3 biggest draft bust of the past 20 years.

@wittmann:

Don’t worry Worsham. You are very passionate about the subject and I am still learning.
Sorry I did not check and discreetly tell you by PM.
Hope you are having a good weekend. The 4th tomorrow….

Thank you for the kind words.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/video/26-years-google-maps-reunites-130437436.html?vp=1

5. Flytech Bladestar. Now you can actually make something fly with the Flytech Bladestar Indoor Flyer, a creation by WooWee. It has a life-size and a big LCD screen. For those that do, the ratings are: TV-Y7: directed toward kids 7 years and older (kids who are able to distinguish between make-believe and reality); may contain “mild fantasy violence or comedic violence” that may scare younger kids

I still need a resolution.

@Yanny:

This has nothing to do with Valerie Plame and Karl Rove. The Dems want answers for why we were misled into going to War with Iraq.

Reminds me of the “Spot” act introduced into the House by Abraham Lincoln.

Question is, will President Bush claim executive privelage if this move actually results in a serious investigation.

This isn’t posturing. It’s a serious move by a lot of Senators on both sides of the isle (The Dems don’t have enough votes to call a motion of secrecy without Republican support).

Not only that, but we won’t hear about what goes on. Since 1830, the Senate has only gone secret 3 times. All three were concerning highly sensitive cold-war era paramilitary interventions.

This is serious stuff.

I think that this could be a bombshell, or a buch of crap.  Closed sessions are a good thing.  Sorry folks, national security takes presidence over the national enquires “need to know”.  If they have proof that they don’t want to reveal for national security, hats off… a good move and not at all politicaly motivated.  Mcarthy did not betray this country by telling ppl how he got his info, and that is noble (I bet I get a bunch of people down my throat for that one).

If it is a political stunt, than it is an act of a desperate entity that is about to die.

Was the famous “Iceman” of the Italian Alps a killer, victim or avenger? Will we ever know?

SOURCE :
http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/0811iceman11-ON.html

Exactly

An M16 Rifle weighs what, 15 pounds? Full combat infantry gear, 40 pounds? Thats 55 pounds on you. Anyone can carry that. Modern Rifles have incredibly little recoil.

The problem isn’t so much with being able to carry 55 pounds (though this is in its own right heavy [ex. lot of girls complain when their backpack weighs more than 10-20 pounds), but carrying it over long distances. I have done a lot of reenacting with such loads (though more like 30 mostly) and after two hours of fighting, sprinting, and marching, it starts to wear on you - A Lot. This is esp. true when your exhausted, under harsh terrian, in fog of war, and under heat - not many people can take that. Besides, I never want someone in my squad covering me who doesn’t want to fight - this often results in two deaths instead of one.