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wakeme2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 02:07 PM Original message |
Rumsfeld: Base Closures to Save $48.8B (Sounds like he is dictating which |
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jojo54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. Put thousands more out of work....that's o.k.!!! |
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antonialee839 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 11:22 AM Response to Reply #1 |
41. Good, Halliburton could use another bonus. |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. Want to save $80 Billion right now? Stop the war. |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
3. Gee whiz, now if Rummy could only account for that missing $2.3 TRILLION |
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fob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 02:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. I can solve the problem with a simple solution. Make the Pentagon |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 03:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
51. hmmm....there R many |
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cpamomfromtexas (453 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 09:45 AM Response to Reply #3 |
58. Auditors & OK Air National Guard |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. Where are they going to train all the new troops |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. Rummy, save money? |
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meganmonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 11:54 AM Response to Reply #5 |
43. Exactly. More available for Halliburton to embezzle |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
6. How much you want to bet that the majority are in blue states? |
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fob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 02:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. I'll take that. I would be willing to bet that they will be closed in RED |
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Bluzmann57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 08:12 PM Response to Reply #13 |
31. Rock Island Arsenal |
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9119495 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 11:16 AM Response to Reply #31 |
38. Actually in addition to Rock Island, THREE IL bases are closing |
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They_LIHOP (151 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 09:42 PM Response to Reply #31 |
60. In an actual Democracy, that's how it WOULD go down... |
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anitar1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 05:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
28. My thought is the same. |
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genieroze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 12:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
45. Fort Monmouth NJ, is on the list, supposed to move to a red state. |
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captnjaq (9 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 01:31 AM Response to Reply #6 |
52. Not only are they blue states... |
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ngGale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 02:43 AM Response to Reply #6 |
54. I know you are right because I saw a map on... |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
7. every penny of which will be spent on the war in Iraq . . . |
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punpirate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
8. Note that while the 2006 budget... |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 08:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
33. WAY too late.... |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
10. but then they can claim they created JOBS because |
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LiberallyInclined (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 02:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. nuk-u-lar reactors? |
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pinniped (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
11. See, repukes are always about a strong military. |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
12. Thank God those savings over twenty years will fund the Iraqi venture |
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Steel City Slim (410 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 02:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. We Don't Need That To Fund Iraq |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
14. That commisssion is NOT independent |
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Steel City Slim (410 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
15. I Know A Way To Save A Lot More Than That |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
17. The sub base in Groton, Connecticut is doomed, because |
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Shipwack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 05:11 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. Rotten Groton... |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
18. Red states bend over and get ready to take one up the pooper |
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LiberallyInclined (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 02:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. not all of them- |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
20. If I'm not mistaken, every BRAC process has started with a list.. |
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paineinthearse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
22. That's about 25% of the recent "emergency" war appropriation |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
23. $48.8 billion over a 20-year period?? |
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DirtyDawg (594 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
24. Looks as if electing all those... |
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DirtyDawg (594 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 10:10 AM Response to Reply #24 |
36. I should have known better... |
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Shipwack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 11:54 AM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Georgia Benefitting... |
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DirtyDawg (594 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 10:13 AM Response to Reply #42 |
59. Of course Kings Bay will benefit... |
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bonzotex (740 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
25. save 48 billion? |
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erpowers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
27. How Does the Military Feel Now |
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Miss Chybil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 02:54 PM Response to Reply #27 |
50. These closures don't hurt the military. They hurt the communities built |
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Joey Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
29. This is Bush's version of "help is on the way" |
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ClintonTyree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
30. Halliburton will steal more than that in the next 20 years.... |
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Chicago Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
32. Part of the Raping of the Nation... Grab Base Real Estate and give it |
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SlavesandBulldozers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
34. what do we fight the war on Terra with then Rummy? SPITBALLS?!!!! |
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gatorboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
35. Gosh, and it only seems like yesterday... |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
37. The Naval Supply Corps School in Athens, GA (blue city) is closing. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 09:57 PM Response to Reply #37 |
61. And I don't understand why John has been voting with the repug pigs... |
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Options Remain (475 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
39. isn't this EXACTLY what they criticised Clinton for? |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
40. BG William P. Screws U.S. Army Reserve Center |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
44. The closing of the AFB in my backyard might be enough to swing... |
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suegeo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
46. I heard Ellsworth (South Dakota) was being closed? |
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rfkrfk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 09:42 AM Response to Reply #46 |
57. the B-1s will be flying to Davis-Montham AFB in Tucson |
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Betsy Ross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
47. Of course it saves money |
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Mugsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
48. $48.8B over 20 years? DOESN'T ANYONE GET HOW MUCH $300 BILLION IS??? |
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against all enemies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
49. Maine? Your two Republican Senators just got screwed. Keep |
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bling bling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
53. The south and southwest will benefit from this. |
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Democrat 4 Ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 08:14 AM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Tiny little factoid - Texas and Florida both have a net gain of |
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Jandar (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
55. Nothing in Utah on the list. |
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