The War in Iraq Costs

[BlueCat]

702.00 per person ....1580.00 per household

and total? See how much it is costing your state as well as your community

http://costofwar.com/

[amsterdam]

quality web-site with tons of reliable info.lol

[BlueCat]

Have you ever heard the saying if you don't have anything nice to say shut up?
This is a non bias site. I suppose you think the war is free? Oh no I bet you think it is all paid for by Bush. lol You never post any links to anything. You just run that illiterate mouth of yours. Join the marines you little coward...

[nicholasstanko]

Yeh, amsterdam sits there and bawls about not being able to join because of his felony. WHATEVER! My friend signed up for the navy even though he had a misdemeanor for pot AND a 1.3 GPA! This guy sits there and i remember him talking about how him and his friends did "quite well" in the stock market and even bought a few houses! I wonder how amsterdam got the capital to invest in enough stocks to buy a house...chee could it have been from a silver spoon in his mouth or maybe he won it off of terrorists in a craps game or maybe he robbed an old couple while on his felony spree. This guy has gotta be some 80 year old geriatric in florida somewhere. He's as senile as Bush.

[amsterdam]

you said it yourself dumbass,what kind of charge did your friend have?

i got from what we call a J-O-B.

you dont have to save alot of money for down payment on a house.dont you have one?

[nicholasstanko]

you said it yourself dumbass,what kind of charge did your friend have?

i got from what we call a J-O-B.

you dont have to save alot of money for down payment on a house.dont you have one?


No i don't! Its funny how you are out being a fucked up kid amassing felonies but yet you still have time to have a job that pays enough for your down payment AND invest in the stock market reaping enormous profits! Amsterdam you should be President! I'd salute you with one finger and scream "ALL REJOICE FOR PRESIDENT ASSHOLIO!"

[amsterdam]

i am 26 years old now.i fucking grew up and went back to school.you dont have to tell me that being a felon is loser,i know it is.i was stupid and did not see a bigger picture until i got older.anyone that cant get their life together in america,the land of chances dosent deserve to make it.

dropped out,lived in holland two years and traveled the world,came back and went to school and busted my ass to get my job.i must have applied to 200 companies before i finished.luck and hard work buddy,no free rides here,my mom is a secretary for the city of galveston and my dad died when i was three.silver spoon??

[BlueCat]

again.... If the felony occurred when you were a juvenile you have a better chance of getting in the military....thats direct from the army website...and the marines which is what you belong in... MARINES trust me..they will take you. I have 2 friends WITH felonies as adults that got in...whats the harm in checking with them...or are you ALL MOUTH?

[BlueCat]

i am 26 years old now.i fucking grew up and went back to school.you dont have to tell me that being a felon is loser,i know it is.i was stupid and did not see a bigger picture until i got older.anyone that cant get their life together in america,the land of chances dosent deserve to make it.

dropped out,lived in holland two years and traveled the world,came back and went to school and busted my ass to get my job.i must have applied to 200 companies before i finished.luck and hard work buddy,no free rides here,my mom is a secretary for the city of galveston and my dad died when i was three.silver spoon??

I grew up in Galveston..coming from there you would think you would have a more open mind...but then I left before Texas was Bushwacked.


You are using the felon bit as an excuse for cowardise...

[amsterdam]

let me repeat myself slowly this time,i already tried to go,they were very sketchy about my record and at the time i was in school so they wanted me to finish this and that.

do you work for the marine corps?

[BlueCat]

Whats the harm in asking again...they really need people now...go on ask them..

[amsterdam]

what streets did you live on in g-town?

[amsterdam]

I grew up in Galveston..coming from there you would think you would have a more open mind...but then I left before Texas was Bushwacked.


You are using the felon bit as an excuse for cowardise...


what school did you go to?

[nicholasstanko]

let me repeat myself slowly this time,i already tried to go,they were very sketchy about my record and at the time i was in school so they wanted me to finish this and that.

do you work for the marine corps?


Yes, but time and time again she's reminded you that NOW it doesnt matter! Not two years ago! Youre running from the issue. She says your a coward because you wont even sign up because of a felony excuse. She's provided all kinds of resources for you to circumvent the regulations that have been unofficially scrapped. All you've done is repeat the same statement over about a felony that's bunk to you signing up. Real American ideal you seem to be living. I seem to remember the Vietnam war reports i read for a school project where 16 year olds were being sent in to fight to make up for dwindling troop resources. 16 year old kids had more balls than you and im sure they wouldve rather been out doing the explore the world thing than getting shot at overseas.

[amsterdam]

vietnam?you gotta move on guy.lol.

[amsterdam]

true blues.

[BlueCat]

I lived on 45th street and on P 1/2 before the neighborhood went bad..and I lived out on the west end beach for a while...I went to Island elem and Rosenberg.. St. Mary's and OConnell I was in school during busing and went to Booker T as well. I also went to Weis.

[amsterdam]

how cool is that!!my mother lives off 47 and woodrow and i grew up in cedar lawn.i went to trinity episcopal until 6 grade and then moved to clear lake in intermediate school.

you should have stayed and worked for the city,you could retire next year with my mom on he partially privatized social security and bought a house on the beach.oh well.

i love galveston though,the strand is great in the summer,lots of great art,.

[BlueCat]

Every time anyone brings up a past war DAM DAM you make a remark about that being a long time ago..or as you just did "move on" tell me have you had a history class?

Have you not heard...Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

[BlueCat]

I used to work at Clear Lake hospital..

[amsterdam]

nice.that entire area has multiplied by about 100 times.galveston to houston is just a big metropolis.i will never move back,something my mom will never understand.

[BlueCat]

Galveston is a beautiful place...it is the only place in Texas I like...

[amsterdam]

austin is very nice,the river in New Braunsfuls is a blast.

[BlueCat]

Crime is too high in Austin..

[amsterdam]

i believe it,that was the only place in texas where i was approached on 6th street out of the blue and asked if i want some heroin.funny.

[BlueCat]

Galveston was a rough place to go to school has it change any?
I lived in Kerrville too. I have lived all over Texas but I left to go to school in Arkansas then followed Clinton's presidency...and moved to Canada when Bush got in.

[amsterdam]

its gotten a little better but ball high is still all gangs.the star quarterback got arrested a couple of years ago after the state football championship on 1st degree murder charges.he had a full ride to U.T. and decided to rob a store and shoot the owner.

[nicholasstanko]

LOL. BlueCat dont let him flatter you! "Amsterdam let me show you how your view is fundamentally flawed..." *amsterdam* " austin's very nice this time of year". "Amsterdam let me post this link proving my claim's validity..." *amsterdam* I've heard of some very nice retirement packages for galveston that they have nowadays". Amsterdam answer some goddamn questions instead of taking the politician route.

[amsterdam]

LOL. BlueCat dont let him flatter you! "Amsterdam let me show you how your view is fundamentally flawed..." *amsterdam* " austin's very nice this time of year". "Amsterdam let me post this link proving my claim's validity..." *amsterdam* I've heard of some very nice retirement packages for galveston that they have nowadays". Amsterdam answer some goddamn questions instead of taking the politician route.


who are you again? :confused:

[amsterdam]

im done early today,heading home and then out drinking,i will return on monday to be put in my place by stinky or stankass whatever.lol.but until then.you guys do your best helping people and fighting a "fair" "kind" war.

until then kiddies.

p.s. please tell me you are still in canada bluecat,youve sold out the south!J/K

[BlueCat]

its ok Nic just opening a dialog here....lol
I still think Dam Dam is avoiding the issue of serving his country.....I can't blame him... He does not want to die...but I think anyone that enjoys the spoils of war should go see it first hand...

[BlueCat]

im done early today,heading home and then out drinking,i will return on monday to be put in my place by stinky or stankass whatever.lol.but until then.you guys do your best helping people and fighting a "fair" "kind" war.

until then kiddies.

p.s. please tell me you are still in canada bluecat,youve sold out the south!J/K

Thank you I'll take that as a compliment.

[Marlboroman]

Galveston was a rough place to go to school has it change any?
I lived in Kerrville too. I have lived all over Texas but I left to go to school in Arkansas then followed Clinton's presidency...and moved to Canada when Bush got in.


Hey Blue, when did you go to Kerville?... I grew up in Cibolo, thats northeast San Antonio.

[BlueCat]

I went to HS 1981 at Tivy in Kerrville...wow it is a small world...

[Marlboroman]

Your same age as my brother i guess. Im a bit younger tho. but ya small world indeed. Samuel Clemens we all went to.

[mellow mood]

i agree sometimes amsterdam u should just shut up. but i dont wanna offense you.

[nicholasstanko]

Amsterdam should smoke more. Everyone should. That's a fact thats irrefutable

[mellow mood]

yes. i should even smoke more, but im too busy drinkin beer and trying to focus on something to get sick.

lol jk

[makor01]

the cost of war is crazy...stop and consider that when a soldier dies, the family is entitled to at LEAST 100k in SGLI, thats just the min coverage, most upped it to 200k with the war. And how about each time a milti million dollar tank, or BFV, gets blown up or whatever...the cost is unfathomable.

[BlueCat]

the really sad thing is all the injured soldiers that are forgotten and are not getting help after returning home. I find it disgusting...soldiers many with severe injuries, are given little help to gain access to military doctors.
I have read about injured soldiers sometimes having to pay their own medical bills or going into debt because their active-duty tours end and they are physically unable to go back to their civilian jobs.

As of April more than one-third of injured soldiers who applied to have their benefits extended were denied....Yet they can pay those civilian contractors millions!

And why do they always bring the soldiers home under the cover of darkness?

[makor01]

i cant speak for anyone else who was injured, but i havent had to pay a dime of my medical bills...and trust me theyre through the roof i bet. Granted i still have all my limbs (thank god) but the cost of physical therapy, medicine, and not to mention the 2 weeks i was in ICU in a coma, oh and now im fighting a pain killer addiction (yay). But yeah cat, i have heard of some soldiers coming back getting the shaft, and it makes me sick. After paying the price like many of us did, i think we deserve some help getting on with our lives.

As for the under the cover of darkness thing...im not too sure about that...i made it home and it was daylight but that was after being at Ram AFB in germany. Maybe it has something to do with the time diff? Im not sure tho.

[BlueCat]

Injured soldiers evacuated to the U.S. never arrive in the light of day -- and the Pentagon has yet to offer a satisfactory explanation why.

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/03/15/1454212

http://www.brettcody.com/wounded.htm

there are a lot of article like this...it maybe well be the time difference...
A lot of the people having problems are reservist...and there are so many reservist in this war!

[makor01]

well you also know that they dont want us seeing the wounded, probably because it would be a morale problem. That may be another another good reason. The only problem with that is that this war is fo tv friendly that we already have seen most of the wounded soldiers, and iraqies.

[mellow mood]

what are you guys all talkin bout. hey


HEY



HEY!!!!


bush is happy, thats the point!! he got his oil, his actions went up, he made cash, and USA is in ruins!!! long live to Bush!!!! god bless those who choose to protect USA freedom!!


GO BLESS AMERICA!!! GOD IS in america's side!!! lets use god as we want!! yea!!

[makor01]

ok mellow that didnt make any sense....thanks for the useful post. Ill just dismiss that one as an "im stoned" post.

[mellow mood]

in my world i call that "sarcasm"

[mellow mood]

and yes im stoned :)