If I could have gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the United States for an outright ban, picking up every one of them; "Mr. and Mrs. America, turn 'em all in," I would have done it. (Sen. Feinstein)
the PLA more or less had access to everything through the mid 1990's - and more than likely still do today since we owe them so much money. why even hack? other than to make headlines to divert attention? what we need is more paranoia!
i would think maybe the kids should be in class learning something vs watching this coronation - not like the media won't be spamming this event for the next four years in some masturbative fashion. heck, why don't we just shut down the whole nation, not like he hasn't taken back all his changes, had his cabinet investigated for some corruption charges, or made the cover of Spiderman/puke
ya they have us over a barrel in Ohio... and they are always broke. my village also has a school tax on top of that. guess what, they got a 4% salary raise this year. now they say they need a new school since the neighboring school system crippled their economy with one (or what is left of their economy). crazy, Taft chased our industry out of here, and yet the schools think we have more money hidden somewhere.
odd factoid there bub - areas of the US with strict gun control oddly enough have higher violent crime rates. or dumb asses like the wide receiver from the NY Giants that packs a Glock in his sweat pants.
ok and Switzerland is a bloodbath then? now there is an armed society.
our problem is the US is not the guns but the assholes that live here. look at our Amish - in my area heavily armed with all the good stuff (scary semi autos and such)... zero crime. my opinion, not the gun, but the people and their quest for "things" and money is the problem (aside from the ones that are straight fucked up to begin with).
oh i am with ya and i love the Leeeroy Jenkins ref. and we never invaded Serbia - we bombed the shit out of them.
i am not some Bushie Republicrat - i vote Libertarian. so i am not going to argue which party sucks less - they both suck at the federal and state levels. the "my sports team is better than yours" is pointless and part of the reason why our folks in DC are so damned corrupt.
my point was, the Iraq Invasion was going to happen one way or another regardless of the 2000 election and regardless of 9/11. the groundwork was laid for Saddam's removal in the 1990s. this is what Empires do - expand through military expeditions. when a government falls, seldom do their followers go quietly.
a big reason the Germans and Japanese capitulated easier was the fact we bombed their population centers to bits thereby killing as many if not more civilians than soldiers. the days of Total War are over and smaller nations are smart by tossing the uniforms into the trash and fighting guerrilla warfare hoping for a sympathetic media to cover their cause. the US could have prevented a lot of post invasion problems by being a little more iron fisted early on by at least having a freaking post war plan (?!?) - instead they engaged in the plan of CYA.
Clinton / Gore were banging the WMD drum loudly all through the 1990's. Iraq's invasion was going to happen since Serbia was seen as a victory. in 1998 Clinton signed a bill to free Iraq. the argument was never over the war but over what party was going to skim off the top of the war funding in my opinion. the Dems seized control of the Congress in 2006 and could have cut off funding - we are still in Iraq. you do not maintain air supremacy over a nation for 12 years (no fly zone enforcement) and not invade. we strangled Saddam economically, softened him up and rolled his forces, and tossed him onto the ash heap of history.
anybody that has any war history under their belts knows there will always be an insurgency to put down after a nation goes down - see also the Werewolves in post WWII Germany. the reason they were defeated so easily is that era of warfare did not have its hands bound by political correctness, instantaneous digital media coverage, and a bunch of spineless wimps in Congress. Ike suppressed the media, blasted the Nazi remnants out of the hills, and prosecuted any that were involved via military tribunal. it is ugly nasty work, that is why it was called a war.
It would be much easier to believe the nukes are only for deterrence, that the silly stories currently used to justify the nuclear program. if i were an Iranian diplomat, i would make the following statement:
"we have 150,000 US troops backed by another 200,000 Iraqi troops on one border. on the opposite border we have 20,000 US led troops with an unknown number of allied troops in Afghanistan. We have had a cold war with America since 1979, followed by and invasion from Iraq that claimed hundreds of thousands of our people. knowing full well we will not last a week against an invasion from the United States, i announce today, we are seeking nuclear weapons to defend our nation as our security is in question."
i can see why they would be scared of us. frankly, if i were in control over there i would have the same attitude as owning nukes puts you in an elite club of the world. it may also prevent invasion via deterrence. my opinion has changed over the years - especially due to the never ending cluster fuck that is Iraq. i guess i see the WMD issue much like the 2nd amendment. need to defend yourself, use any means - keyword here: defend. if Iran wants the bomb, fine with me, but they need to understand the accountability of owning them. any terrorist strike using them would make Iran the first target of annihilation from the US, Israel, France, India, etc.
as someone that spent 3 days in the drunk driver's school here is some clarification - as far as Ohio goes:.08 is considered intoxicated. you can blow under an.08 and still get a DUI. why? the law states "under the influence" not "intoxication". our law states that.05 is considered "impaired" or under the influence. this number was chosen due to the charade called the "roadside sobriety test". the only test the LEO gives that gauges levels of impairment is the magic pen test. they know that around BAC of.05 your eyes will tell them all they need to know. the finger to nose, walking the line, etc is designed to pad their evidence to gain a conviction. i had 3 people in my class that blew under.08 and still were convicted.
during my situation, i passed my pen test, and was still arrested. my problem was i did not want to go to trial against a LEO that lives down the road from me. my lawyer said we could win for a mere $3000. i took the wreckless op route (reduced fine), and lost my license for 13 months. luckily my insurance did not go up. i talked to the Deputy Sheriff after the fact. he told me a few years ago i would have been let off, but since he now had a camera and audio recording device in his car, he was more or less forced to bring me in.
if you are lucky enough to attend to alcohol program, they will give you tips on how to handle a roadside stop. for instance, you only have to crack your window and hand the I.D. out. i tried this on an afternoor pull over. i was sober. the LEO had a fit and threatened to arrest me. for not rolling down my window. this led to a vehicle search and inspection. by the time a second LEO showed up, he had calmed down, and gave me a warning.
Ohio has recently changed the terminology to OVI. this pretty much covers anything with wheels and somehow includes canoes since that is a big tourist attraction. as i stated earlier, it is our new industry.
to sum it up:
wreckless op: $100
drunk school: $350
court costs: $200
attorney: $500
reinstatement of drivers license: $525
besides, in Ohio, Drunk Driving is not a violent crime... it is an industry. our state depends OVI (as it is now called) since we really have no industry left.
on the serious note, ya let this douche bag spew venom - unfortunately he is in the fear mongering biz. as someone that has had a DUI, the whole system is a joke. anytime the rehabilitation process works, the state turns the screws down a little tighter as i stated - are dependent on the drunk driving industry. hell, anymore we can but nailed for driving a lawn mower and having a beer in the afternoon sun. glad i live in the country.
as a guy making 37k a year - capital gain tax cuts are great - like if i had to sell my house for example. or how about a death tax like we have in Ohio or the inheritance tax... why should the middle / lower class bust their asses their whole lives so some asshole politician in their home state and in D.C. get to steal from your surviving family. a lot of others in my income range invest what little money they can to get ahead. why should be again penalized to support the thugs of both parties. use you head - in a capitalist society such as ours, not only ubr rich have stock, iras, or 401ks, etc.
sweet, now i can lvl that PVP Mortal strike Orc warrior - sorry honey trying to relax... points to Slashdot for proof.
i actually got back into warcrack after a 6 month layoff - not quite as addicting this time around. with my old account i could never get into another character as we were into raiding / arenas and all that jazz. sold that account - tried some other games out and went back to WOW. i can honestly see why it is so successful. low hardware requirements, fairly bug free, and the game allows for personal time travel. before you know it, the afternoon is gone. be interesting to see if the Age of Conan puts a dent into its dominance of MMOs.
had guns within reach my whole life - unlocked, never shot anyone. why? i was brought up correctly and knew their power at and early age of 5. how? i started shooting at the age of 5 under parental supervision, and received my first rifle at age 8.
a gun's presence i believe saved my life when a couple crack heads, with knives, broke into my apartment. had i been defenseless who knows what would have happened. the police only took 40 minutes to get there and informed me i lived in a bad part of Toledo, Ohio. i said, "i know this is a shitty neighborhood, that is have i have a gun".
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bravo and thank you for the post above. if they do not like the fact our people want to protect themselves, do not trade with them. simple.
If I could have gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the United States for an outright ban, picking up every one of them; "Mr. and Mrs. America, turn 'em all in," I would have done it. (Sen. Feinstein)
i would say party is irrelevant.
you forgot hope and change
but where are the Intellivisions?
the PLA more or less had access to everything through the mid 1990's - and more than likely still do today since we owe them so much money. why even hack? other than to make headlines to divert attention? what we need is more paranoia!
i would think maybe the kids should be in class learning something vs watching this coronation - not like the media won't be spamming this event for the next four years in some masturbative fashion. heck, why don't we just shut down the whole nation, not like he hasn't taken back all his changes, had his cabinet investigated for some corruption charges, or made the cover of Spiderman /puke
wake me up when it's over - i will be at work
Or they could cut spending???
you must be high. we are still talking about American politicians right?
ya they have us over a barrel in Ohio... and they are always broke. my village also has a school tax on top of that. guess what, they got a 4% salary raise this year. now they say they need a new school since the neighboring school system crippled their economy with one (or what is left of their economy). crazy, Taft chased our industry out of here, and yet the schools think we have more money hidden somewhere.
err defend the parts of the Constitution that i agree with - like "free" health care, raising taxes, and whatever George Soros says.
that helps my WOW game play
odd factoid there bub - areas of the US with strict gun control oddly enough have higher violent crime rates. or dumb asses like the wide receiver from the NY Giants that packs a Glock in his sweat pants.
ok and Switzerland is a bloodbath then? now there is an armed society.
our problem is the US is not the guns but the assholes that live here. look at our Amish - in my area heavily armed with all the good stuff (scary semi autos and such)... zero crime. my opinion, not the gun, but the people and their quest for "things" and money is the problem (aside from the ones that are straight fucked up to begin with).
no, if they bring a knife to gun fight (inside my home) - i win!
but the topic - this handgun is a stupid design - how accurate could it be?
well pony up your own money instead using the gov't gun to rob me
oh i am with ya and i love the Leeeroy Jenkins ref. and we never invaded Serbia - we bombed the shit out of them. i am not some Bushie Republicrat - i vote Libertarian. so i am not going to argue which party sucks less - they both suck at the federal and state levels. the "my sports team is better than yours" is pointless and part of the reason why our folks in DC are so damned corrupt. my point was, the Iraq Invasion was going to happen one way or another regardless of the 2000 election and regardless of 9/11. the groundwork was laid for Saddam's removal in the 1990s. this is what Empires do - expand through military expeditions. when a government falls, seldom do their followers go quietly. a big reason the Germans and Japanese capitulated easier was the fact we bombed their population centers to bits thereby killing as many if not more civilians than soldiers. the days of Total War are over and smaller nations are smart by tossing the uniforms into the trash and fighting guerrilla warfare hoping for a sympathetic media to cover their cause. the US could have prevented a lot of post invasion problems by being a little more iron fisted early on by at least having a freaking post war plan (?!?) - instead they engaged in the plan of CYA.
Clinton / Gore were banging the WMD drum loudly all through the 1990's. Iraq's invasion was going to happen since Serbia was seen as a victory. in 1998 Clinton signed a bill to free Iraq. the argument was never over the war but over what party was going to skim off the top of the war funding in my opinion. the Dems seized control of the Congress in 2006 and could have cut off funding - we are still in Iraq. you do not maintain air supremacy over a nation for 12 years (no fly zone enforcement) and not invade. we strangled Saddam economically, softened him up and rolled his forces, and tossed him onto the ash heap of history. anybody that has any war history under their belts knows there will always be an insurgency to put down after a nation goes down - see also the Werewolves in post WWII Germany. the reason they were defeated so easily is that era of warfare did not have its hands bound by political correctness, instantaneous digital media coverage, and a bunch of spineless wimps in Congress. Ike suppressed the media, blasted the Nazi remnants out of the hills, and prosecuted any that were involved via military tribunal. it is ugly nasty work, that is why it was called a war.
as someone that spent 3 days in the drunk driver's school here is some clarification - as far as Ohio goes: .08 is considered intoxicated. you can blow under an .08 and still get a DUI. why? the law states "under the influence" not "intoxication". our law states that .05 is considered "impaired" or under the influence. this number was chosen due to the charade called the "roadside sobriety test". the only test the LEO gives that gauges levels of impairment is the magic pen test. they know that around BAC of .05 your eyes will tell them all they need to know. the finger to nose, walking the line, etc is designed to pad their evidence to gain a conviction. i had 3 people in my class that blew under .08 and still were convicted.
during my situation, i passed my pen test, and was still arrested. my problem was i did not want to go to trial against a LEO that lives down the road from me. my lawyer said we could win for a mere $3000. i took the wreckless op route (reduced fine), and lost my license for 13 months. luckily my insurance did not go up. i talked to the Deputy Sheriff after the fact. he told me a few years ago i would have been let off, but since he now had a camera and audio recording device in his car, he was more or less forced to bring me in.
if you are lucky enough to attend to alcohol program, they will give you tips on how to handle a roadside stop. for instance, you only have to crack your window and hand the I.D. out. i tried this on an afternoor pull over. i was sober. the LEO had a fit and threatened to arrest me. for not rolling down my window. this led to a vehicle search and inspection. by the time a second LEO showed up, he had calmed down, and gave me a warning.
Ohio has recently changed the terminology to OVI. this pretty much covers anything with wheels and somehow includes canoes since that is a big tourist attraction. as i stated earlier, it is our new industry.
to sum it up:
wreckless op: $100
drunk school: $350
court costs: $200
attorney: $500
reinstatement of drivers license: $525
besides, in Ohio, Drunk Driving is not a violent crime... it is an industry. our state depends OVI (as it is now called) since we really have no industry left. on the serious note, ya let this douche bag spew venom - unfortunately he is in the fear mongering biz. as someone that has had a DUI, the whole system is a joke. anytime the rehabilitation process works, the state turns the screws down a little tighter as i stated - are dependent on the drunk driving industry. hell, anymore we can but nailed for driving a lawn mower and having a beer in the afternoon sun. glad i live in the country.
as a guy making 37k a year - capital gain tax cuts are great - like if i had to sell my house for example. or how about a death tax like we have in Ohio or the inheritance tax... why should the middle / lower class bust their asses their whole lives so some asshole politician in their home state and in D.C. get to steal from your surviving family. a lot of others in my income range invest what little money they can to get ahead. why should be again penalized to support the thugs of both parties. use you head - in a capitalist society such as ours, not only ubr rich have stock, iras, or 401ks, etc.
ya what this world needs is another world bureaucracy with zero accountability.
sweet, now i can lvl that PVP Mortal strike Orc warrior - sorry honey trying to relax... points to Slashdot for proof. i actually got back into warcrack after a 6 month layoff - not quite as addicting this time around. with my old account i could never get into another character as we were into raiding / arenas and all that jazz. sold that account - tried some other games out and went back to WOW. i can honestly see why it is so successful. low hardware requirements, fairly bug free, and the game allows for personal time travel. before you know it, the afternoon is gone. be interesting to see if the Age of Conan puts a dent into its dominance of MMOs.
had guns within reach my whole life - unlocked, never shot anyone. why? i was brought up correctly and knew their power at and early age of 5. how? i started shooting at the age of 5 under parental supervision, and received my first rifle at age 8. a gun's presence i believe saved my life when a couple crack heads, with knives, broke into my apartment. had i been defenseless who knows what would have happened. the police only took 40 minutes to get there and informed me i lived in a bad part of Toledo, Ohio. i said, "i know this is a shitty neighborhood, that is have i have a gun".
ok seriously why are why having the Olympics there again?