I think we can consider it pretty much inevitable. In fact I'm amazed they haven't already started installing them. Hell, maybe they have. It is such a wonderful tool I'd be shocked if they could possibly resist the temptation. Imagine never needing to chase a car ever again? Always knowing where someone is and where they've been? It almost has to happen.
In cases where someone is endangered or killed it's clear cut. Otherwise not so much. Regardless the guy did what was required of him and I doubt President Obama will fail to protect him. That's one of the few things I like about the President, he stands by his people.
I agree, it would be wrong to fire the guy for following orders. He did what he was told like most any member of the administration would do. He's not going anywhere no matter how much they bitch. The last years of the Obama presidency are going to be fun to watch.
I'm all for letting Europe handle it's own problems as are most Americans. We watched for years as Yugoslavia tore itself apart and no one did anything. Thousands of bodies paraded on the nightly news here with lots of stuff about "ethnic cleansing." They finally drummed up enough support to get action on it. I wasn't for it as I felt like it was their civil war and it should run it's course. By the way, we spend more per kid on schools now than we ever did and we get less education. It isn't all about money. I'd put our hospitals up against anyones though.
I actually sort of agree with you. For the most part these terrorism attacks are flea bites. With an occasional exception like 9/11 they mostly are just a minor annoyance. On the other hand a lot of this craziness from people screaming we're under dictatorship and our rights have been taken away are just as overblown. People love to blow things out of proportion to support their own viewpoints.
You know how these things work don't you? They interview people and they ask questions. Most of the questions they ask they already know the answer to. If you lie to them that's when they start to really get interested. Thousands of people like this get interviewed and mostly nothing ever comes of it. You may think it's a waste of time and hell, you might be right. The authorities attitude is that if they do it enough eventually the odds will play out in their favor.
Read the whole comment now. I said looked at and not water boarded. Certainly they'll look at them and if they have dying parents that should be pretty much the end of it. It's reality and the world we live in. It's an unfriendly world with plenty of anger and resentment on all sides. To not look at people traveling to a part of the world that hates us would be failing to practice due diligence. Torture of course is an entirely different ball of wax.
Oh come on. Guilt by association has always been a part of the scenery. If you didn't know that it's because you choose to be ignorant. People who go to a shithole where there are radical people that want to blow up everyone they disagree with are always going to be looked at. As long as they aren't water boarding them it's going to be generally accepted too.
I always wonder what Milosevic and Mladi would be up to today if the US had just stood back and let Europe deal with the problem. How many millions would have died before someone summoned up the balls to do anything besides wring their hands and go "oh my, wont someone do something!"
China's regime doesn't scare me although I feel sad for those who suffer under it. The bad direction my own government is headed in worries me far more. I'm not under China's domain but the idiots in D.C. who are dismantling the Constitution because they're worried about some terrorists are a threat to my future freedom. While it's hardly at Tiananmen Square leve,l I resent every step in that direction. Trading liberty for security is a shitty bargain in my view.
Well if your requirements are cheap and single engine then the F35 fits half the bill. The big advantage with the 16 was that it was cheap compared to most front line fighters. The problem was that cheapness led to them hitting the ground with a disturbing regularity. Single engine for a warplane is a bad idea.
The F22 is certainly impressive. A maintenance nightmare but bad ass in a fight. The F35? A single engine fighter? Just what we needed, another lawn dart to replace the F16.
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Of course, some people will have their automobiles exempted because some people are more equal than others.
That is such a cool movie.
I think we can consider it pretty much inevitable. In fact I'm amazed they haven't already started installing them. Hell, maybe they have. It is such a wonderful tool I'd be shocked if they could possibly resist the temptation. Imagine never needing to chase a car ever again? Always knowing where someone is and where they've been? It almost has to happen.
Why can't it do both?
Try the dumpster behind the local abortion clinic.
There was no worldwide ban. Just USA.
"People's" Republic of China?
They're way worse than what we've got here. I don't like the current trend but it's a long slide down the slope yet to go.
But think of the contracts and the kick-backs. You're missing the BIG picture.
In cases where someone is endangered or killed it's clear cut. Otherwise not so much. Regardless the guy did what was required of him and I doubt President Obama will fail to protect him. That's one of the few things I like about the President, he stands by his people.
This hardly compares to the holocaust. I don't think lying to Congress can be considered in that category at all.
I agree, it would be wrong to fire the guy for following orders. He did what he was told like most any member of the administration would do. He's not going anywhere no matter how much they bitch. The last years of the Obama presidency are going to be fun to watch.
I'm all for letting Europe handle it's own problems as are most Americans. We watched for years as Yugoslavia tore itself apart and no one did anything. Thousands of bodies paraded on the nightly news here with lots of stuff about "ethnic cleansing." They finally drummed up enough support to get action on it. I wasn't for it as I felt like it was their civil war and it should run it's course. By the way, we spend more per kid on schools now than we ever did and we get less education. It isn't all about money. I'd put our hospitals up against anyones though.
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I actually sort of agree with you. For the most part these terrorism attacks are flea bites. With an occasional exception like 9/11 they mostly are just a minor annoyance. On the other hand a lot of this craziness from people screaming we're under dictatorship and our rights have been taken away are just as overblown. People love to blow things out of proportion to support their own viewpoints.
You know how these things work don't you? They interview people and they ask questions. Most of the questions they ask they already know the answer to. If you lie to them that's when they start to really get interested. Thousands of people like this get interviewed and mostly nothing ever comes of it. You may think it's a waste of time and hell, you might be right. The authorities attitude is that if they do it enough eventually the odds will play out in their favor.
Read the whole comment now. I said looked at and not water boarded. Certainly they'll look at them and if they have dying parents that should be pretty much the end of it. It's reality and the world we live in. It's an unfriendly world with plenty of anger and resentment on all sides. To not look at people traveling to a part of the world that hates us would be failing to practice due diligence. Torture of course is an entirely different ball of wax.
Oh come on. Guilt by association has always been a part of the scenery. If you didn't know that it's because you choose to be ignorant. People who go to a shithole where there are radical people that want to blow up everyone they disagree with are always going to be looked at. As long as they aren't water boarding them it's going to be generally accepted too.
I always wonder what Milosevic and Mladi would be up to today if the US had just stood back and let Europe deal with the problem. How many millions would have died before someone summoned up the balls to do anything besides wring their hands and go "oh my, wont someone do something!"
I know it's wrong but I laughed anyway. No mod points so I can't help you with the guys who are too PC to appreciate a tasteless joke.
China's regime doesn't scare me although I feel sad for those who suffer under it. The bad direction my own government is headed in worries me far more. I'm not under China's domain but the idiots in D.C. who are dismantling the Constitution because they're worried about some terrorists are a threat to my future freedom. While it's hardly at Tiananmen Square leve,l I resent every step in that direction. Trading liberty for security is a shitty bargain in my view.
Well if your requirements are cheap and single engine then the F35 fits half the bill. The big advantage with the 16 was that it was cheap compared to most front line fighters. The problem was that cheapness led to them hitting the ground with a disturbing regularity. Single engine for a warplane is a bad idea.
They licensed it from General Dynamics.
mostly in Washington D.C. you mean.
The F22 is certainly impressive. A maintenance nightmare but bad ass in a fight. The F35? A single engine fighter? Just what we needed, another lawn dart to replace the F16.
At first I thought he was an idiot.....but after reading that rant I can't help but think he might have a point.
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FTFY