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Johnny Five-Jaces posted:Alright I sent mine off to Duckworth and Quigley. Quigley didn't even have the "Veterans" option in the dropdown for his issues so I'm not real hopeful but I will report back if either of them sends me more than an "eat poo poo" form letter. This isn't really a veterans issue, but lol anyway.
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# ? Aug 10, 2018 22:20 |
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# ? May 16, 2024 17:54 |
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Enough spouses wear their servicemembers' rank that it probably qualifies.
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# ? Aug 11, 2018 00:43 |
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Hey Mike Coffman wrote me back!quote:Thank you for taking the time to contact me. It is an honor to serve as your Representative in the United States Congress. loving for real
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# ? Aug 12, 2018 08:25 |
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Grem posted:Hey Mike Coffman wrote me back! Jesus, at least when my congressfucker brushed me off, he did it with a paper letter that was longer than that. It said roughly the same thing, but still.
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# ? Aug 12, 2018 15:18 |
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Well Tammy got back to me. The relevant text:quote:However, under current law surviving spouses cannot receive both SBP and DIC. Consequently, the SBP annuity is reduced dollar for dollar by the DIC benefit resulting in a reduced monthly payment of SBP. This is known as the SBP/DIC offset and tens of thousands of military survivors are financially harmed by it. I don't really know what to do with that but at least she doesn't suck straight away?
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# ? Aug 14, 2018 20:08 |
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Johnny Five-Jaces posted:Well Tammy got back to me. The relevant text: This email is full of poo poo. The 2018 NDAA didn't eliminate the offset, it made the SSIA permanent.
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# ? Aug 14, 2018 20:27 |
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There is a VERY high likelihood that you're more familiar with both the issue and the NDAA than anyone in these offices.
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 05:12 |
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gently caress it. McNally just run for office change from the inside
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 11:33 |
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Syrian Lannister posted:gently caress it. McNally just run for office change from the inside Can't I just raise funds without having to run for office?
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 17:48 |
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McNally posted:Can't I just raise funds without having to run for office? There’s always money in t-shirts.
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 18:03 |
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LtCol J. Krusinski posted:There’s always money in t-shirts. My CafePress says otherwise.
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 18:28 |
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I've been scanning letters and documents for Stars and Stripes and holy gently caress this poo poo's been flooding back. Like how the Army investigation and CID reports both claim the MPs just hosed off, but the MP report has information they couldn't have gotten if that were true. Also there were MPs at the hospital when I arrived (which jives with the MP report). I threw away the CID report in disgust, so I'm probably going to have to get another one.
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# ? Aug 17, 2018 18:25 |
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Suggestion: pick a day and then we all call all the members of the relevant senate committee
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# ? Aug 23, 2018 19:58 |
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THE SAGA CONTINUES?! I got this email in the mail yesterday. Well, technically I was CC'd on this email. quote:CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED So I was a little concerned. I hit Reply All and wrote back. quote:What is the nature of this request for information? Is there something I should be aware of? I received this response today: quote:CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED I, knowing the Army as I do, felt this does not bode well (and will probably require me actually going to Fort Knox for the appointment), and replied thus: quote:I'm already receiving my annuity. Am I going to stop getting my annuity because nobody told me I had to fill out a form when I moved three years ago? So we'll see how this goes. That $310 a month is a fair chunk of my monthly income, so I hope it doesn't go away. McNally fucked around with this message at 20:35 on Aug 24, 2018 |
# ? Aug 24, 2018 20:30 |
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I also got a reply from the Gary Sinise Foundation yesterday!quote:Dear Harry, Wow. I wasn't asking for legal help, I was asking for a louder voice. Thanks. Thanks a lot. Today's my birthday, I get to wonder if I'm losing a benefit because casualty assistance forgot to have me fill out a form two and a half years ago.
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# ? Aug 25, 2018 18:14 |
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It resumes.quote:CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED To recap, he gave me three phone numbers to call. The first one (which is also the phone number of the person he told me to specifically contact) goes to a voicemail box that is full and cannot accept any new voicemails. The second number I called on Friday. The third number is for the Casualty Assistance Center itself and I left a voicemail there, too. All for paperwork that I'm 99% sure is superfluous anyway: I don't qualify for any SBP because I receive DIC.
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# ? Aug 27, 2018 16:51 |
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loving Army. I thought I was finally loving done with all their bullshit.
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# ? Aug 27, 2018 20:08 |
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Turns out nobody told the Fort Knox Casualty Assistance Center that I'd moved into their AOR.
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# ? Aug 27, 2018 21:40 |
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Jesus dude, it's never ending! If it wasn't so hosed up it would be comical.
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# ? Aug 27, 2018 22:30 |
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Green Weenie never sleeps and never rests. It will eternally hunt for buttholes to probe.
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# ? Aug 27, 2018 23:04 |
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ded posted:Green Weenie never sleeps and never rests. It will eternally hunt for buttholes to probe. At some point you'd think it would move on. When I had a colonoscopy last month, the doctor just had me sit on a table with a hole in it and shone a flashlight up there. I'm just... so loving tired. Completely and utterly drained. At this point I'm pretty sure my benefits aren't going to change, but Jesus. I should become a hitman or something, because I could kill for a sense of financial security.
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# ? Aug 27, 2018 23:15 |
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I swear I'm gonna learn vodou and resurrect whoever the U.S. Army version of Admiral Sir John Fisher (a man who regularly threw official busywork into his office fireplace when he was head of the Royal Navy) was to aid you in cutting through red tape.
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# ? Aug 28, 2018 21:45 |
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I receive a letter in the mail today from my congressman! It was the exact same "thank you for writing, your views are important" form letter I received already. So I hit him back with this: quote:I received a letter dated September 12th, 2018, from your office today and wish to once again express my complete and utter disgust at the lack of basic human empathy I am continually subjected to by the staff of Congressman Mooney. Despite repeated attempts at contact, I have received two identical form letters that say absolutely nothing. A version of this also went to his Facebook page because why not. quote:Glad to see you're getting out there to talk with the business interests of your district. It's possible I let a little more of my anger slip into the Facebook post.
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# ? Sep 15, 2018 18:08 |
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Good. Do it in person next time he has a town hall event or other Q&A.
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# ? Sep 15, 2018 20:52 |
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Godholio posted:Good. Do it in person next time he has a town hall event or other Q&A. Hahahahahahah He doesn't do those things.
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# ? Sep 15, 2018 22:07 |
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McNally posted:Hahahahahahah Call the news.
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# ? Sep 16, 2018 11:41 |
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McNally posted:I receive a letter in the mail today from my congressman! Have you done any big ol' shareable Facebook posts by any chance?
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# ? Sep 16, 2018 11:49 |
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:Call the news. They never got back to me. Duzzy Funlop posted:Have you done any big ol' shareable Facebook posts by any chance? Unfortunately not. Individuals can't make posts on his Facebook, they can only comment on his posts and you can't share comments.
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# ? Sep 16, 2018 16:48 |
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Well yeah, but I mean a shareable post with a summary of all the deets on your profile?
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# ? Sep 16, 2018 16:57 |
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Duzzy Funlop posted:Well yeah, but I mean a shareable post with a summary of all the deets on your profile? Aww, but that's effort.
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