Comments on: Cold Turkey http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/05/09/cold-turkey/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:22:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Quartermaster http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/05/09/cold-turkey/comment-page-1/#comment-363911 Quartermaster Mon, 11 May 2009 21:40:19 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=9437#comment-363911 Virgil, it looks like Byron just killed your research project. Looks he "da man" to carry it out, having superior credentials and all. They would have suspected something was amiss when they saw the pic of Michelle on the back of the A-2 anyway. Virgil, it looks like Byron just killed your research project. Looks he “da man” to carry it out, having superior credentials and all.

They would have suspected something was amiss when they saw the pic of Michelle on the back of the A-2 anyway.

]]> By: Quartermaster http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/05/09/cold-turkey/comment-page-1/#comment-363909 Quartermaster Mon, 11 May 2009 21:35:31 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=9437#comment-363909 The Navy isn't in total control of their money. Congress has a lot to say in the matter, and significant changes have to go back before the congresscritters. The rest is kosher. The Navy isn’t in total control of their money. Congress has a lot to say in the matter, and significant changes have to go back before the congresscritters.

The rest is kosher.

]]> By: Rhinowso http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/05/09/cold-turkey/comment-page-1/#comment-363834 Rhinowso Mon, 11 May 2009 15:26:00 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=9437#comment-363834 VFA-squadrons back from deployment barely have enough $ to fly aircraft enough to keep them from having to do a Pro A every flight... even ground MX turns need to be watched for the fuel costs... All this savings is going to be great until a nugget with 1.2 hours in the past 120 days chucks one into the dirt at the cost of oh, $60-70 million. VFA-squadrons back from deployment barely have enough $ to fly aircraft enough to keep them from having to do a Pro A every flight… even ground MX turns need to be watched for the fuel costs…

All this savings is going to be great until a nugget with 1.2 hours in the past 120 days chucks one into the dirt at the cost of oh, $60-70 million.

]]> By: David http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/05/09/cold-turkey/comment-page-1/#comment-363823 David Mon, 11 May 2009 14:53:47 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=9437#comment-363823 As opposed to faith-based healing, as researched under the previous administration? A certain amount of government money - especially in a national budget whose construction involves so many disparate, powerful influences and many billions of dollars - will always go to ridiculous uses. If some dolt didn't write the rules to exclude applications for a study of "behavioural elements of homosexual alcohol-imbibement in Latin America" on the basis of relevance, well, odds are some other dolt will write an application to study same on your dime... and that application just might be the <i>least ridiculous</i> thing to come in. As opposed to faith-based healing, as researched under the previous administration?

A certain amount of government money – especially in a national budget whose construction involves so many disparate, powerful influences and many billions of dollars – will always go to ridiculous uses.

If some dolt didn’t write the rules to exclude applications for a study of “behavioural elements of homosexual alcohol-imbibement in Latin America” on the basis of relevance, well, odds are some other dolt will write an application to study same on your dime… and that application just might be the least ridiculous thing to come in.

]]> By: G-man http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/05/09/cold-turkey/comment-page-1/#comment-363762 G-man Mon, 11 May 2009 10:25:46 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=9437#comment-363762 VX CBS 60 minutes had a pretty good article last night on the drones in Nevada. Cue up the funeral dirge for the death of manned TACAIR. VX
CBS 60 minutes had a pretty good article last night on the drones in Nevada.

Cue up the funeral dirge for the death of manned TACAIR.

]]> By: Skippy-san http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/05/09/cold-turkey/comment-page-1/#comment-363712 Skippy-san Mon, 11 May 2009 06:22:36 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=9437#comment-363712 Some of this the Navy brought on itself. It is easy to blame the current administration-but a lot of this is about allocating money where it should go, instead of where it should not. And the Navy is in total control of that. When it comes to PCS money and TAD dollars-the Navy is penny wise and pound foolish. It has been that way since a long time before Obama showed up. Don't forget a lot of those hulks in preservation were because we were stupid in how we bought parts-and about how we scheduled flight hours. Some of this the Navy brought on itself. It is easy to blame the current administration-but a lot of this is about allocating money where it should go, instead of where it should not. And the Navy is in total control of that.

When it comes to PCS money and TAD dollars-the Navy is penny wise and pound foolish. It has been that way since a long time before Obama showed up. Don’t forget a lot of those hulks in preservation were because we were stupid in how we bought parts-and about how we scheduled flight hours.

]]>