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They covered both sides of the story. I can't find this story on CNN.com. I think it would be all over the front pages if Repubs had such instructions in their campaign manual. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Kerry voted for a resolution that gave complete authority to the pres. Just cause he gets on the senate floor and would like to qualify his vote, doesn't change the wording of the resolution. If he didn't like the language of the resolution, he should have voted no. When is an intelligence agency not subject to pressure? Clinton made regime change in Iraq and official policy goal. Bush had the guts to do it. Can you imagine the uproar if the Repub natl committee had such an election manual. There would be such an uproar/demand for apology. I bet Dan Rather-biased would report that story. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

How did they add the riser? Take it apart and insert the second set? The mod done to mine seems like a much better alternative, and you get the right length. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

That is a lousy storm trooper, and I think the other one is that angry singer with the song "I'm a Liar", his name starts with an 'R' I believe. Saw his video on Beavis and Butthead. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Holy Shit! I just saw how the 2001 and the current Dem campaign manual advise that even if no evidence of voter intimidation exists, to issue a press release, prime minority leadership to discuss the issue, and place stories expressing concern about potential intimidation in the local media! What the fuck is that! Again, I can't post the link directly to the video, but it is on the right side, "Politics of Fear". http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,112935,00.html To those that criticise Fox News, can you sincerely say that this story doesn't deserve national attention? Where is Dan Rather with this story? Never gonna happen, Dem misdeads are given a pass because they deserve to win, right? Of course what they advocate is not illegal, just terribly embarrasing and does not make them look good to the 'swing voter'. It is no longer just a memo to a few, this is the campaign manual! What balls they have! People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

You mean Nader was still on the ballot, but you would have to write him in instead of selecting him the usual way, like the ballots should have been reprinted but weren't? People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

When I started, the threat to be grounded for pulling low was well understood. Now, the box on your back is just the witness to your transgression that cannot be denied. Hanging in brakes to increase your canopy time/cover up a low pull doesn't work if that gizmo gets activated. Pulling low used to be much more common. Now we are rightly afraid of the risk of a 2-out, instead of just the risk of how little time would be left for emergency procedures. For this reason I think it is not true that people are not minding their altitude, at least compared to times past. Some world class competitors and other extremely well respected jumpers have gone low by accident and been saved by the box on their back. Not many would have been so arrogant as to tell them to take up bowling. Instead, they were given the chance to reflect and learn from their mistake. When was the last time you heard someone warned about pulling low? I don't think it happens so much now. In part because people don't pull low as often, and in part because we let the gizmo do the determination of a low pull, when we should get warned/grounded even when it isn't low enough to activate the brain on our backs. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

There's Fox News for you, Fair and Balanced! I still think that you should have to prove citizenship to register. I certainly don't remember having to do that, does anyone else? Here's an idea - require ID to register/vote, or put ink on your thumb to prevent people from voting multiple times, just like in Afghanistan! Then we would probably have allegations of evil, racist Repubs attacking minorities to mark their thumbs before they could vote. Eric, maybe no air time this weekend, eh? People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Billvon has even minimized the importance of the factual problems with the movie because it evokes such an emotional response (I think I have paraphrased him correctly, either him or Quade). It is certainly good at raising people's temperature, but it is not a virtue in itself for a movie that claims to tell us the truth. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

I think tearing up registrations probably happens quite often. People that work/volunteer their time for one side are obviously very eager/motivated to help, and feel the power that they can wield if they choose to do wrong. Very tempting, unfortunately. The big difference is that the National leadership sent the memo. they are the official spokespeople of the party. Big difference, in my opinion. Eric, what was the Dakota incident. I didn't catch that one. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

The evidence of repubs shredding registrations is perhaps not so strong. Just one person's claim, right? I think there is a HUGE difference between the DNC (THE NATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF THE PARTY) and some individual at the lowest level that takes it upon themselves to do wrong. I am quite sure that one is not as bad as the other. What is not clear about that? If the DNC wants to claim that the memo is not real, they are keeping very quiet about it. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

It happened at SGC early this year, on a Vector III, the guy is not a lightweight, but not unusual. Of course you mean why would anyone still be jumping the NON-reinforced risers. The ONLY error that is required is to not replace them soon enough. As I said earlier, I like the idea of a load limiter, but would not like the idea of the risers becoming vulnerable after 400 or so jumps like many advise. If I have a few hard openings, should I reduce that number? No thanks, this is not progress - I'll pass on being modern. I contend that tube stows for the locking stows means you are less likely to have bag dump due to rubber bands breaking as your bag is accelerated off your back. I'll take strong tube stows over weak rubber bands any day. Of course having loose locking stows is not smart, but don't blame it on tube stows. Have you ever found your locking stows broken after a jump? Consider that they may have broken when they were needed most, and bag dump is the result. Flip throughs caused broken risers? I don't remember that. I'd still like to know the relative strength of wide vs narrow risers. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Why didn't they deserve it? People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Can anyone say approx what the relative strength of mini and standard risers are? I'm all for a "load limiter", but don't like the harder cutaway force inherent with mini risers. A mechanism to control the hard opening forces that can be delivered to your body is good, but it should be constant over time/# of jumps used. The fact that a big guy like me gets no comfort advantage is another reason to not bother with minis. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Is there no limit to how low they will go to win? When you feel entitled to political power without the irritating need to be elected, ethics/morality will suffer. Can't post the video link directly. Click on the "lawsuits everywhere" link on the far right side under the "you decide 2004" list. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,112935,00.html People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

I thought that if jumping was planned, that everyone on board had to wear a parachute. Is this true? Maybe that rule isn't that simple. I know larger planes usually don't have the pilot wearing a rig. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Am I one of the last alive that ordered my rig (2 years ago) without stainless, hip rings, and with wide risers and chest strap? I see plenty of main lift webs that distort when people bend over, even with fancy rings. I know there is some advantage for fit, I guess mostly when in a sit. Now the chest rings, that I really cannot understand the benefit. Webbing is quite flexible isn't it? I am just cheap and old fashioned I guess. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Legal? The mfg suggested it, I asked him if it was kosher, he said don't worry, and since the mfg was doing it, I didn't question any more. I had doubts but didn't care because it is a completely non-invasive modification. The load is still applied to the L-bar links, not 'extending' or adding a second set of risers into the harness. Even when I moved away from the area, other riggers never questioned the mod. I certainly was glad a year later when I had to use it, a lot of tall trees surrounding that DZ, wouldn't have wanted to be under a round. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

The mfg of my previous old rig made a set of 14 inch risers to attach to the harness at the L-bar link. The original 2-reserve risers were so short that the toggles were easy to reach (used it once). This was such a good way to get 4 risers out of an old rig. It also helped that I jumped where the rigs were made. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

No way, I have been watching the Seattle Mariners all year (not an easy thing to do this year), and they always go out on the field to bash fists/whatever stupid secret handshake thing they do to each other. I really thought I remembered Hockey players passing by each other at the red line after each game. Don't football players go out on the field and mingle with the other team. Baseball players just pat each other on the back, nothing else. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Kerry sure has a lot of different plans for the money that would be raised by 'rolling back' the tax cut on the 'wealthy'. He mentions it every time he needs to explain how new programs would be financed. "If we didn't give a tax cut to the most wealthy we could do this and that and the other thing too" People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

I'm just saying that you won't likely change their mind based on data, of course watching such a save would hopefully not happen, but if it does, it is effective. I watched a student saved by an old Sentinel when he did nothing but watch a streamering T-10. It was an emotional experience. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

I just noticed it this year. After winning a game, they line up out on the field to congratulate each other! What the fuck is up with that! Hockey players, line up to shake hands with the other team, don't they, or is my memory of that wrong? I just think that is a really poor example to kids. Hopefully kids don't notice it either. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

You won't be able to get anyone to change their mind based on empirical evidence. Watching a save in person (especially if the save is of a respected, experienced jumper), where you are yelling into the air, "PULL", now that may in fact change their mind. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Did you hear Kerry say Idear (as opposed to idea)! That is just one of my pet peeves. Another is people with pet peeves. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am