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What happens to your moral purpose then? "The ends justify the means" ? cheers,

"... is still evil". Yet somehow, that qualifier is almost always forgotten/ignored/left-out. cheers,

What? You mean like Klingons and "bugs" from Starship Troopers are real? ;) cheers, :tongue:

Really? How? What ministry and which officials are responsible? Any Congressional committees who have oversight in this regard? Which department does this fall into? State? DoJ? cheers,

A quick question I'd like to squeeze in if possible: To a mudfoot line ****** ("plain old" 'infantry soldier' to you non-mil folks) like me --- What does TMD/THAAD offer that is not covered under the existing umbrella of SAM/AA systems? I understand the whole "proximity fuse" Vs "Hit to ****"...

http://www.irook.com/gamekastle/photos/gkphoto_25.jpg Warrior "bugs" http://www.movieprop.com/anime/robotech/MMbreetai01.jpg Vrlitwhai Kridanik (known as "Breetai" in the dubbed US release) cheers,

When my **** were young, there was a period of time when the power'd go out pretty frequently. I'd fire up the back up generator and hook up the outdoor lights... .and my ****, the neighbor's **** and any *** who wandered over would play b-ball or box football. Usually the ***'s would referee...

Sometimes you want to leave your partner just because of the attention she gets from others? Just so I have this straight - you're judging the worth of your relationship based on the attention your gf gets from others? Wow! I don't know where to start.... cheers,

By what standard do you call Judaism (for example) a "modern" religion? Hell, even Christianity is well over 2000 years old! And if you're talking "scientifically" - maybe you can explain the talking snake in the Garden of Eden.... cheers,

You guys should get together and write parenting books. Where the hell were y'all when my wife and I were struggling to raise ours?

Damn! Now THAT's a blast from the past! I watched ol' Herbert as Mr. Wizard during his first run on TV. RIP old sport. You sure gave this *** some memories... cheers,

ChefChiTown: This was an ER in Cook County? cheers,

Reminds me of a personal story: Many, many, many years ago; when I was young (and stupid) enough to work in a Level I trauma center in New York, we had a case of a joker who came in with foot pain. Understand that this was a L-I trauma center, on a Saturday night at 2 in the night/early...

Ahhh, found it: Read full article By the way, my 2 cents: ER is not an easy job to do. Hell, healthcare in general itself is hard - we're dealing with people... not figures or numbers. "Certainty" doesn't exist in this profession - and it's important to consider that because we deal with...

This isn't the first horror story to emerge from Martin Luther Medical Center. Lemme see if I can dig up a couple stories for you...

I just finished watching it. Pretty poignant. Chalmers Johnson. The man is a product of the Cold War, and like me - has become disgusted with the fact that when we beat the Sovs, instead of downsizing; we've just gone the opposite direction. I applaud Paul for talking about "Blowback".

I don't have any problems with questioning how evolution happened. Hell, question the very theory itself. I ain't got a problem with them. But to poor ol' me, "Creationism" is just another fancy term for "the world according to the Bible, the Christian Bible". If "god" made the world - which...

Made a couple random calls to my ********. Talked to each one for about an hour each. The most productive, well spent two hours of my life this week.... cheers,

I suggest you re-read what Ron Paul has said - he is against Campaign Finance Reform as it currently stands .... Ron Paul says the problem is not "lobbyists" (Who have a constitutional right to exist - see the First Amendment) ... but "big government"... a government so big, so invasive, so...

Have you read the rest of his website? ;) Capitalism isn't "inherrently immoral" because it is the only system that supports, defends and depends on the "individual right to choose". True liberty and prosperity can only be achieved in a capitalist society - I'd rather be poor in America...

You know what? Forget it. - R.

Of course it's a little "cheesy" - we're talking about **** here man! :1orglaugh

The strangest thing was that my *** sent me this, not my ********. I'd expect something like this from my ******** because we've always been closer than my ***. My *** was a "handful" to raise, caused much grief to his poor ****** and gave me many a sleepless night. All my ******** have been...

My *** sent me this recently. Thought I'd share :) cheers,

Speaking of threats... Now that's what I call *** "control" :rofl:

Sorry. It's just an old pic of a Colt 1911 0.45 caliber semi-automatic ******. :) EDIT: Feed your curiosity here... cheers,

I just had lots of help from this guy: http://www.deactivated-guns.co.uk/images/bigpics/gunpics/colt1911big.jpg And not ONE shot fired, mind... I'm just a big ol' teddy bear. Honest :tongue: cheers,

* Find cover * Assess situation * Devise alternative * Implement I've been in "hold ups" twice - not bank hold ups though (one was convenience store, other was gas station). In both situations, I was able to get would-be-thieves to lay down their arms and surrender; performing a "citizen's...

Geez! Sounds like the perfect cop out! "Blame everybody but me!" I honestly think you've got it the other way 'round. The news media only provide what the consumers demand. They are a business and they intend to stay in business. Businesses are answerable to their consumers and customers...

Firstly: Let me state that again: Secondly: I responded to the thread just to point out the inconsistency of: I just wanted to point out that "minors" cannot give "consent". The two concepts are mutually exclusive. A ***** needs to be legally emancipated to give consent. I'm not just making...

I'm sorry AFA, but I must disagree. Men and women donot think and view relationships - particularly intimate relationships - in the same manner and in the same way. What's good for the goose, isn't always good for the gander. cheers,

Minors cannot give consent - hence they cannot have consensual sex. Hence why ******** sex, ******** and many other things are *******. cheers, PS: I have not reviewed the case intimately.

Damn! I didn't know that! :( They lied to me all these years! :mad:

So banning pin ups should solve the problem of assaults on women in the military, right? cheers,

Towards any source that maximizes their profits - as it should be! How else do you think uncensored media would survive in a free society? Please note, I never meant that "media making money from the news is a bad thing". To argue against this would open the door to "regulation of media" - a...

I'm sorry but this is BS too. If what you said was true - Cindy Sheehan (for example) would have been behind bars (and the following is important) "because of media". I admit that the US media has enormous clout - one just needs to look at the Spanish-American War to see the eventual results...

Hi M12: I understand your reluctance in sharing more information. I've interviewed many surviving German and Austrian WWII veterans (Heer, SS, Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine). My most memorable contact is an SS Colonel who fought against my Uncle's unit during the same operation my Uncle was KIA...

Again, sorry but this is utter bullshit. If you ever read the news headlines and saw the pictures when the Marines stormed Tarawa (for example), you'd eat your words. The media has always been this way. People just selectively look at the past and pick what they want and choose to ignore the...

How apt! There is probably a lot more that I could say, but I'll refrain. The irony of that statement alone is enough.... cheers,

The slaughter of the Pacific "beachheads" (Betio anyone?) - visited upon Europe. My ****** never received the "glory" of "liberating Europe". He was too busy surviving Guadalcanal, Peleilu and Okinawa (among other locations). Male 12 - I wouldn't be surprised if your Opa (both of them) spent...

AFA ~ Don't you think that's a pity? A serious dearth of knowledge for the men out there? From the excerpt provided, I agree with you that the book is biased - but you don't provide "help" by lumping the "responsibility" on one party alone. The book may provide 'insights', but I honestly don't...

No doubt. And they were also possibly helped by some of the Einsatzgruppen and definitely by some of the Heer ****** in the area. While the SS often indulged in attrocities, far too many **** frontline Heer units were involved as well. cheers, PS: I won't even bother posting about units...

Banning it does precisely that! - it hides such misguided thoughts from the blinding light of truth! cheers,

While his first hand accounts are commendable and I appreciate his documentary (hey, I'm a researcher too! I know how hard it must have been to get his hands on that! :)).... I'm not entirely convinced by Herr Lanzmann's objectivity towards the understanding the holocaust. If nothing else, the...

Till this day, there is a significant divergence of "thought" (for lack of a better word) process between someone from Eastern Ukraine and someone from Western Ukraine. The gist (though I admit that the "gist" is a little TOO simplistic, but it doth suit the purposes of the thread) --- is that...

Well, I figger the brass don't think we're gonna be storming any Tarawas or Iwo Jimas anytime soon. Of all the ******, I know of no other than the Marines who have depended on fleet gunfire support the most - and I know of no other who have been let DOWN the most from the same! But, on the...

Re: And the "Sabot" is bad ... Bah! How am I supposed to know? I'm a mudfoot! Not some misguided zipperhead/treadhead! :tongue: :D :D :D cheers,

Re: Sigh ... I guess I shouldn't make the joke ... Ahh, ok. So the joke was in the word "****" - where "****" = "dock" ? I know we're talking "fast moving hard objects" but let me tell you - as a scout responsible for calling in many an arty strike - we grunts loved the proximity/VT fuses...

Re: Oh, the ABM treaty! Yes, I've never heard of that! (sarcasm) Wait! Are you saying that's where the "inspiration" (for lack of a better word) for the current projectile KE (I'm assuming, ofcourse, that the new system uses KE much like a tank SABOT?) anti-missile system?! Because as far as...

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