Correct me If I am wrong... I may very well be. Lets see Fuel/ Energy costs were at an all time high, Housing was starting to take a hit due to Energy costs, Car sales ( the profitable ones to make) were starting to take a hit, and then CONGRESS changed the Mark-to Market rules and the market started TANKING...... But congress changing the rules is going to fix the problems.... Oh by the way after The President was Inaugurated they changed the Mark-to Market rule back to how it was before the crash. I could be wrong but I seem to recall it going down something like this....

"Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Nations and peoples who forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and freedoms." — Robert Heinlein

I Have missed your witty insights as of late, Nice to see you haven't lost your edge.

GODS SPEED Marines.
All of them are in my thoughts and prayers
Semper Fi Devil Dogs

They don't want us in the State Gov jobs because we are all nuts.
You know , Work for what we have , Work hard, Up early -Late to bed.
That is no way to run a state. You will make the others uncomfortable and feel inept .

Then I won't say it

Please read the Geneva Conventions About Detaining and holding Prisoners from the Battle field and then read the section about non-uniformed combatants. Then tell me what we should have done differently.

CHAPTER I
On the qualifications of belligerents

Article 1. The laws, rights, and duties of war apply not only to armies, but also to militia and volunteer
corps fulfilling the following conditions:
1. To be commanded by a person responsible for his subordinates;
2. To have a fixed distinctive emblem recognizable at a distance;
3. To carry arms openly; and
4. To conduct their operations in accordance with the laws and customs of war.
In countries where militia or volunteer corps constitute the army, or form part of it, they are included under the denomination "army."

Art. 2. The population of a territory which has not been occupied who, on the enemy's approach, spontaneously take up arms to resist the invading troops without having time to organize themselves in accordance with Article 1, shall be regarded as belligerent, if they respect the laws and customs of war.

Art. 3. The armed forces of the belligerent parties may consist of combatants and non-combatants. In case of capture by the enemy both have a right to be treated as prisoners of war.

Water-boarding and EIT's
DOJ Deemed Legal Use:
<a href="http://72.3.233.244/pdfs/safefree/olc_08012002_by..." target="_blank">http://72.3.233.244/pdfs/safefree/olc_08012002_by...

When you have Lawyers and they tell you it is a go. Do you not do it?
When your accountant tells you, you have a good deduction. Do you use it?

<a href="http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/FULL/150?OpenDocument" target="_blank">http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/FULL/150?OpenDocument

Your Welcome

Next time Don't come to a gun fight with a Knife!

Crap, I'm Screwed. I have been a bean pole my entire Life. 6'2" 165lbs @ 35 years old. (Graduated Boot @135lbs)
Luckily My Grand- dad Just Celebrated #80 And I'm built just like him.

Jean While I have not read the book, Yet,I have read a couple of your posts and would like to ask, How a person could live their life with only logic?

Is it logical To get out of bed in the morning Knowing that you may get killed, Very slim chance but there is a chance.
Even Spock eventually found emotion as illogical as it seemed to him.

Was it logical for our founding fathers to give us a form of government that needs to maintain such a fragile balance between Anarchy and Fashism?

Hope and Faith are not logical. The only absolute Truths on the planet are Math and some sciences. Period.

That article has alot of the same statistics as "COOL IT" by Bjørn Lomborg
And "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming"... by Christopher C. Horner