They are called stealth fighters because the configuration of the aircraft surfaces and the material they are made of deflect and/or absorb radar signals.
The carry weapons including air-to-air missiles and bombs in internal bays to conceal them from radar.
They also have a M61A2 Vulcan 20 mm rotary cannon. Definitely bad news for the bad guys.
The MAD policy was presumably successful in that the soviet Union never attacked, even during such tense times as the Cuban Missile Crises.
There were many successful treaties regarding nuclear weapons negotiated so "oh well I dont (sic) give a shit about resolving conflict" is an ignorant statement at best.
And your analogy about punches, knifes, guns is inaccurate in that MAD was not about escalation, but deterrent.
MAD was the ONLY viable policy in that the U.S.S.R. had publicly stated that their goal was complete domination "We will bury you". They didn't want to play nice. They put up the Iron Curtian. They encourage communist coups.
"President Bush authorized warrantless monitoring of international telephone calls and e-mails to or from the United States when one party is believed to be a terrorist or to have terrorist ties."
Say what you want, but if you are corresponding with a suspected terrorist, then you have no right to expect any privacy. And I don't care if you are journalist/author or not.
What's that you say? The Government can call anyone a terrorist? Well, if you truly believe that, then what is the point of having a discussion? If you have already concluded that the other side of the argument is not valid just paint up your protest signs, post your blogs, whine on slashdot, etc. because there really is no point in talking is there?
In the past, Civil War, WWI,II, and Korean wars, the feds did things that would cause most of you to simply stroke out and die.
Yet, despite what you would undoubtedly call massive,unprecedented violations of civil rights in those times, the U.S. is still here, still has free elections and is run at least partly by the left wing wackos. What other evidence do you need to assuage your fear the the U.S. is headed towards a dictatorship?
Gawd!, get over it already...How do they say...moveon.org?
Oh yeah mods, don't even bother, my Karma sucks and so do you.
What has he done? Has he been credibly accused? Has he been indicted? All I heard is that he is a Dark Lord pulling GW's strings...but no substantial accusation of anything except making the dems mad.
Feinstein? I'm unaware of any bribery charges against her. Is this something where there is documented legal proceedings, or is this a fantasy you read about on some blog?
No one gives a crap about liberal Blogs. Jefferson still had his committee assignments until just very recently.
And what about Feinstein? She's making Cunningham look like amature hour. Yet it will be a cold day in Hell before the Dems put her in jail.
Yeah...all this outrage is a little but hollow as no one on the left gave a damn when the Dems did it and don't give a damn that the dems are doing it now.
Ha!...isn't it a kind of poetic justice? In the education arena they have had just about everything they ever asked for including money out the wazoo compared to the time period that turned out the Apollo engineers.
What did they do? They screwed it up royally and now all they can think to do is find the nearest bogeymen and blame him.
Education in this country hit the skids in the 60s. Ever hear of "Turn on, tune in, drop out"?
Ever since the sixties and the welfare society, education has gone down hill. And who do we have to thank for it? Who is in charge of the education system today? Who runs the Universities? Who re-invented underwater basket weaving as Womens Studies, Black Studies, and any other useless waste of time courses? Who threw out the classics and put in radical 60's Marxists literature? Who came up with speech codes? Political correctness? Who decided it was more important for children to like themselves rather than be able to read, write and calculate? Who screams bloody murder when Bush suggests that you really should not advance someone from third to fourth grade if they can't read, or that the people teaching the children should be responsible for whether they actually learn anything.
All you have to do is to look to the people running the education system to understand why it is in the shape it is. I'm sorry, you can blame Bush for many things, but the responsibility for the state of today's education system, falls directly into the lap of those who call themselves "progressive liberals". They are the ones that have turned the education system into one giant feel good, it's not your fault, you deserve to win, protect your feelings, bi-lingual,no math, no science (except global warming) pile of stinking crap.
If science stayed in in it's own playground and stuck to science, that would be great. The problem is that recently scientists have had a tendency to unwittingly be used as pawns in politics, lending credibility to those politicians that say things like the "debate is over" or "there is a consensus".
Scientists have a responsibility to stand up and object when idiots say things like this. When someone disagrees, then invite them to present evidence. Don't sneer, don't reject their evidence because they work for Exxon or GM.
And if you think "consider the source" is an adequate refutation of the evidence, then you are a moron and you betray science.
And most of all, don't be an "advocate", except to advocate the science. Deciding what to do with the science with regard to public policy is the job of politicians. If you want to be involved in that, run for congress.
Perhaps it is because the majority of their population is still living in shantys and shoveling cow dung for a living. Apologies to all those in China named Dung.
Nationalizing industries left and right, shutting down media outlets that are critical of him... Any idiot can see he is on the way to a dictatorship. And we know how these things turn out. It may not resemble Cuba at the moment, but give it time.
If you read carefully, you would realize that the unprincipled people I was speaking of are the folks who are defending Chavez.
If Bush should want to listen in to terrorists calling folks in the U.S, the world is ending!
But Chavez shuts down the leading opposition voice, and it's "don't be too hard on him", "Bush would do the same thing","I respect him for doing this and that"... B.S.
So, next time, read a little slower...use a ruler or card if necessary so you don't get the lines mixed up. You can also find software these days that will read it for you.
That anyone would defend Hugo Chavez and his actions in any way.
Chavez is nothing more than a protodictator who will soon take Venezuela down the same path Castro took Cuba, into poverty and oppression.
We've been through this before folks, socialism/communism leads to nothing but bad things. The fact that he throws some heating oil at the Kennedys changes nothing.
Slashdot Mirror
They are called stealth fighters because the configuration of the aircraft surfaces and the material they are made of deflect and/or absorb radar signals.
The carry weapons including air-to-air missiles and bombs in internal bays to conceal them from radar.
They also have a M61A2 Vulcan 20 mm rotary cannon. Definitely bad news for the bad guys.
Calling Alex Jones!
Alex Jones, please report to the Government Conspiracy Desk!
Hmmm...
The MAD policy was presumably successful in that the soviet Union never attacked, even during such tense times as the Cuban Missile Crises.
There were many successful treaties regarding nuclear weapons negotiated so "oh well I dont (sic) give a shit about resolving conflict" is an ignorant statement at best.
And your analogy about punches, knifes, guns is inaccurate in that MAD was not about escalation, but deterrent.
MAD was the ONLY viable policy in that the U.S.S.R. had publicly stated that their goal was complete domination "We will bury you". They didn't want to play nice. They put up the Iron Curtian. They encourage communist coups.
Is it really a bug? Really?
I wonder how many users were told by M.$ that it was the problem of the provider because, after all, M.$ is the "defacto" standard.
Fact 1. Science can't disprove that there is a God.
Fact 2. Religion can't prove there is a God.
Fact 3. A Supreme Being who can create an entire Universe can create it any way it wants. Including evidence of evolution.
Common sense: When you are the one that makes the rules, you don't have to follow them. See under Congress.
Evolutionist should leave religion alone and religions should leave the evolutions alone.
You must be talking about Clinton and Marc Rich.
From the AP:
"President Bush authorized warrantless monitoring of international telephone calls and e-mails to or from the United States when one party is believed to be a terrorist or to have terrorist ties."
Say what you want, but if you are corresponding with a suspected terrorist, then you have no right to expect any privacy. And I don't care if you are journalist/author or not.
What's that you say? The Government can call anyone a terrorist? Well, if you truly believe that, then what is the point of having a discussion? If you have already concluded that the other side of the argument is not valid just paint up your protest signs, post your blogs, whine on slashdot, etc. because there really is no point in talking is there?
In the past, Civil War, WWI,II, and Korean wars, the feds did things that would cause most of you to simply stroke out and die.
Yet, despite what you would undoubtedly call massive,unprecedented violations of civil rights in those times, the U.S. is still here, still has free elections and is run at least partly by the left wing wackos. What other evidence do you need to assuage your fear the the U.S. is headed towards a dictatorship?
Gawd!, get over it already...How do they say...moveon.org?
Oh yeah mods, don't even bother, my Karma sucks and so do you.
What has he done? Has he been credibly accused? Has he been indicted? All I heard is that he is a Dark Lord pulling GW's strings...but no substantial accusation of anything except making the dems mad.
Feinstein? I'm unaware of any bribery charges against her. Is this something where there is documented legal proceedings, or is this a fantasy you read about on some blog?
Read All About It!
http://www.metroactive.com/feinstein/
No one gives a crap about liberal Blogs. Jefferson still had his committee assignments until just very recently.
And what about Feinstein? She's making Cunningham look like amature hour. Yet it will be a cold day in Hell before the Dems put her in jail.
Yeah...all this outrage is a little but hollow as no one on the left gave a damn when the Dems did it and don't give a damn that the dems are doing it now.
The income gap closed significantly during the Clinton administration
Ya...by bringing down the top end. Democrats love to spread misery around.
Abandon All Hope Ye Conservatives Who Enter Here!
All these people getting so upset. They didn't give a rats ass when Clinton was destroying emails.
Just sit down and shut hell up.
Ha!...isn't it a kind of poetic justice? In the education arena they have had just about everything they ever asked for including money out the wazoo compared to the time period that turned out the Apollo engineers.
What did they do? They screwed it up royally and now all they can think to do is find the nearest bogeymen and blame him.
Education in this country hit the skids in the 60s. Ever hear of "Turn on, tune in, drop out"?
Ever since the sixties and the welfare society, education has gone down hill. And who do we have to thank for it?
Who is in charge of the education system today? Who runs the Universities? Who re-invented underwater basket weaving as Womens Studies, Black Studies, and any other useless waste of time courses? Who threw out the classics and put in radical 60's Marxists literature? Who came up with speech codes? Political correctness? Who decided it was more important for children to like themselves rather than be able to read, write and calculate? Who screams bloody murder when Bush suggests that you really should not advance someone from third to fourth grade if they can't read, or that the people teaching the children should be responsible for whether they actually learn anything.
All you have to do is to look to the people running the education system to understand why it is in the shape it is. I'm sorry, you can blame Bush for many things, but the responsibility for the state of today's education system, falls directly into the lap of those who call themselves "progressive liberals". They are the ones that have turned the education system into one giant feel good, it's not your fault, you deserve to win, protect your feelings, bi-lingual,no math, no science (except global warming) pile of stinking crap.
If science stayed in in it's own playground and stuck to science, that would be great. The problem is that recently scientists have had a tendency to unwittingly be used as pawns in politics, lending credibility to those politicians that say things like the "debate is over" or "there is a consensus".
Scientists have a responsibility to stand up and object when idiots say things like this. When someone disagrees, then invite them to present evidence. Don't sneer, don't reject their evidence because they work for Exxon or GM.
And if you think "consider the source" is an adequate refutation of the evidence, then you are a moron and you betray science.
And most of all, don't be an "advocate", except to advocate the science. Deciding what to do with the science with regard to public policy is the job of politicians. If you want to be involved in that, run for congress.
Mod Parent Up!
This is the quintessential evidence of which I spoke.
Politicians and those with an agendas don't analyze data, they filter it to find that which supports their positions.
Perhaps it is because the majority of their population is still living in shantys and shoveling cow dung for a living. Apologies to all those in China named Dung.
All claims by all governments are based on cherry picked data, EU included.
If you are shocked, then you are either fresh off the turnip truck or you are not really shocked, but just see an opportunity to bash Bush.
So now we have come full circle...Astounding...
Nationalizing industries left and right, shutting down media outlets that are critical of him... Any idiot can see he is on the way to a dictatorship. And we know how these things turn out. It may not resemble Cuba at the moment, but give it time.
If you read carefully, you would realize that the unprincipled people I was speaking of are the folks who are defending Chavez.
If Bush should want to listen in to terrorists calling folks in the U.S, the world is ending!
But Chavez shuts down the leading opposition voice, and it's "don't be too hard on him", "Bush would do the same thing","I respect him for doing this and that"... B.S.
So, next time, read a little slower...use a ruler or card if necessary so you don't get the lines mixed up. You can also find software these days that will read it for you.
Well, what can I say? You thought wrong.
Glad I could help enlighten you.
well..yes...ok. It's just that I thought for a moment that they would have some principals of some kind. My bad.
That anyone would defend Hugo Chavez and his actions in any way.
Chavez is nothing more than a protodictator who will soon take Venezuela down the same path Castro took Cuba, into poverty and oppression.
We've been through this before folks, socialism/communism leads to nothing but bad things. The fact that he throws some heating oil at the Kennedys changes nothing.