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   KNUCKLEHEAD on February 14, 2007 at 1:09 am

   Sorry to bring this up, but it may be of interest to those with families, who have youngsters thinking about those enlistment bonuses. It also may be of interest to every one who just doesn`t have enough on his/her mind, in regard to the wounded soldiers returning to the debt they accrued by being hurt in battle. This is effn too rude.

   Soldiers Back From War Fight Different Battle

   POSTED: 4:20 pm EST February 13, 2007
   UPDATED: 5:54 pm EST February 13, 2007
   PITTSBURGH — Soldiers who were paralyzed, suffered brain damage and lost limbs owe the government enlistment bonus money.
   They must pay the money back because they didn’t fulfill their tour of duty.
   Bob Truska, who was in the Navy, got an honorable discharge for what the Navy calls a personality disorder.
   One year later, he got a bill for more than $3,000, part of his $7,000 enlistment bonus.
   Bob said, “I didn’t know of anything I had to pay back after I got out of the military.”
   The Navy said his honorable discharge “does not exempt him from recoupement of the unearned enlistment bonus, and his personality disorder is not a disability but could interfere with assignment or performance of duty.”
   According to the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, each month from October 2005 through October of 2006, at least 600 members of the military and as many as 1,100 have owed bonus debts totaling anywhere from $2.5 million dollars each month to $4 million.
   The money comes from skyrocketing enlistment and re-enlistment bonuses being offered to lure recruits and keep experienced troops in uniform.
   Just this past year, the Army doubled its top bonus from $20,000 to $40,000.

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   dada on February 14, 2007 at 2:01 am

   cassandra wilson…w/ a great live version of the son house classic: death letter…..enjoy

   march on the pentagon: 3.17.07

   Draft Al Gore: 2008

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   floridagal on February 14, 2007 at 2:27 am

   Wolf Blitzer and Howard Dean on February 1st, Situation Room.

   Transcript excerpt:

   BLITZER: One final quick question. Al Gore, he supported you back in 2004 when you were running for president. Now he’s expected to win an Oscar. He’s being nominated for a Nobel prize. Should he get back into this presidential race?

   DEAN: Again, I’m not going to get into that, but I certainly think he deserves the Oscar and Nobel Prize.

   Look, this guy, who is a good friend, a wonderful friend, a courageous friend, has done more to affect public policy than anybody I can think of in the last few years. Al Gore and the people who helped him make that movie — and it wasn’t just Al, but it was others — have — have totally changed the way Americans look at global warming.

   The president of the United States has tried to pretend that global warming hasn’t existed for six years. He has bullied scientists who are concerned about this, as has his administration. And because of the efforts led by Al Gore, we are really doing — dealing with the issue that may be the most important issue to face this planet as long as humankind has existed on it.

   So I think he deserves whatever awards he gets for doing that.

   Me, too.  He deserves every award.

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   pshropshire on February 15, 2007 at 12:05 am

   You’re looking for Blues here? How about this:

   
   Hendrix Medley by Tuck and Patti
   Uploaded by Steelydan

   Philip Shropshire
   http://www.threeriversonline.com

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     dada on February 15, 2007 at 12:29 am

     it’s a shame they aren’t more well know…thanks, and welcome aboard.

     march on the pentagon: 3.17.07

     Draft Al Gore: 2008