From: AlleyCat <katt@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: alt.politics.trump,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics
Subject: Re: JD Vance Squirm? Waffle? Backtrack? - Where Are His Quotes?
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2025 11:53:22 -0600
Organization: AlleyCat Computing, Inc.
On Thu, 06 Feb 2025 17:11:42 +0000, Lee says...
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> AlleyCat wrote:
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> > On Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:49:47 +0000, Lee says...
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> > > > A) it's too early to know, since names haven't been released
> >
> > > So you have no proof of ANY DEI person involved.
> >
> > First off, faggot... Trump NEVER said "A" DEI hire caused the crash... did he?
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>
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> So what about this crash involved
> DEI, as Trump claimed?
How do you know it didn't?
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> > Secondly, HOW can we name anyone when YOUR article admitted NO ONE had been named?
> >
> > Annnnd, I also put a caveat in there, and you totally ignored it like the pussy little liberal you are...
> > like they ALL do.
> >
> > From YOUR article: "None of the air traffic controllers have been named"
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>
>
> So what about this crash involved
> DEI, as Trump claimed?
How do you know it didn't?
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> > B) WHETHER ANY INDIVIDUAL IS A "DEI" HIRE OR NOT (I do not think there's a red stamp on their employee
> > records that SAY "DEI hire"), that, in and of itself, MIGHT not have been the reason for the crash, but
> > since Obama implemented DEI practices,
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>
> Wah wah but Obama!
No wah wha... truth. You cry about Trump every day about things he's doing or has done... tell us why we can't evoke Obama when HE'S the one at fault
for MUCH of the lowering of bars in this country?
> Trump had four years to reverse
> any Obama policy he didn't like. So
> why didn't he?
Ever heard of feasibility studies? Maybe they knew they'd never be able to reverse Obama's DEI because of Democrat obstructionism?
That's all changing, faggot, and YOU can't STAND it, though I REALLY don't know why, CanGAYdian.
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> > there have been more air traffic "instances", both on the ground and
> > in the air... this time being short-staffed BECAUSE of DEI.
THAT is a fact.
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> ATC does't allow airorts to operate
> unless they have adequete staffing.
Bullshit.
There was supposed to be 30 Air Traffic Controllers in the tower that night.
There were 19.
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Is There An Air Traffic Controller Shortage? - NBC4 Washington
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/is-there-an-air-traffic-controller-shortage-deadly-midair-collision-raises-
concerns/3831276/
6 days ago - The air traffic control tower at Reagan National Airport, as of September 2023, HAD 19 FULLY CERTIFIED CONTROLLERS when the targets set
by the FAA and CONTROLLERS' UNION CALLED FOR 30, per the Times.
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Staffing At Air Control Tower Was 'Not Normal,' According To FAA ...
https://www.foxnews.com/us/staffing-washington-national-airport-air-control-tower-not-normal-night-collision-faa-report
7 days ago - The air control tower at Reagan National has been understaffed for years with 19 fully certified controllers as of September 2023.
However, staffing targets set by the FAA and the controllers
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Annnnd there was supposed to be TWO people doing the job of what ONE was doing...
Air Traffic Controller Was Doing The Job Of Two People During Crash ...
https://nypost.com/2025/01/30/us-news/air-traffic-controller-was-doing-the-job-of-two-people-during-crash-faa-says/
7 days ago - The airport's air traffic control facilities have been understaffed for years, with only 19 fully certified controllers on deck as of
September 2023, according to Congress' Air Traffic ...
The air traffic controller on duty at the time of the deadly passenger plane-Black Hawk helicopter crash in Washington, DC, was doing the work of two
people, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
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> Remember the PATCO strike that closed
> airports when they didn't have the
> minimum staffing required?
Well, that didn't apply THIS time... did it?
(see articles above)
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