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...But of these sophisms and elenchs of merchandise I skill not...
Milton, Areopagitica

Except he had found the
standing sea-rock that even this last
Temptation breaks on; quieter than death but lovelier; peace
that quiets the desire even of praising it.

Jeffers, Meditation On Saviors


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30.3.08

$7,000:

...a Marine sniper who saw action in Fallujah in 2004, returned to Iraq in July 2006 after growing bored with his civilian life selling swimming pools to California suburbanites.
He planned to re-enlist, but he got a more lucrative offer: $7,000 a month to haul supplies in convoys for Crescent Security Group. He figured he’d have an adventure, help the Iraqi people and build a nest egg to buy a house and marry his fiancĂ©e
Baker/Columbian
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He joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 2001, served two combat tours in Iraq as a scout and a sniper without injury, and fought in the 2004 assault on Fallujah.
Discharged from the Marine Corps in 2005 with the rank of corporal, the chiseled-jaw Munns returned home to Shasta County
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Enlisted Basic Pay Rates
January 1, 2008 Monthly Military Pay for Enlisted
4 Years of Service
E-7/corporal
$2047.80

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