tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63594142011-06-07T23:27:34.621-07:00BlogArmyYou'd be surprised.j@me.comnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2211100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1150919527909979392006-06-21T12:51:00.000-07:002006-06-21T13:46:55.073-07:00"I think it’s grotesque to say that America is a threat to the peace in the world compared with North Korea, Iran, a lot of countries,” Schuessel said. Europe would not enjoy peace and prosperity if not for U.S. help after World War II, he said."Bravo!j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1122734019951697372005-07-30T07:33:00.000-07:002005-07-30T07:33:40.000-07:00WorldNetDaily: Who killed California?
"This, then, is what killed California:
First, open borders. By failing to enforce our immigration laws, America now hosts 31 million legal immigrants and their children and 10 million illegals, most of them net tax consumers. California got the lion's share.
Second, global free trade and the trade deficits it produced, now running at an annual rate of j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1121982512626134512005-07-21T14:48:00.000-07:002005-07-21T14:48:32.686-07:00CNN.com - Scientists: Humans causeglobal warming - Jul 21, 2005
Cicerone also bolstered a 2004 Pentagon report that two private consultants prepared on potential global impacts of an abrupt and severe change in the world's climate. When the report was issued, it was met with some skepticism and disbelief -- even by the Pentagon official who commissioned the study.
Among the dire consequences j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1121967469929010162005-07-21T10:37:00.000-07:002005-07-21T10:37:49.963-07:00I need some design "work". Even though I enjoy what I am doing now, I think that design would help me get back to the thing I love. j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1120754602068970362005-07-07T09:43:00.000-07:002005-07-07T09:43:22.116-07:00FOXNews.com - Foxlife - Parents, Retailers Clash Over Game Ban
"Offensive content has prompted a new law in Illinois, the first state to pass a ban on the rental and sale of violent and sexually explicit video games to minors."
This is a great example of a law protecting parents from parenting their children.
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich said. “But I don't believe that my 8-year-old daughter j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1120422337649614902005-07-03T13:25:00.000-07:002005-07-03T13:25:37.706-07:00CNN.com - Source:Special ops member rescued in Afghanistan - Jul 3, 2005: "Among those killed in the chopper crash were eight Navy SEALs assigned to units in Norfolk, Virginia, and San Diego, California; seven soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, based at Hunter Army Airfield in Georgia; and one soldier from the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment atj@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1120379445878936562005-07-03T01:30:00.000-07:002005-07-03T01:30:46.600-07:00 Here is a shot from my first "mission". I was more of a guest but it was great learning experience. Most of our birds fly with just one crewchief, in this case we flew with two. I was the second.j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1119743538989164782005-06-25T16:52:00.000-07:002005-06-25T16:52:22.636-07:00Fascinating.
AA-EVP/About the AA-EVP: "The Survival Hypothesis holds that we are nonphysical entities who are able to exist in the physical aspect of reality because of our physical body, but that when our physical body dies, we as Self, change our point of view to nonphysical reality. In effect, we exist before and after our current lifetime..."j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1119709676621466302005-06-25T07:27:00.000-07:002005-06-25T07:27:56.680-07:00CNN.com - High court OKs personal property seizures - Jun 23, 2005
- As a result, cities have wide power to bulldoze residences for projects such as shopping malls and hotel complexes to generate tax revenue.
- "Any property may now be taken for the benefit of another private party, but the fallout from this decision will not be random," O'Connor wrote. "The beneficiaries are likely to be thosej@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1119386950786055852005-06-21T13:49:00.000-07:002005-06-21T13:49:10.823-07:00What is American?
If you were to ask any random "american citizen" where this quote comes from, do you think they would know?
"all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. --That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1119373081085856812005-06-21T09:58:00.000-07:002005-06-21T09:58:01.133-07:00haha! I am going on my first training flight tomorrow. It's not my first flight... no, my first flights we all "MTFs." Those are Maintenance Test Flights. TEST flights. Sometimes, if I was lucky, I would get to enjoy the sound of (or lack of sound) the engines shutting down and the blades auto-rotating. Then the bird drops like a rock from 5000 to 4000ft and we turn the engines back on. Fun!
j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1119169085255562952005-06-19T01:18:00.000-07:002005-06-19T01:18:05.330-07:00FOXNews.com - U.S. & World - Border Crossings or Flood Gates?
I'll highlight the keypoints for you.
- One in every 11 people born in Mexico is now living in the United States
- "unauthorized migrants," are pushing down the quality of schools and pushing up crime rates and health care costs, the study says
- pushing out the middle class and creating a Third World subculture within the United j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1118931367254126032005-06-16T07:16:00.000-07:002005-06-16T07:16:07.313-07:00So, I will start flying or "progressing" on July 1st. Progression is the word used to describe the process of advancing from RL3 to RL1. RL1 is a fully qualified "crewchief" and RL3 is a newb. I am RL3 (noob). I am looking forward to finally making some progress toward becoming a qualified CE. j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1118680309667985852005-06-13T09:31:00.000-07:002005-06-13T09:31:49.713-07:00"I will love you always, and never."j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1116680434013434082005-05-21T06:00:00.000-07:002005-05-21T06:00:34.070-07:00FOXNews.com - Politics - Bush Condemns Embryonic Cloning: "'I made very clear to Congress that the use of federal money, taxpayer's money, to promote science which destroys life in order to save life -- I'm against that,' Bush said. 'Therefore, if the bill does that, I would veto it.'"
I think that statement is just a tiny bit hypocritical. Soldiers die every day to save other people's lives. Soj@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1116006292586798932005-05-13T10:44:00.000-07:002005-05-13T10:44:52.646-07:00I should be studying.
Instead I am going to complain about how Chemistry is kicking my a$$ ! I'll be honest and say upfront that I should have studied more. Apparently (can you believe this?) I am supposed to study 2 hours for every 1 hour of class time. 2 nights/week x 3hrs = 6 hrs. 6 x 2 = 12 hrs. + Labs every other weekend = 4 hrs x 2 = 8hrs/2 = 4. 4 + 12 = 16 hrs of study time / A W E E K!
j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1115911206741130052005-05-12T08:20:00.000-07:002005-05-12T08:20:06.890-07:00 I don't care what the peanut gallery says about M$.Bill Gates is a smart man.
Gates sees mobile phones overtaking iPods - Yahoo! News: "'The consumer is always unpredictable. In principle, you can only throw products onto the market and then learn from your mistakes,' he said.
And the 50-year-old Microsoft chairman said he would not remain with the company for ever.
'I think that when someone j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1115618574753158232005-05-08T23:02:00.000-07:002005-05-09T07:40:30.646-07:00The guy in the window That's my new job. 7 months of hard work finally paid off. j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1115359171030408872005-05-05T22:59:00.000-07:002005-05-05T22:59:31.180-07:00FOXNews.com - Health - FDA to Ban Gay Sperm Donors: "FDA to Ban Gay Sperm Donors"
What ever happened to all men are created equal? Prejudice and bigotry exist on the highest levels. j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1114697015634367042005-04-28T07:03:00.000-07:002005-04-28T08:19:39.313-07:00Today I graduated CBNR (Chemical, Nuclear, Biological, Radiological) courses as the "Distinguised Honor Graduate." The classes are taught by these guys.j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1114545552982101052005-04-26T12:59:00.000-07:002005-04-26T12:59:12.983-07:00Did Marine murder Iraqis? Hearing to weigh evidence - International News - MSNBC.com:"Pantano was investigated and cleared at the field level last year and continued combat operations"
"But civilian defense lawyer Charles Gittins said a disgruntled enlisted man complained after Pantano's unit returned to Camp Lejeune. A new probe led to the charge."
If we was already "cleared" or as I like to j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1114461031538471772005-04-25T13:30:00.000-07:002005-04-25T13:35:58.610-07:00The last bag was better.I was going for less than 22 this round. Unfortunately, there were 30 unpopped kernels! Gah! I am so disappointed. At least there were no burnt kernels in either of the last bags.In other news. Today I learned what to do "in case" of a nuclear attack! Yes, folks, it's true. The Army has a plan! I also learned that once you accumulate 30 Cgy of radiation, you are no longer j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1114378998434622492005-04-24T14:43:00.000-07:002005-04-24T14:43:18.433-07:0022 Kernels!
So I popped a nearly perfect bag of popcorn. Only 22 unpopped kernels.
Can you beat it?
j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1114014299923566712005-04-20T09:24:00.000-07:002005-04-20T09:24:59.923-07:00FOXNews.com - Politics - Arnold: 'Close the Borders': "Close the borders in California and all across Mexico and in the United States,' Schwarzenegger said "
Arnold is the man. I am so happy I voted for him.
"... he feels they need to enter the country the right way, and must not undermine important security issues. He feels that the border needs to be secure."
* High five, Yes!
j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1113855241723645482005-04-18T13:14:00.000-07:002005-04-18T13:14:01.723-07:00Expectations?
I was having a discussion with a good friend of mine about employer expectations. Maybe what I am about to say will seem familiar to you. When an employer gets a new employee, in my experience, they typically monitor the performance of this employee for a good 6 months until that noobie establishes a pattern. Once that pattern, which we will call "job performance," is established, j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1113852769565892252005-04-18T12:32:00.000-07:002005-04-18T12:32:49.566-07:00WOFT packet ISSUE - Topic Powered by Infopop: "The BTN will not sign off on my packet, citing that I have not been in the unit long enough. "
At first glance it looks like the Army is screwing over a new soldier. If you take a closer look, you will find that it is really only 1 or 2 higher ranked soldiers at fault.j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1113402032701279312005-04-13T07:20:00.000-07:002005-04-13T07:21:56.940-07:00Army General Discussion : "What is the purpose of Army PT?"Here is a little topic that might be of interest to you. I started the topic and was very intrigued by the comments, arguments, and ongoing discussion.j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1112901836968998092005-04-07T12:23:00.000-07:002005-04-07T12:28:34.853-07:00My Army V.1What is it that makes a work environment what it is? I have given this subject much thought. In fact, I have racked my brains, and my friend's brains, over and over again trying to find the answer. Here is what we came up with in order of presedence:Environment.No matter how much you love your job, the environment could prove to be extremely pleasant, or extremely unpleasant. The j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1112523968230384092005-04-03T03:26:00.000-07:002005-04-03T03:26:08.230-07:00FOXNews.com - U.S. & World - Armed Civilians Converge Upon Mexican Border: "TOMBSTONE, Ariz. They call themselves patriots, but critics call them everything from gun-toting rednecks to racists"
Critics. They need to be annihilated. Ok, that's extremist but c'mon! These people are trying to keep ILLEGAL immigrants off their lands and out of their country and the response is "That's racist!". WTF.j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1112523843563710532005-04-03T03:24:00.000-07:002005-04-03T03:24:03.563-07:00FOXNews.com - U.S. & World - Saudis Behead Three Convicted Terrorists: "The three men were beheaded in public" .. "tying their bodies to poles on top of which were placed their heads."
That's justice.j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1112334340782256502005-03-31T21:45:00.000-08:002005-03-31T21:45:40.783-08:00If you decide the Army is the way to go, I recommend you go as a Commissioned Officer or Warrant Officer. The enlisted life is not so glamorous.j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1111241760417451692005-03-19T06:16:00.000-08:002005-03-19T06:16:00.416-08:00Yahoo! News - Europeans Protest Iraq War on Anniversary: "'We got the Iraqis into this mess, we need to help them out of it,' said Kit MacLean, 29, waiting near Hyde Park's Speakers' Corner for the start of a planned march to the U.S. Embassy and Trafalgar Square"
People are so naive. Please, explain. The fact is that if you asked this person to provide proof to his assertion(s), he would not bej@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1110742048592284212005-03-13T11:27:00.000-08:002005-03-13T11:27:28.593-08:00Seperation of church and state?
So I'll give you an idea of what my friends and I are talking about this week. We are talking about marriage. Why is marriage important enough for us to talk about for an entire week? I'll tell you.
The federal government declares that we as American citizens cannot a) be married to two women simultaneously (ie: polygomy) and b) marry someone of the same sex. j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1110740242081064732005-03-13T10:57:00.000-08:002005-03-13T10:58:19.900-08:00MSNBC - No motive found in church service shootings: "Gunman kills seven before taking his own life" --Looks like more Americans died today while attending church than in the combat zone half a world away.j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1104267807567900152004-12-28T13:01:00.000-08:002004-12-28T13:03:27.566-08:00Fearless leader says "I'm here to help you guys. If you ever need anything, just let me know."
After an accident , the worker, his hand dripping with blood reports to the Fearless Leader.
Fearless leader says "Jesus christ! Trying to get out of work again?"
j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1102525268611390372004-12-08T09:01:00.000-08:002004-12-08T09:01:08.610-08:00Imagine a world where your supervisor rules, unchallenged.
I think I am going to start a new card game. The cards will consist of E2, E3, E4, E5, E6 and E7's. I'll call it "NCO trump".
I love seeing a PFC get chewed out by an SGT, only to have that SGT get chewed out by an SFC for blaming something on the PFC. As much as I hate being a PFC, sometimes it has it's advantages.
Luckily I am in j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1101680061192113752004-11-28T14:14:00.000-08:002004-11-28T14:14:21.193-08:00FOXNews.com - U.S. & World - Reporter's Notebook: Dying for Fallujah: "but I can tell you what I saw with India Company: A bunch of guys doing a back-breaking, nerve-wracking job, in the best way they knew how, with the best conduct you could expect.
Were the Marines I was with on their best behavior because a FOX camera was along? Maybe. But I'd like to think it had more to do with a dedicationj@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1100622729860515752004-11-16T08:32:00.000-08:002004-11-16T08:32:09.860-08:00Yahoo! News - U.S. Marines Rally Round Iraq Probe Comrade: "U.S. Marines Rally Round Iraq Probe Comrade"
Without going into too much ranting and raving, I'd like to point out one very irritating thing about the media.
Why does the media refer to the enemy as insurgents when they are nameless and faceless, but when the enemy has been wounded and is considered "harmless" they become Iraqis againj@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1100539543730484872004-11-15T09:19:00.000-08:002004-11-15T10:03:51.290-08:00I'm still in the Army.
For those of you that were wondering. You might have thought I disappeared. Went "AWOL" or maybe "MIA". I'm in the Army now so I can use abbreviations and acronyms like that.
If anyone was wondering what the Army was like, maybe I can give you some brief insight. It's cool. Thanks come again. Alright I'm kidding! I love my job. I just don't love the people I work with. j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1085927832324659482004-05-30T07:36:00.000-07:002004-05-30T07:37:12.323-07:00My new job.
j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1085926795836275082004-05-30T07:11:00.000-07:002004-05-30T07:19:55.836-07:00I am in the army.
I shipped out on March 11th. I was very excited and a little unsure of what I should expect. Of course I had an idea of what would happen but you can never know for sure, especially with the Army.
When I arrived at the 120th Reception Battalion my eyes were wide, taking in as much as they could. It was about 4am on a Friday morning. Our bus from the Airport in Georgia broke j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1081277581925794782004-04-06T11:53:00.000-07:002004-04-06T11:56:47.093-07:00HARD CORE.pooponastickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04407772579920381510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1081276784611029082004-04-06T11:39:00.000-07:002004-04-06T11:43:30.123-07:00I rule.
You are a GRAMMAR GOD!
If your mission in life is not already topreserve the English tongue, it should be.Congratulations and thank you!
How grammatically sound are you? brought to you by Quizilla
pooponastickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04407772579920381510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1080320146203910972004-03-26T08:55:00.000-08:002004-03-26T08:59:16.110-08:00Top doc backs picking your nose and eating it
Sweet....this must be why I am so healthy and why my wife gets sick easy.
Dr Bischinger said: "With the finger you can get to places you just can't reach with a handkerchief, keeping your nose far cleaner.
"And eating the dry remains of what you pull out is a great way of strengthening the body's immune system.
"Medically it makes great sense andpooponastickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04407772579920381510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1078558575727137852004-03-05T23:36:00.000-08:002004-03-05T23:39:17.966-08:00Army core values:
Army core values can be used everday. In fact, I believe society would be better off if everyone adopted such values to their daily lives. I believe these ideas to be boundless, untouched by race or creed.These are not values made up first by the Army, these ideas have been followed, broken and sought after by all societies and great races for centuries. They are ideal. j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1078525043503594182004-03-05T14:17:00.000-08:002004-03-05T14:20:25.466-08:00Do your own research.
This is addressed to those who would believe a rumour, over proven facts.
RE: gas prices and the sources providing and proving factual data.
EIA analysts:
AAA reports
Natural Gas Weekly Update.
NRG news.
If you don't like to read it yourself I'll give you the underlying theme for the reports from different sources:
- U.S Fuel reserves are low.
- OPEC prices have j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1078428300926838412004-03-04T11:25:00.000-08:002004-03-04T11:28:01.340-08:00Misinformation.. What I like to call "Bull$hit spouting off".
I was recently told that gas prices are rising because the Bush administration is a money mongering oil conglomerate, or something close to it. Why do people insist on saying the stupidest ideas that they can crap out of their mouths? Of course, I did not respond to that statement. I have no need to respond to such sheer stupidity. I j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1078380792197178432004-03-03T22:13:00.000-08:002004-03-03T22:18:18.903-08:00Funny that I came here and read the below posts for the first time. It is funny because this evening I was brought to tears by a similar idea. My wife and I usually eat dinner in front of the television. Yes, I know it is bad, blah blah blah. We are both full time doctoral students working part time and at about 8pm in the evening we can finally sit down together, eat dinner, and relax a bit.pooponastickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04407772579920381510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1078343389583125052004-03-03T11:49:00.000-08:002004-03-03T11:52:48.373-08:005 days.
Today I am sitting around doing alot of reading, studying, pooping, and watching T.V? I know you are asking yourselves why I would mention pooping. I started a liver cleanse last night, which continued on through today. It's a 24 hour liver cleanse. What this does is, makes ya poop! The purpose of the cleanse is to clear out as many gall/liver-stones as possible before they can clog yourj@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1078289776230135062004-03-02T20:56:00.000-08:002004-03-02T21:18:04.640-08:00Liberty lost.
Today I heard on the local news that the Simi Valley Highschool banned the "Independent Trucking Co." clothing line from it's halls because the logo is similar to a "nazi cross". Ironically, it's the same symbol use on German military equipment today. That's odd, I swear there is something in our constitution about the freedom of speech. This is just one small example of our j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1077912897091382162004-02-27T12:14:00.000-08:002004-02-27T12:17:49.373-08:00Rep. Brown Apologizes (To the Mexicans) for 'White Men' Comment
Double standard....noooooo.....
*rolleyes*
Imagina if a white Senator or Rep made this comment about blacks. Think he'd have a job? If you do, I have a bridge I'd like to sell you cheap. ;)
And people wonder why I despise Affirmative Action CRAP!? Because it fosters and creates this type of shiat. God damn, I was having a pooponastickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04407772579920381510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1077907256556260232004-02-27T10:40:00.000-08:002004-02-27T10:43:48.373-08:00"Illegal Alien" equal to "Nigger" ?
That's what this Georgia group would try to make you believe. I was trying not to get too political on my blog for the next few months. I would like to focus on Basic Training and weeks leading up to it, but articles like this just boggle my mind and I have to post them up here.. we need to be aware that crap like this goes on...
Each year, nearly 1 million j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1077904431316880302004-02-27T09:53:00.000-08:002004-02-27T09:56:42.903-08:00Farts stink.
Why is it that whenever I think I am alone, wheneverI am comfortable, and let out a real stinker, someone *always* comes into my cube?!j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1077904214107618752004-02-27T09:50:00.000-08:002004-02-27T09:53:05.746-08:00Work (still) sucks.
It's my last day. They haven't given me my last paychecks. I think it's because they want to torture me and force me to sit in this here chair making myself busy. I sent HR an email but so far I have heard nothing. WHY GOD WHY?! Why just I endure such pain and misery? Oh well I'll get over it.
Moving on. I sent a final farewell email to the whole company. So far I have j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1077837581033482132004-02-26T15:19:00.000-08:002004-02-26T15:40:39.326-08:00Engagement Gift.
Stupid blog doesn't like tables. Sucks. So, you will have to read the following without any formatting.
Caliber 223 Rem., 308 Win.
Overall Length 44"
Barrel Length 24"
Weight 8.5 lbs.
Magazine Capacity 4 rounds
Stock Black synthetic with positive checkering, dual pillar bedding.
Sights Drilled and tapped for scope mounts.
Rifling Rate of Twist 223 Rem. (1 in 9")
j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1077822102467038822004-02-26T11:01:00.000-08:002004-02-26T11:04:33.450-08:0011 days.
It was pouring last night. I think it was what Californians would call "storm of the century". lol. Californians are so funny. I was watching the news and this reporter guy was standing in a 1in puddle of water and he was saying "California is being POUNDED by heavy rains! Look, it's up to my ankle already!". My GF and I simultaneously started laughing.
So last night I went to the gymj@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1077744107666835602004-02-25T13:21:00.000-08:002004-02-25T13:24:37.140-08:00Work sucks.
I have two days remaining at my current place of employment. The thing is, I have x # of oustanding tasks and no motivation to complete them. I won't go into all of it but lets just say I have a severe case of short timers. I have done some of them, but I just can't get myself to do the rest! I assigned some to the other guy that will be taking over my duties.
The funny thing is, j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1077731229495501592004-02-25T09:47:00.000-08:002004-02-25T09:49:58.420-08:0012 days.
Last night I had a brief exchange with someone regarding gas prices. The first thing they said to me was "it's bush's fault! He is raising the gas prices because HE is catering to the oil companies!". I didn't have a response to that because I have not done any info gathering on it. But I did see on the news the night before that the Auto Club was making the gas prices... why does j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1077644641835793882004-02-24T09:44:00.000-08:002004-02-24T10:06:29.280-08:0013 days.
So I have been preparing for basic training physically and to some extent mentally. I have always been into fitness so it's not a huge change for me. I am currently running up to 10 miles a week and doing some 500 pushups a week. I know the training regimen in Basic will be different, but there is only so much you can do when you still have a full time job and have to go to the gym at j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1077579064914917502004-02-23T15:31:00.000-08:002004-02-23T15:33:51.763-08:0014 days.
People keep asking me if I'm nervous. I answer with a short "no". Then I ask myself, am I nervous? People will insist that I must be nervous and I'm either lying or I just don't realize it. I'm sure it's possible to be nervous or anxious without realizing it, but I don't think that is the case for me. There are alot of things weighing on my mind, but I don't think they are what most j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1077577814875890262004-02-23T15:10:00.000-08:002004-02-23T15:41:06.310-08:00Education Secretary Rod Paige called the nation's largest teachers union a "terrorist organization" during a private White House meeting with governors on Monday.
HA! And the truth shall set you free!!pooponastickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04407772579920381510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1077558879287279142004-02-23T09:54:00.000-08:002004-02-23T09:57:25.403-08:00Army to End Comanche Helicopter Program
New York Post Online Edition: Breaking News: "The Army has decided to cancel its Comanche helicopter program, a multi-billion project to build a new-generation chopper for armed reconnaissance missions, officials said Monday"
wtf? So far I haven't been able to find an actual reason for it being cancelled. I can only guess that budget cuts are responsible. j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1077558549601688902004-02-23T09:49:00.000-08:002004-02-23T09:51:55.763-08:001 more reason passenger jets make me nervous.
New York Post Online Edition: news: " Passengers on a Tokyo-bound flight out of Kennedy Airport got the scare of a lifetime yesterday when one of the plane's engines failed and the aircraft was forced to turn around and make a dramatic emergency landing. "
j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1077549876060414312004-02-23T07:24:00.000-08:002004-02-23T07:27:22.496-08:00Gloom and Doom for a Monday morning anyone?
Scary. Guess I shoul dget on that whole buying 100 acres of land in some random remote american wilderness. That I always have that to fall back on. :)pooponastickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04407772579920381510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1077529108811801422004-02-23T01:38:00.000-08:002004-02-23T01:41:14.653-08:00Schwarzenegger Argues for White House Run
"The Republican governor said anyone who has been a U.S. citizen for at least 20 years - as he has - should "absolutely" be able to seek the presidency. A constitutional amendment proposed by Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, would make that possible.
"There are so many people in this country that are now from overseas, that are immigrants, that are doing such pooponastickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04407772579920381510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1077324492214145082004-02-20T16:48:00.000-08:002004-02-20T16:50:54.840-08:00More aliens try to enter for amnesty
Great plan Dubya, GREAT EFFING PLAN!
What was that talk about a wall again...pooponastickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04407772579920381510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1077324434823740022004-02-20T16:47:00.000-08:002004-02-20T16:49:57.466-08:00Hallucinogen May Cure Drug Addiction
How cool if this actually works?pooponastickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04407772579920381510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1077311321858400612004-02-20T13:08:00.000-08:002004-02-20T13:11:24.640-08:00No or Mo' WMD?
OpinionJournal - Wonder Land:
"This past Monday the Sundance Channel, of all places, aired a remarkable 2002 documentary called 'Stealing the Fire,' which detailed Iraq's ability to acquire uranium-processing equipment from Germany, one of the European 'allies' we are supposed to have offended by not waiting for them to join us against Saddam. Heinz Schaab, who admitted to j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1077304419332479932004-02-20T11:13:00.000-08:002004-02-20T11:16:21.920-08:00International Herald Tribune: "A polling station was virtually deserted in Mashhad, Friday. Many voters have lost their enthusiasm after more than 2,000 liberal candidates were banned. "
Gotta love Iran, a "democratic state". GGj@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1077301097543508732004-02-20T10:18:00.000-08:002004-02-20T10:29:53.670-08:00Gay Marriage Continued:
Why oppose gay marriage? :
"So it really doesn't matter if you agree with, discriminate against, support, or don't care. What matters is that these (gay) American Citizens have the right to be married in a (Court of Law)."
That is my final answer.j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1077299043489886272004-02-20T09:44:00.000-08:002004-02-20T09:46:45.560-08:00I feel like crap.
I don't know why. I have been trying to figure it out for the last few days though and here is what I have narrowed it down to. Eating and Sleeping.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not eating a bunch of crap food everyday. I think I'm just not eating enough, and not eating enough good food. My breakfasts have been poor. A good example of my typical breakfast would be half a cup of j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1077229654504319422004-02-19T14:27:00.000-08:002004-02-19T14:30:15.716-08:00CNN.com - Plan for U.S.-Mexico border fence rejected - Feb. 19, 2004: "Plan for U.S.-Mexico border fence rejected"
"SAN DIEGO, California (AP) -- California regulators denied a Department of Homeland Security request to fortify the westernmost stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border, setting the stage for a possible legal battle between the state and the Bush administration. "
I find this incredibly j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1077222449850479742004-02-19T12:27:00.000-08:002004-02-19T12:30:10.950-08:00Gay Marriage.
I haven't really put too much thought into this until recently. I remember hearing the President say something about protecting man/woman marriage. I thought to myself "why would he need to protect it?". Maybe I'm a little slow and missed the entire point but I think I just got it.
"Marriage" has *always* since the beginning of time been between a man and a woman. Not only is it aj@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1077221208957739942004-02-19T12:06:00.000-08:002004-02-19T12:09:30.326-08:00Russia developing hypersonic weapons?
Russia: Weapons can penetrate 'Star Wars' shields:
"'The flying vehicle changed both the altitude and direction of its flight,' Baluyevsky said. 'During the experiment conducted yesterday, we proved that it's possible to develop weapons that would make any missile defense useless.'"
lol. That was fast. For a country that is broke and can't even pay for j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1077214990932338672004-02-19T10:23:00.000-08:002004-02-19T10:25:51.983-08:00Quote of the day.
"All we expect is that the United States will remain true to its principles of liberty, justice, and its ideals of democracy."j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1077214840051774732004-02-19T10:20:00.000-08:002004-02-19T10:23:21.123-08:00An Open Letter To Senator John Kerry
Student Movement Coordination Committee for Democracy in Iran:
"We have read how you refer to the theocratic regime in Iran as a "democracy;" we have heard how, if elected, as the president of the United States you intend to "engage" this barbaric regime; this very terrorist regime that your own State Department lists as the most active "State Sponsor of j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1077211691161836992004-02-19T09:28:00.000-08:002004-02-19T09:30:52.090-08:00Death for a traitor?
Soldier Charged Could Get Death: "A National Guardsman attempted to provide the al Qaida terrorist network with information about U.S. troop strength and tactics, as well as methods for killing Army personnel, the military alleged in charges made public Wednesday. The charges could lead to a death sentence. "
I say kill the sum'bitch. I don't need to explain.j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1077171431637201252004-02-18T22:17:00.000-08:002004-02-18T22:19:52.140-08:00Quote of the day
"This tells the world that the biggest problem in America is 'fucking faggots' "j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1077130275116372562004-02-18T10:51:00.000-08:002004-02-18T10:53:54.403-08:00The war at home continues.
New York Post Online Edition: news: "Al Qaeda has deployed an army of fresh terrorists to launch airplane-hijack attacks, derail trains carrying hazardous materials, and bomb financial centers, a top intelligence official warned yesterday. "
I think that Americans are once again slipping into a comfortable ' the world does not exist ' mindset again. They seem to j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1077128355153425412004-02-18T10:19:00.000-08:002004-02-18T10:21:54.873-08:00John Kerry, the Traitor?
MSNBC - John Kerry's Chinese campaign connections: "Senator John Kerry, D-MA, unwittingly tried to help a Chinese espionage agent and arms dealer in 1996 in return for campaign contributions for his Senate reelection campaign, according to congressional and other documents, interviews, and photographs. "
Read this this article. I'm dumbfounded by this guy. Not so much j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1077057895233523582004-02-17T14:44:00.000-08:002004-02-17T14:47:33.466-08:00Quote of the day:
“no weapon in the arsenals of the world is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.”
Thanks Bill.j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1077046258595152822004-02-17T11:30:00.000-08:002004-02-17T11:33:36.840-08:00Whites Only!
local6.com - News - Student Group Offers Whites Only Scholarship: "A student group at Roger Williams University is offering a new scholarship for which only white students are eligible, in a move they say is designed to protest affirmative action."
I love it. Finally someone got the balls to stand up to this crap.
"We think that if you want to treat someone according to character j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1077045032343877332004-02-17T11:10:00.000-08:002004-02-17T11:13:10.856-08:00English please.
IHT: The Workplace: With limits, the rule is English: "English is a job requirement whether you're a banker in Bavaria, a chef at a five-star Luxembourg hotel or a writer for America Online's French Web site in Paris. It's an Information Age standard that some linguists argue is fast becoming basic."
How very interesting. In many European nations, it is now a job requirement to j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1077044397938317552004-02-17T10:59:00.000-08:002004-02-17T11:02:35.746-08:00Next to the importance of Freedom and Justice is popular education. . .
IHT: Commentary: Should U.S. fret over the wage gap, or math gap?: "'What will ultimately determine' the 'standard of living of this country is the skill of the people,' Greenspan told the Senate committee. 'We do something wrong, which obviously people in Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea and Japan do far better. Teaching in j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1077043184605523802004-02-17T10:39:00.000-08:002004-02-17T10:42:22.686-08:00Kerry lies, some more.
FOXNews.com - You Decide 2004 - Bush Meeting National Guard Members: "'With Kerry, veterans will have a veteran in the White House who fights to make sure they get the benefits they deserve,' Kerry said.
And calls them murderers, rapists and criminals?
Kerry said Bush's policies had threatened to undermine troops' pay, health care and battlefield protection.
What the j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1077042309588747542004-02-17T10:25:00.000-08:002004-02-17T10:27:47.860-08:00Straight from a Marine's mouth:
OpinionJournal - A Marine's Journal: "It is now known that the Iraqis forced those civilians into their vehicles under threat of death and ordered them to speed into our positions. One of them was a dentist who speaks English. He explained it all. Some of the cars were driven by Iraqis in uniform but filled with civilians, Palestinians civilians reportedly. One j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1076973809991138532004-02-16T15:23:00.000-08:002004-02-16T15:26:07.200-08:00Altruism and apathy at it's best.
Amnesty International - Library - Laos: Use of starvation as a weapon of war against civilians:
"Reports have reached the organization of scores of civilian deaths, predominantly among children, from starvation and injuries sustained during the conflict. It is known that several of approximately 20 rebel groups with their families are surrounded by Lao j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-107697321850702522004-02-16T15:13:00.000-08:002004-02-16T15:16:15.840-08:00Good thing we left Vietnam! Right?
Before you read this, remember that Kerry was protesting this war for our capitalist ally South Vietnam. He claimed that Americans were murderers, and killing 200,000 innocents a year.
The truth hurts doesn't it Kerry?
Communists at work
"Witnesses in Laos have reported that the Communist Lao government of the LPDR and Communist Vietnamese governments havej@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1076960586103399942004-02-16T11:43:00.000-08:002004-02-16T11:45:42.826-08:00Worst President in History?
The following appeared in the Durham, NC local paper
as a letter to the
editor. Please forward to all on your list as this
will put things in perspective:
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Liberals claim President Bush shouldn't have
started this war. They complain about his
prosecution of it. One liberal recently claimed Bush
was the worst j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1076958553746389152004-02-16T11:09:00.000-08:002004-02-16T11:11:50.920-08:00More misplaced anger?
MSNBC - "Instead Jesus landed in Iraq and died last March after stepping on a stray American cluster bomb, according to his father. After his son’s death, he made a decision to speak out against the war. “They tell me I’m staining the memory of my son. But that’s not true. He died for his own ideals,” Suarez said in Spanish. “All the young people who have died are a symbol j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1076693023475988602004-02-13T09:23:00.000-08:002004-02-13T09:37:41.326-08:00Cloning. Yes or no?:
I'm not going to write some crazy article on why cloning is ethical or not. There is no reason to. Many other people are doing it.
So to the above question, yes. We have everything to gain scientifically through stem cell research and cloning. Imagine the lives we could save. Millions of lives. Imagine the progress we can make with Human health and understanding of the j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1076632700051040462004-02-12T16:38:00.000-08:002004-02-12T16:40:51.606-08:00U.S. Soldier Charged in Al Qaeda Sting.
Yahoo! News - U.S. Soldier Charged in Al Qaeda Sting: "A U.S. National Guardsman in Washington state has been charged with trying to pass military secrets to the militant group al Qaeda after being caught in a sting operation, military officials said on Thursday. "
This guy is in for a world of hurt, misery, pain, embarassment, and probably ultimately j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1076630791487970442004-02-12T16:06:00.000-08:002004-02-12T16:09:03.450-08:00Record numbers of troops are staying in the military
News about Military Blunders at StrategyPage.com's How to Make War.: " The war on terror has been rough on American troops, with record numbers of them overseas and in combat. But at the same time, record numbers of troops are staying in the military, and more volunteers are trying to join as well"
Once again if you read or believe liberal j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1076629930095493102004-02-12T15:52:00.000-08:002004-02-12T15:54:41.420-08:00Apathy is a death sentence.
Maariv International: "The greatest danger facing Israel is not the Palestinians or Hezbollah, but our own apathy and indifference. Acceptance of the unacceptable is a death sentence to democracy."
I'd like to apply that sentence to proposed American apathy to the rest of the world. Ignoring world affairs and in fact ignoring turmoil at home (ie: liberal assualt on j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1076629496137686862004-02-12T15:44:00.000-08:002004-02-12T15:47:27.560-08:00Suspect confirms terrorist movement directly linked to Arafat coordinating policy with Hezbollah.
Maariv International: "Security forces have arrested Fa’ada Said Abdullah, 28-year old divorced Palestinian nurse on suspicion of being a Hezbollah agent"
Arafat, today just isn't looking good for you buddy.j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1076628575888378512004-02-12T15:29:00.000-08:002004-02-12T15:32:07.500-08:00Arafat funding terror with EU aid
Maariv International: "The German daily Die Welt reports that the European Commission's Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) has concluded that tens of millions of dollars in humanitarian aid, donated by the EU to the PA has been utilized for terrorist operations against Israel. "
Liberals would have us believe that the Israelis are murdering and oppressing Palestinians. Ij@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1076627025166808062004-02-12T15:03:00.000-08:002004-02-12T15:06:17.110-08:00To sum it up..
Student Movement Coordination Committee for Democracy in Iran:
"Mr. President, in less than three centuries, America has become the beacon of hope and support for people worldwide seeking freedom and democracy."
Shall I go on? ok I will.
"We believe that as with the American defeat of Nazism, Communism, Baathism and Talibanism, America will help to defeat the Islamic Fascists j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1076626359411577962004-02-12T14:52:00.000-08:002004-02-12T14:55:10.686-08:00One sentence says it all, or does it?
OpinionJournal - Best of the Web Today:
"So in 1971 Kerry's view was that American servicemen in Vietnam were murderers. In 1992, they were no better or worse than anyone else. Today he proudly claims the mantle of war hero."
Check out what the tehran times has to say in response to an email from Kerry's group:
"The office of Senator John Kerry, the j@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1076615807940461702004-02-12T11:56:00.000-08:002004-02-12T11:59:18.983-08:00Jane Fonda defends Kerry.
Jane Fonda defends Kerry: "'And they're also saying this organization, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, was a Communist organization. This was an organization of men who risked their lives in Vietnam, who consider themselves totally patriotic. And anyone who slams that organization and slams Kerry for being a part of it is doing an injustice to veterans."
Big surprisej@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359414.post-1076608336683256812004-02-12T09:52:00.000-08:002004-02-12T09:54:47.653-08:00North Vietnam: Gen. Giap: Kerry's Group Helped Hanoi Defeat U.S.
"The North Vietnamese general in charge of the military campaign that finally drove the U.S. out of South Vietnam in 1975 credited a group led by Democratic presidential front-runner John Kerry with helping him achieve victory.
In his 1985 memoir about the war, Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap wrote that if it weren't for organizationsj@me.comnoreply@blogger.com0