Another "When I become King" idea

[gwalchmai]

I think all politicians should have to use public transportation whenever they're within its coverage area. No limos, no special jets, just rub shoulders with the voters.

 

Also, maybe inject them with a pernicious poison that they have milk a cat every day for the antidote...

[jmohme]

Only if they publish their travel schedule so that everyone knows what bus or train they are taking and at what time so that anyone that would like to have a little chat with one of them can take a seat next to them and stir up a nice discussion.

[Huaco Kid]

Our Mayor used to come to the bar all the time (small town).  We were free to bring up any concerns or opinions we had.  He'd often buy the drinks.  A pretty good way to get reelected, around here.

[holyjohnson]

when i lived in Boston Ted Kennedy used to come and drink in the bar i hung out in a few times a year and talk to everyone he was actually an interesting guy to talk to.

 

just don`t let him drive you home......

[Silentpoet]

My idea is no tax payer provided security teams for any elected officials.

[minervadoe]

A vice president where I used to work was a gun enthusiast.  On a Southwest flight from San Jose to Los Angeles he was seated in the bulkhead seats (you know the four seats on the plane that face each other) across from Barbara Boxer.  Boy, did he give her an earful.  ... for an hour ....

Edited May 4, 2019 by minervadoe

[Moshe]

On ‎5‎/‎3‎/‎2019 at 5:05 PM, gwalchmai said:

I think all politicians should have to use public transportation whenever they're within its coverage area. No limos, no special jets, just rub shoulders with the voters.

 

Also, maybe inject them with a pernicious poison that they have milk a cat every day for the antidote...

We had, believe it or not, a retired Air Force Officer, Republican Representative in NM for a while.  She boarded in coach and acted like a human being and shook hands that were extended to her.  Too bad she is no longer in Office, and we have the give me the John Sununu treatment, Pelosi.

[Silentpoet]

On 5/3/2019 at 5:05 PM, gwalchmai said:

I think all politicians should have to use public transportation whenever they're within its coverage area. No limos, no special jets, just rub shoulders with the voters.

 

Also, maybe inject them with a pernicious poison that they have milk a cat every day for the antidote...

Just now caught that second reference.

[NPTim]

On 5/4/2019 at 11:54 AM, holyjohnson said:

when i lived in Boston Ted Kennedy used to come and drink in the bar i hung out in a few times a year and talk to everyone he was actually an interesting guy to talk to.

 

just don`t let him drive you home......

On this note, I’d like to congratulate teddy on his upcoming 10th year of sobriety.

[NPTim]

We should pay all representatives as 2nd Lt. First term and 1st Lt. Second term, same perks and benefits commiserate with their rank. Same housing, same everything.

while I’m at it, ban lobbyists as well.

[gwalchmai]

6 hours ago, Silentpoet said:

Just now caught that second reference.

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Edited May 7, 2019 by gwalchmai

[M&P15T]

Too many;

No pay for congress and senate. No healthcare, no benefits, nothing. No staff, no vehicles, no guards, nothing. President just gets transpo and guards, nothing more.

Only individual donations to campaign funds, no companies.

1 page tax laws. Flat tax.

Fire every congress and senate loser, start over.

No new laws for 20 50 years.

Disband many governmental agencies. EPA, BATFE, USPS, BLM, etc., etc.

Cut federal employees by 50%, except for the military. Narrowly define what constitutes "Military".

Constitutional Amendment that forces a balanced budget, 0 debt.

Then after a few drinks, fire the rest of the government...... All of them. Pink slips dropping like leaves in October. Except the Military. 

Re-commission every Iowa class battleship, and return to gun-boat diplomacy. Rhino-line the hulls for long-life.

Go back to the moon. Just for shits a giggles. Start building Saturn 5s with up-dated tech to do so. Tell Musk to eat an entire buffet of dicks.

English as the official language of 'Merica.

No tax incentives for any companies. Free market forces only. Tell Musk to eat an entire buffet of dicks.

Tell Musk to eat an entire buffet of dicks......just in case he didn't get the message the first two times.

The Wall. Build it. 

 

Edited May 9, 2019 by M&P15T

[Rizzo]

I’ll take “Laughably Unrealistic Gunboard Stroke Fantasies” for $500, Alex. ?

[gwalchmai]

But of course you will...

[railfancwb]

We should pay all representatives as 2nd Lt. First term and 1st Lt. Second term, same perks and benefits commiserate with their rank. Same housing, same everything.
while I’m at it, ban lobbyists as well.

You don’t think Pelosi accumulated $200 million +/- using payroll deduction savings do you?


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[railfancwb]

Recommissioning the battleships sounds great, and would make a beautiful way to show the colors. And that’s about all they would be good for.

Near the start of WWII an even larger class of battleship was on the drawing boards. It was dropped in favor of more carriers.


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[railfancwb]

The contemplated successor to the Iowa class was the Montana class of battleships

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montana-class_battleship


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[Silentpoet]

In the documentary book The Ayes of Texas the battleship Texas was used to good effect in modern warfare.

[SC Tiger]

On 5/9/2019 at 9:08 AM, M&P15T said:

Re-commission every Iowa class battleship, and return to gun-boat diplomacy. Rhino-line the hulls for long-life.

Ironically I watched the movie "Battleship" last night.  It's a stupid movie but seeing that old battlewagon back in action (even though it was a movie and probably GCI) was cool as hell.

That said - to modernize a battleship you would literally have to gut it down to the hull.  EVERYTHING would have to be replaced - the engines, the fire control, radar, sonar, fire suppression, the guns would at LEAST need a major overhaul and would still be obsolete - plus they fill a role that isn't really needed anymore.  And you would be destroying a lot of history.  We blow up ships with subs and planes now.

I might keep one around for a similar role to the USS Constitution - a floating museum and recruitment asset.

What I WOULD look into is perhaps the "escort carrier".  Smaller carriers that aren't the focal point of a fleet.  Similar to the British carriers.  Not sure what role they would fill but I think they could be useful.

[M&P15T]

2 hours ago, SC Tiger said:

Ironically I watched the movie "Battleship" last night.  It's a stupid movie but seeing that old battlewagon back in action (even though it was a movie and probably GCI) was cool as hell.

That said - to modernize a battleship you would literally have to gut it down to the hull.  EVERYTHING would have to be replaced - the engines, the fire control, radar, sonar, fire suppression, the guns would at LEAST need a major overhaul and would still be obsolete - plus they fill a role that isn't really needed anymore.  And you would be destroying a lot of history.  We blow up ships with subs and planes now.

I might keep one around for a similar role to the USS Constitution - a floating museum and recruitment asset.

What I WOULD look into is perhaps the "escort carrier".  Smaller carriers that aren't the focal point of a fleet.  Similar to the British carriers.  Not sure what role they would fill but I think they could be useful.

In my ignorant, useless, and fantasy-based opinion;

You could get those battle wagons going without gutting them. Very little other than electronics would have to be replaced. The guns are fine (how can they become "obsolete"?), fire control systems would be updated as part of the electronics, fire-suppression would just need maintenance, it worked just fine up until the 1990s. The engines are fine, if maybe needing some maintenance.....it's all still there, it just needs a crew to clean it up, and get it moving. Probably a lot of scraping and re-painting.

There are tons of older weapon systems folks claimed no longer had a role, until they did. A-10, Apache, B52s, and the list goes on. Hell, when was the last time we actually used a jet fighter in an air-to-air role, rather than ground attack? We have no idea what the next conflict will be. What if it's the Straights of Hormuz, and NGF would handle the situation with aplomb? 16" and 5" batteries laying waste to coastal threats? 

The idea is, that other than electronics, their state of readiness in 1990 would still work today. Propulsion is fine, weapons are fine, they would just need to be cleaned up, update the electronics and communications, and made ready for battle. We're not facing any naval weapon systems that are dramatically new and game-changing.

Just imagine the Iranian's crapping their robes as the Wisconsin, New Jersey, Iowa and Missouri cruised through the straights, all 36 16" guns trained in broad-side at their shore!!!! 

Suck on that Iran!!!!

Look at the SIZE of those sumbitchez!!!!

Edited May 22, 2019 by M&P15T

[tous]

3 hours ago, M&P15T said:

Hell, when was the last time we actually used a jet fighter in an air-to-air role, rather than ground attack?

No other country is dumb enough to send up an expensive  aircraft when Navy and Marine aviators are in the air.

Better to just toss them in the ocean and save a pilot's life.

I don't believe that the Taliban or ISIS has a large inventory of state-of-the-art fighter aircraft.

Or any aircraft beyond drones that they can buy on Amazon.

[Moshe]

If I were king:

1. Rape = Death Penalty

2. Child Molesters/Porn= Death Penalty

3. Murder = Death Penalty

4. Abortion for convenience = Death Penalty

5. Causing grievous harm to an elderly person= the same type of grievous harm is duplicated to equal the same amount fragility and damage left.

6. Drunk Driving=Death Penalty

7. Harming a Child purposefully=the same is done to the perpetrator on the same lasting scale.

8. No more stupid warning labels on products  If you are too dumb to know that coffee is hot and lawn mower blades can cut more than grass, you get to sue no one.

9. Dealing recreational drugs such as acid, cocaine, PCP, crack, meth=Death Penalty, then the source of the material that created is tracked down and everyone involved and put down.

10. If you go to prison, it will be hard labor that would make Sherriff Apaio blanch. 

11. If to two people who are equally matched decide to fight it out, let them.

12. Firearms safety and instruction will be a core class starting at First Grade.  No longer will we be a wimpy society of morons that don't know one end to the other.

13. Dereliction of Duty during war time=Death Penalty

14. Dereliction of Duty to act to save lives in shooting situation, while peeing your pants outside=Death Penalty.

15. No costly appeals.  You are convicted based on the evidence, and are summarily dispatched.

[OwlsNest465]

Speaking of maniacal gunboard fantasies.... 

[norton]

12 hours ago, Moshe said:

If I were king:

1. Rape = Death Penalty

2. Child Molesters/Porn= Death Penalty

3. Murder = Death Penalty

4. Abortion for convenience = Death Penalty

5. Causing grievous harm to an elderly person= the same type of grievous harm is duplicated to equal the same amount fragility and damage left.

6. Drunk Driving=Death Penalty

7. Harming a Child purposefully=the same is done to the perpetrator on the same lasting scale.

8. No more stupid warning labels on products  If you are too dumb to know that coffee is hot and lawn mower blades can cut more than grass, you get to sue no one.

9. Dealing recreational drugs such as acid, cocaine, PCP, crack, meth=Death Penalty, then the source of the material that created is tracked down and everyone involved and put down.

10. If you go to prison, it will be hard labor that would make Sherriff Apaio blanch. 

11. If to two people who are equally matched decide to fight it out, let them.

12. Firearms safety and instruction will be a core class starting at First Grade.  No longer will we be a wimpy society of morons that don't know one end to the other.

13. Dereliction of Duty during war time=Death Penalty

14. Dereliction of Duty to act to save lives in shooting situation, while peeing your pants outside=Death Penalty.

15. No costly appeals.  You are convicted based on the evidence, and are summarily dispatched.

We're  going to need more cemetery's!

 

[gwalchmai]

3 minutes ago, norton said:

We're  going to need more cemetery's!

 

Maybe we should add apostrophe abuse to Moshe's list of capital offenses...