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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2013 21:58:31 GMT -5
Must be the rabble Sir John refered to .
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Post by Sir John on Feb 17, 2013 1:48:10 GMT -5
Did well for a rabble!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2013 9:23:18 GMT -5
All right Mulle, take it back one step farther (300 years) to the day Alexander the Great. Who were the NCO's that kept the officers out of trouble? It seemed to be no more than one big gaggle. Hell, JR, you and Jerry are the only two here who actually experienced that time. ;D
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Post by jerryfmcompushaft on Feb 17, 2013 11:50:37 GMT -5
Gives me a good lead into a story I heard from a Brit Brigadier back in the day. Seems an American Lieutenant was sent TDY to a Brit unit for some cross training. As was expected, he was given to the Sergeant Major, who he followed around all day as the good NCO ordered this, corrected that, and made necessary changes in the order of things. At the end to the day the young Lt asked the SMG, "It appears that you do everything around here to make things run correctly -- What do your offices do?" The SMG replied, "They show us how to die with bravery"... There is a difference between management and leadership.....
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Post by Swampy on Feb 19, 2013 1:02:41 GMT -5
Businessweek is weighing in on the need to cut. I like the cuts so far, namely, to the VF-22 program, and the JCS staff seems far too bloated. Given the state of the competition - Chinese obsolete jets, Russian rusting ships - we don't need to keep pushing the limits of technology, and we're not getting any results anyway, as seen by the F-22 and F-35 disasters.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2013 3:19:16 GMT -5
Yes , the British square , Charge of the Light Brigrade ( actually made by the Irish Grays ) all a bit dated , the Brits mantain a proffessinal Army small compact Army with NCO's and a few officers running the show .
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Post by boxcar on Feb 20, 2013 16:25:46 GMT -5
Getting back to the topic of this thread…..
The headlines today read 800,000 to be cut from the Pentagon. But when one reads the nitty gritty, it states the work week will be cut from 5 to 4 days a week. Now if you throw in coffee breaks, we will probably get 2 days work out of them.
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Post by jerryfmcompushaft on Feb 20, 2013 17:31:11 GMT -5
I have yet to see any cutbacks on congressional expenses.... just sayin'
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Post by boxcar on Feb 20, 2013 18:16:14 GMT -5
And the Obama's take separate vacations these days..
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2013 19:58:31 GMT -5
Like all branchs of our government there is a limit to spending , this is called a budget ,so what is the budget of the executive , well since the UFO is the C in C , it would depend on if he was on a military golfing trip , or a political golfing trip .
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2013 9:22:44 GMT -5
It will be interesting to see what the effect of sequestration will be on the military.
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Post by jerryfmcompushaft on Feb 21, 2013 12:10:39 GMT -5
It will be interesting to see what the effect of sequestration will be on the military. We are beginning to get an idea. A friend who is a civilian instructor at the War College was notified that in April they may be furloughed one day per week. That is, they will be paid for four days a week (but may be expected to work five) resulting in a 20% pay reduction. Guess we will be doing the same thing in Afghanistan - four days 'til standown.... And another friend who works for the FAA may be laid off entirely. Wonder how many congress critters or White House staffers will take a 20% pay cut?
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Post by Sir John on Feb 21, 2013 14:50:41 GMT -5
"Like all branchs of our government there is a limit to spending , this is called a budget"
Of most budgets i know about around the world, NONE operate to any real limit as to deficits. The EU and the USA are two good examples.
The only real brake on spending is the 'cost of borrowing' (interest) on the Bonds flogged off to make up the difference.
.....and if nobody will buy them, no matter what the interest return, then the Central banks will print the money and buy them instead.
All of this new money will eventually find its way (via Government spending), into the pockets of the people, and then.........
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2013 18:18:31 GMT -5
The U.S. has unlimited resources and they are about to reach their limit .
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Post by Sir John on Feb 21, 2013 18:21:30 GMT -5
"very droll Prime Minister, very droll"
....that's just the problem, they keep INCREASING the 'limit', like a Mastercard gone mad!
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