Local TV news (Tulsa) reporting hundreds of NG troops never paid

mike1963

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Sun May-23-04 05:33 PM
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Local TV news (Tulsa) reporting hundreds of NG troops never paid

their per deim pay during Iraq deployment. Sorry, no link but it might be on their website, I didn't check (watching tv now) possible
http://www.kotv.com

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Karenina

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Sun May-23-04 05:48 PM
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1. Who cares?

They signed up, right? :argh:

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freetobegay

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Sun May-23-04 05:51 PM
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2. Hope they are not waiting for a wefare check.

Edited on Sun May-23-04 05:51 PM by freetobegay

Now that would be a sin!

:eyes:

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UDenver20

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Sun May-23-04 06:01 PM
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3. I do, and so should everyone....

Just because most of us disagree with the idiot in the white house, does not mean we should skimp on paying our troops. They have more than earned it...

/ r

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mike1963

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Sun May-23-04 06:03 PM
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4. Hi, welcome to DU. You need to calibrate your sarcasm detector...

not to speak for Karenina, but...
:D

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Karenina

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Sun May-23-04 06:26 PM
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5. Thanks, Sweetie!

:loveya:

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mike1963

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Sun May-23-04 06:38 PM
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8. Aw, shucks, 'twarnt nuthin

making circles in dirt with toe...

:D
:toast:

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rocktivity

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Sun May-23-04 06:33 PM
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6. The mercenaries are getting their $2,000 per week

Edited on Sun May-23-04 06:35 PM by rocknation

with six weeks leave, however, while soldiers' families are applying for food stamps and lining up at food banks!

:headbang:
rocknation

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Robbien

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Sun May-23-04 06:37 PM
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7. And have to risk their lives to guard the mercenaries

This is one messed up military.

Zinni is right, Rumsfeld should resign if he had any sense of honor at all.

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Alerter_

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Sun May-23-04 06:44 PM
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9. Halliburton got paid for EMPTY truck runs

but they can't pay the troops? WTF?

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napi21

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Sun May-23-04 06:52 PM
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10. Yes, I heard that same thing on TV yesterday.

Sorry I can't remember who said it, I watched so many different quasi political shows yesterday. If I remember right, it's mostly KBR folks that haen't been paid. I wonder if it has anything to do with the Pentagon witholding $$ from Halliburton because of overcharges and poor accounting?

I don't care about Halliburton or KBR, but I feel bad for the fols on the ground over there that they aren't getting paid. They're just there to do a job, and are risking their a**es doing it.

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