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To a certain extent that is true. They do, however, employ some pretty shady recruiting tactics, or at lest they did when I was in. I remember being told that I could go to school part time, for free, of course, and have to work fewer hours during the week, because, it was in the Army's best interest that I get an education, and it was, after all, peacetime. You can only train so much. Yeah, right. You were lucky to get one academic class per tour where I was at. And you paid for it yourself, albeit at a discounted rate. And it was all done on your own time. I think we should expect a little bit of complaining from the troops. They are, after all, getting the shaft by their CIC. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Sorry. In a representative democracy, or, in our case, a republic, citizens have a reponsibility to stand up and put the government in its place when it is wrong. We are, after all, its boss. If we have to suffer the consequences of it's actions, we have no one to blame but ourselves. "If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in the government to the utmost." --Aristotle "There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots. What is it? Distrust." --Demosthenes "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." --George Orwell "As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality." --George Washington "Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country." --Hermann Goering "In true democracy every man and women is taught to think for himself or herself." --Mohandas Gandhi "The spirit of democracy cannot be established in the midst of terrorism, whether governmental or popular." --Gandhi "An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics." --Plato "Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government." -- Thomas Jefferson "So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent, and will devote themselves in the name of any number of gods, religious and otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men." --Voltaire "Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty." --George Washington Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

I readily admit that I am one of those people around here.

U.S. ARMY -- It's 2 acronyms! Forward: Uncle Sam Ain't Released Me Yet Backwards: Yes, My Retarded Ass Signed Up! I guess only one is true for me now. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

By your logic, there is no absolute proof that cigarettes cause lung cancer. Statistically, there seems to be a correllation. I understand, corellation does not prove causation, but it doesn't rule it out, either. How do you propose experimenting to find out if there is an interaction with the body that we don't yet understand? I don't think that you will find to many people lining up to be guinee pigs in a study to determine the critical dosages of aerosoled uranium. In leau of that, epidemiological evidence is the best we have. Personally, I don't feel the risk of using DU is worth taking. Maybe these experts in the field are wrong, and DU is safe enough to make popscicle sticks with. On the other hand, there might be a reason why they are experts in their field and you are a software engineer and I am a student again. Those guys might actually know what they are talking about. One more thing. I merely helped edit a paper over the course of a few weeks, read some of the sources, and thought it was pertinent in this particular thread. I didn't write it. I had no intention of defending it in depth. To be honest, I don't really even like chemistry. If you wonder if the basic premise of the paper is BS, ask Kallend. If he's not an expert, I'd be willing to bet he knows one. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

The 3 Rs are outdated, IMO. I think in today's world, the 4 Cs would be more appropriate. Communications, Computes, Calculus and Civics. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

You should really reread the quote by the ECRR again, particularly the last sentence. Now, I will ask again. What makes you more qualified than the experts? Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

I'm trying, but you keep claiming a different set of "facts," yet you continually fail to document anything. Sorry, unless you can explain why you are qualified as an expert, I have to assume you are just someone who took a Chemistry class before moving on to software. I could be wrong, of course. You might have your PhD. in Chemistry, with radioactive elements being your area of expertise, but you just got bored with it and switched to software. Is that what makes you such an expert? Deal with the facts, dude. The shit is DANGEROUS. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Explain how a software engineer knows more about DU than the former Director of the Depleted Uranium Project for the US Army, or the team of scientists on the European Commission on Radiation Risks. If I need to know something about software you might be someone I would turn to, but when it comes to the effects of aerosoled DU dust, I will trust the experts in that field. You don't ask a bricklayer about diamonds, you go to a jeweler. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Your answers continually ignore oxidation. Activist sights often contain credible information. There are former U.S. military officers that refute your claim of it being BS, including Dr. Doug Rokke, former director of the Army's Depleted Uranium Project. But I'm sure you have some reason why his opinion is invalid. To quote the European Commission on Radiation Risk, "The report begins by identifying the existence of a dissonance between the risk models of the ICRP [International Commission on Radiological Protection] and epidemiological evidence of increased risk of illness, particularly cancer and leukaemia, in populations exposed to internal radioactive isotopes from anthropogenic sources. The committee addresses the basis in scientific philosophy of the ICRP risk model as applied to such risks and concludes that ICRP models have not arisen out of accepted scientific method. Specifically, ICRP has applied the results of external acute radiation exposure to internal chronic exposures from point sources and has relied mainly on physical models for radiation action to support this. However, these are averaging models and cannot apply to the probabilistic exposures which occur at the cell level. A cell is either hit or not hit; minimum impact is that of a hit and impact increases in multiples of this mimimum impact, spread over time. Thus the committee concludes that the epidemiological evidence of internal exposures must take precedence over mechanistic theory-based models in assessing radiation risk from internal sources." http://www.imakenews.com/ea/e_article000124312.cfm Like I said, I am not an expert on the subject. Obviously, neither are you. It is my critical thinking skills, you know, those you claim I don't have or don't use, that allow me to see past the BS my government feeds me regarding certain topics. You might do well to develop some for yourself Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

LMAO That's what I thought! Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Is that what he did? The way I remember it, after NK announced their weapons program, Shrub invaded Iraq. He wasn't planning on doing squat about NK at the time, until he was called on his hypocrisy by public opinion. If current patterns continue, once they disarm, we will go in and blow the shit out of their landscape, but not before. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Have you ever heard of anyone dying from malaria due to a mosquito bite? Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

I assume you can support this argument with documentation? First, you might want to check out these: http://www.mindfully.org/Nucs/Groves-Memo-Manhattan30oct43.htm http://www.peacecourier.com/depleted_uranium.htm While I am not an expert on the subject, others that are do not share your conclusions. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Let's not forget that Rudolf Deisel used Corn oil to run his now famous engine at the 1900 World's Fair. In 1937 (+/-) Henry Ford, anti-Semmite that he was, demonstrated the feasability of "growing cars from the soil." As I understand it, anthing that can be derived from petroleum can be derived from carbohydrates. Cuba processes fuel from sugarcane, which is the number two plant for biomass production per acre. It can be done. We don't NEED oil. We use it because if we stopped, the wealth of the petrol companies would be redistributed, at least in part, to farmers and landowners. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

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I am not judging, but it is often difficult to see sarcasm in print. We have to remember that we tend to type in monotone, so the tone of voice we are thinking in does not always transfer to the printed medium well. Just my $.02 Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

You did. I, however, implied that there was no one on the forum that was qualified to judge the paper as BS or otherwise. That was incorrect, you are certainly well qualified in that field. I am guessing that it was not any easier for you to get your education than it is for me to be geting mine. You deserve to be acknowledged as being very well educated in that field, and my post did not reflect that. That is why I felt I owed you an apology. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

It appears I mispoke. There is, in fact, an expert in our midst. At least that is the impression I got from his website. While, technically, I don't know him, he does appear more qualified than the author of the paper. So, to Kallend, I offer an apology. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

You really don't have any idea what engineers do, do you? They don't make steel. They may in fact come up with the formula for a new alloy, but they don't make the stuff. And if it is not made to their specifications, and is subsequently used without being tested, and something doesn't work right, how is that the fault of the engineer? Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

That seems pretty biased, leaving out a few important facts. For example, Islam , like Christianity, branched off from Judaism. I would be interested in knowing who compiled the list. It seems rather non-objective. I am not offering support to either side, but it would be nice if we got objective reporting on the situation from our media. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

I believe I said http:/news.google.com and http://npr.org For your second question, you might also want to check out http://journalism.berkeley.edu/projects/arccrisis/ispal-casualty.html http://www.ifamericansknew.org/media/bad-news.html http://www.ifamericansknew.org/ As for your last question, I believe actions speak louder than words. Does it really matter if Sharon openly calls for eradication (and I'm not sure he hasn't). Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

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True, but that was not the scope of the assignment, and writing the paper in such a manner would have resulted in a lower grade. And make no mistake, the paper a was written as an assignment, and not a post here. I saw some very credible sources used for research. If certain sources were chosen over others within the actual text, it was for readability reasons, and not because of a lack of credible supporting sources. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Hitting stationary targets with a relatively low level of adrenaline is not the same as pointing a gun a another person, who is probably moving, and is believed to have hostile intentions, its gonna be a bit toughr to remember those fundamentals without extensive training of some sort, such that might provide the muscle memory or clarity of mind to deal with the situation. I agree with AggieDave. A shotgun is unmatched in simplicity of use and intimidation factor. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!