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Very sarcastic post. Someone with respect for the deceased would have stated more along the lines of, "It is a shame those men died, but it is of no surprise considering how poorly they were trained, the ships constructed, and the poor maintenance." HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

You just keep seeing what you want to see there, Sparky. Now run along before you bust a blood vessel or something, you seem awfully tense today. Whatever you say, schoolboy. You have a lot of growing up to do. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

You're just not even bothering to read are you? Just any excuse to have a go. Pretty pathetic really. Tell me, how is it disrespectful to those sailors to criticise the dicrepit state of the Russian Navy as a whole that probably led to them losing their lives? There is nothing wrong with criticising the Russian Navy. There is nothing wrong with criticising the environment those men lived in that led to their deaths. AS LONG AS IT IS DONE IN A RESPECTFUL MANNER. Your original post showed as much respect for those men as if you had pissed on the graves. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

Are you the morality police now? I'm not taking the piss out of the sailors, it's the crumbling infrastructure of entire Russian military (and government) that make them unfit to operate nuclear submarines. At this stage, if they keep putting them to sea, quite a few people are almost certainly going to keep dying. No shit, Dick Tracy. Did you figure that out all by yourself? Show some respect for others and you may someday earn some for yourself. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

Try this: www.mediamark.com/mri/TheSource/sorc2005_03.htm Excerpt: Generally, the larger an urban area, the higher the salaries and cost of living. Indeed, Blue Staters have a median household income of $58,254, 28% higher than the Red state median HHI of $45,502. Because income and education are considered to be related, it makes sense that Blue Staters also have higher education levels: whereas Red Staters are 13% more likely than the general population to be high school drop-outs, Blue Staters are 15% more likely than the general population to earn a 4-year degree, and 19% more likely to earn a post-graduate degree. Thank you. I checked with the US Census website, and according to their figures for 2006, Obama won 20 of the 25 top states for personal income which, as you would expect, mirror education level fairly closely. It seems ironic, in a way, that although his campaign focused on the lower and middle classes it was the more affluent regions that carried him to the White House. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

And the decommisioned K-159 in 2003. Who'd have thought that poor training, poor construction and poor maintenance would have this kind of effect? Sarcastic remarks regarding a tragedy such as this are tasteless and uncalled for. If you MUST be a smartass about it, at least have the decency to wait until after the victims are laid to rest. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

So was my old man (U.S. Merchant Marine) HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

A great fight for sure, but until the U.S. helped out it was a losing fight. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

Yeah, it's not as if there's some kind of global information network that lets people from all over the world access the same news and information as people in any other country. That'd be stoopid. Oh well, if he's THE world leader then we've got just as much right to comment as you. Actually it was the Russians opening a seconf front that saved us on that one. Op SeaLion was long shelved by the time Pearl Harbour was attacked. The Russians were only able to open a second front with the U.S. supplying them with military hardware. The British also depended greatly on the U.S. for supplies starting well before December 7, 1941. There is no doubt that, without the U.S. providing Europe and the UK with aid, the German military machine would have prevailed. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

He's in the bottom 25%, but there were much worse presidents. Grant was a drunken screw-up, and Clinton put his own wants and image above the nations good. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

If her comments, as she says, were taken out of context then the mistake was made by the person who misinterpreted her remarks. It could very well be that she was just joking around with one of her staffers and somebody, who was less than pleased with her selection as potential VP, overheard them. None the less, I still agree that she was not qualified for VP. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

Interesting statistic. Can you post a link to where you found it? HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

The Electoral College amplifies the results of the popular vote far out of scale from the popular due to the vast majority of states using a "winner take all" method of distributing votes. Because of this, the Electoral College should never be used when describing a "landslide" victory. I got a different take on this. Election strategies nowadays can pretty much ignore the national popular vote totals. Because of how the electoral college works, the formula to win the presidency is to win: 1 - Bos-Wash corridor 2 - Chicago-Detroit corridor 3 - West coast Win all 3 and you win. Lose all 3 and you lose. Split those up and you have a race; which then brings Florida and Texas into play. Most of the rest are just along for the ride. With the huge urban centers we now have, the overall popular vote is irrelevant. Only state by state victories matter; and if they win the right states, even by slim margins; the other (smaller) states don't matter. A candidate could get zero votes in 3/4 of the states, be well under a national majority, and still deliver an electoral shellacing. Yep. I'm just throwing some figures here so nobody call me out on them. It's just an example to make a point. The college does a good job of preventing the >50% of the population that lives on < 1% of the land from having complete control over everything and leaving out the 99% of the land. It is rare that someone living in a New York penthouse knows what is best for a 75,000 acre ranch in Montana. Extreme examples of what can happen are possible, but, in all reality, very unlikely. Candidates appeal to a demographic. Though those demographics tend to concentrate in certain areas they are also spread out across the country. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

IF Obama is sincere in his empathy with the common man, and IF he doesn't want to come across as an elitist, and IF he wants to send a good message...he and his family will go to a dog shelter and adopt a mutt. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

-21 years of age unless in the military, then minimum age of 18. (Should be that way for buying alcoholic beverages.) -American citizen, either born to citizenship or naturalized citizen. -Since gun ownership is illegal for those convicted of a felony punishable by 1 year imprisonment, those persons should not have the right to vote. -Present government issued photo ID at polling location. That's pretty much it. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

You to young to remember Quayle? LOL! Most people who voted in that election couldn't remember who he was while he was in office. I had totally forgotten about him, but now that you mention it, Palin is kinda like a female version of him. Intelligence-wise, anyway. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

Watching a show on Medal of Honor recipients last night and one man, Jewish, said that as he was alone and facing almost certain death he "prayed to God, to Buddha, and to Muhammad and asked them all to get my ass out of this mess!" I don't know if prayer had anything to do with it, but he lived to tell the tale. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

In terms of years of service, I agree. In terms of leadership charisma . . . you're way off base. I was speaking strictly of experience. We've had charismatic people in office who weren't the best leaders, and vice-versa. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

...even though I'm not religious. Proverbs 31:7

It certainly is at THAT level. The vast majority of VP candidates that have ever been chosen are ones that could have just as easily ran for the Presidency themselves. Palin falls FAR below that standard. If Palin had, for example announced herself as a Presidential candidate and had slogged through the debates with others, she would have been torn apart and sent packing back to Alaska within a very short time. An unusual aspect of this election is how little qualified Palin was to be VP, and how much more qualified Obama's running mate was than himself. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

Maybe it was McCain trying to one-up Al Gore on how to blow an election. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

When a reporter is getting inside info it is almost always with conditions such as source confidentiality, time of news release, etc. Most likely this reporter was asked by his source not to divulge that info until after the election. To have gone against these wishes could very well ruin the reporters career. (Who would ever trust him again?) With that in mind, and since the public had a good idea of Palin's lack of qualifications anyway, it made no sense for the reporter to come out sooner. I think he did a very good job. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

I also am glad we have finally made in important step not only to elect a minority to the highest office, but also to start to correct 16 years of self-serving bastards who served as President. A question, with no right or wrong answers. In the past blacks have voted roughly 60% for the Democratic party. This year the estimates have run as high as 93% (that i have seen). Many of these additional votes can be attributed to race as being the ONLY factor. There are also people who voted Republican for no other reason than McCain is NOT black. Are both types of voters racist? Or just those who voted for one particular candidate? Or neither? HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

God still loves you and will forgive that remark. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.