njpilot
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Welcome to the forum. I spent 4 years in the mid '90s working a month on, a month off in PNG. Spent lots of time in Oz. Enjoyed Sydney. Nice city.
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I guess he just went "postal", huh? http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/12/06/military-growing-terrorist-target-lawmakers-warn/ Sen. Susan Collins on Wednesday blasted the Defense Department for classifying the Fort Hood massacre as workplace violence and suggested political correctness is being placed above the security of the nation's Armed Forces at home. During a joint session of the Senate and House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday, the Maine Republican referenced a letter from the Defense Department depicting the Fort Hood shootings as workplace violence. She criticized the Obama administration for failing to identify the threat as radical Islam. "The documents attached illustrate how the Department is dealing with the threat of violent Islamist extremism in the context of a broader threat of workplace violence," read the letter, which was obtained by Fox News. Thirteen people were killed and dozens more wounded at Fort Hood in 2009, and the number of alleged plots targeting the military has grown significantly since then. Lawmakers said there have been 33 plots against the U.S. military since Sept. 11, 2001, and 70 percent of those threats have been since mid-2009. Major Nidal Hasan, a former Army psychiatrist, who is being held for the attacks, allegedly was inspired by radical U.S.-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Yemen in late September. The two men exchanged as many as 20 emails, according to U.S. officials, and Awlaki declared Hasan a hero. The chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, Connecticut independent Sen. Joe Lieberman, said the military has become a "direct target of violent Islamist extremism" within the United States. "The stark reality is that the American service member is increasingly in the terrorists' scope and not just overseas in a traditional war setting," Lieberman told Fox News before the start of Wednesday's hearing. In June, two men allegedly plotted to attack a Seattle, Wash., military installation using guns and grenades. In July, Army Pvt. Naser Abdo was accused of planning a second attack on Fort Hood. And in November, New York police arrested Jose Pimentel, who alleged sought to kill service members returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Both Pimentel and Abdo also allegedly drew inspiration from al-Awlaki and the online jihadist magazine Inspire, which includes a spread on how to "Make a Bomb in the Kitchen of Your Mom." Rep. Peter King of New York, the Republican chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said military service members are "symbols of America's power, symbols of America's might." "And if they (military personnel) can be killed, then that is a great propaganda victory for al Qaeda," King told Fox News. King said there is also evidence that extremists have joined the services. "There is a serious threat within the military from people who have enlisted who are radical jihadists," King said. "The Defense Department is very concerned about them. They feel they're a threat to the military both for what they can do within the military itself and also because of the weapons skills they acquire while they're in the military." The witnesses testifying before the joint session include Paul N. Stockton, assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense; Jim Stuteville, U.S. Army senior adviser for counterintelligence operations and liaison to the FBI; Lt. Col. Reid L. Sawyer, director of the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, and Darius Long, whose son, Army Pvt. William Andrew Long, was shot and killed at an Arkansas military recruitment center in 2009. A second private was also injured in the Arkansas attack. Both victims had just finished basic training and had not been deployed. They were outside the Arkansas recruitment center when the shooter opened fire from a passing truck. The shooter, Carlos Bledsoe, pleaded guilty to the crime earlier this year. In a letter to the court, Bledsoe said he carried out the attack on behalf of al Qaeda in Yemen -- the group that was behind the last two major plots targeting the U.S. airline industry. "My faith in government is diminished. It invents euphemisms ... Little Rock is a drive by and Fort Hood is just workplace violence. The truth is denied," Long testified. King said the web is the driver of the new digital jihad. "It enables people -- rather than having to travel to Afghanistan to learn about jihad or to be trained, they can do it right over the Internet," he said. "And this is a growing role." And while Awlaki and his colleague Samir Khan, who was behind the magazine Inspire, were killed in a CIA-led operation in September, King warned against overconfidence that al Qaeda in Yemen was done. "This is a definite short-term victory for us. There's no doubt they are going to regroup, that there will be others who will be providing Internet data, inspiration to jihadists in this country, instructions on how to make bombs," he said. While King was heavily criticized, in some quarters, for launching his hearings 10 months ago on homegrown terrorism, the congressman said the joint session shows the threat is legitimate, and recognized as such by other members of Congress. "To me it's a validation of what I've been trying to do all year," King emphasized. "There's a definite threat from Islamic radicalization in various parts of our society, including within the military, and we can't allow political correctness to keep us from exposing this threat for what it is."
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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/12/07/blagojevich-sentenced-to-14-years-in-prison/
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When we were in Phoenix Airport, my girlfriend saw them take a small globe from an older couple, grandparents bringing a gift home for their grandchild. They told them "we don't know what the liquid inside is". Stupidity.
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General rule is "8 hours bottle to throttle", unless you fly people for hire, then it is usually 12 hours. There is also a blood alcohol level of .04% if I remember correctly. I understand where KDP is coming from as far as opening the door to trouble. That said, when in a free state and carrying, I have had 1 drink at lunch or dinner. I look at it like I have a safe full of guns at home. I will occasionally have a few beers or bourbons at home and I don't go crazy, pulling guns out and shooting up the neighborhood, one beer with dinner isn't going to make me do something stupid. Again, I appreciate and understand your point KPD.
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Bought this wine holder on AZ. TSA x-rayed it 4 times before they said I couldn't carry it on. They new it wasn't a real gun. The gun couldn't come out of the holster. If you hit someone in the head with it, it would break into pieces, unlike the painted, flat rocks they let us carry on. They said," it's not real, but it looks like a gun." I had American Rifleman mags in my bag and wanted to ask them if it was ok since it had pictures of guns. I really wanted to pull my finger out of my pocket and say, "this isn't real, but it looks like a gun, can I carry it on or do I have to check it. Idiots.
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Has anyone dealt with these guys on ammo sales? Seems they are the only people who I've faxed a drivers license to that couldn't read it. I can't fax it again today, the discount shipping ends today and, oh, we sold out of the ammo you wanted this morning and won't be getting anymore in. Sounds like a bunch of jokers to me.
