VA, fear us! Hehe.
We're in Hampton, we've got a hotel, we've got the truck back, we've returned the rental, the pets are alive and well somewhat happy, the kids are alive and mommy and daddy are too.
Next up to find a house. Let's say the one at Langley is um, well, I've never seen 8 Senior NCOs (to include two Chiefs) crammed into one building. Unless that puppy has an engorgement charm or is hiding the TARDIS, there's no way in hell it has 4 bedrooms big enough for my family.
Off to WAL-MART!!!
26 June 2009
14 June 2009
Happy Birthday USA
234 years old, and still doing a heck of a job! Happy Birthday to America's Army!
11 June 2009
I found something of interest in DC
It isn't there yet, but I wanna go when they get there.
Bombshell Betty's Pinup Workshop.
I love having eclectic friends that do out of the ordinary things. Life is so much more interesting that way.
Bombshell Betty's Pinup Workshop.
I love having eclectic friends that do out of the ordinary things. Life is so much more interesting that way.
05 June 2009
The house, the house, the house is...
Packed. 12 1/2 crates, and 2 days later my goods are on a truck somewhere in Italy heading to VA. Yay!!!! 2 more weeks and I'm on the way too!
29 May 2009
Clarification
For my beloved Boyd. *Update your blog! Purty pleeze?*
Can't run until I'm 35, which happens in 2013. I would be the VP mate.
Some stances on the issues...
1. No perks for office. Cattle car, no 1st class crap. Fast food, no 5* restaurants. If you don't want to foot the bill, why the hell should the tax payer?
2. Term limits on Congress. If they want only 2 terms for the Pres, they only get 2 terms. (I'm personally against term limits but if its good for the goose, its good for the gander.)
3. Congress would be salary capped at the same amount the Pres gets. They wouldn't be allowed to vote a pay raise without a Federal ballot to the voters. Keeps 'em more honest if they have to ask to get more money for not giving any more services.
4. Mandatory 2 years of service to your nation. The military is NOT an option - ie, you could join but not for 2 years, keep enlistments at what they currently are length wise. If you serve, you avoid the 2 year commitment, but you commit to more time that way. You could build roads, string power lines, clean streets, install drainage pipes, run irrigation lines, et cetera as forms of service to your nation.
5. Pay raise for the military, NOT tied to inflation so you're just above poverty level.
6. Flat tax rate - 10-15% off the top. Removal of tax shelters, and implementation of punishment via heavy fines for hiding funds in off-shore accounts, Swiss numbered accounts, et cetera. Total chucking of the 'tax code' currently in use.
7. Removal of ALL perks for those out of office - no security, no free rides, no nada. The military has to bust ass for 20 years to get retirement benefits, why the hell should a politician that sits on their ass get anything after only 8 years?
8. No gifts from anyone over $300. The US military lives by this rule, why the hell should an elected official with more money get a pass on ethics?
9. A serious issue is why are the 'servants' being paid more than their masters?
10. Raising the military and teachers to the status they belong on - why are those who lay their lives down, and educate your young worth less $$ wise than fake tits and fat cats?
Does that help? :D
Can't run until I'm 35, which happens in 2013. I would be the VP mate.
Some stances on the issues...
1. No perks for office. Cattle car, no 1st class crap. Fast food, no 5* restaurants. If you don't want to foot the bill, why the hell should the tax payer?
2. Term limits on Congress. If they want only 2 terms for the Pres, they only get 2 terms. (I'm personally against term limits but if its good for the goose, its good for the gander.)
3. Congress would be salary capped at the same amount the Pres gets. They wouldn't be allowed to vote a pay raise without a Federal ballot to the voters. Keeps 'em more honest if they have to ask to get more money for not giving any more services.
4. Mandatory 2 years of service to your nation. The military is NOT an option - ie, you could join but not for 2 years, keep enlistments at what they currently are length wise. If you serve, you avoid the 2 year commitment, but you commit to more time that way. You could build roads, string power lines, clean streets, install drainage pipes, run irrigation lines, et cetera as forms of service to your nation.
5. Pay raise for the military, NOT tied to inflation so you're just above poverty level.
6. Flat tax rate - 10-15% off the top. Removal of tax shelters, and implementation of punishment via heavy fines for hiding funds in off-shore accounts, Swiss numbered accounts, et cetera. Total chucking of the 'tax code' currently in use.
7. Removal of ALL perks for those out of office - no security, no free rides, no nada. The military has to bust ass for 20 years to get retirement benefits, why the hell should a politician that sits on their ass get anything after only 8 years?
8. No gifts from anyone over $300. The US military lives by this rule, why the hell should an elected official with more money get a pass on ethics?
9. A serious issue is why are the 'servants' being paid more than their masters?
10. Raising the military and teachers to the status they belong on - why are those who lay their lives down, and educate your young worth less $$ wise than fake tits and fat cats?
Does that help? :D
Machinations to office
Oh my fellow American patriots, harken well and tell me your thoughts.
If 2 women ran for office (1 black, 1 white), with military backgrounds and world travel. Polyglots both, historians, and deeply service orientated. Mother and Maiden, strong on the military, and internal issues.
Would you vote for them?
If 2 women ran for office (1 black, 1 white), with military backgrounds and world travel. Polyglots both, historians, and deeply service orientated. Mother and Maiden, strong on the military, and internal issues.
Would you vote for them?
26 May 2009
Ahhh, knowledge
I love acquiring it, and I see it as a goal to learn something new every day. With the help of a fellow blogger, far more knowledgeable than I, I've learned several new things and re-enforced other things.
May I have the honor of introducing Paleoglot? The man is near to a fount of Etruscan knowledge, though I got to him through analysis of the Piacenza liver. His analysis is very well reasoned, though many of the technicalities of Etruscan language escape me.
I suggest you have a good root around his archives, they're really interesting. He also uses tags much more efficiently than I do. For anyone who desires a deeper understanding of linguistics and proper study of them versus what's sold to many a college student of the modern world, he is a breath of fresh air. For the layman, he may be too technical but fall back to learning something new every day, a term perhaps?, and you'll be able to understand him and rationally look at proto constructions of language with a critical and more informed eye and ear.
May I have the honor of introducing Paleoglot? The man is near to a fount of Etruscan knowledge, though I got to him through analysis of the Piacenza liver. His analysis is very well reasoned, though many of the technicalities of Etruscan language escape me.
I suggest you have a good root around his archives, they're really interesting. He also uses tags much more efficiently than I do. For anyone who desires a deeper understanding of linguistics and proper study of them versus what's sold to many a college student of the modern world, he is a breath of fresh air. For the layman, he may be too technical but fall back to learning something new every day, a term perhaps?, and you'll be able to understand him and rationally look at proto constructions of language with a critical and more informed eye and ear.
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