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Ladies' Night Over Afghanistan by Capt Elizabeth Ortiz 376th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs 02/06/03 - OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM (AFPN) Photo by Capt Elizabeth Ortiz; Clockwise from lower left) 1stLt Alison, Capts Heather and Waynetta, and Senior Airman Lyndi [Last names withheld for operational security.], all from the 376th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, flew an all-female KC-135 Stratotanker air refueling mission over Afghanistan on Jan. 31. Notice they are all blondes. This should throw a lot of the blonde jokes out the window. This item also counters the thought about women typically not working well together. Let this put that...

As the Toch quits, does this mean the republicans take back control of the senate with a VP tie-breaking vote????

It's that time of year again, when I send out the latest updates for the year. And what a year indeed! First, I must get in my "told you so!" Yep, Bush is flushing 10 years of prosperity down the toilet faster than you can say Hail Mary! Fortunately the devastation has not yet hit us too hard in Colorado. Matthew is in kindergarten, Sean in second grade. Marsha is working at home with an Internet based order entry job. My work is going well, the economy has not yet hit us. We went to Montana to see Aunt Lisa ...

So that we might ALL know! Our Congress "persons" don't pay in to Social Security, and of course, they don't collect from it. The reason is ...they have a "special retirement plan" that they voted for themselves many years ago. For all practical purposes ...it works like this: When they retire (or just leave office), they continue to draw the same pay until they die and it is increased from time to time for their cost of living adjustments. For instance, former Senator Bill Bradley, and his wife are expected to draw $7,900,000. Mrs. Bradley would draw another $275,000 during ...