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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 07:08 PM Original message |
DU Project: Why are these bases (red states) being closed? Please help: |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. Bush administration wants power |
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KaliTracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
2. i thought it interesting though that Ohio didn't get targeted -- given |
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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 07:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Not true. Ohio is getting clobbered: |
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KaliTracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 07:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Oh, my bad -- Ohio wasn't listed in the alphabetical list I saw this morni |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 07:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. OHIO ends up with a NET JOB GAIN |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 12:48 AM Response to Reply #11 |
44. Tennessee gets jobs too |
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slaveplanet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 02:39 AM Response to Reply #11 |
50. It's more subtle |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 04:08 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. It may be for OHIO, but it isn't for Florida or NC |
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salinen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
3. These bases will suddenly |
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punpirate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
4. Have another look at the total displacements... |
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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 07:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Right. Olberman just showed a map of red/blue states and their loss |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 07:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. I hope this helps |
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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 07:57 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Thanks. 2 more down. That leaves Kentucky and Missouri |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 08:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
30. New Hampshire's loss may be pretty small, but... |
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punpirate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 08:46 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Oh, I agree... |
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Zing Zing Zingbah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 08:59 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. Yeah.. and the job market in Maine has always been kind of |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
8. The closure of Portsmouth says more about the future of the Navy |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
9. They are only closing some small reserve offices in NC |
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HockeyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 07:28 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Groton and Portsmouth are Huge |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 07:48 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Groton and Portsmouth? |
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HockeyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 07:58 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. New Hampshire |
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delete_bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 01:13 AM Response to Reply #20 |
45. I think it's the Electric Boat Corp in Groton CT |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 04:22 PM Response to Reply #45 |
57. It is the Sub Base in Groton, CT that will be closed. |
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MaineDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 08:29 AM Response to Reply #20 |
53. Actually, the Porstmouth shipyard is in Maine |
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pk_du (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
10. Two points worth noting |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
12. Well, Texas will purportedly get 9000 military jobs out of the deal. |
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brettdale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
14. Are the people who work on these bases being told to go to Iraq? |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
15. Check out the DOD website |
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Bonhomme Richard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
16. The "Civil War" is still being fought my friends............. |
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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
17. Ok. Thanks. So, we're down to explaining these: |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 07:54 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Chances are they will be traded off |
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Bonhomme Richard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
18. Another thought.. |
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L-Studio (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
19. And the winners are: Fort Bliss and Fort Sam Houston |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 07:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. or |
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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 08:01 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Great information. Thanks! |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 08:09 AM Response to Reply #19 |
52. Hi L-Studio!! |
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minerva50 (229 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
27. give me a break |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 08:33 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I was thinking the same thing. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 08:38 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. or very possible that there are defense contracts to be had |
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minerva50 (229 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 08:47 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. And closing Pascagoula |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 08:50 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Trent Lott has long since fallen out of good graces |
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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 08:54 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. Yet the timing is undeniable: Squash all dem resistance to |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 12:26 AM Response to Reply #27 |
40. See post # 7...it's about the OVERALL gain/loss |
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SF Bay Area Dem (394 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
33. As usual California gets their asses kicked in this... |
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Arwennick (275 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
37. Could be that........ |
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althecat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
38. thanks Jazz this is a great thread - reccommended |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
39. The military is not in the business of providing employment for cities |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 12:32 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. While that is true |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 01:22 AM Response to Reply #41 |
47. Consider the environmental mess the military leaves behind |
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althecat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 12:36 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Agreed entirely... but the fact that pork is so tied to politics is... |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
43. I think what will be most interesting is to see who they set up |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
46. Could it be that... |
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RussBLib (292 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 01:31 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. EVERYthing is political with Bush |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 01:52 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Every base closing in history had political overtones... |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 03:32 AM Response to Original message |
51. OKlahoma: no major closings |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
55. Base closings as punishment.. or blessing? |
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SheepyMcSheepster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
56. someone disprove my logic please...... |
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