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Hey! If you are going to make fun of Arkansas you have to at least spell it right! "Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do." Ben Franklin

Damn! "Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do." Ben Franklin

http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/11/22/offbeat.laptop.burn.reut/index.html Let's be careful out there. "Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do." Ben Franklin

Now that you mention it, those aren't regular military binos. "Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do." Ben Franklin

LOL, I figured you were chomping at the bits after 9/11. "Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do." Ben Franklin

It is all about priorities I guess. I know a former NASA Engineer that is an agent now. I also know a licensed surgeon who quit his practice to become an agent. An agent starts at about $42,000 while in school for 4 months. Once you graduate you get between $54,000 and $58,000 depending on the location you are sent to. I have yet to talk to an agent who doesn't love the job. "Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do." Ben Franklin

Man, I was in the Army and saw this happen to everyone I can think of, including me. They just didn't get pictures of it. "Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do." Ben Franklin

You know, the FBI is currently hiring. You guys could do a whole lot better than the current agents I'm sure. Why don't you apply? "Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do." Ben Franklin

LOL, he should have said, in Chechnya you stupid f**k! "Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do." Ben Franklin

It was not the FBI's decision to announce his capture. There are certain politicians that wanted his capture announced in order to prove that progress is being made in the war on terror. I don't agree with the decision but I do understand the motivation. "Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do." Ben Franklin

Good to hear you are OK. I also had a near death experience today. I was driving along at 60mph on the highway behind a dump truck when a 20 lb bearing falls off the dump truck. It bounces on the the road and then straight through my front windshield right in front of the passenger's seat. Luckily the glass deflected the bearing enough that it only hit my passenger's arm (unbelievably it didn't break his arm) and then hit the back seat. If it would have went to the right about four inches my passenger would have been dead. If it would have went left about a foot I would be dead. The scariest thing is if my kids would have been in the back seat, where they normally ride, one of them would be dead now. I feel very lucky today. And people believe skydiving is dangerous! "Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do." Ben Franklin

LOL, some people have nothing better to do than cook up reasons why we can't enjoy something. There are a large group of people that won't even celebrate Halloween. They call it Fall Festival and you can't dress in scary costumes. I could understand it if you start sacrificing babies, but going door to door for candy doesn't seem too devilish to me. Anyway, not everyone that goes to church believes this crap. I personally think the devil is a senator from New York. "Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do." Ben Franklin

Yeah, same here. Just call me Fido (or pheideaux in cajun). "Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do." Ben Franklin

But what if they fix it so you can can the internet with that chip too! You could be on dropzone.com 24 hours a day. "Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do." Ben Franklin

Damn Quade! Edited a few videos in the past? "Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do." Ben Franklin

That kind of BS is what defines slimy politicians. They should require that anything in a bill should at least relate to the main focus of the bill. WTF do these lawsuits have to do with the Homeland Security Act? "Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do." Ben Franklin

Heights and scorpions. I have to be holding onto something when I am up high. For some reason a parachute makes me comfortable. I guess I trust it. I can't stand scorpions. The little buggers are nasty. The tail freaks me out and all of those little hairs......and the eyes.......and pincers.......aaaack! They should all die! "Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do." Ben Franklin

Scottish, German, English, Irish. Pretty much a mutt from the British Isles. My uncle has a picture of the ship that my Great, Great, Grandfather sailed to America in. It's pretty cool. "Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do." Ben Franklin

Not to get in a religious debate (and this is all I will say on the subject) but, you seem to have a misunderstanding of the "turn the other cheek" lesson given by Jesus in the Bible. It does not take away a nation's right to self defense. "Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do." Ben Franklin

Well, you might be surprised. He may have said that, but what happened in Yemen was done by the CIA. The CIA does not fall under Ashcroft they are under George Tenet. We're not currently at war with a country. We are at war with Al Quaida and that is who we attacked. Just because they are in a different country doesn't mean they won't be attacked. "Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do." Ben Franklin

Yes, I have. 13 years in the Army, 9 with the Infantry and still currently serve in the Reserves. I haven't retired yet though and it is not my primary job now. "Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do." Ben Franklin

LOL, well I'm talking about serious differences in magnitude than anything in the US. "Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do." Ben Franklin

That can be contributed mostly to corruption in the Mexican government. Most of the heads of the drug cartels have large amounts of local Mexican police officers on their payroll. President Fox has made public corruption a priority. Maybe he'll be successful in fighting it. Recently he deactivated an entire Army Brigade because of corruption. That was the first serious move by the Mexican government in a long time. "Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do." Ben Franklin

Nothing that I know of. We work very closely with the Mexican government too. "Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do." Ben Franklin

I would disagree with either one of those scenarios because there are other viable options to prosecuting these people. We have an extradition treaty with Canada, we do not with Yemen. We work closely with the Canadian police and share a tremendous amount of information with them. We do not with Yemen. Yemeni will not even allow our Federal law enforcement officers to carry weapons while conducting investigations in their country. There is a very large difference. Another major difference is that we intentionally targeted an American in your scenario. That was not the case in Yemen. In Yemen we were targeting a group of people that we are at war with. The death of the American citizen was not intentional. We don't normally offer trials for the enemy before we kill them in war. I'm just citing historical examples like WWI, WWII, Korean War, Vietnam War, Gulf War to name a few. Also, the CIA is prohibited from conducting operations against US citizens on US soil. They cannot even collect information on American citizens because it is against the law. Whenever a certain federal agency that I work closely with sends information to the CIA, they have to rewrite all of the reports to remove any information about US citizens. It is taken very seriously and a lot of extra work goes into making it legal. In theory your scenario might sound close but in practice it is very different from what happened in Yemen. "Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do." Ben Franklin