Norwegian culture isn't US culture. You don't have the untermenschen we mistakenly brought into the country.
What the US needs is permanent, profitable incarceration of violent felons coupled with an end to the War On Some Drugs so we only lock up criminals with actual victims.
"Looks like the same Capitalism that ended Communism in the 90's will end Democracy in 2012!"
The American public are lazy slugs and deserve to suffer a lot more than they already do. If they haven't suffered enough to collectively wake up, add more suffering.
Too bad for those of us who are awake and caught in the blast radius, but I understand WHY corporate interests fuck over stupid people. They are just too tempting a target and they don't exactly command respect.
"Surely some people do realise that economic sanctions will likely kill an awful lot of the poorest people in Iran and the sanctions are in themselves, a declaration of war. "
Sanctions don't kill people, the spending decisions by the SANCTIONED GOVERNMENTS kill people.
That's quite a difference. Note that even un-sanctioned governments can make the same decisions. Pakistan preferred nukes to reducing poverty.
For people with NO alternative experience, even weak devices can change their lives.
Would you rather have NO computer, or a Celeron 500 with 256MB RAM? Those specs don't even merit a dumpster dive nowadays in the US, but don't forget what you can do with one.
There is a difference between "teething troubles" and, for example, fielding OBOGS and clinging to it despite proven and adequate alternatives being available.
If your engine bleed air quits, a conventional LOX bottle still works. If you want a larger capacity, use a larger diameter LOX sphere but have mounting ears for both sizes so you can use them in a pinch.
"Complaints" over specific tech issues are different than some non-tech whinging "dis ting is bwoken!" with no idea why.
The F-15 is still in production for other countries and will likely outlive the F-22.
Then there's arguably the most versatile jet fighter in history, whose mission variants and variety of weapons remain unmatched.
"On 25 July 1955, the Navy ordered two XF4H-1 test aircraft and five YF4H-1 pre-production fighters. The Phantom made its maiden flight on 27 May 1958 with Robert C. Little at the controls."
"The DoD budget should be written by DoD administrative staff based on actual, military need, not by a bunch of congressional staffers trying to appease big donors."
Don't presume the cliques in DoD have the OVERALL best interests of the troops in clear focus and aren't fighting over DIFFERENT rice bowls.
We went to war in Iraq with SOFT-SKINNED support vehicles and HMMWVs despite the lessons of Viet Nam and Somalia. Troops had to RE-learn how to build gun trucks, and RE-install gun shields on our APCs.
SFC Paul R. Smith died firing an OPEN machine gun from an unprotected M113:
(Most of the ACAV armor kits were REMOVED from M113s in the US inventory before it was realized Iraqis figured out what the VC did in the battle of Ap Bac many years ago. They are back, with the addition of TAGS windowed gunshields. As for the anti-RPG bar armor so common now, it was invented in the 1960s but rejected because it got tangled in Southeast Asian jungle. Tested on an M113, it was forgotten for decadesâ¦)
EARMARKS helped field uparmor kits, MRAPs, armored trucks, etc which save many Soldier lives. The stopgap HMMWV armor kits were better than nothing, but HWWWV are still merely light trucks and not armored fighting vehicles like MRAP.
The military is complex and so are its internal politics. If you want ethical earmarks, ask for oversight, but they've done a lot of good.
Hi-tech vehicle and body armor and improved battlefield medical treatment have reduced US casualties to amazingly LOW levels. Still sucks to be one, don't get me wrong, but the author is ignorant of the military and should STFU.
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I had to deal with caring for my dying parents, whom I loved greatly. Senile dementia is not a nice way to go, and if I'm diagnosed with it I shall suicide without hesitation.
The post was Funny, and my folks (pre-dementia) would have found it amusing too.
Life is for living while living is good, and laughter is part of good living.
War is actually a NORMAL human process though the modern pretense is different.
War trumps law, for in the end law requires force to enFORCE it.
"Migration from now on means war."
If I have one loaf of bread and need to feed self and wife, anyone else attempting to take that bread will be killed if I am able. That's Nature's way. Hungry bears don't give up food to competitors, so why should I?
Exclusivity protects ME from competition. I demand MY country favor ME because....MY country belongs to ME.
The idea that the strong should sacrifice for the weak outside their own culture may be morally delectable under certain constructs, but is NOT at all logical. Given finite resources, in nature animals COMPETE for them. If you aren't fast enough to catch the slowest zebra, tough shit.
I'm not interested in filling MY lifeboat until it sinks. At some point one has to push off and smash fingers until they let go.
It's a trade college. If you have downtime that means things are running smoothly. KEEP it that way.
Those are cozy jobs, and it BEARS REMINDING THAT DOING LESS WORK FOR THE SAME MONEY _IS_ A COMPENSATION BOOST.
OP, are your bosses HAPPY with your work? If so and your job is secure, then STFU and feather your nest.
You get paid to please the people who write your contract, that is all. Do some human networking if you want a fucking raise. Become wonderful at office politics.
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US wages need to drop to force prices down so we can compete.
That will force local prices down too.
China is the natural master of Asia. The US has meddled there for no reason except missionary zeal.
Cede Asia to China and we have no quarrel.
Damn right!
Scope out Union welding schools for how it should be done.
Norwegian culture isn't US culture. You don't have the untermenschen we mistakenly brought into the country.
What the US needs is permanent, profitable incarceration of violent felons coupled with an end to the War On Some Drugs so we only lock up criminals with actual victims.
"Looks like the same Capitalism that ended Communism in the 90's will end Democracy in 2012!"
The American public are lazy slugs and deserve to suffer a lot more than they already do. If they haven't suffered enough to collectively wake up, add more suffering.
Too bad for those of us who are awake and caught in the blast radius, but I understand WHY corporate interests fuck over stupid people. They are just too tempting a target and they don't exactly command respect.
Who gives a flying fuck what a descendant of Edison thinks?
Why should we be even slightly interested in this shit?
"a shiny new war just in time for election season?"
Obama would never risk that. Change we can believe in!
The Cole was deliberately risked because it was allowed into harbor. The only places US vessels should visit are military bases and US ports.
Underway replenishment means the US can and should stay at sea in enemy regions.
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But they have the oil that WE need in order to not suffer mass starvation.
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NO.
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2011/02/u-s-dependent-on-middle-east-oil-think-again/
"Really though, sanctions end up starving people who would have otherwise provided for themselves."
Citation needed. Spending CHOICES by sanctioned GOVERNMENTS holding their own people hostage starve those people.
Not giving in to kidnappers is not abetting kidnappers.
"Surely some people do realise that economic sanctions will likely kill an awful lot of the poorest people in Iran and the sanctions are in themselves, a declaration of war. "
Sanctions don't kill people, the spending decisions by the SANCTIONED GOVERNMENTS kill people.
That's quite a difference. Note that even un-sanctioned governments can make the same decisions. Pakistan preferred nukes to reducing poverty.
P4 2.4 or faster for me. They make good space heaters.
I leave my P4 running in my ISO container shop on cold nights and it makes a noticeable difference in temperature the next day.
"I'll give you the more advanced, yet clumsy, Etch-A-Sketch."
Those make great gifts. We gave one to our Lieutenant as a laptop.
(He had a good sense of humor!)
For people with NO alternative experience, even weak devices can change their lives.
Would you rather have NO computer, or a Celeron 500 with 256MB RAM? Those specs don't even merit a dumpster dive nowadays in the US, but don't forget what you can do with one.
There is a difference between "teething troubles" and, for example, fielding OBOGS and clinging to it despite proven and adequate alternatives being available.
If your engine bleed air quits, a conventional LOX bottle still works. If you want a larger capacity, use a larger diameter LOX sphere but have mounting ears for both sizes so you can use them in a pinch.
"Complaints" over specific tech issues are different than some non-tech whinging "dis ting is bwoken!" with no idea why.
The F-15 is still in production for other countries and will likely outlive the F-22.
Then there's arguably the most versatile jet fighter in history, whose mission variants and variety of weapons remain unmatched.
"On 25 July 1955, the Navy ordered two XF4H-1 test aircraft and five YF4H-1 pre-production fighters. The Phantom made its maiden flight on 27 May 1958 with Robert C. Little at the controls."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II
"The DoD budget should be written by DoD administrative staff based on actual, military need, not by a bunch of congressional staffers trying to appease big donors."
Don't presume the cliques in DoD have the OVERALL best interests of the troops in clear focus and aren't fighting over DIFFERENT rice bowls.
We went to war in Iraq with SOFT-SKINNED support vehicles and HMMWVs despite the lessons of Viet Nam and Somalia. Troops had to RE-learn how to build gun trucks, and RE-install gun shields on our APCs.
SFC Paul R. Smith died firing an OPEN machine gun from an unprotected M113:
http://www.combatartfund.org/Images/MOH.PatrickHaskett.jpg
(Most of the ACAV armor kits were REMOVED from M113s in the US inventory before it was realized Iraqis figured out what the VC did in the battle of Ap Bac many years ago. They are back, with the addition of TAGS windowed gunshields. As for the anti-RPG bar armor so common now, it was invented in the 1960s but rejected because it got tangled in Southeast Asian jungle. Tested on an M113, it was forgotten for decadesâ¦)
Viet Nam 113 with gunshields:
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2570/4115742434_26c7ccf501_z.jpg
EARMARKS helped field uparmor kits, MRAPs, armored trucks, etc which save many Soldier lives. The stopgap HMMWV armor kits were better than nothing, but HWWWV are still merely light trucks and not armored fighting vehicles like MRAP.
The military is complex and so are its internal politics. If you want ethical earmarks, ask for oversight, but they've done a lot of good.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2007-09-03-congressmrap_N.htm
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/sen-lindsey-graham-defends-certain-congressional-earmarks-us-military
Hi-tech vehicle and body armor and improved battlefield medical treatment have reduced US casualties to amazingly LOW levels. Still sucks to be one, don't get me wrong, but the author is ignorant of the military and should STFU.
I had to deal with caring for my dying parents, whom I loved greatly. Senile dementia is not a nice way to go, and if I'm diagnosed with it I shall suicide without hesitation.
The post was Funny, and my folks (pre-dementia) would have found it amusing too.
Life is for living while living is good, and laughter is part of good living.
War is actually a NORMAL human process though the modern pretense is different.
War trumps law, for in the end law requires force to enFORCE it.
"Migration from now on means war."
If I have one loaf of bread and need to feed self and wife, anyone else attempting to take that bread will be killed if I am able. That's Nature's way. Hungry bears don't give up food to competitors, so why should I?
Exclusivity protects ME from competition. I demand MY country favor ME because....MY country belongs to ME.
The idea that the strong should sacrifice for the weak outside their own culture may be morally delectable under certain constructs, but is NOT at all logical. Given finite resources, in nature animals COMPETE for them. If you aren't fast enough to catch the slowest zebra, tough shit.
I'm not interested in filling MY lifeboat until it sinks. At some point one has to push off and smash fingers until they let go.
The reality is if you don't get a choice, adapt or die. Nature doesn't care what you want and mercy doesn't exist.
It will, and China will produce the products.
The idea that countries with high labor costs and tight pollution regs should be in the solar business is silly.
We have OTHER places suitable for such work.
It's a trade college. If you have downtime that means things are running smoothly. KEEP it that way.
Those are cozy jobs, and it BEARS REMINDING THAT DOING LESS WORK FOR THE SAME MONEY _IS_ A COMPENSATION BOOST.
OP, are your bosses HAPPY with your work? If so and your job is secure, then STFU and feather your nest.
You get paid to please the people who write your contract, that is all. Do some human networking if you want a fucking raise. Become wonderful at office politics.
Do your bosses have fast PCs and large monitors?
"You get promotions and raises by going above and beyond and making yourself valuable to the company."
Or in a trade college, you get your contract renewed...sometimes...if you aren't left dangling working with an expired one.