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       Re: Politics, Religion, etc. (4.15.14 - 9.10.15)
   DIR By: Jackiejokeman
       Date: April 18, 2014, 9:34 pm
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       The Supermarine Spitfire #5 of 29
       [img alt=Ray Flying Legends 2005-1.jpg width=300
       height=225]
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       #Post#: 176513--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Politics, Religion, etc. (4.15.14 - 9.10.15)
   DIR By: Jackiejokeman
       Date: April 18, 2014, 9:52 pm
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       Consolidated B-24 Liberator
       
       [img alt=Maxwell B-24.jpg width=300
       height=375]
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       Nothing more needs to be said about the crews that went up in
       this.
       
       And alot of them never came back.
       
       Except that they were heros fighting for you. #6 0f 29
       
       #Post#: 176519--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Politics, Religion, etc. (4.15.14 - 9.10.15)
   DIR By: Jackiejokeman
       Date: April 18, 2014, 10:16 pm
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       The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt was one of the largest and
       heaviest fighter aircraft
  HTML http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighter_aircraft
       in history to be
       powered by a single piston engine
  HTML http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reciprocating_engine.
       It was
       heavily armed with eight .50-caliber machine guns
  HTML http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M2_Browning_machine_gun,
       four per
       wing. When fully loaded, the P-47 weighed up to eight tons, and
       in the fighter-bomber ground-attack roles could carry five-inch
       rockets or a significant bomb load of 2,500 pounds; it could
       carry over half the payload of the B-17 bomber
  HTML http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress
       on
       long-range missions (although the B-17 had a far greater range).
       The P-47, based on the powerful Pratt & Whitney R-2800
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       Double
       Wasp engine, was to be very effective as a short-to-medium range
       escort fighter in high-altitude air-to-air combat
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       and, when unleashed
       as a fighter-bomber, proved especially adept at ground attack
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       in both the
       World War II European
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       />and Pacific
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       Theaters.
       
       [img alt=P-47D-40 Thunderbolt 44-95471 side.jpg width=300
       height=200]
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       What the fuck are you going to say to a dude that FLEW one of
       these ??
       
       JJ doesnt have a good comeback.  :D
       
       Thats 7 of 29
       
       
       #Post#: 176524--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Politics, Religion, etc. (4.15.14 - 9.10.15)
   DIR By: WshflThinking
       Date: April 18, 2014, 10:38 pm
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       Good job JJ
       #Post#: 176546--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Politics, Religion, etc. (4.15.14 - 9.10.15)
   DIR By: Jes Beard
       Date: April 19, 2014, 5:45 am
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       For otto, one of the problems with the "wingnuts," as he calls
       them, is that they seem to be growing....
       37% of Voters Fear the Federal Government
       Friday, April 18, 2014
       Thirty-seven percent (37%) of Likely U.S. Voters now fear the
       federal government, according to a new Rasmussen Reports
       national telephone survey. Forty-seven percent (47%) do not, but
       another 17% are not sure.
       Perhaps in part that’s because 54% consider the federal
       government today a threat to individual liberty rather than a
       protector. Just 22% see the government as a protector of
       individual rights, and that’s down from 30% last November.
       Slightly more (24%) are now undecided. (To see survey question
       wording, click here.)
       As recently as December 2012, voters were evenly divided on this
       question: 45% said the federal government was a protector of
       individual rights, while 46% described it as a threat to those
       rights.
       Two-out-of-three voters (67%) view the federal government today
       as a special interest group that looks out primarily for its own
       interests. Just 17% disagree, while 15% are undecided.
       Only 19% now trust the federal government to do the right thing
       most or nearly all the time, down from 24% in June of last year.
       Eighty percent (80%) disagree, with 44% who trust the government
       to do the right thing only some of the time and 36% who say it
       rarely or never does the right thing.
       Seventy-one percent (71%) of voters believe that if America’s
       Founding Fathers came back today, they would regard the federal
       government as too big. Just three percent (3%) think the
       nation’s founders would consider the government too small, while
       21% say they would view the size of the federal government as
       about right.
       (Want a free daily e-mail update? If it's in the news, it's in
       our polls). Rasmussen Reports updates are also available on
       Twitter or Facebook.
       The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on April 15-16,
       2014 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3
       percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for
       all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion
       Research, LLC. See methodology.
       Just 19% of voters believe the federal government today has the
       consent of the governed.
       Men and those 40 and over are more likely to fear the federal
       government than women and younger voters.
       Democrats, as they do in most instances, have a less critical
       view of the federal government than Republicans and voters not
       affiliated with either of the major parties. Most GOP voters
       (53%) and 43% of unaffiliateds fear the federal government. Just
       18% of voters in President Obama’s party agree.
       Seventy-three percent (73%) of Republicans and 59% of
       unaffiliated voters view the government as a threat to
       individual liberty, a view shared by only 34% of Democrats. GOP
       and unaffiliated voters are twice as likely as Democrats to
       believe that the federal government rarely or never does the
       right thing.
       Majorities of all three groups, however, agree that the
       government has become a special interest group that looks out
       primarily for its own interests.
       Forty-two percent (42%) of voters with a gun in their household
       fear the federal government, compared to 30% of those who do not
       have a gun in their home. Fifty-two percent (52%) of union
       members share that fear versus 35% of those who are not
       unionized.
       Sixty percent (60%) of all voters favor a smaller government
       with fewer services and lower taxes over a more active
       government with more services and higher taxes.
       Fifty-nine percent (59%) of Republican voters think Republicans
       in Congress have lost touch with the party’s base throughout the
       nation. By contrast, 63% of Democratic voters believe Democrats
       in Congress have done a good job representing their party's
       values.
       Just six percent (6%) of voters nationwide now rate Congress’
       job performance as good or excellent.  Seventy-two percent (72%)
       say it would be better for the country if most members of the
       current Congress were defeated this November.
       #Post#: 176549--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Politics, Religion, etc. (4.15.14 - 9.10.15)
   DIR By: Jes Beard
       Date: April 19, 2014, 6:18 am
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       And here might be one of the reasons why:
  HTML http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-17/irs-among-agencies-using-license-plate-tracking-vendor.html
       #Post#: 176552--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Politics, Religion, etc. (4.15.14 - 9.10.15)
   DIR By: WshflThinking
       Date: April 19, 2014, 6:53 am
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       And as soon as that underground facility in Utah is finished,
       the government will know how you spend every dollar you earn and
       where and what you buy. This spying crap has gone too far. With
       the GPS tracking devices in the cars you wont be able to go see
       your Aunt without the government knowing where you are. Just
       think if criminals got this information they'd know when the
       best time to break into your house and steal your belongings.
       #Post#: 176554--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Politics, Religion, etc. (4.15.14 - 9.10.15)
   DIR By: Sportster
       Date: April 19, 2014, 8:52 am
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       That license plate tracking stuff is Orwellian for sure.
       Ridiculous and should definately be challenged and defeated in
       court.
       #Post#: 176556--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Politics, Religion, etc. (4.15.14 - 9.10.15)
   DIR By: Jes Beard
       Date: April 19, 2014, 9:08 am
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       --- Quote from: Sportster link ---
       >
       > That license plate tracking stuff is Orwellian for sure.
       Ridiculous and should definately be challenged and defeated in
       court.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       Orwellian?  Or Biblical?  Revelation 13:17.
       --- Quote from: WshflThinking link ---
       >
       > And as soon as that underground facility in Utah is finished,
       the government will know how you spend every dollar you earn and
       where and what you buy. This spying crap has gone too far. With
       the GPS tracking devices in the cars you wont be able to go see
       your Aunt without the government knowing where you are. Just
       think if criminals got this information they'd know when the
       best time to break into your house and steal your belongings.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       I am nearly always far less concerned with what criminals might
       do to me than with what government might do to me, and as
       government accumulates ever more information about all of us,
       and becomes more adept at processing and using it, we will
       eventually reach a point when it will become virtually
       impossible for the people to effectively resist, organize
       against or revolt against oppression... because the government
       will not only know as soon as any effort is attempted, it will
       be able to predict it before it happens.  The more effectively
       government is able to crush a revolt which has begun, or to
       choke off a revolt before it begins, the less concern government
       will have about overreaching the powers it is to legitimately
       exercise.
       #Post#: 176557--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Politics, Religion, etc. (4.15.14 - 9.10.15)
   DIR By: Keysbear
       Date: April 19, 2014, 9:12 am
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       Too late. Too many people including the newly indoctrinated
       youth care little for individual rights and liberty. They don't
       care how intrusive government is as long as they are getting
       free stuff from that same government. Too bad they won't realize
       until it's too late that is isn't really free and what they've
       lost will never be regained.
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