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Always come back the same night.

Not true. They don't "gut them," and the cabins have been updated many times since the 70's. You can't "do a lot better,"

I've done a couple of NBA charters to London. Players sat in 1st. NFL is different, because of the number of people. They really spread out. Catering is great, always a full buffet available. NFL leaves it a mess though.

No.

That's one way. The other way is to discourage it. The Soviets/Russians have always taken a "kill them all" approach. At some point, "human intelligence" doesn't get the job done, so folks decide to take another approach.

The type of idiot that doesn't want to deal with it again. Taking no prisoners is a strategy aimed for the next group that is thinking about something.

They pay for the tickets from their own funds. I flew the Dulles to LA trip for two years straight, just prior to 9/11. The flight that was used to hit the Pentagon. Maxine Waters was on it nearly every Friday when Congress was in session. to LAX, and Monday back to Dulles. Every time, she would have some aid, always a black male, drop a ton of paperwork in her 1st class seat, then head back to coach. She would always board at the last minute and take her 1st class seat. She always left a huge mess. Worse than any passenger I ever saw, and was remarkably rude. So rude that I made it a point to force the issue. Captains usually stand at the door and say goodbye to passengers on front loading airplanes, like the 757. Usually, the 1st class is off by the time you finish your stuff and get up. When she was on, I always got up early and stood there so I could say goodbye to her, and win a bet with others that she would never look at nor acknowledge me, or any other human. She intentionally never made eye contact and never said a word to anyone. Most condescending body language I ever encountered was from her and a few other celebrities that I won't mention.

That is the famous coffee from Cafe Du Monde in the French Quarter of New Orleans. The place is legendary for chicory coffee and beignets. Very good.

It's like watching an intentional accident. You don't have to feel sorry for the victim.

Self discipline is a desirable skill.

Sometimes your lazy writing is just an annoyance. Other times it's a humorous malapropism. Your misuse of the word "then" instead of "than" reveals that one of your "goals in life" is to eat Ruben Brown, but only after eating "more chicken wings." That's one lofty goal.

You showed 'em.

One is a storekeeper. The other is an error by the third baseman.

What's that old axiom? You get out of something what you put in? I put in a real lot and I got a real lot out, and in my experience, most people I served with who were remotely talented would say the same. Had more fun than I ever thought possible. Made life-long friends. Acquired a skill that led to a career that paid handsomely and allowed me to retire quite comfortably, and early. Met my wife, a Navy nurse corps officer. Had far more responsibility at an earlier age than is possible in the civilian world. Best decision I ever made, both personally and professionally. Frankly, you sound like a parasite, and your comment about thanking God you didn't join the Army or Marines.....Those services were the true beneficiaries of that decision.

You don't want to go down this road. The gov and independent commissions full of non political have explained it in great detail. The part about identifying them before they crashed, I know that from non government sources, as does everyone else. If you are going to get into an exercise about that event, I am not hopeful you will bring joy into your life. It would best be avoided.

Its not complicated or nefarious at all. Many of the hijackers identities were known prior to the actual crashes. It took no time at all to link them to al-Qaeda, and numerous intercepted transmissions that day pointed to bin Laden.

There is a cost to understanding and making adjustments as part of the survival instinct. Putting up with certain things may be worth a greater feeling of confidence that you are under less of a threat, and allowing certain industries to exist.

And the legal ability, desire and infrastructure for intel and legal agencies to share information and cooperate with each other both domestically and around the world. And some kind of realistic passport/visa control. And No Fly lists. And forensic accounting around the world with an eye towards terrorism. And far more attention at high vis events. And far more restrictions on cargo carriage and prohibitions. And killing al-Qaeda operatives. And disallowing states to allow known terrorist training camps.

Completely disagree. We had to do a lot more than that.

Nor they you. Ya....You showed 'em.

How you go from the thread title regarding a polemic on the thanking someone for service to a rant on spending is something only you and your therapist understand. And I have "a clue."

As a Coast Guard E6, you are confident of you ability to make these claims? Fortunately, corporate America has a different view.

So would a group of airline pilots who enjoyed the "freedom" of going to work to take care of passengers and get them where they're going without having their throats slashed.

Want to read something "interesting." Rough, but interesting. "Can't Kill Enough To Win....Think Again." https://m.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2017-12/cant-kill-enough-win-think-again

From folks like you, I don't want it. It was an honor and something that set me up for life. Again, regarding the actress issue, you have absolutely no idea of the impact of what she did, and it absolutely falls in the treason range. I'm not going to overstate it, but it was treason, by definition. To claim that someone who has that view is the victim of bad information, or "what you have been told" is immensely disrespectful to those who went through it and relayed what they know.