OT Crime drop attributed to lead-free gasoline

After a Computer crash and the demise of civilization, it was learned Gunner Asch wrote on Sun, 28 Oct 2007

Aside from St George, and where ever it was that the Duke was filming Ghengis Khan., but yeah... I know what you mean.

Back when Le Frogs were planning a round of tests, I thought if would be "way cool" to organize a cruise to watch it. Sell tee-shirts with a fireball or silhouette of a skeletal hand, with the slogan "I saw the light!"

They may be ugly f****rs to you, but some thing is finding them attractive; otherwise there wouldn't be so many of them! tschus pyotr

No worries my friend - all that money has been spent to employ high-tech folks to build cool stuff that transfers to non-military use, to benefit all of us, either as employees who then spend that money, or as passive beneficiaries of new technology.

I giggle whenever I see short-thinking idiots whine about all that military or science spending, as if the money magically evaporates because it's spent on that rather than paying someone in the inner-city to make another baby they can't afford. OK maybe giggle isn't the right concept here but, it's amusing in a sad, "wow, are you naiive" kind of way.

Absolutely, yes. High-tech projects employ high-tech employees. Which makes us more valuable. Which increases my salary. Which I then spend on things which aren't always high-tech. Nothing magical about this, or mysterious.

What specifically about my observations do you find illogical please? I work in a high-tech field. I am paid very well for it. My talents are competed for by the company I work for, and by defense contractors. Because of this competition, my salary has improved substantially in the last 5 years. How exactly is this brainless, please? Supply, demand, price. If you went to college these terms should be vaguely familiar to you.

Damn straight. How else would we have gotten all those shiny Hummer Suburban Assault Vehicles? They've taken out more than a few of dem' passive beneficiaries, you bettcha.

And MREs, for those spur-of-the-moment dinner parties with people you never want to see again.

My personal favorite, though, is the night-vision goggles. Heh, heh,...heh.

-- Ed Huntress

Are you sure?

Cheney dun giggle but laughing all the way to the banks with brainless idiot like you!

English isnt your first language is it?

Snicker....

Gunner

"[L]iberals are afraid to state what they truly believe in, for to do so would result in even less votes than they currently receive. Their methodology is to lie about their real agenda in the hopes of regaining power, at which point they will do whatever they damn well please. The problem is they have concealed and obfuscated for so long that, as a group, they themselves are no longer sure of their goals. They are a collection of wild-eyed splinter groups, all holding a grab-bag of dreams and wishes. Some want a Socialist, secular-humanist state, others the repeal of the Second Amendment. Some want same sex/different species marriage, others want voting rights for trees, fish, coal and bugs. Some want cradle to grave care and complete subservience to the government nanny state, others want a culture that walks in lockstep and speaks only with intonations of political correctness. I view the American liberals in much the same way I view the competing factions of Islamic fundamentalists. The latter hate each other to the core, and only join forces to attack the US or Israel. The former hate themselves to the core, and only join forces to attack George Bush and conservatives." --Ron Marr

yabut......sigh..I just like to see things blow up reel good.

And with middle easterners...who'd miss em?

Gunner

"[L]iberals are afraid to state what they truly believe in, for to do so would result in even less votes than they currently receive. Their methodology is to lie about their real agenda in the hopes of regaining power, at which point they will do whatever they damn well please. The problem is they have concealed and obfuscated for so long that, as a group, they themselves are no longer sure of their goals. They are a collection of wild-eyed splinter groups, all holding a grab-bag of dreams and wishes. Some want a Socialist, secular-humanist state, others the repeal of the Second Amendment. Some want same sex/different species marriage, others want voting rights for trees, fish, coal and bugs. Some want cradle to grave care and complete subservience to the government nanny state, others want a culture that walks in lockstep and speaks only with intonations of political correctness. I view the American liberals in much the same way I view the competing factions of Islamic fundamentalists. The latter hate each other to the core, and only join forces to attack the US or Israel. The former hate themselves to the core, and only join forces to attack George Bush and conservatives." --Ron Marr

Except the article doesn't state that.

You should read the article where they state that.

Or if you really want to argue against the idea, read her paper and argue about the actual data.

After a Computer crash and the demise of civilization, it was learned Gunner Asch wrote on Tue, 30 Oct 2007

Nukes - the ultimate nerd goody. Lots of math, electronics, machining, wiring, getting everything "just so". And for what? To make a great big mother loving flash, bang and hole in the ground. "Whoa, cool!"

tschus pyotr

Don ferget that mondo way cool 'room cloud too Dude...rising like Promethius to the hebbens, winds coming and goin, big shit like trucks and buses full of ragheads reaching pert ner escape velocity.....

An dat lunar landscape afterwards...hey...20 yrs aint all that long afore ya can use it for a parking lot or with a really big nuke...a nice glass skateboard or roller skating park.

Hummm....I wonder...who would I have to talk to, to see about getting the beer, Mt. Dew, skate shop and dosimeter concession for Damascus afterthefact?

Gunner

"[L]iberals are afraid to state what they truly believe in, for to do so would result in even less votes than they currently receive. Their methodology is to lie about their real agenda in the hopes of regaining power, at which point they will do whatever they damn well please. The problem is they have concealed and obfuscated for so long that, as a group, they themselves are no longer sure of their goals. They are a collection of wild-eyed splinter groups, all holding a grab-bag of dreams and wishes. Some want a Socialist, secular-humanist state, others the repeal of the Second Amendment. Some want same sex/different species marriage, others want voting rights for trees, fish, coal and bugs. Some want cradle to grave care and complete subservience to the government nanny state, others want a culture that walks in lockstep and speaks only with intonations of political correctness. I view the American liberals in much the same way I view the competing factions of Islamic fundamentalists. The latter hate each other to the core, and only join forces to attack the US or Israel. The former hate themselves to the core, and only join forces to attack George Bush and conservatives." --Ron Marr

Right, it was also known as "White Gas." We had to make a special trip to the Amoco station on the way to camping trips to get fuel for our Coleman stove and lantern in the 60's as my father wasn't about to pay the prices Coleman wanted for their stove/lantern fuel.