A LOOK BACK TO 4/4/11; ARMY LIFE:
I am re-publishing a post originally published on 4/4/11. I invited my childhood friend, fellow Patriot, and Army Wife to give ALL of US the inside story of what life was like Serving our country under the obama regime. Girl...I can't FIND YOU, but once again, I open my blog to you, and actually to ALL MEMBERS of OUR MILITARY FAMILIES, to WRITE YOUR PERSONAL TESTAMENT to what things are like living and raising a family under such tense times.
In my opinion (mind you, I defend him privately to anyone who tries to BRING THE NOISE on President Trump. I've yet to blather on about it here, but SO FAR, I couldn't BE PROUDER of OUR president)...you just publicly watched me, "eat crow," so wallow and move on...
I don't want to tred too far off topic, but wtf, I forgot my afternoon dose of my ADHD medication, soooo..........
I feel like the "swamp," Trump has been promising to 'drain,' is; or rather, what's left of it, is trying to double down to reignite those disenfranchised basement dwellers, the "outcasts" who refused to find a home in the greatest modern-day, "outcast."
RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW, I am LOVING the direction we are headed. I actually feel like we ARE about to MAGA!!!!!
On a side note; I haven't seen My Dad get such a kick out of anything/anybody other than me, since one of my shenanigans didn't dig dip DEEP into his pocket. But if I would have brought Greg Gutfield home when I was in high school, he would have been as welcomed as much as Jorge Murillo (probably spelled wrong).
Anywhoooo, lets get back to brass tacks. The following is the actual account of an Army wife, as recorded on 4/4/11, except for an intro, and most likely an exo from me. I have NOT altered a word. I am republishing this MOSTLY for selfish reasons (not really), I'm inviting the ORIGINAL Army Wife to update us on what it's like to live an Army Life; failing that, PLEASE CONTACT ME, so I can share YOUR STORY on how life is like today; Feb. 17, 2018, for you, your family, and those you love under the Leadership of President Trump. If you can give us an idea of the dichotomy between your life (lives) under obama v/ Trump, all the better. Please either PM me via facebook, OR reply directly via this blog.
PLEASE share this far and wide as I am REALLY trying to SHED the LIGHT on THIS. God Bless You All. Here's the original post:
I am more than a little disturbed by the proposed "budget" presented by Obama. It's a disgrace. His proposed cuts target every vulnerable population (that is/has) ACTUALLY contributed to the system from Medicare to the working poor. President Barack Obama proposed a spending plan to Congress that cuts funding to programs that assist the working poor, help the needy heat their homes, and expand access to graduate-level education, undermining the kind of community-based organizations that helped him launch his political career in Chicago.
It also targets defense spending. I am diametrically opposed to cutting the defense budget to reduce our debt. Reign in that nightmare healthcare bill, CUT WELFARE. At no other time in our great country's history have we been been under attack by enemies both foreign AND domestic...nothing good can come of this.
When they speak of cutting defense, the first to feel the pinch is going to be the men and women in uniform who RISK THEIR LIVES TO KEEP US FREE and their families who sacrifice right along with them. THIS MAKES ME SICK, FOLKS. All the money in the world won't matter when a terrorist kills you or someone you love.
So, in a show of solidarity today and ALWAYS with our troops, I have handed over my blog to a great friend and steadfast Patriot. I was shaking with fury as tears streamed down my face while reading her letter to me. She is a MILITARY WIFE 💝 and I feel she is much more qualified to tell their story than I. But before I do, I'd like to say: GOD Bless you Solider, All Of You. THANK YOU for helping keep us FREE. Here's her story:
As an Army family I can tell you that when Bush was President you had a sense of security. You didn't fear that you could lose your job and stability. Once Obama took office that all changed. We are expendable to him. We don't matter. He makes it obvious.
He has now decided to cut into our programs. As my husband learned today. This could be anything from CYS (daycare, child youth services) to the guards we have at the gates of our posts protecting us from whoever may try to come in with the wrong intentions.
As it stands now there is a year long waiting list to get your child into daycare and they make you pay an army and a leg. If you take away certain programs the waiting list will be longer. They punish the soldier if he has financial problems and then look down upon him. Yet how can we as a family get our finances in order when only one of us can work. You can't even get on the waiting list for daycare unless you have a full time job, so what am I supposed to with my children for a year while I am on the waiting list?
As an E5 my husband makes decent money. But here's the thing: he has been in for 11 years now and we make ALMOST 36000 a year. Something is wrong with that. And yet to Obama he makes too much.
I know people who are so poor that they had to file bankruptcy and when they did their security clearance was taken away so they had to reclass (perform a different job) to basically becoming a truck driver. Which is a suicide job. So you're being punished for living in a country where the economy sucks and you can't provide cause you aren't paid enough.
When I was pregnant with my son we got 0 pay due for the full nine months, meaning we didn't get paid. All because the army claimed my husband owed them money. Which he didn't. We only survived because my sister supported us and we took out loans. They took about 15000 dollars from us claiming he owed them for a 1500 bonus.
The Army in itself sucks. But add on top of that a commander and chief who doesn't respect his soldiers and it's worse. NO ONE FEELS SAFE. We all fear that it will be our turn to be forced out of the military with BS retirement and no disability.
Perfect example: My husband was blown up by an IED overseas. He was fine but he screwed up his back. Now add on walking patrols they do with 80lbs of gear on his back. He has arthritis in his back and degenerative disc disease and if the army decided they would pay for the surgery he could either become paralyzed or sterile. Then when he got out he would get maybe 20 percent disability.
As if all that isn't bad enough he also has PTSD which he was put on antidepressants for. My husband lived with the Iraqi police in their cities and towns he was not protected on a FOB or base so to speak. They were attacked constantly and no one would send out back up to help them. He gained about 60lbs because he was put on all different meds to find the one that worked for him and now the Army has him on what they call a "Profile" for being overweight. He never had and issue with weight he always passed his PT tests and Weigh and tapes but after the meds; he failed. Their answer to that is if he can't lose the weight he will be kicked out of the army.
All the Government wants is to find a way to throw our soldiers out and give them nothing for their troubles. When Bush was in office my husband re-enlisted twice we got thousands of dollars as a bonus (a thank you) for re-enlisting. Obama took that away. Obama feels that if you choose to stay with the Army that is your choice and you shouldn't be rewarded for it. It's his way of getting people out of the Army and it's working.
We have had many things happen to us and our finances are nothing. After some bills are paid from loans we had to take out to survive when they didn't pay us we only bring in about 1400 dollars a month. That pays a 150 dollar car insurance payment, a 200 cell phone bill (which he needs because the Army gets out all information to their soldiers for work days via text or calling)***Then I'd like to know why the government isn't paying for it!!!***, 100 a month credit card bill (which we need to put food on our table) And a 200 dollar cable bill (which people will say we don't need cable) BUT our banking is done online and my children will not be robbed of television or Internet when their father fights for this country. Why should they?
That leaves us with 750. A family of 4 we usually pay about 300 a month in groceries. Gas runs us for both cars about 200 a month (with prices now). And the rest to live off for 30 days. So basically 250 dollars to enjoy life with, clothe my children. We can't go on vacations or take our kids on day trips. We can't go to the movies. We can't eat out. We basically do nothing. And yet Obama wants to take it all away.
80 percent of soldiers you talk to will tell you they hate Obama. If you are military you are Republican (if you are smart) because they are the only ones who support the military. Obama gives us no respect. He doesn't care about us. And he continues to make it painfully obvious. Next he will go after our insurance. Which is the only thing we are in the military for and even that isn't that great. Next we'll have to pay for that too.
I hope this opens your eyes some to our situation. To how it is. And let me tell you everyone I am friends with lives paycheck to paycheck we swap our children's clothes so when one grows out of something it goes to the next neighbors kid that is getting into that size. We share food because by the end of the month we are eating Ramen noodles. Our children don't know what it is to have new clothes, or the newest toys. They get hand me downs. Army family to Army family. The only people in the military that have money are the ones who are lucky enough to have both husband and wife working, Officers, or soldiers who married girls who had money. It's sad!!!
Thanks for giving us a voice.
In GOD We Trust. GOD Bless the USA!!!!
JGG
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I am re-publishing a post originally published on 4/4/11. I invited my childhood friend, fellow Patriot, and Army Wife to give ALL of US the inside story of what life was like Serving our country under the obama regime. Girl...I can't FIND YOU, but once again, I open my blog to you, and actually to ALL MEMBERS of OUR MILITARY FAMILIES, to WRITE YOUR PERSONAL TESTAMENT to what things are like living and raising a family under such tense times.
In my opinion (mind you, I defend him privately to anyone who tries to BRING THE NOISE on President Trump. I've yet to blather on about it here, but SO FAR, I couldn't BE PROUDER of OUR president)...you just publicly watched me, "eat crow," so wallow and move on...
I don't want to tred too far off topic, but wtf, I forgot my afternoon dose of my ADHD medication, soooo..........
I feel like the "swamp," Trump has been promising to 'drain,' is; or rather, what's left of it, is trying to double down to reignite those disenfranchised basement dwellers, the "outcasts" who refused to find a home in the greatest modern-day, "outcast."
RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW, I am LOVING the direction we are headed. I actually feel like we ARE about to MAGA!!!!!
On a side note; I haven't seen My Dad get such a kick out of anything/anybody other than me, since one of my shenanigans didn't dig dip DEEP into his pocket. But if I would have brought Greg Gutfield home when I was in high school, he would have been as welcomed as much as Jorge Murillo (probably spelled wrong).
Anywhoooo, lets get back to brass tacks. The following is the actual account of an Army wife, as recorded on 4/4/11, except for an intro, and most likely an exo from me. I have NOT altered a word. I am republishing this MOSTLY for selfish reasons (not really), I'm inviting the ORIGINAL Army Wife to update us on what it's like to live an Army Life; failing that, PLEASE CONTACT ME, so I can share YOUR STORY on how life is like today; Feb. 17, 2018, for you, your family, and those you love under the Leadership of President Trump. If you can give us an idea of the dichotomy between your life (lives) under obama v/ Trump, all the better. Please either PM me via facebook, OR reply directly via this blog.
PLEASE share this far and wide as I am REALLY trying to SHED the LIGHT on THIS. God Bless You All. Here's the original post:
I am more than a little disturbed by the proposed "budget" presented by Obama. It's a disgrace. His proposed cuts target every vulnerable population (that is/has) ACTUALLY contributed to the system from Medicare to the working poor. President Barack Obama proposed a spending plan to Congress that cuts funding to programs that assist the working poor, help the needy heat their homes, and expand access to graduate-level education, undermining the kind of community-based organizations that helped him launch his political career in Chicago.
It also targets defense spending. I am diametrically opposed to cutting the defense budget to reduce our debt. Reign in that nightmare healthcare bill, CUT WELFARE. At no other time in our great country's history have we been been under attack by enemies both foreign AND domestic...nothing good can come of this.
When they speak of cutting defense, the first to feel the pinch is going to be the men and women in uniform who RISK THEIR LIVES TO KEEP US FREE and their families who sacrifice right along with them. THIS MAKES ME SICK, FOLKS. All the money in the world won't matter when a terrorist kills you or someone you love.
So, in a show of solidarity today and ALWAYS with our troops, I have handed over my blog to a great friend and steadfast Patriot. I was shaking with fury as tears streamed down my face while reading her letter to me. She is a MILITARY WIFE 💝 and I feel she is much more qualified to tell their story than I. But before I do, I'd like to say: GOD Bless you Solider, All Of You. THANK YOU for helping keep us FREE. Here's her story:
As an Army family I can tell you that when Bush was President you had a sense of security. You didn't fear that you could lose your job and stability. Once Obama took office that all changed. We are expendable to him. We don't matter. He makes it obvious.
He has now decided to cut into our programs. As my husband learned today. This could be anything from CYS (daycare, child youth services) to the guards we have at the gates of our posts protecting us from whoever may try to come in with the wrong intentions.
As it stands now there is a year long waiting list to get your child into daycare and they make you pay an army and a leg. If you take away certain programs the waiting list will be longer. They punish the soldier if he has financial problems and then look down upon him. Yet how can we as a family get our finances in order when only one of us can work. You can't even get on the waiting list for daycare unless you have a full time job, so what am I supposed to with my children for a year while I am on the waiting list?
As an E5 my husband makes decent money. But here's the thing: he has been in for 11 years now and we make ALMOST 36000 a year. Something is wrong with that. And yet to Obama he makes too much.
I know people who are so poor that they had to file bankruptcy and when they did their security clearance was taken away so they had to reclass (perform a different job) to basically becoming a truck driver. Which is a suicide job. So you're being punished for living in a country where the economy sucks and you can't provide cause you aren't paid enough.
When I was pregnant with my son we got 0 pay due for the full nine months, meaning we didn't get paid. All because the army claimed my husband owed them money. Which he didn't. We only survived because my sister supported us and we took out loans. They took about 15000 dollars from us claiming he owed them for a 1500 bonus.
The Army in itself sucks. But add on top of that a commander and chief who doesn't respect his soldiers and it's worse. NO ONE FEELS SAFE. We all fear that it will be our turn to be forced out of the military with BS retirement and no disability.
Perfect example: My husband was blown up by an IED overseas. He was fine but he screwed up his back. Now add on walking patrols they do with 80lbs of gear on his back. He has arthritis in his back and degenerative disc disease and if the army decided they would pay for the surgery he could either become paralyzed or sterile. Then when he got out he would get maybe 20 percent disability.
As if all that isn't bad enough he also has PTSD which he was put on antidepressants for. My husband lived with the Iraqi police in their cities and towns he was not protected on a FOB or base so to speak. They were attacked constantly and no one would send out back up to help them. He gained about 60lbs because he was put on all different meds to find the one that worked for him and now the Army has him on what they call a "Profile" for being overweight. He never had and issue with weight he always passed his PT tests and Weigh and tapes but after the meds; he failed. Their answer to that is if he can't lose the weight he will be kicked out of the army.
All the Government wants is to find a way to throw our soldiers out and give them nothing for their troubles. When Bush was in office my husband re-enlisted twice we got thousands of dollars as a bonus (a thank you) for re-enlisting. Obama took that away. Obama feels that if you choose to stay with the Army that is your choice and you shouldn't be rewarded for it. It's his way of getting people out of the Army and it's working.
We have had many things happen to us and our finances are nothing. After some bills are paid from loans we had to take out to survive when they didn't pay us we only bring in about 1400 dollars a month. That pays a 150 dollar car insurance payment, a 200 cell phone bill (which he needs because the Army gets out all information to their soldiers for work days via text or calling)***Then I'd like to know why the government isn't paying for it!!!***, 100 a month credit card bill (which we need to put food on our table) And a 200 dollar cable bill (which people will say we don't need cable) BUT our banking is done online and my children will not be robbed of television or Internet when their father fights for this country. Why should they?
That leaves us with 750. A family of 4 we usually pay about 300 a month in groceries. Gas runs us for both cars about 200 a month (with prices now). And the rest to live off for 30 days. So basically 250 dollars to enjoy life with, clothe my children. We can't go on vacations or take our kids on day trips. We can't go to the movies. We can't eat out. We basically do nothing. And yet Obama wants to take it all away.
80 percent of soldiers you talk to will tell you they hate Obama. If you are military you are Republican (if you are smart) because they are the only ones who support the military. Obama gives us no respect. He doesn't care about us. And he continues to make it painfully obvious. Next he will go after our insurance. Which is the only thing we are in the military for and even that isn't that great. Next we'll have to pay for that too.
I hope this opens your eyes some to our situation. To how it is. And let me tell you everyone I am friends with lives paycheck to paycheck we swap our children's clothes so when one grows out of something it goes to the next neighbors kid that is getting into that size. We share food because by the end of the month we are eating Ramen noodles. Our children don't know what it is to have new clothes, or the newest toys. They get hand me downs. Army family to Army family. The only people in the military that have money are the ones who are lucky enough to have both husband and wife working, Officers, or soldiers who married girls who had money. It's sad!!!
Thanks for giving us a voice.
In GOD We Trust. GOD Bless the USA!!!!
JGG
original post at http://politicalpatrol.blogspot.com
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