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Posted: 1/19/2015 5:00:02 PM EDT
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The Ruination of our country is on many levels, and worse yet, it is intentional.
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Posted: 1/19/2015 5:02:46 PM EDT
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You know what is worse than being run by idiots?
The fact that they get elected. |
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Posted: 1/19/2015 5:04:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You know what is worse than being run by idiots? The fact that they get elected. |
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Posted: 1/19/2015 5:05:09 PM EDT
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The Ruination of our country is on many levels, and worse yet, it is intentional. This. It's been downhill for a long time. In my lifespan, since LBJ ascended the presidency. Thanks for the guns 'n butter you mofo. |
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Posted: 1/19/2015 5:05:54 PM EDT
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Waste is crucial if the status quo is to be maintained.
Everyone is out for themselves, don't forget.
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Posted: 1/19/2015 5:07:07 PM EDT
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What's our alias?
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Posted: 1/19/2015 5:12:05 PM EDT
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Our country is run by idiots because it's full of idiots. |
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Posted: 1/19/2015 5:15:03 PM EDT
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You know what is worse than being run by idiots? The fact that they get elected. Using vague bullshit promises. 
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Posted: 1/19/2015 5:17:16 PM EDT
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You know what is worse than being run by idiots? The fact that they get elected. That isn't really fair, elections are choices between idiot A and idiot B and a good candidate never makes the big show anyway... |
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Posted: 1/19/2015 5:17:54 PM EDT
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The Ruination of our country is on many levels, and worse yet, it is intentional. Yup 
This is part of the 'fundamental transformation' that was voted for. In Obama's America, Syria and Saudi Arabia are allies, while France, Germany, and the UK are not. |
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Posted: 1/19/2015 5:18:08 PM EDT
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General: Praising the A-10 to Lawmakers is ‘Treason’ |
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Posted: 1/19/2015 5:18:14 PM EDT
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You know what is worse than being run by idiots? The fact that they get elected. And reelected....over and over again. |
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Posted: 1/19/2015 5:22:31 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/19/2015 5:23:30 PM EDT
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I have been reading article after article about us decommissioning older Naval and Airpower. Why don't we give this to our alias instead of selling them for scrap for a dollar. The Philippine's could use this to deter China and would happily pay more than a buck... Plus we would save money having to run this hardware over there.. Why do we waste so much.... They could afford to upgrade and we could sell that service. Old battleships, Fighters, and we just decom'd a helo-carrier. Six U.S. frigates (Oliver Hazard class) have been given or sold to Mexico and Taiwan in recent years - so the very thing you are describing IS actually happening. A separate problem is that many allies don't necessarily WANT the kind of stuff that's being decommissioned. U.S. allies tend to have decent capability, and tend to focus on smaller numbers/volume of more modern stuff, as opposed to older stuff. Then there are issues of compatibility with their systems, the supply chain for maintenance and upkeep, etc. |
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Posted: 1/19/2015 5:28:42 PM EDT
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It took you this long to figure that out.......
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Posted: 1/19/2015 5:35:26 PM EDT
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Six U.S. frigates (Oliver Hazard class) have been given or sold to Mexico and Taiwan in recent years - so the very thing you are describing IS actually happening. A separate problem is that many allies don't necessarily WANT the kind of stuff that's being decommissioned. U.S. allies tend to have decent capability, and tend to focus on smaller numbers/volume of more modern stuff, as opposed to older stuff. Then there are issues of compatibility with their systems, the supply chain for maintenance and upkeep, etc. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I have been reading article after article about us decommissioning older Naval and Airpower. Why don't we give this to our alias instead of selling them for scrap for a dollar. The Philippine's could use this to deter China and would happily pay more than a buck... Plus we would save money having to run this hardware over there.. Why do we waste so much.... They could afford to upgrade and we could sell that service. Old battleships, Fighters, and we just decom'd a helo-carrier. Six U.S. frigates (Oliver Hazard class) have been given or sold to Mexico and Taiwan in recent years - so the very thing you are describing IS actually happening. A separate problem is that many allies don't necessarily WANT the kind of stuff that's being decommissioned. U.S. allies tend to have decent capability, and tend to focus on smaller numbers/volume of more modern stuff, as opposed to older stuff. Then there are issues of compatibility with their systems, the supply chain for maintenance and upkeep, etc. common sense lol |
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Posted: 1/19/2015 5:38:13 PM EDT
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Nobody can afford to fuel a Forrestal nevermind load it with naval planes and trained crews.
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Posted: 1/19/2015 5:39:03 PM EDT
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There are very few countries that currently operate aircraft carriers. Operating even one (like China, Russia, France, etc.) is a very expensive proposition. The Philippine Air Force/Navy, such as it is, does not currently have a single aircraft (excluding helicopters) that could fly off it. They don't have the infrastructure to operate it, ships to protect it, or frankly, a need to project air power.
China would likely be the only country interested in taking one of these off our hands. |
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Posted: 1/19/2015 5:39:47 PM EDT
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You know what is worse than being run by idiots? The fact that they get elected. Yep
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Posted: 1/19/2015 6:33:40 PM EDT
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 Quote HistoryQuoted:
You know what is worse than being run by idiots? The fact that they get elected. |
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Posted: 1/19/2015 6:40:07 PM EDT
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The idiots want one of their own in charge,
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Posted: 1/19/2015 6:43:20 PM EDT
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The country is run by idiots because it's inhabited by idiots.
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Posted: 1/19/2015 6:46:57 PM EDT
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People vote for who most closely resembles themselves. So I guess that means 51% of Americans are cheating dumbfucks with jug ears. |
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Posted: 1/19/2015 6:47:19 PM EDT
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I would hope that if retrofiting and upgrading was a feasible option then we would have done so ourselves.
It's a hard pill to swallow and often seems counter-intuitive, but sometimes the most economical thing to do is just scrap it. |
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Posted: 1/20/2015 8:59:29 AM EDT
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Fluke: Sorry auto correct on my "smart" device changed "Allies" to "Alias".......
DK-Prof: I knew we handed down some hardware, but I've read 5 to 1 that we scrap older stuff rather and sell it. How about those planes in Afghanistan that we bought, found out they didn't work in that environment so we let them sit for 10 years then blew them up??? Are you telling me Poland or even Lithuania couldn't have used them? |
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Posted: 1/20/2015 9:01:19 AM EDT
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It's run by idiots, because it's occupied by idiots.
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Posted: 1/20/2015 10:24:07 AM EDT
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Using vague bullshit promises. http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000U5qu0SKgPug/s/900/900/DemDebate20.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted:
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You know what is worse than being run by idiots? The fact that they get elected. Using vague bullshit promises. http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000U5qu0SKgPug/s/900/900/DemDebate20.jpg Just think of them as snake oil salesmen. Or snake handling Pentecostal preachers. Or just snakes. |
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Posted: 1/20/2015 10:25:50 AM EDT
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Yup
This is part of the 'fundamental transformation' that was voted for. In Obama's America, Syria and Saudi Arabia are allies, while France, Germany, and the UK are not. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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The Ruination of our country is on many levels, and worse yet, it is intentional. Yup
This is part of the 'fundamental transformation' that was voted for. In Obama's America, Syria and Saudi Arabia are allies, while France, Germany, and the UK are not. Historical colonialism is bad mmmmkay? Islamic colonizers are good..... |
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Posted: 1/20/2015 10:32:47 AM EDT
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I have been reading article after article about us decommissioning older Naval and Airpower. Why don't we give this to our allies instead of selling them for scrap for a dollar. The Philippine's could use this to deter China and would happily pay more than a buck... Plus we would save money having to run this hardware over there.. Why do we waste so much.... They could afford to upgrade and we could sell that service. Old battleships, Fighters, and we just decom'd a helo-carrier. Selling them for a dollar is getting off cheap. When you consider the cost of environmental remediation. Many of the older ships are chock full of asbestos, among other things. |
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Posted: 1/20/2015 10:56:22 AM EDT
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its not just ships and such. the gov / military wastes a incredible amount of money. look at the kinds of things they just plain destroy... and pay millions to do it... when it could be sold to americans for tens / hundreds of millions. ( m1 rifles, and 1911's clinton had destroyed....479,367 M14 rifles were destroyed ( which at a minimum could have been sold as parts, stocks, bolts, barrels, triggers, sights, etc, and made good money, instead of being shredded....and i believe hundreds of ww1 era singer 1911's.)....... military hummers, that have been scrapped forever, that civilians would LOVE to be able to buy.....handguns that are scrapped, or plain given to foreign countries......the list is pretty much endless.
carter admin supposedly torched 300.000 m1 garands.... before they were pressured to stop. what would 300.000 m1 garands be worth today? $150 million bucks at least? hell, we have to pretty much FIGHT to be allowed to buy surplus small arms brass from drmo, which is worth many, many times more money as brass casings for reloading, than scrap brass. you have to get a fucking end use certificate, like your buying a 5 ton truck, to buy fucking brass casings now. etc, etc, etc, pretty much anything surplus, with rare exceptions.... should be offered to the american public first to purchase.... gov is a business, and it should be run as one.... mraps m113's old bradleys old apc's old tanks small arms small arms parts brass ammo night vision acogs aimpoints thermal, etc, etc, should all be for sale to us average joes, at whatever the auction sells it for. before being handed to some foreign power. we paid for the shit when the gov bought it.. we should be able to purchase it heavily discounted when its outdated. |
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Posted: 1/20/2015 11:03:17 AM EDT
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I have been reading article after article about us decommissioning older Naval and Airpower. Why don't we give this to our allies instead of selling them for scrap for a dollar. The Philippine's could use this to deter China and would happily pay more than a buck... Plus we would save money having to run this hardware over there.. Why do we waste so much.... They could afford to upgrade and we could sell that service. Old battleships, Fighters, and we just decom'd a helo-carrier. 1. Because they're tired and worn out. 2. If they're scrapped they'll never be used against us. Friends today does not mean friends forever. |
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Posted: 1/20/2015 11:04:55 AM EDT
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Posted: 1/20/2015 11:06:35 AM EDT
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Using vague bullshit promises. http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000U5qu0SKgPug/s/900/900/DemDebate20.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted:
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You know what is worse than being run by idiots? The fact that they get elected. Using vague bullshit promises. http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000U5qu0SKgPug/s/900/900/DemDebate20.jpg Hope in one hand and shit in the other now clap |
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Posted: 1/20/2015 11:41:52 AM EDT
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There's a lot of things I have issue with in our country, but not selling weapons to our potential enemies is not one of them.
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Posted: 1/20/2015 11:50:22 AM EDT
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You know what is worse than being run by idiots? The fact that they get elected. Yup. We(as a country) keep putting them in power. |
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Posted: 1/20/2015 11:54:08 AM EDT
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Fluke: Sorry auto correct on my "smart" device changed "Allies" to "Alias"....... DK-Prof: I knew we handed down some hardware, but I've read 5 to 1 that we scrap older stuff rather and sell it. How about those planes in Afghanistan that we bought, found out they didn't work in that environment so we let them sit for 10 years then blew them up??? Are you telling me Poland or even Lithuania couldn't have used them? The ones that were sitting in Afghanistan were a write off. Getting them safe to fly out of country would probably have been just as expensive as just buying a new one. Compared to Afghanis working on them a decade of neglect would have lead to a better chance of flying again. |
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Posted: 1/20/2015 11:58:37 AM EDT
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... Old battleships, Fighters, and we just decom'd a helo-carrier. Our fighters are worn out by the time they make it to the boneyard. They are at the end of their service life and we get the most value out of them by turning them into targets or just picking parts out of them. |
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Posted: 1/20/2015 12:01:32 PM EDT
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Why would a capable person work for the government when they can make multiple times more money... not working for the government?
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Posted: 1/20/2015 12:04:48 PM EDT
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Why would a capable person work for the government when they can make multiple times more money... not working for the government? The same reason lots of NCOs in technical career fields stay in the service. |
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Posted: 1/20/2015 12:08:56 PM EDT
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the "BHO Preamble": We the People of the United States, while acknowledging that the majority of us are truly idiots, in Order to form a more perfect Union socialistic society, establish Justice for blacks, insure the erosion of domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence masses of illegal aliens at the expense of the general Welfare, and continuously reduce secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America, a Constitution which we fully expect to be summarily twisted, ignored and/or circumvented at the whim of BHO. oh yeah, and FBHO. |
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Posted: 1/20/2015 12:10:25 PM EDT
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As a taxpayer demanding responsible use of our funds, that shit should be sold to the highest bidder. Civilian, foreign national, or nation. I don't give a shit.
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Posted: 1/20/2015 12:18:55 PM EDT
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As a taxpayer demanding responsible use of our funds, that shit should be sold to the highest bidder. Civilian, foreign national, or nation. I don't give a shit. I agree. DRMO should have two categories of equipment: 1) Equipment sold to the highest bidder when the federal government has no more need for it. 2) Equipment that is completely unsafe for civilian use that has to be destroyed. And there should be a very small amount of the latter. Now the one thing that stinks about the ships getting scrapped for one dollar is that the contracting system won't let bidders offer less than that. The contractors would have paid to be able to scrap the ships (since they get to sell the materials) but the system doesn't allow for negative numbers. |
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Posted: 1/20/2015 12:42:01 PM EDT
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Welcome to the party, pal.
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