captainpooby

(newbie break on the time out, no more slack) Note to all: If you come home Sat. nite all poo faced and your computer is on just shut it off. Dont post on web forums.

I have filmed Kramer before many times. Its not so much the slow ones but the fast ones that are hard. I bet a really slow tandem might fall at barely over 100mph but I have no trouble with a camera suit. I have filmed a fast pair clocked on a Pro Track at 147mph max speed. Thats difficult but not impossible. Just get a really steep angle underneath with you elbows in front of your chest. Amost sitting up on your knees. I have learned to tell the passengers NOT to imitate my body position. They will do it. We just replaced all the drogues on our tandems and I can notice the difference in speed. Its best to have the equipment standardized and hire staff that have the skills to work around the fall rates. JMHO, YMMV

Whatever you do, dont call anyone a "fucktard". "Hey fucktard! What?"

Dude, what TF is a goulami/gourami? Can you at least post a pic? What's it for? Whats it do?

I dont give a shit but I got banned from "Talk Back" No one told me why. I think I know, but if you get banned, I think an e-mail is in order.

The point is: The court said you cant say:"One nation under God" says you can force kids to "play jihad". Its fucked up. Never mind church and state.

http://www.cs.mtu.edu/~jmbastia/Calvin/ Gotta love Calvin and Hobbes.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=36118 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JUDICIAL JIHAD Judge rules Islamic education OK in California classrooms Dismisses suit opposing requirement students recite Quran, pray to Allah -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: December 13, 2003 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com Requiring seventh-grade students to pretend they're Muslims, wear Islamic garb, memorize verses from the Quran, pray to Allah and even to play "jihad games" in California public schools has been legally upheld by a federal judge, who has dismissed a highly publicized lawsuit brought by several Christian students and their parents. You cant say "One Nation under God" but this OK? Someone pinch me and wake me up.

I like to take non shooters out to the range. Teach them a little about guns and let them have a blast!(pun intended) Its especially fun taking the folks from across the pond who arent allowed to have guns. Last year at the DZ I ran a "Chute and Shoot" competition and intoduced a number of non-shooters to guns.

Tough sh*t to those that disagree, it IS constitutional. Apparently you have never read the first amendment. A liberal professor out of Chicago disagrees with these Justices:"Dissent by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist: ``The court attempts to sidestep the unprecedented breadth of this regulation by stating that the `close relationship between federal officeholders and the national parties' makes all donations to the national parties `suspect.' But a close association with others, especially in the realm of political speech, is not a surrogate for corruption; it is one of our most treasured First Amendment rights. The court's willingness to impute corruption on the basis of a relationship greatly infringes associational rights and expands Congress' ability to regulate political speech...'' ``No doubt Congress was convinced by the many abuses of the current system that something in this area must be done. Its response, however, was too blunt.'' Dissent by Justice Antonin Scalia: ``This is a sad day for the freedom of speech. Who could have imagined that the same court which, within the past four years, has sternly disapproved of restriction upon such inconsequential forms of expression as virtual child pornography, tobacco advertising, dissemination of illegally intercepted communications, and sexually explicit cable programming, would smile with favor upon a law that cuts to the heart of what the First Amendment is meant to protect: the right to criticize the government...'' ``The first instinct of power is the retention of power, and, under a Constitution that requires periodic elections, that is best achieved by the suppression of election-time speech. We have witnessed merely the second scene of Act I of what promises to be a lengthy tragedy.'' Dissent by Justice Clarence Thomas: ``The chilling endpoint of the Court's reasoning is not difficult to foresee: outright regulation of the press... Media corporations are influential. There is little doubt that the editorials and commentary they run can affect elections. Nor is there any doubt that media companies often wish to influence elections. One would think that the New York Times fervently hopes that its endorsement of presidential candidates will actually influence people. What is to stop a future Congress from determining that the press is `too influential,' and that the `appearance of corruption' is significant when the media organizations endorse candidates or run `slanted' or `biased' news stories in favor of candidates or parties?'' " I find it unbelievable that this law was upheld.

That law is so obviously unconstitutional a third grader could see it.

Bullshit. Who cares who originally said it. What matters is that it was used in the context of this thread in a derogatory manner. I may not agree with guys like JohnRich (and I find his constant use of statistics which suit his arguments annoying, hence the reason I refused to respond to his usual antics). But believe it or not, I respect him. But respect must be earned. And you have been quick to shit down anyone's neck here on DZ.COM who does not agree with your views. I am so done with this thread and I am done with arrogant, intolerant skygods like yourself. Bite me. Thats very mature of you. Sorry you feel that I am shitting on you and others. Can you point out where I have done that? I feel I have backed up everything I have said here. If you want to take your ball and bat and go home thats OK too. I have said nothing on this board that isnt true and backed up by facts. If that upsets you, I'm sorry.

Here's an interesting comparison: In 2000 there were: - 4,303,762 registered motorcycles and mopeds in the US (15.3 per 1,000 people). - Approx 250,000,000 firearms in the US (865 per 1,000 people). And there were: - 2,618 fatal motorcycle accidents - 776 fatal firearm accidents Which means the accidental death rate is: Motorcycles = 1 accidental motorcycle death per 1,644 motorcycles Firearms = 1 accidental firearm death per 322,164 firearms So therefore.... the death rate from motorcyle accidents is nearly 200 times the death rate from firearm accidents. "Motorcycles are far too dangerous for the general public!" Oh but that doesn't take into account the TOTAL number of deaths from firearms! Well, okay let's look at that: 28,663 = Total firearm deaths (1 per 8,722 firearms) 2,618 = Total motorcycle deaths (1 per 1,644 motorcycles) Which means the TOTAL death rate is: Motorcycles = 1 motorcycle-related death per 1,644 motorcycles Firearms = 1 firearm-related death per 8,722 firearms So therefore... the death rate from motocycle accidents is still over FIVE times that from ALL types of firearm-related deaths. "Nobody needs a motorcycle! They're too dangerous! Guns Are Safer!" This info taken from my friend "The_Macallan" on another board.

I like building large model rockets. In the panic reaction over 9/11 large model rocket motors have become essentially unavailable (somewhat harder to obtain than a handgun, for example). Is a person who is not free to possess a large model rocket really free? I like building R/C model aircraft. Since 9/11 it has become illegal to put a GPS into a model aircraft. Is a person who is not free to possess a GPS in a model aircraft really free? Some people like smoking pot in the privacy of their home (I am not one of them). This is illegal. Is someone who is not free to possess pot really free? I could continue. The essential point is that the USA is far from being a free society in many respects. You are brainwashed from childhood into thinking you live in a free country, but in fact it is highly restrictive. Citizens of the Netherlands enjoy many freedoms that we don't. We enjoy one that they don't - easy legal gun ownership. You seem to be happy with the chains. I, personally, am not.

Gun owners respect that - we feel that everyone should have the freedom to make that choice for themselves. We don't want to force people to own a gun if they don't want one. KENNESAW! Try google before you claim anything like the people are forced to wn guns. Sheesh, it aint hard. By Jonathan Hamilton and David Burch Marietta Daily Journal Staff Writers http://www.mdjonline.com/StoryDetail.cfm?id=10017128&Section=Home%20Page 3-14-1 KENNESAW, Ga - Several Kennesaw officials attribute a drop in crime in the city over the past two decades to a law that requires residents to have a gun in the house. In 1982, the Kennesaw City Council unanimously passed a law requiring heads of households to own at least one firearm with ammunition. The ordinance states the gun law is needed to "protect the safety, security and general welfare of the city and its inhabitants." Then-councilman J.O. Stephenson said after the ordinance was passed, everyone "went crazy." "People all over the country said there would be shootings in the street and violence in homes," he said. "Of course, that wasn't the case." In fact, according to Stephenson, it caused the crime rate in the city to plunge. Kennesaw Historical Society president Robert Jones said following the law's passage, the crime rate dropped 89 percent in the city, compared to the modest 10 percent drop statewide. "It did drop after it was passed," he said. "After it initially dropped, it has stayed at the same low level for the past 16 years." Mayor Leonard Church was not in office when the law was passed, but he said he is a staunch supporter of it. "You can't argue with the fact that Kennesaw has the lowest crime rate of any city our size in the country," said Church, who owns a denture-making company in Kennesaw. The author of the ordinance, local attorney Fred Bentley Sr., attributes at least some of the decrease in crime to the bill. "I am definitely in favor of what we did," he said. "It may not be totally responsible for the decrease, [but] it is a part." Although he is pleased with the outcome, Bentley said he was originally opposed to drafting the law. "I didn't think it could be written in a constitutional fashion," he said. "Obviously, it was constitutional, because the American Civil Liberties Union challenged it in court and we won." Jones said the ACLU challenged the law in a federal court just after it was passed. In response, the city added a clause adding conscientious objectors to the list of those exempt. Although the law is now being credited with a drop in crime, Jones said that was not the law's original purpose. He also pointed out that Kennesaw did not have a big problem with crime before. "The crime rate wasn't that high to start with. It was 11 burglaries per 1,000 residents in 1981," he said. According to the Kennesaw Police Department, the city's most recent crime statistics show 243 property crimes per 100,000 residents in 1998, or .243 per 1,000. The city's crime rate continues to be far below other metro Atlanta city's with similar populations, like Decatur. In 1998, Decatur recorded 4,049 property crimes per 100,000 residents. Jones said one motivation for the council passing the ordinance had to do with publicity. "It was done in response to a law passed by Morton Grove, Ill., outlawing gun ownership within the city limits," he said. "Several council members were upset Morton Grove had gotten a lot of attention with their ordinance so they decided to top them. "They figured the gun ownership ordinance would knock that city right off the front pages. They were right." Jones said the ensuing publicity surrounding the law has given Kennesaw worldwide name recognition. "I have been to Australia and Europe and when I tell people I am from Kennesaw they recognize the name as the place that requires everyone to own a gun," he said. But Stephenson said the issue was not publicity-driven but issue-driven. "We believed in the right of people to own guns," he said. Jones said he has sold 550 copies of a 1994 book about the first-of-its-kind law, "The Law Heard 'Round the World." He said the law in its final form has many loopholes, so not everyone is required to own a gun. "There are many outs," he said. "When you look at it, almost anyone could fit into one of the exempted groups." Kennesaw Police Chief Dwaine Wilson said no one has ever been prosecuted under the ordinance. Among those exempt are residents "who conscientiously oppose maintaining firearms as a result of beliefs or religious doctrine." Others exempt include the physically and mentally disabled, paupers and those convicted of a felony. The law contains no clause addressing punishment for violating the law. If convicted, City Clerk Diane Coker said punishment would be determined by the general penalty clause of the Kennesaw Code Ordinance - probably a fine of about $100. Jones said the unusual law has not deterred anyone from moving to Kennesaw. "Our population has increased just like everyone's in Georgia in the past 20 years," he said. "The law really hasn't done any harm to the city's growth." The city's population in 1998 was recorded at 14,493 - a sharp increase over the 8,936 residents recorded in the 1990 census. Cobb Chamber of Commerce president Bill Cooper said odd laws are typically not counted as strike against a city when a business is looking to relocate. "These laws don't have laws don't have an impact on a company's decision to move to Cobb County," Cooper said. "Many communities have strange laws that are out of date. Businesses look at many factors when relocating, such as quality of life, education, infrastructure and available workforce." Bentley said the law actually may have helped business development. "Kennesaw is home to more manufacturing businesses than any other Cobb city," he said. "Companies have said they want to be located in conservative areas." And Kennesaw isn't the only city in Cobb with an unusual law on the books. According to Jeff Koon, who runs a Web site specializing in funny laws, Dumblaws.com, Acworth has a ordinance requiring residents to own a rake. In Marietta, it is illegal to spit from a car or a bus, but perfectly legal to spit from a truck.

I guess in your mind, the mature thing to do is to throw insults at anyone who may have a different view other than your own. You know, I used to think that skydivers were cool people. But I was obviously mistaken. There are still plenty of out there. I did not throw an insult at anyone. I merely posted a quote by Freud. Perhaps you were not mature enough to see that. Freud said it, not me. I merely pointed out his opinion.

Gun owners respect that - we feel that everyone should have the freedom to make that choice for themselves. We don't want to force people to own a gun if they don't want one. KENNESAW! The New American magazine reminds us that March 25th marked the 16th anniversary of Kennesaw, Georgia's ordinance requiring heads of households (with certain exceptions) to keep at least one firearm in their homes. The city's population grew from around 5,000 in 1980 to 13,000 by 1996 (latest available estimate). Yet there have been only three murders: two with knives (1984 and 1987) and one with a firearm (1997). "After the law went into effect in 1982, crime against persons plummeted 74 percent compared to 1981, and fell another 45 percent in 1983 compared to 1982. And it has stayed impressively low. In addition to nearly non-existent homicide (murders have averaged a mere 0.19 per year), the annual number of armed robberies, residential burglaries, commercial burglaries, and rapes have averaged, respectively, 1.69, 31.63, 19.75, and 2.00 through 1998." With all the attention that has been heaped upon the lawful possession of firearms lately, you would think that a city that requires gun ownership would be the center of a media feeding frenzy. It isn't. The fact is I can't remember a major media outlet even mentioning Kennesaw. Can you? The reason is obvious. Kennesaw proves that the presence of firearms actually improves safety and security. This is not the message that the media want us to hear. They want us to believe that guns are evil and are the cause of violence. The facts tell a different story. What is even more interesting about Kennesaw is that the city's crime rate decreased with the simple knowledge that the entire community was armed. The bad guys didn't force the residents to prove it. Just knowing that residents were armed prompted them to move on to easier targets. Most criminals don't have a death wish. There have been two occasions in my own family when the presence of a handgun averted potential disaster. In both instances the gun was never aimed at a person and no shot was fired. Yet, in both cases the thugs bent on criminal mischief decided to take their ambitions elsewhere and my family remained safe. Only God knows what would have happened if a firearm had not been handy. Yes, there are times when gun accidents occur. There are many more accidents involving automobiles, airplanes, bathroom shower stalls and backyard swimming pools, however. And let's not forget that freedom is risky business. Freedom allows people to make mistakes recognizing that the alternative is worse. A local newspaper columnist recently said that other nations are free without possessing firearms. He fails to see the obvious fact that people who are not free to own firearms are not free. Many people live their entire lives and never know a day of real freedom. And, while I'm sure that there are those who would choose to live without freedom, there are some of us who would rather die free than live enslaved.

I carry cocked and locked. Except with my Glock, which has a "safe" action. I also promise not to shoot cats in a crowded room anymore.

Fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity. - Sigmund Freud

The sky is falling...........

When you catch em. How do you rope and brand em? "Never mind the weather, Hell bent for leather, Sure wish I had my Baby by my side......"

Here's my girl. Burble. She's so catctical.

I own it. I was referring to buckets vs bathtubs vs bullets vs barnyard equipment in different areas. I was interested in billvon's idea. Lott studied trends in crime in every single county in the US. Most thorough study to date. But he focussed on firearms and controlling for other factors (specifically the effect of concealed carry). He did not look at other causes of death. Here you go but it only includes Mississippi. It does break it down by county. I dont think you find a site that compiles this on a national level. http://msucares.com/safety/death/statistics/ I think you will see more people drown county by county than are killed with firearms. Tractor deaths are less than firearm deaths but still very prevelant. I dont know thw geography of the state, you will have to compare maps to population centers yourself.

I own it. I was referring to buckets vs bathtubs vs bullets vs barnyard equipment in different areas. I was interested in billvon's idea. Lott studied trends in crime in every single county in the US. Most thorough study to date. But he focussed on firearms and controlling for other factors (specifically the effect of concealed carry). He did not look at other causes of death. I'll look. I have my sources.

No its not. Yes it is. Nyah Nyah. Yes it is