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Forum Post: Umm....hey all you Obama/Democratic party zombies

Posted 12 years ago on March 18, 2012, 11:06 p.m. EST by BlackSun (275) from Agua León, BC
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I just read that the DHS has ordered 450 million rounds of .40 caliber ammunition. Why? That is more than what would be needed to kill everyone in this country. Please explain to me how this is the republicans fault...

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[-] 4 points by PandoraK (1678) 12 years ago

Maybe because they can't hit the broadside of a barn from the inside?

Sarcasm aside, and as unbelievable as this may seem, ammunition is regularly replaced in stock piles. The FBI, among all other agencies both federal and state, rotate ammunition with the amounts that have been held longest term removed and disposed of by various means.

When I had my small trucking firm, I hauled a lot of ammo...to some very interesting places.

[+] -6 points by DKAtoday (33802) from Coon Rapids, MN 12 years ago

Thank you for a rational response to a dick heads post.

Ammunition gets old and becomes unsafe, this stuff needs to be replaced, regularly.

Then there are ammunition requirements for training, as well as for active unit replenishment. There are also armaments that we supply to others ( right or wrong ).

I just hope they are not paying $500.00 toilet seat prices.

[-] 1 points by PandoraK (1678) 12 years ago

The prices I couldn't say...that wasn't on the manifest.

[-] -3 points by BlackSun (275) from Agua León, BC 12 years ago

450 million rounds is more than is needed unless DHS is building their own Army. And go fuck yourself dicktoday. You don't like my posts then don't reply to them. Go back to sucking commie dick.

[+] -4 points by DKAtoday (33802) from Coon Rapids, MN 12 years ago

Ass Hole i mean Black Hole; Something sun -

I am so hurt. Can't I please come to your party? ( just shitting ya ) - ( i had to let you know cause otherwise you might have thought i was serious ) HaH.

[-] 2 points by bensdad (8977) 12 years ago

Are you smart enough to tell me the names to the two major American political parties?
Are you smart enough to tell me which of the following 25 you think are bad for America?


Obama’s Top 25 Accomplishments


I may not think everything Obama has done is ideal.
I may think some things Obama has not done should have been done.


If you have opinions and beliefs such as :
……Obama is not an American / Obama can control gas prices / Obama is a Muslim -
don’t waste your time reading the following facts


If you have opinions and beliefs such as :
……evolution is a “theory”, Noah put the kangaroos back in Australia, Bush is not a war monger
don’t waste your time reading the following facts


If you believe that, during the last 5 years, that
……Bain Romney or Cotton Mather Santorum has helped America
don’t waste your time reading the following facts


                                                  By Paul Glastris, Ryan Cooper, and Siyu Hu   
  1. Passed Health Care Reform: After five presidents over a century failed to create universal health insurance, signed the Affordable Care Act (2010). It will cover 32 million uninsured Americans beginning in 2014 and mandates a suite of experimental measures to cut health care cost growth, the number one cause of America’s long-term fiscal problems.

  2. Passed the Stimulus: Signed $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in 2009 to spur economic growth amid greatest recession since the Great Depression. Weeks after stimulus went into effect, unemployment claims began to subside. Twelve months later, the private sector began producing more jobs than it was losing, and it has continued to do so for twenty-three straight months, creating a total of nearly 3.7 million new private-sector jobs.

  3. Passed Wall Street Reform: Signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (2010) to re-regulate the financial sector after its practices caused the Great Recession. The new law tightens capital requirements on large banks and other financial institutions, requires derivatives to be sold on clearinghouses and exchanges, mandates that large banks provide “living wills” to avoid chaotic bankruptcies, limits their ability to trade with customers’ money for their own profit, and creates the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (now headed by Richard Cordray) to crack down on abusive lending products and companies.

  4. Ended the War in Iraq: Ordered all U.S. military forces out of the country. Last troops left on December 18, 2011.

  5. Began Drawdown of War in Afghanistan: From a peak of 101,000 troops in June 2011, U.S. forces are now down to 91,000, with 23,000 slated to leave by the end of summer 2012. According to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, the combat mission there will be over by next year.

  6. Eliminated Osama bin laden: In 2011, ordered special forces raid of secret compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in which the terrorist leader was killed and a trove of al-Qaeda documents was discovered.

  7. Turned Around U.S. Auto Industry: In 2009, injected $62 billion in federal money (on top of $13.4 billion in loans from the Bush administration) into ailing GM and Chrysler in return for equity stakes and agreements for massive restructuring. Since bottoming out in 2009, the auto industry has added more than 100,000 jobs. In 2011, the Big Three automakers all gained market share for the first time in two decades. The government expects to lose $16 billion of its investment, less if the price of the GM stock it still owns increases.

  8. Recapitalized Banks: In the midst of financial crisis, approved controversial Treasury Department plan to lure private capital into the country’s largest banks via “stress tests” of their balance sheets and a public-private fund to buy their “toxic” assets. Got banks back on their feet at essentially zero cost to the government.

  9. Repealed “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”: Ended 1990s-era restriction and formalized new policy allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military for the first time.

  10. Toppled Moammar Gaddafi: In March 2011, joined a coalition of European and Arab governments in military action, including air power and naval blockade, against Gaddafi regime to defend Libyan civilians and support rebel troops. Gaddafi’s forty-two-year rule ended when the dictator was overthrown and killed by rebels on October 20, 2011. No American lives were lost.

  11. Told Mubarak to Go: On February 1, 2011, publicly called on Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to accept reform or step down, thus weakening the dictator’s position and putting America on the right side of the Arab Spring. Mubarak ended thirty-year rule when overthrown on February 11.

  12. Reversed Bush Torture Policies: Two days after taking office, nullified Bush-era rulings that had allowed detainees in U.S. custody to undergo certain “enhanced” interrogation techniques considered inhumane under the Geneva Conventions. Also released the secret Bush legal rulings supporting the use of these techniques.

  13. Improved America’s Image Abroad: With new policies, diplomacy, and rhetoric, reversed a sharp decline in world opinion toward the U.S. (and the corresponding loss of “soft power”) during the Bush years. From 2008 to 2011, favorable opinion toward the United tates rose in ten of fifteen countries surveyed by the Pew Global Attitudes Project, with an average increase of 26 percent.

  14. Kicked Banks Out of Federal Student Loan Program, Expanded Pell Grant Spending: As part of the 2010 health care reform bill, signed measure ending the wasteful decades-old practice of subsidizing banks to provide college loans. Starting July 2010 all students began getting their federal student loans directly from the federal government. Treasury will save $67 billion over ten years, $36 billion of which will go to expanding Pell Grants to lower-income students.

  15. Created Race to the Top: With funds from stimulus, started $4.35 billion program of competitive grants to encourage and reward states for education reform.

  16. Boosted Fuel Efficiency Standards: Released new fuel efficiency standards in 2011 that will nearly double the fuel economy for cars and trucks by 2025.

  17. Coordinated International Response to Financial Crisis: To keep world economy out of recession in 2009 and 2010, helped secure from G-20 nations more than $500 billion for the IMF to provide lines of credit and other support to emerging market countries, which kept them liquid and avoided crises with their currencies.

  18. Passed Mini Stimuli: To help families hurt by the recession and spur the economy as stimulus spending declined, signed series of measures (July 22, 2010; December 17, 2010; December 23, 2011) to extend unemployment insurance and cut payroll taxes.

  19. Began Asia “Pivot”: In 2011, reoriented American military and diplomatic priorities and focus from the Middle East and Europe to the Asian-Pacific region. Executed multipronged strategy of positively engaging China while reasserting U.S. leadership in the region by increasing American military presence and crafting new commercial, diplomatic, and military alliances with neighboring countries made uncomfortable by recent Chinese behavior.

  20. Increased Support for Veterans: With so many soldiers coming home from Iraq and Iran with serious physical and mental health problems, yet facing long waits for services, increased 2010 Department of Veterans Affairs budget by 16 percent and 2011 budget by 10 percent. Also signed new GI bill offering $78 billion in tuition assistance over a decade, and provided multiple tax credits to encourage businesses to hire veterans.

  21. Tightened Sanctions on Iran: In effort to deter Iran’s nuclear program, signed Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act (2010) to punish firms and individuals who aid Iran’s petroleum sector. In late 2011 and early 2012, coordinated with other major Western powers to impose sanctions aimed at Iran’s banks and with Japan, South Korea, and China to shift their oil purchases away from Iran.

  22. Created Conditions to Begin Closing Dirtiest Power Plants: New EPA restrictions on mercury and toxic pollution, issued in December 2011, likely to lead to the closing of between sixty-eight and 231 of the nation’s oldest and dirtiest coal-fired power plants. Estimated cost to utilities: at least $11 billion by 2016. Estimated health benefits: $59 billion to $140 billion. Will also significantly reduce carbon emissions and, with other regulations, comprises what’s been called Obama’s “stealth climate policy.”

  23. Passed Credit Card Reforms: Signed the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure Act (2009), which prohibits credit card companies from raising rates without advance notification, mandates a grace period on interest rate increases, and strictly limits overdraft and other fees.

  24. Eliminated Catch-22 in Pay Equality Laws: Signed Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act in 2009, giving women who are paid less than men for the same work the right to sue their employers after they find out about the discrimination, even if that discrimination happened years ago. Under previous law, as interpreted by the Supreme Court in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., the statute of limitations on such suits ran out 180 days after the alleged discrimination occurred, even if the victims never knew about it.

  25. Protected Two Liberal Seats on the U.S. Supreme Court: Nominated and obtained confirmation for Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic and third woman to serve, in 2009; and Elena Kagan, the fourth woman to serve, in 2010. They replaced David Souter and John Paul Stevens, respectively.


do you have the courage to answer this question:
WHICH OF THESE ACHIEVEMENTS IS BAD FOR AMERICA? AND WHY?

[-] 0 points by Dumpthechump (96) 12 years ago

Number 21! Very bad for America - e.g. $25 a gallon for fuel!

The USA's sanctions on Iran cannot succeed because other countries will bust these sanctions - and if the USA puts sanctions on those countries, the USA will be the country hit because Iran will find that their friends can supply whatever particular needs its people want.

Some Iranian bankers might be hurt - but they'll get over it.

And even #21 is largely due to the influence of Benny...yahoo & Co.

Remember too that if the USA tries the war option once sanctions fail - the resulting WW3 will not only devastate the USA but the USA will lose even its allies.

For example, Indonesia (70% Moslem) will not stand by and watch Iran be nuked with the connivance of Israel and Australia. The latter will be attacked AND CONQUERED by a multitude of absolutely enraged Asians - many of the Australians then becoming refugees in the US!

And remember that Obama actually lived in Indonesia for a time HENCE HE OUGHT TO KNOW BETTER!

Where's Malcolm X when you need him!

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[-] -1 points by hchc (3297) from Tampa, FL 12 years ago

this is a joke right?

[-] 1 points by Dumpthechump (96) 12 years ago

Greetings again BlackSun,

I'm no Democrat... or Republican... since I am not a US citizen. However, it helps to be able to see things from outside.

It is only 50% the Republicans fault!

The reason is that terms only last four years but most of the ammo lasts a lot longer than that - and longer than presidents too.

In other words, each administration realizes that it has to prepare for the next war by helping the other side should the other side come to power in the next election.

There are plenty of friends (i.e. cronies) across the R/D divide and what they don't want is comments such as:

"Hey, we lost this war because-a you R/Ds, you let the military run down and threw millions out of jobs etc. You're anti-American and you'll pay for this!"

And in such a situation, e.g. losing a war against Iran, the US bigwigs will lose bigtime!

In Athens when they lost the Peloponnesian War the leaders made one of their own soldiers drink poison hemlock for corrupting the youth of the country with his ideas. The victim's name: Socrates!

Given the sort of waco-flakos that rise to the top in the USA today, you can tell me what sort of fate is in store for them when they lose a war - and thus why your average R and D always votes for military R & D over and above health, education, welfare and even tax relief!