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Re: One year later, tunnel tolls still a struggle for many

Peter Stinson — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 01:35:29 -0000

Every time I think about this deal, I cringe. The 18% profit margin is incredible. Another outrageous bit of the deal is that if the traffic is reduced in any way or growth isn't as projected, the state has to pay a fine.

I am curious to know who's pockets got lined. There is no way that anyone negotiating in good faith as a steward for the Commonwealth would have found this deal to be reasonable. No way.

Re: http://www.tweetdeck.com/twitter/USCGAuxVin/~tR4iG

Peter Stinson — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 18:53:11 -0000

Amen.

Re: Life and Death and Abby’s EPIRBs

Peter Stinson — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:57:38 -0000

For years I've had great respect for cruisers Lynn and Larry Pardey (sic) who have claimed that one should never venture out without multiple methods of saving oneself... and that does not include an EPIRB as that's not saving one's self... Without exception, I always tell people they need to have an EPRIB when they go offshore... but am re-thinking that. I think you're on to something that people will do more risky things when they have an easy button.

Re: I Smell Media Bullshit

Peter Stinson — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 09:10:10 -0000

Okay, I found it: http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/v...

The bad news is that the player embedded on the ABC site doesn't work... but I get the drift of the story now, having surfed a bit.

There's no way Admiral Allen was involved in keeping the video hidden. He's Mr. Transparency... look at the stuff he's released either as commandant or chief of staff or whatever... There was the surf brawl with migrants in Miami, the Healy, and ... well, more stuff where he's gone against the grain and been transparent.

Re: I Smell Media Bullshit

Peter Stinson — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 09:01:39 -0000

The video doesn't show up on my computer. Can you provide a link to the original posting? Thanks.

Re: Israeli Actions Are Stupid, But Legal

Peter Stinson — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 10:59:27 -0000

It doesn't appear that the legality of the blockade is as cut and dry as you write. See "Was Israel's raid on Gaza Freedom Flotilla legal?" at The Christian Science Monitor (http://www.csmonitor.com/Wo.... I think this is going to take a while to sort out... This case study will be discussed for years to come... As to the tactical situation, your recently posted picture is worth a thousand words...

Re: Beware Early Reporting

Peter Stinson — Mon, 31 May 2010 19:25:17 -0000

If the ships were in international waters and not flying the Israeli flag, what right did the Israeli's have to board without permission from the captain of the vessel or the state under whose flag the vessels fly?

Re: Coast Guard Forgotten History: A Tsarist Officer in the US Coast Guard

Peter Stinson — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:35:45 -0000

Interesting... one of the founders of the Coast Guard's port security program, Dimitri Fedotoff White, was also a Tsarist. He died in 1950 and is buried in Valley Forge, PA.

Re: CGBlog Commercial: Core Values

Peter Stinson — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:13:57 -0000

I'm still around, albeit sometimes in a different venue. As Ryan notes, I've given up blogging for tweeting, now being unable to think in anything longer than 140 characters. ;-)

Re: CGBlog’s first 30 second commercial…

Peter Stinson — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:13:24 -0000

Nice...

Re: Work at HQ? See the new pseudo-CG 64’ SPC-SV & 45’ RB-M tomorrow

Peter Stinson — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:32:09 -0000

Sixty-four feet? Just under the magic sixty-five...

Re: Readers Poll: Interested in a Coast Guard Social Media PodCamp duing the Inovation Expo?

Peter Stinson — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:18:51 -0000

Oh, oh, I think I might be interested in attending... I don't know much about social media, but I really want learn...

Re: Open Discussion/Debate for the week: 22 Aug 2009

Peter Stinson — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:52:01 -0000

Do you mean you're enlisting in the Coast Guard and want a guarantee, either a specific billet or specific military occupational specialty? If that's what you want... try a different service, because I don't think you'll get either in the Coast Guard... Enlist in the active duty Coast Guard and you go to boot camp and get to bid on billets... and when you get to the fleet you can put in for "A" school... no guarantees, however... Now, if you want a guarantee, I hear the Army will put the world on paper... ;-)

Re: Port Security “A” School, 1969 – 2009.

Peter Stinson — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 10:54:00 -0000

Sean, thanks for the post. I had this flagged, too, but you beat me to it...

This really isn't too exciting, as we've been here before. I wish I could remember the exact sequence, but in the early 80s we merged the Firefighter rate with PS... and then there was split apart (I can't remember to what)... and then wasn't there another merge or split? I don't know... except this is just another change in the evolution of the rating and the Coast Guard's mission... and, figuring that history can tell us something, it will not be the last rating change.

Re: How not to do organizational change #6

Peter Stinson — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:08:50 -0000

My observation had nothing to do with an active duty military member, but a civilian employee in a newly modernized organization... as to providing input, this was a modernization effort that I, and all internal consultants, had no part of...

Re: How not to do organizational change #6

Peter Stinson — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:48:32 -0000

Brad, know that I believe modernization is the right thing to do. I am a proponent. Like you, it's the implementation that has raised my ire.

Re: Social Media and the Coast Guard: Are we really in it, or is it just the Commandant?

Peter Stinson — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:25:19 -0000

Sean, a job for you: http://www.uscg.mil/announc... (albeit they're looking for someone on the ADPL)...

Re: Social Media and the Coast Guard: Are we really in it, or is it just the Commandant?

Peter Stinson — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:24:14 -0000

Nice reply Sean. Builds community & relationship. Treats him well. Informs. Good spin.

Now, why doesn't someone do that officially?

Re: $435 Million Contract to Build New CG HQ

Peter Stinson — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:15:30 -0000

Er, isn't Saint E's in the District of Columbia, albeit on the other side of the Anacostia?

Re: The truth is it was a cup of coffee (as yet unpaid) to Ryan Erickson

Peter Stinson — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:21:29 -0000

Since you really want the details... I went to one post that didn't have the said pictures... I did not open the entire blog or check out more than one post. As I noted, my mistake, and I apologize. Case closed. Out.

Re: Was this a SAR case waiting to happen?

Peter Stinson — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:48:31 -0000

Mr. Powell, like you, I'm ambivalent... it does, however, have "SAR case" written all over it... Having said that, I'm generally only about 1:3 (or worse) when prognosticating on that front...