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Black_Diamond
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You can thank all our fine elected officials in Congress for shutting down NOAA today. Meanwhile they get paid to get nothing done, must be nice!
Past owner of a 2003 342FV
PC BYC, Holland, MI
PC BYC, Holland, MI
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For Gods sake there's a new "affordable" option called an unlimited deductible that they actually charge a premium for. UH....unlimited deductible....who could that actually help except the company.
The poor with less than $12k annual?? They actually get no coverage but instead they go straight to their states medicaid indigent care(which is what was already in-place). If you've seen how that works just know that the reality sucks.
The icing is a trillion more dollars in national debt for my grand kids. Frikken genius. All praise the savior in the white house who never even chaired a committee before being elected, and screw the greedy self serving idiots running our country on both sides of the isle.
I still hope I wake up and the last 12yrs are just a horrible nightmare of botched foreign policy, mortgage irresponsibility and unregulated bailouts. Sorry. Its a sore spot. Mike
PC BYC, Holland, MI
you know, common sense and fairness...
meanwhile, the farce continues-
wanna read something of interest? read up on the sale of closed post offices and how one and only one broker/agency has responsibility of selling... read up on who owns that real estate company, and stands to make from 600M to 1.3B from this... <- this kind of crap is what those folks are all about... there is zero interest outside of their own gain for any constituents.
go with M240's... ammo is cheaper and more abundant..
PC BYC, Holland, MI
"Due to the Federal Government shutdown, NOAA.gov and most associated web sites are unavailable. However, because the information this site provides is necessary to protect life and property, it will be updated and maintained during the Federal Government shutdown".
Now what was the water temp and airspeed under my favorite palm tree??? hmm nice today. At least congress/senate can't screw up a good weather day.....yet. It all seems so completely out of my control that when I get wracked by the whole convoluted mess I turn to the sea and the Captain for direction.....Captain Morgan that is...Remedy to situation: apply internal salve liberally when hopelessly out numbered by morons in charge.
......and WHY do they rope off statues, memorials and close parks (closing buildings I get, but parks?) when the government isn't "open"??? Photo opps or to deter the assembly of a disatified electorate I suppose. I say a good public humiliation and whipping with a cane (like they do in Indonesia) of self serving officials might create a stir and some over due determination. But we're above that now..... and we get what we get.
When you feel overwhelmed just turn to the sea.....and don't forget the Captain...
PC BYC, Holland, MI
PC BYC, Holland, MI
Come on up! The water is fine! And bring your diesels too!
Mark
2019 MTX20 Extreme
PC BYC, Holland, MI
News of this has not broken with the media yet, but it will and there are going to be a lot of unhappy Moms and Pops. Meanwhile big corporations get a one year delay on the mandate? This just ain't right. I have a lot of Democrat friends here in Cali of course (I'm independent,) and even the staunchest liberal Obama fans are getting disillusioned over what is looking more and more like a total cluster.
Andy
Mark
2019 MTX20 Extreme
I've done nasty crap, and supported nasty crap... It was because it was better that somebody due it so somebody else wouldn't have to.. I was married last year and she had my first child in Feb.. I interact with idealistic young servicemen every day, their senior leaders, and I just want to slap them into the reality I know to be factual, now... I look at my seven month old little girl and I fear for her, and know her future wont be as secure as mine was, and her opportunities limited.. I think back to mogadishu and recall thinking the first time we went through the seaport into no mans land, and on into the city- we were the first foreigners in there since the Blackhawk down four months previous (and twenty years ago today)... My fanny was puckered.. I was armed to the teeth.. I was the lead vehicle driver.. once in the city, I lost all fear as I looked at that little tourist destination that had been totally ruined by the actions of greedy men and thought "this isn't THAT much different than hometown USA, anywhere USA"... Those thoughts go through my head today more than ever, but not because it surprises me, but because I didn't think I would live to see it.. I now think I will.. I know my innocent little girl will.. I fought and fought nasty to keep what I thought was my countries liberty intact, so folks raising kids, which is something I never expected, could live in relative comfort, and security...
I now see the enemy wasn't on all those distant grounds, but elected brothers and sisters.. and there you have it.. we were aiming and firing at who we were told were enemies by who turns out to be the true enemy of what we thought we were fighting for.. twisted, no?
Integrity is gone long gone, and these guys force things on us we almost to a man refuse... What is the definition of tyranny again?
I feel ashamed more now than ever of the things I've done in my life and question the motivation up the chain of command to the very top.. I wonder how long that farce has actually been going on, or if we're just becoming keen to it..
This is not the country I bled and drew blood for. It isn't, and that makes me sad beyond anything I could express if you were sitting across from me right now, much less anything I can type.
PC BYC, Holland, MI
my marina is on a National Park. I got a letter saying that the park is closed due to the shut down. I may take my boat out, but since the park is closed, I may not bring it back. hahahaha what kind of sense does that make?
and who's gonna enforce that? rangers that are home due to the same shut down? hahaha
ponderous!
Dave
2002 Captiva 212, 5.0 220 hp, Alpha 1, 1.62 gears
Moon Township, PA - boating in the Ohio River
Is Arlington cemetery, and other national cemeteries, boarded up for security reasons?? My VERY dead grandfather buried in Arlington with honors after years of service protecting our freedom as a marine and decades as a beat cop in D.C. is probably trying to get out of this embarrassing mess. If he shows up at the gate I'd recommend they let him pass without requesting security credentials....he might be a little testy.