Democrat Ted Lieu Walks Out Of Moment Of Silence For Texas Victims

[sid]

Another left wing jackass politicizes a tragedy. Here it is:

http://www.breitbart.com/california/...texas-victims/

[SloopJohnB]

Grandstanding POS!

[ddiwd]

this make me feel weak, how many seconds did he had to shut up and respect the dead.

[bruce]

He is a demokrat. Democrats are always willing to walk over the bodies of dead babies, people to advance their left-wing liberal social/political agenda. Got no use for democrats. JMHO. Sincerely. bruce.

[togor]

C'mon guys he was pretty clear about his reasons. Nobody is dancing on graves here Bruce. You can strongly disagree with his gun control agenda, but IMO do that by having a better case of your own, not by distorting his position.

[bruce]

Re: Distorting. With respect, have no respect for the man or his agenda. It is not worth my time to take a look at what he said or why he said it. It's just that simple. No different than other democrats currently in the political wilderness where they don't have the gavel and can't do much but try to block as they are able. Again, understand the idea of polite discussion and disagreement. Would not want to see anything but that among the members of this board. But, when it comes to a democrat pushing his left-wing social/political agenda, just not particularly interested in being gentle. It doesn't matter how much sheep's clothing he puts on. Sincerely. bruce.

[togor]

His basic message is one that any pro-gun guy should pay attention to, if only to understand what is out there in the public sphere for debate. What he and others are saying is that when confronted by evil, doing nothing is a poor option. Bruce your theology I expect accepts the idea of evil personified in this world, that it has a name, and can take form. Well a case can be made to the general public by the other side that Evil has figured out that the AR makes a pretty effective platform. Thinking along those lines, the anti-gunners ask, "what are good people to do when confronted by evil?" If these mass shootings continue (and they probably will), the question will continue to come up. The dustbin of history is filled with people who ignored what their opponents were thinking and doing. Just sayin'.

[clintonhater]

Another US officer (reserve) of the same ilk as those who swept the Bergdahl embarrassment under the rug for as long as they possibly could, or the judge who thought "he'd suffered enough," or those who are now resisting Trump's transgender ban by erecting as many bureaucratic hurdles to implementing it as they can devise. The US military establishment is now absolutely rife with committed left-wingers. I once thought Gen Wesley Clark was an aberration among officers, but now he appears to be the norm.

[blackhawknj]

Class always shows.
We haven't had a good military in over 50 years. Thanks to the military's idiotic "up or out" promotion system for officers, the people who make it to the top do by making "a career out of their own careers". And remember what Norman Schwarzkopf said-"The Army lost its integrity in Vietnam."

[Tommy]

Maybe a bolt of lightning will give him free brain surgery.

Tommy

[RED]

We haven't had a good military in over 50 years

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I disagree... We have the best military in the world. We spend 100X more money than the second best but it is what it is. It is the function of a wasteful, inefficient, cluster fook called "government." There is not one single government function that exists that could compete with a for profit endeavor. The military is and always has been a wasteful and terribly rigid and inflexible organization... $500 toilet seats, $100 screwdrivers, and $1,500 fire extinguishers ($36 on ebay) are examples.

The USPS is often noted for government "done right." Oh???? Where did UPS and FedEX come from??? They came about because the USPS literally could not deliver the goods.

Back to the military... their costs are astronomical due to the mindless regulations. Back in 1970, a E-9, USN Chief Petty Officer was hauled before the mast because he spent $21.00 at Radio Shack for parts that fixed $12 million dollars of AWG-10 Radars. The same parts were NOT available through the system. You had to order the entire module at a cost of $1,000's and they were just not available.

Just my $.02

[JB White]

The DoD has some pretty strict rules in place for the sake of security. Costs run high because no single contractor has the specs for an entire component. Only the part they are to make. This includes the small neighborhood machine shop all the way up to the large conglomerates.
When it comes to some tools, they aren't all the same multi-use/multi-fit items which can be replaced at Sears. Toilet seats likely had to go through the same (overly bid) system as ridiculous as it may sound.

Radio Shack parts...now there is not only an out of spec replacement but a reliability issue as well as a possible security breech. Might be stretching it in the case of the CPO but rules are rules and examples need to be set from time to time.
Reminds me of a vault worker who spotted a silver dime. She grabbed the dime and replaced it with another. Fired immediately and arrested. Had she tossed in her own dime first it would have been OK. Instead, for a split second she was guilty of theft. They made an example of her.

Another example of Government spending which looks crazy. Worked construction on a new Post Office at an Air Refueling Wing facility. Shortly after completion it was demolished since the base was on the 'closed' list. The project was approved before the base was ordered to be closed. It was explained that they weren't spending money. The project went ahead to circulate money as that is the governments job to do.
US Economics 101 doesn't quite explain it all until you see it in action. Then it looks even crazier!

The Government doesn't use a bank account but I do. That's the money they're taxing.

[togor]

Awesome! A circuit example. My day job comes into play. JB is right that "fixing" a system with Radio Shack parts is bad juju. Security? I don't know about that, but supply chain integrity and qualified parts? Heck yes those are real issues. Yeah it works...for how long? If I was the officer running that repair depot I would have keelhauled him too for freelancing like that. Was it exactly the same transistor or just "close enough"?

Now Red is going to tell me that I don't know how to design circuits--something I've been doing since I was 12 (over 40 years ago).