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In reply to the discussion: Military helicopters overhead in the middle of LA. [View all]MineralMan
(146,116 posts)165. I used to have a link to that thread in my profile.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2705446
Since I have used the same screen name on all political forums, I knew that people would find my posts on that site, so I posted that link in the name of transparency. I don't list the link any longer. It's been a very long time since 2006, and it's not really relevant any longer. Yes, I posted at Free Republic for four years. Mostly, I posted pro-science and anti-bigotry posts. Immediately after I left, following the posting of that particular post as a GBCW post, I posted at a few other political forums, and one forum that supported science and evolution, despite most of its members being conservatives.
In 2008, I stopped all attempts to influence conservatives to think more clearly. At that point, I joined DU, because it actually was about what I was about. I stopped all efforts to communicate with conservatives. That was always a lost cause. These days, and for some time, the only political forum I post on is DU. I'm not trying to convince conservatives of anything any longer.
So, from time to time, someone brings up the fact that I posted on FR as if it were something new and shocking. It's not. It's been over five years since I posted on that site, and my reasons for posting on that site were to attempt to convince the members there that they were wrong. All of my posts there are visible, still, for anyone who wants to search for them. They need to be read in context, not as individual posts, to see what I was doing there. That seems like a waste of time to me. Since I joined DU in 2008, I've posted thousands of posts here. They represent my point of view quite clearly.
I've always been a Democrat. I've never voted for a Republican in my life. My political position is left of center. My philosophy is far left of center, but I'm a pragmatic kind of guy - one who believes that movement should be toward the left but that it is impossible in this country to make a sudden leap to the left. So, I'm an Obama supporter and an advocate of electing Democrats over Republicans every time you vote, even if a Democrat who can win may not be as progressive as you might like. The Republican will almost certainly be more conservative. Politics is movement and in this country movement is gradual.
So, yes, I did post at Free Republic several years ago. I do not post there now. I have not posted there for over five years. I gave up trying to change minds there.
As many times as are necessary, I'll explain this.
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Recently it was announced that there were some training exercises being conducted in LA
ProgressiveProfessor
Feb 2012
#51
Two different links have been posted in this thread. I suggest you read them
ProgressiveProfessor
Feb 2012
#74
Have you made inquiries? I imagine that if not classified, U.S. Army Public Affairs
LanternWaste
Feb 2012
#17
What you first noticed probably was the joint military training exercises downtown
pinboy3niner
Feb 2012
#20
Its not a big deal, and speaking as a pilot, they do not want to be there
ProgressiveProfessor
Feb 2012
#53
What if the helicopters were being moved from one base to another? Truck them?
cherokeeprogressive
Feb 2012
#150
My take is that it was a squadron deploying based on the number of aircraft
ProgressiveProfessor
Feb 2012
#109
And you know what is in the OP's mind, how? Are you familiar with her at all?
sabrina 1
Feb 2012
#64
I leave such tactics as 'ridicule' and 'mockery' to the far right. I believe we on the left
sabrina 1
Feb 2012
#124
I've been on a college campus many times recently. Not sure what that is supposed
sabrina 1
Feb 2012
#144
I expressed MY opinion, which remains, the behavior of swarming a longtime Democrat
sabrina 1
Feb 2012
#123
Actually there is a good reason for them to be there...or they wouldn't be there
ProgressiveProfessor
Feb 2012
#59
Reading down this thread I'm amazed at the nastiness directed toward you. I've read
truth2power
Feb 2012
#188
If the OP had been more observant and paid attention to such things as service and markings we might
ProgressiveProfessor
Feb 2012
#69
Thank you! Personally, I might be irked by the helos, probably not scared
DisgustipatedinCA
Feb 2012
#100
Thank you, I could not agree more, to see this kind of behavior, especially directed
sabrina 1
Feb 2012
#120
The first time I heard a military aircraft get real close, I was startled at how loud it really was.
Robb
Feb 2012
#125
They coulda parked every one of 'em on your front lawn, and Obama would still win LA....
Tarheel_Dem
Feb 2012
#148
HA! They flew over Big Bear Lake a few minutes later and were celebrated!
cherokeeprogressive
Feb 2012
#149
Actually it was an entirely different level of noise from Police helicopters.
trackfan
Feb 2012
#151
A large formation would certainly sound different than a single helo
ProgressiveProfessor
Feb 2012
#163
I remember a few years back when the Bush administration wanted to deploy Blackwater
JDPriestly
Feb 2012
#211
I'm sure President Obama will get right on that--can't have choppers in YOUR airspace.
TwilightGardener
Feb 2012
#171
Was driving in Louisiana back in the 80's when they scrambled some B-52's..
EX500rider
Feb 2012
#194
Thanks. I wonder what I have done to deserve to be the subject of such exaggerated
JDPriestly
Feb 2012
#217
Only time we see military helicopters in Chicago is when the President is in town
AngryAmish
Feb 2012
#212
If I lived near a military base, I would know why the helicopters were there,
JDPriestly
Feb 2012
#215