Robert Opyd (baghdad-bob)

March 2, 2010

After reading this, do you really want Obamacare????

Filed under: Personal business areas — baghdad-bob @ 08:32

Subject: Statistics from Investor’s Business Daily

A recent “Investor’s Business Daily” article provided very interesting statistics from a survey by the United  Nations International Health Organization.

Percentage of men and women who survived a cancer five years after diagnosis:

U.S.             65%

England       46%

Canada        42%

Percentage of patients diagnosed with diabetes who received  treatment within six months:

U.S.             93%

England       15%

Canada        43%

Percentage of seniors needing hip replacement who received it  within six months:

U.S.             90%

England       15%

Canada        43%

Percentage referred to a medical specialist who see one  within one month:

U.S.             77%

England       40%

Canada        43%

Number of MRI scanners (a prime diagnostic tool) per million people:

U.S.             71

England       14

Canada        18

Percentage of seniors (65+), with low income, who say they are in “excellent  health”:

U.S.             12%

England       2%

Canada        6%

I don’t know about you, but I don’t want “Universal Healthcare” comparable to  England or Canada .

Moreover, it was Sen. Harry  Reid who said, “Elderly Americans must learn to accept the inconveniences of  old age.”

SHIP HIS ASS TO CANADA OR ENGLAND !

He is  ”elderly” himself but be sure to remember his health insurance is different from yours as Congress has their own high-end coverage!  He will never  have to learn to accept  ”inconveniences”!!!

AND THE  WINNER IS VERY INTERESTING!

the percentage of each  past president’s cabinet who had worked in the private business sector prior  to their appointment to the cabinet. You know what the private business sector  is… a real life business, not a government job. Here are the  percentages.

T. Roosevelt……..  38%

Taft…………………40%

Wilson ………………  52%

Harding………………49%

Coolidge…………..  48%

Hoover…………….. 42%

F. Roosevelt………  50%

Truman………………50%

Eisenhower………..  57%

Kennedy…………..  30%

Johnson……………..47%

Nixon……………….  53%

Ford………………… 42%

Carter………………  32%

Reagan……………….56%

GH Bush…………….. 51%

Clinton  …………….. 39%

GW Bush……………. 55%

And the winner  of the Chicken Dinner is:

Obama……………. 8%  !!!

Yep! That’s right! Only Eight Percent!!!..the least by far of  the last 19 presidents!! And these people are trying to tell our big  corporations how to run their business? They know what’s best for  GM…Chrysler… Wall Street… and you and me?

How can the  president of a major nation and society…the one with the most successful  economic system in world history… stand and talk about business when he’s  never worked for one?.. or about jobs when he has never really had  one??! And neither has 92% of his senior staff and closest advisers.!  They’ve spent most of their time in academia, government and/or non-profit jobs….or as “community organizers”  when they should have been in an employment line.

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January 28, 2010

If this was not true… Unbelievable from our President NO LESS!!!

Filed under: Counterterrorism/War on Terror, Personal business areas, Politics and Opinions — baghdad-bob @ 22:34

This man calls himself the commander in chief!  But this is a hard core RADICAL, read Saul Alinsky’s book…  This is the President YOU ELECTED!

ALL VETS MUST READ!

NOTE: SOME OF  THE “QUOTES” ARE FROM COMEDIAN, JON STEWART, BUT THE ESSENCE OF THE “PLAN”  ARE VERY TRUE!

Obama’s Private  Insurance Proposal for  Military

The  following has been checked out through www.snopes.com <http://www.snopes.com/>  and also www.ask.com <http://www.ask.com/> , the story appeared in the  Washington Times.  Chew on this for a  while..

THIS HAS  GOT TO BE THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS STATEMENT EVER MADE BY A PUBLIC  OFFICIAL, LET ALONE BY THE

PRESIDENT OF  THE UNITED STATES.

AND THIS GUY IS OUR “COMMANDER IN  CHIEF”.

HERE IS HIS RESPONSE WHEN HE  BACKED OFF FROM HIS DECISION

TO REQUIRE THE MILITARY PAY FOR  THEIR WAR INJURIES.

Bad press, including major mockery of the plan  by comedian Jon

Stewart, led to President Obama abandoning  his proposal to require

veterans carry private health insurance  to cover the estimated $540

million annual cost to the federal  government of treatment for injuries

to military personnel received  during their tours on active duty. The

President admitted that he was  puzzled by the magnitude of the

opposition to his proposal.

“Look, it’s  an all volunteer force,” Obama complained.

“Nobody made these guys go to war.

They  had to have known and accepted the risks.

Now they whine about  bearing the costs of their choice? It

doesn’t compute..” “I thought  these were people who were proud to

sacrifice for their country, “Obama  continued. “I wasn’t asking for

blood, just money. With the country  facing the worst financial crisis in its

history, I’d have  thought that the patriotic thing to do would be to try to help

reduce the nation’s deficit. I guess I underestimated  the

selfishness of some of my fellow Americans.”

Please pass this on to every vet  and their

families whom you know.

REMEMBER THIS STATEMENT… “Nobody made these guys go to war.  They had to have known and accepted the risks. Now they whine about  bearing the costs of their  choice?”

If  this jerk thinks he will ever get another vote from anyone who is or has  been

associated  with  the military service he’s nuts.. If you or a family  member

is  serving or has served their country, please send this to  them.

I’m guessing that everyone, other  than the 20-25 percent hardcore liberals

the U.S.,  will agree that this is another  example of why Obama is the worst

president in American history.   Remind everyone over-and-over how this

man thinks, while he bows to the  Saudi Arabian king.

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January 19, 2010

This speaks for itself! LOL….

Filed under: Personal business areas, Politics and Opinions — baghdad-bob @ 06:13

POLK COUNTY FLORIDA SHERIFF GRADY JUDD

An illegal alien in Polk County Florida who got pulled over in a routine

traffic stop ended up ‘executing’ the deputy who stopped him.

The deputy was shot eight times, including once behind his right ear at

close range. Another deputy was wounded and a police dog killed.

A state wide manhunt ensued.

The murderer was found hiding in a wooded area and as soon as he

took a shot at the SWAT team, officers opened fire on him..

They hit the guy 68 times..

Naturally, the liberal media went nuts and asked why they had to shoot the

poor undocumented immigrant 68 times.

Sheriff Grady Judd told the Orlando Sentinel: “Because that’s all the ammunition we had.”

Now, is that just about the all-time greatest answer or what !

The Coroner also reported that the illegal alien died of natural causes .

When asked by a reporter how that could be since there were 68 bullet wounds in his body, he simply replied “when you are shot 68 times you are naturally gonna die.”

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Read history and understand that to explain and understand the present!

Filed under: Counterterrorism/War on Terror, Politics and Opinions — baghdad-bob @ 06:12

I got this from a good friend, it is a great analysis of terrorism past and present.

his is by far the best explanation of the Muslim terrorist situation I have ever read. His references to past history are accurate and clear. Not long, easy to understand, and well worth the read. The author of this email is said to be Dr. Emanuel Tanay, a well-known and well-respected psychiatrist.

A German’s View on Islam

A man, whose family was German aristocracy prior to World War II, owned a number of large industries and estates. When asked how many German people were true Nazis, the answer he gave can guide our attitude toward fanaticism. ‘Very few people were true Nazis,’ he said, ‘but many enjoyed the return of German pride, and many more were too busy to care. I was one of those who just thought the Nazis were a bunch of fools. So, the majority just sat back and let it all happen. Then, before we knew it, they owned us, and we had lost control, and the end of the world had come. My family lost everything. I ended up in a concentration camp and the Allies destroyed my factories.’

We are told again and again by ‘experts’ and ‘talking heads’ that Islam is the religion of peace and that the vast majority of Muslims just want to live in peace. Although this unqualified assertion may be true, it is entirely irrelevant. It is meaningless fluff, meant to make us feel better, and meant to somehow diminish the spectre of fanatics rampaging across the globe in the name of Islam..

The fact is that the fanatics rule Islam at this moment in history. It is the fanatics who march. It is the fanatics who wage any one of 50 shooting wars worldwide. It is the fanatics who systematically slaughter Christian or tribal groups throughout Africa and are gradually taking over the entire continent in an Islamic wave. It is the fanatics who bomb, behead, murder, or honour-kill. It is the fanatics who take over mosque after mosque. It is the fanatics who zealously spread the stoning and hanging of rape victims and homosexuals. It is the fanatics who teach their young to kill and to become suicide bombers.

The hard, quantifiable fact is that the peaceful majority, the ’silent majority,’ is cowed and extraneous.

Communist Russia was comprised of Russians who just wanted to live in peace, yet the Russian Communists were responsible for the murder of about 20 million people. The peaceful majority were irrelevant. China’s huge population was peaceful as well, but Chinese Communists managed to kill a staggering 70 million people.

The average Japanese individual prior to World War II was not a warmongering sadist. Yet,Japan murdered and slaughtered its way across South East Asia in an orgy of killing that included the systematic murder of 12 million Chinese civilians; most killed by sword, shovel, and bayonet.

And who can forget Rwanda, which collapsed into butchery. Could it not be said that the majority of Rwandans were ‘peace loving’?

History lessons are often incredibly simple and blunt, yet for all our powers of reason, we often miss the most basic and uncomplicated of points:

Peace-loving Muslims have been made irrelevant by their silence.

Peace-loving Muslims will become our enemy if they don’t speak up, because like my friend from Germany, they will awaken one day and find that the fanatics own them, and the end of their world will have begun.

Peace-loving Germans, Japanese, Chinese, Russians, Rwandans, Serbs, Afghans, Iraqis, Palestinians, Somalis, Nigerians, Algerians, and many others have died because the peaceful majority did not speak up until it was too late. As for us who watch it all unfold, we must pay attention to the only group that counts–the fanatics who threaten our way of life.

Lastly, anyone who doubts that the issue is serious and just deletes this email without sending it on, is contributing to the passiveness that allows the problems to expand. So, extend yourself a bit and send this on and on and on! Let us hope that thousands, world-wide, read this and think about it, and send it on – before it’s too late.

Emanuel Tanay, M.D. 2980 Provincial St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104     734-997-0256

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January 5, 2010

Gunfight yesterday in Tangi Valley…

Filed under: Counterterrorism/War on Terror — baghdad-bob @ 20:46

It started off as a typical mission with the exception that I was sicker than a dog!  We left our compound at zero dark-(that is early in the morning for us civilians!).  And heading out to Jalalabad, except for the traffic was uneventful and got to FOB Fenty in Jalalabad about 5:30 am.  What hit me was a new wreck on in Tangi Valley, which is centered with the town of Sorobi.  This area is a hotbed for bad guys and Jalalabad road gets hit all the time and thus pretty dangerous.  Well, this truck was overturned and located just east of Sorobi town.   This same area is where the French military was ambushed and lost 10 guys.

On the return trip my driver and Ghurka commented that it looked like the truck was hit by and RPG.  And go figure two minutes later there was gunfire as the ANA, (Afghan National Army), ANP, (Afghan National Police) were engaging some bad guys up on the mountain side to the south.  We rolled up and they asked us for help?  So we got out our PKMs and shot up the mountain side.  One of my LN guards has a couple of RPG rockets and let loose on the area some of the ANA saw the bad guys head.  About this time the US Marines rolled up and joined the fun.  But seriously!  I am 53-almost- and all of them-ANA, ANP, and the Marines looking to ME to figure out what to do!  Well we laid waste to the area the fire was coming from and the fire from the mountain side subsided significantly…  We decided to push out.

The interesting thing with our LN-(Local Nationals) is that they give big respect for fighting…  Prior to any firefight my guy that heads up the LN guards, Saifudin, hardly talked to me until out first firefight last spring.  Now he has MUCHO respect for me as I have for him.   These guys will stay with you fight with you till the cows come home.

This will be an interesting and dangerous summer!

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December 21, 2009

Holy crap and I will be 53 in January!

Filed under: Personal business areas — baghdad-bob @ 16:33

From a friend;

How old is Grandpa???

The answer is at the end. It will blow you away..

One evening a grandson was talking to his grandfather about current events..

The grandson asked his grandfather what he thought about the shootings at schools, the computer age, and just things in general.

The Grandfather replied, ‘Well, let me think a minute, I was born before:

‘ television

‘ penicillin

‘ polio shots

‘ frozen foods

‘ Xerox

‘ contact lenses

‘ Frisbees and

‘ the pill

There were no:

‘ credit cards

‘ laser beams or

‘ ball-point pens

We had not invented:

‘ pantyhose

‘ air conditioners

‘ dishwashers

‘ clothes dryers

‘ and the clothes were hung out to dry in the fresh air and

‘ people hadn’t yet walked on the moon

Your grandmother and I got married first, . . . and then lived together.

Most every family on our block had a father and a mother.

Until I was 25, I called every man older than me, ‘Sir’.

And after I turned 25, I still called policemen and every man with a title,’Sir.’

We were before computer-dating, dual careers, daycare centers, and group therapy.

Our lives were governed by good judgment and common sense.

We were taught to know the difference between right and wrong and to stand up and take responsibility for our actions.

Serving your country was a privilege; living in this country was a bigger privilege.

We thought fast food was what people ate during Lent.

Having a meaningful relationship meant getting along with your cousins.

Draft dodgers were those who closed front doors as the evening breeze started.

Time-sharing meant time the family spent together in the evenings and weekends-not purchasing condominiums.

We never heard of FM radios, tape decks, CDs, electric typewriters, yogurt, or guys wearing earrings.

If you saw anything with ‘Made in  Japan ‘ on it, it was junk.

The term ‘making out’ referred to how you did on your school exam.

Pizza Hut, McDonald’s, and instant coffee were unheard of.

We had 5 &10-cent stores where you could actually buy things for 5 and 10 cents.

You could spend a nickel on enough stamps to mail 1 letter and 2 postcards.

Gas was 18 cents a gallon.

In my day:

‘ ‘grass’  was mowed,

‘ ‘coke’  was a cold drink,

‘ ‘pot’  was something your mother cooked in and

‘ ‘rock  music’ was your grandmother’s lullaby.

‘ ‘Aids’  were helpers in the Principal’s office,

‘ ‘  chip’ meant a piece of wood,

‘ ‘hardware’  was found in a hardware store and

‘ ’software’  wasn’t even a word.

No wonder people say there is a generation gap… and how old do you think I am?

I bet you have this old man in mind….you are in for a shock!

Read on to see — pretty scary!

Are you ready ?????

Grandpa would be only 59 years old!

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December 16, 2009

How is that hope and change working for you???

Filed under: Personal business areas, Politics and Opinions — baghdad-bob @ 19:41

I got this from a friend and YES it is true!

The Plan, The Scam, The Man, Don’t ya just love it when a plan comes together?

Ignore all the gas crap and just look at how the stupid car buyer got taken to the cleaners:

If you traded in a clunker worth $3500, you get $4500 off for an apparent “savings” of $1000.

However, you have to pay taxes on the $4500 come April 15th (something that no auto dealer will tell you).  If you are in the 30% tax bracket, you will pay $1350 on that $4500.

So, rather than save $1000, you actually pay an extra $350 to the feds.  In addition, you traded in a car that was most likely paid for. Now you have 4 or 5 years of payments on a car that you did not need, that was costing you less to run than the payments that you will now be making.

But wait; it gets even better:  you also got ripped off by the dealer.

For example, every dealer here in LA was selling the Ford Focus with all the goodies, including A/C, auto transmission, power windows, etc for $12,500 the month before the “cash for clunkers” program started.

When “cash for clunkers” came along, they stopped discounting them  and instead sold them at the list price of $15,500.  So, you paid $3000 more than you would have the month before…  (Honda, Toyota , and Kia played the same list price game that Ford and Chevy did).

So let’s do the final tally here:

You traded in a car worth:    $3500

You got a discount of:          $4500

———

Net so far                           +$1000

But you have to pay:            $1350 in taxes on the $4500

——–

Net so far:                             -$350

And you paid:                       $3000 more than the car was selling for the month before

———-

Net                                      -$3350

We could also add in the additional taxes (sales tax, state tax, etc.) on the extra $3000 that you paid for the car, along with the 5 years of interest on the car loan, but let’s just stop here.

So who actually made out on the deal?  The feds collected taxes on the car along with taxes on the $4500 they “gave” you.  The car dealers made an extra $3000 or more on every car they sold along with the kickbacks from the manufacturers and the loan companies.  The manufacturers got to dump lots of cars they could not give away the month before.  And the poor, stupid consumer got saddled with even more debt that they cannot afford.

Obama and his band of merry men convinced Joe consumer that he was getting $4500 in “free” money from the “government” when in fact, Joe was giving away his $3500 car and paying an additional $3350 for the privilege.

Think this was stupid for those who were crazy enough to swallow this wonderful scheme?

Just wait until we get health care with no additional costs over what most of us now pay for health insurance and the best medical care in the world.  Think that scheme might be designed by the same people who came up with Cash for Clunkers?

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December 10, 2009

Our guys still have a sense of humor… YOU MAY BE TALIBAN IF!

Filed under: Personal business areas, Politics and Opinions — baghdad-bob @ 15:32

I got this in an email from a good friend…

Our troops in Afghanistan prove they have retained their sense of humor. One of them created this ….

You May Be Taliban IF ……

1. You refine heroin for a living, but you have a moral objection to beer.

2. You own a $3,000 machine gun and $5,000 rocket launcher, but you can’t afford shoes.

3. You have more wives than teeth.

4. You wipe your butt with your bare hand, but consider bacon “unclean.”

5. You think vests come in two styles: bullet-proof and suicide.

6. You can’t think of anyone you haven’t declared Jihad against.

7. You consider television dangerous, but routinely carry explosives in your clothing.

8. You were amazed to discover that cell phones have uses other than setting off roadside bombs.

9. You have nothing against women and think every man should own at least one..

10. You’ve always had a crush on your neighbor’s goat.

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A real Craigslist ad!

Filed under: Personal business areas, Politics and Opinions — baghdad-bob @ 15:29

I got this from a friend…

To the Guy Who Tried to Mug Me in Downtown Savannah night before last. Date: 2009-05-27, 1:43 a.m. E.S.T.

I was the guy wearing the black Burberry jacket that you demanded that I hand over, shortly after you pulled the knife on me and my girlfriend, threatening our lives. You also asked for my girlfriend’s purse and earrings. I can only hope that you somehow come across this rather important message. First, I’d like to apologize for your embarrassment; I didn’t expect you to actually crap in your pants when I drew my pistol after you took my jacket. The evening was not that cold, and I was wearing the jacket for a reason. My girlfriend had just bought me that Kimber Model 1911 .45 ACP pistol for my birthday, and we had picked up a shoulder holster for it that very evening. Obviously you agree that it is a very intimidating weapon when pointed at your head … isn’t it?! I know it probably wasn’t fun walking back to wherever you’d come from with that brown sludge in your pants. I’m sure it was even worse walking bare-footed since I made you leave your shoes, cell phone, and wallet with me. [That prevented you from calling or running to your buddies to come help mug us again]. After I called your mother or “Momma” as you had her listed in your cell, I explained the entire episode of what you’d done. Then I went and filled up my gas tank as well as those of four other people in the gas station, — on your credit card. The guy with the big motor home took 150 gallons and was extremely grateful! I gave your shoes to a homeless guy outside Vinnie Van Go Go’s, along with all the cash in your wallet. [That made his day!] I then threw your wallet into the big pink “pimp mobile” that was parked at the curb … after I broke the windshield and side window and keyed the entire driver’s side of the car. Later, I called a bunch of phone sex numbers from your cell phone. Ma Bell just now shut down the line, although I only used the phone for a little over a day now, so what ’s going on with that? Earlier, I managed to get in two threatening phone calls to the DA’s office and one to the FBI, while mentioning President Obama as my possible target. The FBI guy seemed really intense and we had a nice long chat (I guess while he traced your number etc.). In a way, perhaps I should apologize for not killing you … but I feel this type of retribution is a far more appropriate punishment for your threatened crime. I wish you well as you try to sort through some of these rather immediate pressing issues, and can only hope that you have the opportunity to reflect upon, and perhaps reconsider, the career path you’ve chosen to pursue in life. Remember, next time you might not be so lucky.Have a good day. Thoughtfully yours,

Alex

P.S. Remember this motto … An armed society makes for a more civil society!

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November 20, 2009

I got this from a fellow contractor…

Filed under: Counterterrorism/War on Terror, Personal business areas, Politics and Opinions — baghdad-bob @ 21:47

A MUST READ!

Lengthy – but WELL WORTH THE READ.

I put my carry-on in the luggage compartment and sat down in my seat.
It was going to be a long flight. ‘I’m glad I have a good book to read.
Perhaps I will get a short nap,’ I thought.

Just before take-off, a line of soldiers came down the aisle and filled all the vacant seats, totally surrounding me. I decided to start a conversation.
‘Where are you headed?’ I asked the soldier seated nearest to me.
“Petawawa. We’ll be there for two weeks for special training, and then we’re being deployed to Afghanistan.”

After flying for about an hour, an announcement was made that sack lunches were available for five dollars. It would be several hours before we reached the east, and I quickly decided a lunch would help pass the time..

As I reached for my wallet, I overheard soldier ask his buddy if he planned to buy lunch. ‘No, that seems like a lot of money for just a sack lunch.
Probably wouldn’t be worth five bucks. I’ll wait till we get to base’

His friend agreed.

I looked around at the other soldiers. None were buying lunch. I walked to the back of the plane and handed the flight attendant a fifty dollar bill. ‘Take a lunch to all those soldiers.’ She grabbed my arms and squeezed tightly.
Her eyes wet with tears, she thanked me. ‘My son was a soldier in Iraq; it’s almost like you are doing it for him.’

Picking up ten sacks, she headed up the aisle to where the soldiers were seated.
She stopped at my seat and asked, ‘Which do you like best – beef or chicken?’

‘Chicken,’ I replied, wondering why she asked. She turned and went to the front of plane, returning a minute later with a dinner plate from first class. ‘This is your thanks.’

After we finished eating, I went again to the back of the plane, heading for the rest room. A man stopped me. ‘I saw what you did. I want to be part of it. Here, take this.’ He handed me twenty-five dollars.

Soon after I returned to my seat, I saw the Flight Captain coming down the aisle, looking at the aisle numbers as he walked, I hoped he was not looking for me, but noticed he was looking at the numbers only on my side of the plane. When
he got to my row he stopped, smiled, held out his hand, and said, ‘I want to shake your hand.’

Quickly unfastening my seatbelt I stood and took the Captain’s hand. With a booming voice he said, ‘I was a soldier and I was a military pilot. Once, someone bought me a lunch. It was an act of kindness I never forgot.’ I was embarrassed when applause was heard from all of the passengers.

Later I walked to the front of the plane so I could stretch my legs.

A man who was seated about six rows in front of me reached out his hand, wanting to shake mine. He left another twenty-five dollars in my palm.

When we landed I gathered my belongings and started to deplane. Waiting just inside the airplane door was a man who stopped me, put something in my shirt pocket, turned, and walked away without saying a word.

Another twenty-five dollars!

Upon entering the terminal, I saw the soldiers gathering for their trip to the base. I walked over to them and handed them seventy-five dollars. ‘It will take you some time to reach the base. It will be about time for a sandwich. God Bless You’.

Ten young men left that flight feeling the love and respect of their fellow travelers. As I walked briskly to my car, I whispered a prayer for their safe return. These soldiers were giving their all for our country. I could only give them a couple of meals.

It seemed so little…

A veteran is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to ‘The United States of America‘ for an amount of ‘up to and including my life.’

That is Honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand it.

May God give you the strength and courage to pass this along to everyone on your pogo buddy list….

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