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------------------------- Well hopefully you're right the last thing the U.S. economy needs right now is a terrorist attack to bring it down. Thank god the stock market was closed early because of this. If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.

If its because the entire country is connected together then how is Ottawa, Canada and Toronto, Canada involved? If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.

there is power in Dallas but I see there is none in NYC, Northern Jersey, Detroit, Toronto, and Ottawa. I doubt from the distance between these cities that they can all be connected together. So it seems obvious to me that some group is behind this. The question is whether or not its going to go any further. I sure hope not. If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.

------------------------------------------- There are a lot of things about a parachute system that will affect the way it flies and as you continue jumping you will notice more of them. You will notice more of them because you will be more calm and therefore more attentive to your surroundings and because as you downsize certain things will be more pronounced. But about riser length. Short risers = shorter lines = faster turns, longer dives, and a canopy that is over all more responsive to any input you give it. (Not necessarily a good thing). I have jumped 25" risers and have found them to be huge even for someone with a decent size arm span like myself 74". I have jumped 19" and found them to fast which is fine once the canopy is open but its a pain in the ass when you have line twists and the canopy is spiraling faster than it needs to be, while you are trying to kick out. It also exposes your hand more for a good slider slam. In the end I settle for what appeared to be the correct medium for me {22"}, not to fast not to slow and good for my arm length. Of course if you are flying something loaded @ 2.0 or less it will be harder for you to notice the difference and for that reason you might want to just go with the most comfortable length and not worry about performance. If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.

answers own question -------------------------------- all is cool but there is an Origin for the word FUCK. It comes from England in a time when you had to have permission from the king to have sex. If you got permission to do so outside the room where you do it you had to hang a sign that had FUCK written on it. It stood for Fornication, Under, Consent of the King. If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.

---------------------------------------- My thoughts exactly!!! I was thinking about it for a second and it reminded me of that movie "From the Hip", when they put a president of a bank is on the stand. His lawyer asks him to describe the man he punched. He calmly says, "he's an a$$h%le". Then his lawyer tells the judge (played by my favorite marcian), " I respectfully request that the response stay (not be stricken) the word has a very distinct meaning". Yeah I don't do who MM can really represent since he has bee booed off the stage in places where most of the people are even Democrats. There are celebreties who political stance I don't approve of (Michael Douglas, Kirt Douglas, Charlie Sheen, Sharon Stone, etc but as long as they shut up most of the time I am ok with them. Then there are the loud annoying liberals, (Barbara Streisand or B.S., Maritin Sheen, Jane Fonda or Hanoi Jane. Sean Penn, etc. and lets not forget MM). Yes these individuals go so far that they earn my dislike to such a level that I personally boycott anything that they are involved in. If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.

When everytime you see a body of water you ponder the following: If they dropped you 5K feet overhead could you could swoop it? Where you would land after that? How clear are the surroundings? What kind of approach could you make there? If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.

president lies to Congress. If he's a Democrat: He's a lying criminal who should be impeached! If he's a Republican: He was just trying to do the right thing in the face of foolish Congressional opposition. -------------------------------------------------------- that is pretty much what happened if you compare Iran/Contra scandal to Clintons many mishaps (whitewater, filegate, and perjury) ================================ A president prevents World War III. Democrat: He was a coward who turned his back on the issue. Republican: He's a hero who saved the western world. ------------------------------------------------------- Thats too funny. If Kennedy would have kept his promise to the Cubans that would have brought us into World War III. But the fact that right after that he sent troops 12K miles to fight a useless battle in Vietnam where they were not even allowed to go in and win and that this didn't start WW III proves that this is a frivolous liberal arguement. ================================== A president funds terrorists. Democrat: He is as big a threat as the terrorists themselves. Republican: That's old news; there's no way to know what those people will do anyway. ------------------------------------------------ I hadn't even mentioned this because this is still history in the making. The only time I ever remember standing behind anything Clinton ever did was in 1998 when he stood up to the Iraqis because they were not allowing the inspections to go foward. But being the Democrat that he is/was ofcourse he could not go through with it and do the right thing and finish the job. ============================= A president is impeached. Democrat: He is an embarrassement to the country. Republican: He is an honorable man unfairly slighted by the evil investigators. --------------------------------------------- That pretty much the way it happened. The only other president impeached in history was Andrew Johnson. Honestly I don't even know all the specifics there since it was so long ago. BTW Nixon was not impeached, he resigned before it happened. ============================== A president starts a war that ends badly. Democrat: He's a monster who killed thousands of innocent people. Republican: Hey! He's defending democracy against the commies/the terrorists/the evil empire/the evil guys du jour. -------------------------------------------------------- I am curious as to what War you can think of that a Republican lead us into that we didn't win. Fact there is no such war. But yes Vietnam was a terrible mistake on Kennedy's part and many innocent people lost their lives for no good reason there. Johnson on the other hand is a spineless jellyfish who made no such mistake there. No his wife owned a helicopter company that was making a fortune out of the slaughter of young Americans there. ============================== A president wins an election under questionable circumstances. Democrat: He was a criminal who stole the election. Republican: Hey! The people have spoken! You got a problem with democracy? ----------------------------------------------------- Lets see here Kennedy stole votes to win the 1960 election. Al Gore tried to steal votes to win the 2000 election. That fact that Bush had indeed won was a sign that the people had spoken. But that was not enough for Gore they had to turn try to steal this through hanging chads and throwing away military ballots because they knew the military voted 80% Republican. ===================================== A president wins the Nobel Peace Prize. Democrat: That stupid committee doesn't know anything. Republican: (doesn't apply) ------------------------------------------------- Jimmy Carter goes to North Korea to stike a stupid deal there in 1994. The North Koreans laugh at him as he convinces the current administration to provide assistance to them in building a "nuclear electric powerplant". The idiots from the nobel peace prize award him for that. Later we find out that the North Koreans have not in anyway kept there part of the agreement but now have Nuclear weapons thanks to Carter. I am sorry if this sounds unpleasant but its not to late for you. You don't have to be on the loosing side. Reagan used to be a Democrat when he was younger but as he got older he got wiser and so can you. If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.

------------------------------------------------------- He resigned because he preferred not to put the country under the embarassment that Bill Clinton would later do. He was hounded by the liberal media in every possible way. He didn't have the accomplices that Bill Clinton had in the media to help him out. I guess you think its better to have Soviet Spies crawling all over your staff as FDR and Truman had. Oh well If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.

---------------------------------------------------- That is hilarious Kennedy letting Cuba go communist and turning his back on the Cubans in the Bay of Pigs. Little do you know my family is among the Cubans who Kennedy sacrificed. Incase you don't know Nixon would have saved Cuba completely but Kennedy took us down on the negociating table. Instead of it being about saving Cuba it became about taking our missiles out of Turkey which were there pointed toward the Soviets. If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.

And the small fact that he was a criminal who abused the power of his office to undermine a presidential election. Which is like saying that Milosevic was one of the best leaders of the 20th century except for the genocide and stuff. ------------------------------------------------- He was a criminal for what reason because he was involved in a little spying? What about Kennedy stealing an election? What about Clinton and filegate? Lets not forget perjury or Whitewater. How could you compare spying to make sure an injustice is not done on to you AGAIN to ethnic cleansing? If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.

It -was- close, but certainly not stolen. Certainly not any more so than say, GWB v. Gore. http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/specials/elections/1960/ -------------------------------------------- No it was stolen. In the city of Chicago alone 17,000 votes were registered by dead people as voting for Kennedy. The mayor of Chicago went so far as to watch people into the voting booths to make sure they voted for Kennedy. If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.

The soviet system would have collapsed with or without the gipper. It was a poor system destined to fail. No one diserves cedit for its collapse other than the Communists themselves. ----------------------------------------- So I guess Reagans speech in 1987 at the Berlin Wall had nothing to do with the fact that the wall came down in 1989. By the way Reagan had everything to do with the fall of the Soviet Union. If you would like I can give you a list of all the countries that the Soviet Union took over since 1919. The fact is they never had a good economy because Communism has never done anything but destroy economies. However you can easily tell the difference by looking at when there was a Democrat president (McKinnly, FDR, Truman, Kennedy, Johnson, and Carter) how the Soviet Union took over more countries and when there was a Republican (Hoover, Eisnehower, Nixon, Reagan) they would not be able to take more countries. And with Reagan they lost everything. If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.

--------------------------------------------------------- Funded Al Queda, I don't think that is a new one. The Iran/Contra scandal was because the Democrats would not let him help the Contras in Nicaragua who were fighting to save Nicaragua from Communism. As it turns out Israel sold arms to the Iranians. They did this mostly because they knew Iran was at war with Iraq and Iraq posed a greater threat to Israel. A portion of this money went to help the Contras (anti-communists of Nicaragua). When Democrats got wind of men in Reagans staff promoting this, they went insane. See to them diverting money to communist rebels was cause for a constitutional crisis. Don't even get me started on Nixon. Reagan was the best for the same reason that Arnold could be great, because of his combination of intellect integrity and Charissma. If you took Charissma out of the picture then Nixon would have been the best. Democrats have been after him ever since he outed Alger Hiss as a Soviet spy in 1950. I must say Democrats have done a good job in tarnishing Nixon's name for the guy was among the cleanest of all presidents. It freaks me out when I hear references to Watergate. Most people don't even know what it is. After Kennedy stole the 1960 election from him, he did a little spying to try to keep that from happening again. But for Christ sake think about file gate. Clinton pulling up 900 FBI files including a very significant number of prominant Republican politicians simply so he could pull up dirt on them. No I am sorry to attack Nixon is just absurd. And I do hold a great deal of respect for Nixon. If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.

QuoteNot only "no", but "hell, fucking no". I am NOT in favor of putting someone into office simply because of name recognition. Arnold would be a total and complete fucking waste of time. How about putting somebody into office that has some experience -- any experience -- in government. Somebody that -may- have a clue as to how things are done? ------------------------------------------ Look at Reagan. He was just an actor and he went on to become the best President of all times after running for Governer of none other than California. He won the cold war for peat sakes. I know liberals are hard at work trying to rewrite history so that they can fool youngsters into thinking Reagan was not the best president of all time. But I think your old enough to know better. If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.

--------------------------------------------------- Ok that picture is definately on the grounds for an ewww. Still if it looked more like Rupaul then it would be less displeasing to the eye than what I saw yesterday on Bill O'Reilly. Does everybody know about this Gay fest that they have in and around Disney World for 10 days. If you all had seen this footage, now that would have really been eww. If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.

Oh I dunno. I think you'd get some argument with a lot of folks on that one. How'd you like to biff in, bust a femur on the first bounce and then land directly on top of a fire ant mound? That, my friend, is the definition of a "bad day". ------------------------------------------ Wow! that does sound pretty horrific. But at the rate that these ants are taking over that can soon be a reality for many more people as well. Happened to a good friend of mine. If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.

I used to be afraid of these Texas insects called yellow Jackets then I slapped one. The f#$^en thing bit me instantly. So I started to stay away from them. Next, I tried to kick one and got bit through my sock. Just a little while ago I was mowing the lawn and got bit by an ant. Nobody hates these ants more than me. I don't know what to say. I only hope that some bio-chemist somehow comes up with a solution so we can kill every last one of these freakin instects before they take over our world. (specially the ants) By the way I am not afraid of them I just hate them. If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.

-------------------------- I didn't see the option for HELL YES!!! and if they changed the law so he could run for president, I would vote for him for president as well. (In 2008 after W. has served out his second term ofcourse.) I know many things about the state of California. I have often thought there is no hope for it. So much that I have found myself agreeing with people that say the only solution is for that land mass to separate and flow out to sea. But now I actually see hope for California because of Arnold. If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.

I must say this poll reminds me of typical liberal babble. You start with a poll asking how people have been seriously hurt. (Not leaving an option open for people to say they have never been hurt). Then in the end your results only represent people who have actually been hurt. So you can turn around and say 50% of skydivers have metal in their bodies, 25% in such a place, 18% in another and the remainder in miscellaneous places. A week from now somebody else can quote your innacurate poll. A month later somebody else can quote them. Before you know it, it will be accepted as "fact". Then somebody can propose a BSR to deal with the problem because by common knowledge we will then know that all skydivers will eventually have metal in them. If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.

A girl on her hands and knees saying that she is ready for a packing lesson... Oh wait that doesn't make me thing of skydiving, Oh nevermind. If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.

QuoteI have: 1) Zero piercings 2) Zero tattoos 3) Zero brandings In the coming years I will have: 1) Zero piercings 2) Zero tattoos 3) Zero brandings ---------------------------------------- I second that. So your not alone. People have the god given right to do what they choose. But I honestly believe that, except for piercings on feminine ears, none of that looks good on anybody. I therefore would not advise anybody to do any such thing. If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.

4 deaths while I was on the DZ in three incidents. Two of the diseased, I knew personally. Its just a sad part of the sport but life must go on. If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.

Its not the tearing down of the fence... but FINALLY someone might use the HUGE amount of money we give to Israel as a way to twist arms that have needed to be twisted for a long time. Its the most ignored but potentially highest rewarding carrot and stick in our foreign policy arsenal. ----------------------------- That sounds like a great idea. The only country in the Middle East whose population does not chant anti-American slogans on a daily basis needs to be repromanded for protecting themselves. Right??? Maybe then they can just finish killing all the Israelis and then Islamic Jihad can get together in the "Holyland" and then come over here and kill us and finally take over the world. If you think for one second that is not the goal of the Muslim faith then you just haven't been around them enough. Is that what your proposing? If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.

---------------------------------------------------- I was thinking any rap group as well. I will agree the other ones you mentioned suck too except Madonna. On a personal scale (lack of morals political statements) I hate her without a doubt. But I think some of her music is actually pleasant to listen to. If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.