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Well, thanks for your support. I am one of those federal workers. I help keep the B-1B Lancer flying. I have done so for the past 22 years. Prior to that I was an Air Force flying officer for 15 years. So I have been sucking at the government teat for 37 years. I could be making twice as much working for a contractor, but I would feel a little guilty getting that pay for the same work.

Thank you for your service to our country (not being sarcastic; I mean it).

But you need to understand, this sort of garbage from the government unions has alot of the rest of us ready to throw the baby out with the bath water.

Federal employees need to get their own unions under control and back to operating in the real world if they don't want this kind of backlash from we who fund your paychecks.

But you need to understand, this sort of garbage from the government unions

If you really read my statement I did not mention unions. I am not a union member. I don't pay dues except for a charge for my health coverage which is through a postal service and is required by the health plan. It is required along with my health care deduction. I pay for my health care, despite the pablum passed on by many. Again, I do not belong to a union. I don't vote for any union position. The law requires me to be represented by the union in cases involving employment related grievances, but I again am not a union member. People really have no understanding of the federal employment procedures. And many idiots here, display their complete brain-dead attitude have my contempt. Zeddicus, I do not put you in that category but I did not mention how I felt about unions. I addressed the shotgun brain-dead comment involving all federal employees which despite Publius6961' comment does involve military members. And it involves DOD emergency-essential personnel like me.

yldstrk apparently does not have enough brain cells to reason out that civilian positions in the military are at the request of military members. Colonels and Generals directly make the requests for these emergency essential positions. Military regulations require that contractor positions be converted to government civilian positions within three years in order to save money. As EE employees a condition of our employment is the acceptance of deployment on the orders of the government. I have a red passport. I go where they send me. And where they send me requires me to undergo non-combatant military training to include chemical warfare training, gas mask, suit and all. I take the shots required by the military to go where they go.

So except for Zeddicus, you are all invited to kiss my rosy red rump. And I will especially think of how pissed off you are when I receive my next paycheck, whenever that may be.

Cheers, your friendly federal employee,

Andy