No more ADIZ F-16s

[Bob Gardner]

Jeez, a common sense decision from our leaders in gummint! They are turning
responsibility for chasing folks out of the Washington, DC ADIZ over to the
Coast Guard. Nice, slow, orange helicopters instead of F-16s...and with VHF
radios!

When I enlisted back in 1946, the USCG was part of the Treasury Department
and they even skipped paydays at the end of the fiscal year...now, under
Homeland Security, they have money running out of their ears.

Bob Gardner

[Ron Natalie]

Bob Gardner wrote:
> Jeez, a common sense decision from our leaders in gummint! They are turning
> responsibility for chasing folks out of the Washington, DC ADIZ over to the
> Coast Guard. Nice, slow, orange helicopters instead of F-16s...and with VHF
> radios!
>

Actually, they've been using Customs department helicopters here for a
while now.

> When I enlisted back in 1946, the USCG was part of the Treasury Department
> and they even skipped paydays at the end of the fiscal year...now, under
> Homeland Security, they have money running out of their ears.
>
Hey, they probably can make more money selling themselves as defenders
of the Nation's Capital than they can trying to repell the enemy hoards
from the shorelines.

[Bob Gardner]

I'm just glad to see them getting more money. One fine June I went out to a
lightship (we're talking 1940s here) to fix their radiobeacon; fiscal year
ended June 30. I had to sit on that rolling monster until July 1, when the
boat that took me out there could once again fuel up to come get me.

Bob

"Ron Natalie" > wrote in message
...
> Bob Gardner wrote:
>> Jeez, a common sense decision from our leaders in gummint! They are
>> turning responsibility for chasing folks out of the Washington, DC ADIZ
>> over to the Coast Guard. Nice, slow, orange helicopters instead of
>> F-16s...and with VHF radios!
>>
>
> Actually, they've been using Customs department helicopters here for a
> while now.
>
>> When I enlisted back in 1946, the USCG was part of the Treasury
>> Department and they even skipped paydays at the end of the fiscal
>> year...now, under Homeland Security, they have money running out of their
>> ears.
>>
> Hey, they probably can make more money selling themselves as defenders
> of the Nation's Capital than they can trying to repell the enemy hoards
> from the shorelines.

[Montblack[_1_]]

("Ron Natalie" wrote)
> Hey, they probably can make more money selling themselves as defenders of
> the Nation's Capital than they can trying to repell the enemy hoards from
> the shorelines.


War on Drugs over?


Montblack

[Ron Natalie]

Montblack wrote:
> ("Ron Natalie" wrote)
>> Hey, they probably can make more money selling themselves as defenders
>> of the Nation's Capital than they can trying to repell the enemy
>> hoards from the shorelines.
>
>
> War on Drugs over?
>
Yeah, and they don't need helicopters to fight the war on education.

[Martin Hotze[_1_]]

On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 16:40:32 -0400, Ron Natalie wrote:

>> War on Drugs over?
>>
>Yeah, and they don't need helicopters to fight the war on education.

hm, I think they already won the war on education.

scnr, #m
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[Montblack[_1_]]

("Martin Hotze" wrote)
>>> War on Drugs over?

>>Yeah, and they don't need helicopters to fight the war on education.

> hm, I think they already won the war on education.


War on poverty was an interesting ...campaign.


Montblack
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Film at eleven.

[Ron Natalie]

Martin Hotze wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 16:40:32 -0400, Ron Natalie wrote:
>
>>> War on Drugs over?
>>>
>> Yeah, and they don't need helicopters to fight the war on education.
>
> hm, I think they already won the war on education.
>
Ah it's still being waged. The new program title is
No Testing Service Left Behind.