Mark_b:Teresita, DanM I spent my time on a Nimitz Class Carrier as MM.(NNPS 8502)

Awesome. When I was in the Navy in the 1980s women were not allowed to serve on carriers or the warships which supported them. We were allowed to serve on certain slow-ass supply ships which did not steam with the battlegroup (not the fast combat support ships like the Sacramento class). The USS Puget Sound (or as we called it, USS Pubic Mound, a sapphic love boat if there ever was) comes to mind.

Just walked away from job at civilian nuke.

I hope there will be a renaissance of nuclear power, but it sure as hell won’t happen under B.O.

Teresita, I understand that you may view the right, especially us neocons as the enemy. Could be justifiable. Sharia is also your enemy. One of these foes will be all bitchy about your lifestyle. The other would kill you.

I am of the right. Maybe center-right. Always have been. I can’t stand the Kos kids. I’m an ex-Ayn Randroid, tempered by exposure to Taoism which is all about letting things reach their own equilibrium. So I’m not into centrally planned government. I believe in locking down the borders so we don’t get infiltrated by Islamist assholes. I favor Israel over the Pallies but not the the point of having our entire foreign policy focused around that conflict. I don’t believe in pre-emptive wars to carry out the Bush doctrine. I don’t like shelling out billions to maintain a constellation of bases across the globe. So maybe I’m a Pat Buchanan lesbian, if you can imagine such a thing. But mostly, I’m not scared by dummies in turbans making threats from caves, and I my vote doesn’t revolve solely around security issues. A much bigger problem is inflation, which will eat your 401K like a termite and leave you living hand-to-mouth when you planned to retire in style.