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Subject: FW: Political Musing...great article worth the read

 I'm not a huge Rush Limbaugh

 fan, but there are many good points brought up in the

 article. It's definitely worth reading! Thanks.

 Subject: Political Musing (Makes you boil!)

 By Rush Limbaugh

 I think the vast differences in compensation between victims of the

  September 11 casualty and those who die serving the country in Uniform

  are profound. No one is really talking about it either, because you just

  don't criticize anything having to do with September 11. Well, I just

 can't let the numbers pass by because it says something really disturbing

  about the entitlement mentality of this country. If you lost a family

  member in the September 11 attack, you're going to get an average of

  $1,185,000. The range is a minimum guarantee of  $250,000, all the way up to $4.7 million.

If you are a surviving family member of an American soldier killed in

  action, the first check you get is a $6,000 direct death benefit, half of

 which is taxable.

Next, you get $1,750 for burial costs. If you are the surviving spouse,

you get $833 a month until you remarry. And there's a payment of $211 per month 

for each child under 18. When the child hits 18, those payments

come to a screeching halt.

Keep in mind that some of the people who are getting an average of $1.185

million up to $4.7 million are complaining that it's not enough. Their

 deaths were tragic, but for most, they were simply in the wrong place at

the wrong time. Soldiers put themselves in harms way FOR ALL OF US, and

they and their families know the dangers.

 We also learned over the weekend that some of the victims from the

Oklahoma City bombing have started an organization asking for the same

deal that the September 11 families are getting. In addition to that,

some of the families of those bombed in the embassies are now asking for

compensation as well.You see where this is going, don't you? Folks, this

is part and parcel of over 50 years of entitlement politics in this country.

 It's just really sad. Every time a pay raise comes up for the military, they usually

 receive next to nothing of a raise. Now the green machine is in combat in

the Middle East while their families have to survive on food stamps and

live in low-rent housing. Make sense?

However, our own U.S. Congress just voted themselves a raise, and many of

 you don't know that they only have to be in Congress one time to receive

 a pension that is more than $15,000 per month, and most are now equal to

 being millionaires plus. They also do not receive Social Security on

 retirement because they didn't have to pay into the system.

 If some of the military people stay in for 20 years and get out as an

 E-7, you may receive a pension of $1,000 per month,and the very people

 who placed you in harm's way receive a pension of $15,000 per month.

I would like to see our elected officials pick up a weapon and join ranks

 before they start cutting out benefits and lowering pay for our sons and

 daughters who are now fighting."When do we finally do something about this?" If

this doesn't seem fair to you, it is time to forward this to as many people as you can.

 If you're interested there is more....................

This must be a campaign issue in 2004. Keep it going. SOCIAL SECURITY: (This is worth the read. It's short and to the point.)

 Many of you may have already seen this part, so it will be a depressing reminder....

 Perhaps we are asking the wrong questions during election years. Our Senators and Congressmen do not pay into Social Security. Many years ago they voted in their own benefit plan. In more recent years, no congressperson has felt the need to change it. For all practical purposes their plan works like this When they retire, they continue to draw the same pay until they die, except it may increase from time to time for cost of living adjustments. For example, former Senator Byrd and Congressman White and their wives may expect to draw $7,800,000 - that's Seven Million, Eight Hundred Thousand), with their wives drawing $275,000.00 during the last years of their lives. This is calculated on an average life span for each. Their cost for this excellent plan is $00.00. These little perks they voted for themselves is free to them. You and I pick up the tab for this plan. The funds for this fine retirement plan come directly from the General Fund--our tax dollars at work! >From our own Social Security Plan, which you and I pay (or have paid) into-- every payday until we retire (which amount is matched by our employer) --we can expect to get an average $1,000 per month after retirement. Or, in other words, we would have to collect our average of $1,000 monthly benefits for 68 years and one month to equal Senator Bill Bradley's benefits! Social Security could be very good if only one small change were made. And that change would be to jerk the Golden Fleece Retirement Plan from under the Senators and Congressmen. Put them into the Social Security plan with the rest of us and then watch how fast they would fix it. If enough people receive this, maybe a seed of awareness will be planted and maybe good changes will evolve. WE, each one of us... can make a difference..

George Carlin

I've always thought George Carlin was funny , now I think he should run for president, if for no other reason than to hear him debate Al Gore.

Bad American

I am a BAD American. I am George Carlin.

I believe the money I make belongs to me and my family, not some mid level governmental functionary
with a bad comb-over who wants to give it away to crack addicts squirting out babies.

I'm not in touch with my feelings and I like it that way, damn it!

I believe no one ever died because of something Ozzy Osbourne, Ice-T or Marilyn Manson sang.

I think owning a gun doesn't make you a killer.

I believe it's called the Boy Scouts for a reason.

I don't think being a minority makes you noble or victimized.

I believe that if you are selling me a Big Mac, you'd better do it in English.

I don't use the excuse "it's for the children" as a shield for unpopular opinions or actions.

I think fireworks should be legal on the 4th of July. I believe everyone has a right to pray to his or her God.

My heroes are John Wayne, the Simpson's, and whoever canceled Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.

I don't hate the rich. I don't pity the poor. I know wrestling is fake and I don't waste my time arguing about it.

I think global warming is a big lie. Where are all those experts now,when I am freezing my ass through a long winter?

I've never owned a slave, or was a slave, I didn't wander forty years in the desert after getting chased out of Egypt, I haven't burned any witches or been persecuted by the Turks and neither have you, so shut-the-#$%!-up already.

I want to know which church is it exactly where the Reverend Jesse Jackson preaches. And where does he get his money. And why is he always part of the problem and not the solution.
I think the cops have every right to shoot your sorry ass if you're running from them.

I also think they have the right to pull your ass over if you are breaking the law, regardless of what color you are.

I think if you are too stupid to know how a ballot works, I don't want you deciding who should be running the most powerful nation in the world for the next four years.

I hate those bastards standing in the intersections trying to sell me crap or trying to guilt me into making 'donations' to their cause. These people should be targets.

I think if you are in the passing lane, and not passing, your license should be revoked, and you should be forced to ride the bus until you promise to never delay the rest of us again.

I think beef jerky could quite possibly be the perfect food.

I believe that it doesn't take a village to raise a child, it takes two parents.

I think tattoos and piercing are fine if you want them, but please don't pretend they are a political statement.

I think Dr. Seuss was a genius.

I'm neither angry nor disenfranchised, no matter how desperately the mainstream media would like the world to believe otherwise.

I believe if she has her lips on your willie, it is sex, and it is sex for both of you. This even applies when you are President of the United States.

If that makes me a BAD American, then yes, I'm a BAD American.

If you too are a BAD American please forward this to everyone you know.
We need our country back.

George Carlin

Andy Rooney said on 60 minutes a few weeks back: (for those of you that don't know Andy Rooney, he is an 82 year old US TV commentator and veteran of WW II).

I like big cars, big boats, big motorcycles, big houses and big campfires.

I believe the money I make belongs to me and my family, not some governmental stooge with a bad comb-over who wants to give it away to crack addicts for squirting out babies.

Guns do not make you a killer. I think killing makes you a killer. You can kill someone with a baseball bat or a car, but no one is trying to ban you from driving to the ball game.

I believe they are called the Boy Scouts for a reason, that is why there are no girls allowed.  Girls belong in the Girl Scouts! ARE YOU LISTENING MARTHA BURKE?

I think that if you feel homosexuality is wrong, it is not a phobia, it is an opinion.  I don't think being a minority makes you a victim of anything except numbers. The only things I can think of that are truly discriminatory are things like the United Negro College Fund, Jet Magazine, Black Entertainment Television, and Miss Black America.  Try to have things like the United Caucasian College Fund, Cloud Magazine, White Entertainment Television, or Miss White America; and see what happens. Jesse Jackson will be knocking down your door.

I have the right "NOT" to be tolerant of others because they are different, weird, or tick me off.

When 70% of the people who get arrested are black, in cities where 70% of the population is black, that is not racial profiling, it is the Law of Probability.

I know what sex is, and there are not varying degrees of it. If I received sex from one of my subordinates in my office, it wouldn't be a private matter or my personal business. I would be "FIRED" immediately!

I believe that if you are selling me a milk shake, a pack of cigarettes, a newspaper or a hotel room, you must do it in English! As a matter of fact, if you want to be an American citizen, you should have to speak English!

My father and grandfather didn't die in vain so you can leave the countries you were born in to come over and disrespect ours. I think the police should have every right to shoot your sorry self if you threaten them after they tell you to stop.  If you can't understand the word "freeze" or "stop" in English, see the above lines.

I feel much safer letting a machine with no political affiliation recount votes when needed. I know what the definition of lying is.

I don't think just because you were not born in this country, you are qualified for any special loan programs, government sponsored bank loans or tax breaks, etc., so you can open a hotel, coffee shop, trinket store, or any other business.

We did not go to the aid of certain foreign countries and risk our lives in wars to defend their freedoms, so that decades later they could come over here and tell us our constitution is a living document; and open to their interpretations.

I don't hate the rich. I don't pity the poor. I know pro wrestling is fake, but so are movies and television. That doesn't stop you from watching them.

I believe a self-righteous liberal or conservative with a cause is more dangerous than a Hell's Angel with an attitude.

I think Bill Gates has every right to keep every penny he made and continue to make more. If it ticks you off, go and invent the next operating system that's better, and put your name on the building. Ask your buddy that invented the Internet to help you.

It doesn't take a whole village to raise a child right, but it does take a parent to stand up to the kid; and smack their little behinds when necessary, and say "NO!"  


"I think tattoos and piercing are fine if you want them, but please don't pretend they are a political statement. And, please, stay home until that new lip ring heals. I don't want to look at your ugly infected mouth as you serve me french fries!

I am sick of "Political Correctness." I know a lot of black people, and not a single one of them was born in Africa; so how can they be "African-Americans"? Besides, Africa is a continent. I don't go around saying I am a European-American because my great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather was from Europe. I am proud to be from America and nowhere else.

And if you don't like my point of view, tough.