tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post3964796795816036790..comments2024-01-03T05:18:54.650-05:00Comments on CDR Salamander: There is no higher honor ...CDR Salamanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05981221786954902349noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-74452832552922670362010-11-03T10:12:07.000-04:002010-11-03T10:12:07.000-04:00Actually its not true-but hey believe whatever lie...Actually its not true-but hey believe whatever lies you want.Skippy-sannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-8548306422032776612010-11-03T07:47:02.000-04:002010-11-03T07:47:02.000-04:00'Tis a pity that the majority of the moonbats ...'Tis a pity that the majority of the moonbats in the Golden State -- at least those concentrated in the SFO/LAX urban areas -- apparently disagree with you.<br /><br />Get out while you still have a chance. Trust me, you won't regret it. Let California sink.Grumpy Old Hamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-29500489493218933192010-11-03T05:34:53.000-04:002010-11-03T05:34:53.000-04:00Grandpa, Skippy lost sight of honor a while ago. T...Grandpa, Skippy lost sight of honor a while ago. These days he's all about lecturing the rest of the world on how stupid they are, and how right he is. Barry Obama would be challenged to find a more faithful tool this side of Rahm Emanuel. Sad, but true.Casey Tompkinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-59789918690981369192010-11-03T05:28:39.000-04:002010-11-03T05:28:39.000-04:00Short Skippy: Half the potential voters are too la...Short Skippy: Half the potential voters are too lazy, and the other half who do vote are stupid.<br /><br />Even shorter Skippy: You hate me... you really <i>hate</i> me!!<br /><br />...And a message to Skippy from Matthews, Olbermann, and Maddow, via MSNBC: we want our blinders back.Casey Tompkinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-28240206897592086762010-11-02T20:05:38.000-04:002010-11-02T20:05:38.000-04:00"The world will little note, nor long remembe..."The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- <strong></strong><em></em><span>that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.:</span>Wharf Ratnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-40201666413886450692010-11-02T20:02:10.000-04:002010-11-02T20:02:10.000-04:00Andy:
I was in this candidat's home town of L...Andy:<br /><br />I was in this candidat's home town of Lindstrom, MN making sales calls. Chip Cravaack is this candidate, and he is the RIGHT man for this district. Almost went to his victory party at the lengendary Tobie's in Hinckley<br /><br />He is a member of my Navy League council, as I'm the VEEP, and I have board members who volunteered for him. We profiled him and his candidacy in our Scuttlebut magazine, 5,000 copies printed.<br /><br />I've literally prayed all day that he wins -because he has earned it.Wharf Ratnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-40558320235112007562010-11-02T19:50:21.000-04:002010-11-02T19:50:21.000-04:00I've never watched Fox News, last listened to ...I've never watched Fox News, last listened to Limbaugh about 15 years back, and I am conservative. For me if a candidate is not pro-life then that person pretty much will not get my vote, be they conservative or progressive.<br />I was USN enlisted from 1976-96. My co-workers tell me I was brainwashed to think this way in boot camp.<br />During my time in, I recall few political discussions. I am not angry nor afraid. That is all I can say.Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-37553058372803428812010-11-02T18:16:42.000-04:002010-11-02T18:16:42.000-04:00Almost, ewok! Polls generally start closing at 19...Almost, ewok! Polls generally start closing at 1900 EDT.UltimaRatioRegisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-28038481578223726992010-11-02T18:01:52.000-04:002010-11-02T18:01:52.000-04:00Can anyone report preliminary results? I am going ...Can anyone report preliminary results? I am going to sleep as here it is close to midnight. Gonna check this space tomorrow. BTW, I got lock on to really good naval-themed manga for Skippy, if he wants it... Goodnight!ewok40knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-7911196263122817802010-11-02T15:35:38.000-04:002010-11-02T15:35:38.000-04:00Shopping Mall times did an article of who would be...Shopping Mall times did an article of who would be the big losers from this election defense wise. Boeing was projected to take a lot of hits here in the greater Shopping Mall area. GMD, NASA, and Army Aviation triple wammy.Skippy-sannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-31790547763599162192010-11-02T15:33:41.000-04:002010-11-02T15:33:41.000-04:00Arigatou gozaimasu! O tsukari sama deshita!
Ki wo...Arigatou gozaimasu! O tsukari sama deshita!<br /><br />Ki wo Tsukete, ne?<br /><br />(Thank you-for your hard effort)<br /><br />( Be careful-eh?)Skippy-sannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-62786289651569082202010-11-02T15:11:58.000-04:002010-11-02T15:11:58.000-04:00"I like democracy within this Republic" ..."I like democracy within this Republic" - Amen, Andy.<br /><br />Up here we have a 26-year Navy vet (former attack sub CO and recent CO of the Subase) taking on an 85-year-old incumbent for State Senate. He should win, and it will be wonderful for my state.<br /><br />I proudly voted at 7 AM this morning, no lines but the parking lot was hoppin' - good to see.Grotopotamusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-74242646831335089712010-11-02T14:58:57.000-04:002010-11-02T14:58:57.000-04:00Honorable Skippy-san:
Kudasai dozo.
I would never...Honorable Skippy-san:<br /><br />Kudasai dozo.<br />I would never tell anyone what to think. I just tell them what I think. Sometimes I advise them to think, vice emote, or repeat the party line<br /><br />I wish everyone would think it through.<br /><br />I wish more would think through "where will the money come from to pay off that much debt?"<br /><br />All to often the problem is not what one wants to do, but what one has the cash to do.<br /><br />Think on that a bit.<br />Arigato (whatever the polite form is).<br /><br />As for political parties, (more or less phonetically) "Dovyay no Provyay"Grandpa Bluewaternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-63748532878980449322010-11-02T14:37:00.000-04:002010-11-02T14:37:00.000-04:00I cast my vote by mail last Thursday. I've co...I cast my vote by mail last Thursday. I've considered voting both a privilege and a duty and have made a point of doing so regardless of where I was stationed. Every time I vote I think of folks lined up for hours to vote in some Third World s***hole in hopes of influencing their political process despite real election fraud and death threats in an attempt to discourage their participation. C-dore 14noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-6850750982442625642010-11-02T14:27:27.000-04:002010-11-02T14:27:27.000-04:00Andy, Same thing out here. My congressman (often ...Andy, Same thing out here. My congressman (often referred to as "D-Boeing") has been in DC as a staffer and a congressman since I was a midshipman. I routinely vote against him because he's out of touch with the folks back home and his office is unresponsive.<br /><br />Good luck to your former shipmate, regardless of his politics. Getting actual citizens into government is a good thing. The only drawback is that it could increase the power of the professional staffer, who I see as the real problem.C-dore 14noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-15443950011642487662010-11-02T14:06:25.000-04:002010-11-02T14:06:25.000-04:00Cast my absentee ballot via mail about a month ago...Cast my absentee ballot via mail about a month ago. Hope everyone else gets out and votes today. As the guy said at the end of Saving Private Ryan, "Earn This". Generations of Patriots have paid the price for our right to cast a vote, don't let them down.Jerry Hendrixnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-87680967021842236622010-11-02T13:17:50.000-04:002010-11-02T13:17:50.000-04:00Civic Duty Accomplished.Civic Duty Accomplished.Surfcasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-3047244719201725402010-11-02T13:06:57.000-04:002010-11-02T13:06:57.000-04:00The Badger parked his truck at the PD at the end o...The Badger parked his truck at the PD at the end of the night shft at 0700, walked up two flights into City Hall, took the elevator up another 4, AND VOTED! A straight Republican ticket. <br /><br />Just to make my feelings clear, I raided the spare parts room last night before work, and swapped out the blue dome on the right side of the lightbar for a RED one! When I go back to work Thursday night, I have to switch it back, before anyone notices.SCOTTtheBADGERnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-74750643565780207292010-11-02T12:56:28.000-04:002010-11-02T12:56:28.000-04:00Ah yes, Chicago politics, teleprompter, ACORN, Ali...Ah yes, Chicago politics, teleprompter, ACORN, Alinsky, socialism. And you wonder why people think you're mindless drones. But go on parroting Frank Luntz's talking points.Alosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-36435654940816155702010-11-02T12:54:10.000-04:002010-11-02T12:54:10.000-04:00<span>Who's in possession of the governm...<i><span>Who's in possession of the government, if not the American people? </span></i><br /><br />Corporations and the very rich. Tea Partiers are mad at all the wrong people.Alosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-15362793642560540632010-11-02T12:44:42.000-04:002010-11-02T12:44:42.000-04:00Back at you brother!Back at you brother!Skippy-sannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-35278776290243803142010-11-02T12:43:20.000-04:002010-11-02T12:43:20.000-04:00I get to see plenty of these folks down here in Ho...I get to see plenty of these folks down here in Hooterville. Reasonable is probably the last adjective that can be applied to them when it comes to politics. As for voting "for" something, I'm voting for moving the country forward into the world that is, not the world people wish they could be.<br /><br />I'd probably be more understanding of the tea party outrage if they had bothered to express it prior to January 20th 2009. But they didn't.Skippy-sannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-39227051772234376332010-11-02T12:37:56.000-04:002010-11-02T12:37:56.000-04:00There is nothing pious about my condescension towa...There is nothing pious about my condescension towards you and others of the hive-mind.<br /><br />It's a wonder you didn't throw your back out with that pretzel logic.Butchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-30839221894939098862010-11-02T12:29:43.000-04:002010-11-02T12:29:43.000-04:00Sad to see someone as smart as you are, Skippy, vo...Sad to see someone as smart as you are, Skippy, voting "against" something instead of "for" something. You'd be surprised how reasonable the folks who believe in the Tea Party are...just like me.Byronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-76744076202067502652010-11-02T11:49:24.000-04:002010-11-02T11:49:24.000-04:00I'm on my way right now. One more vote for a ...I'm on my way right now. One more vote for a constitutional, limited government is about to be cast!Kristennoreply@blogger.com