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    The Great Universal Health Care Debate w/Poll (note: it just passed both houses)

    It's a totally ridiculous concept to say that they should be "acting fast" on this. If the real intent was to reform the healthcare system, and not just grab power, it would be done in a series of smaller, close-to-independent steps, that could be looked at individually, and carefully. The...
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    The Great Universal Health Care Debate w/Poll (note: it just passed both houses)

    LOL! That's perhaps the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard!! Please cue John McEnroe yelling "You can't be serious!!"
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    The Great Universal Health Care Debate w/Poll (note: it just passed both houses)

    How is that not a bribe? Merriam-Webster: 1 : money or favor given or promised in order to influence the judgment or conduct of a person in a position of trust 2 : something that serves to induce or influence
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    The Great Universal Health Care Debate w/Poll (note: it just passed both houses)

    Clux, Yes, people love it when politicians promise magical things. But when they find out that they are in fact, not magical, but will result in higher prices and lower quality, they tend to disapprove. And the fact that the Senate is trying to rush this through is the proof that the Senators...
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    The Great Universal Health Care Debate w/Poll (note: it just passed both houses)

    I take it you are in favor of cutting way back on doctors' incomes, then. To make it fair, the government could pay for med school and malpractice insurance, and then just give the doctors a minimum wage. And significantly limiting malpractice suits, so that lawyers stop profiting off of...
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    So, do you like it? Flying in the military? What about living on a boat?

    The ASW module - land of the happy P-3 pilots.
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    The Great Universal Health Care Debate w/Poll (note: it just passed both houses)

    The people who design the polls make a significant attempt to get an accurate cross-section of the populace. It varies from poll-to-poll if they are sampling likely voters or just adults (i.e. some segments of the populace are less likely to vote). That information is available. If you look...
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    The Great Universal Health Care Debate w/Poll (note: it just passed both houses)

    The latest of every major poll (Quinnipiac, CNN, Rasmussen, ABC, NBC, AP, Gallup, Pew, FOX) shows a majority of people opposed to the bill. If you weren't already aware of that, you haven't been paying attention.
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    The Great Universal Health Care Debate w/Poll (note: it just passed both houses)

    You're the one who drew the analogy between asking a janitor about a brain tumor and lay people opining about constitutionality. If a janitor can make an informed decision about whether or not someone is qualified to run the country, or whether or not they should live or die, then I think they...
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    The Great Universal Health Care Debate w/Poll (note: it just passed both houses)

    Well, in elections we let those people decide who runs the country. And we let those people decide who lives or dies or goes to jail in trials.
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    The Great Universal Health Care Debate w/Poll (note: it just passed both houses)

    Actually, they did. There were at least 3 proposals sponsored by Republicans or co-sponsored by Repubicans and Democrats.
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    So, do you like it? Flying in the military? What about living on a boat?

    I don't think the Sen Lemieux Letter thread has one yet.
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    So, do you like it? Flying in the military? What about living on a boat?

    Yeah. From what I understand, even after retiring, fighter and attack pilots still get together periodically for volleyball where they take their shirts off and oil up their torsos.
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    So, do you like it? Flying in the military? What about living on a boat?

    Based on my experience, you get used to it pretty quickly - it's a pain-in-the-ass in some respects, but you also get extremely close to your roommates, and close to a lot of the other pilots in the squadron. (There is a possibility that you will not be able to choose who you room with...
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    Navy bids farewell to the venerable Sea King and Marines say "Thank you"

    No barricades for us!!
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    U.S. Airlines Can Face Big Fines For Long Delays

    Question for the airline pilots - won't sending the aircraft back to the terminal, off-loading and subsequently loading again, actually increase the delays?
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    Navy bids farewell to the venerable Sea King and Marines say "Thank you"

    What squadron were you in, and who was the CO?
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    Space A Breast Surgery vs IDF

    I wonder if they have a simulator for training, and if so, is it possible to get some time in it?
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    Anybody still think the economy has turned the corner?

    The big difference is that if corporations don't give the consumers what they want, the corporations go out of business. How many government programs ever get stopped because they are ineffective?
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    Navy bids farewell to the venerable Sea King and Marines say "Thank you"

    Thanks for all the pictures!
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    Girls with Guns, what's wrong with that?

    I think Israeli women are the most attactive, as a group, that I have seen. (Based on a five day port visit.) Denmark is second.
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    Navy bids farewell to the venerable Sea King and Marines say "Thank you"

    Yes, more!
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    Navy bids farewell to the venerable Sea King and Marines say "Thank you"

    It happened at Mayport, in 1984. Don't remember the month. HS-9 was the squadron.
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    Anybody still think the economy has turned the corner?

    And you think government is more trustworthy? LOL!
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    Navy bids farewell to the venerable Sea King and Marines say "Thank you"

    That happened at least three times that I remember. They tended to flip over once the rotor was shut down, but they would generally float for awhile. There was also a "horse collar" floatation device that could be attached by swimmers which would keep it floating quite a bit longer. Our...
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    Navy bids farewell to the venerable Sea King and Marines say "Thank you"

    The float bags were only in case of shutting down once you landed on the water. It could water taxi pretty well; I watched one once water taxi about 15 miles to the beach after having a single engine failure while in a hover. (I was in one of about 4 helos circling overhead in case there was...
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    Navy bids farewell to the venerable Sea King and Marines say "Thank you"

    Well, based on your ":) ", apparently that was a pleasant memory for you.
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    Anybody still think the economy has turned the corner?

    If I have to choose between waste and more waste, and unfortunately I do have to choose, I will opt for waste. And hope that enough other people are smart enough to do the same.
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    Anybody still think the economy has turned the corner?

    No, but they generally don't grow as quickly.
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    Navy bids farewell to the venerable Sea King and Marines say "Thank you"

    Cdr Lassen was on the staff at Whiting (forget his position) when I went through the HTs; he would stop by the squadrons occasionally. Seemed like a really good guy.
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    Profiles in Courage: Clyde Lassen

    Cdr Lassen was on the staff at Whiting (forget his position) when I went through the HTs; he would stop by the squadrons occasionally. Seemed like a really good guy.
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    Navy bids farewell to the venerable Sea King and Marines say "Thank you"

    A great helo - held pretty much every record for awhile back in the early 60s.
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    Anybody still think the economy has turned the corner?

    Great column on this subject by Victor Hanson: http://pajamasmedia.com/victordavishanson/the-long-march-from-california-to-copenhagen/
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    Anybody still think the economy has turned the corner?

    Whether or not the money is used for "public good" has nothing to do with it. It is the extent to which it is done, and how/who makes the decisions, and who/how determines what "public good" is. And Pres Obama is clearly trying to take the nation farther along that road.
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    Insurgents hack U.S. drones with $26 OTS software

    I'm sure it was at least considered.
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    Anybody still think the economy has turned the corner?

    Yeah, but our weather's great!
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    Insurgents hack U.S. drones with $26 OTS software

    When I saw the title, I thought maybe they were raising the greens fees.
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    Navy Poll Tracks Perceptions on Physical Readiness

    On a somewhat related topic, if someone fails a swim test in Aviation Indoc (or whatever they call it now) or a PRT while in flight school, are they given extra time to get in shape and take a make-up?
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    Life after flying for the military

    Well, how about Nimitz and Halsey? Oh, yeah, they used the Catalina search function.
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    If it's not BOEING, I'm not going ... ???

    Don't worry; Washington will end up bailing out Airbus.
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    Best Air Force Joke/Insult

    Yes - where would you rather stop on a cross-country flight - an Army/Navy/USMC/ or USAFA base? But they're still the most fun to make fun of. (of which to make fun?).
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    Dzus Key

    I thought it was one of those small islands at the southern end of Florida.
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    Pissed off farmers....

    Old Yeller!!
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    Pissed off farmers....

    San Clemente Island used to be overrun with wild goats (supposedly the Spanish had left some on the island as a food source for sailors who might be shipwrecked.) They ate virtually all the vegetation. At some point in the 70's, the Navy killed them all, with (I was told) some of the hunting...
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    San Diego Living

    Where in LA will she be working? Have you thought about living north of Miramar?
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    Huge Phuckups

    Make sure you double-check the nav bag for all the appropriate pubs before you (still an H2P) go flying for the first time with your brand-new XO, or you might find that the approach plates are missing when he wants to do some practice TACANs. And when you are manning the alert backup, even...
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    The downside of women serving alongside men in fighting ships, subs, squadrons, etc.

    A4s, I think that "tongue-in-cheek" thing is part of the problem.
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    The downside of women serving alongside men in fighting ships, subs, squadrons, etc.

    Nice spin. You conveniently ignore the fact that the issue is not "men and women working together having relations", the problem is men and women working together having relations AT WORK, and men and women working together having relations when it affects discipline (i.e. potential for sexual...
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    The downside of women serving alongside men in fighting ships, subs, squadrons, etc.

    Because ultimately, moral failure, whether it is a lack of honesty or integrity, or not following fraternization regulations, leads to operational failures.
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    The downside of women serving alongside men in fighting ships, subs, squadrons, etc.

    Did the ship have a baseball team?
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