Some years ago, I noticed their solicitation for "NRA Christmas Cards" seemed to be arriving earlier each year. Sure 'nuff - the next year's Begging and Pleading note arrived in MAY! Still on the air, that's when I started incorporating the bit into the show and some writing I was doing. Glad you noticed -- I was beginning to think it wasn't all that noticeable anymore. I'm expecting Halloween merch to be clogging the aisles as soon as schools re-open.
If I ever did standup comedy, I'd read the room by asking for topics from the audience. Sure, I'd have to think on my feet, but most people have the usual interests, sex, family, weather, the city they live in, the government, the military,...farming if you are in a farming town.
It would be fun to come up with funny stories and jokes impromptu like Jonathan Winters and Robin Williams would.
I've read my skits and stories in public It was nerve-wracking, but fun.
I'd really like to know if Walz was paid as a retired E-9. From the looks of his paperwork and how long they took to correct it, I'd say it's likely he was paid retirement based on E-9 for years.
As an "acting" e-9 he would have been receiving E-9 pay and generally speaking your last pay grade is what they base retirement pay on. It's so exceedingly rare for anyone of that rank to lose rank after they retire, that it would have been an easy mistake for PAC (Pay and Allowance Continuation) to make and PAC makes a ton of mistakes. Rarely do soldier go out of their way to fix errors made by PAC, at least not when they are in their own benefit.
Three years after he left, they corrected his record to reflect the fact that he hadn't earned E-9 and he was officially reduced to E-8. He knew fully well during those three years that he had not earned E-9 retirement pay, if he continued to accept pay at a rank he knew he hadn't earned, that's fraud, on top of his lies.
Keep in mind that for some unknown reason he didn't sign his separation paperwork, which is used to verified his rank at retirement, he was "unavailable". Because he wasn't around to sign off on it he also didn't have to Lie under oath which is what signing any military document is considered if you know it's wrong.
And while a lot of people don't care about stolen valor, (me included, steal all of mine you want) many people do care about fraud.
I'd like to see at least one reporter ask him this question directly; Did you ever receive E-9 retirement pay and if so, for how long, and why didn't you correct the mistake right away?
James Bovard, the disillusioned Eagle Scout is right. Writers today think that the readers are under an order to read their bullshit. Drives me nuts! I'll spend five minutes reading an article. Ten at most if the writer is good.
Remember the movie "A River Runs Through It"? The father/preacher would tell his sons, "Less." when he read their essays.
I subscribe to the Irish Times. I know, it's a sign of masochism. Today's headline in the Irish Times was "Irish Americans support Kamala Harris." I about gagged.
Sure, Kamala's great-great-great-great-great grandfather was Hamilton Brown from Northern Ireland, but he was a ruthless slave owner in Jamaica. He lied to Belfast men and women promising them jobs and instead, Brown made them slaves on his sugar plantation. Brown also liked to whip his slaves. Brown imported the Irish slaves because he didn't want the newly freed African slaves on his plantation.
Sure, Harris is an Irish name, but it's her father's name. He is an African-Jamaican. Oddly enough, he comes from Brown Town which was named after the famous Northern Ireland slave owner. The Irish name remains, but the Irish blood must be so diluted by now it is non-existent. (I'm only 1/2 Irish now and can't get an Irish passport.)
Are the Irish-Americans now celebrating Irish slave ancestry both owner and slave? Does anyone do any research anymore?
Dear Brian
You win the prize for the earliest I heard "Christmas shopping" this year.
Mark
Thanks, Mark! I have the NRA to blame/credit.
Some years ago, I noticed their solicitation for "NRA Christmas Cards" seemed to be arriving earlier each year. Sure 'nuff - the next year's Begging and Pleading note arrived in MAY! Still on the air, that's when I started incorporating the bit into the show and some writing I was doing. Glad you noticed -- I was beginning to think it wasn't all that noticeable anymore. I'm expecting Halloween merch to be clogging the aisles as soon as schools re-open.
Dear Brian
I will be publishing your interview with James tomorrow on https://EarthNewspaper.com
Have a blessed day.
Mark
If I ever did standup comedy, I'd read the room by asking for topics from the audience. Sure, I'd have to think on my feet, but most people have the usual interests, sex, family, weather, the city they live in, the government, the military,...farming if you are in a farming town.
It would be fun to come up with funny stories and jokes impromptu like Jonathan Winters and Robin Williams would.
I've read my skits and stories in public It was nerve-wracking, but fun.
I'd really like to know if Walz was paid as a retired E-9. From the looks of his paperwork and how long they took to correct it, I'd say it's likely he was paid retirement based on E-9 for years.
As an "acting" e-9 he would have been receiving E-9 pay and generally speaking your last pay grade is what they base retirement pay on. It's so exceedingly rare for anyone of that rank to lose rank after they retire, that it would have been an easy mistake for PAC (Pay and Allowance Continuation) to make and PAC makes a ton of mistakes. Rarely do soldier go out of their way to fix errors made by PAC, at least not when they are in their own benefit.
Three years after he left, they corrected his record to reflect the fact that he hadn't earned E-9 and he was officially reduced to E-8. He knew fully well during those three years that he had not earned E-9 retirement pay, if he continued to accept pay at a rank he knew he hadn't earned, that's fraud, on top of his lies.
Keep in mind that for some unknown reason he didn't sign his separation paperwork, which is used to verified his rank at retirement, he was "unavailable". Because he wasn't around to sign off on it he also didn't have to Lie under oath which is what signing any military document is considered if you know it's wrong.
And while a lot of people don't care about stolen valor, (me included, steal all of mine you want) many people do care about fraud.
I'd like to see at least one reporter ask him this question directly; Did you ever receive E-9 retirement pay and if so, for how long, and why didn't you correct the mistake right away?
James Bovard, the disillusioned Eagle Scout is right. Writers today think that the readers are under an order to read their bullshit. Drives me nuts! I'll spend five minutes reading an article. Ten at most if the writer is good.
Remember the movie "A River Runs Through It"? The father/preacher would tell his sons, "Less." when he read their essays.
Less is more.
I subscribe to the Irish Times. I know, it's a sign of masochism. Today's headline in the Irish Times was "Irish Americans support Kamala Harris." I about gagged.
Sure, Kamala's great-great-great-great-great grandfather was Hamilton Brown from Northern Ireland, but he was a ruthless slave owner in Jamaica. He lied to Belfast men and women promising them jobs and instead, Brown made them slaves on his sugar plantation. Brown also liked to whip his slaves. Brown imported the Irish slaves because he didn't want the newly freed African slaves on his plantation.
Sure, Harris is an Irish name, but it's her father's name. He is an African-Jamaican. Oddly enough, he comes from Brown Town which was named after the famous Northern Ireland slave owner. The Irish name remains, but the Irish blood must be so diluted by now it is non-existent. (I'm only 1/2 Irish now and can't get an Irish passport.)
Are the Irish-Americans now celebrating Irish slave ancestry both owner and slave? Does anyone do any research anymore?