All Drama or Freckles have to do is flick Monster on the arm for him to come running upstairs, complete waterworks, screaming about how he was brutally punched. This worked maybe once or twice. But after some time with the constant hysterics and exaggerations, I stopped listening. The truth is, his siblings should be spoken to in some way for constantly annoying him. But the fact that the truth of HOW they are annoying him have been so greatly exaggerated means that I now do nothing. Sometimes, I need to discipline Monster for lying. Rarely, though, do I remember after all the truth comes out to reprimand his siblings for the infraction they are guilty of. Monster doesn’t understand it, but his over the top screaming and exaggeration have made me tune out, which isn’t helping his cause one bit. Lately, this graphic is circulating the web And it bugs me. It’s only the latest one in a string of ‘Support or Troops’ propaganda that is misleading or false. I’m not going to speak on any of the other ‘facts’ listed on it. I don’t know for sure how much the PMO makes on retirement, but all my research up to now puts it at much less than what this says. But that’s not my point. My point is that the ‘average’ Canadian soldier (or military member, since there are sailors and airmen as well), does not make $40 000. In fact, on enlisting, a Private makes about $33 000. By his or her 2nd year, they make $41 000. By 4 years – over $55 000. So I’m not sure what ‘…
