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You're arguing semantics. Gore ran on, among other things, tax cuts[1] and increased military spending[2]. He supported the Afghanistan War AND the Iraq War[3,4]. He chose Joe Lieberman as VP, who is quite possibly the most right-leaning Democrat in the Senate in the past 40 years[5], who vehemently supported the Iraq War -- so much so that he endorsed John McCain in 2008, supports the death penalty, introduced a bill to strip US persons of their citizenship without due process, supports censorship in entertainment, games, and online. Joe Lieberman is basically George Bush with a stronger grasp of the English language.
Back to Gore: He was aggressively free-trade[6], he wanted to keep medical marijuana illegal and double down on the War on Drugs[7], and he supported a "tough on crime" policy that included expanding the death penalty, mandatory minimum sentencing, and segregated schools for youth offenders[8]. He supported extraordinary rendition (kidnapping)[9] and pushed heavily for backdoors to encryption[10] while VP.

So yes, the GP is exactly right when he says we can't be sure Gore would have been better, and that even if he had done better on some issues, he may have been far worse on others, and thus worse overall.

1 http://www.4president.us/issue...
2 http://cjonline.com/stories/08...
3 https://www.wsws.org/en/articl...
4 http://www.science20.com/news_...
5 http://rightweb.irc-online.org...
6 http://www.ontheissues.org/Cel...
7 http://www.november.org/razorw...
8 http://www.ontheissues.org/Cel...
9 https://seekerblog.com/2007/09...
10 http://content.time.com/time/n...

Funny how all of the "evidence" you cited comes from ultra-left-wing sources.

You think a right-wing news source is going to report on the utter failure of right-wing policies?

How about the Topeka Sentinal-Journal? http://cjonline.com/news/state...

How about KSN.TV out of Wichita? http://ksn.com/2015/10/26/surv...

By the way, those are both conservative outlets. And that second story? It shows that Republican Governor Sam Brownback's approval ratings are lower than Barack Obama's...in Kansas. You have to be seriously hated to have lower approval ratings than Obama in Kansas.

when the South was solidly Democratic, its congressional representatives in both the House and the Senate, enjoying great seniority, came to hold leadership positions on powerful committees, which they used to send federal dollars back to their home states in the form of contracts, projects, installations."

Care to try again, or would you like to take your troll for a walk somewhere else?

You are oh so damn right, the Southern Democrats, or th Dixiecrats, used the federal coffers like sailors in a whorehouse bar.

!00 percent, not a possibility of being wrong, and very glad you admit it. They were racist as hell, very conservative, Many were in the KKK. All Democrats.

One small issue.......

http://cjonline.com/blog-post/...

During the "Civil Rights" era when the liberals in Washington were trying to ram their agenda down the South's throat. The Dixicrats became Republicans. This is the problem when trying to force-fit the Democrat and Republican labels to all times. The DIxiecrats eventually became what is now the ideological core of the Republican party.

So yes, I agree, the Southern Democrats were a nasty racist, pseudo-states rights group who opposed the federal Government except when they could extract money from it. Not a whole lot unlike today's Republicans. Not surprising - because they are today's Republicans.

Great to find common ground, eh?

The only important reason it failed is because it was incredibly impractical and expensive to operate. Yes it was a marvel and all that, but you couldn't make money off it.

My understanding is that Concorde's unprofitability was mostly myth. There were problems in the beginning because fear-mongering in the States left only JFK as a destination, but once things settled and the ticket prices were reset to ultra-high class, things settled out just fine.

Had the Concorde really not been profitable, it would have been terminated long before the crash over Paris. That's just how business works. The problem was simply that the planes were aging, no replacement models were being made, and the operators were left to scavenging parts from other Concordes. With the Paris disaster, they had more expenses reinforcing the fuel tanks to try and prevent the disaster from occurring again. These things ultimately tipped the scales to grounding the program.

But is there a demand for crossing the Atlantic in 3 hours? Is there demand to cross the Pacific in 5 or less? Hell yes. If they build it, people will pay the ticket price (and enjoy the view of the curvature of the Earth through the window).

Already happened in the U.S. -- http://abcnews.go.com/Health/k... and http://cjonline.com/news/2014-... and many others... In this case, it is sperm donor and it is the 'State' law...

I agree we shouldn't live in fear, but we need to keep our eyes open. As parents you have to have concern for your kids given the amount of incidents that happen, some are anecdotal like "drug bust near school" others hit home.

From today's news..

http://6abc.com/news/school-te...
http://www.wsmv.com/story/2797...
http://cjonline.com/news/2015-...
http://www.wdrb.com/story/2787...

recent past:

http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/27/...
https://news.yahoo.com/portlan...
http://www.usatoday.com/story/...

Pieces of various weapons have apparently been found in junkyards around the Middle East (Jordan for one), some with UN tags and some without. A quick Google finds this but there's other information out there including some pictures if memory serves.

http://www.worldtribune.com/wo... A poor citation for sure but there have been others.

Here's a more recent article about weapons being found http://www.nytimes.com/interac...

Another http://cjonline.com/stories/09... Seems a few missles and chemical processing equipment were shipped out. the answer isn't so black and white it seems.

Worth noting is that Iraq DID use chem weapons during the first war, Desert Storm. I know someone who wrote a book about it after extensive research and the Govt. did all they could to shut him up. Look up "Gassed In The Gulf", it's pretty well referenced and many of the things he claimed were slowly proven in the years after.

Holy crap! I want to be a cop that gets paid $100k a year when including benefits!!!

Average cop salary is roughly $50k/year. For most salary positions you apply a 1.5-2.5 multiplier on the salary to get how much the employee actually costs, which includes benefits and employer expenses such as pension, education, health care, liability insurance, taxes, the cost of providing their work space, etc...

That's what AvitarX was talking about.
Salary: $50k
Medical/Workers Comp: $10k WAG
Liability(you shot WHO?): $10k
Vehicle: $10k ($42k/5 years for car, rest fuel)
Training: $2k
Station space: $4k
Taxes(unemployment, FICA): $5k
Retirement/Pension: $5k
etc...

To be fair, Ford no longer manufactures the Crown Victoria so this is not an option for police departments anymore.

A top-of-the-range SRT Charger costs about $47k MSRP and not all cops are driving around in SRTs (except maybe Highway Patrol?). With the model that the police are buying, together with the "police package", they're paying $42k (according to http://cjonline.com/opinion/20...) and I doubt the Crown Vics would've been much cheaper than that.

Having said that I totally agree with you that US police departments are not allocating resources effectively.

The truly poor still have access to Medicaid in Idaho. The program didn't go away. It just didn't expand it to people above the poverty line.

Truly poor? Do you think someone who makes $2,800 a year isn't poor? http://www.idahostatesman.com/...

In my understanding, single non-disabled people aren't eligible for Medicaid in Idaho at all. http://www.medicaid.gov/Medica...

What do you do with these people? Do you leave them to die, like they do in Texas? http://online.wsj.com/news/art...

And then the Federal Government orders the State to massively expand Medicaid. My State just doesn't have the resources to do it. It isn't because people don't care, we just don't have the income. 90% of the Students in my School District are on free or reduced lunch. Median Family income in my town is $31,000 per year.

The federal government offered to pay for your expansion of Medicaid. Most of that money would come from the federal government, and it would continue for at least the next several years. That's because people in other (mostly Northern, Democratic) states, like my own New York, are willing to help other parts of the country get essential needs like health care. If the federal government dropped support for Medicaid in the future, you could have changed the program then.

How can you not afford health care? If your child has a life-threatening illness, do you say, "I can't afford it, I'll just have to let her die"?

You can't do without health care. Your choice is to pay for private insurance, or to pay for it through taxes. Paying through taxes is cheaper. When you cross the border into Canada, they don't have any problem paying for health care.

Idaho can afford to put people in jail for 10 years on a marijuana charge. How come you have enough money for prisons for non-violent crimes but you don't have enough money for health care for the poor? http://cjonline.com/news/2013-... http://www.ktvb.com/news/7-inv...

Idaho has enough money. They're just spending it on the wrong things. Do you want to spend it on schools and health care, or do you want to pay for drug-sniffing dogs and prisons?

You must not have read the article closely.

Loewen, 58, had been under investigation since this past summer after making threats to engage in a terrorist act of jihad against the United States. Loewen intended to kill himself in the process. ....

He frequently expressed his admiration of Anwar Al-Awlaki, the American-born al-Qaida leader who was killed in a 2011 drone strike in Yemen. Al-Awlaki emerged as an influential preacher among militants living in the West, with his English language Internet sermons calling for jihad against the U.S.

Authorities said Loewen spent months studying the airport’s layout, flight patterns and other details to maximize fatalities and damage. During that time, he developed a plan along with undercover FBI agents to use his access card to airport grounds and eventually thrust the vehicle loaded with explosives into the terminal. He planned to die in the explosion, a fate that he said was inevitable after convincing himself to become a martyr in a jihad against America, according to court documents.

Who is it that engages in Jihad again?

Maybe this will help: Terry Lee Loewen, the Mellow Kansas Man Who Dreamed of Jihad

There are many fine Muslim people in the world that are willing to live in peace. But there are also extremists who will not.

The problem is that there are plenty of Muslims in the US that would gladly participate. Example from last month:

Plot to bomb Wichita airport thwarted

This problem won't go away soon.

That's not an example of US Muslims wanting to participate in anything, because Terry Lee Loewen isn't a Muslim. From your linked article:

At the news conference, Grissom said Loewen wasn’t associated with any religious group in Wichita and is believed to have acted alone. Although the investigation was ongoing and evidence response teams were processing multiple locations, no further arrests were anticipated.

"We have no indication that the defendant was involved or working with any member of any religious communities in Wichita," Grissom said. "His actions in no way reflect anyone else in our community."

You really should take a long hard look at your motives for posting incendiary, religiously bigoted crap like this - unless you're doing it for the money.

If those entities are still huge threats that justify such pervasive action, then it's time for congress to declare war on countries harboring these agents

They did: Authorization for Use of Military Force

Most of these 'terrorist' groups are getting backdoor support from the governments whose countries they occupy.

In at least some cases, yes. That is why Afghanistan was invaded.

... take out a few mosques, randomly.

That isn't allowed under the law of war unless an enemy force is fighting from it. Even then it still isn't a great idea since Muslims get touchy about that even if they freely incinerate mosques and Korans.

More effeminate passive aggression will not solve this. They're either threats that should be dealt with, or they're not, and the troops should come home.

They are, and people on Slashdot, not to mention Europe and various parts of American society complain bitterly about it. Air strikes and drone strikes are only one of the means. Special Forces are another. There are others.

Either way, crap like the patriot act should be abolished, and the politicians who voted for it should be voted out of office.

The problem is that there are plenty of Muslims in the US that would gladly participate. Example from last month:

Plot to bomb Wichita airport thwarted

This problem won't go away soon.

A fair question. You have to look at the potential harm. The 1/40,000/year LOVEINT at NSA is, in the grander scheme of things, a relatively limited privacy invasion. There aren't any reports of actual identity theft, or other more serious harm, for example. On the other hand, there have been quite a number of terrorist plots that could have killed or wounded hundreds or even thousands per attack. The Boston Marathon attack was a minor plot and it cost about 17 people their limbs, killed others, and wounded many more. It was a significant disruption to a major cultural event for the city, and disruptive overall. You only have to look at the recent Volgograd attacks for another example, and even those were far smaller than a number of plots in the US. Just last month there was an attempted suicide car bomb attack at an airport in Kansas. That could have easily killed a hundred or more people. That really isn't the same sneaking a look at someone's love letter. Another thing to keep in mind is that a string of "successful" attacks would serve as a recruiting tool, and there would be more people volunteering for such attacks.

Anyone got an account on cjonline.com (the website of the newspaper in question)?
BePrepared's posts seem to have been removed; I was hoping they might show up on his profile page, but it demands a login, unlike other profiles... curious if registered users can see anything.

Be warned -- new accounts are manually approved, so if you create one, make your phony details believable, and consider choosing a GeoIP-plausible zipcode. My first try was exceeding lazy, will try again after work.

Several of us have taken this sort of risk, not knowing if you will get paid, at salaried jobs with sometimes well established companies. This risk is not unique to business leaders, ask the workers at the cushy city jobs of Scranton, PA.

or any of these workers:
http://www.smh.com.au/national/workers-locked-out-600-jobs-gone-as-1st-fleet-shut-down-20120503-1y04c.html
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/06/22/employees-staffing-agency-shut-down-said-no-one-would-be-paid/
http://cjonline.com/news/2012-07-21/seneca-business-closes-paychecks-bounce

Well, NRA as an organization really is single-issue. If you look carefully at their website, for example, you won't find general praises of Republicans or damnations of Democrats. And their score cards for various politicians focus solely on their gun rights / gun control stance and their legislative history with respect to that, not their party affiliation or other political views they may hold.

Umm...no.

I don't know the specifics about why this guy has a camera attached to his head, but it's a part of his day to day life and has medical documentation confirming that the device is attached to his head.

He has never worn these glasses all the time.

They are not attached to his head. Computer's eye view

Currently the EyeTap consists of the eyepiece used to display the images, the keypad with which the user can interface with the EyeTap getting it to perform the desired tasks, a CPU which can be attached to most articles of clothing and in some cases even a WiFi device so the user can access the internet and online data.

EyeTap

This is a prosthetic sight and memory augmentation device he wears due to a medical condition !

What medical condition?

The general impression I have of Steve Mann is that is he is capable of spectacular self promotion.

Steve Mann can sound strange."For two years, I had 30,000 people inside my head, watching what I did every day, altering my reality, offering suggestions on what I should do next," recalls the University of Toronto professor. "I finally had to shut it down, though. My head space got a little too crowded."No, Mann's not crazy. From 1994 to 1996, while a grad student at MIT in Boston, he streamed live video directly. 2000-03-26.

EyeTap

Mann, a 41-year-old engineering professor at the University of Toronto, spends hours every day viewing the world through that little monitor in front of his eye -- so much so that going without the apparatus often leaves him feeling nauseous, unsteady, naked.

Mann has created performance art by shooting video in stores that prohibit it, using handheld cameras more noticeable than the "EyeTap" ocular computing system he normally wears. When employees tell him filming isn't allowed, Mann points to the stores' own surveillance cameras behind darkened domes in the ceiling.

Then he tells the employees that "HIS manager" makes him film public places for HIS security -- how does he know, he tells them, that the fire exits aren't chained shut? -- and that they'll have to talk to HIS manager.

His behavior in such showdowns generally provokes hostility, confusion or resigned shrugs.

Computer's eye view

We stopped calling Topeka "Google" yesterday.

No, we never actually changed the name of the city. The mayor just signed a proclamation that we would "call" ourselves "Google" for the month of March.

Yep, I currently live in Topeka, KS, the capital city that seems to be the most famous for silly and embarrassing things. I am not one of those who believe all our problems will be solved by a Google branded fiber optic internet service, but I do still applaud what I believe Google is trying to do. In fact, I wrote a paper about it for English class. In it I explain the impact of the "Digital Divide" on poverty and argue that the major potential effect of Google's service would be to spur competition, which would then make broadband affordable to more poor people, thereby helping them rise out of poverty.

Did you try Google, Kansas?

Personally, I think this is a better setup than letting the telco own the lines, since there's no incentive to gouge, and this sort of thing can work out just fine.

"No incentive to gouge"? Ha-ha- ha!

Once you violate a principle, even if it seems like a benign idea this one time, you'll be in trouble — consider AT&T, Fannie Mae/Freddi Mac, and "Social Security", which all seemed like a good idea at their times, for a government to meddle into the free market, because of an alleged "market failure" (to build nation-wide telephone network, to give mortgages to the poor, and to save for one's own retirement).

Back to this example of government Internet Service-provision, the next thing, the government will, likely, decide to do, will be filtering "smut" and file-sharing... Their tech-support — if any — will be unionized. Violating TOS of a business may mean account suspension or cancellation, but violating the rules of government-provided service will mean breaking the law — complete with fines, and magistrate hearings.

Just like with the government-provided "public" highways, access to government-provided Internet may become "a privilege, not a right" — requiring a license. They may then decide, that somebody's own satellite antenna, for example, is bad for the environment (it may injure a bird some day!) or is a safety hazard (what if it falls from your roof?), and whoops, you will not get a permit to renovate your house, until you connect to the "public Internet" and demolish the "hazard" — this already happened to owners of private septic tanks, who were forced to connect to the public sewer system.

Surely, businesses-provided service may have similar ills (just look at E-Z-Pass) — you may be saddled with high fees (instead of fines), for example, Verizon will try to cut your copper wires, to make it harder for you to cancel their FIOS service — but only, when the service-provider is a monopoly for some reason. And the government is a monopoly by definition — the strongest and most pervasive of all. Therefor, as little as possible should be done by them — only the things, that we don't want commerce to do (like law enforcement). Commerce not wanting to do something, is not an excuse for the government to do it — they aren't spending their own money.

Now, I don't know, whether the law suit in subject has legal merit — whether the town's government can legally engage in business activity. All I'm saying, is that it would be dumb idea, regardless of whether it is legal (like tobacco) or not (like marijuana).

Oh, wait... ;)

I'm surprised I don't see a link to the original story yet, so here it is:

http://www.mydd.com/story/2006/10/24/122153/98

From the story:

--AZ-Sen: Jon Kyl, --AZ-01: Rick Renzi, --AZ-05: J.D. Hayworth, --CA-04: John Doolittle, --CA-11: Richard Pombo, --CA-50: Brian Bilbray, --CO-04: Marilyn Musgrave, --CO-05: Doug Lamborn, --CO-07: Rick O'Donnell, --CT-04: Christopher Shays, --FL-13: Vernon Buchanan, --FL-16: Joe Negron, --FL-22: Clay Shaw, --ID-01: Bill Sali, --IL-06: Peter Roskam, --IL-10: Mark Kirk, --IL-14: Dennis Hastert, --IN-02: Chris Chocola, --IN-08: John Hostettler, --IA-01: Mike Whalen, --KS-02: Jim Ryun, --KY-03: Anne Northup, --KY-04: Geoff Davis, --MD-Sen: Michael Steele, --MN-01: Gil Gutknecht, --MN-06: Michele Bachmann, --MO-Sen: Jim Talent, --MT-Sen: Conrad Burns, --NV-03: Jon Porter, --NH-02: Charlie Bass, --NJ-07: Mike Ferguson, --NM-01: Heather Wilson, --NY-03: Peter King, --NY-20: John Sweeney, --NY-26: Tom Reynolds, --NY-29:

--AZ-Sen: Jon Kyl --AZ-01: Rick Renzi --AZ-05: J.D. Hayworth --CA-04: John Doolittle --CA-11: Richard Pombo --CA-50: Brian Bilbray --CO-04: Marilyn Musgrave --CO-05: Doug Lamborn --CO-07: Rick O'Donnell --CT-04: Christopher Shays --FL-13: Vernon Buchanan --FL-16: Joe Negron --FL-22: Clay Shaw --ID-01: Bill Sali --IL-06: Peter Roskam --IL-10: Mark Kirk --IL-14: Dennis Hastert --IN-02: Chris Chocola --IN-08: John Hostettler --IA-01: Mike Whalen --KS-02: Jim Ryun --KY-03: Anne Northup --KY-04: Geoff Davis --MD-Sen: Michael Steele --MN-01: Gil Gutknecht --MN-06: Michele Bachmann --MO-Sen: Jim Talent --MT-Sen: Conrad Burns --NV-03: Jon Porter --NH-02: Charlie Bass --NJ-07: Mike Ferguson --NM-01: Heather Wilson --NY-03: Peter King --NY-20: John Sweeney --NY-26: Tom Reynolds --NY-29: Randy Kuhl --NC-08: Robin Hayes --NC-11: Charles Taylor --OH-01:

Some articles to think about in the upcoming election:

Jon Kyl Rick Renzi J.D. Hayworth John Doolittle Richard Pombo Brian Bilbray Marilyn Musgrave Doug Lamborn Rick O'Donnell Christopher Shays Vernon Buchanan Joe Negron Clay Shaw Bill Sali Peter Roskam Mark Kirk Dennis Hastert Chris Chocola John Hostettler Mike Whalen Jim Ryun Anne Northup Geoff Davis Michael Steele Gil Gutknecht Michele Bachmann Jim Talent Conrad Burns Jon Porter Charlie Bass Mike Ferguson Heather Wilson Peter King John Sweeney Tom Reynolds Randy Kuhl Robin Hayes Charles Taylor Steve Chabot Jean Schmidt Deborah Pryce

> You forgot about the references to Bush in the Darth Vader
> dialog.

The dialog is superficial. Calls for dramatic absolutes are common when dictators are trying to gain power, as well as anyone with extreme viewpoints. It helps them manage the cognitive dissonance.

Actually all the Star Wars movies are describing, among other things, how Democracy can fall to fascism.

In summary, Palpatine starts a fake war[1] (where he controlled both sides[2]) in order to get elected and stay in office[3] by appealing to people's fear and rallying nationalism [4]. He convinces the Senate to vote Emergency Powers to him [5] in order to consolidate more power under himself. He finally declares the end of the Republic [6] in order to bring "peace" to the galaxy.

The movies are not intended to directly catalog Bush or his policies. The original plot was written in the 1970s, and it was inspired by a number of events in history, including Hitler's rise to power and the Vietnam War. The way we humans move from democracy to fascism happens in roughly the same way each time.

It just so happens that it can be argued that Bush has been following the same pattern as any drive towards fascism. Thus, any parallels to the current state of the U.S. is purely coincidental.

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[1] Whoops! No weapons of mass destruction found. Our bad.

[2] Didn't we used to fund and support Saddam Hussein?

[3] Tom Ridge finally admits that the Department of Homeland Security twice questionably raised the terror alert status in order to prop up Bush's poll ratings during the election.

[4] Freedom fries, anyone?

[5] Secret sneak and peek searches via the PATRIOT Act, anyone?

[6] "If this were a dictatorship, it would be a heck of a lot easier," Bush said, pausing and then joking, "just so long as I'm the dictator."

Fat lot of good being a Rhodes scholar did for Clinton's intellectual reputation! But speaking of low grades...

Bush got higher grades at Yale than Gore did, despite Gore getting into Yale through his father's senatorial connections!

Some references: (Yes, the last one is a link to a conservative site. Gasp!):

Nations Online
Quest for the Presidency
Larry Elder

A senior adviser to the Texas GOP governor said Bush would not accept a statewide recount.

Do I smell another visit to the DoJ?

I love the Department of Justice smell of Crisco and calico cat repellant in the morning!

(At the DoJ morning Bible Study, of course, not in Vietnam where you love the smell of napalm in the morning -- John Ashcroft, and George Bush, Dick Cheney, Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Perle, Trent Lott, Tom DeLay, Dennis Hastert, Karl Rove, Newt Gingrich, and Russ Limbaugh, were all eligible to serve in Vietnam, but somehow never did.)

I tried to use Google News to find a registration-free link. No luck. Will this do?

Dumpster-diving bears at greater risk

It's not about bears stealing your identity, though I pity the bear that applies for a Visa card with a FICO as bad as mine! But it is an interesting tale:

Then there are the people: One older woman set out a batch of syrup-slathered pancakes for the bears, and some parents smeared peanut butter on their children's faces so they could photograph cubs licking it.

Where's Darwin when you need him?

A felon losing their right to vote is hardly a deterrent considering that only 17.7% voted in the last primary. (Also, there's also a movement to allow them to get their voting privileges back.)

The real deterrent is the stigma that comes along with the label. Every job application requests your criminal record and most employers use any felon as a blanket rejection regardless of whether they're a murderer or a file swapper. I'd go as far to say that this punishment could be considered cruel and unusual (IANAL) given that:
a) there has yet to be shown an effective method for identifying the files
b) most thefts are misdemeanors that carry only a small fine
c) they're teenagers anyway that will end up in juvie and wiped clean at 18... and very pissed off.

It's not fair to put the same barriers for a murderer as a 13 yo kid.(go ahead and pick me apart, I feel good enough just venting)

That's Kansas that's filled with literalists [Fred Phelps] fundAmentalists [Topeka Capitol-Journal] who believe the earth is 6000 years old [CNN].

Iowa has corn.

that is some *private* mad-scientist lab space... Actually, that isn't too far off. Almost a year ago, the worldn't largest LSD lab was found in that silo. I believe the reports said that it was not yet operational, but if it was, it could have supplied 15 million doses of the drug, or about a third of the world's supply. They were busted before it started producing, but damn, that's a lot of bad trips mannn.... You can read some about it here.[be a man, click it]

Here's the story on the LSD Lab.

http://www.cjonline.com/stories/111900/kan_lsdla b. shtml

There is also an article in Rolling Stong from July 5th, 2001 titled "The Acid King" about Leonard Pickard. The missle silo was owned by Todd Skinner, a shady bussinessman(drug dealer) who laundered money, trafficed drugs, and who knows what else. He made deals with the DEA to save his own ass many times, getting many of if friends imprisoned for life. Another example of America's idiotic war on drugs.

Prime Minister Jean Poutine.