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Just doing some math
#11
RE: Just doing some math



People don't die if big bird doesn't find Snuffaluffogus. 'Nuff said.


(Though admittedly, education is the most effective balm for social ills, it isn't social 911.)


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#12
RE: Just doing some math
People do die when we start dropping bombs on civilian targets because someone we think may be a "terrorist" might be lurking nearby.
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#13
RE: Just doing some math
Quote:- Not even half of a B-2 bomber (~1B/each in 2012 dollars)
- 3 F-22 Raptors (~150M/each)
- A little more than 1/14th of a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier (6.3B in 2006)

3 raptors, ah-ah-ah.


Quote: My kids would watch that.

Hell, I'd watch that
Nemo me impune lacessit.
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#14
RE: Just doing some math
(November 1, 2012 at 6:21 pm)festive1 Wrote: But we can't cut military funding!! We'd be in danger!!! We would only have a military capable of taking on the next 10 largest militaries simultaneously rather than the next 16!!!

Recruit this guy again:

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RE: Just doing some math
Quote: We would only have a military capable of taking on the next 10 largest militaries simultaneously rather than the next 16!!!


Actually that is not even a consideration. But some corporation losing money on a defense contract is more than the lobbyists will permit.
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