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Yeah that would shoot his credibility right in the foot wouldn't it. Personally, I would have more respect for such an individual. Becoming an Eagle scout is a HUGE achievement and should be looked upon with pride, not derision. Admittedly I know next to nothing about the Scouts. But I have found out Calax was misinformed, earning Eagle Scout does not result in any form of military advancement. Nor should it. The military (at least the Marine Corps) is one of the last true meritocracies left in the US. Making rank is difficult to do in the Corps. E-4 in 3 years is common in the other services, in the Marines it is very rare and the ones who do tt earned it on their military merits, not a civillian youth group badge.

Yeah that would shoot his credibility right in the foot wouldn't it.

Too bad there isn't one to switch to.

I'm against the death penalty. I never knew I was a pinko leftist. Wow, I'm having a little bit of a crisis here, I always thought I was a libertarian. Heck I've never voted for a democrat before, now I find I'm one of them!

I just got back from vacation. I still don't have to be back to work until Monday. I had a great time though. I finally drove up to see Gettysburg, something every American should do once. I also stopped at the Fredricksburg monument, Harpers Ferry, spent two nights in DC, saw my nephew play pro baseball in Kentucky and met up with some old friends in Quantico. All in all it was really nice.

I never heard of that. Where did you get that one?

The Padres can just go stright to hell! They were supposed to stink this year. They just took two out of three from the Fish!

He thinks communism made mistakes?! No, he thinks Stalin made mistakes. Certainly not communism. Hmmmm. Yes I do think out of all of us, you do have a "special" insight to what he is thinking. Just kidding.

Bucs have taken 2 def lineman & a WR so far. I did not catch the WR name but the DT was Brian Price of UCLA. So far Coach Morris is doing a good job rebuilding the D. I love the Gerald McCoy pick. Would have rather had Suh, but it's ok

Sitting in my hotel room watching the Twins-Indians game on the tube. Twins are sucking todayn

Very, very, very, extremely unlikely. We are a civilized people, no one would resort to violence except in the extreme last defense of life and home, except for the nut jobs and thankfully, they are few and for the most part easily identified and quietly dissuaded or arrested. But I see where you are going and I just cannot see it happening. It is all together possible of a state(s) seeking to seperate from the US at some point, but I STRONGLY believe if it ever happens no one will fight to stop it. But without the 2nd Amendment you would not have any of it.

I've got my fingers crossed hoping the Bucs can end up with Ndamkong Suh today. But Detroit would be nuts not to take him. BTW, anyone else ever notice the Alpha Protocol guy on the front page of this site looks just like Tim Tebow?

I did not mean to imply otherwise. I've been saying it on this board for as long as I've been posting here that most Europeans forget how different the US and Americans actually are from you. We have so much in common historically, culturally, even in language in many places, that you guys often forget that we are a different animal all together from any nation in Europe. Gun rights are not so much about guns as they are about rights. Many people who do not even own guns oppose gun control simply because the government has no right to prevent a citizen from enjoying a Constitutionally guaranteed right. It may sound like a slippery slope argument but we believe it 100% that is a single right is lost, they all are as good as lost.

You sir, are onejoyless and humorless dude. You really are pissed off all the time aren't you? It's not just schtick is it?

Where have you been, the Tennessee legislature is on the verge of buckling under the weight of European popular opinion. That would make a great conspiracy theory. Speaking of which we have not had a thread on those in a long time. I've heard LOTS of new ones since our last one. The only bad thing about conspiracy theories is too many people fail to find humor in them and take them wayyy to seriously.

You guys do realize that the Washington D.C. V Heller decision pretty much put the brakes on confiscatory gun control for good and all. As for crime prevention I'll simply point out that where I live (rual western Tennessee) 99% of the home owners are armed to the teeth, myself included. Out here there are few restrictions on gun ownership and home invasions and robberies are almost unheard of. In Memphis there are many restrictions, most people do not own guns and home invasions, murder, and robberies are commonplace. Yes there are other factors but, would you break into my house knowing I was armed? As for the role of guns in politics, allow me to simply quote George Washington "An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man is a subject". I know most europeans get in a twist about our gun laws but allow me to speak for all Americans when I say, we do not care what you think. You don't get a vote here (Thank God) and you can kiss off if you don't like how we do things.

Gotta agree with you there.

I watched my nephew play last night for the Lexington Legends, the Astros class A farm team last night. How freaking COOL is that? Rays and Fish both lost last night but the legends won and my nephew went 1-3 with a walk and an RBI. So all in all it was a great night.

Link: http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/...test=latestnews More good stuff from the the "Religion of Peace". Actually I'd like to take revenge on Parker and Stone because the episode was not that funny. But so many others were they get a pass from me.

Well, one thing we know for sure about the Rays is they are better than the Orioles. Not as good as the Yankees apparantley, but better than the O's. Another win in Baltimore 9-1. BJ Upton homered two times. Little scrawny BJ Upton. Cool. BTW did anyone see Obama after throwing out the first pitch (weakly... again) for the Nats? He was talking about being a White Sox fan all his life to Nats radio commentator Rob Dibble and then could not name a single White Sox player and could not even pronounce Commiskey Park right. God, what an utter jackass.

Planning to go on vacation next week. I'm taking one of my dogs with me. Should be interesting.

What a bummer Wals. Best of luck, we are all pulling for you to get back in action.

Another great quote from Gromnir!

I thought learning German from English was not all that hard. I took it for two years in HS. I was nowhere near fluent and probably had a terrible accent but at least I did not need the subtitles when watching Das Boot. Since English evolved from German (somewhat) at least the words were easier. Syntax & gender was hard. If she had woken up speaking a non-latin based language she had not been exposed toothat would have been freaky.