S&G - The Government Strikes Back!

Back when I was in the Marines and Army, there was no such thing as an enlistment bonus. Hell, they didn't even give us Brasso for the breastplate to go over the toga. Now troops signing up or re-upping are getting bonuses up to around $30,000 - but there's a catch. If you can believe the absolute balls of the Washington bean counters, if said troop gets wounded in combat and can no longer serve through no fault of their own, the Government is trying to get a pro-rated part of the bonus back! Someone needs to bitch slap these asswipes.

And don't you just love the illegal Lebanese woman who worked for both the FBI and CIA without a proper Background Investigation? When I joined the Marines I was selected for some classified duty, so I spent months at San Diego after graduation waiting for the clearance to come through. Naval Intelligence even went to talk to my neighbors and the local Police Departments. When I got married to a Foreign National, we had to wait for a BI to be performed on her, even though I lost my clearance as soon as we got married. How did this woman get through - and even send intel back to Lebanon and Palestine?

Lastly, Happy Birthday to a person who has absolutely no excuse to still be sucking oxygen - Joe Walsh is 60. For those who don't recognise the name, he was with the James Gang, went solo for a long time and joined the Eagles in the mid Seventies. He's the blond guitarist at the far right end as you look at the Eagles on stage.