Not to really nit-pcik Prof, but that's not entierly accurate.
Legal immigration to the U.S. soared from 2.5 million in the 1950s to 4.5 million in the 1970s to 7.3 million in the 1980s to about 10 million in the 1990s. After 2000 legal immigrants to the United States number approximately...
Big Lebowski is incomplete without a mention of Jesus (Torturro) :)
I'm also somewhat partial to "Road To Perdition"....
Not saying stuff like Casino, Godfather etc. are bad.
cheers,
To all those who say "bomb them all and it'll work out" --- the Israelis have been fighting terrorists with this method for decades. The Indians have been doing the same for close to 2 decades in Kashmir. You think it's worked out?
Also, war isn't about "exterminating" anyone - that's not...
Heh. I didn't mean to come off like that.
War is hell. And perhaps it's easy to get wrapped up in the whole "good guy" and "those bad guys".
Thanks for the sentiments Fox. PM headed your way.
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Naturally, "Aid projections" don't forcast the cost of operating the US 7th Fleet in the area -- which was one of the first on scene and which lent tremendous help in CSAR and MEDEVAC.
By the way: I am NOT a big fan of taxpayer funded/subsidised "foreign aid". Far too often, 'foreign aid' is...
Sometimes, I like my humour like I like my gin - dry with a bit of twist.
Must be why I like English humour :)
By the by: I won't comment much on the "motion pictures" of English humour, but few in the written form can compare to the irrepresible P G Wodehouse
cheers,
Women, *******, Steak/Beef, Rock Music, Motorcycles, Flying/aircraft/spacecraft, Books (Sci-fi, or military history generally)
I recently quit smoking
EDIT: Damn! Add bacon too! *slurp*
Somehow I doubt it - despite the occupation of Europe and the attrocities perpetrated by the Nazis --- there was no wholesale, mass suicide in occupied Europe.
Whole sale ******? Yes.
Whole sace suicide? Nada.
Gee I don't know Fox. Even during WWII - it wasn't our policy to simply gas people or...
For anyone trying to come to grips with the Israel-Arab conflicts; I can recommend and excellent book to START.
O! Jerusalem
Sure, it's a focus of one tiny "front" of the 'conflict' - but it explores the roots and presents it's case disapssionately. There are heroes, villains and cowards on...
I think the poll is misleading (and incomplete) so I refuse to participate.
A lot of the stuff that Max Hardcore does doesn't turn me on.
But then again, I'm not all that hot about all-girl movies or bondage and S&M either :dunno:
But is he evil/devil...
I say "I'd rather be judged by 12, than be carried out by 6".
I for one - really wish people would stop giving it away and reward criminality. "It's just money and it's not worth your life" is a fantastic argument untill you realise that you're just feeding into his criminal nature.
Today he...
Wow. I go away for a day and look at y'all :)
Owning guns? Why is it controversial?
I don't own any guns and I doubt I'll own any anytime soon - and yet, I don't think there's anything inflammatory or absurd about anyone owning a ***.
The whole hoopla about *** ******** and death is...
I used to be an infantryman in the Army. I made sergeant before I got out.
Infantrymen have been known by a variety of names in various armies: Foot soldier, dog face, doughboy, grunt, ape, roughneck.
I don't really look like a soldier today (not untill you caught me swimming and saw my...
Ahhh, Deutschland didn't win this time! :(
Oh well - it was an exciting worldcup! Gave me something else to watch between hockey games :D
By the way: anyone seen this?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/13/zidane_headbutt_outrage/
;)
I was schooled in the Queen's language. Sometimes I joke with buddies that I speak "ENGLISH" not "AMERICAN".
You can tell by the way I spell some words: like colour, aluminium etc.
Still gets me into trouble sometimes... but hell, I ain't gonna change much now :tongue:
Respect right back at...
This is a direct contradiction of:
How do you know Japan was 7-10 days away from surrender? Fair is fair - if you claim that we couldn't have know that Japan would not have surrendered then you also couldn't have known if Japan would have surrendered.
Well to be truthfull - more civillians...
Hi Fox,
Please note that I prephased my comment with "What's next? Mugging the blind?"
To me - this was disgusting enough that FIVE men set upon a disabled person to loot him off his belongings. To me - it added insult to injury that the man was a recently disabled veteran.
I'd be just as...
Hmmm, my footnote should read:
Oh and just as a little foot note:
In other words: The stockpile of Purple Hearts minted to meet the expected casualties of the invasion of Japan, still remain in stock today - despite American involvement in Korea, Vietnam, Gulf I, Kosovo and Gulf II.
cheers,
Thanks.
Truman made the most difficult call of that whole god damned war.
The decision to drop the bomb didn't come from thin air. And it had NOTHING to do with "America showing it's balls to Stalin/The World".
Before the Japanese home islands could have been invaded - the Marines (and other...
Full story
There are some abosulte cretin in this world. What's next? Looting the blind?
I would like to kick those guys azzes. And I'm not even a former Marine. :mad:
And no one else came to their aid!
Re: If you could forfeit your life to prevent 9/11 from ever happening, would you do
Fox,
Neither I nor 1 man from my former regiment would fit that description.
Let's just say we agree to disagree on that aspect: Soldiers are ******* machines.
cheers,
Anyone catch the recent "apology" by Reuters for printing a 'doctored' photograph to make the aftermath of the Qana bombing look worse than it was?
Free press is nice - but sometimes I wish news corporations would give us news - instead of "entertainment" by mixing facts/opinion/makebelieve and...
No doubt in front of their owners too.
Heh! You aren't a "citizen" in a one party, autocratic state.
You're "property".
And people say slavery is on the decline...
cheers,
Re: If you could forfeit your life to prevent 9/11 from ever happening, would you do
I don't think I said something to that accord.
Sure - suspicion happens. I remember the **** storm that was raised then the Marine double-tapped the guy who was pretending to be dead. I was aghast - because my...
Re: If you could forfeit your life to prevent 9/11 from ever happening, would you do
Oh Yes. Coalition troops are the ones planted IEDs and exploding car bombs in crowded market places. We are directly targetting and ********* civillians - look here, it even says so in our manual we imprint onto...
Re: If you could forfeit your life to prevent 9/11 from ever happening, would you do
Not all mujahedeen are Taleban. But I agree that calling them "Warriors of liberty" is a far stretch.
Uhhh, so Soviet Union is to be excused for the problems it created? How is this fair?
I'm willing to admit...
I for one, would love it people stopped thinking America was a democracy and start thinking (and making it work) like what it is supposed to be - a REPUBLIC.
Liberty, especially individual liberty, is not compatible with democracy.
And for those of you who STILL think that radical islamic...
Would I risk my limb and possibily forfeit my life for someone else, a complete stranger?
Been there. Done that.
And not just once either...
cheers,
PS: Just remember folks - sometimes, you don't get to choose.
And sometimes, you have no choice...
Me too. Corner of Main and Springville Avenue. South Campus UB.
Used to hang out a lot at Bobby McGees on University Plaze, right by the AMC theater.
I miss Buffalo :(
Wo-ho-ho! Hold yer horses.
Ever been to Sweden? Denmark? Finland? Italy? ;)
California ain't a bad state to sprout roots in - I'm more the "Nor Cal" kind though. Monterey/San Francisco types.
I'm don't really like LA.
And I REALLY don't like Vegas.
But the weather is usually nice in Cali...