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Dear God ..you want some social reject watching your back? No thanks....keep them far away from the military. But if you want to put them to work then put them to fixing the roads ......oh wait we used to do that.....but that was too uncivil of us to actually expect labor that benefited the public. :rolleyes: It used to be an option for various crimes....... I am not suggesting that we put rapists/murderers/etc into the military...... That would just be a silly idea. :D Yeah, they used to make license plates too.... but, for some reason, that was 'unconstitutional'........ We can't force prisoners to do it, but, non-criminals CAN? What's that all about? Our society has some pretty serious issues, brought on in the name of "mercy", or, "political correctness", etc. We are our own worst enemies.

Drop them from stealth bombers. :D

Some folks deserve to be killed for what they have done. However, considering that the average death row inmate spends 15+ years before even coming close to the executioners block, it's really kinda pointless. I don't particularly care for my tax dollars going to support a selection of folks that sit around all day, and watch cable TV, (also at my expense....) get three squares a day, and a warm place to sleep at night, when there are a good collection of folks that haven't committed a crime, that don't have the same thing.... Prisons should become self-supporting. Provide some product for general consumption, either contracted to the state, or, even private corporations. (they obviously need to stay out of the service industry.....) Either that, or draft them into the military...... (give 'em a choice, X number of years in prison, or, X number of years in the military.)

Lets require that THEY go out and sit in the pilots seat for a few missions, and THEN decide which aircraft they would rather have...... making these decisions only by dollars signs is a good way to get good men killed. I sure as hell wouldn't want to be flying the 'latest generation' technology, built by the lowest bidder.... (Of course, the shuttle fell into that category as well...... and is the safest form of travel per passenger mile on earth..... of course, no one was shooting at them either. :D) Well it would solve the congressional term limits issue for the short sighted among them..... :whistling: Ok, there it is. Yet another monitor cleaning courtesy of Aurielius........ :D

Lets require that THEY go out and sit in the pilots seat for a few missions, and THEN decide which aircraft they would rather have...... making these decisions only by dollars signs is a good way to get good men killed. I sure as hell wouldn't want to be flying the 'latest generation' technology, built by the lowest bidder.... (Of course, the shuttle fell into that category as well...... and is the safest form of travel per passenger mile on earth..... of course, no one was shooting at them either. :D)

Vote not ......then b*tch not. It's your call what to do with your rights, but one thought to mull over...you are making others who do more valuable in the final tally. When given a choice between two terrible candidates, which do you choose? Neither one even remotely represents himself to be aligned with what I think should happen. In all reality, there isn't that much difference between them. Obama continued a fair few republican policies, which I disagreed with when Bush was president. I voted for Obama so that those policies would NOT be continued. Sure fooled me huh? Granted, I do NOT care for the direction the republican party wants to take this country. Their seemingly firm belief that trickle down economics is the answer to our economic woes, flies in the face of reality, where those same policies have done NOTHING good for the economy in the past. Why should we believe that it will be any different this time? Are we really that stupid? (I would like to think not, but, given the american voting publics track record....... well.... let's just say it doesn't inspire confidence.....) And, in typical politician fashion, during an election cycle, it's all about the economy, and all their grand ideas for solving americans troubles. Funny how all that goes out the window the day after the election... then it's back to business as usual, and the screwing of the average american. We have a lower standard of living, fewer rights, more intrusions into our daily lives at the hands of government than we did even back when Bush was in office. This is a trend I see continuing all in the name of "the war on terror". Ok, lemme ask ya this: If the terrorist stated goal is to destroy our way of life, why is it, we are letting our government do it to us, in the name of fighting the same goal? I really wish the american public would wake up, smell the coffee, and get control of the country back from the bought and paid for politicos that run the dog and pony show now. I am not holding my breath on that though. It is going to take some MAJOR catastrophe before the american public actually deigns to get off their collective duff, and DO something.

Yeah, design by committee, NONE of whose members had flown more than a paper airplane..... (I haven't seen any paper helicopters..... <img src="http://forums.nexusmods.com/public/style_emoticons/dark/biggrin.gif" class="bbc_emoticon" alt=":D">)<br><br>The F-35 introduces some interesting technology, but, being a multi-role fighter, it is a flying compromise. The F-22, which has been canceled now??? Was a dedicated air superiority fighter, FAR better at it's role in air combat. There seems to be some debate on if the electronic doo-dads in the F-35 can actually make the aircraft the equal of the F-22 in air combat. At a distance, perhaps, but, when it gets up close and personal, the F-35 isn't going to stand a chance against its more maneuverable opponents.....

I will believe a corporation deserves the same rights as an individual when Texas executes one. Corporations don't need to vote, they just buy the politicians. Better than having votes. The campaign contributors have more control over who runs, and who wins, than the voters. The Supreme court made a terrible mistake with Citizens United. Even now, there are challenges to that ruling, tough I really don't expect any of them to make any headway. It was too popular a decision for the corporations, and the politicians, and makes way too much money available for campaigns, and pocket lining, to be overturned. A corporation is a business entity. That's it. It should NOT have the same rights, if not more... than the average citizen.

From an article here: Appears that the F-35 isn't all it's cracked up to be..... and not as capable as some of our current fighters. Of course, here is a project brought to you by the same folks that thought the V-22 was a good idea, even when it had a record of NOT meeting some of the specified design parameters, and the promises of the folks building it.

What they say, and what the do, are two entirely different things. They try telling us that "Its for the good of the nation." But, what they REALLY mean is: "It'll put more money in my pocket."

Too many chefs spoil the broth......

Parachutes. That would probably work rather well..... The enemy soldiers would look up, see bears with parachutes, and wouldn't believe their eyes, till the bears were on the ground, and tossing bodies about. Sure would get my attention.....

Not to mention that it seems to be one of our favorite passtimes, to the point that we spend billions of dollars per year trying to find better ways to kill our fellow man.......

Corporate lobbying isn't paid with taxpayer dollars, the GSA mess is. Don't want corporations legally allowed to lobby? Stop assessing taxes against them and they won't have any need to be represented in Congress as distinct entities. I don't really care who lobby's, I don't have an issue with that. What I object to, is them getting PAID for it. Considering that the bulk of the lobbyists that have the most influence are ex-members of congress/senators, they are now making millions of years button-holing their buds, to get laws passed that help some special interest or other.... If that isn't influence peddling, what is? Being able to basically buy whatever legislation you want is NOT what the lobbyists intended purpose was. All that does is assure that if you have enough money, you can get whatever you want passed. Doesn't matter if it is good or bad for america as a whole......

5 billion per year from the buffet rule wouldn't even be a drop in the bucket......We give that much to Israel every year. And more. Iraq gets twice that. Pakistan is pretty close too......

strangely enough that is a US Federal Crime edit for clarity -> a husband opening mail addressed to a wife is questionable but an employer opening main addressed to an employee (even at work) is expressly a Federal crime I fail to see the difference in e-mail..... laws need to catch up with the times. :D

Considering some of the things they have made into movies, not sure just how much of a vote that really is any more....

Beth is working on the issue, they are collecting some save games from various folks on the official forums. No word on a fix yet.

Both issues need to be addressed if we want the politicians to act in the best interests of the country, instead of just the select few. I don't have a problem with lobbyists in general, its PAID lobbyists I have trouble with. Considering that some of the highest paid lobbyists are ex-senators, and congresspeople, it looks a lot like influence peddling to me.

You mean the one that sunk near Cork in Ireland(where I live)? The one that caused the Americans to enter WWI? That'd be the one. (I wrote a paper on it in school, several decades ago..... :D)

P-51 Mustang. P-38 Lightning...

I can almost kinda sorta see that if you access things from a school computer, you should have zero expectation of privacy...... However, I am not going to hand my user information to any forums, or mail accounts that I use, to anyone. That's like having your potential employer open your mail at your house. Screw that. I don't use facebook, twitter, or any of the other social sites in any event. I don't need my personal life on display for anyone, even my friends, on the 'net. I just don't see the point.

Wait, the F-35 is single engine??? Really???? For a Naval Aircraft, that doesn't seem like the brightest idea...... at least on a multi-engine aircraft, if one fails, you still have some hope of getting back to the carrier..... not so on the -35....

Wasn't that ratio 1 to 10 with the F-86 in Vietnam?

Most of our air to air missiles have a proximity fuse. And for air to air kills, more often than not, the missile does NOT hit the target, it explodes in close proximity, and shreds it with shrapnel. All ya gotta do is get close, just like horseshoes, hand grenades, and atom bombs.