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"MY" military? (Original Post) The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2017 OP
Fascist dictators do that Eliot Rosewater Apr 2017 #1
"That" military is paid for by our tax dollars. kentuck Apr 2017 #2
"Only stupid people pay taxes". D Trump panader0 Apr 2017 #14
Won't be long until drumpf is in full military uniform. democratisphere Apr 2017 #3
Disgusting. dalton99a Apr 2017 #4
That isn't the biggest non nuclear explosion. That occurred in applegrove Apr 2017 #5
Remember reading about that yrs.ago in a dr. office waiting room. nocalflea Apr 2017 #7
My grandmother was singing morning hymns at the local ladies school applegrove Apr 2017 #9
Agree abt. Trump. nocalflea Apr 2017 #15
I do not know if he ever talked about it. His wife used to tell us stories about their lives applegrove Apr 2017 #17
It is his military atreides1 Apr 2017 #6
Killjoy ! nocalflea Apr 2017 #8
It is not his; it's ours. We pay for it. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2017 #12
You know, toy soldiers, "army men," "MY military!" VOX Apr 2017 #10
They are not little green men and women. Demtexan Apr 2017 #11
Tweety was sure pissed about that malaise Apr 2017 #13
No, no asshole! smirkymonkey Apr 2017 #16

kentuck

(111,089 posts)
2. "That" military is paid for by our tax dollars.
Thu Apr 13, 2017, 07:22 PM
Apr 2017

Unless you pay taxes to support it, don't say "my" military.

panader0

(25,816 posts)
14. "Only stupid people pay taxes". D Trump
Thu Apr 13, 2017, 08:06 PM
Apr 2017

He will have to show his taxes at some point--or no new tax bill.

applegrove

(118,642 posts)
5. That isn't the biggest non nuclear explosion. That occurred in
Thu Apr 13, 2017, 07:37 PM
Apr 2017

Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1917 when a munitions ship caught fire and blew up half the city in WWI. Sorry Trump.

applegrove

(118,642 posts)
9. My grandmother was singing morning hymns at the local ladies school
Thu Apr 13, 2017, 07:52 PM
Apr 2017

5 miles away. All their windows shattered. My grandfather on the other side was a country doctor an hour away and was on the first train into the city. Then the next day there was a huge blizzard that killed just as many from exposure. American military studied it in detail when they were growing the size of their nuclear bombs. An anomaly in history for sure. Point is Trump will never be able to match that and he will be impeached if he tries to use nukes. So he should give up trying to be the biggest and go back to diplomacy.

nocalflea

(1,387 posts)
15. Agree abt. Trump.
Thu Apr 13, 2017, 08:07 PM
Apr 2017

Thanks for the added detail abt. Halifax. Glad your family was spared. Your grandfather must have had some interesting stories to tell.

applegrove

(118,642 posts)
17. I do not know if he ever talked about it. His wife used to tell us stories about their lives
Thu Apr 13, 2017, 08:14 PM
Apr 2017

and interesting characters in their rural hamlet. But she stopped when I was about 8 and I can only remember one story. I think her church quilting bee taped her stories at one point and gave us the tapes. I passed on a tape to my sister that had my grandmotherès name on it. I hope that it is her oral tradition. I hope. My grandfather died in 1948 long before I was born.

atreides1

(16,076 posts)
6. It is his military
Thu Apr 13, 2017, 07:44 PM
Apr 2017

And I believe they will follow his orders without question, because that's what the military is trained to do!!!

VOX

(22,976 posts)
10. You know, toy soldiers, "army men," "MY military!"
Thu Apr 13, 2017, 07:53 PM
Apr 2017

Trouble is, Donnie never picks up his toys, and they get broken beyond repair. But who cares? Just buy some MORE!

Demtexan

(1,588 posts)
11. They are not little green men and women.
Thu Apr 13, 2017, 07:59 PM
Apr 2017

They are real people with real families.

Get enough of the military coming home in boxes and see what happens.

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