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As I mentioned, my father-in-law was here for Independence Day. Here’s a shot of us at Sheila’s.

My father-in-law was here with us in Chesapeake and joined us at my friend Sheila’s to watch the fireworks at Mt. Trashmore in Virginia Beach. Here are some of the photos.

I’m posting this hoping that some folks will find some benefit to it, and party because I have a tendency to lose brochures, etc., and I wanted to make sure I could get my hands on this info if I needed it again.

Most folks are not aware that there are additional benefits for Veterans or their Widow(ers). There is something called an “improved pension benefit”. What does it take to qualify?

• only 90 days of continuous, active duty military service, one of which was during wartime.
• any discharge other than a dishonorable discharge
• disabled OR at least age 65

For seniors living in assisted living or other senior facilities who are at least 65, there is up to $1950 per month available TAX FREE.

(I’m just hitting the highlights from the brochure.)

For more information, visit Government Benefits Analysts, Inc.: gbausa.org
or call Ronald Dukes at (757) 233-8404, or email him at rdukes@dukesco.com

Great day at WordCamp Raleigh. Not only did I meet a bunch of folks that were nearly as enthusiastic about the power of WordPress as me, but I also got to learn a lot of great stuff from the experts. By experts, I mean the folks like Lisa Sabin-Wilson, Cory Miller  and Brad Williams. Looking forward to day 2.

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An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had once failed an entire class. That class had insisted that Obama’s socialism would work and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer.

The professor then said, “OK, we will have an experiment in this class on Obama’s plan”. All grades would be averaged and everyone would receive the same grade so no one would fail and no one would receive an A…

After the first test, the grades were averaged and everyone got a B.  The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy.  As the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too so they studied little.

The second test average was a D!  No one was happy.

When the 3rd test rolled around, the average was an F.

As the tests proceeded, the scores never increased as bickering, blame and name-calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else.

All failed, to their great surprise, and the professor told them that socialism would also ultimately fail because when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great, but when government takes all the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed.

Could not be any simpler than that.

Remember, there is a test coming up… November 2010!