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Perry's gaff was pretty bad, but when he finally remembered Department of Energy, I really cringed. DoE is responsible for our country's nuclear weapons programs. Rick should know this, because one of their plants is Pantex, which is in .... Texas. Lucky for him, the moderators didn't seem to know this either. At least, they didn't ask him if he wants to eliminate nuclear weapons. You don't have to outrun the bear.

That "nine-nine-nine" plan is turning into a "nein-nein-nein" plan. Anybody want to bet whether the debate moderators tonight will be able to stick to the topic, or just get caught up in the whole sexual harrasment thing and leave questions about the economy unasked and unanswered ? You don't have to outrun the bear.

I'd be afraid chopping the main in this case would result in it blowing back and entangling with the reserve. You don't have to outrun the bear.

The key here is "over 10 years". Congress has an attention span from one news story to the next, so anything that requires a concerted, multi-year effort is almost hopeless with these guys. I still marvel that the effort to put a man on the moon was successful, since it spanned more than one election cycle. You don't have to outrun the bear.

This is not the first time something like this has happened. You can read a similar story in Mark 11, 15-19, for example. You don't have to outrun the bear.

That sounds like a really complicated version of a stop sign. You don't have to outrun the bear.

On Altavista, do a brings up do a barrel roll as the first suggestion. do a background check is the fourth. Are people really so trusting that they'd rather know how to do a barrel roll than a background check? You don't have to outrun the bear.

If you mean Credit Default Swaps, those haven't been regulated. (For more background, read about Brooksley Born and her attempts to regulate them.) They are essentially a form of insurance and should be regulated like other forms of insurance, with underwriting standards and reserve requirements. If they had been, AIG Financial Products probably wouldn't have imploded. To address a point raised in another post about who has the credentials to talk about regulation; Alan Greenspan had the credentials to talk about regulation, or the lack of need for it. How'd that work out? You don't have to outrun the bear.

Two words - Wind Tunnel You don't have to outrun the bear.

Four guys with Sawzalls and a pickup truck show up early the next morning. By the end of the day, they've got enough scrap aluminum to take the rest of the week off. You don't have to outrun the bear.

Well, you can add Corzine and MF Global as another example of a bankrupt company whose Chief Executive got a good "severance package". Oh wait, didn't Corzine run Goldman Sachs for a while? I'm beginning to see a pattern here. How does Obama keep doing this stuff ?? You don't have to outrun the bear.

1. Capitalize 2. Punctuate 3. Look at what others at your DZ have and ask about their gear. As you go through the A-license progression, gear related things will come up. Ask your instructors and riggers for details about anything you come across that you don't know about. Look at classifieds to see what's available at what price range. Read about the containers and canopies in a Para-Gear or Square1 catalog. Don't go out and buy the first thing that looks like a bargain; keep asking questions and looking around for a while. You don't have to outrun the bear.

"For God so loved the world that he gave us Pi." John 3.14159.... You don't have to outrun the bear.

Same here. You don't have to outrun the bear.

Interesting. At first glance, www.skydivejersey.com doesn't appear to be a Skyride website, but the meta keywords include "atlanta skydiving". Do a lot of people from Atlanta go to New Jersey to jump? For comparison, skydivingnewjersey.net is definitely a Skyride website, according to the "terms" tab at the bottom of the page. You don't have to outrun the bear.

If you don't set up a cool date and buy flowers, I can definitely predict months of torment on earth, Billy. You don't have to outrun the bear.

1) How do you know they have no training in Y? 2) A careful observer or hobbyist can sometimes develop a lot of expertise even though its informal. One of the best computer programmers I know has a degree in English. Another one is a professional concert cellist on the side. I never met anybody who didn't know more about something than I do, but it wasn't always obvious what that something might be. You don't have to outrun the bear.

To expand on the AIG thing a bit: AIG Financial Products was selling credit default swaps insuring mortgage backed securities. No one forced AIG to do this. Bush didn't, Greenspan didn't, Obama didn't, Gramm didn't, Chris Dodd didn't, and Barney Frank didn't. AIG, the world's largest insurance company, had their own actuaries. It didn't matter if Fannie and Freddie, or Countrywide, or anyone else created a housing bubble. AIG had the resources to determine whether home prices were likely to increase by 6 percent per year forever, or if that was a little too optimistic. AIG had the resources to form their own opinion about the AAA rating given some of the MBS's. I'll leave it to the reader to discuss how stupid you have to be to take a very large and very successful insurance company to the brink of bankruptcy in a few, short years, but the fact is, AIG placed some very large and ill-advised bets with other people's money in an unregulated market. The AIG experience is what gives credence to the idea that credit default swaps should be regulated like other forms of insurance, with underwriting standards and reserve requirements. The AIG experience is what undermines the idea that Dodd and Frank and too much government regulation is what caused the recession (sorry, Newt). We need to differentiate between the housing bubble and the derivatives market built around the housing bubble. (disclaimer: I have never worked for Enron, and I don't have a Nobel prize.) You don't have to outrun the bear.

What do you think about adding a section to the "who can pack a main" regs like this: 105.43 (a) ..., or, if the next person jumping with the parachute is a licensed skydiver, any person designated by the next person jumping with the parachute. In other words, a licensed skydiver could designate someone to pack for him, but a student could not. You don't have to outrun the bear.

"Maybe this is an issue that needs more awareness." I'll second that. Pilots are taught about wake turbulence, but skydivers aren't. I'd say that information about wake turbulence should be included in the training along with info about turbulence from wind coming over buildings, etc. You don't have to outrun the bear.

An explosives expert is the only person who should work on a gas oven. Seriously, I've had to replace a couple of those limit switches over the years. Cheap if you can find the part. You don't have to outrun the bear.

News flash - looks like the wall street occupiers have it right. At least, that's the opinion of one very influential pundit. The following exchange took place in the 2008 vice-presidential debate: Gwen Ifill: Who do you think was at fault? I start with you, Gov. Palin. Was it the greedy lenders? Was it the risky home-buyers who shouldn’t have been buying a home in the first place? And what should you be doing about it? PALIN: Darn right it was the predator lenders, who tried to talk Americans into thinking that it was smart to buy a $300,000 house if we could only afford a $100,000 house. There was deception there, and there was greed and there is corruption on Wall Street. And we need to stop that. Sarah Palin didn't work for Enron, and she doesn't have a Nobel prize, so I think we can take her word as gospel. You don't have to outrun the bear.

Krugman was on a panel of advisers to Enron management in 1999. That was before the "Enron Loophole" and before analysts began to recognize that Enron's books didn't add up. You don't have to outrun the bear.

She said she could be more effective helping others get elected. Let's face it - she could have helped someone else get elected by running for president. You don't have to outrun the bear.

Their other choice was a Republican. After the preceding 8 years, a lot of people were in favor of anything else. This is why I believe "None of the Above" should be a choice for every elected office on every ballot. You don't have to outrun the bear.