dire predictions -- what do you think?

Posted by johnpe1 10 years ago to News
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many attempt to gain economic benefit from
exaggerating the negatives, IMHO. . how do you
estimate reality in this environment??? -- j
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 10 years ago in reply to this comment.
    Divers Assistance Network. About $80 or so dollars a year for additional costs of dive medicine and medevac for any illness or injury.Available to anyone.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 10 years ago in reply to this comment.
    Just as a suggestion If a State was declared bankrupt would they use the Greek solution or perhaps replace the state government with a State Manager until solvency had been reinstated.

    Of course that would be a federal decisions but they are vassal sates after all.

    And there is all that state owned land that could be sold to pay the debt.

    And the additional State Managers Tax
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  • Posted by 10 years ago in reply to this comment.
    there is so much corruption in this voting system!
    our biggest hope may well be secession by the
    red States. -- j
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 10 years ago in reply to this comment.
    What else do they have to offer?

    What's sickening the same bunch will be voted back into office with 90 to 95% of the ballots cast.er o


    Ever try to find out the number of registered third party or independents per State. Some have them but for most there's a little sentence that lists all of them and the write in votes as being folded into the leading vote getters column.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 10 years ago in reply to this comment.
    Correct if you are on retired pay you should be on Tricare. To be on tricare when you start social security you are required under Obamacare to be on Medicare Part B and D. It's fairly automatic. So far medicare B and D is a one hundred a month expenditure for which I've received two flu shots in five years. Cheaper to just go to the doctor south of the border. Tricare is of no use outside the USA nor is Medicare. But then the costs down here are less than Delta Dental Premiums for one example. I view all that tricare-Medicare stuff as a long shot high odds bet but use DAN air medevac for when the serious stuff starts.
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  • Posted by 10 years ago in reply to this comment.
    I got to 28 years and a month, O-5, and they kicked
    me into retired reserve. . tricare is for 20+ year
    active duty folks; yes? -- j
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  • Posted by 10 years ago in reply to this comment.
    so we're leveraging our addiction to buying votes
    by implying the transfer of land ownership? . this is
    sickening. -- j
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 10 years ago in reply to this comment.
    you can find out online but I don''t think so. Champus/Tricare now known as Tricare For Life is for full retirement.
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  • Posted by 10 years ago in reply to this comment.
    now, I happen to think that we should not allow
    foreigners to buy u.s. land. . but I'm a proud land-
    owner and a stickler for local control. == j
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  • Posted by 10 years ago in reply to this comment.
    I retired in 98, a reserve officer who spent only 4
    years active. . a friend has encouraged me to go
    to the nearby ANG base and apply for medical
    coverage as a retiree. . like tricare. . I don't think
    that I am eligible. ? -- j
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 10 years ago in reply to this comment.
    You should be able to down load again from amazon but if not might be a good time to test out the loan feature I have the first volume on hand if that's of any help. But try going to your control feature first checking; all the down load targets then find your original notification and ask for a resend. It's much harder if you or the recipient are outside the country and the receiver must have an amazon account to receive.
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  • Posted by 10 years ago in reply to this comment.
    the author of these is a friend of mine from college,
    a nuclear engineer while I'm mechanical;;; we've
    known one another for 46 years and he may join
    us someday here in the gulch. . he's kinda busy
    with family and work, right now.

    Enjoy!!! -- john
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 10 years ago in reply to this comment.
    First book in the library. With Scalzi and O'Dea waiting to read and DKHalling waiting for the next volume I shall finish up Clancy's Command Authority and drive on. Thanks for suggestion.
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  • Posted by 10 years ago in reply to this comment.
    Thank You, blar, for the new term! . "come and
    take them" as an act of defiance. . sweet! -- j
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 10 years ago in reply to this comment.
    Mights well ruin your day big time. What collateral for debt repayment to China, England and others is available besides a major middle finger?

    Land.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 10 years ago in reply to this comment.
    BHO Light! LMFAO That he is. On a scale of one to ten I choose Valley Girl Light. Every buy that? It's a can full of lukewarm air.
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  • Posted by 10 years ago in reply to this comment.
    kids who think that they are invincible, and who see
    no long-term future, are big risk-takers. . convincing
    them that they can have a future seems essential. -- j
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 10 years ago in reply to this comment.
    first i show retirement ID. They want retirement 214. then I go second time with both they want one from St. Louis. and want me to have an updated retirement ID Card. No magnetic chip.

    I just grinned and said. So the stories are not true and it's truly a f--k the veteran operation. the dude behind the counter had never worn a uniform.

    No need right now. But like most retirement and service benefits it's all BS.

    GRIN what WAS I thinking????
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  • Posted by 10 years ago in reply to this comment.
    the positive thought effort is appreciated. . I use TT
    because I'm lazy and want a defensible position,
    even if my name isn't Tim Geithner.

    I suppose that I vote out of dogged determination,
    hoping that my tactic of "voting against" makes
    a difference. . this past Nov 4th vote turned on me,
    since I thought that I was voting against BHO
    and instead I was voting for him, for BHO light. -- j
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  • Posted by 10 years ago in reply to this comment.
    I was thinking of band-aids at first, but now I'm
    thinking of major surgery. . the invention might be
    a purple shaft remover. -- j
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