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Old 02-07-2010, 01:13 PM   #51
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I'd figured.

Oh, and btw, I was in the fucking navy, and I couldn't pronounce Boatswain's Mate right, until someone explained it to me.

Even then, I was like, "Well why don't you just fucking spell it Bosuns Mate, if that's how you say it?

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Coxswain is still my favorite.

On a related note, I believe Navy flyers are called aviators because you can also pilot a ship or boat.
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Old 02-07-2010, 01:22 PM   #52
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Well that's just it, you can spin those numbers all day long, and you still come up with no savings for consumers.
In the current report they chose not to examine savings for consumers. They mentioned their previous report that looked at states, which is fine, but also is a double edged sword. If you look at health care reform that was supposed to lower costs in Massachusettes, which the current federal bill supposedly borrows heavily from, the cost of health care in that state is rising faster than the national average.
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Old 02-07-2010, 04:58 PM   #53
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On a related note, I believe Navy flyers are called aviators because you can also pilot a ship or boat.
Now that actually makes sense.
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Old 02-07-2010, 08:03 PM   #54
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....That's one we will never agree on. What better way to judge a society, than on how it takes care of it's own members?

Like they say in the Marine Corps, "Never leave a man behind".

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We have a fundamental difference in ideology. You: liberal and me libertarian. Handing entitlements to people who do not work for it leads to laziness, waste, fraud and a devout lack of achievement. The glory of the U.S. is you can have a wide range of classes from very poor to very rich. This is the drive that makes this country and the life in this country exciting. Putting everyone on the same plane....is quite boring IMO.
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