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You mean doing the RTU shuffle over to the sterling line? whatever the hell that means

They must have all gone to the fridge for a cold one

So, if a person is involved in the planning of a hostile act, they are essentially an enemy combatant, but of a different class. They are considered spies because they did it clandestinely (without a uniform or insignia). That has been what I knew to be true for quite some time, and people always want to argue that it isn't

they should actually paint it to look like a dolphin, it would actually be beautiful in it's own way then.

Hey just think of the opportunities inside that thing for..... weightless flight... now THAT would be badass.. And with the fuel load that thing can handle just think of the time you can spend riding the "Parobolic Porpoise"!

He wanted to be "ONE" with the bears, and now he is, about 10lbs of fat on a grizzly's ass.

Another spitter Oh wait, thats the wrong activity

Being Brit is it's own punishment And being french is considered to be a birth defect.

Another candidate for the WALL OF SHAME

Nor should you be I know that calling Professor Kallend mathmatically inept, would be a stupid thing to do. Acting as if Bill Von has no idea about engineering, is wrong as well. I know some of you think a soldier doing what could be a first second or third tour in raq has no idea of what is going on, AND YOU ARE WRONG.

BTW when did you start believing in all NATO statements?

Bill and Christel, you go carry a rifle for a living and then get back to us ok?

Cell Phones Found Inside Four Prisoners Wednesday, September 6, 2006 10:57 PM EDT The Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Cellular telephones were found inside four prisoners in El Salvador's maximum-security prison, authorities said Wednesday. The discovery was made Tuesday at the prison in Zacatecoluca, in central El Salvador, after suspicious officials took X-rays of each of the inmates, federal corrections chief Jaime Villanova said. The names of the prisoners, all members of the dangerous Mara Salvatrucha gang, were not released in order to avoid jeopardizing an ongoing investigation that began a month ago, he said. Capt. Juan Ramon Arevalo, director of the prison known as Zacatras, said the gang members had introduced the cell phones, wrapped in plastic bags, into their bodies through their anuses. Authorities also found nine cell phone chips and one charger. "Each one had a cellular with a number of chips," Arevalo said, adding that one also had hidden a charger in his anal cavity. The inmates allegedly used cell phones to direct criminal activities on the street from inside the prison, Arevalo said. The smuggled phones were found during an investigation at prisons throughout the country amid complaints from business owners of extortion by gang members. Prisoners change phone chips frequently to avoid being traced, Arevalo said. The police have doubled their security levels to combat the criminals Quote No wonder they got shitty reception

John, one of the places I went to where they actually fabricate the armor that goes into HUMVEES and other vehicles is cranking out armor plates for installition, 3 shifts a day, 7 days a week.

Yeah, what she said!

Reference me one study, scholarly article or peer reviewed journal that supports this statement, and I'll give you credit. I assume you are just making an opinionated statement not backed by any real facts. There are indeed several studies that DO identify marijuana as a gateway drug. I have never, in all my studies and experience in this field, have come across any research OR clients that back up your statement. Only thing that comes close are pre-teens who sniff gas and glue, by then most are already smoking marijuana. So I take it that you have never witnessed a drug addict so deperate that they would inhale aersol paint fumes if they didn't have something else? BTW if you haven't seen that I am really glad for you. And Marijuana had nothing to do with that.

Not All lawyers Andy, there was quite a bit of misconduct by Ryans lawyers, did you watch that trial? or follow it?

So is nail polish remover if youre deperate and of a personality that becomes easily addicted or relies upon anything at all to alter mood.

Ex-Ill. Gov. Gets 6 1/2 Years for Graft Wednesday, September 6, 2006 4:49 PM EDT The Associated Press By MIKE ROBINSON CHICAGO (AP) — Former Gov. George Ryan, who was acclaimed by capital punishment foes for suspending executions in Illinois and emptying out death row, was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison Wednesday in the corruption scandal that ended his political career. "People of this state expected better, and I let them down," the 72-year-old Ryan said in court before hearing his sentence. Federal prosecutors had asked for a sentence of eight to 10 years. Defense attorneys told U.S. District Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer that even a sentence of 2 1/2 years would deprive Ryan of the last healthy years of his life. Ryan was convicted in April of racketeering conspiracy, fraud and other offenses for taking payoffs from political insiders in exchange for state business while he was Illinois secretary of state from 1991 to 1999 and governor for four years after that. The verdict capped Illinois' biggest political corruption trial in decades. Prosecutors said that Ryan doled out big-money contracts and leases to his longtime friend, businessman-lobbyist Larry Warner, and other insiders and in received such things as Caribbean vacations and a golf bag in return. Ryan also used state money and state workers for his campaigns, the government alleged. Defense attorneys pleaded for mercy, citing Ryan's advanced age, his health problems — he is plagued by high cholesterol and the intestinal illnesses Crohn's disease, diverticulitis — and the humiliation he has already suffered. "The public shaming that Ryan has endured combined with the impending loss of his pension greatly lessens the need for the court to punish through the sentencing process," Ryan's lawyers said in court papers. They said Ryan "has been publicly and universally humiliated." The scandal that led to Ryan's downfall began over a decade ago with a fiery van crash in Wisconsin that killed six children. The 1994 wreck exposed a scheme inside the Illinois secretary of state's office in which truck drivers obtained licenses for bribes. The probe expanded to other corruption under Ryan. Seventy-nine former state officials, lobbyists, truck drivers and others have been charged. Seventy-five have been convicted, including Ryan's longtime top aide, Scott Fawell, a star witness at Ryan's trial. In 2000, Ryan, as governor, declared a moratorium on executions in Illinois after 13 death row inmates were found to have been wrongly convicted. Then, days before he left office in 2003, he emptied out death row, commuting the sentences of all 167 inmates to life in prison. He declared that the state's criminal justice system was "haunted by the demon of error." Even as he faced scandal back home, Ryan accepted speaking invitations across the country and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his criticism of the death penalty. With prosecutors closing in on him, Ryan decided not to run for re-election in 2002. He was indicted after leaving office. Quote I hope he rots in hell, and his attorneys with him. Maybe he will be able to add a prolapsed rectum to his complaints.

Veterans Group Backing Lieberman Tuesday, September 5, 2006 10:04 PM EDT The Associated Press By ANDREW MIGA WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Joe Lieberman's re-election bid is getting some outside help from a group grateful for the lawmaker's support for the Iraq war. Vets for Freedom, an independent group with Republican ties, will air an ad in Connecticut Wednesday and Thursday featuring veterans from the state who thank the three-term incumbent for backing the conflict. Executive director Wade Zirkle said his group's political arm is spending $60,000 to broadcast the commercial on cable and network channels. "We want to support policymakers who've been supportive of troops in the field," said Zirkle. Vets for Freedom calls itself a nonpartisan organization that was founded by Iraq and Afghanistan combat veterans. Republican strategist Dan Senor, former spokesman for the defunct Coalition Provisional Authority in post-invasion Iraq; Bill Kristol, the editor of The Weekly Standard, and former Lieberman chief of staff Bill Andresen have advised the group, Zirkle said. The ad features Connecticut veterans praising Lieberman's Iraq stance. "When we were over there, it was important to know that someone had our back," one of the veterans says in the commercial. Anti-war challenger Ned Lamont made Lieberman's support for the war a major issue in his primary victory last month. Lieberman launched an independent bid to retain his seat after losing the primary. The Lamont campaign denounced the group's tactics and questioned its GOP ties. Lamont aides cited Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, which attacked Sen. John Kerry's war record during the 2004 presidential race. "It is certainly troubling because it is very reminiscent of how the Swift Boat campaign started against Kerry," said Lamont spokeswoman Liz Dupont-Diehl. Polls show Lieberman leading Lamont and Republican Alan Schlesinger, who has failed to win the backing of the national GOP. In Connecticut Tuesday, Lieberman focused on appealing to all voters. "I don't have a political party organization anymore, so Hadassah and I are going to reach out to individual voters — Democrats, Republicans, independents — at their doorsteps," Lieberman said in launching his door-to-door campaign with his wife. Lamont and Lieberman are expected to be in Washington on Wednesday with Congress' return but it is unlikely they will cross paths. Lieberman plans to attend the traditional Democratic caucus luncheon, where he will encounter many of the Democratic colleagues who now support Lamont, the nominee. The senator has pledged to remain in the Democratic caucus if he wins a fourth term. "If some people give me a warm embrace, I'll welcome it. If some people avert their eyes — that's life," Lieberman said. Lamont will not attend the lunch. He has meetings with party leaders, union officials and business leaders planned before he returns to Connecticut on Thursday. ——— Associated Press Writer Cara Rubinsky in Hartford, Conn., contributed to this report. ———

Vast Oil Pool Tapped in Gulf of Mexico Tuesday, September 5, 2006 5:15 PM EDT The Associated Press By BRAD FOSS WASHINGTON (AP) — A trio of oil companies led by Chevron Corp. has tapped a petroleum pool deep beneath the Gulf of Mexico that could boost the nation's reserves by more than 50 percent. A test well indicates it could be the biggest new domestic oil discovery since Alaska's Prudhoe Bay a generation ago. But the vast oil deposit roughly four miles beneath the ocean floor won't significantly reduce the country's dependence on foreign oil and it won't help lower prices at the pump anytime soon, analysts said. "It's a nice positive, but the U.S. still has a big difference between its consumption and indigenous production," said Art Smith, chief executive of energy consultant John S. Herold. "We'll still be importing more than 50 percent of our oil needs." Chevron on Tuesday estimated the 300-square-mile region where its test well sits could hold between 3 billion and 15 billion barrels of oil and natural gas liquids. The U.S. consumes roughly 5.7 billion barrels of crude-oil in a year. It will take many years and tens of billions of dollars to bring the newly tapped oil to market, but the discovery carries particular importance for the industry at a time when Western oil and gas companies are finding fewer opportunities in politically unstable parts of the world, including the Middle East, Africa and Russia. The proximity of the Gulf of Mexico to the world's largest oil consuming nation makes it especially attractive. And it could bring pressure on Florida and other states to relax limits they have placed on drilling in their offshore waters for environmental and tourism reasons. The country's reserves currently are more than 29 billion barrels of oil equivalent, according to the U.S. Energy Department. But the U.S. imports most of its oil from abroad and its overall supply is tiny when compared with, say, Saudi Arabia, whose reserves exceed 250 billion barrels. Chevron's well, called "Jack 2," was drilled about 5.3 miles below sea level. Chevron has a 50 percent stake in the field, while partners Statoil ASA of Norway and Devon Energy Corp. of Oklahoma City own 25 percent each. During the test, the Jack 2 well sustained a flow rate of more than 6,000 barrels of oil per day, but analysts and executives believe the payoff could be much larger than that. The financial implications of the prospect are most significant for independent oil and gas producer Devon, which is the smallest of the three partners. Devon's shares soared 12 percent on the New York Stock Exchange. "This could not have happened in a better place," Devon CEO Larry Nichols said in a conference call with analysts. The successful test well does not mean a huge supply of cheap oil will hit the market anytime soon. Oppenheimer & Co. analyst Fadel Gheit estimated that the first production for the Chevron-led partnership might not come on line until after 2010, depending on how many more test wells the companies drill. That said, many companies, including BP PLC, Exxon Mobil Corp. and Anadarko Petroleum Corp., stand to benefit from their own projects in the so-called lower tertiary, a rock formation that is 24 million to 65 million years old. "They may be the first ones to hit the jackpot, but if the current thinking is correct, this is only a beginning," Gheit said. The well was drilled in the Walker Ridge area of the Gulf, about 270 miles southwest of New Orleans and 175 miles off the coast. It followed up a discovery made by Chevron in 2004. San Ramon, Calif.-based Chevron said the well set a variety of records, including the deepest well successfully tested in the Gulf of Mexico. Chevron said the well was drilled more than 20,000 feet under the sea floor below 7,000 feet of water for a total depth of 28,175 feet. Shares of Devon rose $7.99 to close at $72.14 on the New York Stock Exchange, above the top end of the stock's 52-week range of $48.94 to $70.35. Shares of Chevron rose $1.51, or 2.3 percent, to finish at $66.34.

While I believe his actions warranted the recommendation I would also like to point out that there are LOTS OF MEN WHO NEVER GOT ANYTHING BUT A PURPLE HEART AND A GRAVE.

and he gives the Seig Heil salute with the wrong hand! Oh the humanity!!!!