The Bush defense is old and played out. The OP never said anything about defending Bush. Just that CBS flat out lied to discredit him on a specific issue.
I just want to clear up the ordering a firearm over the internet before some gun banner comes in and points out a website like http://www.atlanticfirearms.com/ . Yes you can order firearms over the internet, but what you can't do is have it shipped directly to you unless you have a FFL. The firearm must be shipped to a FFL who then has you fill out a form 4473 and performs the standard background check. Assuming you pass, you get the firearm you paid for and ordered through the internet.
How about you compare apples to apples? You start out by giving a single statistic about handguns and then move to banning AK-47's. Also with your statistics you leave out the number of reported incidents of self-defense especially those which don't result in a discharge of a firearm. And don't forget that the key word there is reported, there is no way to know the number of unreported but it is surely higher.
Next you want to ban AK-47's, but I'm sure you don't know that effectively AK-47's, M16's and every other type of machine gun is already banned. The ban does not allow the transfer of any new machine guns to regular citizens that have been manufactured since 1984. Since this calls into the effect the laws of economics the supply is very limited and it costs around $20,000 to buy a M16 in addition to the background check and $200 tax stamp that one must go through with the BATF. Go look up crime statistics and you will find that the number of crimes committed with machine guns is either zero every year or in single digits.
An assault weapon is one that is capable of firing more then one round when the trigger is pulled and they are all tightly controlled by current regulation.
The three AR-15's in my gun safe are all semi-auto only and one of these days I'll pick up an AK clone that is also semi-auto only. These are amazing target rifles, low recoil, semi-auto, accurate. Yet at the same time my fiancee bolt-action 30-06 is much more powerful, has greater effective range and is far more lethal.
The 2nd Amendment makes no mention of sporting, self-defense, or other criteria that gun banners attribute to the 2nd Amendment. AR-15's are used in sporting purposes all the time. 3-gun matches are growing in popularity and an AR-15 is one of the best choices for this sporting competition.
To paraphrase what you wrote, "If you don't agree with everything I think, then you are not smart."
Using your definition you have just insulted every single Law Enforcement Officer, member of the military, private armed security who own guns for their jobs. Do you really think there aren't smart people in those fields?
Guns are tools, nothing more, nothing less. People like you are the ones acting from fear and ignorance and are a threat to the future of the United States.
How about you show me where it says "only firearms that the Government chooses to allow the people to own." Also consider that that the Constitution and Bill of Rights were written in a manner that made it clear that if the documents didn't specifically limit something, then there were no restrictions.
I greatly enjoy target shooting with my PS90, AR15's and even my 10/22 and there is absolutely no reason to not have 50, 30 and 10 round magazines for these to appease someone like you is afraid of law abiding citizens and inanimate objects.
The difference could be substantial. Take a user who got the original iPhone and bought each new version of the iPhone. If they download even one of the same apps that person has contributed multiple times. Or in the case of having problems with an app and uninstalling/re-installing, again the count is inflated.
Unique downloads based off of Apple store ID is the number that really matters. Sure someone could have changed apple ID's for some reason but it will be the best way to get an accurate count.
And the tolerant left shows itself once again. One of the reasons the USA is a great country is because we allow close minded people like you to have a voice. Gun owners who have legally obtained their firearms are far less likely to break the law.
Comparing the Goodyear blimp to this is like comparing a Geo Metro to a 18 wheeler. First off it is listed with a seven ton cargo/supply capacity. Doing a quick search on the Goodyear blimp didn't find a rating but the next generation blimp is listed at just over 2 tons. I'd be surprised if the Army blimp doesn't have low observation technologies built-in to it. All in all I'm not surprised at the price and comparing to the Goodyear blimp is an unfair one.
Now at the same time I'm sure there is an over sized profit margin but nothing like saying the Goodyear only costs 2 million implies.
Last I heard the United States is a First World nation and thanks to foresight of our founding fathers we can own assault and select fire battle rifles. All it takes is living in a State like Colorado that hasn't butchered the 2nd Amendment and filing paperwork for a $200 tax stamp. If I had an extra 16k - 20k in my bank account I could start the purchase of a M16 today, depending on the BATF backlog it would be at least a couple of months before a FFL could hand the rifle over to me, but it can be legally done.
Actually a total of five books, 3 in the original trilogy, 1 book of short stories and 1 book with time and dimension travel.
Though I'd say the worst part isn't that the Draka win, but that the "good" Draka fully understand what they are doing and rationalize it. The Draka fear the serfs and even more fear other societies that don't embrace the same concepts they do. The only solution the more noble Draka see is to conquer the entire world and modify the serfs so that they can never be a threat again.
Look no further then the Tom Swift and Tom Swift Jr. books. Sure the older ones are outdated, but they gave me a love of Science Fiction that I still have.
According to the wiki article they are still being published as of 2007.
My biggest complaint with the fourth edition of D&D is that it has become a miniature game. If I want to play with miniatures I'll pull out Warhammer 40,000. Even the published material really just encouraged people to buy various miniatures to use on the supplied maps. Before the GM became a total ass, half the group I was playing with had not played role playing games and just don't understand what a game is. I tried suggesting other systems and the questions were always how do the maps work, how do the miniatures compare. D&D 4E is not a role playing game and I hope WoTC goes back to a role playing game.
You left out the obvious, make crazy amounts of money. If you even managed to save 25% gross salary in a year you are making $180,000 a year. Really your advice is quite meaningless to the average American.
Did you bother to read the article? Besides saying the new technology in development uses basic gas principles that is where the similarities end. The CVCC technology was purely a way to get better emissions and still largely used conventional technology, they only thing they did was add a complicated way to ignite the main fuel/air charge. The technology being talked about in the article combines direct injection with ignition through compression.
No mayor has overstepped his legal boundaries like he has. Running multiple illegal so called sting operations, not only in New York State, but in other States as well. New York city also has some rather questionable intelligence units that partner way to close with FBI and CIA.
Exactly where has PFC Manning been denied due process as defined under the UCMJ? Please cite the specific section instead of trying for sensational statements. Don't forget that as part of his enlistment he voluntary agreed to be held to the UCMJ which the courts have upheld applies instead of the normal civilian legal system.
Exactly! Also another thing to consider is that while "The war on terror" is relatively new to the US. Around the world it has been going on for decades. So another thing that I don't have proof but I'd be willing to bet on is that at Madarasaa's kids are groomed to get engineering degrees while at the same time being indoctrinated about the evils of Western society and how Islam must rule the world. Literally generations of kids are being raised, most as cannon fodder, some for technical skills, and a small group as leaders.
I deal with IDS every single day. Now granted MS is being attacked several orders of magnitude greater then what I deal with, but between IDS and firewall nearly every single attack will be blocked before it hits the first MS server. Then hopefully MS is following good security standards and only has the presentation layer in their DMS with more firewall and IDS or IPS and you have a multi-tiered defense that means the actual servers see very, very few attack attempts.
You couldn't be more wrong about why we are trained to shoot center of mass when it comes to them being less likely to kill a target. Center of mass is taught because it is the easiest target in a high stress situation. On the opposite end it is taught because you are less likely to miss and hit something you didn't intend to. Center of mass shooting has nothing to do with it being less likely to kill. Matter of fact when using a firearm standard training is to shoot to kill. It isn't nice but it is practical.
I consider myself lucky to never have been in a situation where I've had to pull a gun, but I was trained to use the failure drill technique. 2 to the chest, 1 to the head.
As an IBM'er who has run Firefox for years as my primary browser I can tell you that a large number of web based tools just don't work with anything but IE. Maybe some parts of IBM can get away with only using IE, but in ITD we just can't. Even the corporate education site works better in IE and pretty much everyone has to use it several times a year.
What we are really seeing here IMHO is an internal political battle that has spilled outside the corporate structure. One exec has decided to stake his name on adopting Firefox and will blame the every development group that only supports IE when this fails.
You use technological controls. Company I support at work has a 3rd party developer in India. The area the developers work in is very controlled, first there are no printers. Access to the development area is restricted to people working on that project, typical policy of no cameras allowed. Then everything is done over a system similar to Citrix, so nothing is stored locally. All code is on US based servers run by the company I support. I've never been there but one other policy is nothing except people leaves the room without being destroyed. Take notes on paper, they get shredded. No cell phones in the area. Does this give 100% control, nope, but it does give a pretty high level of control.
Given that IE and Firefox pretty much set the standard, if you aren't developing for both of them then you are setting yourself up for failure. Sure you may be trying to do things the right way, i.e. fully standard compliant, but it isn't the real world answer.
Figure out what you need to do with your application to make it work in IE and Firefox is the only real solution.
Why should someone not of a particular cult be forced to follow the rules of that cult? Sure it is respectful to not draw Mohamed but respect also must be earned. The extremist who target artist with death threats and actual attempts on their lives are terrorist.
Your example of sticking your hand into a fire isn't even close. This is more like dealing with a school bully, no matter what you do that bully will be after you. How crazy is it to make threats over drawings? These crazies need to be exposed as what they are and there is no reason to kowtow to them.
Actually the attempt with the cap was a low probability fix as a public relations effort. At the depth this blow out occurred there just aren't many options. The one option that has a very good chance of working is to drill relief wells but it isn't quick.
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The Bush defense is old and played out. The OP never said anything about defending Bush. Just that CBS flat out lied to discredit him on a specific issue.
I just want to clear up the ordering a firearm over the internet before some gun banner comes in and points out a website like http://www.atlanticfirearms.com/ . Yes you can order firearms over the internet, but what you can't do is have it shipped directly to you unless you have a FFL. The firearm must be shipped to a FFL who then has you fill out a form 4473 and performs the standard background check. Assuming you pass, you get the firearm you paid for and ordered through the internet.
Next you want to ban AK-47's, but I'm sure you don't know that effectively AK-47's, M16's and every other type of machine gun is already banned. The ban does not allow the transfer of any new machine guns to regular citizens that have been manufactured since 1984. Since this calls into the effect the laws of economics the supply is very limited and it costs around $20,000 to buy a M16 in addition to the background check and $200 tax stamp that one must go through with the BATF. Go look up crime statistics and you will find that the number of crimes committed with machine guns is either zero every year or in single digits.
An assault weapon is one that is capable of firing more then one round when the trigger is pulled and they are all tightly controlled by current regulation.
The three AR-15's in my gun safe are all semi-auto only and one of these days I'll pick up an AK clone that is also semi-auto only. These are amazing target rifles, low recoil, semi-auto, accurate. Yet at the same time my fiancee bolt-action 30-06 is much more powerful, has greater effective range and is far more lethal.
The 2nd Amendment makes no mention of sporting, self-defense, or other criteria that gun banners attribute to the 2nd Amendment. AR-15's are used in sporting purposes all the time. 3-gun matches are growing in popularity and an AR-15 is one of the best choices for this sporting competition.
Using your definition you have just insulted every single Law Enforcement Officer, member of the military, private armed security who own guns for their jobs. Do you really think there aren't smart people in those fields?
Guns are tools, nothing more, nothing less. People like you are the ones acting from fear and ignorance and are a threat to the future of the United States.
I greatly enjoy target shooting with my PS90, AR15's and even my 10/22 and there is absolutely no reason to not have 50, 30 and 10 round magazines for these to appease someone like you is afraid of law abiding citizens and inanimate objects.
The difference could be substantial. Take a user who got the original iPhone and bought each new version of the iPhone. If they download even one of the same apps that person has contributed multiple times. Or in the case of having problems with an app and uninstalling/re-installing, again the count is inflated. Unique downloads based off of Apple store ID is the number that really matters. Sure someone could have changed apple ID's for some reason but it will be the best way to get an accurate count.
And the tolerant left shows itself once again. One of the reasons the USA is a great country is because we allow close minded people like you to have a voice. Gun owners who have legally obtained their firearms are far less likely to break the law.
Now at the same time I'm sure there is an over sized profit margin but nothing like saying the Goodyear only costs 2 million implies.
Last I heard the United States is a First World nation and thanks to foresight of our founding fathers we can own assault and select fire battle rifles. All it takes is living in a State like Colorado that hasn't butchered the 2nd Amendment and filing paperwork for a $200 tax stamp. If I had an extra 16k - 20k in my bank account I could start the purchase of a M16 today, depending on the BATF backlog it would be at least a couple of months before a FFL could hand the rifle over to me, but it can be legally done.
Though I'd say the worst part isn't that the Draka win, but that the "good" Draka fully understand what they are doing and rationalize it. The Draka fear the serfs and even more fear other societies that don't embrace the same concepts they do. The only solution the more noble Draka see is to conquer the entire world and modify the serfs so that they can never be a threat again.
Look no further then the Tom Swift and Tom Swift Jr. books. Sure the older ones are outdated, but they gave me a love of Science Fiction that I still have.
According to the wiki article they are still being published as of 2007.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Swift
When we have kids I plan to read these to our kid very early on.
My biggest complaint with the fourth edition of D&D is that it has become a miniature game. If I want to play with miniatures I'll pull out Warhammer 40,000. Even the published material really just encouraged people to buy various miniatures to use on the supplied maps. Before the GM became a total ass, half the group I was playing with had not played role playing games and just don't understand what a game is. I tried suggesting other systems and the questions were always how do the maps work, how do the miniatures compare. D&D 4E is not a role playing game and I hope WoTC goes back to a role playing game.
You left out the obvious, make crazy amounts of money. If you even managed to save 25% gross salary in a year you are making $180,000 a year. Really your advice is quite meaningless to the average American.
Great news! You can go buy a Direct Injection gasoline engine today. My 2010 2LT/RS Camaro had one. Great little motor pushing out about 305HP.
Did you bother to read the article? Besides saying the new technology in development uses basic gas principles that is where the similarities end. The CVCC technology was purely a way to get better emissions and still largely used conventional technology, they only thing they did was add a complicated way to ignite the main fuel/air charge. The technology being talked about in the article combines direct injection with ignition through compression.
No mayor has overstepped his legal boundaries like he has. Running multiple illegal so called sting operations, not only in New York State, but in other States as well. New York city also has some rather questionable intelligence units that partner way to close with FBI and CIA.
Exactly where has PFC Manning been denied due process as defined under the UCMJ? Please cite the specific section instead of trying for sensational statements. Don't forget that as part of his enlistment he voluntary agreed to be held to the UCMJ which the courts have upheld applies instead of the normal civilian legal system.
Exactly! Also another thing to consider is that while "The war on terror" is relatively new to the US. Around the world it has been going on for decades. So another thing that I don't have proof but I'd be willing to bet on is that at Madarasaa's kids are groomed to get engineering degrees while at the same time being indoctrinated about the evils of Western society and how Islam must rule the world. Literally generations of kids are being raised, most as cannon fodder, some for technical skills, and a small group as leaders.
I deal with IDS every single day. Now granted MS is being attacked several orders of magnitude greater then what I deal with, but between IDS and firewall nearly every single attack will be blocked before it hits the first MS server. Then hopefully MS is following good security standards and only has the presentation layer in their DMS with more firewall and IDS or IPS and you have a multi-tiered defense that means the actual servers see very, very few attack attempts.
I consider myself lucky to never have been in a situation where I've had to pull a gun, but I was trained to use the failure drill technique. 2 to the chest, 1 to the head.
What we are really seeing here IMHO is an internal political battle that has spilled outside the corporate structure. One exec has decided to stake his name on adopting Firefox and will blame the every development group that only supports IE when this fails.
You use technological controls. Company I support at work has a 3rd party developer in India. The area the developers work in is very controlled, first there are no printers. Access to the development area is restricted to people working on that project, typical policy of no cameras allowed. Then everything is done over a system similar to Citrix, so nothing is stored locally. All code is on US based servers run by the company I support. I've never been there but one other policy is nothing except people leaves the room without being destroyed. Take notes on paper, they get shredded. No cell phones in the area. Does this give 100% control, nope, but it does give a pretty high level of control.
Figure out what you need to do with your application to make it work in IE and Firefox is the only real solution.
Your example of sticking your hand into a fire isn't even close. This is more like dealing with a school bully, no matter what you do that bully will be after you. How crazy is it to make threats over drawings? These crazies need to be exposed as what they are and there is no reason to kowtow to them.
Actually the attempt with the cap was a low probability fix as a public relations effort. At the depth this blow out occurred there just aren't many options. The one option that has a very good chance of working is to drill relief wells but it isn't quick.