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The Pentagon could be poised for a rapid about-face under the Trump administration, with the Obama administration's push for social reform surrendering to what could be an old-school emphasis on combat readiness and the spirit of the United States military, experts told FoxNews.com.
Under President Obama, the military sought to integrate transgender persons into the ranks, allow women into special operations forces and purge the nomenclature of gender-specific words, adopting what some critics say was a "politically correct" liberal agenda. That's a contrast to the traditional U.S. military approach.
In addition, some Navy ships have been named for civil rights activists. And while the Obama administration has taken an inclusive approach on some issues, it has also worked to minimize expressions of Christianity in the ranks. For example, several officers have been disciplined for displaying Bibles or gospel verses in their quarters.
Veterans and military experts told FoxNews.com that, while some of Obama's civil rights advancements may be locked in, neither Trump nor his choice for secretary of defense, Gen. James "Mad Dog" Mattis, are likely to make social experimentation a priority.
Source: Fox News
(Score: 2, Insightful) by NewNic on Saturday January 14 2017, @12:35AM
If California separated from the USA, the USA would be bankrupt very quickly:
1. The dollars that CA contributes to the federal budget.
2. Access to West Coast ports (LA and Oakland).
lib·er·tar·i·an·ism ˌlibərˈterēənizəm/ noun: Magical thinking that useful idiots mistake for serious political theory
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday January 14 2017, @01:12AM
And Cali would be in a self-run race to see if it wanted to starve or die of thirst first. This is a fun game. Let's do Washington DC next.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Grishnakh on Saturday January 14 2017, @02:04AM
Wow, you're stupid. California is a huge agricultural producer and exporter. Water is indeed a problem but they get that from the Colorado River which constitutes the border between it and Arizona, so even in secession they'd be entitled to half of that, and could easily purchase the rest they needed since they're the 6th largest economy on the planet all by themselves and would have plenty of cash after not having to send any to Washington to subsidize the lazy ignorant fucks in the red states.
Honestly, I wish the rest of the nation would vote to kick California out (and give other states the option to leave to, so that Oregon and Washington would leave with them). It'd be funny as hell to see the rest of the nation crying the blues after their economy implodes, while "WestCoastia" (or whatever they end up calling themselves) becomes the richest nation on the planet. Then maybe they can offer to rejoin the union, but only with terms extremely preferential to the west coast states (i.e. they get to run the federal government by themselves). Of course, what's more likely to happen is that the northeast states will see what happened and rightfully realize it's the South that's bringing everyone down (along with a bunch of midwest states), and secede themselves, leaving the unproductive Southern states to turn into a 3rd-world nation that makes Mexico look like a world-leading economy.
(Score: 2, Flamebait) by Azuma Hazuki on Saturday January 14 2017, @02:24AM
I've been saying since eighth grade that the South won the Civil War by the backdoor; they got to stay in the Union. Fuck me, cut the fucking South loose already and, as you said, let them turn into a 3rd world basket case that makes Mexico look sane.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday January 14 2017, @03:28AM
Not in a free market where neighboring states treat them like the foreign country they are they couldn't. Water would quickly become so expensive that poor people wouldn't be able to afford it at all. As for food? Good luck growing it without water. That economy you're so proud of? Wouldn't last a year once basic staple prices went through the roof. I mean the riots caused by the poor being unable to afford what they absolutely need to live would be entertaining to us still in the US but that'd be the only entertainment being created in California by exit plus one year.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by aristarchus on Saturday January 14 2017, @08:38AM
Not in a free market where neighboring states treat them like the foreign country they are they couldn't.
Well, as Bugs Bunny would say, "This means War!" Funny how a seceded California would re-assert the territorial claims of the original California, and take the Colorado drainage as its sovereign right. And Oklahoma would fight over that? The Territories? The Nation? And you need to look into things like the Columbia. There are international water rights. Yes, I know, not enough water in Oklahoma for this idea to ever occur to anyone there. More likely to be drifting on thermals, looking out for that free lunch, as buzzards are wont to do.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday January 14 2017, @11:48AM
See, if you still hung out in IRC you'd know I've been in TN for just under two years now. Tons of water here. And it's far more fun to float over lake currents in my boat with a line or two in the water.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday January 14 2017, @02:05AM
California would be paradise on Earth if we could nuke Los Angles and San Francisco.
#NotAllCalifornians
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 14 2017, @05:22AM
Assholes!
Self-important shitheads
As far as the eye can see.
Pollution!
A sky turned orange
by traffic that you
wouldn't believe.
Worthless!
Egos and denial
Nobody is really
your friend.
Burn it!
Set it on fire
It's time to put it
to an end.
Burn LA!
Straight to the ground
We've had enough
of that worthless town.
Burn LA!
It's a total disgrace.
Engulf it in flames
and lay it to waste.
Violence!
You might get shot
Either by a Crip
or an aggressive cop.
Endless!
A concrete sprawl
Made up of liquor stores
and porno shops.
Crowded!
People crammed together
There's barely any room to die.
End it!
Put it to the torch
Light it up and wave goodbye.
Burn LA!
Straight to the ground
We've had enough
of that worthless town.
Burn LA!
It's a total disgrace.
Engulf it in flames
and lay it to waste.
Compton and Watts showed
the power of the mob but they
weren't prepared to finish the job
Incinerate Hollywood
and Beverly Hills
Cure California of all of its ills.