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Now that’s worthy of a wtf

Do cheap and easy to maintain L-39s across the Air Force. Easy to get checked out in, good stick and rudder flying, a good stable platform and can do formation, tactical, pattern work, and navigation. There are a couple L-39s at my home airport and the owner flies a few times a month. Fuel is higher right now, so he’s not flying as often right now, but compared to any of our operational aircraft it’s a fraction of a penny on the dollar per flight hour. Put a few (3-6) L39s on every single base with aircraft and triple turn each jet daily (1.5 to 2 hr) with two pilots per flight. A couple of designated IPs for checkouts, check rides, etc. A few contract maintenance A&Ps. You could even do the old school ACE cross country trips for weekends. This is bringing back some good memories from Plattsburgh ACE days.

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/f-16-fighter-jet-crashes-us-air-base-western-germany-2026-09-22/ https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1HxLcj3W5H/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Negatory As Brabus and Lloyd said we don’t owe you an argument. Most on here who claim to be, or lean conservative sound like they aren’t too happy with either party. I’d love to go back to a much much smaller government but neither party is willing to move in that direction at all. I don’t believe the government’s role is to do everything for us (food stamps, welfare, schooling, jobs, hold our hand, etc). But, I also don’t want to go back to 1600-1700s and prior where the majority of people around the world lived in abject poverty and were days away from dying all the time. We are better off than we’ve ever been (certainly in the West anyway) and yet we still demand more from those who are willing to work and less from those who aren’t. Here’s a start, off top of my head, to your desired knowledge on my beliefs for rules/policies/guides. 1 A turn back to more personal responsibility and obligation and away from the selfish “you owe me” thinking would be a good first move. 2 A concerted effort to completely squash all identity bs across the board. Encourage normalcy and don’t champion fringe identities (e.g. trannies, pedos, drugs, anti-social behavior). Protect individual rights, but don’t encourage (overtly or covertly) behavior that is antithetical to human flourishing and traditional family formation. 3 Strong law and order culture (from the top down to man on the street). But also hold police and authority figures to the same standards. Full weight of law against those who abuse their power (no cya for authority figures). 4 End all immigration (incredibly rare one-offs if absolutely necessary) for 10 years minimum. Deport all illegals and fine (confiscate all wealth) from those who don’t self deport. Root out those who are here legally but aren’t integrating (looking at you MN, MI, maybe others) and denaturalize and boot them out (tough to identify all, but the most obvious is criminals). Offer guidance and assist local communities with integration. Information only (not a bunch of funding for more bureaucratic bs programs). 5 End all government assistance to those who apply to immigrate. Make them prove self sufficiency like most other countries require. 6 End birthright citizenship except for current legal citizens. Just because you snuck in, or are even legally visiting our nation, doesn’t make your kids citizens. No dual citizenship ever. 7 Stop all foreign aid to countries who’s governments don’t align with traditional American values (rights, policies, etc). We might still have trade relationships with all nations (with some stipulations as necessary) but no foreign aid. 8 Roll out Dodge 2.0 on steroids and actually follow through with gutting most federal programs. Make every department justify every dime they spend, including funding required to justify their budget. It’s astounding the amount of waste in our 7 to 8 fricken trillion dollar (and still increasing every year) budget. That’s a start. Poke holes all you want.

I posted elsewhere about it. I’m pretty sure he was talking out of his posterior as usual since buying votes is obviously illegal. If we posted every time one of our politicians said something stupid we’d be on here all day every day.

Not aviation related, but an interesting interview about China transitioning (governance structure) from dynasty to socialism and ultimately to communism. A minuscule number of numbnuts, backed by Russia, “led” millions of people into full retard mode. Then proceeded to kill millions of them (war, starvation, and government purges) during the move to full authoritarian communism.

I didn’t know Dolly, but got to meet her and other Grand Ole Opey stars during the Fall of 1983. I worked summers at Opryland during college and for 1 Fall I was an usher at the Opry. She was tiny (5’ if she was lucky) but had the biggest smile and personality of them all. She would take the time, when she saw us knucklehead ushers, to come over and say hello and thank us. Thoughtful and down to earth. Most of the country stars were down to earth back then (e.g. Stringbean, Grandpa Jones, Roy Clark, Roy Acuff, Barbara Mandrell, Patsy Cline, Tammy Wynette, … and of course Dolly). Fun times. The best job I had (even @ $3.75 an hour) other than flying in the AF.

Maybe not jail, but she should never be free again. Strangled her 3 kids one at a time. Insanity is never an excuse for murder. Tragic and absolutely abhorrent situation.

The Iran “plan” is stupid. I’d keep targeting and killing all of their top leaders (high value military and igrc targets as well) until they’ve laid down with hands out in surrender. Pausing while they pretend to negotiate is as stupid as it gets.

Clark your post reminded me to post again… Mayorkas should be imprisoned immediately (for the rest of his life).

“These are not the drones you’re looking for” or something like that. https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1EaNMY2KWX/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Field fairies from around the world enjoying the good ole USA. https://x.com/TaraLaRosa/status/2072350974845260269/video/1?s=46

Sadly this is so true. Even lame duckers refuse to make the long term correct decision and just compromise for short term approval. And, we as citizens overwhelmingly respond to the shiny and glittery (hollow) instead of the substantive and enduring. Both sides of the aisle give us what we (the masses) demand instead of what would benefit us long term.

I’m not defending anybody so calm down. I was asking for a specific example where he extended his executive power further than others have. You gave an example of a court action, but many administrations have sued to get thing done or undone. I didn’t like the whole $1.8 billion fund either so chill out. You spun up pretty fast for just being asked for clarification.

Disgrunt, Can you give examples that weren’t done by Obama or The Auto Pen? Those two used all kinds of executive power, they just had the media, social elites, and their own party backing them with/in complete compliance.