sherpa
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There is a cost to understanding and making adjustments as part of the survival instinct.
Putting up with certain things may be worth a greater feeling of confidence that you are under less of a threat, and allowing certain industries to exist.
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16 minutes ago, Justice said:
Yes, I agree tightening the cockpit doors isn’t all that was needed.
And the legal ability, desire and infrastructure for intel and legal agencies to share information and cooperate with each other both domestically and around the world.
And some kind of realistic passport/visa control.
And No Fly lists.
And forensic accounting around the world with an eye towards terrorism.
And far more attention at high vis events.
And far more restrictions on cargo carriage and prohibitions.
And killing al-Qaeda operatives.
And disallowing states to allow known terrorist training camps.
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1 hour ago, Justice said:
IMO that’s a whole other argument. We didn’t have to do many of the things we did post 9/11. They got lucky that day. All we had to do was tighten up the cockpit doors and make sure we keep fighter jets on stand by. The terrorists win that way.
Completely disagree.
We had to do a lot more than that.
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Nor they you.
Ya....You showed 'em.
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How you go from the thread title regarding a polemic on the thanking someone for service to a rant on spending is something only you and your therapist understand.
And I have "a clue."
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As a Coast Guard E6, you are confident of you ability to make these claims?
Fortunately, corporate America has a different view.
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10 minutes ago, keepthefaith said:
3000 or so families would take great offense to that statement.
So would a group of airline pilots who enjoyed the "freedom" of going to work to take care of passengers and get them where they're going without having their throats slashed.
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Want to read something "interesting."
Rough, but interesting.
"Can't Kill Enough To Win....Think Again."
https://m.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2017-12/cant-kill-enough-win-think-again
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10 minutes ago, Gugny said:
You're wrong on every level.
And your response, "don't thank me for my service," was ignorant. That's coming from a veteran who appreciates when others take the time to acknowledge.
Peace
From folks like you, I don't want it.
It was an honor and something that set me up for life.
Again, regarding the actress issue, you have absolutely no idea of the impact of what she did, and it absolutely falls in the treason range.
I'm not going to overstate it, but it was treason, by definition.
To claim that someone who has that view is the victim of bad information, or "what you have been told" is immensely disrespectful to those who went through it and relayed what they know.
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3 minutes ago, Gugny said:
This ... is pure gold.
Odd how you're avoiding my question about not wanting to be thanked. Very odd.
You really don't get this do you?
Whether the government decides to prosecute or not is based on a lot of different factors.
The fact is that the Tokyo Rose issue was successfully prosecuted under the the reference I have mentioned twice.
It is exactly what this actress did.
Regarding your claim of me "avoiding" something," its not odd, and I'm not avoiding.
Its simply not worth spending the time for a response.
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14 minutes ago, Gugny said:
Re: Tokyo Rose, I see you're not going to go with facts in this one, either. Not even going there.
So tell me why you don't like to be thanked for your service.
The specifics of the Tokyo Rose issue don't matter.
What matters is what is written in the US Constitution re treason, and that case is precedent.
That is what applies to this self absorbed actress, and that is what you have, in my view, erroneously commented on.
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I am quite familiar with the Tokyo Rose issue.
What matters is what is written in the Constitution Article 3 Section 3.
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11 minutes ago, Gugny said:
Thank you for your service.
She was an activist during the Vietnam war; hardly alone. She didn't cause anything bad to happen to any U.S. soldiers and she didn't commit treason.
I don't agree with what she did, but I certainly don't believe that she had any power whatsoever to have any negative impact - nor do I think that was her goal.
Don't thank me for my service.
You have absolutely no idea what she caused.
Tokyo Rose was convicted of doing exactly what this moron did, there just wasn't any appetite for pursuing it, and I'm glad it turned out that way.
I don't give a rat's ass what her "goal" was, nor do the people who were impacted in any way, and I'm quite certain you don't either.
One thing I do know is that her crap was used, and used against people who were in POW camps during her idiotic "altruistic" campaign.
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9 minutes ago, Gugny said:
Posing for pictures and speaking to the "enemy," do not qualify as treason. As for your quote about prisoners trying to escape, that has nothing to do with an actress posing for some photos. That would hold true for any POW held by any country during any war.
She went there as a human being and spoke with other human beings, including seven U.S. POWs who all agreed to speak with her.
She spoke about/against some of the tactics used by the U.S. military that were targeting civilians (human beings) and spoke about the impact.
Lastly, at the time of her visit, the "war," was all but over.
You, and so many like you, are so pissed off at this woman who never put anyone in harm's way, but never like to speak out against the pigs who sent our (barely) men into a no-win situation and nearly imminent death.
But yeah .... Jane Fonda is the devil.
You don't get to judge what constitutes treason.
US Constitution Article 3 Section 3.
"or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort."
Jane Fonda did exactly that when she agreed to participate in Radio Hanoi propaganda programs.
She didn't speak "to" the enemy, she spoke "for" the enemy, and she didn't offer any hint of remorse for such ill advised stupidity until there was an economic component.
You have no idea of what i don't like to "speak out against."
It matters not a whit when she did it in the context of that war.
She did it while US servicemen were being held in North Vietnamese torture camps.
She has/had no idea what was being targeted and why, and I know exactly what her claim was.
Further, your claim in a previous post that I should:
"Do some research and educate yourself before spewing what you've "learned" from others, " I challenge as well.
I would suggest that you "learned" it from others as well.
Where I "learned" it was from people I served with as a light attack pilot in the Pacific Fleet.
In case you don't know, that is the group that delivered weapons during that war, and a number of them ended up in POW camps.
On my first cruise, a good deal of the more senior officers, 04 and above, all served in Viet Nam, and knew all about what her actions caused.
In addition, it was discussed at SERE school, (POW) school.
I trust those people more than any others I have ever met, and certainly trust their judgement more than some ignorant young woman empowered by noting other than celebrity, who hadn't any clue what the hell she was doing.
And I don't consider her the "devil."
She was just a typical self absorbed idiot in way over her head.
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5 hours ago, westerndecline said:
Im not on fox news....
If you take an RV on the road with your current knowledge base, you soon will be.
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6 hours ago, Gugny said:
Patently false. Do some research and educate yourself before spewing what you've "learned" from others.
"“If a prisoner tried to escape, it is quite understandable that he would probably be beaten and tortured.”
That was said by an individual and it was said regarding US POWs held by the North Vietnamese.
That individual also made radio broadcasts at the behest of Radio Hanoi, during the war.
That individual also posed for a picture on an anti aircraft gun. She later claimed she had no idea what she was doing.
Her "apologies" came coincident with movie openings that protesters were recommending be boycotted.
She gave aid and comfort to an enemy during a war.
I have "educated" myself on this puke.
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1 hour ago, Fadingpain said:
For some reason I get the impression the majority of Bills fans would hate her guts for political reasons.
What she did transcended political choice.
It was treason, and people got hurt for it.
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Unforgivable, and she has never really admitted her stupidity.
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1 hour ago, DC Tom said:
I'm guessing capitalism is flaud [sic] because solar is free?
Another frawed.
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11 minutes ago, westerndecline said:
Strawman
Never said its free
Im suprised u r this dense
I suspect everything surprises you.
When you get out of high school, things will clear up.
Or maybe not.
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39 minutes ago, Dante said:
Well, it might be settled for you. While all the brainwashed eco drones are living in tents and eating bugs I would like to be moving towards this. The only issue with the place is that I feel that I deserve more than a two-acre lot. I should have a bigger footprint.
https://www.redfin.com/CA/Danville/8-Margaret-Ln-94526/home/17166869
I think we have a failure to see sarcasm.
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1 hour ago, westerndecline said:
Its not a debate
Limited fossil fuels , exponential growth, and china/india/africa demand will force u to adapt
So the rv is cheaper?
Its all free.
Solar.....Free.
Wood....Free.
Propane....Free.
Putting some piece of junk on land you don't own.....Free.
I am amazed that someone didn't think about this already.
Maybe they wanted to have a life that included others.
Fools.
1 hour ago, westerndecline said:Its not a debate
Limited fossil fuels , exponential growth, and china/india/africa demand will force u to adapt
So the rv is cheaper?
In your case, the RV would be fatal.
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18 hours ago, /dev/null said:
That's where the Government's Green subsidies come into play. It's free because somebody else is paying for it
gotta think like a Progressive
Reminds me of a meme from the 2016 campaign
Put that baby under a window and you've got a "solar system."
3 hours ago, westerndecline said:So basically this is settled the debate right now what is more cheaper a conventional two or three bedroom house or an RV with a solar panel attached to it that's paid off?
It would help your cause if you wrote sentences like an educated human.
But....
The question about what is "cheaper" was never the issue.
The issue is your ridiculous claims, and total ignorance of anything related to this.
If you want cheap, just go the full homeless route.
By the way.
There is another "settled" item in this thread.
You may not be able to figure that out, but everyone else has.
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If you are telling the truth about buying an RV and becoming a full timer, I cannot more strongly advise you to spend a lot of time reading what others have posted on at least these two forums:
http://www.rvforum.net/SMF_forum/index.php
Based on what you have posted here, you don't stand a chance of making informed decisions without a lot of additional education, and I don't say that in a mean spirited way.
Based on what you have posted here, I could sell you a cheap skylight and tell you it was a "solar system."
Just learning what suits you and is a good value is way beyond what you seem to understand here, and frankly, for a guy who claims to have just wrapped 20 years of active duty but seems to have not thought about life afterwards, I'm not hopeful.
Anyway, if you read those forums, you will find out a great deal about the efficacy and expense of solar.
Simple things- like they have to be portable because permanent mounted ones will last about 20 miles bolted to a roof that isn't built for that weight going 60 mph with stuff hitting them and being constantly rattled. Portable ones are much less efficient, and ever speaking in terms of one is preposterous.
Additionally, most sane people park in shaded areas for obvious reasons. You will also find that most people don't burn wood in an RV. That is a really, really bad idea. If you have 20 amp service, you can use a relatively small space heater that costs about $80. That's what I use, and it works great.
And you know what else you don't seem to understand?
Wood is not cheap at all, and really stupid to haul it around.
That's why nobody does it. RV parks won't let you bring in your own for bug purposes and buying it there is quite expensive. There's always a small amount for camp fires etc. If you stay outside an RV park I doubt you are going to be able to cut it, and burning wet wood is silly.
I don't use the thermostatically controlled propane heating system because propane is expensive. The only thing I use my propane system for is heating water or cooking when I need it, but the microwave is usually a better idea.
My RV is quite small, and I use it maybe four times a year for three day trips, but I spent a lot of time reading those forums before I did anything, and it is mandatory to do so.
You can get yourself in a whole lot of trouble very quickly unless you know what you're doing, and you are grossly uninformed about this issue. You know literally nothing about energy value. If its all about saving money, you couldn't be more off course.
Truth be told, based on what you have posted in this thread, if you bought some rig now and marched off into the wild, I would pay big money for the movie rights to that adventure, and pay the burial expenses.
If you did something in a permanent location, that would be different, but understand those are usually very undesirable locations and there is zero resale value.
“Fighting for our freedom?”
in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
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Its not complicated or nefarious at all.
Many of the hijackers identities were known prior to the actual crashes.
It took no time at all to link them to al-Qaeda, and numerous intercepted transmissions that day pointed to bin Laden.