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hah, It's 3:35 , woke up at 1 (early) fortunately breakfast is served till 1:30 cuz they understand our needs , still messed up from last night and it's almost drinking time again, university life. If only i didn't have to write an essay in this condition Life is ez On the dz Every jumper's dream 3 rigs and an airstream

Well, the verbier swoop sold me, I'll buy a DVD player just for this movie. Life is ez On the dz Every jumper's dream 3 rigs and an airstream

I'm not a big fan of the Taliban, or Ossama's bunch, but I think they should at least be given the same rights as given to murderers and rapists in the US. You can't bring people to justice while ignoring the fundamental concept of justice yourself. Unfortunately this has been the status quo in the United States' foreign policy. We need only to look back on events such as the bombing of the Al Shifa medicine plant in the Sudan in 1998 or the numerous violations of international law in Central America by the Nicaraguan contras, (who were beyond any doubt, terrorists), but were still sponsored and directed by the US gov't. I think that until the historical facts about the US's own conduct are addressed, the goverment's claim to being the world's policeman, (not to mention judge, jury and executioner), are extremely hypocritical. The widespread historical amnesia in the US and the biased viewpoint of the dominant media combine to allow the administration to continually get away with violations of international law. What exactly is the point of these laws if we can break them just because we've been terrorized by an attack such as 9-11? Striking out blindly at people who may or may not have been involved is counterproductive, especially if we're going to deny them trials. Yes, it would be much harder to bring these people to justice if we do it in a civilized manner, but didn't someone say something about it being better to let 100 guilty men go free than to hang one who's innocent? Isn't that what the modern concept of justice is based upon. I think the problem is that some Americans don't believe that these people deserve justice, only to be hunted down like dogs. Well, I can certainly understand that point of view, and I spend a fair amount of my high school days double tapping "tangos" in the back of the head on Rainbow Six, but there's a difference between video games and reality. I completely grasp the gut reaction that they should pay with their lives, but who's lives are being forfeited to satisfy this desire? Remember when the US cut off ground based food aid to Afghanistan while simultaneously launching a huge media campaign about the efficacity of the airdrop system while the Red Cross pleaded for them to allow the food across the border to relieve impending famine? What a load of crap, innocent people starved as a direct result of that policy, but to the administration this was, and I quote, "acceptable". And don't even get me started on Iraq, even Jessica Stern (Harvard prof), an admitted right winger, will tell you that Iraq is becomming a haven for terrorists as we speak. I guess we should just start nabbing people at random there and hauling them off to Cuba for another couple of years, I'm sure that would go over well in the region. What if the situation were reversed and US soldiers or citizens were captured and held accountable for the real or supposed crimes of their government. We would be outraged that a foreign power had imposed it's own brand of justice on our citizens. Imagine then if that government didn't even accuse them of anything or give them trials. The result would be a public outcry loud enough to drown out a whisper of Arnold's election in California. Sometimes you've got to "cowboy the f*** up" and take the hard road, and if that means acting like a civilized person and affording people you hate the same rights as you would expect them, ie. use ligitimate authority instead of violence. Granted, I'm not sure if the net result of this would be more terrorists dead or in jail, but I sure as hell know that it would mean less innocent people being killed, terrorized or having their rights trampled in other ways. Disagree if you like, I respect that, but be informed that if your wife is a clandestine CIA agent on foreign assignment I will be forced to leak her name to the press or possibly detain you up here in Canada, and trust me... it ain't Cuba this time of year. Life is ez On the dz Every jumper's dream 3 rigs and an airstream

Does anyone know what the rule is in Canada? We have a crap load of open space Life is ez On the dz Every jumper's dream 3 rigs and an airstream

Road bike racing / triathlon community around where I live remind me of the skydiving community. Obsessive, broke, binge drinkers... good folk all round Life is ez On the dz Every jumper's dream 3 rigs and an airstream

Dude, sounds like you have a dz where you can actually jump when you have the money. Most of the days I had off this summer (from my peice of shit job) were almost all screwed up by wind and low clouds, and then of course when I go to work it clears up. Damn maritime weather. Now I've got money but it's getting chilly up here in Nova Scotia and the dz's close, so by the time I get out in the spring I'll have spend all my dough on sweet sweet alcohol. This winter will be one major withdrawal Life is ez On the dz Every jumper's dream 3 rigs and an airstream

Does the comparison to flying in the c-172 account for the fact that you have to fly in an airplane and take the risk of it crashing before you get out before you even begin the jump? Skydiving is dangerous dammit, if people start to believe it's like driving a car that's really going to hurt my favorite pickup line. Life is ez On the dz Every jumper's dream 3 rigs and an airstream

Anyone know of a good video clip of someone doing a plf during a bad landing? Life is ez On the dz Every jumper's dream 3 rigs and an airstream

As an IAD student on the verge of freefall it kinda pisses me off that I didn't have an alti on my jumps to date. I'm the worst judge of altitude ever, always spin too low. It would have been nice to start saying to myself, this is 4000, 1000, 500 etc while under canopy. That's Canada for you. Life is ez On the dz Every jumper's dream 3 rigs and an airstream

Man, whenever I come home I always watch the 700 club, that show is friggin entertaining. I really like the ones where people call in and pray for the supreme court. Life is ez On the dz Every jumper's dream 3 rigs and an airstream

I bet any fool who ever stole a peice of crap honda civic and wound up on Cops is wishing they had the brains for something like that. Life is ez On the dz Every jumper's dream 3 rigs and an airstream

People at my dz suggested I start learning to pack after jump number 2. I thought they were slightly insane at the time, but flat packing really isn't all that complicated. I still can't fold a tablecloth, but I can flake like crazy. Life is ez On the dz Every jumper's dream 3 rigs and an airstream

Ok, when I sat down and read the whole thread i realized I'd have to work a little harder to come up with an original idea. It dawned on me that some kind of arrestor wire/hook system could theoretically stop you. I'm picturing two towers with a bungee cord between them, the actual jumper trails a hook attached to their feet/foot(?), maybe the hook would be attached with another bungee cord stored in some kind of container. The idea is to hit the arrestor wire with the hook. If the towers were high enough and you missed the wire there might still be time to pull and live to see another day. If anyone thought of this before me, well to hell with you, i'm not paying any damn royalties. Life is ez On the dz Every jumper's dream 3 rigs and an airstream

Rogue spear is the single best game ever made. Been playin it since it was released, so addictive. Wait till ya get online with some buddies Life is ez On the dz Every jumper's dream 3 rigs and an airstream

What kind of landing would a phantom 24 round reserve give me? I weigh about 170 lb and am 6'1'' tall (if that matters at all). Life is ez On the dz Every jumper's dream 3 rigs and an airstream

So why can't you jump at 16? At my dz all you need is parental consent from 16-18. I can't even imagine the anticipation that would cause though, I kinda decided to go with some friends out of the blue this summer, now i'm completely obsessed. If it had happened in reverse order i'd probly have pulled all my hair out waiting for the 1st jump. I'm actually sorta looking at buying a rig, but I'm thinking the bigger the better Life is ez On the dz Every jumper's dream 3 rigs and an airstream

I vividly recall the day I went for first jump training, I couldn't get Good Charlotte's "the day that I died" out of my head. Life is ez On the dz Every jumper's dream 3 rigs and an airstream

It's one thing to assert that Al Qaeda has ties with Iraq, but where's the evidence? I would be obliged if someone could fill me in on specifically why Bush is saying this, the only concrete thing I remember about Iraq and Al Qaeda is that one of the organization's members received medical treatment there last year, which is hardly an indictment. Life is ez On the dz Every jumper's dream 3 rigs and an airstream

Thanks for clearing that up, I guess my poli sci prof is full of shit. I didn't really want to take him at his word so i thought i'd post the thing where pilots, or ppl informed on aviation would reply. I'm just glad to know something was at least attempted. On the other hand, it's odd that the interceptors wouldn't catch the airliner over DC, after all Andrews AFB is right there and it's their job to protect the capital. I believe there were 2 squadrons of interceptors there at the time. On the other planes though it seems like there's a good explanation. I wasn't ready to believe the gov't was complicit in the attack, but there's still some stuff I'm gonna look into myself, especially as u mentionned the flight data from the FAA. On the WMD thing, it didn't offend me to be told they were in Iraq because it's been confirmed by weapons inspectors that at the time they were kicked out there were chemical weapons (at least) left in the country. As if the gov't would just get rid of them. Life is ez On the dz Every jumper's dream 3 rigs and an airstream

I supported the war on Iraq initially, but I'm getting the feeling that I may have been completely wrong. I hate how the US gov't is shifting the focus to terrorists in Iraq after no WMDs were found. I still believe there were WMDs in Iraq, just because we can't find them doesn't mean that we need a new excuse to justify the war. Iraq may have harbored every other terrorist organization known to man, but there hasn't been a shred of convincing evidence when it comes to Ossama's bunch. This is ridiculous, and the media is just lapping it up instead of saying "how dare you treat us like imbuciles?". And, on top of all this I've just learned some very disturbing stuff about recent US history. I should add here that until last week I was one of the biggest hawks in my university, but that doesn't stop me from objectively considering evidence, and I'm on the verge of switching sides. The stuff that changed my mind was mostly a result of taking political science for the first time, in which I learned the following; 1. The US has actually been convicted by the United Nations of sponsoring terrorism. This was a result of sponsoring a guerilla war in central america. I couldn't believe this, so I checked for myself and sure enough it's true. 2. This one is a little murkier and frankly I don't really believe it myself, but what actually happened to the US air force on 9-11. Is it not FAA standard procedure to have the Air Force scramble an interceptor if radio contact is lost with a commercial flight for more than a certain time period? Why were no jets sent to investigate when the 2nd, 3rd and 4th planes were hijacked? It was a matter of hours before interceptors were scrambled to my knowledge. This makes no sense, either there was gross incompetence or there was some kind of stand down in place. If the first is true, why were no reprimands handed down? I'm not saying the government just let the attacks happen, but seriously wtf is going on with the world? I'm normally the last person to critize the US gov't, and I mean absolutely no disrespect to its citizens, but I'm going to be very uncomfortable if I don't find an explanation for question #2. Life is ez On the dz Every jumper's dream 3 rigs and an airstream

That's good to know, saves me a trip to the recruiter's office. law school it is ;) Life is ez On the dz Every jumper's dream 3 rigs and an airstream

Would any of you guys like to offer some opinions on skydiving in the military, preferably in Canada? I'm trying to explore some career options, would appreciate the inside scoop. Life is ez On the dz Every jumper's dream 3 rigs and an airstream