Douva

So, my choices are a president who seldom picks a side or a president who keeps picking sides I disagree with. Screw that--I'm voting for Badnarik. Maybe if third party candidates start making a stronger showing, the two major parties will start choosing the BEST candidates, rather than the most "electable" candidates. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

Although Kerry's outspokenness in favor of gun control seriously worries me, Bush's attempt to ride the fence really pisses me off. Bush said he'd sign a piece of legislation nobody expected to get through congress and then refused speak out in favor of the legislation. He's trying to please both sides of a hotly divided issue. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

I get catalogs of the stuff every month. The guns have always been around. The accessories have always been around. You just haven't been able to legally put the accessories on the guns. Now you can. Check out www.cheaperthandirt.com for cheap ammo, high-cap magazines, etc. If you want higher quality merchandise, you can find it, but it'll cost you more. It just depends on what you want. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

Live From did two segments on the AWB sunset. They did one early in the show that struck me as being slanted in favor of the AWB and a second segment about one hour into the show that struck me as being pretty balanced. Check out the transcript on CNN's website, after the show. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

It looks like a lot of CNN's shows may be covering the AWB sunset today. The hosts of CNN's Crossfire (4:30pm ET, 3:30pm CT, 2:30pm MT, 1;30pm PT) are going to debate it on today's show. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

1:00pm ET 12:00pm CT 11:00pm MT 10:00pm PT CNN's Live From is about to air a piece on the sunset of the Assault Weapons Ban. Edited to add: If you miss it, CNN provides free online transcripts of all their shows. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

....in the Ukraine. Three months after it was mailed, I finally received a copy of the June issue of Ukrainian Skydiver magazine. It contains five pictures that my buddy Jason Lemley took of me skysurfing. If you want to see the pictures, they are on the L.A.S.T. website, about halfway down the page. Blue skies, Douva I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

Were any of us wrong? I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

I think I too am going to start posting every piece of crap that gets emailed to me to this forum. I don't need to try to verify it--As long as it supports my beliefs, that's good enough for me. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

Right now I'm drinking a Sobe No Fear. It's basically like a double shot of Red Bull fortified with vitamins and minerals. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

If there were more competitions, training camps, etc., do you think people would be more inclined to take it up? Do you think you would have stuck with it longer? Just curious. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

So, you mean that gay guys find them sexy? I was wondering who did. I don't think I like the direction this thread is taking. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

I've never really been "hit," but I've had some people come in and try to dock on the board or one of my arms a little forcefully. In the videos you can see them drag me over like they're trying to flip me, but so far I've always managed to maintain my balance. So long as you don't try to dock on me while I'm doing flips or spins, there's not much chance of you getting hit. You need to be competent in your body flying skills to jump with a skysurfer, and you should definitely have a helmet and a Cypres, but our boards really aren't the swinging pendulums of death most skydivers seem to think they are. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

No, this was at Skydive San Marcos in Texas. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

Oh yeah? I did that a few weeks ago. They said they could see me from the moment I left the door until I touched down on the ground. It was another of those jumps that was probably more fun to see than do--being upside down and spinning at night is REALLY disorienting. You don't realize how much you use your eyes for orientation in skydiving. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

Those "groundsurf" landings rocked, and you know it. Okay, that last one wasn't very pretty (If you're going to surf the board in crosswind, make sure BOTH bindings have released before landing), but the rest were cool. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

Please elaborate on your answer and share any experience you've had with skysurfing. --Douva I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

Hollywood is usually pretty careful about conforming to child pornography laws. When Dominique Swain performed a scene in Lolita (1997) where she had to sit on Jeremy Iron's lap, they had to place pillows between the two of them to keep them from ever touching. Pillows were also used for a scene in The Girl Next Door (2003) where seventeen year old actor Emile Hirsch had to receive a lap dance from a stripper. If they're that careful about simple contact, I'm sure they're not going to risk serious jail time to put a grown woman and a young boy naked in a tub together. A good cinematographer could pull off the shot without them even being in the same tub. Now who's being gullible? I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

That's pretty much the same scenario as in the U.S. A big part of our high gun crime rate is the result of gangland shootings. Contrary to what most Europeans and many Americans believe, ordinary people are not regularly gunned down on the streets of every US city on a daily basis. More on topic, I believe the laws in Texas are similar to the laws MrM mentioned for the UK--You can make a citizens arrest if you KNOW a crime has been committed, but you'd better not be wrong or you're guilty of detaining somebody against his/her will. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

I think it was the Golden Knights that had audibles that played the music that would be playing during their demos, to help them sync their routines to the music. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

I used to jump with a cassette deck occasionally. I found it was more trouble than it was worth in free fall, but it was a lot of fun listening to Danger Zone from Top Gun, under canopy. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

I wrote this when I was about 19. It seems appropriate here. I had this dream. I dreamt I died and went to Heaven, and Heaven was one, big (slightly more wholesome version of a) DZ...with all my friends and loved ones there....We never had to pack or wait on a load....because there were like two billion angels there who needed the packing credit,...and there were no airplanes....Everybody just BASEd from the pearly gates....The best part was that you didn't have to deploy until you felt like it....We'd Turn six or seven hundred points on a three thousand way....Nobody ever missed their slot....Sometimes we'd have matches with the Flying Devils -- Hell's comp team, but we always won because they're primarily freeflyers....Deployment was a snap,...everyone just dumped in formation,...but there was never a malfunction or collision....Canopy flight was great, too....It was always zero winds....Everybody hook turned, but it was cool because we were all dead, anyway....Everybody was D-licensed and pro-rated, and we'd all make daily demos into the main worship area...and get killer swoops along the streets of gold....Occasionaly we'd do water jumps, and Jesus would always do that one trick all the girls liked where he'd stand it up....And, you know what else is funny....Turns out Jesus is a major sky God....Real front riser freak, too....And sometimes, after a good day of jumping, Jesus would turn all the water into wine, and we'd just party for like six or seven hundred years....But, nobody ever got a hangover....It's a beautiful dream, isn't it?....Not really much of an ad for Cypress, but it kind of makes you feel all warm inside....like there's a purpose to life, after all.... I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

I felt kind of bad for him. It looked like he was in an audition. I'm guessing that's why he tried to keep going after he fell. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

Good catch. There's a similar premise to the original Night of the Living Dead, also. I guess it's time to start stocking up on ammo and gasoline. I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

Is anybody else watching the news confrence. A few people have been working on this project since the '80s, others since the mid-'90s. It's really sad. Maybe we should send them a DZ.com sympathy card or something. --Douva I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.