Posted on 01/25/2014 7:09:17 PM PST by ClaytonP
Damn it guys, that dough is needed to fund welfare benefits for the millions of new illegals who will flood across the border if the morons in congress even THINK about reforming the so-called “system”.
You just don’t understand.
Yes the leaves are amazingly pretty. Outsiders wouldn’t understand but it’s true!
It’s all part of the plan to knock down the USA so they can implement their New World Order.
Armed with a single M2 .50 caliber Browning, this much feared naval vessel carries up to 30 rounds of aluminum piercing ammunition. It is the first in an entirely new naval architecture class -- technically, clitoral (not to be confused with littoral) -- being pushed on the Pentagon by the defense minded wussies in the Obama Administration as a cost-saving measure. If you look closely, you can see the heavy-duty seat restraint which prevents the pilot/gunner Kamakazi Kowalski from leaping from the vessel prior to engaging the enemy. The 12 V trolling motor which lacks a reverse function -- propels this sophisticated craft forward at a top speed of 4 knots. Reverse travel at approximately 35 knots -- is achieved by firing the Browning.
The no-bid contract to build 200 of these fearsome warships was to have been awarded to Obama-Soros-Emanuel Shipbuilding and Stormdoor Manufacturing (formerly General Dynamics) and will be administered by trusted Obama associate and former Chief-of-Staff Rahm Emanuel who commented that, at $12 million each, they are a bargain. They will be constructed exclusively at the companys facility in Kenya with major subcomponent production (rivets and miscellaneous fasteners) at the companys Harlem and Skokie plants. Delivery is expected to begin in 2024 (or as soon as the subcontractors funds are safely in the contractor's Swiss account).
bkmk
The British Empire ruined itself by too many commitments, too many allies, too many interventions. They did not heed the wise warnings of the great Conservative PM, Lord Salisbury, of the danger of national exhaustion through endless involvements in foreign strifes.
America needs to bring back American manufacturing.
We are shrinking.
Our military budget is maxed out. We need to grow.
Going the path of the UK!
To keep “ANY” ship combat & crew ready they must spend considerable time underway for both the crews readiness sake and the ships systems. Many situations can only be trained for at sea.
This is like closing up your house and living in it only once every three years for eight months. Not lived in houses do not fair well in the long run nor do non deployed ships. Every Captain worth his salt is eager to get his ship out of the yards and back underway because the ship is most efficent and top operational doing so. Granted there is needed down time as well. Even Junior Enlisted sailors are smart enough to understand this.
Obama: So much surrendering and so little time.
The time of the petro dollar reserve currency status is over.
We are living history.
Robert Gates new book “Duty” offers clear insights into how the administration feels about the military. He goes into how politics impacts budgeting and operations in considerable detail.
Yep.
If the brass cant manage on their budget, then they need to quit. The Navy is like a lot of universities: they make commitments based on money they dont have yet.
i expect the chinese to have 3-4 carrier groups within 2 years
and we’ll have 1-2.
quality. that’ll help the country
The military brass {as in commissioned officers} aren't the ones who make the monetary commitments nor often the military ones for that matter. The civilian side of it SECNAV and Sec of Defense civilian staff are the ones who set funding on what gets done and what doesn't upkeep wise. But let their decisions cause a major class A screw up like the two carriers right after 9/11 and they go hunting an 0-6 to blame. For example the JFK had been unoffically used as a reserve status carrier for almost a decade and lacked maintenance funding. Two ships Captains one from the JFK the other the Kitty Hawk were offered up as the scapegoats.
More ObamaFones, more Section 8 housing, more Obungu-Kare, more illegal immigrants...
Fewer ready aircraft carriers/ let Putin and China take over the world and carve up the Middle East along with Iran
It is the ones above O-6, I am talking about.
There's no reason to do that since we have air bases, coast guard, etc. We also keep air bases around the world. The carriers need to be out where they can respond in minutes to an attack on one of our allies.
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