Memorial Day

Remember what this day is supposed to stand for. Remember my fallen brothers...

Guard duty and other such nonsense....

I have currently been awake for roughly 39 hours. Not too long ago this was fairly normal for me. There was CQ and staff duty and everything else requiring that a soldier stay awake for a few days. This time I did it to myself. And boy, am I tired. I guess I just got used to tuning out the odd sorts of pains that a man gets from staying awake and not eating or drinking water for a couple of days. Mental note: Not healthy, do not repeat.

So my question is....

Why aren't soldiers routinely allowed more sleep? Surely having more effective soldiers should matter more then having a lot. Unless of course the generals cared nothing for victory...

hm....

The Cost of War (Fun with Economics)

At an estimated cost of 533,821,000,000 dollars af of 15 May 08 around 2100 Pac time the budget for the war could have instead paid for....

almost all of the anticipated medical costs of every person in the country (15,600 per family based on streetinsider.com article)

food for every person in the country with over a hundred billion left over (700 per family per month based on amazon.com article)

tuition at a public four year college for 22,871,465 people for all four years of education (5,836 per year based on money.cnn.com article)

And that's just the tip of the ice berg. So as gas prices rise, food prices rise, medical costs rise, and tuition cost rise remember, you do have someone to blame for your poverty and that someone is our government.

Regime change starts at home...