View of the Week (Special Edition): Theater of War: A Warrior's Last Words

We salute all who have served as we appreciate the New York Times producing this--our team was extremely moved by this:

As We Go Dark For Memorial Day Week-End Here in the United States

Please enjoy these compilation of Thoughts we have decided to feature on all our properties  courtesy of @Jonathan Huie that underscores our sense of gratitude as a team for the opportunity to serve as we wish all in the United States a joyous and restful weekend:

With gratitude, all life appears as a blessing -

without gratitude, all of life

is perceived as a burden.

- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't

come as a result of getting something we don't have,

but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.

- Frederick Koenig

Notations On Our World (Special @POTUS Watch Edition): On Healthcare & the Budget

As President Trump continues his travels, the challenges in Washington continue.   The Congressional Budget has just scored the American Healthcare Act:

New From CBO H.R. 1628, American Health Care Act of 2017 CBO and JCT estimate that enacting the American Health Care Act would reduce federal deficits by $119 billion over the coming decade and increase the number of people who are uninsured by 23 million in 2026 relative to current law.

This is Congressman Mark Sanford noted his profound reservations about the Budget as reported by the Washington Post:

A Freedom Caucus Republican says the foundation of the Trump budget is ‘a lie’

"What it does is it perpetuates a myth that we can go out there and balance a budget without touching entitlements,” said Rep. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.) at a House Budget Committee hearing. “It's not only a myth, it's frankly a lie."

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