New Year, New Ideas...

Well, the end of the world has come and gone and we are all here. So that was a crock, no big deal. Now we have a whole new set of problems to deal with. Tax increases, gun control scares, drought and a truck load of other stuff. I don't follow the news too much because it depresses me. Frankly I'm scared to death, I don't think I'm going to make enough money to pay the bills. I'd like to tell the senate and congress a few things: 1st- I make enough money to pay the bills, barely, right now. What the hell do I pay your sorry asses for? I served my country and asked no questions. I went where I was told and did as I was told. Why is it that I now can barely afford to live? 2nd- Hey Mr. President, If you want guns registered and want to take away some of them, come and get mine. I'd be honored to have you as my guest. We'll have a nice sit down talk about how you want to take away my RIGHT to defend myself and my home. Then we'll talk about your inability to convince me that you have my best interests at heart. 3rd- More taxes on my to pay for welfare, medicaid, medicare and other government handouts? Get bent!! Go pound sand!!! I've got words for you, but I was told the excessive use of sterotypical "4 letter words" make you look ignorant and undeucated. I work for my money, I have never accepted a hand out. Your shitty system for doling out "rewards" for NOT working makes me sick. There needs to be more rules surrounding your "entitlements" than what you currently have. 4th- I need to wait till I cool off to go any farther with my ideations. All I'll say is "Come and take it"

Square Deal

A wise man who "spoke soflty and carried a big stick..." once said to a group of veterans,"A man who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enough to be given a square deal after wards. More than that no man is entitled, and less than that no man shall have." This Man's name...Franklin Roosevelt.
I for one will agree, while I did my time I was given a square deal. I had complete Medical (albeit shitty) Dental (butchers of the mouth) Life insurance and a retirement plan (I wasn't physically able to stomach that shit they were feeding me, so I didn't get the plan). I was promised 36months of schooling that I had to pay alittle bit every month, It was the Montgomery G.I. Bill.
Let's skip forward, past my 26months in Iraq, past my Stop Loss, Past my first 10%Disability check to now. I'm sitting in an apartment that I've spent all my money paying rent on. I'm enrolled in a good junior college, somehow the VA is paying for the school part, but I have no Basic Allowed Housing check to keep the lights on, the water running or the roof over my head for that matter.

Who do I have to beg? Who's hand do I have to shake? How poor do I have to be in order to get help with this shit? I've done my service to my country, I wasn't drafted or forced to sign my name to anything. I joined the Army, I was the one who volunteered so defend the borders and ideals of this proud and great nation.

Help me Mr. President, I want my handout, the only difference is mine isn't a hand out. It's an entitlement. I find It ironic that in order to qualify for poverty this year the income is set at $21,000, I made $12,500 my first year in the army, about $20,000 my third and finally broke the poverty bracket my fourth year in the Army at a whopping $23,000. I NEVER qualified for welfare, food stamps or government housing.

I love the Government. It's said that the squeaky wheel gets the oil, but I've only gotten the shaft. Isn't funny how that works?