Priceless....
Mixed Candies - $1.50
Baby Wipes - $2.18
Peanuts - $2.79
Chewing Gum - $1.88
Sunflower Seeds - $1.05
Raisins - $1.35
Crackers - $2.27
Total: $13.02
That's a care package for Nate, a buddy of mine in Iraq. I got the same stuff for Jennie, his wife, another friend of mine who is also over there right now. I sent a bunch of stuff over for Josh when he was over. And Jason, and....
I don't know how much all the care packages have cost, and journalists don't generally make a whole lot, but it's a small price to pay to do what I can to help out my buddies.
But that small price is bigger that the $300 tax relief check the government made such a big deal out of but that I never saw.
And that small price is really small compared to the $2 trillion some folks estimate this thing will cost. I was speaking with an economist a while ago who was shocked by both how much we are spending and how little folks seem to mind.
I asked him how we are going to pay for it all.
He answered, "What do you mean 'We.'"
Darn Baby Boomers.
If I got the decimal point right, we're pushing $7K a head for 300 million Americans. But that's not the real cost. The greatest cost is paid in miserable days, lost years, exhausting sweat and wasted blood by hundreds of thousands of Nates, Toms, Petes... and the folks who love them.
I support my buddies. And I support their mission. Not nessecarily the deceptions that stuck us with it, certainly not the liars who suckered us into it, but I support my buddies in the field.
I don't know how much postage will cost for this care package, but I'm happy to pay it to help out my friends.
But I'd be even happier to keep my $7,000, forget the $300 tax check I never saw anyway, save the $13.02, screw the postage and not have my buddies in harm's way.
2006 -- Regime Change (at least a midterm election's worth): Priceless
Well, it felt good getting that out. Very theraputic. Let me note, though, that this is just an example of one person's free speech. Opinions are like as..ahh..bellybuttons -- everybody's got one. Feel free to leave a (constructive, non-abusive) comment of your own.
Heck, lemme know and I'll help you set up a blog of your own so's the whole world can feel the wrath of our bellybuttons.
Baby Wipes - $2.18
Peanuts - $2.79
Chewing Gum - $1.88
Sunflower Seeds - $1.05
Raisins - $1.35
Crackers - $2.27
Total: $13.02
That's a care package for Nate, a buddy of mine in Iraq. I got the same stuff for Jennie, his wife, another friend of mine who is also over there right now. I sent a bunch of stuff over for Josh when he was over. And Jason, and....
I don't know how much all the care packages have cost, and journalists don't generally make a whole lot, but it's a small price to pay to do what I can to help out my buddies.
But that small price is bigger that the $300 tax relief check the government made such a big deal out of but that I never saw.
And that small price is really small compared to the $2 trillion some folks estimate this thing will cost. I was speaking with an economist a while ago who was shocked by both how much we are spending and how little folks seem to mind.
I asked him how we are going to pay for it all.
He answered, "What do you mean 'We.'"
Darn Baby Boomers.
If I got the decimal point right, we're pushing $7K a head for 300 million Americans. But that's not the real cost. The greatest cost is paid in miserable days, lost years, exhausting sweat and wasted blood by hundreds of thousands of Nates, Toms, Petes... and the folks who love them.
I support my buddies. And I support their mission. Not nessecarily the deceptions that stuck us with it, certainly not the liars who suckered us into it, but I support my buddies in the field.
I don't know how much postage will cost for this care package, but I'm happy to pay it to help out my friends.
But I'd be even happier to keep my $7,000, forget the $300 tax check I never saw anyway, save the $13.02, screw the postage and not have my buddies in harm's way.
2006 -- Regime Change (at least a midterm election's worth): Priceless
Well, it felt good getting that out. Very theraputic. Let me note, though, that this is just an example of one person's free speech. Opinions are like as..ahh..bellybuttons -- everybody's got one. Feel free to leave a (constructive, non-abusive) comment of your own.
Heck, lemme know and I'll help you set up a blog of your own so's the whole world can feel the wrath of our bellybuttons.
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