1 posted on
05/12/2011 6:29:32 PM PDT by
decimon
To: SunkenCiv; magslinger
2 posted on
05/12/2011 6:30:21 PM PDT by
decimon
To: decimon
4 posted on
05/12/2011 6:34:09 PM PDT by
ClearCase_guy
(The USSR spent itself into bankruptcy and collapsed -- and aren't we on the same path now?)
To: decimon
I was thinking, before the Republicans caved in and threw away the government shutdown chip, that not paying the military after a bill was offered specifically for that purpose, that Obama would have been faced with a coup if the shutdown had lasted long enough.
5 posted on
05/12/2011 6:37:11 PM PDT by
Nateman
(If liberals are not screaming you are doing it wrong!)
To: decimon
When are the taxpayers of the good ship America going to mutiny?
To: decimon
sailors...being forced to dance
"Dance, you rhythm-challenged cracker lubbers, or no bailout for you!"
To: decimon
Likely factors:
* too hungry to accept another cut in rations or the poor quality made them want to stop work to recover (life or death)
* too dangerous, such as the crew with too few men to survive the journey (life or death)
* too violent, the captain’s excessive punishments at risk of life and limb (life or limb)
* lack of pay (whole reason you signed up, probably threat of life, too, without means to leave a life-threatening job)
9 posted on
05/12/2011 7:52:03 PM PDT by
tbw2
To: decimon
Interesting timing of this study...
12 posted on
05/12/2011 9:19:54 PM PDT by
Hoosier-Daddy
( "It does no good to be a super power if you have to worry what the neighbors think." BuffaloJack)
To: decimon; SunkenCiv
Actually, some sailors joined the Royal Navy because the food was better on ship than at home. Which tells you a lot about poverty in England before the Industrial Revolution.
To: decimon
I believe that Winston Churchill said the Britsh navy was known for two thing: Sodomy and Sadism.
21 posted on
05/14/2011 2:23:24 PM PDT by
Yorlik803
(better to die on your feet than live on your knees.)
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