tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post2866869013294002678..comments2024-01-03T05:18:54.650-05:00Comments on CDR Salamander: Enjoy the view while you can ....CDR Salamanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05981221786954902349noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-71706542982375704622010-10-20T19:26:25.000-04:002010-10-20T19:26:25.000-04:00And it's Wednesday, so straighten your field s...And it's Wednesday, so straighten your field scarf.Grandpa Bluewaternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-34479064344094484962010-10-20T19:25:11.000-04:002010-10-20T19:25:11.000-04:00Good. Don't forget to check Mongo to see if he...Good. Don't forget to check Mongo to see if he has been tending to his knitting (trick question).Grandpa Bluewaternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-13079013389187291002010-10-20T17:24:03.000-04:002010-10-20T17:24:03.000-04:00Sal,
It's easy, you just decide to do it. We...Sal,<br /><br />It's easy, you just decide to do it. We have other programs that administration has decided to be more important than defense. There is no money for those programs either but they are not taking cuts.<br /><br />If you think it is important, we could find a way. But with this adminstration, no so much. Better too keep masses happy with thier handouts. Hopey changey, got to love it!Redeye80noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-33109572965320834702010-10-20T16:42:21.000-04:002010-10-20T16:42:21.000-04:00Since there is nothing we want on Chinese soil, do...Since there is nothing we want on Chinese soil, don't go there.<br /><br />When they come out into Lake Nimitz, aka the big pond just west of UCSB, they can be had. If we maintain an adequate Navy.<br /><br />Say about what we had in 1960, updated for shifts in ships classification. The problem is we need the tariff structure and the industrial base we had in 1960,<br /><br />This will take some long term work. As a start, why don't we ask for the ships we lent out back when no longer in use. We need the steel back. Scrap'em out and keep the steel and other metals and any still reusable parts. Anchors, chain, EOT's, clocks, etc. Sell the small stuff at inflated rates (This clock went through the battle off Samar, only 300.00 for such a collectors piece) Use convicts on death row for labor at asbestos removal. Offer a commuted sentence and the Justice Dept can pay the Navy a bonus on court costs saved.<br /><br />Ton of high grade steel saved is a ton earned. I guarantee we'll put it to good use sooner or later.Grandpa Bluewaternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-53890555246280563812010-10-20T12:41:51.000-04:002010-10-20T12:41:51.000-04:00Actually, what we need is for the Boomers to give ...Actually, what we need is for the Boomers to give up their inheritances (re-instate the Estate Tax), so that we can pay off the debt they've left us:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/10/the-least-we-can-do/8228/" rel="nofollow">http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/10/the-least-we-can-do/8228/</a>JSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-27405561044134191872010-10-19T04:41:35.000-04:002010-10-19T04:41:35.000-04:00And never go against a Sicilian when death is on t...And never go against a Sicilian when death is on the line.Casey Tompkinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-54171576809088660122010-10-18T18:11:51.000-04:002010-10-18T18:11:51.000-04:00Po-TAY-to, po-TAH-to.Po-TAY-to, po-TAH-to.UltimaRatioRegisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-36197802635746424502010-10-18T16:19:11.000-04:002010-10-18T16:19:11.000-04:00Actually, that quote doesn't quite fit the cur...Actually, that quote doesn't quite fit the current denizens of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.<br /><br />They don't think of themselves as so much bon into a superior class, as a case of:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.wwd.com/fashion-news/obamas-social-style-has-dc-grumbling-3340201?module=today#/article/fashion-news/obamas-social-style-has-dc-grumbling-3340201?page=1" rel="nofollow">"I got mine, and screw you..."</a><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>Instead of welcoming guests in a formal receiving line with a White House photographer on hand to help visitors capture their historic moment, or simply strolling through the Red, Blue and Green rooms chatting informally with invitees, the Obamas prefer to stand in a designated spot, such as one end of the East Room or in the Grand Foyer, safely positioned behind a red velvet rope. The kind of red velvet rope clubs use to keep out the riffraff. From there, the presidential couple smiles, chats, makes eye contact and waves as their guests jockey for position to touch their hands. No mingling.</strong><br /><strong></strong><br />"Presidential"?<br /><br />I'd say downright embarrassing for all of us.<br /><strong></strong>sidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-1751038668043530152010-10-18T16:02:32.000-04:002010-10-18T16:02:32.000-04:00We shall see how much a lame duck session is willi...We shall see how much a lame duck session is willing to accede to the demands of a supreme egotist and socialist demagogue who just cost fifty or sixty of them their jobs....UltimaRatioRegisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-27630523082527385422010-10-18T15:55:30.000-04:002010-10-18T15:55:30.000-04:00Forgot the VH-3s and VH-60s to that fuel burn tota...Forgot the VH-3s and VH-60s to that fuel burn total...<br /><br />Ready for Cap and Tax in the lame duck session in a few weeks?<br /><br />Anyway, I've looked high and low for a quote from Teddy Roosevelt about his disdain of Royalty, but can't find it.<br /><br />So , this from mark Twain, will have to suffice when describing the current mentality that permeates the Royal City on the Potomac (which I will be visiting on in early Nov.):<br /><br /><strong>Why, dear me, any kind of royalty, howsoever modified, any kind of aristocracy, howsoever pruned, is rightly an insult; but if you are born and brought up under that sort of arrangement you probably never find it out for yourself, and don't believe it when somebody else tells you.<br />- </strong><i><strong>A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court<br /></strong></i>sidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-23464441126951574112010-10-18T14:13:33.000-04:002010-10-18T14:13:33.000-04:00Oh, I've a list of names. I collect them on T...Oh, I've a list of names. I collect them on Thursdays, primarily. UltimaRatioRegisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-26850492272604745962010-10-18T12:49:18.000-04:002010-10-18T12:49:18.000-04:00Almost forgot. Who are you going to hang today to ...Almost forgot. Who are you going to hang today to improve efficiency. Quota is at least one supergrade GS a day. No bag limit.Grandpa Bluewaternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-33744236559196765962010-10-18T12:47:10.000-04:002010-10-18T12:47:10.000-04:00Almost forgot, who are you going hang today to imp...Almost forgot, who are you going hang today to improve efficiency? Quota is at least one per day. No bag limit.Grandpa Bluewaternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-59589252098486685562010-10-18T12:44:47.000-04:002010-10-18T12:44:47.000-04:00It's Monday, so wipe that smile off your face,...It's Monday, so wipe that smile off your face, Mister.Grandpa Bluewaternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-50617342796883067382010-10-18T07:17:09.000-04:002010-10-18T07:17:09.000-04:00Unless you are Asian!Unless you are Asian!Bubba Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-82676724312158914752010-10-18T04:23:40.000-04:002010-10-18T04:23:40.000-04:00Thanks much, SAP...Thanks much, SAP...Casey Tompkinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-47184985988851607012010-10-17T20:53:12.000-04:002010-10-17T20:53:12.000-04:00If I get to be Morale Improvement Officer AND High...If I get to be Morale Improvement Officer AND High Executioner, I hereby designate Fridays as "Loud tie day" and Tuesdays are "Smile, or else day". UltimaRatioRegisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-27615299712991359932010-10-17T20:44:49.000-04:002010-10-17T20:44:49.000-04:00Redeye80,
Elected officals aren't the only on...Redeye80,<br /><br />Elected officals aren't the only ones pushing for too high pensions and unwilling to deal. When you have leadership in some of the unions who threaten the politicos with the lose of thier jobs unless they pay out. How can we as a tax payer vote out union leaders? Think about as a customer side. A business you deal with that makes a cog you need for your sprocket, the company that makes the cog raises the cost of the cog to offset rising costs of dealing with the union. How can you deal with the cog company and thier rising costs? It isn't completely the companies fault the costs have risen, they are just offseting the costs of the union on to thier clients. For the company it is tween closing the doors or staying in business, so they have to cut a deal with the union. The most you can do is find another supplier or pass the costs on to your own customers. For government, that isn't possible at times. When everyone and thier brother wants government to do something for their cause, something has to give.Southern Air Piratenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-9265125381548117942010-10-17T19:37:51.000-04:002010-10-17T19:37:51.000-04:00Great idea. I'm holding out for Summary Capito...Great idea. I'm holding out for Summary Capitol Crimes & Strategic Cluelessness Court Chief Judge, with URR as Lord High Efficiency and Morale Improvement Officer/Executioner. As a blow for gender equality, Mongo gets Madam DeFarge's old job, if he wants it. Nominations for members of the tribunal are open, submit your packages ASAP. Motto: "First a fair trial...".Grandpa Bluewaternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-39523903283837973422010-10-17T19:26:44.000-04:002010-10-17T19:26:44.000-04:00DG: One minor correction, the correct spelling of ...DG: One minor correction, the correct spelling of "counter" is "!@#$%&* S.I.N.K.!" Otherwise an admirably true, wise, on point and terse post. My congratulations and hope you will be tolerant of my minor quibble re spelling.Grandpa Bluewaternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-60232454036598448542010-10-17T19:21:02.000-04:002010-10-17T19:21:02.000-04:00URR: Purely and totally admiration, sir, purely an...URR: Purely and totally admiration, sir, purely and totally.Grandpa Bluewaternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-65794932919066057132010-10-17T18:26:22.000-04:002010-10-17T18:26:22.000-04:00Well the supposed truism is you don't wage war...Well the supposed truism is you don't wage war on the Asian Mainland.Southern Air Piratenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-78146666618241484972010-10-17T17:09:44.000-04:002010-10-17T17:09:44.000-04:00I sometimes wonder how exactly people think that t...I sometimes wonder how exactly people think that they can defeat China. Smart people, even ones I am related to worry about that sort of thing. We didn't win in Korea and the Chinese were just kind of playing with us. Broadly nuking the crap out of them would make for one of the 1100 year long war things. Naval combat is not the equivalent of boots on the ground. What does it take to win the war? We bombed them flat; we shelled them flat and then we occupied their capital.<br /><br />Not all that interested in waging war for Malaysia or Japan or Korea or Singapore. They better arm themselves. That goes for Vietnam, and Thailand and Laos Indonesia and Russia.Curtisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-78654369641852148592010-10-17T11:36:32.000-04:002010-10-17T11:36:32.000-04:00Note how much current China economy is dependent o...Note how much current China economy is dependent on export - and continues to grow dependent on import of resources. Imagine major war with US, even at conventional level. No exports to US, and to Europe either, and no oil imports , because if there is one thing USN subs can do like no one else it is strangling sea trade. Japan learned this hard way. In fact China can be more susceptible to naval strategy than Soviets, because it's land-expansion options are severely limited by deserts, mountains and a Bear on a pile of still functioning nukes.ewok40knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-70174816025018888782010-10-17T10:18:09.000-04:002010-10-17T10:18:09.000-04:00Redeye80, you may want to do some research on how ...<em>Redeye80, you may want to do some research on how police & firefighter unions in many large cities have gone past appropriate pensions, and entered the realm of ripoff. </em><br /><em></em><br />Appropriate pension? What's that? Who determines what is appropriate? I don't have the answers, I have a MBA not a MPA. But what I do know is nothing happens in vacuum. Elected officials allowed it to happen. Hold them accountable.<br /><br />So, is the answer really cutting services to make up for the sins of the past? Or adding taxes? Maybe the best solution is to get the economy rolling again to increase revenues to increase the tax base.<br /><br />Again, I like public safety and a good educational system. I like having the best and brightest defending the public good. I like having the quality teachers educate my kids. Those who choose those fields should be rewarded.Redeye80noreply@blogger.com