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Oh, fuck! How did I forget about Arrested Development?! CRAZY FUNNY!! i don't fuckin know [Gob Bluth voice]"COME ON!!" [/Gob Bluth voice] Spirits fly on dangerous missions Imaginations on fire

But the dictionary calls them "chickens" So you live to stir the sand in people's ...chickens? Spirits fly on dangerous missions Imaginations on fire

Do you think that if he did, the dumbass masses would realizes, "Holy shit, talk about the biggest motherfuckin' flip-flop of all time!" and think Obama's an unreliable moron and withdraw their support? If they weren't insane, they would. Spirits fly on dangerous missions Imaginations on fire

Clinton counted imaginary money in his so-called "budget surplus." It was smoke-and-fuckin'-mirrors. It was chicanery. It was bullshit. It was not a surplus. When you figure out your household budget this month, be sure to add in the + column the $15,000 you'd sell your 3-year-old SUV for, even though you won't be selling it and you won't be getting that money to put into your accounts. That's the kind of thing that Clinton did with NY's Governor's Island. Acted as though the government were in possession of the proceeds of the sale of it, even though there was no buyer and no sale on the horizon. How many other such examples were used to pad his "surplus" I don't know, but I imagine the answer is probably "many." Spirits fly on dangerous missions Imaginations on fire

Do you really believe that fully-automatic weapons are that much graver a danger than semi-autos with the same magazine capacities? Before you ask -- no, I do not. Spirits fly on dangerous missions Imaginations on fire

You forgot about Florida in 2000, I think. They managed to make quite a scene, prevented vote counting until it was too late. The fact that the recounts done the following spring supported the end result of Bush winning the state is immaterial. What does that have at all to do with preparing in case the authorities have to deal with a violent breakdown of civil order? Are you saying that following the 2000 election there was a violent breakdown of civil order? Where? Spirits fly on dangerous missions Imaginations on fire

Bullshit. You people are exactly what is keeping this country from moving forward. Yeah, we just go out of our way to think bad things about blacks without having seen or read of anything to make us think this way. Delightful little strawman you've constructed there! Will you put him out on the porch for Halloween? I suppose it'd be too much for you to think back to who made all the trouble in '91 after the Rodney King verdict. OH. Yeah, THAT riot. And that was about a guy who pretty much deserved what he got because he was a scumbag and did not do what the law says people are supposed to do, which is obey lawful directives from the police. Spirits fly on dangerous missions Imaginations on fire

I believe that what he was expressing was opposition to the eradication of those things. Safety features in cars do not make them illegal to have and use, or even inconvenient to use, or inconvenient to obtain. There is no shortage of people who would like to use taxes to make ammunition so impossibly expensive that essentially no one could afford it. There are people who want a repeal of the 2nd Amendment so that an all-out ban on guns would be possible with NO constitutional protection to thwart it. Nothing like the gun law proposals exists, really, for other things like JohnRich mentioned. Spirits fly on dangerous missions Imaginations on fire

Anything but believe the kind of bullshit fraud that Libertarian ideals would be best served by a gun-banning socialist shitbrain demagogue smiling liar. Spirits fly on dangerous missions Imaginations on fire

There was a kid like that where I went to school. But I think he use to bang his head on things on purpose I bang my head into things on purpose... I call those things "vaginas." Spirits fly on dangerous missions Imaginations on fire

\ If a driver turns left across your path and forces you to jump a curb and ride across a treelawn, it can be quite an irritant. I say this because I've experienced it. Take your pick. This has happened only to those riders who failed to ride with the high-beam constantly on?? The high-beam protects against piss-poor judgment of other drivers, or shitty reaction time, or elderly tunnel vision, or drunk obliviousness? I'm pretty sure I've heard of plenty of cars getting hit in the same manner and circumstances. Funny, the argument for the loud pipes and high-beam is usually that motorcycles are harder to see and so people jump out in front of them. Why then do plenty of cars get hit just like you describe? Spirits fly on dangerous missions Imaginations on fire

So you really believe that the "little head light" is what makes the difference between living and dying, in terms of protection from stupidity? I tell you what, the vast majority of the serious and/or fatal accidents I read about down here are caused by either idiot riders doing stupid risky things and demonstrating irresponsible or incompetent riding habits; or DRUNKS hitting them--and a headlight is not going to save you from a drunk. Spirits fly on dangerous missions Imaginations on fire

"In Vladivostok, economy so poor, no vun haf gun for suicide. No vun even haf knife for suicide. Only suicide mettod, can smoke self to deatt. Ivan haf nothing left liff for, he do himself in vit Marlboro." Spirits fly on dangerous missions Imaginations on fire

yea aircraft are pressuized and door won't open ... you'd have to be superman to open that door in flight........ Wouldn't it be easier to open the door then, since the cabin has high pressure and outside pressure is much lower? I think the doors have to be brought in first before they'll pivot. Not sure, though. And for all I know, it could be different from plane to plane. Spirits fly on dangerous missions Imaginations on fire

OMG, these fish sticks are pretty tasty on their own, but SO much better with HOMEMADE tartar sauce!

yea aircraft are pressuized and door won't open ... you'd have to be superman to open that door in flight........ In which case, you could give your rig to someone else, let him have fun on the way down, and save everyone else yourself.

I have to agree with you on this Well, tough shit--no one said they couldn't bring skydive rigs along too! Spirits fly on dangerous missions Imaginations on fire

Just work on convincing them that you're leaving to go out and bring back help! Spirits fly on dangerous missions Imaginations on fire

Assuming we're in the 30+ flight levels, I ain't bailing out right away. I don't want to land safely on earth with no fingers, nose, ears or toes. Spirits fly on dangerous missions Imaginations on fire

What does that say about the "Establishment," particularly liberal Hollywood, when they actually gave him an Academy Award for {DOCUMENTARY} film? (One that is replete with lies and distortions, and has been roundly debunked in many ways.) Spirits fly on dangerous missions Imaginations on fire

"Civil unrest" is not "as American as apple pie." (Did you forget that "American" gets capitalized?) "Civil UNREST" is an UNDESIRABLE THING. You're talking about RIOTS and VIOLENCE and destruction of lives and property as though they are a healthy part of political discourse. They are the worst case scenario that follows the breakdown of political discourse. YES, the government should always act with the understanding that an enraged, oppressed populace will rise up to kick its ass (one reason for remaining armed, by the way), but that doesn't mean we should LIKE it when things break down into "civil unrest." Violence is a LAST resort. Do you really believe that we have reached the point where things should get done through violence? Spirits fly on dangerous missions Imaginations on fire

Perhaps I should have said, "Republicans (largely white) don't ..." Look, the issue raised by the thread starter is the notion that if Obama in particular fails to get elected, we'll run the very real possibility of civil unrest; riots, claims of a fix being in, claims of disenfranchisement, voter abuse, ballot fraud -- all of which will be predicated on the idea that Obama's victory is a foregone conclusion and that the only way he'll have lost is if misdeeds led to that. Does anyone really think that there is equilibrium between the potential for McCain voters to get angry and violent over a loss versus the potential for Obama voters to get angry and violent over a loss? You can call it racially bigoted if you like. That won't change the reality, and the reality that there will be many black voters voting for Obama, far more than there will be black voters voting for any other candidate in the race. And if they are disappointed, it will probably mean a lot more to them to have their candidate lose than it has meant to any other group who has lost an election in the past. The racial realities of this election cannot be ignored; but some people are sure trying. Every time I read some article or editorial about how people are not choosing along racial lines this time around, it makes me scoff. I am not, myself, voting against Obama because of his race, by the way. If Alan West is on my Florida ballot, he will get my vote. (Black veteran, for those who don't know.) I'd vote for Alan Keyes if he ran for president. I am NOT against voting for a black person, so anyone who wants to call me a bigot for opposing Obama, or raising the subject of race, go hang. Spirits fly on dangerous missions Imaginations on fire

" 'Tis but a scratch!" Spirits fly on dangerous missions Imaginations on fire

"How on earth did you get wedged up and stuck in there?! ...Never mind, I'm gonna jump up and try to snag you so I can pull you outta there. Ready? On three..." Spirits fly on dangerous missions Imaginations on fire

That was thrilling, amazing, touching... What a wonderful video. I have always loved the P-51D Mustang. A favorite airplane of mine. My favorite aviation writer is Barry Schiff, who writes for AOPA Pilot magazine. He did an article about getting checked out in the Mustang, and I was shocked to read about how technically intricate an airplane it is to fly. He gave the impression that you are forever trimming it, every time you make any kind of power input or anything. It saddens me, the rate at which our heroes of the Second World War are dying. We are in danger of forgetting all of the things that they, and that war, taught us. edit: I just got back from reading more on the Gray Eagles Foundation website, and I'm planning to make a donation quite soon to help them go ahead with this excellent film project. If you go to watch the video, please look at the other pages on the site, including the "contributions" section. These folks are preserving American and world history, and doing it in a truly beautiful, classy documentary style. This production seems to have true National Geographic-level polish on it. An Important Endeavor, for certain. And that Jim Brooks... what a guy! I'm awe-struck. Spirits fly on dangerous missions Imaginations on fire