Maine takes big hit (Base closures)

Portland Press Herald ^ | May 14, 2005 | BART JANSEN

[Fido969]

This is going to hurt.

[muawiyah]

Olympia Snowe is all the time voting against America, so why not simply push Maine outside the US defense perimeter ~ kind of like an East Coast Oregon!

[G.Mason]

Maine? Military bases? I had no idea. I thought Canada protected them.

Reckon the President thinks so too?

[ProudVet77]

Quite a bit has gotten shifted to the south. Having served in RI and VA, I have to admit working on the ship was a whole lot easier in VA during the winter.

[MikefromOhio]

yep and our main threats are now well to our west now, not to our east as it was for the previous 70 years or so....

[Fido969]

Yeah, in the picture there that idiot Tom Allen, probably the least influential congressman in Washington. The idiot voted against plans to protect Bath iron works, and voted to increase welfare.

Well, he'll get his wish - right now 25% of the population of Maine is on some kind of government assistance - that's bound to go up substantially again the next few years, and that'll keep the 'rats solidly in power here.

[burzum]

People need to stop whining about these local base closures. When you try to readjust forces, some bases have to close. That's just the way things work. And the closures have to occur somewhere.

Closing Portsmouth makes sense. The Navy is adjusting forces to the west coast, and the east coast has too many shipyards. In the 90's they closed down Mare Island Naval Shipyard by San Francisco because the Navy didn't need a redundant west coast shipyard. Portsmouth is a small redundant shipyard, and it is a very logical choice to close. Just because people aren't happy with the choices the Navy made doesn't mean that the choices are wrong, or political. Washington, a hardcore blue state is gaining military jobs. For a logical reason--it is the closest state to NK and China.

[muawiyah]

If Washington is the closest state to North Korea and China we should be pulling our military operations out of there as fast as possible.

[dr_who_2]

The moose are scared.

[stylin19a]

ahem...Sen. Snowe...do not play chess with GW Bush.

[burzum]

Correction. Alaska is closer to NK and China, but not a logical choice. Washington, with its fleet of SSBNs and 2 carriers is the first line of defense/offense against NK or Chinese aggression.

[righttackle44]

"Obviously, this is a stunning and devastating decision," said Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine. "It is a very unwarranted loss and flies in the face of reason, logic, strategic value, and it certainly is a blunder of epic proportions, nothing short of a travesty."

Now do you REALLY think RINO Olympia snow knows the meaning of all the big words she used?

(Thanks for all your die-hard support for Republican efforts, Olympia. Now maybe you understand that getting stabbed in the back feels like.)

[armymarinemom]

Tom Allen is a real piece of work. I attended a welcome home ceremony for one of our guard units up here at which he spoke. He touted that even though the war was unpopular our troops at home and their families are not mistreated. I guess he doesn't read the news up here in Maine.

Would you want to keep troops in an area where teachers inform children that their parent's shouldn't be involved in an illegal war? That teacher is still working.

When our youngest son was still in son he was involved with JROTC. He manned a table for a wreath raffle at the local mall in uniform for a JROTC fund raiser. While leaving the mall he was confronted by three middle eastern men with a strange accents. The accents were not just foreign but also had a southern drawl. A shoving match ensued which went no further. I did report the incident which was quickly brushed off by the Bangor Police department. My son was already in the delayed entry program so I also reported this to the DOD.

Why should the DOD support bases where the taxes are high, heating costs are through the roof and the locals think that they should be supported by the government? It isn't cost effective and a lot of the local people treat the Military as something to be loathed.

[Common Tator]

You know what Rummy said,

When its Maine it Snowes!

[streetpreacher]

"Obviously, this is a stunning and devastating decision," said Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine. "It is a very unwarranted loss and flies in the face of reason, logic, strategic value, and it certainly is a blunder of epic proportions, nothing short of a travesty."

At least Snowe is not one given to hyperbole!

She even talks like a Dem...

[fish hawk]

Pay back time for Maine's RINOs. Go against your own party and it will get you in your end.

[Fido969]

If you saw a guy run over by a bus in the street would you run up to him and say: "Well, don't feel sorry for yourself, some people just get run over by busses."

[oldbrowser]

"It is a very unwarranted loss and flies in the face of reason, logic, strategic value, and it certainly is a blunder of epic proportions, nothing short of a travesty."

Is this maybe a little reminder to refocus on her priorities and quit siding with the democrats all the time ?

[Fido969]

"Tom Allen is a real piece of work. I attended a welcome home ceremony for one of our guard units up here at which he spoke. He touted that even though the war was unpopular ...

Idiot.

[sgtbono2002]

>>>>"Obviously, this is a stunning and devastating decision," said Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine. "It is a very unwarranted loss and flies in the face of reason, logic, strategic value, and it certainly is a blunder of epic proportions, nothing short of a travesty." <<<<<<

Is she talking about base closings or the Senate Filibuster---Bwahahahahahahahaha