As a DC9 union painter with 30+ years in coatings, Iām looking at the failure not a conspiracy theory.
When a coating is lifting off in large sheets like this, that points to an adhesion failure: improper surface preparation, contamination left behind, the wrong coating system, poor recoat timing, or water introduced before the system fully cured.
A quality two-part epoxy system can perform well but the product is only as good as the prep and application. The substrate has to be properly profiled/cleaned, the specified primer or first coat applied correctly, recoat windows followed, and the full system allowed to cure before being put back into service.
That is not āvandals.ā That is a coating failure that deserves a real independent inspection and an explanation of exactly what system was specified and how it was applied.
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Dear Joe,
I wish I could sit down with you face to face and explain why so many of us were offended by the UFC fight on the South Lawn of the White House.
For me, it had nothing to do with the UFC or who showed up for the fights. The brand you and Dana have built is a bona fide American success story. More power to you. As for the fighters, in my book, anyone brave enough to put it all on the line in the arena is remarkable to witness. Their dedication and discipline inspire me. I donāt understand anyone who canāt admire that.
And as for the people who attended, I, for one, love Shane Gillis. I think heās hilarious and brilliant. It was a show. A once-in-a-lifetime spectacle. I canāt blame anyone for wanting to witness it firsthand.
My problem is that I believe some of our public spaces are sacred. And unlike many of the great powers that came before us, these American monuments belong to all of us. Not to whoever happens to hold power at the moment.
The White House does not belong to Donald Trump. It does not belong to any President. It belongs to the people. To treat it as Caesar treated the Colosseum is antithetical to everything our founding fathers fought for.
This is not Rome. Presidents are not emperors doling out bread and circuses for the peasants. The White House is the Peopleās House. This ācelebrationā could have happened in any stadium within a stoneās throw of the South Lawn. No one would have had an issue with it.
But that was obviously Donald Trumpās whole point. By holding the event on the South Lawn, what he was saying to the rest of us is:
āThis is my house. I own it. I will do with it what I please. Iāll build a colosseum and have the gladiators fight under my gaze. Iāll tear down the East Wing. Iāll pave over the Rose Garden. Iāll cover everything in gold and marble. Iāll erase the names of all the men who came before me.ā
The fights were an exhibition of imperial domination, not a celebration of our 250th anniversary as a democracy.
The White House is not Buckingham Palace. It is not the Palace of Versailles. It is not the Forbidden City of Beijing. It does not belong to an emperor, or a king, or a commissar.
The White House belongs to us. All of us. The person who sits behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office is nothing more than an honored guest. A temporary caretaker.
The President is our servant. Not our Caesar.
Respectfully, Hunter
P.S. Cage match between me and Don Jr.? Your call on the venue. Anywhere but the South Lawn.
#BREAKING: Legendary #Maddow: āIt was supposed to open Friday, it is not open because Trump says he does not want it open.Ā When this bridge does open some day, if Trump ever lets it open, you should know that there is a competing bridge a little way down the river, a privately-owned very old very congested toll bridge that willĀ likely LOSE some of its trafficā¦because of competition. It will lose some of its traffic to this pretty, brand newĀ bridge that has just been built.Ā TheĀ familyĀ that operates the competing old bridge, earlier this year, made a $1 million donation to Donald Trumpās super pac.Ā In short order, a member of that family then got an in personĀ meeting with Trumpās Commerce SecretaryĀ Howard Lutnick.Ā The White House and the pac say that was just a coincidenceā¦but after theĀ million dollar donation, he gets this meeting, and then the SAME day of the meeting, Howard Lutnick calls President Donald Trump and then TrumpĀ suddenly discovers new supposedly trade-related reasons why heāsĀ now suddenly against this bridge,Ā even though previously he has been for it.ā š¤¦āāļø
@Grits_Barbie@krassenstein Yeah, so pools are supposed to have filtration systems to keep the water clear, even when itās hot. Itās been over 100 degrees in AZ all week and you donāt see people pouring gallons of Hydrogen Peroxide into their pools.
He covered it better than any news source weāve got and it was also entertaining. The real story about the Albanian Island adventure these two idiots were up to.
@goldstar002 And heās never going to be held accountable for anything. As much as Iāll be popping champagne, thatās the part thatās going to hurt.