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Posted: Mar. 12 2004,10:04 am |
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Just got off the phone just now. He is in the 1st Marines out of Camp Pendleton. He is based in Ramadi, Iraq right now. Lotsa folks over there are not hearing from back home and moral sounds kinda low. Said they had 2 Army troops killed by a mortar attack there at the base yesterday.
It kinda sucks where they're at. Farmers come out to wave and greet them on the convoy coming in, but once in the city, people run up to them and spit on their vehicles and them. I would imagine that is because they are in the Sunni Triangle, which is Pro-Saddam.
Anyway, that was the first time we've heard from him since he was deployed there and it was great talking with him. We'll be sending out a care package to him today. I highly encourage EVERYONE that knows anyone in Iraq to send magazines, newspapers, books, etc. and even if you don't know anyone there, call your nearest US Military base and ask where you can send care packages to. Please don't forget all of our brave men and women that continue to put their lives on the line to preserve our precious way of life.
God Bless the USA and God Bless our Troops
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Posted: Mar. 12 2004,10:31 am |
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my next door nieghbor is a federal firefighter, and they have offered him $100k tax free US dollars, to serve on the Iraqi fire dept.
Would any of you go for that kind of money?
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Posted: Mar. 12 2004,11:45 am |
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Hell yeah!..
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Posted: Mar. 12 2004,11:50 am |
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Quote (GoFastRacer @ Mar. 12 2004,11:45 am) | Hell yeah!..  |
too many americans are still dieing over there for me to consider that
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Posted: Mar. 12 2004,11:53 am |
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I look at it when my time is up, it'll happen no matter where I'm at!..
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Posted: Mar. 12 2004,11:59 am |
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thats true, allthough $100k tax free does sound good, I would give the wife $60k and I would spend $40k on a new boat(as a down payment of course), $40k just seems to not go far in the boat world these days.
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Posted: Mar. 12 2004,12:12 pm |
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Quote (brokedown @ Mar. 12 2004,12:59 pm) | thats true, allthough $100k tax free does sound good, I would give the wife $60k and I would spend $40k on a new boat(as a down payment of course), $40k just seems to not go far in the boat world these days. |
Sure does sound good!.
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Posted: Mar. 12 2004,12:13 pm |
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Yeah just go over to "Jim's Boat World"!..
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Posted: Mar. 12 2004,1:05 pm |
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I would love to have a HTM
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Posted: Mar. 12 2004,7:13 pm |
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it is just ironic that the people that are making the least amount of money over there are putting their lives on the line
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Posted: Mar. 13 2004,5:02 am |
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Quote (BigBoyToys @ Mar. 12 2004,9:12 pm) | Quote (brokedown @ Mar. 12 2004,7:13 pm) | it is just ironic that the people that are making the least amount of money over there are putting their lives on the line |
Yeah, I don't get it.  We (the USA) are paying the new Iraqi soldiers MORE than we are paying our own  What's up with that? |
Yeah something wrong with that picture huh!..
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Posted: Mar. 13 2004,5:14 am |
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Quote (BigBoyToys @ Mar. 13 2004,6:04 am) | Â But, low pay or not, I'll continue to support our troops 100% |
Amen!.
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