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Obama says 'no' to pensions for WW II Alaska guards
MClatchy ^ | 9/26/09 | Erika Bolsted

Posted on 09/26/2009 9:20:16 PM PDT by Nachum

WASHINGTON -- In a strongly worded message to Congress outlining its priorities for a military spending bill, the Obama administration today said it disapproved of including money for pensions for 26 elderly members of the World War II-era Alaska Territorial Guard.

The Guardsmen are among those assigned to protect Alaska from the Japanese during World War II.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhofascism; democrats; education; givernment; healthcare; military; no; obama; obamacare; palin; pensions; politics; sarahpalin; says; veterans
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To: calex59

They were.


41 posted on 09/26/2009 9:45:12 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (A mob of one.)
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To: Shadowstrike

I bet Obama couldn’t pass the most basic eighth grade quiz on World War II, not could his delighted supporters.


42 posted on 09/26/2009 9:45:15 PM PDT by Theodore R.
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To: Nachum

I strongly suspect that Obama will rue the multiple times he’s dissed and insulted the vets of this country.

When the balloon goes up — and that could happen any day at this rate — with the exception of some of the black troopers who, sadly, will be more motivated by race than a desire to save the nation, the bulk of those folks will be on the right side of the barricades.

We COULD see a 7 days in May scenario come down.


43 posted on 09/26/2009 9:46:12 PM PDT by Dick Bachert (THE 2010 ELECTIONS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT IN OUR LIFETIMES! BE THERE!!!)
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To: Nachum

So many negative terms fail when it comes to describing this pretender.

He is a national embarrassment.


44 posted on 09/26/2009 9:46:43 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Ded Kennedy, Stealing from the middle class for nearly 40 years to end poverty.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

I think we all know why this decision was made.

Funny you mention the Globe and the Obama enemies list. I saw that, too. Sarah was #4, with Glenn Beck on top, Larry Sinclair at #2 and I think either Hannity or O’Reilly at #3.

Of course last week they said that Bush was suicidal and that Laura had left him over his cheating on her with Condi Rice.

How about some of his enemies team up. Glenn can fly out to Alaska. Apparently he’s already in Seattle today so he’s fairly close. He can do a show with Sarah, Sen Murkowsi, Sean Parnell would probably show up, even Begich seems to be behind this although I doubt he’d show. If Glenn doesn’t want to, I’d think Greta would probably fly out. As long as she gets another ride on the snow machine.

But they can get all or most of the 26 guardsmen on and demand action. Obama will cave. It’s not really all that much money, but it would be a good thing to do and would be very good pr. It would even tie in with the health care debate and the elderly. Once again, Obama cutting costs at the expense of the elderly. If he won’t even step up for men who defended this nation from the original Axis how do we expect him to step up for anyone else.

This could be an issue like how Reagan used the Panama Canal as his pet issue. Call him out on abandoning veterans.


45 posted on 09/26/2009 9:46:54 PM PDT by jeltz25
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To: Nachum

What a worthless vile pile of garbage he is.


46 posted on 09/26/2009 9:47:11 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache
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To: Eagles2003

I think it is a possibility.


47 posted on 09/26/2009 9:47:34 PM PDT by unkus
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To: advance_copy

Birth certificate or no, Obama is un-American.
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He’s one Evil sonovabitch!


48 posted on 09/26/2009 9:48:44 PM PDT by unkus
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To: cranked

What has happened to the America we love.

Obummer’s AmeriKa is not a good place to be.


49 posted on 09/26/2009 9:50:01 PM PDT by ncfool (Cash for Clunkers - A big failure and Obama and rats want us to trust them with our healthcare!)
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To: Theodore R.
which eighth grade quiz? The one we took, or the ‘new and improved’ version which has nothing to do with facts? :)
50 posted on 09/26/2009 9:50:38 PM PDT by Shadowstrike (Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
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To: Dick Bachert
We COULD see a 7 days in May scenario come down.

I thought that from day 1 ...

51 posted on 09/26/2009 9:51:04 PM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Nachum

Beck needs to get this.


52 posted on 09/26/2009 9:52:34 PM PDT by my small voice (A biased media and an uneducated public is the biggest threat to our democracy)
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To: Nachum

J*ck O*f


53 posted on 09/26/2009 9:54:44 PM PDT by Outlaw Woman (In defense of Liberty.........Radicalism may be necessary.)
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To: Nachum

His mother would have been speaking with an accent had these men not served.

This is BS.

They are really old and it’s only 26 guys.

Give it to them.


54 posted on 09/26/2009 9:56:56 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
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To: Nachum

This guy is NOT as smart as people think he is or he’d understand that he will need a loyal military to pull off the coup he and Soros have planned. I suspect his hubris and arrogance have overcome his reason, something that frequently happens within the narcissist personality.

As another poster has observed, Obama doesn’t know the First Law of Holes: WHEN YOU REACH THE BOTTOM, STOP DIGGING!

He’s standing in his own political grave and it’s now too deep for him to climb out.


55 posted on 09/26/2009 9:57:12 PM PDT by Dick Bachert (THE 2010 ELECTIONS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT IN OUR LIFETIMES! BE THERE!!!)
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To: Nachum

He’d rather keep giving millions to those fat criminals in the ACORN videos.


56 posted on 09/26/2009 9:58:40 PM PDT by kittymyrib
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Did they do 20 years in the military??? Why should they get a pension? I don’t get it. Either do the time that you are required to get a pension or you don’t. Please explain more to this if I missed it. Thanks.


57 posted on 09/26/2009 10:00:59 PM PDT by napscoordinator
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To: Nachum

Biden predicted it last October!


58 posted on 09/26/2009 10:01:46 PM PDT by ncfool (Cash for Clunkers - A big failure and Obama and rats want us to trust them with our healthcare!)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Ok I read more of the article. These guys were working for the state and now want their time to count for federal too. That is against the rules. Sorry Obama is right on this one. Wow. I don’t say that much.


59 posted on 09/26/2009 10:03:24 PM PDT by napscoordinator
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To: Vendome

Did you read the article??? NO you did not...clearly. This would be like someone being in the military for 16 years and then working for the state of Maryland for four years and asking for a federal pension. It does not happen that way. The state worker in Maryland will have to work the number of years in Maryland to get a pension. People on this site have a huge difficulty in understanding reading comprehension.


60 posted on 09/26/2009 10:08:37 PM PDT by napscoordinator
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