Boredom’ll Git’cha One Way Or The Other! Feb 11, 2021

[Never let your cat walk on the keyboard!!] It’s difficult to just sit in front of the TV and enjoy it. Even binge-watching “Gray’s Anatomy” evening after evening becomes almost a choking event! Thanks to the federal gov’t [either one president or the other] I’ve come into a bit of “spare change” so I’m trying to invest it wisely… like this:

• Boeing Aircraft
• Apple
• Apartment Investment, Management Co
• Avino Silver and Gold
• Gamestop Corp Class A
• Great Panther Mining
• Lumen Technologies Inc
• McEwen Mining Inc
• Naked Brand Group

How the FUCK does one git rid of this silly box that forces one to choose another block?!? This selection of stocks seems to be working well for me, with the possible exception of Gamestop and Naked Brands… I got into GameStop way late in the action and now I bounce back and forth between profiting and losing. Naked Brands gives me a few cents profit, a few cents loss, so that’s not much of a play. I’m now looking about for a ‘penny play’ to help my p & l statement.

So much for now…

Justin Case

This ‘n’ That, June 6th

…Of Course “Slow Joe” Can’t Remember!  I can find no evidence that Air Force One has left the ramp at Andrews AFB.  Nor can I find any evidence that “S-J” is anywhere other than in his basement somewhere in Delaware.  Seems that “ShitBagJoe” hasn’t taken his Prevagen for the past several YEARS!!

Even In Defeat TRUMP Still Front-Runner.  Former President Donald Trump spoke on Saturday to the North Carolina Republican convention as he resumes political speeches and rallies.  In my opinion, it’s good to seed Mr Trump on ‘the stump’ once again sounding much like the old Trump… the Trump we voted for; the Trump who had his second term stolen from him!!  For those of you who don’t believe the election was engineered to be stolen: Who in modern history has run a presidential campaign from his basement, only visiting 3 or 4 states, mostly in the east?!? Answer me that!!

That’s all I got.

Justin Case

Lie-Barry  [in deference to “ClownPrince” obama]:

2.  https://tinyurl.com/2hf2azvz

1.  https://tinyurl.com/4nc5xn75\

Not All Democrats’re Bad [although It Certainly Seems That Way]:

 Let’s Look At Senator Joe Manchin vs Charles “Chuckie-Cheese” Schumer:      

“Chuckie-Cheese” Schumer opposed Senator Manchin on nearly every majorily important piece of legislation!  This is like comparing a Republican [Manchin] with a Socio-Marxist [ Schumer].  While they do agree on seventy [70] votes, it seems they’re “distant” on the important ones, like not pissing away taxpayer monies, like approving less socio-marxist SCOTUS justices, etc. Senator Manchin has long been the less-progressive voice in the the “crazy” U.S. Senate.  “Chuckie” has been pissed that the Congress got rid of ear marks, more commonly known as pork or porkulus.  Anyone who has the time and tenacity can develop differences far greater than I have!

Fewer “Biden Sheep:”   Now the CDC has proclaimed~albeit quite late~that if one is fully vaccinated, he/she need not continue to be a “biden sheep” any longer.  I’ve been vaccinated for over two months and still had to wear a mask while shopping at Wegmans.                                                                              

Climate Change: This will never work with the U.S.A. being the only country to do ANYTHING to reduce their carbon footprint.  While the ultra-progressives [AOC and the ‘Squad’] are not willing to realize the natural workings of the woodlands.  This from ProPublica.org.:  “New research shows that California’s climate policy created up to 39 million carbon credits that aren’t achieving real carbon savings. But companies can buy these forest offsets to justify polluting more anyway.  All trees consume carbon dioxide, releasing the oxygen and storing the carbon in their trunks, branches and roots. Every ton of carbon sequestered in a living tree is a ton that isn’t contributing to climate change. And that thick coastal forest can easily store twice as much carbon per acre as the trees deeper inland.”

That’s all I got… have a great and happy Saturday!!

Justin Case

Lie ‘Barry:’

1.  https://projects.propublica.org/represent/members/M001183-joe-manchin-iii/compare-votes/S000148-charles-e-schumer/115

2.  https://www.wegmans.com/ 

3.  https://www.propublica.org/article/the-climate-solution-actually-adding-millions-of-tons-of-co2-into-the-atmospher

This ‘n’ That, May 10th

      More Democrat Bullshit:  More proof that Dr Fauci [er Falsley] enjoyes his political power and being the highest paid official in the federal government… we’re likely supposed to keep our masks on in perpetuity!  Texas and Florida have been mask-free for months and Covid infections have been dropping like-a-brick in those two states as well as other states, other areas.

     Gas Shortages, Border Surge, Inflation.  This is what one gets when electing a bureaucrat to replace a proven businessman!  One may not have approved PRESIDENT Trump‘s decisions, actions, but one should realize that said actions had the country’s best interest at heart!!  Nearly every vote cast by SENATOR biden was on the wrong side of history.  Said senator couldn’t win a nationwide election by himself so the “fix-was-in.”  This is evident with biden leaving his basment once or twice a week to visit his home town or one of the neighboring states/cities.  This while PRESIDENT Trump was campaigning five-days-a-week, with as many as 35-40 thousands in attendance.

That’s all I got…

Justin Case

Those of you out there in public-land can read, cypher the wording, and comment on various platforms, but don’t expect me to get all whipped into a frenzy over your musings on my musings… nuff said!

This ‘n’ That, May 7th…

     Well I’ve just returned from a three-day stay at the hospital for pneumonia.  That comes with a kazillion new medical prescriptions! Whoopie-and I don’t mean the UNfunny comedienne!!

     It’s only taken a matter of minutes to see that Kaiser Biden has already pretty-much run the country AND the TRUMP economy he inherited.  Sofar, there’s been inflationary action on the positive side in most edibles.  Between 3.8 to 8.0% and that in only one-hundred~count’em 100~days. Hell it took TRUMP over three years to develop and put in working order the country’s poor [read-POSITIVE] economy that the Kaiser inherited!!

     Thus far we’ve had obama 1.0; obama 2.0 and rest-assured the country is now entering into obama 3.0!!  AOC~in all her shining socialism~is planning a new social engineering plan designed to fortify her House position, steer recent college grads toward socialism, marxism, Leninism, Stalinism–most of which today’s grad has no idea of the final~FINAL~result.

One can bet one’s fuzzy ass that “ClownPrince” obama is in the top tier of those formulating this administration’s distructive economic and legislative practices.  What one sees today in all appearances is merely a continuation of what the “Clown Prince” wanted to do!! Rush Limbaugh had it right in one of his 

Rush’s Famous Quotes: “Ask yourselves, if our country is so horrible, unjust, racist, flawed-beyond-compared society, then why do so many people want come to the United States, become American citizens?” 

That’s all I got for today, will try to be better tomorrow… oh, and another of Rush’s profundities:

Another of Rush’s famous quotes: “The Democrat Party, the American left–look at it this way–have had their boot on the golden goose for 50 years ant that golden goose is on it’s last breaths.”

Justin Case 

One General’s “Cash Value:”

   I ran across an article in Military Times recently involving the annual pay of the current Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.  In it~and I’m paraphrasing, here~was a conversation between President Trump and his White House Chief of Staff [and former General, USMC], John Kelly:

Mr Kelly: “[as General Joseph Dunsford appears on the TV screen:] Hey Boss, there’s the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff… what’ya ‘spose he makes a year?”

Mr Trump: “Well Skippy, if I had’ta guess, I’d say $5,000,000 a year…”

    As you can see, President Trump is quite out of touch with the current military pay scales.  As well he should be, he’s never dealt with folks with so much responsibility that are paid so little.  The aforementioned chairmanship could likely be compared to the CEO of a MULTI-BILLION dollar, multi-national corporation.  How many said CEOs would settle for what the Chairman, JCS earns… in the neighborhood of $190,000?!?

    If I had a say~and I surely don’t~it would be:

1. Pay the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff $150,000 PER STAR, per annum.

2. Pay the next four military positions~branch Chief of Staff; Chief of Naval Operations~$100,000 PER STAR, per annum.

3. Pay the lower assistants, deputies, etc, a comparable amount per star, per annum depending on responsibility/knowledge levels.  Likely these folks will have less than four stars hence comparatively less responsibility.

    The top two or three enlisted grades of the various service components also have their individuals with high levels of knowledge with responsibilities.  Something should be considered to reward these individuals for their sometimes vast knowledge and responsibilities!

    Added note:  Here’s a couple of guys when they were “killin’ people ‘n’ breakin’ shit:”

General John Kelly, USMC, current White House Chief of Staff

 

General Joseph Dunford, USMC, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

Check out General Dunford‘s Wiki page…

This guy was such a “hot-shit” he was never a Major General [**]… 

He went from Brigadier [*] to Lieutenant-General [***]….

Who gets to skip a grade when ya get that high?!?

That’s all I got.

Til nex’time….

Justin CaseReference “Lie-Barry:“

*https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2018/11/26/trump-thought-the-militarys-top-officer-made-5-million-a-year-report/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=Socialflow+AIR

*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kelly [curr White House Chief of Staff]

*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff

*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Dunford [curr Chmn JCS]

*https://militarybenefits.info/2018-military-pay-charts/

This’n’That; Oct 18th; My Letter To The President

A Letter To The President

    I thought I’d write to President Trump about the UNFUNDED ELD mandate and it’s possible ramifications:

 

President Donald J. Trump                October 18, 2017

The White House

1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW

Washington, D. C., 20500

Mister President,

    Your job must be quite similar to herding cats, what with all the “Clown Prince” obama holdovers undermining your every move; what with “Rocket Man” trying to destroy the entire planet… you get my drift here.

Not to add more to your plate, but there’s a looming crisis that very well could wreak havoc on your plans for the nation’s economy going forward.

    The crux of the problem is the FMCSA’s mandate that all commercial trucks and buses be fitted with an electronic logging device [ELD] by December 17, 2017.  Given the vast majority of trucking fleets consist of ten trucks or less, the financial burden may be “make-or-break” for those companies.  The American Trucking Association [ATA] and it’s lobbyists are pushing for the mandate to be maintained.  The ATA incorrectly believes that hours-of-service compliance equals safety… IT DOES NOT!

Most~if not all~ATA-member fleets use ELDs in their power units.  What they’re not telling you is the association members are twice as likely to be involved in traffic accidents versus the 1-10 truck companies who likely do not have on-board ELDs.

    Everything your ‘house’ has; everything my house has, was delivered by a truck at some point in it’s life.  Practically everything~except newborn babies~travels by truck during at least part of it’s journey.  If one is to believe the “Twitter-verse,” many small trucking companies, owner-operators will go out of business with implementation of the aforementioned mandate.  Due to ‘job-hopping,’ it’s difficult to determine how serious the perceived driver shortage really is.  If the shortage is as severe as some would like to believe, ANY shutdown, any loss of trucking assets will surely put the nation’s economy, put your economic plans in jeopardy!

    In the weeks, months and years leading up to this ‘crisis-of-UNFUNDED-mandate’ NOT ONCE has any government ELD-mandate panel ever invited the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association [OOIDA] to any discussion involving, transportation, trucks, trucking issues.  Thus far, you’ve gotten your information from corporate trucking executives who likely “couldn’t find sixth-gear” let alone drive a truck.  The UNINVITED organization I referenced was founded, organized, is administered and staffed by current and former owner/operators, truck drivers.

    I’d like to quote from a recent OOIDA press release:

“The ELD mandate is estimated to cost impacted stakeholders more than $2 billion, making it one of the most expensive federal transportation rulemakings over the last decade…  This is a massive, unfunded mandate that provides no safety, economic, or productivity benefits for most ensnared by the mandate.  That is just one example of a costly policy that truckers contend with that has no bearing on safety.”

    So Mister President, you’re only getting one side of the ‘story,’ and a highly shaded side at that.  Your support of Rep Brian Babin‘s [R, Tx-36] H.R. 3282, The ELD Extension Act of 2017, should surely bring to light the ambiguities of said mandate.  I thank you for your time and your future efforts in resolving this issue.

Sincerely,

Joseph ‘Joe’ Hart

Thomas Estates

Holley, N.Y., 14470

cc: Todd Spencer, Exec VP, OOIDA [via e-mail]

      Rep Chris Collins, NY-27 [via snail-mail]

*Full disclosure~I have been a life-member of OOIDA [Owner/Operator Independent Drivers Association] for the past two decades.

Reference “Lie-Barry:”

https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/write-or-call

http://techsheer.com/tachograph-history/

https://usaeld.com/2017/05/12/elds-look-behind-curtain/

https://babin.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1428

https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/safety/data-and-statistics/commercial-motor-vehicle-facts

https:/ww.ooida.com/MediaCenter/PressReleases/pressrelease.asp?prid=442

http://www.truckersnews.com/house-bill-would-delay-eld-mandate-by-two-years/

https://www.ooida.com/MediaCenter/PressReleases/pressrelease.asp?prid=444

[Quote source:] https://www.ooida.com/MediaCenter/PressReleases/pressrelease.asp?prid=446

This’n’That, Oct 13th; Must We Always Be ‘Screwed?’

Small Business Segment “Takes It In The Shorts” Once Again
The aforementioned small business segment is a nearly voiceless~yet the majority~portion of the American trucking industry.  I’m talking about the owner/operator and the many, many small trucking companies traversing the American highway landscape.  Not the Swifts, the J.B. Hunts, the Schneiders of the trucking world but the little guys and gals chasing their figurative asses all over the map just trying to make a living.
My pedigree is not nearly as ‘long and wide’ as some of the “ol’ soldiers” in the trucking industry.  I wasn’t bright enough to get into trucking right after my [first] four-years in the Air Force.  No… I had to suffer through some divorces and several ill-chosen jobs and a career path or two before I settled into the trucking industry at the age of fifty, which was in 1996.  I went to CDL drivers’ school and after graduation became a company driver for Transport America [TCAM].  After a perceived ‘screwing’ by the powers-that-be involving a tuition payback plan, I left Transport and became a company driver for Crete Carrier Corp.  After a couple of years I bought a tractor and leased in on with MS Carriers.  Just before Mike Starnes sold out to Swift Transportation I put my truck on with Crete Carrier Corp and was very glad indeed to be “back home” with ‘Mr Duane’ and family.  In the early ’00s, I became a needle-dependent diabetic and was forced out of the industry by US DOT regulations in 2006 [which is another story for another rant].
While I was still an active driver, the only thing I ever heard pertaining to electronic logging devices [ELDs] was when Werner Enterprises started testing “e-logs.”

HOS Rules ‘At Work!’

I never thought very much of them and was quite sure I’d never be able to operate under that level of control.  Now we’ve arrived at the point where the FMCSA is soon to mandate the use of ELDs in almost all trucks, with few and very limited exclusions.  While this mandate is detrimental to the majority of the trucking industry, the primary productivity ‘killer’ is the hours-of-service [HOS] requirements.

More HOS Rules ‘At Work!’

I never really had a problem with the HOS rules that were in effect from 1962 to 2003.  I pretty much understood the parameters and elected to do what was known as ‘split-logging.’  I would drive 5 hours, sleep 5 hours, which for me worked out just fine.  At least one of my sleep periods would fall during the daylight hours, giving me a chance to find truck stop parking for ‘no hassle’ parking/time in the sleeper.  Given the 12+ years I spent as an Air Force Air Policeman/Security Policeman, I was well versed on falling asleep ‘at the drop of a hat’ and waking up a few hours later quite refreshed.  Good training for my truck driving years!

STILL MORE HOS Rules ‘At Work!’

I was still trucking when the “14-Hour Rule” was rammed down our throats.  The only thing about that that I really understood was I could NO LONGER ‘split-log.’  THE ONE THING beneficial to me~at least~was the ’34-Hour Re-start.’  This gives the driver a new 70 hour work-week after sitting for 34 continuous hours.  Aside from that, the 14-Hour Rule really put the kibosh to my above-average productivity rate.  Don’t get me wrong, I still made money~good money~but not the kinda money I had made prior to the 14-Hour Rule.  With the on-going and seemingly ubiquitous changes to the HOS rules, the average driver spends a lot of time studying the changes as well as the paperwork/data required to verify compliance.
The ELD mandate is little more than an ever tightening stranglehold on the majority of the trucking industry.  As is the norm, legislators at every level continue to ‘follow-the-money’ and protect/promote their donors’ wants, needs and positions… and ‘To Hell with everyone else!!‘  That being said, the American Trucking Association [ATA] fits the bill, hence they are the primary voice in “all things trucking” with the federal government even though THEY DO NOT REPRESENT THE MAJORITY!!  While OOIDA~with it’s smaller membership~attempts to represent the majority… THEY CAN’T EVEN “GET A SEAT AT THE TABLE” in the ELD-related/rule-making discussions.

I’ve been a member of the #TrumpTrain almost since it’s inception and MR TRUMP IS MY PRESIDENT.  I get the feeling though, that~while a perceived ‘outsider’~he’s continuing with the federal mindset; the squeeky wheel get the grease!
Where was OOIDA in the ELD discussions?
Where was OOIDA in consultation of USDOT/FMCSA nominee selections?
Why weren’t KNOWLEDGEABLE individuals nominated for USDOT Sec’y, for FMCSA Administrator… i.e., a REAL truck driver, preferably an owner/operator?
Why were MORE legal jugheads nominated for these positions?
Just a few questions that demand answers.

In conclusion:
I whole-heartedly support President Trump’s promise to “Make America Great Again” [#MAGA] but he needs help to succeed.  The president needs to hear/consult with trucking’s~largely silent~majority and invite the Mom-and-Pop trucking companies and owner/operators to the table in trucking-related discussions/plans/programs.  Nominating another round of pinhead lawyers to important positions doesn’t nothing more than continue the status quo… which is
SCREW THE LITTLE GUY/GAL THAT HAS LITTLE OR NO VOICE!!
That’s all I got.
Til Nex’Time….
Justin Case
Reference “Lie-Barry:”
https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/hours-service/elds/electronic-logging-devices
[Federal Register pdf] https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-12-16/pdf/2015-31336.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hours_of_service
https://cdllife.com/2017/trump-nominates-new-administer-of-fmcsa/
https://www.enotrans.org/article/transportation-nominees-move-senate/
https://www.enotrans.org/article/pace-trump-usdot-nominations-vs-previous-five-presidents/
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3282
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3282/cosponsors?r=788&overview=closed#tabs
http://www.landlinemag.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Trucking_Associations#Subsidiaries.2C_conferences_and_councils
*I was saddened to find that my representative  Chris Collins [r, NY-27] IS NOT a co-sponsor of H.R. 3282.
**That “Lie-Barry” thingie, above:  In another blog I spoke primarily about “Clown Prince” barack obama.  He being one of the most prolific LIARS on the planet, it seemed normal to use that phrase.

This’n’That; May 8th; Courage… What Courage?!?

Courage…?!? What Courage??

    “Clown Prince” obama has received yet another~soon to be~worthless accolade, the ‘Profiles In Courage‘ award.  With his receipt the award’s credibility has been reduced to that of a little league [insert sport here] participation trophy.  For reference, please consider the lowered status of the Nobel Peace Prize since the 2009 obama award for whence he only had TO THINK ABOUT global peace.

    obama‘s participation award was for such courageous acts as 

1.  the [LESS-THAN] Affordable Care Act also known as obamaKare;

2.  his nuclear~give-away~deal with the Islamic-muslim-Terrorist State of Iran;

3.  resumption of the United States‘ diplomatic relations with the communist Nation of Cuba.

WHEW-E-E-E!!  Talk about courage…. This clown’s got it!! 

Just a few items The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation could have considered for,~and in so doing, reduced it’s prestige even further~this participatory award:

1.  obama‘s nearly continuous promotion of the Global Warming Hoax, committing the United States to the 2015 Paris Agreement;

2.  obama‘s eight-year promotion of national racial strife.  Of course he couldn’t accomplish it by himself~obama‘s DONE NOTHING by himself~he’s had George Soros and that financial powerhouse to dictate terms to him; also providing PAID thugs/thugettes for national riots;

3.  obama‘s creation of the next bureaucratic layer of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in his effort to destroy the American national economy with the enforcement of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.  Ms Mr obama chose that “Lyin’ Indian Chief,” Elizabeth Warren to head said bureau.

Let’s not dwell on these misgivings… a more complete list can be reviewed right here.

    Well, “The Clown Prince” DID warn us that he’d not go away quietly.  I’m sure he’ll have other venues to use in his ongoing attempts to gain relevance…. likely, with lots’a help from the Fake News Medial!!

Well folks, that’s all I got.

Til Nex’Time…

Justin Case

Reference “Lie-Barry:”

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-obama-idUSKBN1830KX

http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/05/barack-obama-a-profile-in-courage/

http://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/januaryfebruary-2017/obamas-top-50-accomplishments-revisited/

This’n’That; March 20th; US Military in Europe

Should The U.S. Boost Military Numbers In Europe?
I vote yes!
Most of us should remember Ronaldus-Magnus and his instantly famous phrase:
“Mister Gorbachev, tear down this wall,”
from the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, FRG.
That was the beginning of the end of the ‘Cold War’ and it’s military manning requirements, primarily in Europe.

1970 Jeep M-151A2

In 1954~near the beginning of the ‘Cold War‘~Army manpower stood at 1,404,600-worldwide; Air Force manpower was 948,000; Navy manpower was 725,700; the Marine Corps manpower was 223,800.  The 1954 total uniformed military forces stood at 3,302,100, with a considerable percentage stationed in Europe.
Total U.S. uniformed military manpower in ten-year increments, 1954-2014:

• 1954-3,302,100 [Cmdr in Chief-Eisenhower];
• 1964-2,687,400 [Cmdr in Chief-Johnson];
• 1974-2,162,000 [Cmdr in Chief-Nixon/Gerald Ford];
• 1984-2,138,200 [Cmdr in Chief-Reagan];
• 1994-1,610,500 [Cmdr in Chief-“Slick-Willie“];
• 2004-1,426,800 [Cmdr in Chief-George W. Bush];
• 2014-1,354,100 [Cmdr in Chief-“ClownPrince“obama].

From the end of World War II~1945~until the late 1980s, the United States had a great responsibility to the free world in her maintenance of a well trained, well equipped, uniformed military, ready-to-go at a moment’s notice.  The former Soviet Union was held in check by America’s substantial uniformed military coupled with massive, war-making weapons and machinery!
After the ‘Berlin Wall’ came down the Soviet Union disintegrated into Russia and several communist countries.  During the same period The United States instituted an ill-conceived plan to close U.S. military bases worldwide and reduce manpower requirements… just at the time Russia was beginning to demonstrate that it had grown “huge balls” and was flexing it’s political and military ‘testosterone levels’ around the world.

U.S. Military Bases in Germany, 2009

Speaking only of Europe, currently the United States military has four component commands and one sub-unified command:

• Naval Forces Europe [NAVEUR] 44,500 personnel;
• U.S. Army Europe [USAREUR] 26,800 personnel;
• U.S. Air Forces Europe [USAFE] 25,600 personnel;
• U.S. Marine Forces Europe [MARFOREUR] 1,500 personnel;
• U.S. Special Operations Command Europe [SOCEUR] Manpower numbers are not widely disclosed.

This indicates there’s but 98,400 members of U.S. forces of all branches to defend Europe and the Eastern United States from the Russian hordes!!  We’ve already seen what an inept, inexperienced Cmdr in Chief~in”ClownPrince” obama~coupled with a severely undermanned, under equipped military is faced with… and is barely able has no desire to contain.

M-35A3, Year Unknown

In conclusion:  With a new President~Commander-in-Chief~at the helm, now is the time to open discussions with the major NATO countries of Europe and the Middle East with respect to opening previously closed military facilities, increasing manpower to staff said facilities.  With 28 NATO Member Nations, seems fairly simple to negotiate either added facilities or indigenous manpower, or both.  Reducing foreign aid to zero dollars will partially fund both manpower and facilities increases.  It would be far better to battleobama‘s buddies the muslim terrorists in/nearer their home countries than on U.S. soil.  Just a thought.
That’s all I got.
Til Nex’Time….
Justin Case
Reference “Lie-Barry:”
http://www.index.heritage.org/military/2015/chapter/op-environment/europe/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/pentagon/maps/9.html
http://www.heritage.org/defense/report/global-us-troop-deployment-1950-2003
http://historyinpieces.com/research/us-military-personnel-1954-2014
http://www.usarmygermany.com/Sont.htm?http&&&www.usarmygermany.com/Units/HqUSAREUR/USAREUR_HqUSAREUR.htm
http://www.usarmygermany.com/Sont.htm?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Forces_in_Europe_-_Air_Forces_Africa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tear_down_this_wall!
https://www.armytimes.com/articles/back-to-europe-the-army-is-sending-more-troops-tanks-and-helicopters-to-deter-russia
http://www.eur.army.mil/organization/history.htm
http://www.militaryfactory.com/armor/armor-1960-1969.asp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_installations#United_States_Air_Forces_in_Europe_-_Air_Forces_Africa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Army_installations_in_Italy
https://www.usmilitary.com/29960/us-army-jobs-here-comes-the-drawdown/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_states_of_NATO