '67 and was diagnosed with bladder cancer at the age of 55. Unfortunately, I began cigarette smoking upon my return from vietnam. I had been a non-smoker prior to that. I am now in the process of being tested to be put on the agent orange registry. Someone needs to do research to look at the incidence of bladder cancer in Vietnam veterans and the general population.

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Bladder & Prostate Cancer Viet Nam
posted by Laurel on 21 Dec 2006 at 5:28 pm
My husband on the PBRs in 1969. Age 58 diagnosed in the last 18 months with bladder cancer and prostate cancer in that order. Both low grade, early stage, primary cancers. Doesn't really matter what caused this at this point, but have to wonder. Best of luck to all of you.

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Bladder Cancer Nam 67/68
posted by Jim on 23 Dec 2006 at 6:18 pm
I have just been diagnosed with high grade carcinoma in bladder. How will va react to claim.

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Bladder Cancer Nam 68-69
posted by Walt on 02 Jan 2007 at 8:01 am
I served in VN '68-'69 with the 25th Infantry Division. Can remember walking through defoliated areas that were like black and white movies. Everthing was dead.

I was Diagnosed with Type II Diabetes in 2001 and the VA approved my claim for compensation.

I was diagnosed with Urinary Bladder Cancer in July of 2006. My bladder, prostate and lymph nodes were removed in August 2006. due to an infection, I have had to undergo more surgery. The Cancer has not come back.

The VA denied my claim for compensation. In their letter of denial, they expressed the viewpoint that if I had had Prostate Cancer 1st and then Bladder Cancer I would be elegible for compensation.

I agree that a study needs to be made of all 1st time Bladder Cancer patients who were exposed to Agent Orange. I personally am going to ask my doctors (non-VA) if they have any information that would be relevant.

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I Feel Your Pain!
posted by Dave Brown on 02 Jan 2007 at 9:20 am
I served in Vietnam in 66-7. was mostly around the Bong Son area in 2nd .corps.LZ`S ENGLISH ,PONEY, DOG, to name a few. In 2001 I got a mysterious sickness that took me to the emergency room 3 times in one week. They said it was the lining of my stomach, because they didn`t know (.I think.) Anyway, to make a long story short, I lost a lot of weight, since then I got a rash back I have had since in country, that I thought had pased.

Next had to have a tumor removed from my neck, the nerves in the end of my toes and fingers will not let me sleep at night, and now I have stage 4 renal cell cancer. This is just to bring up a few of my problems. No history of cancer in my family.

Just letting you know I feel your pain.
God keep you all!

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Bladder Cancer And Nam
posted by anon on 12 Jan 2007 at 5:51 am
If a Vietnam veteran sees a private physician due to bladder cancer, why can't the US government ask for this info to be forwarded to them. God knows, the gov't is monitoring everthing else we do.

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Agent Orange Related
posted by janice on 09 Feb 2007 at 10:15 am
The va should take your doctors' view. You will need service records also .In the Doctor report ;get your doctor to say this "this bladder cancer was as likely caused from chemicals( agent orange )exposure ,as not." These words mean a lot in getting the Gov.Va to take notice of this....as likely as not...it was likely caused from the agent orange chemical. This is how my husband got approved about 10 years ago.

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Autism :agent Orange Related ?
posted by JANICE TURNER on 09 Feb 2007 at 10:24 am
I also believe certain Autism could be related to this chemical. We have a daughter that had seizures for years, she then had a very small tumor removed, gave birth to a beautiful son. He has autism. I am still researching links to this.

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Request For Information
posted by Ms. Angelica Koepl on 11 Feb 2007 at 10:14 am
My father is going before the VA this friday, February 16, 2007. His claim: Urinary Bladder Cancer caused by chemical exposure. His urologist is more than willing to do anything my father requests. What I need to know is what do we need for this hearing? We do have a letter from the doctor, though it does not read "as likely as not". My father has been battling Tourettes, Depression, Glaucoma, Hearing Loss, Cataracts and Finally UBC. Any information would be a help!

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Veteran Lost To Renal Cell
posted by toni mccook on 19 Feb 2007 at 12:24 pm
In response to your loss. I lost my husband to renal cell carcinoma not covered under VA list. I had 3 dependent children at the time and no help. I think it's really a sad situation that these men are not recognized. Renal cell is a chemically induced cancer so it seems logical

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I Am Saddened And Surprised
posted by Sgt. PeterBanbury on 19 Feb 2007 at 1:54 pm
As a retired British soldier, I am saddened and surprised that American ex-service people are denied treatment.

Whether or not the illness was caused by their being on active duty is irrelevant. These people put their lives on the line for their nation - why can't their nation give them just a little back - comprehensive healthcare.

This state of affairs would bring the UK to a grinding halt, there would be a nationwide strike and the government would be brought down and never voted in again.

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Prostate And Alzheimer's
posted by Maura on 13 Mar 2007 at 10:48 am
My father recently lost his 9 year battle with Alzheimer's disease, which he was diagnosed with at the age of 52.

Whereas his prostate cancer was concerned he received meager compensation for his treatment under a Agent Orange claim.

Hundreds of studies have been dismissed by the VA for admission of guilt for dioxides causing memory loss or early onset Alzheimer's. My father suffered for years and lost his life long before he died. Only to go unrecognized and slighted for serving his country in a war that was misguided and sad.

My mother has been shuffled through the VA system time and time again, this time only to have her claim dismissed when my father died. She'll have one more hearing to speak out on behalf of all of our veterans and the men and women to come who are without proper care.

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Bladder Cancer
posted by Dennis on 26 Apr 2007 at 5:01 am
I was dignosed with bladder cancer in Feb. of 1991. Served in RVN 1 yr. in 1969. VA says not enough scientific evidence to award service connection for Bladder Ca. at this time. Wierd snice prostate gland sits on top of bladder and Ca. there is service connected....guess they are waiting for us to die off...

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Daughter Health Problems
posted by ann pederson on 22 Jun 2007 at 10:01 pm
My daughter is 37 years old and has many health problems for many years, 4 back surgeries, gall bladder, kidney problems, rare cyst on urinary tract, 4 miscarriages, and heart attack before age 35 and heart valve problems, strenuous arthritis. She had a learning disability and her son now has problems. Her father was in nam, I have not been able to get any help for her. Her father has many health problems including cancer. Does anyone know about help for children of vnam veterans?

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Father Bladder Cancer
posted by Deb on 10 July 2007 at 6:48 pm
My father has bladder cancer, was in Nam and exposed to agent orange. Before I saw this site, I didn't even consider that his being exposed to agent orange could have caused it. He was a smoker, but quit 42 years ago....

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Bladder (and Prostate) Cancer /Agent Orange
posted by Naomi on 17 July 2007 at 10:55 pm
My father L. Duran served in the Air Force in Vietnam. He died last week (60 years old) of bladder cancer. He was never a smoker and his family does not have any history of bladder or prostate cancer. He was diagnosed in 2000 went thru treatment and a couple years later Prostate cancer was found. Both his bladder and his prostate had to be removed were removed. Doctors continued to check for prostate cancer over the years. Six months ago he started having back and leg pain, 3 months ago they told him his bladder cancer had come back and had spread to his hip and lymph nodes. I truly believe that if it wasnt for Agent Orange, my father would be here with me today! "insufficient evidence" my a**!!

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Bladder cancer vietnam
posted by Naomi on 27 Sept 2007 at 9:00 pm
My father recently passed away from bladder cancer. He never smoked and unfortunately was diagnosed with bladder cancer before prostate cancer. He did received benefits from the VA for the prostate cancer but since he was primarily diagnosed with and died from bladder cancer (at the age of 60) the VA has denied my moms attempt to get spousal benefits. If anybody knows anything that could help, would be greatly appreciated because we do believe the cancer was caused from his exposure to Agent Orange when he was proudly serving his country!!!

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My Husband Too!
posted by Maggie on 03 Oct 2007 at 7:47 am
My husband was also in Vietnam during the Agent Orange usage and he too was diagnosed with bladder cancer over 15 years ago and has multiple surgeries over these years. No bladder cancer in family and doctor stated that usually related to chemical use of some type. He has never been a smoker. We do beleive that this could be related to Agent Orange but it's not on their list of covered illnesses. We are unable to get low cost medical insurance because of this condition and almost in a place where we can't find any insurance.

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Prostate Cancer First, Now Bladder Cancer
posted by Phil Davidson on 22 Nov 2007 at 9:46 am
I was first diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2002, treated and currently receive a disability from VA. In June 2007 I was diagnosed with invasvive bladder cancer. You state in a letter you received from VA that they will award compensation for this bladder cancer if one first had prostate cancer. I fall into this catagory.
I served in Vietnam from April 1966 to Decenber 1967 in Bien Hoa, an area where Agent Orange was repeatly used.
Would you email me a copy of your letter from the VA? my email is: jadehawk@comcast.net
thanks in advance,

Phil

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Service Officer
posted by Richard on 02 Jan 2008 at 11:49 am
Just a note from a service officer for all of you battling with the VA over service connection for bladder cancer. At this time researchers (not just the VA's) do not consider the evidence strong enough to link AO exposure to bladder cancer. However, if your Urologist or Oncologist is willing to write a letter stating that it is "at least as likely as not" that the cancer is AO related, you have a shot. Remember if there is an even split in opinion, the VA is required to give the veteran the benefit of the doubt. Good luck.

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Bladder Cancer
posted by anne on 12 Jan 2008 at 3:35 pm
My husband died in Jan. of 05 with bladder cancer at the young age of 57. He was retired military and VA also denied claim for Agent Orange. It is so sad, he was such a true American and would have done anything for his country as I am sure all soldiers would. Should there be any new changes in this matter, I hope it will g o retro!!

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Agent Orange: Bladder Cancer
posted by Janice on 04 Sept 2006 at 10:32 am
I have been fighting the VA for almost three years concerning my husband's bladder cancer as being connected to agent orange/dioxide..with repeated denials. He was an infantry soldier with the 82nd Airborne and was in highly concentrated areas of agent orange in Nam. They tell us it was due to his smoking..he quit smoking 20 years ago; however, they will pay compensation for lung cancer due to agent orange/dioxide. I find this a contradiction..smoking caused my husband's bladder cancer, but smoking did not cause a person's lung cancer..agent orange caused that! Does anyone have an opinion on this and have any of you ever been diagnosed with bladder cancer that served in Nam ?
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Bladder Cancer - Eglin AFB
posted by jk on 13 Jan 2008 at 3:13 pm
I was stationed at Eglin AFB (Hurlburt Field 9), Florida form March 1975 to January 1976, and again to Eglin Main from October 1982 to December 1983.

I was diagnosed with Type II Diabetes in October 2004, then Blabber Cancer in August 2005. I just had my 5th bladder surgery December 2006, to extract the cancer. I went through the BCG treatments last year, and still the cancer returns. Before being diagnosed, the doctor I was seeing at the VAMC, had done nothing about the blood in my urine for over 2 years. At the point of diagnosis, I was starting to have renal failure. My wife suggest that I have a lawyer for malpractice, because the doctor should of never let it go on so long. But how do you sue the VA?

I wasn't in Vietnam. I received my exposure in Eglin AFB Florida.

In reading the article by Barbara T. Dreyfuss, http://www.vva.org/veteran/1007/ao_spraying.html, it should be obvious that I am not making up my story. The substance was stored at this facilities.

My story includes, that the airmen at Eglin during the 1970's were reguired to spray this substance to control the weeds around building, hardstands, reventments, igloos, and butler buildings. That we were not given the proper equipment to protect our skin, or lungs. If anyone has insight into my story please email me.

I've applied for Service Connected disability for bladder cancer and diabetes, but was denied. I was denied, because I didn't have evidence of the exposure, nor documentation that showed a relationship between Bladder Cancer and the toxin. I am not a smoker and have never smoked in my life. No-one in my family has had bladder cancer, and from what I've read the only know causes are cigarette smoke and chemicals.

I am hoping that Barbara Dreyfuss' article will help me prove of exposure, but how do I prove the relationship, since so many have not been able to do so, so far. You would think that the VA would at least award me the claim for diabetes, since there a presidence for it.

My heart goes out to everyone, that has served.


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Bladder Cancer And Vietnam
posted by Susanne Weston on 24 Jan 2008 at 7:54 am
My husband served with the Mobile Riverine Force in the MeKong delta 1966-68. He has had 3 bladder cancer surgeries and 4 chemo treatments since 2002. He was in heavily deforested areas and in the water continually. He has peripheral neuropathy, Type II Diabetes (the catch-all)and is rated for Melioidosis. He too, has been denied for bladder cancer related to AO.

However, after his last bout of bladder cancer surgery in December, 2007, I began searching for other options. We received a request for records for a C&P exam from our request in 2006. Of course, the records were sent in 2006, but, here we go again. During the time I was getting the records together, I wondered about the Melioidosis connection to bladder cancer. There is considerable evidence in South East Asia and Australia that Melioidosis can cause cancers of the bladder, prostate, pancreas and several other areas, particularly the lungs, with either multiple bouts of pneumonia or cancers.

Because Melioidosis (Glanders Disease) is not known in this country, it is very hard to test for and diagnose. My husband spent years in and out of private hospitals with intense pain, high fevers, and unknown diagnosis until I received a little book I had requested on both AO and Melioidosis. Our private physician said, "This is it!", and began appropriate treatment over a long period and got the disease into remission. Another bout in 2002, in which I had to get information to the physicians again, ultimately revealed his bladder cancer. Find as many sites as you can to research this disease, contracted through soil and water. It is a gram-negative bacteria, pseudomonis pseudomallei(its old name), and I truly believe there are as many Vietnam Vets infected with this killer as there are those affected by AO. If they have been exposed to both, Holy Smokes! Unless someone is right on top of what is happening to the veteran, they're dead, and it all Vietnam service-connected! My husband would have died in 1986 if I had not requested that little book I found advertised in the Vietnam Vet magazine. Very few VA physicians are familiar with Melioidosis, but if your veteran matches any of the symptoms, Push, Push, Push!! Don't let this hidden killer take another veteran's life.

More links...

BBC NEWS | Programmes | Crossing Continents | Vietnam War poison

ACS :: Agent Orange and Cancer

http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_1_3x_Agent_Orange_and_Cancer.asp

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/youropinions.php?opinionid=11399&p=2

Responses so far...

Hi saw your letter sorry about your brother. MY
husband is very sick and the VA has done everything it
can to kill him. I've been with Mike for thirthseven
years trying to keep him alive.You want to know about
cover-up we got it.We have this big book that shows
you how much chemicals ..what kind and were. The VA
will kill you before helping you. To much going on so
if you want to know about the cover up just call.
570-224-1143 or 570-224-1029. We have letters and
records to show the Government will do all it can to
cover this up because it's not just the vet's that are
going to die it's their children and grandkids too. No
one cares about the vietnam veterans.
Thank you for trying.
Christy Curran
875 Braman Road
Equinunk Pa. 18417

husband Michael Curran
vietnam 1968
purple heart took thirty years to get.



Hi Laurien its me Christy from Pa. was looking over
your letter and i have the herbicide missions in
vietnam...in Quang Tri from 1966 to 1970 orange
515,615 blue 25,79 white 111,410 and that is gal"s.
My husband was in three corp Phou Long 1965 to 1970
orange 1,607,235 blue 56,450 white 1,143,565, then
from 1965 to 1970 in Bien Hoa orange 425,037 blue
8,950 white 386,985 that is the amount my husband
was exposed too. Yes a BIG cover - up. Look up
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Syndrome.The Government
hopes ya don't know much.We have alot of info.and have
been fighting for thirtyseven years.The vet's can't do
it alone.Look up the fifteen herbicides used in
vietnam Ha if that was here in USA ! purple:A
formulation of 2,4,-D and 2,4,5,-T used between 1962
and 1964. GREEN contained 2,4,5-T and was used 62
-64. Pink contained 2,4,5-T was used 62-64. ORANGE a
formulation of 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T used 65-70. WHITE a
formulation of picloram and 2,4-D . BLUE contained
cacodylic acid. ORANGE 11:a formualtion of 2,4-D and
2,4,5-Tused in 68-69 [also sometimes referred to as
SUPER ORANGE] DINOXOL a formulation of 2,4-D and
2,4,5-T small quantities were tested in vietnam
between 62-64 . TRINOXOL contained 2,4,5-T small
quantities tested in vietnam 62-64. BROMACIL AND
DIQUAT AND TANDES AND MONURON AND DIURON AND DALAPON
but they say only small quantitles in 62-64
.
Thank you again,
Christy Curran
husband
vietnam 67-68
Day by day trying to stay alive.

More Evidence of Horrible Veteran's Care:

http://community.woai.com/blogs/bth/archive/2007/11/13/2166825.aspx

Issue settled? See Below.... how can they settle a case that is still on going?


http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-conflicts-periods/vietnam/agent-orange.htm

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Jobless Rate Worse Than Thought

More rocket scientists at work.... I'm not surprised by the number of job losses registering along with the signs we are in a deep recession. Something I concluded a year ago. I don't have to wait for the "Mainstream Press" acknowledge what I see in my travels.

Let's open the borders so that brick and mortar businesses can use slave labor. Layoff experienced workers for recent college graduates at cheaper wages, export all meaningful employment to foreign countries and ask ourselves why more and more Americans can't find jobs. Another brilliant sign that Washington acts to improve the future of your children.

Yes, they really do care about your children...

Long-term unemployment sign of economic weakness - Feb. 1, 2008

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So True, So True!

While walking down the street one day a US senator is tragically hit by a truck and dies.
His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St. Peter at the Golden Gate.
"Welcome to heaven," says St. Peter. "Before you settle in, it seems there is a problem. We seldom see a high official around these parts, you see, so we're not sure what to do with you." "No problem, just let me in," says the man. "Well, I'd like to, but I have orders from higher up.
What we'll do is have you spend one day in hell and one in heaven. Then you can choose where to spend eternity." "Really, I've made up my mind. I want to be in heaven," says the senator. "I'm sorry, but we have our rules."


And with that, St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to hell. The doors open and he finds himself in the middle of a green golf course. In the distance is a
clubhouse and standing in front of it are all his friends and other politicians who had worked with him. Everyone is very happy and in evening dress. They run to greet him, shake his hand, and reminisce about the good times they had while getting rich at the expense of the people. They play a friendly game of golf and then dine on lobster, caviar and champagne. Also present is the devil, who re ally is a very friendly guy who had a good time dancing and telling jokes. They are having such a good time that before he realizes it, it is time to go. Everyone gives him a hearty farewell and waves while the elevator rises... The elevator goes up, up, up and the door reopens on heaven where St. Peter is waiting for him.

"Now it's time to visit heaven." So, 24 hours pass with the senator joining a group of contented
souls moving from cloud to cloud, playing the harp and singing. They have a good time and, before he realizes it, the 24 hours have gone by and St. Peter returns. "Well then, you've spent a day in hell and another in heaven. Now choose your eternity." The senator reflects for a minute, then he answers: "Well, I would never have said it before, I mean heaven has been delightful, but I think I would be better off in hell." So St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to hell.

Now the doors of the elevator open and he's in the middle of a barren land covered with waste and garbage. He sees all his friends, dressed in rags, picking up the trash and putting it in black bags as more trash falls from above. The devil comes over to him and puts his arm around his shoulder. "I don't understand," stammers the senator. "Yesterday I was here and there
was a golf course and clubhouse, and we ate lobster and caviar, drank champagne, and danced and had a great time. Now there's just a wasteland full of garbage and my friends look
miserable. What happened?" The devil looks at him, smiles and says, "Yesterday we were
campaigning...... Today you voted."

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I Must Have A Crystal Ball...

Why is it a layman like myself can always predict what the experts can't . A new report our today suggests that we maybe in a recession. Dahhhhh! I've been saying this for the last six months. To hell with their figures all you have to do is look around you. Everything you pay for has quadrupled but their figures show a slight increase. Slight increase? I live in California and we hardly ever need to put the heat on. This month my gas bill was $400.00! How the hell does anyone on a fixed income pay this kind of extortion?

I now have illegals knocking on my door looking for construction work which has all but now ended and I can't imagine what all of those illegal construction workers are going to do now that the banks stopped lending money. Watch for a rise in crime. To think that just 6 months ago they were standing in front of Home depot demanding $15.00 to $20.00 an hour.

No more remodels, because they just don't count anymore with appraisals. Who is going to remodel a kitchen now that could cost as much as $80,000.00 or even a bathroom that could run you $25,000.00? Plumbers and Electricians no longer charge $30.00 to $50.00 an hour. They charge upwards of $200.00.00 per hour but you wouldn't probably know these things if you were a couple scraping enough together to buy your first home. The fact is, it costs an arm and a leg along with your first born child to just to maintain your house let alone purchase it. This could be another reason for so many foreclosures. need a new roof? Another $20,000.

The fact that these so called experts are predicting a that if we do hit a recession it will be a quick one should tell you that it will be just the opposite. People are in debt big time and $600.00 is not going to put this country back on top of world economics any time soon. We are headed for Mr. Toads Wild Ride so buckle up
and hang onto your wallet! There is also a report out that 10% of the population in America are moving to other countries. There must be a reason for that.

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Economic Stimulus?

It's the Banking Industry Stupid!

They are the ones killing the economy and making a pinata out of your retirement.

The brainiest of the brainy meet in Washington to discuss an economic stimulus package and every American given $600.00 to pay their electric bill will bring back a thriving economy. Good grief. Where do we get these people from. Mars?

It all makes perfect sense to me. Lets charge the highest interest rates for loans given to those who least can afford it and then look for a tax payer bailout when they walk away from the loan unable to pay.

Do you see the fed lowering the interest rates? Yes. Are they lending money again to middle class borrowers? No. Does it make the interest rate on your credit card go down because it costs the banks less? No. This does nothing to stimulate an economy and continues to rob the middle class of their hard earned money. It only helps the banks.

The next time you hear one of these politicians begging the Fed to lower interest rates as part of stimulus to boost the economy, don't think it has anything to do with helping you. Even if you think you haven't been late on a crdit card payment, read the fine print and find out what your interest rate is. You will probably be shocked to find that your paying as high as 29.75%!
32 States sued the banking industry for fraudulent late charges to accumulate billions in fees and the US government backed the banking industry and they continue to allow them to do it.
It's easy enough to lower the rate. Just call the bank and tell them your going to close the account or switch the balance to another card offering 1% on transfers for the next 12 months.
Whatever you do, don't do that because you acting responsible by not allowing them to rip you off will just lower your credit score. The fact that it's so easy to lower the rate tells me they know they are robbiing you blind. Why did they do it in the first place? Because they know they get that extra money for months before you notice it and they are raking in billions of free money from your pockets. As it stands the banks number one priority is to get every dime out of your pocket and into their clutches. If you don't believe that, just ask yourself why you get 30 pre-approved credit card offers in the mail every week that aren't really pre approved. This is fraudulent advertising and if you are dumb enough to think you really are "pre approved". If you apply, they will check your credit and if they don't like what they see, they deny the card.

Believe it or not, it shows up on your credit report as an enquiry not being specific enough to let the next creditor know if you got the card or not. As far as they see it, they count it as though you did get the card and calculate that into your risk factor and lowering your score. This in turn raises your interest rate. Any enquiry will lower your score. Lets face it, as a consumer, as a borrower, you are a pinata and the corporations and banks are having one hell of a party beating your retirement with a stick.

Now most people do without a lot of what I pay for. Some people will drive without auto insurance. Others have no health insurance and so on. Everyone living in this country should have a right to pay for their basic necessities first before they pay the government a dime. If I'm not mistaken, the IRS still gives the same $700.00 per year deduction for gasoline expense that it did when gas was $1.25 per gallon. If true, this is flat out theft of billions of tax paying dollars. The tax code needs to be simplified and updated to benefit the tax payer not bankrupt him.

$150.00 late fee for a $600.00 car payment that's post marked one hour late? No wonder we have no retirement savings! The banking industry is the blame for the sub prime mortgage problems but yet the poor sucker that can't understand 300 pages of legal mortgage jargon is the one to blame? I have mortgage brokers that have turned over mortgage agreements from one of the top lenders (One That Is Being Sued) to an attorney that can't even understand the details. How the hell is some poor schmuck picking strawberries going to understand it? The banking industry is totally to blame for their own demise and the destruction of the economic health of this country and not one candidate is making this an issue?

Kathleen Austin Fitz gave the best explaination I've heard stating that the "insiders" that are determining the direction of the country are like a tape worm that injects poison into your stomach to change your eating habits. The poison changes your desire to eatwhat you want or need to stay healthy to needs and desires of the tapeworm.

The list below are economic stimulus ideas, not giving people $600.00 to feed back to the corporations ripping you off. I'm sure most of that would be taken by banking fees and corporate accounts anyway. Electric bills, car payments, etc. More corporate welfare is the answer?

OK smart ass, how do we stimulate the economy?

1. How about limits on the banking industry and what they can charge for interest rates? 29.75% interest on a credit card? Let's make it 12% maximum. The reduction to 12% would bring more money to the middle class than George could ever think of giving away as part of an economic stimulus package. They used to arrest mobsters for charging 30% interest on a loan and called it extortion. Now it's common practice within the banking industry.

2. Instead of giving 100 million dollar bonus's to CEO's that bankrupt companies and the economy of the world lets start putting them in jail. After all, you get a bonus for doing a good job, you don't get a bonus for destroying the economy. Lets put confidence back into the system so people will invest without fear of being robbed blind.

3. Lets reestablish the poverty level in this country. A family of four making $7,000.00 a year is not poverty. It's blasphemy. Yet the IRS uses these figures to define poverty for taxation. I have an idea. Lets add up all the basic necessities one needs to be within the law and survive in todays America. Add all the insurances. Again, (corporations). Health insurance, car insurance and house insurance. Security that one should have to protect themselves. Now add utilities, (corporations). Electric, water, gas heat and phone. Add your food, clothing, car payments, mortgage and auto gas. That's 12 substantially large bills a month that you really can't live without. This does not factor in taxes you pay on top of all these bills. Now ask yourself how many checks do you get a month? One? What are the chances your one paycheck four times a month can equal your bills? Zero to none. OK, now we have a problem. I did this in 1999 and the total came to $43,000 per year just to cover basic necessities everyone should have.

4. Lets start charging Corporations $40.00 every time they mistakenly double bill us or $40.00 every time a bank charges you late fees when you aren't late with your payments.

5. Bring the home equity values back to where they were. Give home owners credit for $100,000.00 worth of remodeling they did to gain equity. The banks coming along and changing the rules to only include square footage is just another example of how they are destroying the housing market by depleting the equity in homes even further beyond the drop in housing prices . Granite counter tops mean more to a buyer than tile so why does it mean nothing now to your equity? The reduction of these values evaporated much of the equity borrowers had to invest in new property.

6. Why not charge corporations for the time we spend on the phone trying to get to customer service to close an account. Consumers could rake in billions of dollars in lost time. If the corporations can attend to you immediately to sign you up and take your money, they can sure as hell tend to you to discontinue service.

7. Lets bring back credit scores that where except-able for a mortgage two years ago. Raising the credit score to a score only millionaires have is dissolving the credit applicants. I got my mortgage seven years ago with a credit score or 700 and never missed a payment. It was perfectly fine back then but now because of over reaction you can't get a mortgage with anything lower than 740. Most people that run businesses and utilize credit cards don't have credit scores that high even though their credit is good so it makes little sense to cut off borrowers that otherwise have a great credit history. We need to re-access what constitutes "Bad Credit" as well.
Any meaningless activity on a credit report should not constitute a lower score.

Can you not see the connection here between the elections, corporations, the banking industry and the corruption? This is not an issue with the Presidential candidates? It's not even worth a mention! Are people in America totally blind or just plain numb from the neck up? I can pretty much guarantee a tax payer bailout to the tune of billions even though banks continue to rip off the consumer with fraudulent late charges.

This is the new Mafia but backed by the US Government and we all are the victims. It is costing us, our future and our children's future. Economic stimulus? It sure sounds good doesn't it? Sounds like they care? Sounds like they feel your pain? Yea, believe Hillary's tears and get what you all deserve. That $600.00 will only end up in the pockets of the corporations to pay for your heating oil, electricity, car payment and so on. What the hell is that going to do to stimulate the economy? It's just another corporate welfare program paid again by tax payers. A band-aid to heal a severed artery.

I once heard a friend say, "My mortgage is $4,000.00. When I make a payment only $500.00 goes to the balance and $3,500.00 goes to interest. I can afford to pay my mortgage, I can't afford the interest".

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Presidential Election Reality Show!

Presidential Election Reality Show!

Doesn't seem to matter who wins anymore. If the Democrats win, they raise your taxes and
build bigger government that does nothing for you except take your money. If the Republican's win, they lower your taxes so you have more money to pay corporations so corporations can rasie your living expenses. Both pandering to an ever increasing population of illegal aliens who can't vote anyway. Hmmmm.

There you have it. Two choices. A big fat over stuffed Elephant and a Jack Ass. Have fun at the voting booths!

There is something fundamentally wrong with the election process when the entire process is determined by who can fling the most dirt on the other candidate. Amazingly, these candidates can survive months of campaigning with empty promises and no explanation of how their billion dollar programs will be paid for by a country that's 9 trillion in debt. The election process is an embarrassment. It's no wonder the world looks down on us.

It seems all that is needed are smiles and yes, tears, to get the nomination for the most
powerful position in the world. Is it any wonder our children are growing up with no respect for others when they see politicians lying about one another and using cheap tactics to get ahead? Great role models. A politicians survival guide for children. Great idea for a book!

Why can't they just stick to the issues that American's care so much about? Can't they just tell us how they intend to make change? The answer is simple enough. They can't because they know what ever it is they are promising is nothing but a lie. The direction of this country has already been decided. They can't stick to the issues because they don't really matter and that shows in the campaigns. They have to create the diversions because they have no answers. Hillary can't tell you how she will pay for free health care because there is no way to pay for it without raising your taxes to the point that you could just go out and get it yourself if you had the money. Free health care by raising taxes is not "Free".

In order for us to have a meaningful election we need to take the money out of the process. What ever happened to the $10,000.00 limits on political donations. Everyone knows that who ever donates large amounts of money to a candidate is buying favoritism for a specific need by that donator. No high IQ needed here folks.

Why are all the candidates multi-millionaires? Why do you need 100 million dollars to run for President? Heres an idea. What if the government gave each candidate the same amount of money to run for office. Lets just say an arbitrary figure of 30 million. No one allowed to take donations from any one cause. Each candidate would then be on a level playing field and each would have to show some kind of substance in order to get noticed and elected. Put them all in one house in a reality show and make them live together. We would really get to see what their personalities were like and be able to determine if they were right for the job.

Can you imagine seeing Hillary's temper flare or back when Bill was running, we could see him flirting with the house maid! Can you imagine them being given tasks to complete that would show their integrity and ability to figure out complex issues? They would have to out preform each other with ideas and answers in order to win the nomination. No controlled interviews with planted questions they already know will be asked. What a concept!

The fact is, we would see more of these people's characters and who they really are and we would find out more about them. Shouldn't we know more about the next Commander In Chief of our Armed Forces? Should they have military experience in order to make decisions about going to war? Hate Bush as much as you will but one thing you can't take from the guy is, we haven't been attacked in 7 years. How many times were we attacked in Bill Clinton's term both here and abroad? No one seems to connect that factor.

I'm not sticking up for Bush. God knows he is the Corporate Poster Child refusing to protect
the borders and allowing billions of dollars to disappear in Iraq and I mean by pallet loads.
Run away oil prices and giving the Banking Institutions free range to destroy the economy. I could go on and on but what's the point. weall know how screwed up the country is. The only thing he has to his credit, is that we have not been attacked. His plan to keep our enemy busy fighting in their own countries has worked but it has only delayed the inevitable. We will be attacked again and it will happen under a weaker administration.

Now let's take a look at the new candidates that matter in the upcoming election.
So far this is what we know.... In a nut shell. Good terminology here "Nut Shell".

Billary Clinton: Her Vision of America:

1. Wants to raise taxes and give you "free" health care. That doesn't sound free to me if she is raising your taxes to pay for it.

2. 1/2 of what is the most investigated political couple in history with multiple investigations and strange financial donations coming from China and wealthy dish washers in China Town that donated 10,000.00 each. No one can seem to find them though. If this woman doesn't make it to the White House, she sure as hell can make it in Vegas. I hear there is an opening since that guy with the white tigers got his head bit off. That can't be any worse than running for President and losing. Both will bring tears to your eyes...

3. A true Socialist in every sense of the word and we know what happens in socialistic countries don't we? Do you really want to live like that?

4. Supports redistribution of wealth. The fact is we have plenty of that being imposed by the banks on America's middle class already.

5. Knows how gullible the American public is and really knows when to cry.

6. Expert at throwing stones when living in a glass house.

7. Will be the first woman sitting at the desk in the Oval Office instead of knelling under it.

8. Offering the first, "First lady" that is a man, "Billy Boy". (A victory for the Transsexual community).

9. Where did the money come from to build Bill's Library? Saudia Arabia. Why isn't anyone allowed to view the files? It's the first library where White House records are kept from the public.
So why did they need to build it? Aren't Libraries built for reading?

Barack Obama: His Vision Of America:

1. Obama wants to sit down with Ahmadinejad and work things out...
Anyone see the word MAD in the middle of that name?
Maybe he should sit down with Charlie Manson to get a little experience at this before he embarrasses himself and the world.

2. Has traveled overseas and stuff like that. Gee, I guess I could run.

3. Never quite heard a more boring politician in my life even though he is lauded as an
incredible speaker. Sure don't take much to "Wow" people after George Bush's elegant deliveries.

4. The only change he would bring to the White House is the color of his skin. (Tammy Bruce) I Love this woman! Now this is a woman worthy of the Presidency!

5. Promises to change Washington but doesn't really know how.

6. Loves Opra.

McCain: His Vision of America:

1. Sponsored the McCain Feigold bill that would censure talk radio.

2. Wouldn't mind open borders.

3. Really represents the next corporate poster child.

4. Is this guy really a Republican?

5. Tortured MIA from the Vietnam War and still believes that if we use torture against our enenies, it will cause our enemies to torture us. Uh.... can you remember a war that American GI's weren't tortured in the last 100 years? He maybe to old to remember.

Looks like Billary Clinton scored more points. Obama comes in a close third and poor John McCain is headed for the glue factory. Hillary is the next President of The United States Of America! Congrats Hillary! Have a hanky and dry away those tears!

Of course once the candidates finish slamming each other as to how corrupt and incompetent they are and incapable of the Presidency, they will undoubtably select the runner up of their party as their running mate for Vice President. Does that strike anyone else as odd?

All joking aside, when all is said and done. It will probably be Mccain vs Obama. Eevn if it's Mccain vs Billary it will be a choice of voting for "the same old song and dance" or voting for "the same old song and dance" and will only differ in experience or the lack of to do the job. When your just a puppet I guess neither really matter.

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