Who's Who in the United States of S2?

[TradeNurkicNow]

So another thread has gotten me thinking... if everyone here had to take a position in the government, who would they be?

President: Shooter

Vice President: PapaG

Secretary of State: maxiep

Secretary of the Treasury: huevonkiller

Secretary of Defense: bendavis503

Attorney General: Denny Crane

Secretary of Agriculture: 3RA1N1AC

Secretary of Labor: MARIS61

Secretary of Health: barfo

Secretary of Education: crandc

Secretary of Homeland Security: EL PRESIDENTE

 

[Denny Crane]

State - BrianFromWA
Treasury - maxiep
Health - crandc
Area 51 - MARIS61

So another thread has gotten me thinking... if everyone here had to take a position in the government, who would they be?

President: Shooter

Vice President: PapaG

Secretary of State: maxiep

Secretary of the Treasury: huevonkiller

Secretary of Defense: bendavis503

Attorney General: Denny Crane

Secretary of Agriculture: 3RA1N1AC

Secretary of Labor: MARIS61

Secretary of Health: barfo

Secretary of Education: crandc

Secretary of Homeland Security: EL PRESIDENTE

 

[TradeNurkicNow]

those do seem better. although half of those I did seriously and the other half was because of irony/comedy... guess which ones

 

[3RA1N1AC]

id like to be the secret service guys fucking hookers in south america

 

[3RA1N1AC]

and i dont grow weed anymore

 

[TradeNurkicNow]

dammit. there goes that idea.

 

[BrianFromWA]

3RA1N1AC could be Executive Order'd in as PapaG's Drug Czar.

 

[Denny Crane]

Brian could be Defense or Energy.

Maxiep could be Fed Chairman, too.

 

[BrianFromWA]

Assistant Secretary of the Navy? It did wonders for Teddy's career.

 

[PapaG]

I am all for sequestration as well.

Sorry Brian, but Obama wanted it, so he should get it.

 

[BrianFromWA]

don't feel bad for me. Like I've said, the military has been cutting back each of the last 3 years and has a couple "doomsday" scenarios. Unfortunately for those who are hoping for it, we're going to be in AFG for at least another 25 months. And the equipment/airplanes/ships that have been run ragged for the last decade (much less the ships that are nearing their end-of-life from the Reagan buildups) will need to be replaced and/or fixed, so the cuts aren't coming from there. The cuts will come from new programs (hence Boeing defense and Lockheed and Raytheon laying off lots of mgmt, and the unions will decide which of the engineers and machinists will go), from drawdowns (specifically in the Army, reserve and National Guard) of people and cuts in things like COLA, moves, raises and quality-of-life programs (like DODDS schools, etc). Good-sized unemployment, with little change in our global mission. The President's already set those.

And I don't think the President told Patty Murray to not do her job. I think it's just a bonus that came when she got elected as committee co-chair with Hensarling.

 

[PapaG]

don't feel bad for me. Like I've said, the military has been cutting back each of the last 3 years and has a couple "doomsday" scenarios. Unfortunately for those who are hoping for it, we're going to be in AFG for at least another 25 months. And the equipment/airplanes/ships that have been run ragged for the last decade (much less the ships that are nearing their end-of-life from the Reagan buildups) will need to be replaced and/or fixed, so the cuts aren't coming from there. The cuts will come from new programs (hence Boeing defense and Lockheed and Raytheon laying off lots of mgmt, and the unions will decide which of the engineers and machinists will go), from drawdowns (specifically in the Army, reserve and National Guard) of people and cuts in things like COLA, moves, raises and quality-of-life programs (like DODDS schools, etc). Good-sized unemployment, with little change in our global mission. The President's already set those.

A trillion dollar cut to the military budget is going to leave a mark.

At least Big Bird is still alive, though.

 

[Denny Crane]

A $trillion cut to defense still leaves us a massive $600B a year budget for military. Think $2T.

 

[BrianFromWA]

<15% of the budget, and ~4% of GDP is "massive"?

 

[PapaG]

A $trillion cut to defense still leaves us a massive $600B a year budget for military. Think $2T.

Entitlements dwarf that number, and they aren't jobs.

Whatever, though. Tax everyone until the bitch collapses.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I want to be ambassador to Fiji.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

I want to be ambassador to Fiji.

I nominate Sly for Court Jester.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

PapaG: Admiral General Aladeen
Denny: Baghdad Bob

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I would be part of the shadow government.

 

[Denny Crane]

<15% of the budget, and ~4% of GDP is "massive"?

It's 200% the size of Reagan budgets, and 150% the size of pre 9/11 budget.

As a % of the budget doesn't matter anymore. As you rightly point out, SS and Medicare will grow to dwarf defense spending. The only spending that will keep up is interest on the debt.

A % of GDP based on historical measures isn't a good way to look at it, either. Pre WW II, we spent 1% or 2%. Post WW II, a high (6%) pct of GDP made sense because of the Cold War. Once the Berlin Wall and the USSR fell, Bush and Cheney went about collecting the "Peace Dividend," or base closing commission. Defense spending did fall to 4% of GDP.

Feel free to make the case we need Cold War levels of spending to defend ourselves from terrorists. Seems to me their whole scheme of things is asymmetry - no stealth bomber is going to stop guys with box cutters from turning passenger planes into missiles.

 

[maxiep]

So another thread has gotten me thinking... if everyone here had to take a position in the government, who would they be?

President: Shooter

Vice President: PapaG

Secretary of State: maxiep

Secretary of the Treasury: huevonkiller

Secretary of Defense: bendavis503

Attorney General: Denny Crane

Secretary of Agriculture: 3RA1N1AC

Secretary of Labor: MARIS61

Secretary of Health: barfo

Secretary of Education: crandc

Secretary of Homeland Security: EL PRESIDENTE

Repped. I'd have us at war in a week. Diplomacy isn't my strong suit.

 

[PapaG]

I would set up a Honey Trap against Shooter to shame him from office. Then I could be President.

Or, I'd just leak that awkward photo of him in baby blue pajamas at some party.

 

[BrianFromWA]

Would be move the Oval Office to the brick house on Mt. Tabor?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I nominate Sly for Court Jester.

You'd be Scooter Libby and end up in prison.

 

[barfo]

I think I'd be better suited to head up the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

barfo

 

[PapaG]

You'd be Scooter Libby and end up in prison.

Yeah, and Richard Armitage is sipping lemon sours on his porch, while Fitzgerald knew all along that he was the leaker.

 

[Denny Crane]

I think I'd be better suited to head up the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

barfo

Sounds like fun, but maybe you should do the Secy. of Commerce thing and show businesses how, in the face of increased expenses, they will grow by hiring more people.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

Or, I'd just leak that awkward photo of him in baby blue pajamas at some party.

 

[TradeNurkicNow]

Sounds like fun, but maybe you should do the Secy. of Commerce thing and show businesses how, in the face of increased expenses, they will grow by hiring more people.

 

[julius]

I want to be Ambassador to Canada.

And fuck you all for not even including me in the primaries!