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lunatica

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3. Wow!

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Wed Oct 31, 2012, 12:47 PM

Oct 2012

I'm fucking impressed! President Obama wasn't kidding when he said the only thing to do is come up with ways this can be done. He just ordered three Navy ships to the rescue.

Wow.

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Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Oct 2012 #1

K&R gademocrat7 Oct 2012 #2

Wow! lunatica Oct 2012 #3

If it had been a Pres. Romney Admin. glacierbay Oct 2012 #5

LOL! lunatica Oct 2012 #6

Damn!!! Beat me to it! nt msanthrope Oct 2012 #8

and women in binders! n/t cosmicone Oct 2012 #11

our attempted to outsource the recovery operation to China olddad56 Oct 2012 #19

I Was Thinking RobinA Oct 2012 #26

LOL glacierbay Oct 2012 #28

For some reason... awoke_in_2003 Nov 2012 #39

What?! No submarines?! mac56 Oct 2012 #4

What no battleships? LeftInTX Nov 2012 #43

Oh ya...and the Pukes SoapBox Oct 2012 #7

The repukes don't consider urban East coasters to be Americans. kestrel91316 Oct 2012 #9

Sarah Palin decided where the real America is. mac56 Oct 2012 #10

All I can say is that glacierbay Oct 2012 #13

Funny! If Palin is so fond of small towns how come she spends so much of her time in avaistheone1 Oct 2012 #23

Or too liberal (aka commies, unAmerican, Joe McArthy) LeftInTX Nov 2012 #44

Yep, it's "immoral." Think of the CHILDREN! CTyankee Oct 2012 #35

Excellent! AsahinaKimi Oct 2012 #12

I honestly thought that the had retired the Wasp. nt. glacierbay Oct 2012 #14

Don't know... AsahinaKimi Oct 2012 #15

Wasp-class LHDs malokvale77 Oct 2012 #18

Too bad there aren't any nuclear-powered carriers available NickB79 Oct 2012 #16

I think it was in the 70's or the 80's glacierbay Oct 2012 #17

US carriers and subs routinely do that during major disasters Posteritatis Oct 2012 #21

Ugh, I hate running water in port, I hope they were reprocessing instead Sirveri Nov 2012 #40

hmm, an invention, perhaps, to DiverDave Nov 2012 #41

Best use of our military in years. Well done. mahannah Oct 2012 #20

I'm waiting for Obama to put on a flight suit and land a helicopter. krispos42 Oct 2012 #22

I bet... MynameisBlarney Oct 2012 #25

America! Fuck Yeah! MynameisBlarney Oct 2012 #24

More wasteful spending. More big government. Hotler Oct 2012 #27

*sighs* MynameisBlarney Oct 2012 #29

I suppose defacto7 Oct 2012 #30

They need to send in the Comort and the Mercy too. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2012 #31

This is how Government is *supposed* to work. AzDar Oct 2012 #32

Good news! HooptieWagon Oct 2012 #33

I think some CRUISE SHIPS should be sent in to house the homeless. Auntie Bush Oct 2012 #34

The carriers are definitely better as an immediate response Posteritatis Oct 2012 #37

Pretty sure it was sarcasm DiverDave Nov 2012 #42

Stupid Poe's Law; I can never tell anymore. (nt) Posteritatis Nov 2012 #45

If you've got the hose SCVDem Oct 2012 #36

Great idea establish mini airports where the damage is.... Historic NY Nov 2012 #38