Capt.Slog

Indeed - not an elected Constitutional officer of the US Government, nor anywhere in line of succession to the Presidency. The Speaker, on the other hand, is both. Hell! You should've been around when Harry Truman was in office! He had Coors Beer flown to Washington via Army Air Corps planes because it wasn't available in the Washington area! Chuck I don't know anyone who would complain about beer getting a ride on a government plane. Do I have this right? It's all right for beer to be flown on government planes but not the president's wife who is protected, wherever she goes? Chuck Strawman. No-one said the President's wife shouldn't be on a government plane. All the whining from the right seems to be about the Speaker of the House, 3rd in succession, being on a government plane.

What is the real value of gold? You can't eat it, make cars with it, make guns with it, make houses with it. Its uses in electronics hardly justify its cost.

reminds me - isn't Madoff due in court today?

Indeed - not an elected Constitutional officer of the US Government, nor anywhere in line of succession to the Presidency. The Speaker, on the other hand, is both. Hell! You should've been around when Harry Truman was in office! He had Coors Beer flown to Washington via Army Air Corps planes because it wasn't available in the Washington area! Chuck I don't know anyone who would complain about beer getting a ride on a government plane.

You forgot to mention 52 weeks each year, every year. Don't forget that. (I support the estate tax, but I'm fully aware of how difficult life on a farm is.) uphill, both ways, in a snow storm with one pair of shoes shared between all 7 kids You were lucky. We lived for three months in a paper bag in a septic tank. We used to have to get up at six in the morning, clean the paper bag, eat a crust of stale bread, go to work down t' mill, fourteen hours a day, week-in week-out, for sixpence a week, and when we got home our Dad would thrash us to sleep wi' his belt. this is just terrible! (but at least you were paid sixpence a week

Explain how shooting oneself is not violent death. I didn't say that. "Gun violence" refers to the misuse of a gun to commit a crime against another person. . I love the way you redefine things to suit your own agenda. Gun violence is violence committed with a gun. Period. Whether the victim is self or someone else is immaterial.

Scotty says he'd pay the $200 and have it tested, because the law of unintended consequences applies to changing pigments in polymers too, and who the f--- knows what the slide is made of since they can't seem to get their act together in their data sheets.

Mass shooting in Germany - "Man bites dog". Mass shooting in Alabama - "Dog bites man".

You forgot to mention 52 weeks each year, every year. Don't forget that. (I support the estate tax, but I'm fully aware of how difficult life on a farm is.) uphill, both ways, in a snow storm with one pair of shoes shared between all 7 kids You were lucky. We lived for three months in a paper bag in a septic tank. We used to have to get up at six in the morning, clean the paper bag, eat a crust of stale bread, go to work down t' mill, fourteen hours a day, week-in week-out, for sixpence a week, and when we got home our Dad would thrash us to sleep wi' his belt.

Indeed - not an elected Constitutional officer of the US Government, nor anywhere in line of succession to the Presidency. The Speaker, on the other hand, is both.

Are you saying the dems and Bammer won't make good on their promises? Does it matter whether it's actually spent or just pledged? I guess it depends on what is is. We all know it hasn't been spent in 6 weeks. That wouldn't make any sense. We need to wait until next year to stimulate the economy. So you're admitting that your original post was untrue and intended to mislead. OK. We'll all know how to interpret your future posts. Thanks for the confession.

Right, men cannot see colors like "lavender", "fuschia", "carmine" and "celadon".

What are your credentials in metallurgy for making that claim? The mechanical propertis of different grades of steels are very different, and stainless is significantly different than carbon steel or low alloy steel or tool steel. You will also find that different coatings give different coefficients of friction, meaning any moving parts will behave differently. What are your credentials in firearms design, since we're playing silly-ass appeal to authority games? Explain how the slide material affects the INTERNAL WORKINGS of the pistol, since THAT is what is going to affect a drop test. Explain how the slide material affects THE BARREL of the pistol, since THAT is what is gong to affect a firing test. YOU wrote: "A forged steel and a stainless slide would withstand a barrel rupture with a similar amount of damage." It seems to me that this statement of yours does indeed require detailed knowledge of ferrous metallurgy, and I'm sure you would have announced it to us if you had such knowledge.

How do you know if that combination passes the test if that particular combination hasn't been tested? Your arguments are getting increasingly shrill and increasingly BS. Not my fault if you can't understand the material. Are you now claiming that this combination HAS been tested?

If the crumple zone of the red car was made of stainless steel and of the blue one was mild steel they certainly WOULD both require crash testing, and it would cost a lot more than $200. Your OP was highly misleading and your poll inappropriate.

farmers spend their time whining about money - getting any out of them is like pulling teeth! (i grew up on a farm. so i should know) one thing they like is the vast welfare subsidies they get from the government Then, you missed the part about most farms and ranches are in debt up to their butts and only get paid once a year? There's an old saying; "You can't get blood out of a turnip!" If, ya' ain't got it... you can't give it! Chuck Pay off the debt and there's nought to inherit, then. No inheritance, no tax, problem solved. Easy for you to say. Obviously, you know nothing about 'real' farming and ranching. Talk with them and see just how easy it is to pay-off their debt! This is just silly. Chuck Like your claim about inheritance tax. The debt reduces the value of the estate and hence the tax payable (if any). But keep whining.

OK, I take pity on you: www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/02/09/pelosi.plane/index.html

You wanted a link - I gave you one. But here's where NCCLIMBER finally admitted to being wrong.

Read the thread I linked - it's all in there.

OK, but who's to say that the slope of the response curve stays the same sign between minimum wage and UAW wage levels? Laffer type behavior, possibly?

Are you NCCLIMBER come back to haunt us? www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=2657512#2657512 That turned out to be a totally bogus claim when the FACTS came out.

Read up on the new Marine One helicopter contract that Obama is going to have to approve or reject. That one is going to be real interesting to watch. He stands to approve millions of dollars to upgrade the presidential helicopter fleet, while at the same time he's criticizing executives for using personal jets. This one is going to be very entertaining. You mean these ones? The ones that Bush ordered? February 24, 2009 Obama puts new presidential helicopters on hold White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Tuesday that the President has put on hold an order for a new fleet of presidential helicopters orginally ordered by the previous administration. WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Barack Obama put on hold an order for a fleet of new helicopters that will cost at least $11 billion, his spokesman told CNN Tuesday.

from the article: "The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has filed a lawsuit to prevent making the use of E-Verify mandatory. The organization says Congress approved it strictly as a voluntary initiative". Seems business owners like having illegals around to hire on the cheap.

farmers spend their time whining about money - getting any out of them is like pulling teeth! (i grew up on a farm. so i should know) one thing they like is the vast welfare subsidies they get from the government Then, you missed the part about most farms and ranches are in debt up to their butts and only get paid once a year? There's an old saying; "You can't get blood out of a turnip!" If, ya' ain't got it... you can't give it! Chuck Pay off the debt and there's nought to inherit, then. No inheritance, no tax, problem solved.

He doesn't get it, or is trolling. I'm from a farm - Slog - key point - how much debt is tied into say 8 buildings, one house, 3 tractors, equipment, and a lot of land Red herring. You don't pay tax on the debt.