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We have the same signs here in Memphis. Whenever I see the seatbelt one I think to myself that if 50% of fatalities were not wearing their seatbelt, that means the other 50% were. That encourages me to do what exactly?

I don't like unions, but I like the state sanctioned monopoly that is the NCAA and its license to exploit college athletes even less. I applaud this decision and hope that it is the beginning of the end of college athletics as we know it. College athletes should be able to bargain for a larger share of the billions of dollars they earn for the colleges on an annual basis. We all know that many athletes are fairly compensated by boosters in violation of the NCAA rules, lets just go ahead and bring that all above the board and out into the open as well while we are at it. Anyone who thinks that college athletics are somehow purer because the athletes aren't getting paid like the pros is just fooling him/herself. Pay the athletes and end the stranglehold of the NCAA.

It looks like this.   The rest can be found here.     http://weaponsman.com/?p=14082      

:rofl: I've been off topic for quite a while in this thread. What we are talking about doesn't have much if anything to do with this jet going missing, as far as we know. Now if that jet ends up reappearing and flying into something else that might change. Still, good conversation to have.

A lot of that is determined by what one's position is on what a proper foreign policy would look like. It shouldn't be a big surprise that I take the non-interventionist view. I agree that idle threats are a bad course of action as they do invite future aggression. The question I would pose is should we have been making threats (idle or otherwise) on events that are not happening within our borders in the first place? I say no. What went on in Syria is no business of ours, so we shouldn't have been drawing "red lines" for Assad to cross when he used chemical weapons against the opposition forces that we armed with weapons funneled from Libya. The land grab Putin is going for in Ukraine also isn't our business. Well other than the fact that we helped depose a legitimately elected government that was friendly to Russia in an attempt to install one we liked better. I think the common factors should be evident and it isn't a lack of foreign policy, but a bad one.

If you are referring to the events with Russia and Ukraine, what makes you think that is due to a lack of our foreign policy? The US government fomented and funded the revolution that ousted Yanukovych. Putin almost definitely had designs on Crimea and Ukraine, we just served them up to him on a golden serving platter.

Recognizing and acknowledging that US foreign policy does not exist in a vacuum is not a case of blaming the victim. Too often we picture the US as some God-ordained, global cop on a mission to set the world to right when it is really just looking after its own selfish interests in a short sighted and destructive manner. 

[quote name="Moped" post="1129466" timestamp="1395710131"]Not the first time Ruger has turned. They supported Clinton with his assault weapons ban and magazine restriction.[/quote] Which is why the best thing to happen to Ruger is the death of Bill Ruger.

[quote name="enfield" post="1129447" timestamp="1395708763"]Where did I put that katana?[/quote] I know a couple of anime nerds/Japanophiles that will strap one on come July. Not even kidding.

HOAs are full of busybodies and petty tyrants. If folks want to live under that then they shouldn't be surprised when they get what they asked for.

I've got one of the Scott models gathering dust in my shed.

So are you saying I shouldn't get a kukri?  :rofl:

Those quotes are from Megan Phelps-Roper, his grand-daughter who left the church in 2012. At the time she gave many interviews disavowing the church's message and expressing remorse for the damage done and the people hurt.

They left out the part where he was a pro-union Democrat who contributed to Al Gore's campaigns.

I watched the events unfold with a sense of detached interest. I initially supported our actions in Afghanistan, but over time grew to realize that there was a definite element of blowback involved in 9-11. Our decades of interventions in the internal affairs of other nations birthed and nurtured that hatred of us in the M/E and elsewhere. The blood for the events of that day stains the hands of the US government as much as they do any terrorist.

[quote name="tnguy" post="1127414" timestamp="1395327006"]Anyone else remember when the media used to ridicule conspiracy theorists?[/quote] Yeah, I do. Then we started getting proven right. It's a bit harder to dismiss us these days.

No reply necessary. I never expect anyone to agree with or even condone some of my more extreme positions. This is the part of the conversation where most folks tiptoe backwards out of the room. :stunned: :leaving:   Nope. You might want to go unlike that comment before folks think you possess a similar level of depraved indifference to the existence of other people that I do. :hat:

There are a few places in this country that I view to be a cancer on this nation and NYC is one of them, Chicago, San Francisco, LA and Washington D.C. are others. If tomorrow they were turned into smoking craters, I wouldn't give a damn except to be happy that they could no longer export their terrible, terrible ideas to be foisted upon the rest of us.   ETA: It isn't that I necessarily want something to happen to those cities (with the possible exception of DC) it is just that if I had my druthers I would live out the rest of my life without hearing a single mention of any of those cities ever again.

Yes, you do have to drill out the internals. The light colored section still has to be drilled/dremeled out. It just gives you a easy to use visual marker of what material needs to be removed.

No I didn't. ;)

[quote name="Randall53" post="1127161" timestamp="1395277722"]My hunch is this plane has become a weapon of Al Quida and will show up again loaded with explosives, or with explosives and a huge amount of radioactive material, thus being a dirty bomb beyond anyone's wildest dreams. The target? It's ALWAYS NYC.[/quote] We can only hope, can't we? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

[quote name="Mike.357" post="1126786" timestamp="1395202224"]seems the Golden Jew ( that is not a pejorative) found greener pastures. Good for him. [b]I have a couple of Bruce stories. My favorite is one of him at a breakfast benefit here in Knox. His line was " hmm, Jewish dilemma, free bacon." As he pulled some strips onto his plate.[/b] There is no way UT was going to ever bring him back, There is no circumstance for that to happen. I feel for Martin. The guy has done a stand up job for the program and should not have to tolerate the crap that had gone on in relation to Pearl.[/quote] I hate UT, don't pay much attention to sports in general and I have no idea what the Bruce Pearl heartache was about. All that aside, that line makes me like the guy. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

You must have the agents of Burn A Toddlers First confused with people who give a shit about what the law or Constitution says.   If the BATF were to go on Maury, it would look something like this:   [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwIExmtkrNM[/media]

[quote name="TrickyNicky" post="1126452" timestamp="1395165702"]Oh yeah, it's a thing. Bronies they call them and they take all kinds. Brother in law is a veteran, works on an oil field, eats raw meat and drinks beer and lives boobies. Also loves MLP.[/quote] Like I said, it's a great show!