HeloDude

And yet, you said this: So who exactly is “stupid”? And didn’t you recently report someone for a “personal attack”? Edited: And I was wrong about the report...that was Homestar. My apologies for the mixup.

Once again...I’m asking: Why wasn’t Trump impeached for “Russian collusion”?

So why wasn’t Trump impeached for “Russian collusion”?

Nah...I think you’ve shown your hypocrisy.

Read what you wrote and then try again...

It just shows the issue is political, that’s all.

Thank you for explaining that you need an ID to adequately determine someone’s identity.

If that’s good enough to prove someone’s identity, then why can’t that also be used when purchasing firearm?

Good thing we’ve never seen that in the US...

Well, to be fair, he said “my lifetime”.

So...religious faith is not personal? I have to subscribe to a certain organized religion to claim a religious exemption? Why are certain religious organizations/their beliefs given more credibility than others? Picking and choosing which religious faiths and organizations are credible and not credible is a dangerous road to go down...

Are you supportive of someone having their own faith and abiding by it, even if they’re the only “member” of that certain faith?

Who says you have to subscribe to a certain church/organized religion to have a certain kind of faith?

Isn’t someone’s faith/religion, by definition, “personal”?

Unlike progressives and right wingers, I support policy that gives us more individual freedom and liberty. When Trump did things well, I gave him kudos, and didn’t when he made bad policy. I wasn’t a fan of the tariffs or the crazy spending...but I was a fan of the deregulation policies he put in place. And clearly the judges he put on the bench are far better than those nominated by his predecessor. As for Obama, he was just another progressive...fortunately he just wasn’t too successful at getting many of his desired policies implemented. But if you think I gain more overall individual freedom with Biden than with Trump, then I’m willing to hear you make that argument.

You sound surprised. She’s very far left...of course she’s going to push the identity politics stuff—it’s literally part of the left’s platform.

So for the progressives on here who labeled Trump as a fascist...what say you about Biden and the Dems wanting to ban certain kinds of popular firearms? You know...the same type of firearms that are only used in a small percentage of all murders. Also, Biden supports (see link below), the police being able to go into your house and seize weapons without a warrant...also sounds a bit like what a fascist would want to do. ”But in its first amicus brief before the High Court, the Biden Administration glossed over these concerns and called on the justices to uphold the First Circuit’s ruling. Noting that “the ultimate touchstone of the Fourth Amendment is ‘reasonableness,’” the Justice Department argued that warrants should not be “presumptively required when a government official’s action is objectively grounded in a non-investigatory public interest, such as health or safety.” https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicksibilla/2021/03/23/biden-administration-urges-supreme-court-to-let-cops-enter-homes-and-seize-guns-without-a-warrant/?sh=7f258e082829

So when does China invade Taiwan? I wouldn’t be too surprised if it’s in the next 1-2 years...especially if/when our economy takes a huge it. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9347527/US-admiral-warns-China-aims-invade-Taiwan-6-years-global-leadership-role.html

Another couple years—keep me posted on when I can stop shaving!

It’s not that I don’t think comfort is unimportant (my wife didn’t think the maternity ABUs were uncomfortable when she stopped wearing her flight suit, so there’s one data point)...rather that when this is bragged about as “real change”, it becomes a distraction from the other important problems that don’t seem to get corrected in a timely manner, if at all.

Fair enough man—I appreciate you post and your comments (honestly). As I said, I’m not against women (and men) being more comfortable, but I do want the focus of our military to be on readiness first and foremost. It definitely is frustrating, for someone who has been in quite a while, seeing the AF brag about how it takes care of it’s people by making “real changes”...when it still can’t fix problems that effect the readiness of our force. You’re right, one doesn’t necessarily (and rarely does) affect the other to a considerable degree, but when one is being triumphed as a large success and the readiness problems are “ummm...we’re working on that”, it’s hard to believe the focus is where it needs to be. Thanks guys for the chat.

Well, we usually don’t redesign/make new uniforms if there isn’t a readiness issue. Actually, scratch that—we mess with our uniforms all the time. As to your earlier point about shaving changes...not going to happen anytime soon, at least not before I retire. If it does, I’ll buy you a bottle of your choice at the Class Six.

Well, since you’re thrashing about me not reading posts (which is fine, I don’t mind some thrash)—can you please answer this simple question that I keep posting: What is the annual percentage is of flyers who wear a flight suit, who are pregnant, who are on flying status, and who cannot comfortably wear a flight suit to perform flying duties? What is your guess? I ask because this is the readiness question...yet Jazzdude is the only one who has even attempted to answer it, and he didn’t even answer the actual question...

I didn’t ask what percentage of those who wear flight suits are pregnant...I asked what percentage are pregnant, on flying status, and can no longer wear a regular flight suit in order to perform flying duties...I’m betting that it’s an extremely small percentage. As for enlisted aviators, don’t most (if nearly all?) wear the flying OCPs? But either way, same question as above. I keep asking—is this a readiness issue or an issue of comfort, sense of belonging, morale, etc? My bet is that this isn’t much of a readiness issue as only an extremely small percentage of flyers require this to perform their flight duties. So if it’s an issue of comfort, morale, etc...sure, that’s fine. There’s a lot of things I would rather change due to comfort (see below). I’m just asking then why can’t they wear the maternity uniforms already in place? And I agree...not having them available due to supply/logistical issues is messed up. As for the AF seeing this as a big issue (comfort, etc) that needed to be addressed, hey I would rather not have to shave everyday without attempting to get a shaving waiver, but the AF sees it differently...and unless I need to shave specifically to perform my job, then why not remove it? More importantly, I wish the AF would focus more attention on actual readiness issues (only so much money and resources to spread around)...OBOGS come to mind?

Do I want to, of course not. At the same time if they wouldn’t allow me to wear a flight suit because I didn’t need to wear one that day, would the AF be wrong? Also, if I had a condition which DNIF’d me and prevented me from being able to comfortably wear the flight suit, but I could be comfortable in ACUs, then what’s the problem? Nobody is saying that there shouldn’t be a maternity uniform...but one already exists. So unless a pilot can’t find a flight suit that is comfortable to perform flying duties, then what exactly is the problem? Again, what percentage of pilots annually are pregnant, on flying status, and can’t find a flight suit that comfortably allows them to perform their flight duties? I’m not saying it’s zero...but I can’t imagine it meaning too high.