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Forum: USA Politics 19th February 2014, 05:06 AM
Replies: 760
Views: 106,371
Posted By leftysergeant
I vaguely remember hearing on the radio all the...

I vaguely remember hearing on the radio all the teeth-gnashing after Truman abolished separate black and white units in the armed forces. That actually didn't work out badly at all.
Forum: USA Politics 19th February 2014, 05:00 AM
Replies: 81
Views: 17,271
Posted By leftysergeant
Texas is a problem because the publishers of text...

Texas is a problem because the publishers of text books kiss fundy asses so as not to lose that state's business. Seems Texas is always ordering new text books to meet the needs of whatever woo or...
Forum: USA Politics 19th February 2014, 04:38 AM
Replies: 76
Views: 5,445
Posted By leftysergeant
And Harry Truman started desegregation in the...

And Harry Truman started desegregation in the armed forces during the Korean War, which opened the gates for the rest of the civil rights movement.

And the GOPers have embraced a racist lunatic...
Forum: USA Politics 19th February 2014, 03:05 AM
Replies: 76
Views: 5,445
Posted By leftysergeant
"Abbot shoots self in the foot"

"Abbot shoots self in the foot"
Forum: USA Politics 19th February 2014, 03:04 AM
Replies: 76
Views: 5,445
Posted By leftysergeant
The GOPers are still stuck with that piece of...

The GOPers are still stuck with that piece of crap Nugent smelling up the campaign bus and making Nazi-style comments about Obama's heritage.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 19th February 2014, 12:02 AM
Replies: 1,613
Views: 129,057
Posted By leftysergeant
No. Dunn did what every drunk wanrs to do when...

No. Dunn did what every drunk wanrs to do when he realizes that the cops are going to through him in the can that night for what he did. He ran and hid till he sobered up.
Forum: USA Politics 18th February 2014, 10:54 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 4,306
Posted By leftysergeant
Gregg Abbot shooting himself in the foot

Leave it to a Texas Republican to pick the wrong issues and attract the wrong voter base.

There should be no doubt in anybody's mind that the GOP has a pretty solid lock on those single-issue...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 18th February 2014, 09:39 PM
Replies: 1,613
Views: 129,057
Posted By leftysergeant
We can, of course, argue that he feared for his...

We can, of course, argue that he feared for his life mostly because he was mentally impaired by his voluntary conduct (as evidence, see what a massive ass clown he showed himself to be after the...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 18th February 2014, 09:32 PM
Replies: 1,613
Views: 129,057
Posted By leftysergeant
Or that Dunn is a moron who thought he was...

Or that Dunn is a moron who thought he was defending himself but should have thought more about it than to just light up the target in a panic.

Way excessive force for the level of threat.

The...
Forum: USA Politics 18th February 2014, 06:48 AM
Replies: 54
Views: 3,029
Posted By leftysergeant
I think the Koch roaches are playing up the loss...

I think the Koch roaches are playing up the loss of birds that wander into the machinery so that will ignore the salmon and smelt runs that dams destroy or the tarred birds at sea, or the desert...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 18th February 2014, 06:37 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 2,375
Posted By leftysergeant
The moron postulates hush-a-booms from the first...

The moron postulates hush-a-booms from the first chapter.

Bye-bye, dummy.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 17th February 2014, 07:52 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 2,883
Posted By leftysergeant
The coffins in question are heavy-duty plastic...

The coffins in question are heavy-duty plastic resin which are theoretically going to outlast any unembalmed body placed in them. They must be water proof to prevent contamination of ground water in...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 17th February 2014, 07:36 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 2,883
Posted By leftysergeant
There are UN activities in which US troops are...

There are UN activities in which US troops are involved because some of our overseas missions are joint US/NATO/UN operations.

Our mission in Korea is actually in support of a UN mandate. During...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 17th February 2014, 07:24 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 2,883
Posted By leftysergeant
I think Bush the Lesser may have buried some of...

I think Bush the Lesser may have buried some of his mistakes in them.

Given the rising threat of terrorism and pestilence, the government had damned better have a good supply of things like...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 17th February 2014, 07:14 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 2,883
Posted By leftysergeant
It is a right wing prepper whackadoodle site. ...

It is a right wing prepper whackadoodle site.

They are concerned because the military is learning techniques that would be used in putting down an armed insurrection. Part of our mission anywhere...
Forum: USA Politics 17th February 2014, 12:58 PM
Replies: 76
Views: 5,445
Posted By leftysergeant
There are reports around the web that Michael...

There are reports around the web that Michael Dunn is writing letters urging white people to start capping black thugs now. From what I have seen, there are more than a few takers.

He is setting...
Forum: USA Politics 17th February 2014, 11:16 AM
Replies: 760
Views: 106,371
Posted By leftysergeant
Given that a majority seem to believe that...

Given that a majority seem to believe that piddle-down has been working to bring us prosperity since 1981, they are all as rational as Pi.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 17th February 2014, 01:50 AM
Replies: 1,202
Views: 125,746
Posted By leftysergeant
No. The plane would have acted more like a load...

No. The plane would have acted more like a load of shotgun pellets. Much of it would just keep on going.
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 16th February 2014, 10:46 PM
Replies: 467
Views: 140,087
Posted By leftysergeant
He does approach his subject matter with some...

He does approach his subject matter with some sense of wonder, which helps get the younger crowd engaged and curious. This is good beyond the immediate study of Egyptology, because it does make...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 16th February 2014, 09:41 PM
Replies: 1,613
Views: 129,057
Posted By leftysergeant
What is really chilling is that a local TV...

What is really chilling is that a local TV station in the area has released what it claims were copies of letters that Dunn wrote from jail that seem to encourage white to take up arms and start...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 16th February 2014, 09:35 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,014
Posted By leftysergeant
I find that that helps, too. You lose that and...

I find that that helps, too. You lose that and you turn your face to the wall and then you are totally screwed.

No great art was ever created without a sense of humor.

First of the Rest
...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 16th February 2014, 09:15 PM
Replies: 102
Views: 14,069
Posted By leftysergeant
We have by consensus, given that authority to...

We have by consensus, given that authority to courts of appeal or the legislatures.
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 16th February 2014, 09:04 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,951
Posted By leftysergeant
Children need an opportunity to experience...

Children need an opportunity to experience wonders, to see beyond the world immediately around them.

Egyptian culture and art seem to exist both on our plane of existence and in another at the...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 16th February 2014, 08:57 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,014
Posted By leftysergeant
What keeps me going.

People involved in my treatment right now occasionally ask me what motivates me, what keeps my spirits up.

I still have a purpose in life. I had already stated it long before my diagnosis. I...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 16th February 2014, 05:56 PM
Replies: 1,202
Views: 125,746
Posted By leftysergeant
Your imagination is running wild, almost to the...

Your imagination is running wild, almost to the point of a pathological obsession and delusion.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 16th February 2014, 04:08 PM
Replies: 1,202
Views: 125,746
Posted By leftysergeant
The fuel would have continued to act more like a...

The fuel would have continued to act more like a bullet. It was driven by inertia rather than an explosion. It came from somewhere and was going somewhere.

You don't get that with a placed charge.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 16th February 2014, 02:35 PM
Replies: 1,202
Views: 125,746
Posted By leftysergeant
FDR shows signals from the cockpit to controls...

FDR shows signals from the cockpit to controls right up to impact. Detonating it with the nose already heading for the dirt makes no sense. Learn how these things work.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 16th February 2014, 02:31 PM
Replies: 1,202
Views: 125,746
Posted By leftysergeant
CGI does not produced an actual fireball or blast...

CGI does not produced an actual fireball or blast and impact damage. You lose.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 16th February 2014, 01:08 PM
Replies: 1,202
Views: 125,746
Posted By leftysergeant
No. It did not go into a mine shaft. It was...

No. It did not go into a mine shaft. It was slammed into the ground like a very soft bullet and torn to shreds. Get your facts straight. The flight recorder showed that it was functioning nicely...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 16th February 2014, 01:02 PM
Replies: 1,202
Views: 125,746
Posted By leftysergeant
There were bodies and tons of aluminum pieces...

There were bodies and tons of aluminum pieces that match the aircraft under the surface in the plane-shaped crater.

It came from an airliner full of passengers.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 16th February 2014, 01:00 PM
Replies: 1,202
Views: 125,746
Posted By leftysergeant
No. The crash was already known to have been a...

No. The crash was already known to have been a controlled flight into terrain. Just the crater's shape shows that the entire plane impacted there. Not consistent with a bomb.



Given that you...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 16th February 2014, 07:29 AM
Replies: 1,202
Views: 125,746
Posted By leftysergeant
Excuse me, but are you saying that the...

Excuse me, but are you saying that the investigation is not complete without a reconstruction? Why? What would it tell us that we do not already know?

We know which four aircraft went into each...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 15th February 2014, 07:48 PM
Replies: 1,613
Views: 129,057
Posted By leftysergeant
The fact remains that none of the others fired on...

The fact remains that none of the others fired on were any threat to Dunn. Screw him.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 15th February 2014, 07:45 PM
Replies: 102
Views: 14,069
Posted By leftysergeant
Jury nullification allows local communities to...

Jury nullification allows local communities to re-write state or federal laws with which they take issue without having to go to the trouble of actually getting a rational legislature elected.

The...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 15th February 2014, 07:17 PM
Replies: 1,613
Views: 129,057
Posted By leftysergeant
The victory for civilization is that this was at...

The victory for civilization is that this was at least recognized as a bad shoot and a fat pig is going to spend the rest of his life in abject fear of abuse.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 15th February 2014, 06:59 PM
Replies: 71
Views: 8,366
Posted By leftysergeant
I do not understand how he thinks that the...

I do not understand how he thinks that the connections had to all fail at once, or in those numbers.

So the building is designed to fail slowly and one member will be left hanging out there not...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 15th February 2014, 02:48 PM
Replies: 1,613
Views: 129,057
Posted By leftysergeant
No ****. There's always some grouchy SOB that...

No ****. There's always some grouchy SOB that insists that you rule as the law is written, which means that there had actually better be a weapon on board a fleeing vehicle when you fire on it.
...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 15th February 2014, 02:21 AM
Replies: 87
Views: 8,833
Posted By leftysergeant
The original California whackadoodle gun laws...

The original California whackadoodle gun laws resulted from the mainstream culture's fear of the Black Panthers.

Restricting CCW on a "may issue" basis was intended to keep the right the sole...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th February 2014, 04:11 AM
Replies: 1,613
Views: 129,057
Posted By leftysergeant
Way to hit the ground running. I have not been...

Way to hit the ground running. I have not been able to connect to the sites on which I normally follow these things.

I love what you did with the trajectory evidence. You just blew Skeptic Tanks...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 13th February 2014, 10:39 AM
Replies: 1,613
Views: 129,057
Posted By leftysergeant
Fat boy had no grounds upon which to think that...

Fat boy had no grounds upon which to think that there was a firearm of any kind, nor to continue engaging a fleeing target.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 13th February 2014, 09:16 AM
Replies: 1,202
Views: 125,746
Posted By leftysergeant
The way that Forbes describes the power-down, he...

The way that Forbes describes the power-down, he has companies removing their own security people while strangers are working on their floors. The idea, especially in international financial...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 13th February 2014, 02:32 AM
Replies: 1,613
Views: 129,057
Posted By leftysergeant
How was fat boy a victim. There was no shotgun,...

How was fat boy a victim. There was no shotgun, there is no evidence that there was a shotgun, and the victim was trying to leave.



Leaving is the most logical defense in the absence of a gun....
Forum: USA Politics 13th February 2014, 01:17 AM
Replies: 760
Views: 106,371
Posted By leftysergeant
This one really scares me. There is an...

This one really scares me. There is an organization called "Oath Keeper"" infiltrating the armed forces now and trying to convince soldiers that these reasonable counter-terrorism measures are...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 12th February 2014, 11:56 PM
Replies: 1,202
Views: 125,746
Posted By leftysergeant
None of what Forbes has ever said makes any...

None of what Forbes has ever said makes any sense. I believe the usual term for his underlying psychological problem is called "survivor's guilt." Why, of all people, was he spared when so many of...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 12th February 2014, 08:30 PM
Replies: 1,613
Views: 129,057
Posted By leftysergeant
Don't the child safety locks go on automaticly...

Don't the child safety locks go on automaticly when the car is first placed in gear. I have to deliberately unlock mine to get out of the car to check my mail on the way into the cul-de-sac.

Oops.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 12th February 2014, 08:15 PM
Replies: 1,613
Views: 129,057
Posted By leftysergeant
The door was exactly perpendicular to his firing...

The door was exactly perpendicular to his firing position. This were only possible were the Durango already leaving, in this scenario.

Fry the punk. He continued firing at a fleeing victim. ...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 12th February 2014, 03:08 PM
Replies: 1,202
Views: 125,746
Posted By leftysergeant
To the trained eye of a veteran Air Force hose...

To the trained eye of a veteran Air Force hose dragger, the fire progressed normally, and there is no indication of "random explosions" inside.



That was Willie Rodriguez talking about the...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 12th February 2014, 02:14 PM
Replies: 1,613
Views: 129,057
Posted By leftysergeant
Hogwash. If the Durango was moving, the shots...

Hogwash. If the Durango was moving, the shots would not line up like that. The only way you put that kind of pattern in a vehicle is if the vehicle is moving perpendicular to your firing position.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 12th February 2014, 02:10 PM
Replies: 1,613
Views: 129,057
Posted By leftysergeant
No. If you are fired upon in a location at which...

No. If you are fired upon in a location at which you are unarmed, I would highly recommend hauling ass.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 12th February 2014, 02:03 PM
Replies: 1,613
Views: 129,057
Posted By leftysergeant
Which means that Dunn had already gotten out of...

Which means that Dunn had already gotten out of the car locked and loaded before Jordan's feet were on the ground. No time to see a gun.
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