Random Politics & Religion #00

6th Street, I didn't catch my mistake >.>

I"m offended by this I think I"ll blog about it on Salon.com !

Actually it probably is the first time the National Guard has ever been asked by a 3rd party to watch a military operation while having absolutely no authority to interfere, take part, or do anything at all other than sit under a tent outside the restricted area. It certainly is not a good reason to activate. But if you want/are able to cite other instances, I will retract that statement.


Not at all. Military operations happen every day and most civilians are oblivious. Anyone that lives next to an Air Force Base knows this, apologies to anyone living in Bossier City, LA. I know those B-52s shake the walls.

Why would you feel unsafe with a training exercise near you? Don't the military work for civilians and are made up of civilians who have elected to serve? It's what I hear from the rhetoric mills so I'm just looking for clarification.

Considering many of the people who reside in Red states are big pro-military types who unabashedly fawn over anyone who has a claim to service why would these people near you be cause to feel concerned?

Cause the government/military complex is taking over Texas that's why !

And Mitch McConnell doesn't care!

Saw this about a week ago, McConnell is determined to extend the NSA bulk data collection for 5 years, despite the fact that the President, the House, the populace, and the CIA have all called for its end. Not really sure why McConnell is so bent on extending it, maybe he just doesn't want to do anything Obama supports, or maybe he wants Snowden to be a traitor that accomplished nothing, instead of just a traitor. Either way, its going to be quite the showdown in the Senate.

While I'm for stripping any part of the patriot act, I'm weary of the other bill they have, mostly because Goodlatte is behind it. Something I don't trust about a 20+ year incumbent who co-authored SOPA.

God damn, I go out drinking for a few hours and miss 4 pages?!

It's a conspiracy I tells you!

Why are you using the present tense?

Why do I do anything !

Considering:

A. it doesn't play embedded.

and

B. it's from a TV show

then yeah, it doesn't really belong here, but we have much worse so let's take it for a spin:

let's take a side note from our defense spending, and take a moment to realize how many countries in the world benefit from that and don't have to spend as much in that field because of it. Not to mention that Japan is basically our doing, they are what they are today because of the US for better or for worse.

Thank you for telling me the video didn't play embedded, and since the video was the whole point of my post; I've since deleted it. So thank you again. I appreciate that. Now I'll go back out of this thread and leave it to everyone else. :D

Aww, but newcomers shake things up a little bit. There's no need to be scared, there are at least, like, two people in here that are nice.

can always just leave a link to it, or I will since whatevs.

http://youtu.be/4MYjyLg8bbo

I have no idea why people are touting insecurity and safety issues in a state that has the second most military bases in the US. It's not like they haven't been exposed to many, many military training activities before but (like Vic stated) most are unaware unless they live near an Air Force base because planes are a little obvious. They also *gasp* cross state lines in some exercises.

Considering how many people rely on the military and DoD for their livelihoods in TX I'm flummoxed at this response.

I've been told that this time the Democrats are finally coming for our guns and bibles for some reason. I was told this repeatedly when Clinton was President, too. When the training activities are over, these same morons will crow on and on about how they stood up to Obama and made his jackbooted thugs turn tail.

this phrase makes me giggle.

Usually when I hear it spoken seriously I know it's time to end the conversation.

Tehran swaps 'death to America' billboards for Picasso and Matisse

The british election system striked again xD
Or all forecasts were really just way off.

Will have to wait for more numbers to see which is true.

I feel unsafe in a world where people would blow themselves up over a political cartoon. I feel unsafe in a world where an Army psychiatrist shoots up a base and 5 years later, an Army admin does the exact same thing in the exact same base. I feel unsafe in a world where two brothers decides to blow up a marathon.

There are too many crazy people in the world who thinks that they have to make a stand and must do it as publicly as possible. What better way to make a statement than to attack a military exercise where the soldiers are firing blanks or nonlethal ammo.

Haven't you noticed (probably not, seeing how you ignore every single time I mentioned this) that I'm not saying that this is to protect Texan citizens from the US Army. I'm saying that this is to protect both sides from *** from both sides.

You may not understand it, because you aren't a citizen with a big target painted on it like the US, but there are too many whackos out there that will see this as an opportunity to kill as many people as possible and create a mass turmoil. It has happened far too often lately.

Best thing about environmentalists I've ever seen:

It's official, result of the UK general election is a majority Conservative government.

Incoming bitching from both the UK citizens and the US citizens.

Especially since the US citizens can influence whatever the UK does.....

Damn. I missed my opportunity to stump for Jeremy Clarkson for PM.

ftfy.