Booster4324

Did you just compare Reagan to Palin? Good god sober up.

Let me know when you can muster a semi sober response and we can go at it it. This is far too easy. I have so gotten under your skin.

Wow, you think?

Obama bad

US Response to Haiti (used links from Wiki) 1/13 - 2 Coast Guard Cutters and a Navy Destroyer show up to evaluate the harbor. Looks like total of 4 C-130s show up to drop off Special Tactics personnel and supplies as well as evacuate others (2 CG and 2 AF but could be only two showed up). 1/14 - The Special Tactics guys get the airport operating 24/7. 1/15 - USS Carl Vinson (yay) shows up. 19 helicopters (there you go PJ), trained medical personal, 5000 crewman, and the ability to distill 400,000 gallons of water per day. Not sure how they will deliver this water, but hey. Looks like 2 more CG cutters showed up as well. Downside so far, many are on their way and yet there are the difficulties with fuel for planes, the airport, the harbor (huge frigging problem), and frankly anyway to get the materials distributed once they arrive in Haiti or the Dominican Republic (another huge frigging problem). Other ships are on the way. The most notable IMO is the USNS Comfort (super yay) with its 12 operating rooms, 1000 patient beds, and the ability to distill 300,000 gallons of water per day (see above for distribution). Downside, the one article I read that projected a date of arrival is 1/22. WTF? I read one blurb that seemed to suggest it was because of the ships speed (17 knots or so), but the main issue is the ship is docked as usual, with a 5 day prep time to get ready to sail. It should be noted that the same ship left the same condition to help in NO in two days. Curious to see how this one plays out. The second most notable ship IMO is the USS Bataan. It is a helicopter carrier essentially. Last I read it had 40ish helicopters aboard. The latest article suggests it will deploy with the Comfort (tt should have been able to be there faster IMO based on it's location). There are Army elements being deployed, but those articles seem very vague. Some are already criticizing the speed of this operation, most notably: Feel free to correct me wherever I am wrong. I am curious to see how this plays out and if I am wrong will amend the Wiki article. My gut feeling is this is proceeding a bit slow. Oh and for those who wish to criticize the 100 million in aid: Katrina Ice

Out of professional courtesy, you should let dib handle t.

Wow

Only I didn't vote for Obama. Nice try though. I am just giving you crap because you tend (laid off it a bit after I gave you tons of ****) to make things about yourself. You are a partisan hack who won't admit it. You really aren't the type to call it as you see it, just another lemming. Oh and if you caught it, he called it a terrorist attack. He added troops to Afghanistan, he bombed !@#$ing Yemen you moron. Whine some more, I may dislike Obama's policies, but you are pathetic.

Changing history would be a very risky thing. Chaos effect multiplied almost infinitely. If I had to fix one thing, perhaps stopping the slave trade would be it. Hard to pick a single point you could do that though.

Marshawn? Frigid Farrah- seriously?

You are an idiot, bet Tom is pissed though, so all is good.

Jackass (Steely) Good luck man (TheFourHorsemen), new people are needed at every level of government.

I am going to break a cardinal rule here in PPP and apologize. I actually thought I was replying to Pearlhowardman initially. I may disagree with Jim from time to time, but I like his posts. I was alt tabbing back and forth from a game and posting. Complete screwup on my part. Sorry about that man.

I am sure you can.

I did. My opinion is based on your volume of work.

Ahh using a Dem asshat as an excuse, cute.

Is there a self absorbed party?

Ahh the irony.

My guess is you are racist.

You referenced one guy. A book that IMO is sorta out of the box in that the man was very close to the president. Fair enough though, he got his say even if completely wrong. He threw Clinton under the bus and frankly he is probably right. Still doesn't address how the Republicans attacked him for wagging the dog.

That could be true, but at least I am willing to entertain the possibility of something else. Sad you cannot return the favor. The world is very black and white for you isn't it?

Z

Nah just the generation after it... Enlightened self interest and all that.

Oh I buy that Clinton screwed it up (POS that he was); my point is that the Republicans probably played a role in his thought process.