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2009-05-31 China-Japan-Koreas

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Posted by john frum 2009-05-31 08:55|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Like the copper thief executed in this article, at my last duty station, we actually had a fairly high ranking Sergeant less than 2 years from a full military 20 year retirement get busted for selling about 6 thousand dollars worth of copper wire spools off-post. He was court martialed and found guilty. His excuse he gave was that he didn't think anyone would mind because the wire was sitting around bound to oxidize. This laughable excuse actually got him enough traction that last we'd heard he'd gotten reduced in rank and had to pay back the money, but retained his retirement. Its unimaginable to many provincial Americans who have never traveled outside the US how much kinder and compassionate we are here than compared to 95% of the rest of the world. Some people have no concept how much better we have it.

Posted by GirlThursday 2009-05-31 21:44|| 2009-05-31 21:44|| Front Page Top

#2 As CYA, as an Addendum, not only provincial people have no clue how good we Americans have it. If I don't add this, someone will be offended.

Posted by GirlThursday 2009-05-31 21:47|| 2009-05-31 21:47|| Front Page Top

#3 I can understand this, at least a little, they're desperately trying to reduce population, by preventing marrage and children before the age of 30, it doesn;t stop population growth, but it does slow it down, at least a little.
I've changed my mind, there's nothing we can do that won't be a relief on population, no nukeing them, no need.

Like wise no feeding them, there's already too many mouths to possibly feed, the only possible outcome that I ser is either mass starvation, or revolt from within, and revolt is pretty well quashed before it starts.

Starvation is all that's in store for them.

Pity.

Read Tuff voyaging if you can find it, seems the only way out.

Posted by Gentleman Jim 2009-05-31 22:01|| 2009-05-31 22:01|| Front Page Top

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