So I read in the paper that the Navy won’t be lighting their ships in the dockyard this year. It’s budget cuts by the way. Hmmm, the lights are sitting in storage and the manpower is on salary and sitting alongside not doing much of anything. But hey, sailors need their soup and coffee, why work, right? Now the kids are gonna cry, they really will. All so the government will save a bit of change on the Navy’s power bill. Good job not putting that yearly smile on family and loved ones of our Forces. I hate to swear, but FUCK YOU to the dipshit admiral that will probably get a promotion out of this foolish cost saving venture.
How much are those collisions costing the taxpayer? The bill for the sub scraping the bottom? Who cares when we can cut the power bill. —Not a proud sailor at the moment
This article appears in Oct 31 – Nov 6, 2013.
great !another excuse for NSP to raise their rates
It’s obviously for security reasons, so when the Chinese satellites come over they won’t be able to see our massive military might (SARCASM)
Hopefully it won’t go to high ups….better served to help war veterans that are being undermined by our current regime. They fought for our country and our freedom and now are fighting at home to get the support they need with their war injuries.
That’s Canadian bureaucracy, in a nutshell. Penny wise and Pound foolish. Are you sure this was the brainchild of an Admiral, or more likely, some pencil neck snivel servant at N.D.H.Q.
Klyde – I doubt our veterans will see any financial benefit. They are looked after (or nickle & dimed, depending on your perspective) by Veterans Affairs, which is a separate branch of government from the Department of National Defence, with it’s own Minister, budget and bureaucracy.
Ivan, judging from what I’ve been hearing in the news about DVA looking after the veterans, it’s nothing but a total sham, thankfully they have a veterans affairs critic standing up for them… you’re right, the veteran’s that put their lives on the line for this great country shouldn’t have to grovel and beg for the government to help them in their time of need. Every year I buy a poppy and subsequent visits I donate again LEST I FORGET and I shake hands with all veterans to say Job well done. My freedom was earned on their sacrifices. It`s too bad that the pols don`t recognize those sacrifices they made to make their re-entry into society less painful than where they came from.
Amen, Klyde. It is disgusting to watch and it has totally destroyed for me the long standing belief that that the Conservative Party cares about our military. Our veterans and serving members deserve the best that we can give them. Nothing less.
It’s truly sad, and blasphemous that the Government says they are for the PEOPLE.
On a somewhat related note, yes, you do have the right to wear a white poppy, and I have the right to hawk phlegm in your face, and probably face charges.
Jamrags who wear the white poppy are living in the wrong country:
http://possil.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/…
Still, they are preferable to the low grade primitives who burn the red one.
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REMEMBER PEARL HARBOUR!
Clearly, the solution to the problem is to meaningfully activate the navy, to galvanize our men and ships and launch a surprise attack on Bermuda! The Japs showed the way at Pearl Harbour. Are we too craven to take up their fallen baton? Banzai!
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
“meaningfully activate the navy”
Is this even possible?
To the OB, I heard. Truly upsetting as this was a yearly event for my nephew and daughter. I really hope Family Days won’t be scaled back too.
Of all the abuses of our budget, I can’t believe this is where they think we bleed our budget.
“Abuses of our budget”
I’m willing to bet some PMO twerp sent out a department wide memo to make visible cutbacks in order to distract the public from the 105 welfare bums currnetly playing their reindeer games.
“Sober second thought” – Kiss my ass.
Need to reward your party hacks – give them pat on the back and a gold watch.
And for fucks sake – cancel the pensions and benefits of every traitorous BQ cunt currently sucking the public tit.
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/11/11/ri…
You’re right op… instead, they need to work on renewable energy and low power consumption LED’s to keep that biatch lit up at night.
You’re signing up for the first shift, right?
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When I was in the Royal Navy, back in the dark ages, and I’d start to get lippy and cocky about being in the Service, my dear old Dad who served on minesweepers in WW2 would retort with ‘yes son, but I was in when they were needing ’em, not bloody feeding ’em’.
He used to tell about a pub in Newcastle that had this inscription in the tiles behind the bar.
May The Lord above, send down a dove
With wings as sharp as razors
To cut the throat of any bloke who sells bad beer to sailors.