I was told the GOP cares about fraud, waste and abuse.
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Ha.
No.
Arguing soldiers, who CHOOSE to do that job, require lobster, crab and prime steaks to show-up to work, isn't anywhere I want to go further discussing. Unless EVERYONE gets lobster, steak and a fruit cup with more peaches than pear chunks, for showing up to their job.If they weren't eating well before, they could quit and sell the loyalty of their stomach to Starbuck's. Or, you know, fight for it.
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@georgetakei maybe that was some boondoggle but there are a few ways that the DoD could spend like that which i think people can understand, 1) the DoD operates a global grocery chain in the commissary, which provides subsidized food for service members amd their families, so a better comparison would be to Kroger or another grocery, and 2) they try to serve more premium food to service members who are on deployment, esp in the Navy, and moreso depending on how difficult the assignment is, eg submarimes. Unless they can show this was for the civilian leadership skimming id be skeptical of the headline alone
@raven667 @georgetakei nope, fuck the lot of them and in that order. Fuck the subs that hide and let the others die, fuck the navy way offshore thats hard to target, fuck the special forces that hit and run, but the most of all is fuck the rich that send the poor of all aspects to die so they can make more money. None of this makes normal people in America ( or anywhere else) more safe.
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@georgetakei maybe that was some boondoggle but there are a few ways that the DoD could spend like that which i think people can understand, 1) the DoD operates a global grocery chain in the commissary, which provides subsidized food for service members amd their families, so a better comparison would be to Kroger or another grocery, and 2) they try to serve more premium food to service members who are on deployment, esp in the Navy, and moreso depending on how difficult the assignment is, eg submarimes. Unless they can show this was for the civilian leadership skimming id be skeptical of the headline alone
How times have changed. When I was in;
Deployment meals, C-rats in a can. Heated in a garbage can, if you got it hot
Commissary food was marked "For Military Use Only" (not because of it's high quality)
The Navy has always had the best food.
The food listed in Hegseth's list was for "Officers Only."
Family Members were a distraction owned by the troops. Troop was responsible not military.
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4-decade labor vet since I was 14, trained deep in the airless warehouses and pizza kitchens of Central Texas.
You know what I never expected? Anything.
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I was told the GOP cares about fraud, waste and abuse.
@georgetakei oh, they care about fraud, waste, and abuse. They care very much that they get to continue to commit fraud, waste American tax dollars, and abuse their positions for personal gain.
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I was told the GOP cares about fraud, waste and abuse.
@georgetakei @benroyce No no you got it wrong. The GOP _is_ fraud, waste and abuse.
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I was told the GOP cares about fraud, waste and abuse.
@georgetakei was always a lie.
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I was told the GOP cares about fraud, waste and abuse.
@georgetakei It's pretty disturbing that so few people can start all of this, I don't think anywhere near a majority of people in the country would want this. We need a whole new way to govern if this is possible.
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I was told the GOP cares about fraud, waste and abuse.
DOGE FOR THEE BUT NOT FOR ME.
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I was told the GOP cares about fraud, waste and abuse.
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How times have changed. When I was in;
Deployment meals, C-rats in a can. Heated in a garbage can, if you got it hot
Commissary food was marked "For Military Use Only" (not because of it's high quality)
The Navy has always had the best food.
The food listed in Hegseth's list was for "Officers Only."
Family Members were a distraction owned by the troops. Troop was responsible not military.
@A_Minion i was in the era of MREs which came with a heating packet and were all pretty good imho, except maybe the "omlette" which had a challenging texture after being canned in a pouch (and always had a bunch of egg water at the bottom). The food at Tuzla airbase was good but not special, although i remember the bread, they had subcontracted food service to locals and they just brougt in boules of bread from a local bakery, so good. I was thinking more about what ive heard about the Navy where food quality has been a serious priority for ages, in WWII they had special logistics programs to make sure Pacific theatre ships could have ice-cream in the mess, which was not easy or cheap. And ive heard from afghanistan of them setting up a full featured burger king on base, as well as special thanksgiving or christmas dinners which were *not* canned food, that take time, effort and money for the mental health benefit of the troops.
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@A_Minion i was in the era of MREs which came with a heating packet and were all pretty good imho, except maybe the "omlette" which had a challenging texture after being canned in a pouch (and always had a bunch of egg water at the bottom). The food at Tuzla airbase was good but not special, although i remember the bread, they had subcontracted food service to locals and they just brougt in boules of bread from a local bakery, so good. I was thinking more about what ive heard about the Navy where food quality has been a serious priority for ages, in WWII they had special logistics programs to make sure Pacific theatre ships could have ice-cream in the mess, which was not easy or cheap. And ive heard from afghanistan of them setting up a full featured burger king on base, as well as special thanksgiving or christmas dinners which were *not* canned food, that take time, effort and money for the mental health benefit of the troops.
@raven667 We've all either seen or heard of the USO shows. Yet there is one actress comedian that mostly came on her own, Martha Raye. She was a one woman USO show. IIRC she usually came during Thanksgiving. She was there to entertain no matter what. To the degree that she would be taking food out to the troops in bunkers and fox holes under fire. Everyone knows Bob Hope and many of the others but no one seems to remember her. Telling jokes or whatever she though would help the troops.
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I was told the GOP cares about fraud, waste and abuse.
@georgetakei Hesketh is a total liability to the US people. Worse than useless. He should have stuck with Fox News
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