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Reply to Are You Stupid, A Bad Driver, or Just Negligent? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I agree with KarmaGirl that we give out licenses WAY too easy in this country. I know in the DC area, it is really bad, since there is such a large immigrant population here, who come from a variety of countries with all types of different driving laws. They bring all types of different habits with them, many of which aren't overly conducive to smooth traffic patterns, if you know what I mean. We joke about bad Asian drivers, but I'll tell you, I ra

Reply to How I Became an Intelligence Analayst (Pt. 1) in Politics JoeUser Forums

Old names... very old indeed F*ck you very much! We ain't all that old, and some of us actually still have clearances (and reputations) to worry about....

Reply to How I Became an Intelligence Analayst (Pt. 1) in Politics JoeUser Forums

Grey- Thanks for the shout out. I'm still pretty sure that you're listening skills and Order of Battle knowledge outweighed mine by a factor of 2 or 3. I definitely enjoyed the mission, and tried to do good work, but there were many guys better than I ever was. I can't wait to read part II... since I never really served anywhere else, my concept of normal operations is the level of work we did back then. I'm interested to see what you found along

Reply to BUSH VISIT TO CHINA A BIG ZERO in Politics JoeUser Forums

Wow, I'm amazed COL. Just when I thought you had managed to come up with a thread that wasn't based on our involvement in Iraq, you go and prove me wrong. Good to see you can't get past this issue. Oh, and glad to see you still have not responded to the fact-based rebuttals yet.

Reply to BUSH VISIT TO CHINA A BIG ZERO in Politics JoeUser Forums

Wow, I guess the BBC isn't a valid news source anymore. Because, according the them: "Mr Hu said China was willing to take action to end the illegal copying of goods ..." and "...a US aide said China was to buy 70 Boeing aircraft." The whole article can be found here . So, I guess that 70 Boeing aircraft, at a few million dollars eac

Good to see old friends in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Just got back yesterday from a week-long business trip to train some folks on the software I work with. Not the most fun I've ever had, but it was better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick. What made the trip really worthwhile however, was getting to spend some time with an old friend, whom many of you know as Greywar. I haven't seen him since sometime in 20

Reply to Want to Make it as an Author? Do Something Morally Wrong! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Grey - good points. Tova - I understand your points, but I don't agree. I think that your third point is the most legit. The first two rely on the author telling the "truth" of what happened. Nobody will admit they were involved in a conspiracy, etc. etc. If you want to find out the "truth" behind incidents like these, you need to read books written by critics (from both sides) who have a strong historical/journalistic research background,

Reply to Lack of Respect in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

lock the door to the classroom the minute class starts I kind of like this one.... bigrick - thanks for the input. i think you are right that this one is just a write off. The other instructors and I always joke that in every

Reply to Lack of Respect in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

there is always someone higher up to talk to It's a sticky issue. The problem is that we are a sub-contractor to the company that actually has the "training" contract with the client organization. The prime contractor provides training on a host of other applications, and we just teach this one visual

Lack of Respect in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Okay, I'll preface this and let everybody know that it is going to be a petty rant on my part. This "issue" has been irritating me for the past week, and this morning I got pushed over the edge. One of my primary duties in my current position is to instruct a visualization software application. Anybody who knows me (all 3 of you out there who read this),

Wedding Pics in Marriage JoeUser Forums

Okay, between the dozen or so family members from both sides of the family that were there, we have literally hundreds upon hundreds of pictures of our wedding. We haven't correlated all of them yet, but we've gotten a good group together. I've gone through and picked out some "good" ones, and put them up in a Yahoo photo album. Anybody interested can check it out

Reply to Sorry for the absence in Misc JoeUser Forums

SPC N.S. - as Andy mentioned, I'm a former KP. I spent 3 years at the Hump. This past trip was spent mostly up in the big city. We stayed at a "Motel" near Yaksu subway station, but travelled around and about Kyonggi province. My wife's family is from Inchon, so we spent some time out there, and then lots of travelling around the city - Chongro, Itaewon, Insadong, Gangwhamun, etc. We also spent a couple of days down around the Hump visiting some f

Sorry for the absence in Misc JoeUser Forums

Okay, this is gonna be really short, and isn't really of much value. But, I know I have a few friends who stop by once in a while, and they've probably wondered if I've died or something. Not quite, but I tried. I went back to Korea for two weeks to participate in a traditional Korean wedding ceremony with my wife for our two year anniversary. My father and some o

Reply to Photos from the San Fran "Peace Rally" in Politics JoeUser Forums

I find it amusing to see such widespread extreme liberalism. This is truly a benefit to the conservative side. I think that a ton of moderates see this kind of stuff, and it pushes them further to the right, out of disgust to the extreme leftist view. There are some extreme rightists out there too, but in nowhere near the numbers (at least not that I've seen anywhere)... We'll see what kind of effect this has in the 2006 and 2008 elections....</fon

Reply to Kanye West adds more fodder to racial divisions over Katrina in Politics JoeUser Forums

are they merely going to pick and choose who they'll blame, just to fit their bigoted agenda? I think you are right on the money here Para.... I saw Al Sharpton on with Tucker Carlson tonight, and Sharpton was on another race tirade, blaming Pres. Bush for the lack of relief. Tucker quickly agreed tha

Reply to Blacks: Here's How to AVOID Being Stereotyped! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Great post Gideon! It's rare to get a refreshing blast of honesty these days. Thanks!

Reply to I got the Job!!!! in Misc JoeUser Forums

Congrats!!

Reply to Music to (mostly) forget in Just Hanging Out JoeUser Forums

new-age nomad - try here: http://www.billboard.com/bb/biz/yearendcharts/2004/hsititl.jsp

Reply to Music to (mostly) forget in Just Hanging Out JoeUser Forums

I take it you dont like Michael Bolton? I'd erase his mark on the music industry if ony I could.....

Music to (mostly) forget in Just Hanging Out JoeUser Forums

So, my buddy Steve told me about this deal where you check out the top 100 songs from the year you graduated, and then you encode them as follows: red: hated it regular: it's okay bold: loved it Here's my list from 1990: 1. Hold On, Wilson Phillip

Reply to China as King of the World in Physics JoeUser Forums

China's current political system is really holding them back. As long as that continues to repress the Chinese and other peoples and stifle innovation and creativity, there's no need to practice our 'kow-tow' just yet. I'm not sure I totally agree. I think you are right that the current system stifles

Reply to China as King of the World in Physics JoeUser Forums

why are americans so xenophobic and paranoid? Umm... I really hope you don't think I'm xenophobic... seeing as my wife is Asian and all... those dudes were kings of th

China as King of the World in Physics JoeUser Forums

Okay, this is going to be a bit of a long entry. Like many people, I'm a little concerned about the price of gas/oil these days. There are lots of ideas as to exactly why this is happening, and the why of it all isn't really pertinent to my entry, so I'll leave that for a different thread at another time. Anyway, I was discussing the current situation wit

Reply to If You Do Wrong, You = Weak. Not YourJob = Evil ! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

I think Grey and Texas Wahine are really getting at the same point, but differing on some of the semantics in how they expressed them. I agree with you Grey that people are responsible for their own actions. I'm a HUGE fan of personal responsibility and accountability. I think that if you screw up, you should own it. I also think that if you do a great job, you should get the reward, and not necessarily have to share it. You wanna bust your ass an

Ode to Charlie (IV) in Misc JoeUser Forums

In the ongoing tribute to Charlie, here are a few more great quotes: "I need intelligence, not information." MAJ (EUCOM) "The hardest thing about having a third child is switching from a 1-on-1 to a zone defense." MAJ (EUCOM) "Nobody ever said you had to be smart to make O-6." COL (EUCOM) "The first question I ask myself