1.25 MILLION DOLLARS PER ROOM!
article in the washington post points out that the u.s. air force is building capsules to fit inside of large military planes that make into traveling quarters for high ranking officers and vips. putting two of the capsules together they include plush, swiveling leather chairs with footrests, beds, a couch, a table, a 37 inch flat screen monitor with stereo speakers and a full length mirror.
they are using counter terrorism funds for this.
they are going to make 3 of these two room capsules. cost for THREE is 7.6 million dollars! that is a little over two and one half million dollars for two rooms or 1.25 million dollars PER ROOM. gotta have those generals go in style, god forbid they go like the troops under them go because, well, hell, what would be the sense in being a general?
gotta counter that terrorism.
there are 114 democracies in the world. we are 114th in voter participation. adams, jefferson, washington et al must be really proud of us.
70% of voting age population is registered. 55-60% of them vote. 55% is average winning percentage. so 60% of 70% = 42% and 55% of that is 23.1% so we get a president that was elected by LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF THE VOTING AGE PUBLIC. or said another way, three quarters of us did not vote for whomever is president.
more likely, adams, jefferson, washington, et al must be sick to their stomachs. to think they risked their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor so that we could stay home and bitch instead of getting involved.
so for those of you who are not involved in politics, who are not campaigning for your candidate, who are not sending money to whomever you support, who are just sitting at home at your computer with your little smirks on your little faces ...... shut up.
in the past 5 years here in nevada, our power company has raised rates 30%. in those same five years the compensation for the top five guys (all white guys, i might add) went up, 227%, 265%, 123%, 204% and 55% for total salaries of 4.9 mil, 1.9 mil., 1.4 mil, 1.4 mil and 373k. well at least those guys won't have trouble paying THEIR electric bills this summer while the rest of us are paying 500 or so per month.
they are using counter terrorism funds for this.
they are going to make 3 of these two room capsules. cost for THREE is 7.6 million dollars! that is a little over two and one half million dollars for two rooms or 1.25 million dollars PER ROOM. gotta have those generals go in style, god forbid they go like the troops under them go because, well, hell, what would be the sense in being a general?
gotta counter that terrorism.
there are 114 democracies in the world. we are 114th in voter participation. adams, jefferson, washington et al must be really proud of us.
70% of voting age population is registered. 55-60% of them vote. 55% is average winning percentage. so 60% of 70% = 42% and 55% of that is 23.1% so we get a president that was elected by LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF THE VOTING AGE PUBLIC. or said another way, three quarters of us did not vote for whomever is president.
more likely, adams, jefferson, washington, et al must be sick to their stomachs. to think they risked their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor so that we could stay home and bitch instead of getting involved.
so for those of you who are not involved in politics, who are not campaigning for your candidate, who are not sending money to whomever you support, who are just sitting at home at your computer with your little smirks on your little faces ...... shut up.
in the past 5 years here in nevada, our power company has raised rates 30%. in those same five years the compensation for the top five guys (all white guys, i might add) went up, 227%, 265%, 123%, 204% and 55% for total salaries of 4.9 mil, 1.9 mil., 1.4 mil, 1.4 mil and 373k. well at least those guys won't have trouble paying THEIR electric bills this summer while the rest of us are paying 500 or so per month.
posted by Ron Shock | 12:04 PM
3 Comments:
You're the one who ought to "shut up". Where do you come off preaching to the rest of us, trying to make us all feel guilty for not being more involved in issues that you just happen to be personally interested in?
As I told you before, I am not your brother, and I am not your sister.
Anonymous (if that's your "real" name) ... I've got a favor to ask.
Just to quote the above verbatim:
"so for those of you who are not involved in politics, who are not campaigning for your candidate, who are not sending money to whomever you support, who are just sitting at home at your computer with your little smirks on your little faces ...... shut up."
Please explain how urging people to support "our candidate" or to send money to "whomever you support" equals trying to make anyone feel guilty for not being more involved in issues that one happens to be personally interested in?
Please make that leap of logic. It's a simple request, so it doesn't seem unreasonable. Please explain how any of that is agenda-based.
dear anonymous,
i am so sorry that i made you feel guilty for not getting involved in the future of your country. shame on me.
your brother,
ron
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