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'Cause I'm a b**** like that.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Dec 27, 2010 -> 04:16 PM) Sweet! I'm going there for Spring Break this year. When's your break?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 27, 2010 -> 11:58 AM) In all seriousness, if someone wanted to audit my actual data, I'd say "Bring em on" because even if I've made a mistake or two, I know those sheets like the back of my hand. But the idea that I might teach something and then get in long-term trouble because a Congressman disagrees with it and I'm not Tenured, that's kinda scary. Wow, welcome to the real world. Happens all the time on your side, but that's okay, right?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 27, 2010 -> 03:53 PM) Aside from keeping you employed, what exactly is the F-22 useful for? It's an expensive air superiority fighter that has zero role right now in maintaining air superiority because even the best the rest of the world has can't challenge the last generation of U.S. fighters. On top of that, it's so expensive that at a shootdown rate of 15:1 enemy:us, the fighter still remains impractical; you need about 30:1 or 40:1 for the costs to even come out close to equal. There's one thing that I agree with... and that is that it costs too much. How do you determine the economies of scale on this? I wish I had an answer because technologically speaking, there's nothing in the world that can touch this plane. There just isn't. So, I understand them cutting it, I just think technologically, it's a mistake. I do think there's a use for it, which I won't get into in this post... but it's something that from a black and white cost standpoint, yea, I get the cut. The F-35 can't touch this plane, but they can mass produce it much cheaper, so it lives on, so to speak. The cost overruns on this are not quite what they advertise, I can tell you that much... but it's definitely inferior to the F-22 in terms of capability. It's weird, actually, because the navy hates the F-35 CV version. Common sense will tell you why. Any guesses?

I think the elimination of the F-22 program is the biggest mistake the military has made in a long, long time. That is one bad ass plane... and it was a big part of the business I work at now. The technology is phenominal.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANd it's time to make the donuts. I killed the Duncan Donut guy - and Julia Child. True story.

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I feel like I've just entered the twilight zone. Next. How about those... Bears?

QUOTE (knightni @ Dec 26, 2010 -> 08:05 PM) What PM? Just sent it.

QUOTE (knightni @ Dec 22, 2010 -> 05:41 PM) L.A. Stallions Similar to The Last Boy Scout Dude. Go read your PM...

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Dec 26, 2010 -> 07:53 PM) Soxfan got tebowned.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 24, 2010 -> 03:40 PM) After watching what happened in Arizona, after having similar bills introduced in multiple states (I vaguely recall Texas being on that list), after all the Spanish-speaking TV stations cut into their programming to watch the Republicans vote en masse against the DREAM act...you really think the long-term hispanic vote is going to seriously influence policy this year? Yes, because a lot of hispanics are not illegals... but the "free citizenship" path is certainly appealable to a lot of "new" voters, isn't it?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 24, 2010 -> 03:04 PM) One thing that having a big Republican win at the state level this year does is ensure that the Republicans are the ones drawing redistricting lines. Not that the Dems would do anything different if they had the power to do so, just sayin', districts will be drawn to provide the most benefit to Republican incumbents as possible. And here, they actually can conduct business without one single Democrat present. Remember that whole debacle in 2004 when the Democrats left the state, and they couldn't conduct business? That was so that they couldn't have a quorum... but under the Texas constitution you only have to have 100 of 150 members present... and the Republicans hold 100 seats exactly. With that said, they know that they're going to have to give hispanics a chunk of their own districts to even have a prayer 10-15-20 years down the road since they will be the majority race in this state in 3 years from now.

QUOTE (Tex @ Dec 24, 2010 -> 12:38 PM) News reports are predicting those seats will probably create two new GOP districts in the suburbs of Houston and Dallas and at least one Hispanic (Dem) district down here. Actually they were talking about splitting Pete Stark's district into a hispanic district in western Dallas County, which would go Democrat. I'm also almost positive they're going to break up the district I live in too - because it goes from Gainesville down to the loop around Ft. Worth. It covers a lot of real estate, not that is unusual in Texas but the population shift in my district has gone clear crazy in 10 years.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Dec 24, 2010 -> 11:52 AM) I have a feeling both of yours are way more than mine, but I'll still be paying more in property taxes. Lousy western suburbs. Well, this is just a result of no state income tax. One way or another, every state will get the revenue.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Dec 20, 2010 -> 10:21 AM) I pay 3800 a year in properly taxes, not being able to write that off would suck. Right there with you... and I have a feeling your home value is WAY more then mine, yet I still pay $4000 a year.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Dec 22, 2010 -> 06:43 AM) Tell me how that's wrong. And tell me exactly how DADT is bigoted. Tell me why a gay soldier has to scream I AM GAY in the military and not just serve. Why is all this necessary? Equal rights? Equal rights for what? They already had equal rights in the sense that they had a choice to sign on that dotted line - equal for all. I guess we need to have a DADT for heterosexuals now, right? I mean, they should have equal opportunity to scream I AM HETERO and not have anyone care, right? Oh, except gay people because they'll be pissed that someone can express themselves that way... OH and it gets better... I bet gay people didn't even care (with those rare exceptions who wanted to make it a point - which are nothing but attention whores anyway) - people who want to serve shouldn't have to check the box of male/female/lesbian/gay/transgender when they sign up... equal rights for what, exactly? The only reason (again) this is forced on the military is because some social f***s in Washington wanted to prove that they can dictate how the military runs things. Do you think Harry f***ing Reid gives a s*** about gay people or gay rights IN THE MILITARY other then perhaps a voting block? Seriously? I want to know why this matters. And I don't want to hear (oh, this is the first step in equal rights and marriage and blah blah blah... this had NOTHING to do with that). They could have passed a real law about the issue and not mess with DADT, which was something that was (generally) working... oh, but wait, it's "bigoted". Fail. Serious fail. Oh and one more point... I'm seriously not some lunatic that thinks all gay people are bad, or wrong, or will burn in hell, it's not for me to judge. In fact, I wish the government would stay out of the issue altogether, including and ESPECIALLY the gay marriage ban people. It's not their place - just in the same parallel that it's not the government's place to deal with the military policy of DADT, in my opinion.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Dec 21, 2010 -> 09:56 PM) Yes. Pretty extensively. And now, you've taken the last institution that had a autocratic function and broke down the very pillars upon which it was built. This law (to break DADT) had nothing to do with "rights", it absolutely was to send a message that the military doesn't control what happens, CONGRESS does. Nah, ... it was just bigoted law until now (please... that is a f***ing joke).

It's called buying off votes.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Dec 20, 2010 -> 08:15 AM) Interesting. Kaperbole's posts are like modern art made from material from the recycle bin. Yeah its garbage, but there's a certain artistic quality to them that's almost hypnotic. LMAO. I love it.

Zebra f***ing. Wait a minute... now we need to start over again.

The chickenssssssssssss are a comin' home to rooooosssssssst.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 19, 2010 -> 04:24 PM) Truthful. Undoubtedly but I loved the line. That was a classic.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 19, 2010 -> 04:19 PM) Really don't think i'd gain that much intellect from eating that brain. Super!

Quayle, anyone?