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Sounds to me like we don't have an educational, social, or economic crisis. We have a complete failure of the parenting. I've said if for decades now: If you heal fatherhood (i.e. incentivize men to stay in the home where they procreate instead of incentivizing single parenthood, divorce, and abortion), you heal our country. The second problem...which is related to fatherhood...is that American parents appear to have adopted the belief that it's someone else's job to teach their children truth, morality, logic, and reason. No wonder millennials (i am one) are so lost: we were raised by public schools. I've got two teens, and my bride and I are working hard to make sure that no university education or any other life experience will upend their faith foundation or their logic and reason. If they launch with a solid relationship with God and a thirst for truth, it won't matter what lies they encounter, college or not. ANYWAY, we're finally done in Afghanistan and it feels like we're right back to the mid 70's with the end of a horrid war, wild problems with energy, social upheaval, and a couple of political parties that have lost their minds. ...now, where's our Reagan?

I was in that same boat...until several conversations with non-college grads who now operate international airliners. We discussed simple things such as supply and demand economics, civics, statistics, basic biology, and even the foundations of what calculus is and how it touches, well, everything...(I get it, that sounds higher level, but explain how you "derive" a solution to someone who hasn't touched math beyond algebra...it's painful...turns out derivation and integration thought processes are kinda handy)...and a load of other subjects that were basic pre-recs at my school. It was honestly saddening. I honestly had to explain the difference between miles-per-hour and kilometers-per-hour to two dudes...I wish I were joking... Am I for everyone going to college? ABSOLUTELY NOT. Are there a LOT of subjects that should be covered and assumed as a baseline for a college education that allow a higher level of social and economic understanding and interaction? Definitely. The current American 'college experience' does not meet that standard. But it should. If for no other reason than the fact that IT SHOULD. University education should STILL be a high standard, and I refuse to let leftist liberal doorknob licking morons debase that standard like they have with every other standard they touch.

BQZip's Dad?

As a mater of fact, yes. Most hospitals have O2 lines running through most of their walls, including the exterior ones and the ones that border the waiting room. Beyond that, it takes one remodel or one re-org for the old ICU wall to become the waiting room wall, and then you've got a significant number of O2 and other hospital-unique and hazardous plumbing running through those walls.

Someone's looking for a body of water labelled "Gulf of Tonkin" somewhere between Poland and Russia...

I love the number of PA announcements my brown boxes require.

Well, Joe Biden is our president, and I pay taxes, soooo.....

That's a good point. One for tyranny up close, and one for tyranny a little farther away.

Chamber that in a 300 blackout and I'm in.

I'm guessing you didn't listen to the podcast. Yes, I'd like those guys as well. I seriously hope Trump doesn't get the RNC's nomination so a rational adult with a concept of humility can run instead. But I digress. Gabbard clearly doesn't fit in any red or blue box. Important to me personally: Listening to her speak her opinions in a long form setting it's obvious, she's not a tyrant. Sure, I'd prefer a more conservative leader. But she actually learns and is willing to change her opinions on topics. If she's willing to grow and evolve, I think she deserves the benefit of the doubt. Where she used to stand is not where she's standing now. What's more, I'm willing to bet that she has a rational reason for each of her positions. Like an ACTUAL rational, thought out reason. Political figures like that today are few and far between. I'll gladly take an 'opponent' like that instead of Fetterman, Biden, or Pelosi any day. We as conservatives are going to have to realize that finding common ground to move forward as a nation first requires us choose NOT to die on EVERY SINGLE HILL in the political landscape. It requires persuasion and compromise. (yes there are hills to die on, such as transing kids, and teaching CRT to the military, vaccine mandates, etc... but I didn't see any of those big ticket items on your list, but then, everyone's list is different) I specifically hope to see the Democrat party lean more like Gabbard, and the Republican party lean more like Crenshaw. Going hard over Left or Right only leads to tyranny. Yes, the Left is going absolutely nuts right now in our country, but people forget that the Right can do that just as bad. The 50's red scare was very much a product of the political Right, and it led to horrific tyranny of a sort in our country. I'm a history nerd, and I see a lot of parallels in the Right's media narrative leaning that way right now. It's not healthy. I'd enjoy listening to Gabbard and Crenshaw debate all those topics you listed. I'll have to see if they've podcasted together.

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I'll bet they're virtual.

Ok, I'll admit I don't agree with many of her positions. If I'm honest, I've NEVER found an actual electable politician that I agree with on most topics. Of all the options out there, she seems intelligent, articulate, clearly hasn't had a stroke, is willing to discuss difficult topics without equivocating on terms, and seems willing to compromise where it's necessary. That list would eliminate most of our current politicians. Hell, she stood up to 3 hours getting asked hard(ish) questions by Jocko. That's got to count for something. Imagine Biden, Pelosi, Fetterman or AOC doing that. Is she my favorite? Nope. But I'd take her and Dan Crenshaw in a heartbeat over the asshats we currently have in power. Who would you prefer?

Because I can!

US: Field in sight Mohalab: No no no, I tell you when you have field in sight.

Best place to post it: Jocko Willink's most recent podcast is with Tulsi Gabbard. Great interview. I'd vote for her.

It's all perspective. What's your situation? Do you live in Valdosta GA flying UPT lines every day, have a wife from there who's got family in the area? IF you had that gig and could hold it until retirement, of COURSE you'd regret departing to an unknown airline with unknown basing and future instead of staying until retirement or beyond. Contrast that to another situation where you live in Florida, are working a desk job with burned out GS-13's who are basically just waiting to die, you're not flying, and you've been told you have to move to west texas and deploy for one of your last 3 years in the AF. Yeah, you wouldn't regret leaving that. It's all perspective. You get to choose if you're positive or negative about ANYTHING that happens in your life. If you choose to regret leaving, guess what, you'll regret leaving. If you choose to see the bright side of your new job after leaving, you'll see the bright side of your new job after leaving.

https://nypost.com/2022/11/30/us-womens-national-team-will-get-half-of-money-won-by-usmnt-at-world-cup/?fbclid=IwAR0U4jhymrmTAO-2_yFom4d4X8bM1PENv9zcLvyeVdoX2epNWDJA_REgOLQ Sigh.

Have you ever been a unit that went from oppressive leadership to excellent leadership? Did it perfectly improve overnight, or was there a transition period? Of course there's going to be speedbumps. Go lookup how many spacex rockets blew up or crashed before the first one worked...even a little. Purchasing Twitter wasn't an impulse buy, but a strategic move. Hell it might have been REAL virtue signaling. I'm pretty sure Musk knows what he's doing. What none of us have right now is the "aha" information from the behind the scenes. Just wait.

Question for the masses: Sig 365 macro, Glock 43x, or Glock 48 MOS. This will be a my utility weapon for concealed carry/car carry/home defense for the next couple years. Background: I'm not a 9mm fan, but it's just so handy and available. I can get the glocks at a significant mil-discount ($379) at my local man store, so that's a strong pull. I like how the sig shoots, but I haven't fired the 43x or 48 yet. I plan to rent each before I buy. I eventually plan to have purpose specific weapons for concealed, home defense, an AR, a long rifle...etc. In the immediate term, as this is my christmas present, I'm looking for something that's concealable, reliable, and versatile for immediate defense until my budget can afford those others in several years. I'll be happy to hear from anyone that's got experience or thoughts to share.

Call of Duty forums, obviously.

hello mister ACMI man. I've met you in another forum. Your drunken posts are just as...stated.... Thank you for your service.

When you say "student", what exactly do you mean? What year in school? ROTC? Are you working? Need more data to compute. As for your dream RX7 FD, if you're the standard in-debt college student, here's my advice: DON'T. At least not yet. Don't go into debt for a car you can't afford. If you can't buy it outright, you can't afford it. I fully understand the desire to break the yoke of mom and dad, but dude, wait. You'll get there, but your finances as a college student are very unlikely to be able to afford a 30k loan. Bankers will say you can, but trust me, you can't.

The chinese way of war is to source as you go...old school foraging. So yeah, the Costco strategy would actually be in their playbook...possibly in that exact form.

He said he's in CA. That's like the precursor "with all due respect." Californians do this kinda stuff all the time!