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It all depends on what group of kids in school ya talk to. When I worked for the local high school district there were kids interested in robotics etc.. they just did not stand out like some of the other kids. I feel confident that America will nurture and create the next generation of engineers etc... and that this country is a "melting pot" is one of the primary reasons that this process will continue

My heart goes out to his family and friends.

Well, heres my take on the subject. It is said the military is a reflection of the society it supports. In my civillian job I work as a probation officer with juveniles. In the last 10 years or so I have seen a dramatic spike in minors who have a suicidal ideation. It was so pronounced that we have had to take additional training in how to recognize these kids and refer help for them. On the military side of the house, on my last deployment we had to have ''suicide watch" on three seperate ocasions. This was done as a saftey measure before we could get the soldiers evacuated to Germany for proper treatment. There was no common thread with the cases. One had a wife who was leaving him, another was financial problems, the third I can't even begin to describe. The kid had more problems than bayer has asprin. This is a problem that we did not have to deal with in the past. ( I have been involved with the military since 75 in either active or reserve status)

I hope everyone has a safe weekend. Discourse is good for the soul. As for you Broken R 1 I am not an asshole and while I may differ about burning the flag I do not think I deserved that personal attack. I am a decent sort.. And I am proud of my service and what I have done for other people over the years

I can hear the orders..."Abdul kill all Americans except for Jenna Jameson. I will deal with her myself"

Frankly I think the goddamn gophers are allies of Bin Laden and his minions

Sigh.. Its like this try to track with me. The flag is a symbol that a lot of people highly respect. It is a symbol of the sacrifices that people have made over the years for their country. When it is burned it is akin to pissing on the graves of the fallen, and on the sacrifices made. Do you have the right to brun it... absoultey. And I have the right to disagree with your burning it. If my disagreeing with the burning of the flag means me stopping you from burning it..thats the way it goes.

Call me what you like its a free country

Fractures completely healed. Ortho says I am a "proto healer" 6 weeks PT and I should be as good as new

Uh.. I am a tad more than that. I have fought for my country. deployed three times. I have walked the walk sir, and thanks to the sacrifices of a LOT of servicemen and women I will talk the talk. Don't burn the flag in my presence. Period

DANG...

Got me on that one. I had my retirement date set before 911 hit. I decided to stay and see where the ride took me. But I do have a lot of rage at the assholes who caused it. If ya make it out to Elsinore I will introduce you to moonshine..

Hey Bro... my give a damns busted (to borrow from a popular song.) That sob's actions has cost me to many dead friends, ten years of my life three and a half years deployed from my family. Not to mention shit I can not talk about in decent company.

People may have the "right" to burn the flag. But ya better not do it around me

I read the news of the Bin Laden family's being upset last night.(I know this is a fantasy but just once I would like to see a Pentagon spokesman say " Just what part of FUCK YOU don't you understand???) With a video backgground of the towers going down

Since I am now taveling down the divorce road the only thing I would want and be non negotiable about is 1.. like - suport skydiving, 2 just be nice to me. I have lived with mean for so long I almost had a nervous breakdown

Me.. I'm a nice guy. Always have been. Careing and considerate. We as a society seem to have a tendeny to over analyze EVERYTHING. It is what it is sometimes

you may have heard a group of shooters. The bullet that went by our head was supersonic. You heard the bullet not the shot. You probably heard the gunshot(s) of the others in the group. In both civilian and military experience I have had rounds go by me that I heard within 4 ft

Well that kinda works but sooner or later they sober up and say "your not tall and handsome your short and ugly'' I guess thats ok for a short term thing....

+ 50 gazillion...

That is a great post. My sympathies to your fallen friends

I wish my mothers alzhiemers and cancer would take human form so I could hunt them down and kill them.... I wish I could stop her pain.. I wish a lot of things I guess.

So... does your cousin like hairy old guys who jump REALY large canopies???

It does exist but the people who REALY do it are rare

Fleetwood Mac, Kiss, ACDC (Best) Billy Joel (Worst)... all he did was complain about his indigestion