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The Right Wing View of Climate Change: Don't Worry, God's in Charge

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Nerdy Fish4/07/2011 8:55:12 am PDT

re: #376 Gus 802

Sure it would. You don’t need Hornets, Growlers, and Prowlers and the associated weaponry for humanitarian missions.

Right, but the difference would more than be made up by the additional technologies you’d want to bring on board for dedicated search-and-rescue/humanitarian relief. I know Hornets are expensive planes, but they don’t cost that much. Not to mention as re: #378 sagehen mentioned, having the ship sitting idle 95% of the time is a colossal waste of all those taxpayer dollars. Our aircraft carriers are arguably the most efficient government spending we’ve ever invested in.