ClearedHot Posted February 21 Posted February 21 Word inside the beltway is CQ Brown and a few others get the axe tomorrow. List likely includes CNO Admiral Lisa Franchetti. Hoping Slife is on the list as well. 1 4
McJay Pilot Posted February 21 Posted February 21 52 minutes ago, ClearedHot said: Word inside the beltway is CQ Brown and a few others get the axe tomorrow. List likely includes CNO Admiral Lisa Franchetti. Hoping Slife is on the list as well. Here’s hoping, but I believe it was Rainman that said “rule 1: there is no justice” 1
Smokin Posted February 21 Posted February 21 3 hours ago, BuddhaSixFour said: Cool. I expect republicans will 100% stand by this the next time a Democrat wins because they fully believe that civics lesson in their heart of hearts. Which democrat did Republicans previously complain about in the same manner that democrats are currently complaining Musk? There were many officials that Republicans complained about being incompetent, over-reaching their authority, or just plain dumb, but I don't recall Republicans holding up signs saying "Buttigieg was not elected".
BuddhaSixFour Posted February 21 Posted February 21 6 minutes ago, Smokin said: Which democrat did Republicans previously complain about in the same manner that democrats are currently complaining Musk? There were many officials that Republicans complained about being incompetent, over-reaching their authority, or just plain dumb, but I don't recall Republicans holding up signs saying "Buttigieg was not elected". Cool. I expect republicans will 100% stand by this the next time a Democrat wins because they fully believe that civics lesson in their heart of hearts.
brabus Posted February 21 Posted February 21 4 hours ago, BuddhaSixFour said: Cool. I expect republicans will 100% stand by this the next time a Democrat wins because they fully believe that civics lesson in their heart of hearts. Clinton did a good job with reducing the federal bureaucracy and getting finances under control. I hope Trump can accomplish the same feats regarding these topics.
Chicken Posted February 21 Posted February 21 You can fire them. Or at least have a hand in it. In 2008 we had our secretary fired. It was called PIP at the time. Performance improvement Process and revolved around helping them improve. If I remember it was a 6 month process with feedback EVERY WEEK. A lot of work and why it never gets done. Most folks are in a job for a year at most then move on to the next thing and don't want to invest in the PIP process. I personally got tired of her giving me wrong info which caused me to show up to meeting late or not all all with the Wing CC over and over. Luckily he knew she was retarded as well.
bcuziknow Posted February 21 Posted February 21 (edited) Wow sounds like the entire workforce is horrendous and we should just turn the entire business over to pilots to run it all! Pretty simple solution. oh wait I forgot, they do own and run it all…my bad Edited February 21 by bcuziknow
BashiChuni Posted February 21 Posted February 21 (edited) 19 hours ago, ClearedHot said: Word inside the beltway is CQ Brown and a few others get the axe tomorrow. List likely includes CNO Admiral Lisa Franchetti. Hoping Slife is on the list as well. The knife on that list?!?! 👀 edit: damn read your post wrong though you were saying he was. Here’s to hoping!!! Edited February 21 by BashiChuni
BashiChuni Posted February 21 Posted February 21 16 hours ago, brabus said: Clinton did a good job with reducing the federal bureaucracy and getting finances under control. I hope Trump can accomplish the same feats regarding these topics.
disgruntledemployee Posted February 21 Author Posted February 21 22 hours ago, brabus said: Here’s a good, quick explanation for why Trump is doing what he is WRT taking out the bureaucrat garbage, and why it’s legitimate. So if Kamala had won and put Soros in a DOGE like job, that's OK? As to the civics lesson, I wonder what happens when the Executive fails to execute the budget passed by Congress?
gearhog Posted February 21 Posted February 21 LOLOLOLOLOL. OMG https://x.com/WarClandestine/status/1893016797118427203 1 1
brabus Posted February 21 Posted February 21 18 minutes ago, disgruntledemployee said: So if Kamala had won and put Soros in a DOGE like job, that's OK? The only thing this type of statement says is you’re against improving financial transparency, cutting FWA, improving financial systems operation, increasing accountability, reducing bloated federal spending, and reducing the deficit. Or if you tell me you’re not against those things, then you’re simply being a partisan hack throwing a tantrum because your team isn’t the one doing the work. The good news is you can choose to stop being a partisan hack and acknowledge when something good is done, regardless of who did it. A good example of this is me throwing Clinton props where props are due, even though I don’t align with him on many other things. Now you try… 1
BuddhaSixFour Posted February 21 Posted February 21 I think what you meant to say, is “Yes, if Harris had run on a platform of putting Soros in charge of DOGE and won, then that was the will of the people and she’s a unitary executive. I understand she needs to fire much of the executive branch to bring in people aligned with her agenda. I hope George carries on the good work Elon started around eliminating FWA.”
brabus Posted February 21 Posted February 21 I meant exactly what I said. Are you also on the tantrum train because you don’t like your team not being the ones doing something? You guys aren’t getting let off the hook ,sorry bros. 1
BuddhaSixFour Posted February 21 Posted February 21 Nah, I’m good with reducing fraud. I’m even good with shrinking the federal government. Getting closer to a balanced budget would be great. That’s all fine. I think it can be done without burning everything down in the process (see Clinton example), but maybe not. But where I don’t let MAGAts off the hook is that you don’t mean any of it. It’s just a power play. Y’all are 100% going to flip your shit when the next democrat president puts out 100 executive orders in the first week, and you’re going to stop saying “Unitary Executive” in a heartbeat. Now, Barbie, (hmmm… autocorrect, but let’s leave it) maybe you approve of Trump wielding these powers because you like what he’s doing with them. Fine. That’s your choice. However, the system itself has fundamentally changed in the last month. Those changes are going to have consequences, and you’re not always going to like them, even if you do today. I don’t think you’ve thought that through. You’re not even willing to remotely acknowledge the point and just run back to the tantrum train defense.
blueingreen Posted February 21 Posted February 21 3 minutes ago, BuddhaSixFour said: However, the system itself has fundamentally changed in the last month. Those changes are going to have consequences, and you’re not always going to like them, even if you do today. I don’t think you’ve thought that through. You’re not even willing to remotely acknowledge the point and just run back to the tantrum train defense. I ask in all honesty -- didn't the system change when all of these unelected bureaucrats started taking matters into their own hands, sometimes defying direct orders from POTUS? It seems like that was the historical aberration, and we're now returning to a more well-pruned and cohesive executive branch... 2
BuddhaSixFour Posted February 21 Posted February 21 (edited) 39 minutes ago, blueingreen said: I ask in all honesty -- didn't the system change when all of these unelected bureaucrats started taking matters into their own hands, sometimes defying direct orders from POTUS? It seems like that was the historical aberration, and we're now returning to a more well-pruned and cohesive executive branch... I’m honestly not sure what the trend has been. If the “unelected bureaucrats” thing was very recent, there could be a point there. However, the history of the Unitary Executive theory is that it first popped up as an argument by Reagan to try to gain more control, so the status quo seems to at least go back that far. And civil servant protections go back to FDR as I understand it. Some sort of “entrenched bureaucracy“ index would be super interesting to see. Edited February 21 by BuddhaSixFour
pbar Posted February 22 Posted February 22 Everyone wants to pay less taxes but the unfortunate fact is that Congress has successfully gotten all of us hooked on benefits or government services (VA, SS, GI Bill, etc) and yes, while there is a distinction between earned (GI Bill, for example) and handouts (welfare or foreign aid), everyone is in favor of cuts until it affects the benefit/program that they use or like. I can't see how we avoid a sovereign debt crisis because not enough folks in Congress have the courage to make hard, unpopular decisions (all of the DOGE stuff will just be rolled back by the next admin unless Congress codifies the cuts into law). 1
Sua Sponte Posted February 22 Posted February 22 (edited) On 2/20/2025 at 5:47 PM, ClearedHot said: Word inside the beltway is CQ Brown and a few others get the axe tomorrow. List likely includes CNO Admiral Lisa Franchetti. Hoping Slife is on the list as well. Trump just fired CQ Brown. Trump says he is nominating Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine to be the next chairman. Caine is a career F-16 pilot who served on active duty and in the National Guard, and had most recently served as the associate director for military affairs at the CIA, according to his official military biography. https://apnews.com/article/trump-brown-joint-chiefs-of-staff-firing-fa428cc1508a583b3bf5e7a5a58f6acf Edited February 22 by Sua Sponte 1
McJay Pilot Posted February 22 Posted February 22 6 minutes ago, Sua Sponte said: Trump just fired CQ Brown. Replaced with Caine. Interesting bio. Viper guy with SOF stink and spent 7 years as a “part-time member of the National Guard and a serial entrepreneur and investor.” Could this be the Special Ops Fighter Pilot of which the prophecies foretold?!? 1 6
Sua Sponte Posted February 22 Posted February 22 CH got his wish! Hegseth also said that Gen. James Slife, the vice chief of the Air Force, had been fired, and that he was “requesting nominations” for the Judge Advocates General for the Army, Navy and Air Force, indicating they will be replaced. https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/politics/trump-fires-top-us-general-cq-brown/index.html 1 1
RASH Posted February 22 Posted February 22 The knife on that list?!?! edit: damn read your post wrong though you were saying he was. Here’s to hoping!!!He’s gone!Sent from my iPad using Baseops Network mobile app 1
BashiChuni Posted February 22 Posted February 22 FUCK YES a huge middle finger to that ASSHOLE! 🖕 busting out the expensive stuff tonight 🥃 2 2
ClearedHot Posted February 22 Posted February 22 9 minutes ago, Sua Sponte said: CH got his wish! Hegseth also said that Gen. James Slife, the vice chief of the Air Force, had been fired, and that he was “requesting nominations” for the Judge Advocates General for the Army, Navy and Air Force, indicating they will be replaced. https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/politics/trump-fires-top-us-general-cq-brown/index.html I just cracked open my bottle of Pappy to enjoy this wonderful evening of karmic justice. 5 3
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