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Anytime you use Saun Hannity to make a point, you've started from way too far to the right to hold my attention. thats like asking a Heroin addict to describe the attributes of heroin. Hannity is a Neocon addict and his brain (being addicted to radicalism) can't make sound judgements about anything. He is one infintesimal step down from the foaming at the mouth Idle of you neocons Ann Coutler. What would you guys do without a war to keep your blood flowing. Atilla the Hun mentality is on the decline, get salvation, come in from the dark side, let the light of reason shine, ~LOL~ Now here we go, rant on about the radical muslims wanting to cut off out heads and berka our women, oh, thats right, the berka mentality belongs to Bongalouie. actually I find them rather attractive on some women, take Hillarious for example!~LOL~Quote:
Originally Posted by Psycho4Bud
:S2: The same way I feel about Prisonplanet material.........Quote:
Originally Posted by medicinal
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Personally, I never use prison planet. Too conspiritorial, is that a word, I post from the left, but not from the "I saw mommie kissing Santa Clause" section. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and basically, that's what politics is, opinion. It's just when you get too radical in one direction or another, the real discussion gets lost in partisanship. I am anti-war, pro constitutionalist. Bushs' course, kick the sleeping dog of Islam. Now what a fine mess you've got us into Ollie. Now don't equate Al Queda to the bully, Al queda is the fly on the bullys ass. We took down 2 countrys to swat a fly, Genious, pure Genious. You can't win a war against an insurgency. If we ever leave Iraq (I'm beginning to wonder if) the insurgency would have no-one to fight except themselves, IE civil war. Maybe it's time for their civil war, we had ours, Russia had theirs (Reds vs whites) etc. get out and let them have at it. We can always sell weapons to both sides to make the neocons happy, afterall, thats what neocons do, promote war and take profits. The records are clear. If one side starts winning, sell the other side bigger guns etc. etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Psycho4Bud
What would Reagan do? Take orders from George H. W. Bush.
cut taxes for the rich(re adjust the tax cuts within a year to have the middle class taxed more) and then say hey look, trickle down works....lolQuote:
What would Reagan do?
anyone ever read the book by reagans budget guy called "why the reaganomics revololution(sp?) failed"?
You forgot, put cameras at every intersection monitored 24-7, issue a national ID card or the chip, Random house searches, no warrants, hold citizens without bail and representation for undetermined lengths of time, tap phones and monitor e-mails, lable anyone they want "enemy combatants", Oh wait, they're already doing that. Our America has slid under the Bush oppressors without so much as a whimper. Maybe we deserve this.. Freedom is never free, even at home!!!!
But yet history shows him as being one of the greatest Presidents that we've had.........LOL, that must be considered a bitch slap from the "right" hand to the "left" side of the face. :D
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I assume you're talking Reagon and not Bush II, I don't think even you are that delusional. History books are written by people, so it depends on which ones you read. It was Reagon that fired all the union Air traffic controllers, Iran Contra was Reagons deal, He was the father of trickle down economics, and tried in every way to undermine social programs, so if your a right leaning zealot, he was your man, if you had one iota of compassion or common sense, then he was as bad as Hoover, Nixon, and many other right wing hypocrites, but couldn't hold a candle to the sneaky bastard we now have in the oval office. Bush II will be the worst ever, wanna bet? I may not live long enough to collect the bet from historys viewpoint, but there will be a consensus that will include even some right wingers, this guy is a first class douchebag, and even some staunch supporters are leaving the ship.Quote:
Originally Posted by Psycho4Bud
The four famous faces of Mount Rushmore could be joined by a fifth under a plan to add former president Ronald Reagan to the giant sculpture.
Supporters say the man who dominated American and global politics in the eighties deserves to take his place alongside the presidents who shaped the United States.
BBC News | Americas | Reagan for Rushmore
Some people must have thought he did a hell of a job! LOL....he brought us out of the dismal years of Mr. Peanut!
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Some people must have thought he did a hell of a job! LOL....he brought us out of the dismal years of Mr. Peanut!
Some people would put Adolph Hitlers face on Mt. Rushmore, so you can't use that as an example of competency or greatness. Reagon or raygun as he was referred to at the time, you probably don't remember that, (starwars) was the instigator of privatizing all government functions, allowing the corporations to get a foothold in government, Bush I and Cheney expanded this ad-infinitum untill the debacle we have now, a plutocracy, a government run by the elites, a government run by the few to control the many. Exactly opposite of the founding fathers ideas. It is probably too late to change it as absolute power corrupts absolutely, but Raygun and the Neocons were the Idiots that came up with that brilliant plan. So from my point of view,(and many others), Raygun was one of the worst things to happen to this country. I put him right up there with Nixon and Dubya. I think a rendering of Clintons dick would make a better addition to Mt. Rushmore, after all that was all the Repubes could get on him.
Reagon or raygun as he was referred to at the time, you probably don't remember that, (starwars)[/QUOTE]
I remember that.......and the left wing laughed it up and called him nuts.
The Airborne Laser (ABL) will locate and track missiles in the boost phase of their flight, then accurately point and fire the high-energy laser, destroying enemy missiles near their launch areas.
Capabilities:
Operates autonomously, above the clouds, outside the range of threat weapons but sufficiently close to enemy territory
Engages early, destroying ballistic missiles in their boost phase of flight over launch area
Cues and tracks targets, communicating with other joint theater assets for layered defense system
Unique Technology:
Nose-mounted turret with 1.5m telescope that focuses beams on missile and collects return image and signals
Beam Control System to acquire and track targets with precision accuracy
Look for further developments of the ABL as the global threat of ballistic missiles becomes ever more prevalent.
Boeing: Integrated Defense Systems - Missile Defense Systems - Airborne Laser (ABL) Home
Thank god we have people of vision from time to time.:thumbsup:
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So when Bush II's Deamons Snap and 9/11#2 happends and Bush Turns into Hitler and Then Puts his Face on Mount RushMore. He will be a Good president also? From you Logic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Psycho4Bud
LMAO.........please take that to the Conspiracy forum. Who knows how history will judge 20 years down the road. In the days of Reagan it was the same shit on how the world hates us soooo very much. NOW he's considered a man that had balls enough to take a stand.Quote:
Originally Posted by Krogith
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The Airborne Laser (ABL) will locate and track missiles in the boost phase of their flight, then accurately point and fire the high-energy laser, destroying enemy missiles near their launch areas.
Capabilities:
Operates autonomously, above the clouds, outside the range of threat weapons but sufficiently close to enemy territory
Engages early, destroying ballistic missiles in their boost phase of flight over launch area
Cues and tracks targets, communicating with other joint theater assets for layered defense system
Unique Technology:
Nose-mounted turret with 1.5m telescope that focuses beams on missile and collects return image and signals
Beam Control System to acquire and track targets with precision accuracy
Look for further developments of the ABL as the global threat of ballistic missiles becomes ever more prevalent.
Boeing: Integrated Defense Systems - Missile Defense Systems - Airborne Laser (ABL) Home
Thank god we have people of vision from time to time.
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I think they have like a 25% success rate, so 75% of the missles will get through, real comforting aint it, sort of like those patriot missles, the way they overestimated their success in Gulf I, I think they really had only about a 10% success rate, about the same as a guy with a shoulder fired rocket would have. And how many billions have we wasted on those weapons? That money would have made this country better and stronger if used to re-build our crumbling infrastructure, you know Bridges and highways, port security, border security, nuclear and chemical security, things this administration has no interest in!
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Originally Posted by medicinal
Propaganda will get ya nowhere.........so where's a link stating a 25% success rate? I just did a google search with no luck confirming this.
The Patriot system did have flaws.....while taking out the missle it left an active warhead to go off to who the hell knows where......
I would have thought the days of Mr. Peanut would have enlightened people on the need of a modern day defense but.........
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Red"]Propaganda will get ya nowhere.........so where's a link stating a 25% success rate? [[/COLORI just did a google search with no luck confirming this.
There was a program on I believe public broadcasting about it. After 5 tries, they finally hit one, of course they claimed that now the succes rate would go up ~LOL~ isn't that what they always do then classify it as top secret so we'll never know the success rate, meanwhile it's business as usual with the contractor, Ratheon, GE, etc. raping our economy with worthless weaponry. They only showed the succesful launch. I don't believe the multibillion dollar flying microwave (popcorn) missle eater is up to snuff yet, but we must keep feeding the kitty, meoh, meoh
No link?? You wouldn't be trying to do a flip-flop on me here.....:S2:Quote:
Originally Posted by medicinal
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No, There are no links to top secret weaponery that I know of, and anytime a weapon doesn't live up to expectations, it is classified top secret. Makes you wonder what other boondoggles they have lying around, billion dollar toys. If they invested as much time and money in to feeding people, we could wipe out hunger overnight. The money spent on weapons and warfare could be used to make this a pretty nice planet, with plenty for all. We have the resourses, just not the will. When will the people wake up and realize that it's really only a handful of people that are keeping us in this waring state, the ones with all the dough. If any violence needs to be done on planet earth, I'd say, off with their heads, only the wannabees would step up and replace them, theres nothing worse than a wannabee. I get so tired of trying to provide a plan for enlightenment when the majority of people are just trying to figure out how to make their next rent payment. I'll just stick to ranting on the repubes, they are the greediest pricks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Psycho4Bud
BTW I googled the success rate of anti missles and got my own post, so maybe I'm the expert,~LOL~>
BTW here's one opinion, 1% success.Missle Defense to Stop N. Korean & Iran Nukes. Right.Quote:
Originally Posted by medicinal
With apologies to Mark Twain, let??s assume you were Dubya. Then assume you were a pin head. But I repeat myself.
The subject is North Korea and Iran. As I wrote in a recent MoJo Blog, the folly of refusing to have bilateral negotiations with North Korea or sign a nonaggression pact in return for stopping Iran??s nuclear enrichment and future possible bomb-making is that the US cannot effectively project forces into either country in any event.
We are fighting the Iraq war with repeated call-ups of the National Guard and reserves, which were not designed for this use. The US Army, perforce, is almost broken. Now the Taliban is challenging our forces anew in Afghanistan, Our Fearless Leader is about to militarize the US-Mexican border with??surprise!??more National Guardsmen, and the next Gulf Coast hurricane season is almost upon us??a certain, future drain on guard and reserve resources.
If we really want an Islamic bomb to worry about, look to Pakistan. Our dirty little secret here is that the Musharraf regime HAS a bomb, and is barely managing to stay one step ahead of increasingly powerful fundamentalist opponents (who are enraged about the American invasion of Iraq) and would inherit the ??Islamic Bomb? if Musharraf falls. Outside North Korea, Pakistan is likely to present the most immediate Islamic nuclear threat to the US than Iran, and Bush & Co. stumbles along, refusing to talk to Tehran, ignoring the causes of the Pakistan danger, acting like a person stumbling along with a brown paper bag over its head.
Minutes after my post, news arrived that Bush now wants to use missile defense to guard against future North Korean and Iranian nuclear missiles. Great. He??s already deployed a system in Alaska before it works??to a tune of $122 billion. Now he wants to build another one, based in Europe, against Iran and another in Asia against North Korea.
How bad is the Bush National Missile ??Defense? program? The folks in charge have lowered the bar to success in tests scheduled later this year. Only one intercepter will go up against a target using countermeasures. In other words, here??s a weapon system that depends on an ??enemy? who would cooperate with us by echewing decoys and other measures. And Dubya will not, cannot estimate the cost of our own anti-missile program, much less the proposed new one.
That??s not the half of it. I studied anti-missile missles as a member of the House defense approrpriations committee, and found it foolhardy.
Even if the Pentagon could deploy an anti-missile missile that was even 80 percent effective the system would be unlikely to prevent a successful enemy attack. I repeat, the system would be unlikely to prevent as successful attack.
The explanation lies in probability theory:
Let??s be generous and assume an 80 percent success rate for a U.S. missile interceptor matched against an incoming warhead (the equivalent of trying to hit a gnat with a b-b gun). Let??s further assume an enemy has launched eight ICBM warheads against us.
Probability theory teaches that the U.S. missile interceptor attacking the first warhead takes an 80 percent bite out of its (the interceptor??s) probability of success, leaving a 20 percent probability that the attack will succeed and the defense will fail.
The Pentagon??s second interceptor takes an 80 percent bite out of the second warhead??s probability of success.
But in terms of totally defeating the attack, 20 percent of the attack is now beyond the ability of the second interceptor to change. That is, there??s a 20 percent probability that the attack has already succeeded with the first warhead, and the defense has failed in its mission of total protection.
Therefore, the second interceptor can only take an 80 percent bite out of the remaining 80 percent, which means the best you can do with two interceptors against two warheads is 80 percent of 80 percent, or 64 percent.
Run through the declining success rates to the eighth incoming warhead, and you??ll discover that U.S. interceptors boasting ??80 percent reliability? will collectively achieve only a 17 percent probability of success against the eight-missile attack.
If the enemy launched 20 missiles instead of eight (more likely), the national missile defense system??s probability of success falls to 1 percent - meaning there is a 99 percent chance that the attack will succeed.
Bush??s anti-missile missile system gives new meaning to a ??faith based initiative.?
UPDATE FROM TOMPAINE.COM (5/23/06): ??Meetings scheduled for Friday over Iran??s nuclear status between the ??EU-3? (Germany, France, and the United Kingdom), the U.S., Russia and China have been postponed. It??s not just that the Iranians have rejected the latest European ??carrots and sticks? proposal: U.S. ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton stated that the U.S. reserves the right to reject the proposal as well. The U.S. already rejects negotiating with the Iranians, either directly or by joining the Europeans at the table??a course of action former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has recommended, as have European governments and U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan. Why on earth would Iran accept a proposal when it knows the U.S. is waiting in the wings to up the ante? The EU negotiations track is completely useless unless and until the U.S. joins for face-to-face comprehensive negotiations with the Iranians, including a discussion of security guarantees
So it seems I was being generous with the 25% success rate. Well there goes a hundred billion or so that could have been used to help humanity! Insanity abounds!
Dude, that's on our old anti-missle system. NOT the new laser system.
LMAO! Good to see your the google expert on weapon technology....Classic!:thumbsup:
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Dude, that's on our old anti-missle system. NOT the new laser system.
I don't think so, they called it Bushs' missle system I'm pretty sure they were talking about that one. See this laser thingy has to build up a charge and then when it fires, it takes time to build back up the charge and the other 19 missles just cruise on by. It's a total waste of money and energy that could be put to use helping humanity instead of trying to destroy it.
What would Reagan do?
Reagan's policies in the "War on Drugs" emphasized imprisonment for drug offenders while cutting funding for addiction treatment. This resulted in a dramatic increase in the U.S. prison population for victimless drug crimes.
Reagan's first official act was to terminate oil price controls
he managed to push across-the-board tax cuts in 1981, although in 1982 and 1983 he signed tax increases
In order to cover the federal budget deficit, the United States borrowed heavily both domestically and abroad, and by the end of Reagan's second term the national debt held by the public rose from 26% of Gross Domestic Product in 1980 to 41% in 1989, the highest level since 1963. By 1988, the debt totaled $2.6 trillion. The country owed more to foreigners than it was owed, and the United States moved from being the world's largest international creditor to the world's largest debtor nation.
Reagan did make some good speeches, and I givce him credit for creating a national unity we simply do NOT see anymore, but he had many faults...I left out all the countries he sold weapons to...LOL, but Reagan is a guy I liked anyway for the fact he inspired when he spoke, and he brought about a unity I wish we still had. RIP president Reagan.