<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><div></div><div>Thanks for the sanity check.....I am always amazed at the BS well meaning <?> folks come up with on Obama like is he secretly a Muslim or was he really born in Hawaii........its like come on.....go after his record during the last 2 years on health care or anything else he has done or not done but I am sure the liberals love seeing this crap.</div><div><br></div><div>P.S. Michelle is not a woman<br> </div><div><strong><font color="#0000ff"><em>Mad Dawg Antenucci <br></em></font><font color="#ff0000">Team Pantera Racing</font></strong> </div> <div><em><strong>The 1st & still the only vintage race team in open road racing <br></strong></em><font color="#0000ff"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
href="http://www.teampanteraracing.com">www.teampanteraracing.com</a></font></div><div><br></div><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><br><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Asa Jay Laughton <asajay@asajay.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> tpr@teampanteraracing.com<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Fri, January 7, 2011 2:28:11 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [TPR] Miltary Pay Increase - More from Obama Administration<br></font><br>
Yea, this one has been going around for years. They just added the <br>name Obama to it this time.<br><br>Asa Jay<br><br>Quoting Mad Dog Antenucci <<a ymailto="mailto:teampantera@yahoo.com" href="mailto:teampantera@yahoo.com">teampantera@yahoo.com</a>>:<br><br>> I sure hope this is bogus because if its true its an insult to every service<br>> member serving our country.<br>><br>> Mad Dawg Antenucci<br>> Team Pantera Racing<br>> The 1st & still the only vintage race team in open road racing<br>> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.teampanteraracing.com">www.teampanteraracing.com</a><br>><br>><br>><br>> ----- Forwarded Message ----<br>> From: Eric Pettersen <<a ymailto="mailto:tire_guy@sbcglobal.net" href="mailto:tire_guy@sbcglobal.net">tire_guy@sbcglobal.net</a>><br>> To: <a ymailto="mailto:Undisclosed-Recipient@yahoo.com"
href="mailto:Undisclosed-Recipient@yahoo.com">Undisclosed-Recipient@yahoo.com</a><br>> Sent: Thu, January 6, 2011 5:30:40 PM<br>> Subject: Fw: Military Pay<br>><br>><br>><br>>> CINDY WILLIAMS was appointed by Obama as an Assistant Director for<br>>> NATIONAL SECURITY in the Congressional Budget Office.....<br>>><br>>> Military Pay<br>>><br>>> This is an Airman's response to Cindy Williams' editorial piece in the<br>>> Washington Times about MILITARY PAY, it should be printed in all<br>>> newspapers<br>>> across America .<br>>><br>>> Ms. Cindy William wrote a piece for the Washington Times denouncing the<br>>> pay raise(s) coming service members' way this year citing that she stated a<br>>><br>>> 13% wage<br>>> increase was more than they deserve.<br>>><br>>> A young airman from Hill AFB responds
to her article below. He ought to<br>>> get a bonus for this.<br>>><br>>><br>>> "Ms Williams:<br>>> I just had the pleasure of reading your column, "Our GI's earn enough"<br>>> and I am a bit confused. Frankly, I'm wondering where this vaunted<br>>> overpayment is going, because as far as I can tell, it disappears every<br>>> month<br>>> between DFAS (The Defense Finance and Accounting Service) and my bank<br>>> account.<br>>> Checking my latest earnings statement I see that I make $1,117.80 before<br>>> taxes per month. After taxes, I take home $874.20. When I run that through<br>>><br>>> the calculator, I come up with an annual salary of $13,413.60 before<br>>> taxes, and $10,490.40 after.<br>>><br>>> I work in the Air Force Network Control Center where I am part of the<br>>> team
responsible for a 5,000 host computer network. I am involved with<br>>> infrastructure segments, specifically with Cisco Systems equipment. A<br>>> quick check<br>>> under jobs for "Network Technicians" in the Washington , D.C. area<br>>> reveals a position in my career field, requiring three years experience in<br>>> my<br>>> job. Amazingly, this job does NOT pay $13,413.60 a year. No, this job is<br>>> being offered at $70,000 to $80,000 per annum............ I'm sure you can<br>>><br>>> draw the obvious conclusions.<br>>><br>>> Given the tenor of your column, I would assume that you NEVER had the<br>>> pleasure of serving your country in her armed forces.<br>>> Before you take it upon yourself to once more castigate congressional and<br>>> DOD leadership for attempting to get the families in the
military's lowest<br>>> pay brackets off of WIC and food stamps, I suggest that you join a group<br>>> of deploying soldiers headed for AFGHANISTAN ; I leave the choice of<br>>> service branch up to you. Whatever choice you make though, opt for the SIX<br>>> month<br>>> rotation: it will guarantee you the longest possible time away from your<br>>> family and friends, thus giving you full "deployment experience."<br>>><br>>> As your group prepares to board the plane, make sure to note the spouses<br>>> and children who are saying good-bye to their loved ones. Also take care to<br>>><br>>> note that several families are still unsure of how they'll be able to<br>>> make ends meet while the primary breadwinner is gone. Obviously they've<br>>> been<br>>> squandering the "vast" piles of<br>>> cash the government
has been giving them.<br>>><br>>> Try to deploy over a major holiday; Christmas and Thanksgiving are<br>>> perennial favorites. And when you're actually over there, sitting in a<br>>> foxhole,<br>>> shivering against the cold desert night, and the flight sergeant tells you<br>>><br>>> that there aren't enough people on shift to relieve you for chow, remember<br>>><br>>> this: trade whatever MRE's (meal-ready-to-eat) you manage to get for the<br>>> tuna noodle casserole or cheese tortellini, and add Tabasco to everything.<br>>> This gives some flavor.<br>>><br>>> Talk to your loved ones as often as you are permitted; it won't be nearly<br>>> long enough or often enough, but take what you can get and be thankful for<br>>><br>>> it. You may have picked up on the fact that I disagree with most of
the<br>>> points<br>>> you present in your open piece.<br>>><br>>> But, tomorrow from KABUL , I will defend to the death your right to say<br>>> it.<br>>><br>>> You see, I am an American fighting man, a guarantor of your First<br>>> Amendment right and every other right you cherish...On a daily basis, my<br>>> brother<br>>> and sister soldiers worldwide ensure that you and people like you <br>>> can thumb<br>>><br>>> your collective noses at us, all on a salary that is nothing short of<br>>> pitiful and under conditions that would make most people cringe. We<br>>> hemorrhage our best and brightest into the private sector because we can't<br>>> offer<br>>> the stability and pay of civilian companies.<br>>><br>>> And you, Ms. Williams, have the gall<br>>> to say
that we make more than we deserve?<br>>><br>>> A1C Michael Bragg, Hill AFB AFNCC<br>>><br>>> IF YOU AGREE, PLEASE PASS THIS ALONG TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE AND<br>>> SHOW YOUR SUPPORT OF THE AMERICAN FIGHTING MEN AND WOMEN.<br>>> THANK
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