Ron

It would be a third front, and yes it could be done. How do you think SS would do if a Nuke took out LA, or NYC? Very few countries could actually invade the US...That is old thinking. The new threat is a terrorist group wasting a city with an NBC weapon they got from a Government that is anti US. N.Korea would not do anything. No COUNTRY will do anything. Anyone in power with half a brain knows they can't compete against the US military and win. The two ways that the US could fall: 1. A global community imposes sanctions against the US. Cut off from Oil and all other imports the economy would crash. 2. A terroist group uses NBC weapons in the US to destroy one of more major cities. The kaos that follows could destroy the US. #1 is not likely to happen. Even if coutries wanted to, it is not likely to happen. #2 is the plan of several groups already, and one has already attacked us twice on US soil. So, we can ignore the threat of a terroist group attacking us on US soil, but the cost of that is HUGE. I am not saying we should invade any Country that we think has NBC weapons...But we do want to look closely at them. Sanctions should be tried first....But those sanctions will have to be global, and actually enforced...The UN oil of food disaster, France selling weapons to Iraq against those santions ect show that any sanction needs to be much better than before. I don't have faith in the UN to enforce anything they say. Problems with that: 1. The US is the major military power in the world. Not many other countires COULD do it. 2. The US is the major military force in the UN. Without the US the UN has no real teeth. 3. The US is the country in danger the most....Well some could argue that Israel is, but we are #1 I think since without the US's support Israel would have fallen long ago. So we have the most to lose if a terrorist country gets a Nuke. The more Nukes out there...The bigger the chance that one will be stolen, bought ect and used to hit America. So, like it or not WE are the ones with them most to lose, so WE are the ones that will have to do something. Now that something starts with REAL, ENFORCED sanctions...But it could lead to war. If you remove the risk of war, the sanctions have no chance of working. As for your claim that sanctions worked in Iraq...It may be true that SH could no longer make WMD's...But he still never complied with the resolution SHOWING he had none and SHOWING what he did with the ones he did have. So he was still in violation of the UN. All he ever had to do was show it, and we would have had no reason. If the UN puts sanctions against Iran, they need to enforce them. They so far have shown that they will not. I would rather not see us get involved with another conflict, but the cost of not doing anything I think is a sure step in the wrong direction. You of course will disagree, and snipe my thoughts apart. Cool thing about a free country huh? "No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334

Brother, thats what they do...They sharp shoot anything you say, and claim that there is a betterway, but never say what that is. I got banned by Bill once for asking one of the regulars to expain his plan. They have plans, but they can't tell anyone them since they will dissapear in the light. "No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334

So now you are trying to imply that GWB gave the identity of the CIA agent to the press? What happend to innocent to proven guilty? "No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334

Wow, is this opposite day? I support this, and its quite liberal. You support this, and its quite conservative. What the hell is happening here? "No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334

The best way to find a coach is to ask around...Bad coaches don't tend to get recomendatons. The idea is not bad, but it would be a a HUGE area, and not that much traffic since most will just normally ask around. "No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334

Ah, it was funny, don't let them get ya down. "No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334

Even the Sentinals and FXC's to my memory will not fire unless you are going at certain speeds. Some really old AAD's did fire at any speed at any atitude and had to be turned off, but when I started 11 years ago I had never seen one in use. "No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334

Sure Well you silly....for jump tickets and cheeze steaks "No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334

Not a stupid question...I'd rather you ask these questions than not. 1st...It's a MEDICAL EMERGENCY...Fuck the AAD's. If I have someone passed out, I want the plane down NOW so we can do something about it. Whats more important; A person or a repack? Turning off the AAD is not needed. Several pro models were tested in Mike Mullins KA....He will beat you to the ground. They didn't fire. Now some of the student models *might* fire, and the Tandem models *might* fire. However for a Student one to fire you have to be moving pretty fast below 1500 feet for them to fire...And the Tandem one it's like 1800 feet. Most pilots I know that descend fast stop diving like hell around 2 grand AGL. Normal patter altitude is around 500-1000 feet AGL, and you need to get set up. So the chances of an AAD fire is small, and most skilled pilots will know this. So if someone passes out...Land the plane, don't waste time turning things off, or getting out...Just land. "No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334

It arms at 1500 feet. Below that it will not fire even if you jump...Above that it will. "No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334

I ordered my first rig from Ralph It was a good rig and a fair deal. I didn't know anything about gear and I got a good safe setup for about 1500 bucks that I put almost 370 jumps on. "No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334

Yes, currency is a big factor. You don't hear to many stories of the pros getting hurt and they make 1,000 jumps a year. "No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334

You could acuse him of driving under the influence and killing someone "No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334

I find it funny you don't support "innocent till proven guilty" when it comes to Republicans....Only Dems. "No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334

Nope, I think of Sleepy Hollow and a headless horseman... Damn...Kennedy beat me to it. "No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334

Damn, Sparky is even OLDER now? Is that possible? Tell me Sparky, was Jesus ever really on Static Line? Happy Bday. "No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334

The fact that it works is the cool thing...Not the speed. Some are acting like 9.6 is a big deal...It's not. The fact the engine works is a big deal...The fact that the craft went 9.6 is not. "No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334

Sorry Ray, I have at least 1,000 fun jumps....Just not in the last two years....How many have you got? Nope, but it had been about 7-8 years since I had been there....Nice try "No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334

***They didn't try to solve the problem of making the scramjet work at lower speeds; the test was to see if it could operate reliably at that speed. A lot more work needs to be done before this technology is useful, but this is a big first step. It could make economic SSTO a reality.Quote Yes, but we can already do above Mach 9.6 with a rocket engine....People on here are getting excited about the Mach number....The only cool thing is the engine worked....The speed is unimportant since it was a rocket that made it go that fast. "No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334

Its called "sour grapes". "No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334

So it didn't do 9.6 without the rocket...The rocket did all the work. "No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334

I have had these suits not fit at one time or another: Tony Suits, Michigan Suits. Merlan Suits. I have owned: Tony Suits, Michigan Suits, Merlan Suits. See a trend? The only company that was a pain about it was the only one I will not do business with. Michigan is not that company. I have seen him fix a suit and fly it to the DZ in his plane to give it to the jumper. Sorry you had a problem, but it does seem if The suits were measured by the same person...It seems they made some mistakes. They don't have to make the same mistake on every suit...They can make different mistakes if they don't know what they are doing. Sorry you had a problem, but I have had nothing but great service, and great suits from Michigan. "No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334

If Bill does it its OK. If you do it its an attack. Right or wrong thats the way it is. "No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334

I think Clewiston is closest depending on where you are...Skydive Miami is WAY south. Skydive South Beach is closed. I was in FLL this past weekend. (Well, on Sat). Made one jump at Clewiston on my way back home. "No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334

All hat, no cattle BTW new toy I bought this weekend. http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1348134#1348134 1/3 scale Extra, Brison 5.8 engine "No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334