The Glade 4.0

Hellfire

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Buckle your pants or they might fall down.

We have those threads, like, constantly. Where have you been?

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Ezekiel 23:19-20 

I think he's talking about in Washington.

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"Hysterical children shrieking about right-wing anything need to go sit in the corner and be quiet while the adults are talking."

I could be wrong, but I don't think Washington has any threads.

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Ezekiel 23:19-20 

They don't have message boards in DC?

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"Hysterical children shrieking about right-wing anything need to go sit in the corner and be quiet while the adults are talking."

They don't need them. For their flame wars, they just use the whole internet at once.

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Ezekiel 23:19-20 

I think going entirely off % is the wrong way to go. We could reduce our world occupation **** though and see how much we save.

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"...the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?" -Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

You can't do this as a percentage.

This. People constantly talk here about cuts to everything else. Let's make some burgers outta this sacred cow.

It's hardly a sacred cow. Plenty of people have expressed in the past that they want defense cuts. The sacred cow in this country is social spending.

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"Hysterical children shrieking about right-wing anything need to go sit in the corner and be quiet while the adults are talking."

Agree.

America is certainly full of cows.

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"...the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?" -Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

I think he means here.

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Ezekiel 23:19-20 

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That's wonderful. I still agree with DE's last statement.

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"It is true that democracy undermines freedom when voters believe they can live off of others' productivity, when they modify the commandment: 'Thou shalt not steal, except by majority vote.' The politics of plunder is no doubt destructive of both morality and the division of labor."

That's wonderful for you.

Isn't it though?

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"It is true that democracy undermines freedom when voters believe they can live off of others' productivity, when they modify the commandment: 'Thou shalt not steal, except by majority vote.' The politics of plunder is no doubt destructive of both morality and the division of labor."

Not particularly, but then, you've been settling the bar pretty damn low lately.

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Ezekiel 23:19-20 

I think we could easily trim 25% from the defense budget without feeling a pinch (this is just my gut though).

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Just going along with what I see there Rynar. Anything else or do want to keep going with the ******* attitude? I've got the time.

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"It is true that democracy undermines freedom when voters believe they can live off of others' productivity, when they modify the commandment: 'Thou shalt not steal, except by majority vote.' The politics of plunder is no doubt destructive of both morality and the division of labor."

I'm aware of that. However the fact is that it's not a sacred cow here, either; we've had plenty of discussions directly and indirectly on the issue.

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"Hysterical children shrieking about right-wing anything need to go sit in the corner and be quiet while the adults are talking."

Amazing.

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"Hysterical children shrieking about right-wing anything need to go sit in the corner and be quiet while the adults are talking."

It's easy trimming the budget. What's hard is doing the job afterward if you make a mistake.

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In time, this too shall pass.

It's easy, blame someone else.

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"...the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?" -Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

To be honest I think if we sunsetted all of our aging equipment and dedicated those maintenance costs to next-gen R&D or deployment of next-gen we could get there easily. How much do you think it would save if we could improve the gas-mileage/usage of our equipment (Humvees, generators, ships, etc) by 2%? Whether this is through hybridization or adding supplemental renewable energy sources to field commands I think we could get there.

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