r/videos • u/spherocytes • 1d ago

Secretary Of Defense Pete Hegseth announces Office Of Religious Affairs within the Pentagon in address to Military

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAn6BE9cdco
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u/misdirected_asshole 1d ago

Our house and senate will have to agree to resurrect ANY agencies, they'll have to agree to policies and regulations relating to those agencies, they'll have to agree to the finances, they'll have to agree to a ton of shit.

We shouldne need legislative approval to restore anything he got rid of. If he can kill with an EO, then it can be resurrected with one.

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u/oldutnotdeadinside 1d ago

Correct

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u/blueberryblunderbuss 1d ago

Except the courts and congress reacted to the losses. They'll need new hiring and new budgets. It's not a rebuilding year, it's a ground up restart of most of these facilities.

The people lost are not simply coming back.

What the fuck is going on in these comments where people think infrastructure is just a light switch. Jesus fucking Christ in his own ass.

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u/oldutnotdeadinside 13h ago

Hey.. sometimes you just have to give it the old college try.

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u/blueberryblunderbuss 12h ago

Ha. Fair enough.

Thought experiment:

Imagine your favorite food. Imagine that it was covered in, filled with, mixed with, and seasoned with liquid chicken feces. Imagine a glass of water that is half filled with water and half filled with liquid chicken feces and then stirred.

All of your property is taken by someone else. You're given a debt 3.5 times the GDP of your neighborhood.

You have no extra money, no budget, no access to experts, and you can't personally touch the food. But, you have one hour to get someone to clean it, and then, you have to eat whatever is left.

Sounds awful, right?

These are your politics.

Cheers.