freeflydrew

I was wondering if there was a way, or you might consider, changing the default Append Signature and send email notification boxes to be unchecked when you post a message or reply instead of checked? I know that I never use this option and think it would be nice if everytime I posted to not have to uncheck those boxes...

I agree with you, except for this... Now the democrats and critics of GWB can't use the whole Mission Accomplished thing in their arsenal. The Republicans want the next months to sway the votes of ther undecided, and this is a great way to earn some points from the people stupid enogh to not see right through it.

-Bush said he had an exit plan... Can't implement it, and made the mistake of taking us there in the first place... But none of that plan was his... It was all from other people who misguided him since the day before he took office -Bush doesn'ty have the support of World Leaders, the UN, Nato, etc... Saturated foreign relations... It's safe to assume that the world's opinion of the US and GWB has declined greatly over the past 4 years... seen any rallies lately? -Bush's plan comes straight from god... Take away women's rights, intertwine church and state, don't fund any aids related organization unless it preaches abstinance... blah, blah, blah... Good thing God is here to lead the way. -Trendy

Book release vs Presidential Election? Tough call on that one...

NOTE TO ANVIL: Looks like thats as arguable as anything having to do with the current administration and the last 4 years of US History... (I copied and pasted your statement into google and these are some of the results0 http://slate.msn.com/id/2076134/ http://money.cnn.com/2002/08/07/news/economy/bush_cheney/ So whether He took office "in" a recession, or it began right after he took office, do you actually think anything he's doing is helping the economy? Plus, how about the rest of it??? Is it all made up and full of Demokkkratic lies? Or do you want to sit here and squabble over the start of the recession?

Well, it turns out that George said Mission Accomplished, and hung the big sign on the deck of the aircraft carrier because retired Tommy Franks made him say it. Thank god Tommy came out and said that so no one can criticise George for the media shot on the carrier, right? Just in time for the elections. George said it over a year ago, and all of a sudden, Tommy Franks wants to come out and clear the air with the truth behind that bold statement's origin. http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/09/franks.mission.ap/index.html That's my fault' WASHINGTON (AP) -- Retired Gen. Tommy Franks tried to take the blame Monday for President Bush's much-criticized comments declaring an end to major combat in Iraq more than a year ago. "That's my fault, that George W. Bush said what he said on the first of May of last year, just because I asked him to," said Franks, former commander of forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. Less than two months after the invasion of Iraq, Bush flew to a U.S. aircraft carrier and declared an end to major combat with a banner proclaiming "Mission Accomplished" in the background. The event, Bush's words and the banner have been repeatedly criticized and mocked since that first day of May 2003. The Iraq occupation turned more violent, American deaths continued to mount and U.S. forces failed to find weapons of mass destruction, a main rationale for the war. "I wanted to get the phase of military operation over as quickly as I could, because a lot of countries on this planet had said as soon as that major stuff is over, we'll come in and help with all of the peacekeeping," Franks said. "On the first of May when Bush did what he did, I was proud of him because he did what I, as the commander, had asked him to do," Franks said in an appearance at the National Press Club. "So if there's a mistake there, it's mine, not a plot. So I thought I'd share that with you. " Franks noted that the Bush administration has had limited success persuading other nations to participate in Iraq. Of some 160,000 foreign forces there now, about 140,000 are American. You gotta love this administration... George must really be kicking himself for all the times he''s been mislead by his own people

so if you're a low timer (relatively), and he's a low timer, and he's going straight at you really quickly, why not just go to your belly to avoid the collision? when there's more than 2 people in the jump it's not the best alternative, but if it's only a 2 way, that's the safest thing you can do at that moment... You're going to slow down to avoid the collision much quicker than if you try to side slide, ball up or speed up.

For the sake of an objective discussion,which all these "Bash the candidate" discussions end up being, here's Bush's resume... http://www.thousandreasons.org/resume.html George Walker Bush Past work experience: I ran for congress and lost. I produced a Hollywood slasher B movie. I bought an oil company, but couldn't find any oil in Texas; company went bankrupt shortly after I sold all my stock. I bought the Texas Rangers baseball team in a sweetheart deal that took land using taxpayer money. Biggest move: Traded Sammy Sosa to the Chicago White Sox. With my father's help and nearly the same name, was elected Governor of Texas. Accomplishments: I changed pollution laws for oil and power companies and made Texas the most polluted state in the nation. I replaced Los Angeles with Houston as the most smog ridden city in America. I cut taxes and bankrupted the Texas government in billions in borrowed money. I Set record for most executions by any governor in American history. I became president after losing the popular vote by over 500,000 votes, with the help of Republican appointments to the Supreme Court. Accomplishments as president: I attacked and took over two countries. I spent the country's surplus and bankrupted the treasury. I shattered the record for biggest annual deficit in history. I set economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any 12 month period. I set all-time record for biggest stock market drop in its history. I am the first president in decades to execute a federal prisoner. I am the first president in US history to enter office with a criminal record. In my first year in office set the all-time record for most vacation days taken by any president. After taking the entire month of August off for vacation, I presided over the worst security failure in US history. I set the record for most campaign fund-raising trips of any other president in US history. In my first two years in office over 2 million Americans lost their jobs. I cut unemployment benefits for more out of work Americans than any president in US history. I set the all-time record for the most mortgage foreclosures in a 12-month period. I appointed more convicted criminals to administration positions than any president in US history. I set the record for the lowest number of press conferences than any president since the invention of television. I signed more laws and executive orders amending the Constitution than any president in US history. I presided over the biggest energy crises in US history and refused to intervene when corruption was revealed. I presided over the highest gasoline prices in US history and refused to use the national reserves as past presidents have. I cut healthcare benefits for war veterans. I set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously take to the streets to protest me (15 million people), shattering the record for protest against any person in the history of mankind. I dissolved more international treaties than any president in US history. My presidency is the most secretive and unaccountable of any in US history. Members of my cabinet are the richest of any administration in US history.. (The 'poorest' multimillionaire, Condoleeza Rice, has a Chevron oil tanker named after her). I am the first president in US history to have all 50 states bankrupted at the same time. I presided over the biggest corporate stock market fraud of any market in any country in the history of the world. I am the first president in US history to order a US attack and military occupation of a sovereign nation. I created the largest government department bureaucracy in the history of the United States. I set the all-time record for biggest annual budget spending increases, more than any president in US history, while at the same time proposing tax cuts. I am the first president in US history to have the United Nations remove the US from the human rights commission. I am the first president in US history to have the United Nations remove the US from the elections monitoring board. My administration has the least amount of congressional oversight than any in US history. I withdrew from the World Court of Law. I refused to allow inspectors access to US prisoners of war, as prescribed by the Geneva Convention. I hold the record for most corporate campaign donations. My biggest lifetime campaign contributor, who is also one of my best friends, presided over one of the largest corporate bankruptcy frauds in world history (Kenneth Lay, former CEO of Enron Corporation). I spent more money on polls and focus groups than any president in US history. I am the first president in US history to unilaterally attack a sovereign nation against the will of the United Nations and the world community. I am the first US president in history to have a majority of the people of Europe (71%) view my presidency as the biggest threat to world peace and stability. I changed US policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded government contracts. I set all-time records for the number of administration appointees who violated US law by not selling huge investments in corporations bidding for government contracts. I failed to get Osama Bin Laden 'dead or alive'. I failed to capture the anthrax killer who tried to murder the leaders of our country at the United States Capitol building. After 18 months I have no leads and zero suspects. I removed more freedoms and civil liberties for Americans than any other president in US history. In a little over two years I created the most divided country in decades, possibly the most divided the US has ever been since the Civil War. I entered office with the strongest economy in US history and in less than two years every economic category plunged. Records and References: I have at least one conviction for drunk driving in Maine (Texas driving record has been erased and is not available). I was AWOL from National Guard. Records from my tenure as governor of Texas are in my father's library, unavailable for public view. All records of any SEC investigations into my insider trading or bankrupt companies are sealed and unavailable for public view. All minutes of meetings for any public corporation I served on the board are sealed and unavailable for public view. Any records or minutes from meetings I (or my VP) attended regarding public energy policy are sealed and unavailable for public review. For personal references please speak to my daddy or uncle James Baker (They can be reached at their offices of the Carlyle Group for war-profiteering). Let's not resort to the old, it was Clinton's fault bullshit, ok ladies?

One of the roles of the UN is to assist nations in election processes... What's so sickening if they do it here, too? Seriously, if the dems win the republicans will whiiiinnnnee, and if the rebuplicans win, the dems will whiiiinne. If it's a tie, forget about it. Why not have an independent group monitoring the elections? It's all about a fair democracy where people's votes are counted, right? Why shouldn't it be monitored? What are you so afraid of?

That's funny... I could have sworn that you just wrote that the liberal left is unpatriotic. Quite a generalization. Guage one's degree of patriotism on whether or not they are republican, democratic, right, or left. I wonder which course in college taught you that?

Get real, broh' JUST TO CLARIFY... I was responding "Get Real Broh" to the assertion that Bush was wrong on his estimation, not Kerry's fluctuating opinion on the war... When Bush said he wouldn't request more money, there were plenty of articles saying that it wouldn't be enough money and that he would have to ask for more... There's no way that the brilliant minds of the current administration could have been so wrong in their mathematics... His statement that they wouldn't request more money until after Oct 1st was unrealistic, and pretty much dishonest. Saying you won't do something and then doing it is a flip flop. Translation: Legitimate Flip Flop on the part of Bush... There are plenty of people who are constantly changing their minds on whether or not we should have gone to war in Iraq... The fact that practically all our reasons going to war have been shot down is one reason, plus the financial costs, and severed international ties, plus the many, many casualties, both civilian and military. I bet that there are plenty of people in our government who have also changed their minds about it... So what? Does that make Kerry less of a leader? Not in my opinion. It's safe to assume that every single person in the entire population of the world has flip flopped about something at some point in time...

A little over the top, huh? Boycott James Taylor, Pearl Jam, J-5... Bruce Springsteen! He's like Mr. America. Same thing with Cougar. These bands relate to everyday, average people much more than GWB does. What a silly thing to do... boycott a musician or a band because they're part of a tour that supports the democratic party... sheesh

Maybe this group should also get together and split some tunnel time? If it ever comes together, let me and T know and we'll totally fly down from nyc FFFC is a great idea.

Get real, broh'

Wait a second guys... I thought we had already determined that Bush can't be a flip flopper since that's the term given to Kerry. Now I'm totally confused! This one went by a little quiet, didn't it?

I don't know Tuna, you're pretty funny, too! Will is definitely funnier, though

Rawa... Lightest, most comfortable (easily arguable), i think it costs less than the others... I think that most people who fly with a Rawa feel that they found the best helmet on the market. It doesn't matter if you're a beginner or not...

It's interesting how different one's approach is to a discussion when they've either been in the military, or attended college, or both.

I think it would be interesting to see if the people who blatantly insult and name call would actually do it to somebody face to face. I doubt it! I won't be at Rantoul, but would love it if someone would be so kind as to video any spat that may come about and send it over to me... especially if it's to see someone's reaction when they are called mindless sheep, or to find out that aren't part of the open minded, intelligent part of the population. That would be very interesting, indeed

Tuna, you're so funny! Here, so you can compare flippers! What does KATN stand for anyway? You don't actually think that Bigfoot is real, do you? Ha ha ha too funny!

Let me guess, you didn't read the whole thing, right? So here's some of the second half of the article... Please take a moment to review it. http://www.americanprogress.org/site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&b=42263 Feeling me, now?

My bad... all these must have been taken out of context, right? Geesh. http://www.americanprogress.org/site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&b=42263 http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/3/7/213753/1954 http://www.democrats.org/specialreports/top10_flipflops/ http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2004/06/05/steadfast_bushs_amazing_flip_flops/ http://www.compassiongate.com/promises/ http://www.matthewyglesias.com/archives/002709.html http://wampum.wabanaki.net/archives/000820.html Heck, you can use google just as well as the next guy... It was tough to make this point...

Huh?

Go here to watch the clip (or click the link from Quade)... Very simple process. What exactly do you mean by "there I go again. The only way you can make a point (or try to) is to take the comments out of context!!!). What exactly are you referring to in this? Do you mean me specifically, or are you placing me in some "group" who share a different opinion politically than you do? Try to be a little more specific, ok? I made my point by posting 4 different sources of how Bush has flip flopped or been totally inaccurate... That is actually a great way to make a point. How's about a little research into the topic before you speed respond. Nonetheless, thank you for your opinion.

I had the pleasure of spending 3 hours in the tunnel this past weekend... 2 of them were with our Freefly instructor, Joao Tambor (joaotambor@yahoo.com). I have to be honest and say that I learned so much in the tunnel with Joao, and want to suggest to everyone that they get in the tunnel with an instructor, and enhance their skills. He has around 700 hours in the tunnel and over 5000 jumps. Sean MacCormac (New School Flight Instructor) was also there and hopped in with us for about 10 minutes. I have also flown with Juliana and Fabian Se, who are also excellent coaches. Besides from tunnel flying's positive impact on your skydiving skills, it's incredibly fun to fly in the tunnel... I mean, where else can you run up and down the walls? I hear that Spaceland Anomaly have been known to organize insomnia camps there too!