From this URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_States The United States military budget is that portion of the United States discretionary federal budget that is allocated to the Department of Defense. This military budget pays the salaries, training, and health care of uniformed and civilian personnel, maintains arms, equipment and facilities, funds operations, and develops and buys new gear. The budget funds all branches of the U.S. military: Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. [ I would guess for non-civilian Coast Guard missions ]
You are right, you're no economist, and if you believe that THIS LAME SAILOR played golf in Japan, Go talk to my daughter with the Purple Heart. She won't talk about the road side bomb, but could talk about the Navy father who was always GONE because of less people [Clinton downsizing] to do the work that needed to be done.
Once they were hanging out on military bases here, it'd be really easy to argue that their positions could be safely cut (and the money saved) Downsizing affects everyone and if your job is cut, someone else will have to do more with less. Not to mention the unemployed now trying to find another job. The Military maintains more personal than needed to do JUST the mission so members can be rotated and given time off. Cross training is done to cover each other's butt. I once did the supply stuff when our clerk's father died and I was a airtcraft engine mech working 12 hr shifts 24/7. In 1991, I spent 59 days doing circles in a 200 mile box off the Pacific coast of Panama. Our Coast Guard team recovered 5000 lb of Orange bales while my helicopter provided cover. Maybe your job should be cut and save money?
The Military is not JUST in IRAQ. And its not chess pieces on a chess board, Its made up of people who do a job, and that like to get paid more than slave labor too.
Part of the 2007 Total Funding of $439.3 Billion was Operations and maintenance = $152.2 Bil. and Military Personnel = $110.8 Bil.
The Defense Department is an EMPLOYER and when Congress reduced the US bases years ago, the communities economy around the bases were cut too.
Everybody's JOB is important, and to use "Admiral Dan Gallery" words in his book: "Clear the Decks!", [Gallery, Daniel V. Rear Admiral U.S.N. (ret.), 1967 ], even the guy cleaning the heads is important to the mission. Captain Gallery captured the U505 in WWII, http://uboat.net/boats/u505.htm/. Don't just study economics, but US and World History as well.
That is if your head isn't buried in the sand [ Isolationist thinking ] while your butt is sticking in the air.
Chandon Seldon (43083) "we need to get rid of our insane military budget."
I need to comment on this idea.
I spent 20 years in the Navy and Retired. 'Uncle Bill' Clinton's Budget to Congress took Regan's 600 ship Navy, [which helped defeat the USSR], and started to CUT people and then benefits (Read LESS Advancement positions). This is also why we have a smaller ARMY today and have to use more National Guard. Congress spends the money and decides who gets it, The President only agrees or veto's. MOST of the Defense Budget goes to pay the Military and civilian members. If the Defense department does not have the jobs, then the jobs will have to be found in the civilian world. This increases competition for YOUR job or unemployment.
My Military retirement income comes from the Defense budget and disability from the VA. My last job included transporting parts to build new hum-vee's. The Defense Department spending is NOT just about bombs, aircraft, and the Equipment. Most of it pays and Employs civilian and military PEOPLE.
PEOPLE ARE CUT BEFORE EQUIPMENT GOES.
Second, I understand the church as a group who wants to share a common interest activity in a good way. So, the leaders could hand out these glasses with a wired or wireless hookup:
However, I wonder if these glasses would get the church in trouble all over again:
ezVision X4 ... Four Times The Resolution of Standard ezVision G1 ...
and now simulates a 64" virtual screen as viewed from 8.5 feet... and they fit like a pair of glasses.
http://www.audio-outfitters.com/ezvision_X4.html
or these low tech ones
Max TV Glasses Description
Don't miss your favorite show or sporting event. Make your TV screen appear twice as big with these special TV-glasses. Has individual focusing for each eye with a focusing wheel.
http://www.youcantoocan.com/Max_TV_Glasses_P338.cfm
Now they should be safe with this older technology:
HMV Eyeglass TV
This company has built a curious apparatus called"the television eyeglass". It weighs less than 800g, and can be easily held in the hand, like a telephone receiver. The sound is perceived by the earphone which is applied against the ear and the 4 cm x 3 cm picture is visible via a 45 degree mirror.
http://www.earlytelevision.org/hmv.html
And for the people that need to see what is around them while watching, a Japan company has made these for the train commuter:
I saw the "60 Minutes" segment on 'Facebook'. Facebook wants-needs money and is thinking of Ads in their 'groups'. Would this online-Facebook gaming not be good FOR Hasbro? Seems like Hasbro should fire the lawyers and send their Marketing people to talk to Facebook. Maybe, a "lite" multi-player version.
Big companies need to evolve their OLD business models into the 21st Century.
RU listening RIAA/MPAA ?
" toss them randomly into 5 different trashcans in my house."
Do you have five different trash collectors? Do you empty those trash cans in different months ?....
"I'm a bit paranoid," The FBI would go thru all the cans at the curb. When is safe enough, the final act ?....
Remember, safes are measured by how long it takes to crack them.
TEAR,SHRED,BURN, then eat the ashes:)
After 20 years in the Navy, I have found that foul words are the sign of a weak and lazy mind with *little* self respect or compassion for others.
There are different kinds of people in the world;
1. People who are not very smart and don't know it.
2. People who are not very smart and do know it.
3.*People who are not very smart and do know it but don't want you to know it.*
4. People who are very smart and want you to know it.
5. People who are very smart and have compassion for their fellow man by helping those with less.
Only YOU can decide which kind of people you are.
I changed my opinion on 2 points as shown above.
In response to; "very intelligent people who use the power of profane language when dealing with those that can't comprehend anything else" , this is a very quick and little thought out process design to demean hurt "those that can't comprehend anything else". Chewing out someone has its place. If abusive and profane language is the only way to get someone attention, then the world of both communicators [speaker & listener] is very small. Would you justify profanity towards a preschooler or someone who is mentally challenged ? Profanity is a slang language and I do grasp its use. However, practicing this slang takes away my ability to gain GOOD respect from the people that I wish to convey my thoughts to. People that do not agree with that kind of 'GOOD' respect are not part of my target audience and I do not wish to associate with them. I am going to RESPECT their OPINION and WILL NOT DEMEAN them for it. That is what America is about and part of my reason for serving in the Navy. I think of myself as a # 5. Which kind of People are you ? Proud of my Opinion and not an Anonymous Coward.
P.S. "an inherent beauty in the proper application of profanity that appeals to the keenest intellect." Where did Shakespeare use Profanity ?
After 20 years in the Navy, I have found that foul words are the sign of a weak and lazy mind with no self respect or compassion for others.
There are different kinds of people in the world; 1. People who are not very smart and don't know it. 2. People who are not very smart and do know it. 3. People who are very smart and want you to know it. 4. People who are very smart and have compassion for their fellow man by helping those with less.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_States
The United States military budget is that portion of the United States discretionary federal budget that is allocated to the Department of Defense. This military budget pays the salaries, training, and health care of uniformed and civilian personnel, maintains arms, equipment and facilities, funds operations, and develops and buys new gear. The budget funds all branches of the U.S. military: Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. [ I would guess for non-civilian Coast Guard missions ]
You are right, you're no economist, and if you believe that THIS LAME SAILOR played golf in Japan, Go talk to my daughter with the Purple Heart. She won't talk about the road side bomb, but could talk about the Navy father who was always GONE because of less people [Clinton downsizing] to do the work that needed to be done. Once they were hanging out on military bases here, it'd be really easy to argue that their positions could be safely cut (and the money saved) Downsizing affects everyone and if your job is cut, someone else will have to do more with less. Not to mention the unemployed now trying to find another job. The Military maintains more personal than needed to do JUST the mission so members can be rotated and given time off. Cross training is done to cover each other's butt. I once did the supply stuff when our clerk's father died and I was a airtcraft engine mech working 12 hr shifts 24/7. In 1991, I spent 59 days doing circles in a 200 mile box off the Pacific coast of Panama. Our Coast Guard team recovered 5000 lb of Orange bales while my helicopter provided cover. Maybe your job should be cut and save money?
The Military is not JUST in IRAQ. And its not chess pieces on a chess board, Its made up of people who do a job, and that like to get paid more than slave labor too.
Part of the 2007 Total Funding of $439.3 Billion was Operations and maintenance = $152.2 Bil. and Military Personnel = $110.8 Bil.
The Defense Department is an EMPLOYER and when Congress reduced the US bases years ago, the communities economy around the bases were cut too.
Everybody's JOB is important, and to use "Admiral Dan Gallery" words in his book: "Clear the Decks!", [Gallery, Daniel V. Rear Admiral U.S.N. (ret.), 1967 ], even the guy cleaning the heads is important to the mission. Captain Gallery captured the U505 in WWII, http://uboat.net/boats/u505.htm/.
Don't just study economics, but US and World History as well.
That is if your head isn't buried in the sand [ Isolationist thinking ] while your butt is sticking in the air.
"we need to get rid of our insane military budget." I need to comment on this idea. I spent 20 years in the Navy and Retired. 'Uncle Bill' Clinton's Budget to Congress took Regan's 600 ship Navy, [which helped defeat the USSR], and started to CUT people and then benefits (Read LESS Advancement positions). This is also why we have a smaller ARMY today and have to use more National Guard.
Congress spends the money and decides who gets it, The President only agrees or veto's.
MOST of the Defense Budget goes to pay the Military and civilian members. If the Defense department does not have the jobs, then the jobs will have to be found in the civilian world.
This increases competition for YOUR job or unemployment.
My Military retirement income comes from the Defense budget and disability from the VA. My last job included transporting parts to build new hum-vee's.
The Defense Department spending is NOT just about bombs, aircraft, and the Equipment. Most of it pays and Employs civilian and military PEOPLE.
PEOPLE ARE CUT BEFORE EQUIPMENT GOES.
I would never vote for a Clinton !
Second, I understand the church as a group who wants to share a common interest activity in a good way.
So, the leaders could hand out these glasses with a wired or wireless hookup:
ezVision Video Glasses
... Experience a 50" widescreen...Anywhere...Anytime
http://www.audio-outfitters.com/ezVisionFeatures.html
However, I wonder if these glasses would get the church in trouble all over again:
ezVision X4
... Four Times The Resolution of Standard ezVision G1 . ..
and now simulates a 64" virtual screen as viewed from 8.5 feet... and they fit like a pair of glasses.
http://www.audio-outfitters.com/ezvision_X4.html
or these low tech ones
Max TV Glasses Description
Don't miss your favorite show or sporting event. Make your TV screen appear twice as big with these special TV-glasses. Has individual focusing for each eye with a focusing wheel.
http://www.youcantoocan.com/Max_TV_Glasses_P338.cfm
Now they should be safe with this older technology:
HMV Eyeglass TV
This company has built a curious apparatus called"the television eyeglass". It weighs less than 800g, and can be easily held in the hand, like a telephone receiver. The sound is perceived by the earphone which is applied against the ear and the 4 cm x 3 cm picture is visible via a 45 degree mirror.
http://www.earlytelevision.org/hmv.html
And for the people that need to see what is around them while watching, a Japan company has made these for the train commuter:
'Eyeglass' TV For Train Commuters Unveiled
Glasses Ensure Normal Visual Field While Watching Video
http://www.local6.com/technology/13360129/detail.html
made by:
http://www.teleglasses.net/about_teleglass.html
http://www.scalar.co.jp/english/products/teleglass.html
I saw the "60 Minutes" segment on 'Facebook'. Facebook wants-needs money and is thinking of Ads in their 'groups'. Would this online-Facebook gaming not be good FOR Hasbro? Seems like Hasbro should fire the lawyers and send their Marketing people to talk to Facebook. Maybe, a "lite" multi-player version. Big companies need to evolve their OLD business models into the 21st Century. RU listening RIAA/MPAA ?
" toss them randomly into 5 different trashcans in my house." Do you have five different trash collectors? Do you empty those trash cans in different months ? ....
"I'm a bit paranoid," The FBI would go thru all the cans at the curb. When is safe enough, the final act ? ....
Remember, safes are measured by how long it takes to crack them.
TEAR,SHRED,BURN, then eat the ashes :)
Since history seems to repeat its self, I wonder; " Is this an automated way of saying, Witch !!, WITCH !!, Burn the Witch !!!"
After 20 years in the Navy, I have found that foul words are the sign of a weak and lazy mind with *little* self respect or compassion for others.
There are different kinds of people in the world;
1. People who are not very smart and don't know it.
2. People who are not very smart and do know it.
3.*People who are not very smart and do know it but don't want you to know it.*
4. People who are very smart and want you to know it.
5. People who are very smart and have compassion for their fellow man by helping those with less.
Only YOU can decide which kind of people you are.
I changed my opinion on 2 points as shown above.
In response to; "very intelligent people who use the power of profane language when dealing with those that can't comprehend anything else" , this is a very quick and little thought out process design to demean hurt "those that can't comprehend anything else". Chewing out someone has its place. If abusive and profane language is the only way to get someone attention, then the world of both communicators [speaker & listener] is very small. Would you justify profanity towards a preschooler or someone who is mentally challenged ? Profanity is a slang language and I do grasp its use. However, practicing this slang takes away my ability to gain GOOD respect from the people that I wish to convey my thoughts to. People that do not agree with that kind of 'GOOD' respect are not part of my target audience and I do not wish to associate with them. I am going to RESPECT their OPINION and WILL NOT DEMEAN them for it. That is what America is about and part of my reason for serving in the Navy. I think of myself as a # 5. Which kind of People are you ?
Proud of my Opinion and not an Anonymous Coward.
P.S. "an inherent beauty in the proper application of profanity that appeals to the keenest intellect." Where did Shakespeare use Profanity ?
After 20 years in the Navy, I have found that foul words are the sign of a weak and lazy mind with no self respect or compassion for others.
There are different kinds of people in the world;
1. People who are not very smart and don't know it.
2. People who are not very smart and do know it.
3. People who are very smart and want you to know it.
4. People who are very smart and have compassion for their fellow man by helping those with less.
Only YOU can decide which kind of people you are.