Army set to cut Force size...

billy the kid wrote:

2cent wrote:

billy the kid wrote:I read somewhere today that Bidens name is not on the ballot
paper for the mid terms...
Perhaps the WH should move quickly to dispel this as fake news
or in fact tell the American people if it is in fact true....

 @billy the kid, Biden's name most certainly is not on the ballot for the mid-terms.  The mid-terms come up in 2022, Nov.  This when the U.S. will be voting for representatives, and in some states, senators.  NOT president.  The presidential election doesn't come up until 2024.  

OK thanx for that....being anti Biden and not understanding "the US system"
I mistakenly jumped to conclusions.....

All's cool. Not like I understand your system all that well.

*As an aside, it WILL be interesting to see how many reps that Biden endorsed end up on the ballots, and/or winning. They're expected to tank.

billy the kid wrote:

2cent wrote:

billy the kid wrote:I read somewhere today that Bidens name is not on the ballot
paper for the mid terms...
Perhaps the WH should move quickly to dispel this as fake news
or in fact tell the American people if it is in fact true....

 @billy the kid, Biden's name most certainly is not on the ballot for the mid-terms.  The mid-terms come up in 2022, Nov.  This when the U.S. will be voting for representatives, and in some states, senators.  NOT president.  The presidential election doesn't come up until 2024.  

OK thanx for that....being anti Biden and not understanding "the US system"
I mistakenly jumped to conclusions.....

It's actually simple, in broad strokes.

The House of Representatives, the one part of the government designed as purely a democratic choice, is up for re-election every two years. The entire body. Representatives have districts, which do not correspond to state lines (although all districts are only within one state's boundaries). Some districts are geographically wide - Montana, a huge physical area, has one district, the whole state. Populous states have many - Cleveland, Ohio, was itself two districts. Both of them "Gerrymandered" so that minority inner-city voters outnumbered suburban and ex-urban outlying voters.

Every ten years districts are up for re-apportioning to keep a relative balance of voters to representatives. Districts can be added, but if they are, they are taken from other states. The House number of Representatives is set at 435.

The President is up for election every 4 years. He can be re-elected ONE time. This coming election, Xiden is not on the ballot; but the President's popularity always reflects on his party.

The Senate was intended by the Constitution as appointed by State Legislatures. Amendment 17, pushed by the Leftists of the time, removed that and made the Senate another popularly-elected body. But the whole of the Senate is never up for election - the terms are six years, and only one-third of the Senate is up for election at any two-year Federal Election.

There are 100 Senators. What that means for us in Montana is, we have better response from our two Senators than from our one Representative. That's not true in most states. Moreover a Senator is seen as more influential. I had issues with (Federally-managed) Railroad Retirement, and it took one call from a Senate staffer to clear it up, and fast.

That wouldn't have happened in Ohio. I'd have waited weeks just to talk to a Senator; and my Congress-cretin there was a female black clown, married at one time to a Black Panther. Stephanie Tubbs Jones.

So...simple in principle; but like most things, the Devil's in the details.

Casey Jones wrote:

billy the kid wrote:

2cent wrote:

billy the kid wrote:I read somewhere today that Bidens name is not on the ballot
paper for the mid terms...
Perhaps the WH should move quickly to dispel this as fake news
or in fact tell the American people if it is in fact true....

 @billy the kid, Biden's name most certainly is not on the ballot for the mid-terms.  The mid-terms come up in 2022, Nov.  This when the U.S. will be voting for representatives, and in some states, senators.  NOT president.  The presidential election doesn't come up until 2024.  

OK thanx for that....being anti Biden and not understanding "the US system"
I mistakenly jumped to conclusions.....

It's actually simple, in broad strokes.

The House of Representatives, the one part of the government designed as purely a democratic choice, is up for re-election every two years.  The entire body.  Representatives have districts, which do not correspond to state lines (although all districts are only within one state's boundaries).  Some districts are geographically wide - Montana, a huge physical area, has one district, the whole state.  Populous states have many - Cleveland, Ohio, was itself two districts.  Both of them "Gerrymandered" so that minority inner-city voters outnumbered suburban and ex-urban outlying voters.

Every ten years districts are up for re-apportioning to keep a relative balance of voters to representatives.  Districts can be added, but if they are, they are taken from other states.  The House number of Representatives is set at 435.

The President is up for election every 4 years.  He can be re-elected ONE time.  This coming election, Xiden is not on the ballot; but the President's popularity always reflects on his party.

The Senate was intended by the Constitution as appointed by State Legislatures.  Amendment 17, pushed by the Leftists of the time, removed that and made the Senate another popularly-elected body.  But the whole of the Senate is never up for election - the terms are six years, and only one-third of the Senate is up for election at any two-year Federal Election.

There are 100 Senators.  What that means for us in Montana is, we have better response from our two Senators than from our one Representative.  That's not true in most states.  Moreover a Senator is seen as more influential.  I had issues with (Federally-managed) Railroad Retirement, and it took one call from a Senate staffer to clear it up, and fast.

That wouldn't have happened in Ohio.  I'd have waited weeks just to talk to a Senator; and my Congress-cretin there was a female black clown, married at one time to a Black Panther.  Stephanie Tubbs Jones.

So...simple in principle; but like most things, the Devil's in the details.

Thanx for taking the time to explain the system.
We can only hope that one day (the sooner the better) Biden and Harris
will be gone...not wishing any ill on either of them....just go.....

These numbers can change very quickly.

As I see it, the main problem is the commander-in-chief. Biden can't command a taxi cab, and doesn't seem to care that the entire free world relies on his decision-making acumen and military abilities, which one would guess are completely unknown to him.

It seems he wants the Western world to beg him to step aside.

He will go down in history as the worst president -- probably the worst leader -- that ever lived, except that chi-coms will be writing the history, and it will be "official" and unchallenged unless something changes soon.

Democrats and Repgulcians like McConnell will be held to account for it all, and it won't be pleasant, I think.

billy the kid wrote:

2cent wrote:

billy the kid wrote:I read somewhere today that Bidens name is not on the ballot
paper for the mid terms...
Perhaps the WH should move quickly to dispel this as fake news
or in fact tell the American people if it is in fact true....

 @billy the kid, Biden's name most certainly is not on the ballot for the mid-terms.  The mid-terms come up in 2022, Nov.  This when the U.S. will be voting for representatives, and in some states, senators.  NOT president.  The presidential election doesn't come up until 2024.  

OK thanx for that....being anti Biden and not understanding "the US system"
I mistakenly jumped to conclusions.....

Try not to feel badly about not understanding. I've been a U.S. citizen all my life and have voted in every election and I can't even understand why the system has been so manipulated and not one law enforcement official nor court of law has done anything about it. What's more, I've talked with many others like me and they can't understand either. I spoke with a neighbor who is 86 years old, he is as perplexed as I am about things.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/veteran-explains-why-people-arent-joining-military
I think the glorification of the military is a sad indictment
of mankind...

billy the kid wrote:https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/veteran-explains-why-people-arent-joining-military
I think the glorification of the military is a sad indictment
of mankind...

"Glorification"? Not sure what you are referring to. This administration despises individual rights, military defense, law & order, self defense, law enforcement and the Constitution.

I thank God DAILY that there were men (including my Father), and women during the WWII who weren't afraid of being "glorified" or the national language may be German or Japanese instead of English...

I dare say that today's youth would not die for their country, democracy, rights nor the Constitution.

RV wrote:

billy the kid wrote:https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/veteran-explains-why-people-arent-joining-military
I think the glorification of the military is a sad indictment
of mankind...

"Glorification"? Not sure what you are referring to. This administration despises individual rights, military defense, law & order, self defense, law enforcement and the Constitution.

I thank God DAILY that there were men (including my Father), and women during the WWII who weren't afraid of being "glorified" or the national language may be German or Japanese instead of English...

I dare say that today's youth would not die for their country, democracy, rights nor the Constitution.

Glorification....have you seen Top Gun...
The public is brainwashed by these bullshit movies whilst people who have served know what its
really like...
The lack of trust outlined in your first sentence emphasizes the crumbling of an empire....
But I digress....

The author is spot-on.

The Navy, post-Tailhook, went straight to Hell - while I was in it. Tailhook should have been the warning of the issues of mixed-sex units - the comaraderie, the machismo, the release of celebratory parties leads to reckless behavior, and put young women who are also military, in...and things will happen.

WILL HAPPEN. The same forces that drive these men to be excellent fighter pilots, drive them to pinch and squeeze and molest women when celebrating. Other governments have always understood - provide women TO be molested. High-class prostitutes.

So, instead of seeing the folly of what they were doing, they doubled-down. Women suddenly were preferred for advancement. Porn mags, and then girly calendars, and even personal risque photos of wives from home, suddenly became cause for NJP proceedings.

I have stories but they would take too long to type. Idiotic stuff that went on, having female officers on aircraft carriers. The goings-on - one bunch of dirtbags was paying female enlisted crew to participate in making onboard porn. This was before the Internet became ubiquitous; but there were places in San Francisco that would buy home video porn.

The girls were whoring themselves out anyway, when deployed - on one ship, a DoD investigator came onboard to learn why it was so many enlisted crew were not cashing their paychecks for months at a time. Interestingly, almost all these persons were female.

They reported they were just saving it so they could have a party once they got home. So, how are you meeting all your routine expenses? Turns out they were hooking...and then making these porn videos...onboard ship. Love Boat, hey?

But you could be up on report for looking or saying the wrong things, or the wrong way.

There were no standards and because the girls were going up so fast, I was finding my own advancement blocked. I'd have been high-year tenure'd out in ten years as an E4. So I just didn't re-enlist, and it's only gotten worse. As I knew it would.