get this, YOUR king george

is holding up bonus payments to military members. yeah, we all knew that. i even posted about it a couple of days ago. but WHY is he holding up the bonuses? you'll LOVE this



he's holding them up because his panties are all in a twist about iraq reconstruction AND he wants to make sure none of us can sue the iraqi government in us courts (of course we started it but a bunch of them did a kazillion illegal things too). that's right. he's 'worried' about iraq and NOT our service women and men



he's YOUR king, not mine

Bonus payments frozen

By Jim Tice - Staff writer

The Army has temporarily halted bonus payments for more than 20 enlistment, re-enlistment and service extension programs pending enactment of authorizing legislation.
President Bush, to the surprise of Congress and the Defense Department, vetoed the fiscal 2008 Defense Authorization Act on Dec. 29 after months bargaining with House and Senate leaders.
In announcing the pocket veto, White House spokesman Scott Stanzel said the president objected to a single provision of the legislation that would delay the reconstruction of Iraq, and expose the Iraqi government to unwarranted law suits in U.S. courts.
If enacted as currently written, the legislation would authorize $696.3 billion in defense spending during 2008, including $1 billion for Army accession and retention bonuses.
Until a new version of the legislation is enacted, all new bonus agreements signed on, or after, Jan. 1 must include an addendum that stipulates the soldier’s eligibility for a future bonus...............