Why?
Is it that every time there is a tv show or a story on tv news someone feels they have to tell everyone on GB about it? Do you think we all live back in the mountains and come out once a week just to check GB for news? I have five tv's and I get two news papers. I read Readers Digest and Time among others. I don't need old news! A lot of us knew about the things you are reporting before you were hatched!
GIVE IT A BREAK!!!
GIVE IT A BREAK!!!
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Why do topics get locked so that no one else can't reply to them?
Arielle
"I am the opposite of a stage magician... he gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth, I give you truth that has the appearance of illusion" Tennesee Williams0 -
We do people dye their hair green, blue, pink, purple and other odd colors? I asked a few people and I got "I don't know".
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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/12/29/iraq-war-veteran-wife-assaulted-outside-florida-theater-teen-mob/#ixzz19X4fxoxi
Marine Home From Iraq War, Wife Allegedly Assaulted Outside Florida Theater by Teen Mob
How is it that a citizen of this great Nation is assaulted at a damn movie and it's a misdemeanor charge for the damn assailants, but add a LEO to the equation and all the sudden the same assaulters are now facing a felony?
So, average citizens are trying to enjoy a movie and are terrorized by these idiots and "oh well" it's a minor incident, but add a man who straps on his gear each day knowing he'll face idiots such as this, and its a felony? What gives?
This makes me mad on sooooo many levels.
Your thoughts?
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"The gas block was originally a front sight tower, and has been ground down to a slick gas block"
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I know this will get poofed or locked quickly.
But, why are we so unforgiving of someone's believe of a higher being, God? Why can't we just say: So be it if they belief in it and we don't. We get Homosexuality shoved don't our throats (figuratively, lol) and we are supposed to accept it, the media, government and Hollywood is running rampant with it (accept gay marriage). Some here even have showed some support over the issue. We wrestle with the Anti-gunners and Veg's., they wish to shove their belief's down our throats. We stand together in these belief's, or at least I assume we do.
The question of life itself may never truly be understood the how's and why's (Sorry Stephen Hawking, I don't belief in you). The very existence is such a mystery, how could it not be so that maybe in the "Big Bang" that started it all, produced the almighty himself, and so the "Beginning". I've heard people state they believed in spirits/ghost, but not sure about God. If there is the possibility of any kind of entity, spirit or Aura, there must be the possibility of a supreme spirit, (my thoughts). I've heard people say that when they die, what they see of their life, how they lived, will be there Heaven or Hades, Look down from where?, if there is no God, no Heaven, there's nothing to look down from. We Accept the request for prayer, I do appreciate the ability of this forum to recognize this request at troubled times. If you don't belief in Prayer, good wishes or hopes are at least acknowledged.
Didn't mean to get deep, But why can't we just acknowledge our belief in God and we'll try not to get too Preachering and the non-believers just move on to the next post if you don't share the belief or wish to get involved in the discussion, no different than if you don't want to get involved in a Glock, 1911 to mouse gun discussion.
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Why are there so many ex Military guys that were Navy Seals , recon/snipers, or special forces (green Berets).. Seems I never meet any ordinary Seamen, Grunts, or support soldiers.. Who was doing all the other jobs?[:0] 0 -
Why is it on mornings I can sleep in, Fanci wont let me?...She bites my arm...not the "tougher part", but the part above my elbow....pull the covers up over and tuck them in and she gets under them...She will not leave me alone until I get up....
I get up and feed her/them, then lay on the couch or crawl back into bed and it starts all over again...or Lexi decides to lay on my chest and touch my face with her paw to get me to pet her...I really dont need a 10-11 pound cat on my chest...nooooooo thanks...gets heavy after a bit..
I could sleep till noon today, but ohhhhhh nooo, the flippin cats wont let me...0 -
Does Coke taste so good with a splash o' Bourbon in it? 0 -
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Does this happen on other forums? this is the only forum that i participate in and this stuff is really getting old. i dont understand what enjoyment someone gets out of doing this 0 -
Why do all the people Ages 10-20 want to be gangsters[?] It is sickening! Being bad is good, being good is bad. It's like real role models got thrown out the door. Rap is the main music, Whitch is the worst. Pants are at hanging down. Skirts are getting smaller(I would not be complaning about this part, except the girls wearing them are only 15 years old. Dose this bother anyone else? 0 -
It's 1:50 am and I'm still awake. Why?
WHAT IS THIS EVIL CONSPIRACY THAT HAS BEFALLEN ME!?0 -
Why do men's hearts beat quicker, go weak in the knees, get dry throats and think irrationally when a woman wears leather clothing!
BECAUSE SHE SMELLS LIKE A NEW TRUCK !!!0 -
Do the batteries in the thermostat die on the coldest day of the year in the middle of the night? 0 -
why does rum and mountain dew taste like crap and rum and coke taste so good? {ran out of coke,still couldn't get it down} 0 -
Do some threads get moved to politics and some stay on GD?
My golden rule thread was moved BUT there are still several on this page of the same nature??
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Article in the editorial section of today's AR. Dem/Gaz.
Cindy Sheehan asked President Bush, "Why did my son have to die in Iraq"??
Another mother asked Harry Truman, "Why did my son have to die in Korea"??
Another mother asked Franklin D. Roosevelt, "Why did my son have to die at Iwo Jima"??
Another mother asked Woodrow Wilson, "Why did my son have to die on the battlefield of France"??
Yet another mother asked Abraham Lincoln, "Why did my son have to die at Gettysburg"??
And yet another mother asked George Washington, "Why did my son have to die near Valley Forge"??
Then long, long ago, a mother asked, "Heavenly father, why did my son have to die on a cross outside Jerusalem"??
The answers to all these are similar: that others may have life and dwell in peace, happiness and freedom.
"the difference between the almost right word and the right word is like the difference between a lightning bug and a lightning bolt" - Mark Twain.0 -
Why is it that we can never vote in someone who will honestly change things for the better? 0 -
why on earth would anyone want to shoot a bear, deer is one thing but a bear? i just dont understand why you would want to kill a bear is the meat that good? or is it so you can tell people you shot a bear? i have news for you trophy hunts and safari's are about how much money you have not about hunting. i will remind you trophy hunters once again like some guy named steve says"it aint that hard to kill a really big animal with a really big gun" i know i will take heat for this but i dont care.unless someone convinces me otherwise i see no reason to go kill a bear thats not threating human life. 0 -
can anyone explain to me the point of a bayonet lug on this?
http://www.pantherarms.com/10Expand.asp?ProductCode=BA-A2AS-070 -
Why am I wasting a Saturday in the Forum? well number one its been raining off and on all day,(when it rains here ,too much lightening) No 2, Beth had to go to the grocery store and I hate that trip,(so I stay at home) cant stand to look in the basket and then the figures on the register (outrageous) very depressing indeed. [:p][:p]
CLASSIC the HOG OWNER biker
"I dont care how thin you make a pancake, it still has two sides"
"A wise man is a man that realizes just how little he knows.0 -
US's most powerful nuclear bomb being dismantled
AMARILLO, Texas (AP) - The last of the nation's most powerful nuclear bombs - a weapon hundreds of times stronger than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima - is being disassembled nearly half a century after it was put into service at the height of the Cold War.
The final components of the B53 bomb will be broken down Tuesday at the Pantex Plant near Amarillo, the nation's only nuclear weapons assembly and disassembly facility. The completion of the dismantling program is a year ahead of schedule, according to the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration, and aligns with President Barack Obama's goal of reducing the number of nuclear weapons.
Thomas D'Agostino, the nuclear administration's chief, called the bomb's elimination a "significant milestone."
Put into service in 1962, when Cold War tensions peaked during the Cuban Missile Crisis, the B53 weighed 10,000 pounds and was the size of a minivan. According to the American Federation of Scientists, it was 600 times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, killing as many as 140,000 people
and helping end World War II.
The B53 was designed to destroy facilities deep underground, and it was carried by B-52 bombers.
With its destruction, the next largest bomb in operation will be the B83, said Hans Kristensen, a spokesman for the Federation of American Scientists. It's 1.2 megatons, while the B53 was 9 megatons.
The B53's disassembly ends the era of big megaton bombs, he said. The bombs' size helped compensate for their lack of accuracy. Today's bombs are smaller but more precise, reducing the amount of collateral damage, Kristensen said.
Since the B53 was made using older technology by engineers who have since retired or died, developing a disassembly process took time. Engineers had to develop complex tools and new procedures to ensure safety.
"We knew going in that this was going to be a challenging project, and we put together an outstanding team with all of our partners to develop a way to achieve this objective safely and efficiently," said John Woolery, the plant's general manager.
Many of the B53s were disassembled in the 1980s, but a significant number remained in the U.S. arsenal until they were retired from the stockpile in 1997. Pantex spokesman Greg Cunningham said he couldn't comment on how many of the bombs have been disassembled at the Texas plant.
The weapon is considered dismantled when the roughly 300 pounds of high explosives inside are separated from the special nuclear material, known as the pit. The uranium pits from bombs dismantled at Pantex will be stored on an interim basis at the plant, Cunningham said.
The non-nuclear material and components are then processed, which includes sanitizing, recycling and disposal, the National Nuclear Security Administration said last fall when it announced the Texas plant's role in the B53 dismantling.
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I have noticed a couple of things about the ppl in this forum, and the same may hold true in other forums, but for now its this one I have seen it happen in most...
Why is it when a "hot topic" like illegal immigration, abortion, gun rights, child molesters etc hit the news and then hit the discussion here, we get a whole lot of newbies who already know how to post, know the first names of most of the other posters, and type a whole lot like other ppl in here?....why only on hot topics?..
Yes I know I am going to be "bit**ed at for ranting, but I have just washed my floors, did 2 loads of laundry, and deciding what to have for dinner when classic comes home so go bit** at someone who really cares...*LOL0 -
Life is stressful enough, why add to it??????
Her Father Is a Phony SEAL
By Mark Divine
I looked at the email request from Christine. If I had a dime for every email I answered about the SEALs, I could have retired long ago.
Since launching the website NavySEALs.com in 1996, I have served as an unofficial Internet recruiter for the Navy, helping hundreds of young men gain information and insight through the process of obtaining orders to BUD/S (Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL) training. The training is a six-month program, from which prospective SEALs must graduate (only one in five do).
Other inquiries come from students looking for assistance with school research projects, or to settle a bet. Those requests usually read, "My buddy and I argued over which is the toughest Special Operations forces. I said SEALs. He said Delta. Which is it?"
But this email was different. As I read, I had a sinking feeling. This was not the first time I've been asked this question, but it doesn't get any easier. Christine wrote: "Hi, Mr. Divine. My name is Christine and my father was a Navy SEAL in Vietnam. He does not say much about his SEAL days, except that he did a lot of top secret missions that he can't talk about. I am very proud of my dad, and would like to find out some information about what he did with the SEALs. Can you help me?"
Sounds simple enough. Dad is a Hero to most kids. And a dad who was a SEAL is downright legendary to those who learn about the origins of the once secret Navy commando force and their tremendous record of success in Vietnam and beyond.
The sinking feeling was from a problem about which Christine is unaware but something I know well. My concern is about the impact the truth will have on Christine's view of her father that caused me to search my heart before responding.
You see, Christine's Dad was never a SEAL. He is a fraud. A Fake. A Phony. And a loser for lying to his precious daughter.
To ensure I was right, I sent her father's name to AuthentiSEAL, which tracks Phony SEAL sightings. Retired SEAL Steve Robinson, who wrote No Guts, No Glory, the book on SEAL phonies (which details many of the approximately 10,000 fake SEALs the group has identified to date) confirmed my initial suspicion. The list is definitive and includes every man who has graduated from BUD/S since the beginning of time, before they were called SEALs, but were known as Naval Combat Demolition Units and Underwater Demolition Teams.
Christine's dad was not on the list. No mistake had been made by AuthentiSEAL. He was not part of some super-secret SEAL group working so deeply undercover that the Navy destroyed the records to protect his identity. Put simply, he was a fraud.
When she learns the truth, Christine's reaction will certainly be denial. Then anger, then acceptance and, hopefully, forgiveness, if he comes clean. If he perpetuates the lie, he will do even more damage to his family and drive a wedge of mistrust a mile wide between them.
Why did Christine's dad lie to her about something he did during Vietnam, claiming to be an elite Navy Commando?
I have long wonder why so many need to create falsehoods about experiences so easily debunked - Medal of Honor recipients, Green Berets, Rangers, Marine Recon, PhDs - then perpetuate the lie for years and even defend them when called to account?
I don't have the answer, but phony claimants anger veterans who paid the real price of admission. Particularly brutal are the consequences to relationships where trust is imperative, as with Christine and the other children, wives, friends and employers of phonies.
I pondered whether to write back to Christine and what to say for several days. Part of me wanted to tell her the truth. After all, I owe that to my real teammates. But a humane part of me held back. Why ruin Christine's image of her father, who was trying to impress her by being something he was not? Maybe he just did not think enough of his little girl. So I sat on it.
Respond or Delete? What is more important, the truth or Christine? Damn him!
About a week later, I ran into an old swim buddy from SEAL Team THREE at the SEAL training area. His sister-in-law was planning to marry a "SEAL" but her Mom was suspicious about the SEAL's story. My swim buddy checked the "wall of shame" via NavySEALs.com (where AuthentiSEAL posts verified fake SEALs). He was not there. However, a check of the databases confirmed the mother's hunch. He was a fake. The wedding is off, another relationship trashed by a lie. Phony SEAL number 10,001 identified.
Perhaps in this media sound bite, feel-good world people think that saying something makes it true. When a politician says he did not support the Iraq War, we accept that as truth. Yet a records check shows that he supported the war a few months ago.
Truth no longer seems relevant in our society. More important is perception, which is accepted as reality. People say they are SEALs, so they must be SEALs. Why would they lie?
The phony is not doing any harm. Who cares anyhow, right? Wrong! Christine cares. My swim buddy's sister-in-law cares. Real veterans care. I care. Do you care?
Mark Divine is founder and editor of NavySEALs.com, a website dedicated to military and Special Operations enthusiasts, particularly the Navy SEAL community. He is a veteran of the Navy SEALs, having served at SEAL Team THREE, SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team ONE and Naval Special Warfare Group ONE. He has been recalled to active duty for a year to support the War on Terror. He can be reached at mark@navyseals.com.
NSDQ!
"Many free countries have lost their liberty, and ours may lose hers; but if she shall, be it my proudest plume, not that I was the last to desert; but that I never deserted her." -President Abraham Lincoln0 -
Why would somebody list a reserve auction starting a $.01 and then add a comment like this?
" NOTE TO BIDDERS. IF YOU BID 1 CENT OR SOME RIDICULOUS LOW BID YOU WILL BE BLOCKED FROM BIDDING ON THIS FIREARM "
I think I'm going to bid $.01 on all his auctions just to make a point!0 -
If you are a slobbering idiot & enter a cage or an enclosure containing a Tiger, Lion, Black Mamba, Gorilla. or any number of dangerous animals & get killed or injured. Why should the animal be killed for doing what it is programmed to do since birth? This even applies to pit bulls & other dogs. I just don't understand the reasoning for doing this. 0 -
That is my only question. Why. 0 -
Why?
1. Is it good if a vacuum really sucks?
2. Why is the third hand on the watch called the second hand?
3. If a word is misspelled in the dictionary, how would we ever know?
4. If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words?
5. Why do we say something is out of whack? What is a whack?
6. Why does "slow down" and "slow up" mean the same thing?
7. Why does "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing?
8. Why do 'tug' boats push their barges?
9. Why do we sing "Take me out to the ball game" when we are already there?
10. Why are they called "stands" when they are made for sitting?
11. Why is it call "after dark" when it really is "after light" ?
12. Doesn't 'expecting the unexpected" make the unexpected expected?
13. Why are a 'wise man' and a 'wise guy' opposites?
14. Why do 'overlook and 'oversee' mean opposite things?
15. Why is phonics not spelled the way it sounds?
16. If work is so terrific, why do they have to pay you to do it?
17. If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?
18. If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
19. If you are cross-eyed and have dyslexia, can you read all right?
20. Why is bra singular and panties plural?
21. Why do you press harder on the buttons of a remote control when you know the batteries are dead?
22. Why do we put suits in garment bags and garments in a suitcase?
23. How come abbreviated is such a long word?
24. Why do we wash bath towels? Aren't we clean when we use them?
25. Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?
26. Why do they call it a TV set, when you only get one?
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Don't they make 4-ply toilet paper? Just think of how much we could save if we didn't have to fold it over itself once or twice. 0 -
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A western Kentucky man convicted of raping and murdering an honor student had his death sentence overturned by a federal judge who said Tuesday that justice demands a new hearing even though there's no doubt about the brutality of the crime.
U.S. District Judge Thomas B. Russell sent 34-year-old Robert Keith Woodall's case back to state court for re-sentencing. Russell found that the state judge improperly instructed the jury before sentencing and denied Woodall a chance to object to a black juror being dismissed.
"The crimes Woodall admitted to committing are revolting and despicable," Russell wrote in a 92-page ruling. "There is also no question that the victim and her family deserve justice. However, ours is a system of law that is concerned with justice for both the victim and the accused."
Woodall in 1998 pleaded guilty to killing 16-year-old Sarah Hansen after abducting her from a convenience store in Greenville in western Kentucky. A jury sentenced him to death for the murder plea and life in prison for kidnapping and rape.
Hansen, a member of the National Honor Society, vanished on Jan. 25, 1997, after going to the store to rent a movie with plans to return home and watch it with her boyfriend. About two hours later, police began searching for Hansen before finding the minivan she was driving at Luzerne Lake, about a mile and a half from the store.
Officers followed a 500-foot long blood trail from the van to the lake, where they found Hansen's unclothed body floating and her throat slashed. DNA, fingerprints and footprints led to Woodall. His case was later moved to Caldwell County because of pretrial publicity.
Russell's decision rapped the state court judge for failing to properly instruct the jurors on how to consider Woodall's decision not to testify at the sentencing hearing. Russell also found that the court should have held a hearing after prosecutors used a challenge to excuse the lone black person remaining in the jury pool.
Under federal law, it is impermissible to eliminate minorities from a jury pool, regardless of the race of the defendant.
Allison Gardner Martin, a spokeswoman for the Kentucky Attorney General's Office, said prosecutors have 30 days to decide whether to appeal the ruling.
"There is no question a bout Robert Keith Woodall's guilt in this case," Martin said.
Ralph Vick, the commonwealth attorney whose office prosecuted Woodall, also declined comment.
Woodall's attorney, David Harshaw, said the ruling wasn't a surprise. Depending upon appeals, it could be some time before Woodall returns to court for resentencing, he said.
"We could be talking a period of years," Harshaw said. "It's difficult to say."
Someone tell me why the death penalty should be overturned simply because it was an all white jury. The POS admitted to killing the girl...hell there was a 500 foot long blood trail from the van to the lake. He should have been taken straight to the chamber from the court room.0
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