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« on: May 17, 2011, 03:51:11 PM »
And thank you all so much for the warm welcome and invitation to stay I saw on another thread. 

To be honest, I don't know where I fit in.  I'm a former Army officer, married to a currently serving Army officer, grew up as an Army brat but claim Montana as home because I spent a few years there and that's where my mother and all her family were from.  I'm a Montana girl through and through, even when I'm not living there. 

I'm pro-gun (I'm from Montana after all), pro-nuclear power (there just isn't any other way to meet our energy needs in the future), very pro-military (obviously) but on the other hand, I really think there should never be one child going hungry or going without a doctor's care in this great country of ours.  I'm a Lutheran, and we are one of the religions that has talked a lot about helping the poor and it's stayed with me.  I do what I can, we give what we can, but I can still see it's not enough. 

So I guess I don't fit in anywhere.  I wonder how many people there are out there like me, people who are conservative on some issues, liberal on some issues?  As the country divides into "red" and "blue" where do we purple people fit in? 

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Re: Hi, thanks for letting me join
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2011, 03:55:55 PM »
Welcome!   :cheersmate:

My Grandad was raised in Montana, outside Great Falls.   :-)

We ain't purple people eaters here.   :-)
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« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2011, 03:58:01 PM »
Quote from: JustVisiting on May 17, 2011, 03:51:11 PM
I'm pro-gun (I'm from Montana after all), pro-nuclear power (there just isn't any other way to meet our energy needs in the future), very pro-military (obviously) but on the other hand, I really think there should never be one child going hungry or going without a doctor's care in this great country of ours.  I'm a Lutheran, and we are one of the religions that has talked a lot about helping the poor and it's stayed with me.  I do what I can, we give what we can, but I can still see it's not enough. 

That's not too far from us. We don't want kids going hungry, JV. We just don't think it's up to the federal government to provide for people the way they're doing it because what they've done is created an entire system that kills incentive, kills the will to get off of it, and has, for years now, created a mentality that's been passed down from generation to generation. We do believe in charity. Even polls show conservatives as being the most charitable with their own personal capital.
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Re: Hi, thanks for letting me join
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2011, 04:00:43 PM »
Welcome JV.  Glad you decided to stay.
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Re: Hi, thanks for letting me join
« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2011, 04:13:47 PM »
Quote from: JustVisiting on May 17, 2011, 03:51:11 PM
And thank you all so much for the warm welcome and invitation to stay I saw on another thread. 

To be honest, I don't know where I fit in.  I'm a former Army officer, married to a currently serving Army officer, grew up as an Army brat but claim Montana as home because I spent a few years there and that's where my mother and all her family were from.  I'm a Montana girl through and through, even when I'm not living there. 

I'm pro-gun (I'm from Montana after all), pro-nuclear power (there just isn't any other way to meet our energy needs in the future), very pro-military (obviously) but on the other hand, I really think there should never be one child going hungry or going without a doctor's care in this great country of ours.  I'm a Lutheran, and we are one of the religions that has talked a lot about helping the poor and it's stayed with me.  I do what I can, we give what we can, but I can still see it's not enough. 

So I guess I don't fit in anywhere.  I wonder how many people there are out there like me, people who are conservative on some issues, liberal on some issues?  As the country divides into "red" and "blue" where do we purple people fit in? 



Montana!

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« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2011, 04:16:14 PM »
Thanks, everyone!  

You know, I have read that conservatives give more than liberals do!  

I appreciate the warm welcome.  It's nice to know you don't eat purple people, LOL!  And I'm glad to see a fellow Montanan!  

I went to school at FSU.  When I was in ROTC, some of the guys gave me a hard time about being a "yankee."  I said, "You don't understand, I'm from Montana, I was born in Alaska, my ancestors weren't even here until after the civil war and I'm from out west, I'm not a yankee!"  "But you SOUND like a yankee."  They were just pulling my chain.  I think.  
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« Reply #6 on: May 17, 2011, 04:19:02 PM »
LOL.  I worked as a clerk-typist in DC at one of the agencies right out of high school.  I was asked, "where are you from?"  "Montana."  Everyone in the room laughed.  Just saying "Montana" was the punchline.   "But it's a beautiful state, and the people are very nice!"  More laughter.     
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Re: Hi, thanks for letting me join
« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2011, 04:24:22 PM »
Quote from: JustVisiting on May 17, 2011, 04:19:02 PM
LOL.  I worked as a clerk-typist in DC at one of the agencies right out of high school.  I was asked, "where are you from?"  "Montana."  Everyone in the room laughed.  Just saying "Montana" was the punchline.   "But it's a beautiful state, and the people are very nice!"  More laughter.     

I'd live in Montana... Lots of good hiking... And open roads for when I get my motorcycle.

Welcome, JV.
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« Reply #8 on: May 17, 2011, 04:25:42 PM »
Quote from: JustVisiting on May 17, 2011, 04:16:14 PM
Thanks, everyone!  

You know, I have read that conservatives give more than liberals do!  

I appreciate the warm welcome.  It's nice to know you don't eat purple people, LOL!  And I'm glad to see a fellow Montanan!  

I went to school at FSU.  When I was in ROTC, some of the guys gave me a hard time about being a "yankee."  I said, "You don't understand, I'm from Montana, I was born in Alaska, my ancestors weren't even here until after the civil war and I'm from out west, I'm not a yankee!"  "But you SOUND like a yankee."  They were just pulling my chain.  I think.  

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« Reply #9 on: May 17, 2011, 04:29:21 PM »
Army, I was a Quartermaster puke.  Were you Army too?
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« Reply #10 on: May 17, 2011, 04:31:43 PM »
And thanks, Mike!  Wow, so many fellow Montanans, that's really cool!

I hope you get your motorbike soon!
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« Reply #11 on: May 17, 2011, 04:33:53 PM »
Quote from: JustVisiting on May 17, 2011, 04:29:21 PM
Army, I was a Quartermaster puke.  Were you Army too?

Quartermaster!

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ROTC!

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FSU! Do they even have a football team?

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*you can only give one an hour, so I have my next three hours now planned.

Yeah. I was in...am in...for 108 more days.
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« Reply #12 on: May 17, 2011, 04:34:09 PM »
Quote from: JustVisiting on May 17, 2011, 04:31:43 PM
And thanks, Mike!  Wow, so many fellow Montanans, that's really cool!

I hope you get your motorbike soon!

I'm actually not sure how many Montanans are here. Other than the four years I was in the Coast Guard in Washington State, I've lived in Texas my entire life.
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« Reply #13 on: May 17, 2011, 04:48:13 PM »
Dutch!  I'm flattered you spent so many bitchslaps on me, LOL!  

You're so short you can't see over the curb!  What are your plans for after you get out?  There are some good contractor jobs to be had here in the DC area.  Not sure how employment is looking in the rest of the country, I have a feeling they aren't giving us the true unemployment numbers.  But things are still pretty much okay in this area.    

And Mike, I love guys from Texas, one of the coolest guys I ever met went to Texas A&M.  

BTW, thank you both for your service!
Edited because I stupidly misspelled Dutch's name (ten bitchslaps for that.)
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« Reply #14 on: May 17, 2011, 04:51:44 PM »
Welcome JV!  Never been to Montana, but would love to see it some day.
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« Reply #15 on: May 17, 2011, 04:53:17 PM »
Hiya, JV, and welcome!

Don't let dutch ask you about peach cobbler.

Trust me on that one.

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« Reply #16 on: May 17, 2011, 04:54:54 PM »
Quote from: JustVisiting on May 17, 2011, 04:48:13 PM
Butch!  I'm flattered you spent so many bitchslaps on me, LOL!  

You're so short you can't see over the curb!  What are your plans for after you get out?  There are some good contractor jobs to be had here in the DC area.  Not sure how employment is looking in the rest of the country, I have a feeling they aren't giving us the true unemployment numbers.  But things are still pretty much okay in this area.    

And Mike, I love guys from Texas, one of the coolest guys I ever met went to Texas A&M.  

BTW, thank you both for your service!

Good Lord! Not inside the Beltway, thanks. Rather do Crystal Meth than work in Crystal City. After 27+ years I am not doing a damned thing. Once I train the Dawg to ride in the side car and keep his helmet on, I am just gonna cruise for a while.



I am thinking something like this...but I have a Black Lab. Oh, I mean an African-American Lab.
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« Reply #17 on: May 17, 2011, 04:57:17 PM »
Quote from: Eupher on May 17, 2011, 04:53:17 PM
Hiya, JV, and welcome!

Don't let dutch ask you about peach cobbler.

Trust me on that one.



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« Reply #18 on: May 17, 2011, 04:57:51 PM »
Ok. Let's review.

You're pro-gun. You're pro military. You're pro-Christian.

How the hell did you survive at DU?

Welcome, and thanks to you and your spouse (not sure if you're a husband or wife) for your service! I'm sure we'll have plenty of disagreements, but I'm glad you've decided to stay!
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« Reply #19 on: May 17, 2011, 04:59:31 PM »
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« Reply #20 on: May 17, 2011, 04:59:49 PM »
Welcome to CC!  I'm Jessica.  Never been to Montana, but would love to go for a weekend.  I heard it's really beautiful.
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« Reply #21 on: May 17, 2011, 05:00:16 PM »
That's a cool motorcycle!  Yup, you've more than earned your retirement.  And yeah, DC feels like the black hole you never escape from.  The traffic here alone is enough to make you want to move anywhere else but here.  

I wish you many happy years of retirement!  
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« Reply #22 on: May 17, 2011, 05:04:19 PM »
Welcome to our humble abode, JV. I am extremely pro Military as well. I thank you, and any members of your family for your service to this great country of ours. I'm not sure we have O.D. Green, but here:


THANK YOU!!!!

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« Reply #23 on: May 17, 2011, 05:10:59 PM »
I've gotten into some hellacious arguments there.  That's what I mean about, I'm already getting beaten up by one board.  I just can't stand by and not speak up when someone posts about how soldiers are just torturers and killers.  Some of the threads I just ignore.  

But you know, I won't necessarily agree with everything here either.  That's what I mean about not knowing where I fit in.  Sometimes I think it would be so much easier if I could just flip some switches and be either all blue or all red and then I'd finally fit in.  But I don't seem to know how to do that.  

Some of the rhetoric from both sides can be pretty harsh sometimes.  But I think if we sat down and had a drink at the bar together most of us would like each other.  I really do believe that deep down.          
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« Reply #24 on: May 17, 2011, 05:15:07 PM »
Wow, thank you Jessica and thank you Rev!  It was an honor to wear the uniform and I am glad I had the opportunity to serve. 

Eupher, thank you for your service, and you know I will have to ask about the peach cobbler reference now!
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