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Fantastic!

DCS: A-10C. Flew over the convoy I protected for close to an hour. I had my pwn stick out. Set it down a little hard, careened off the runway with broken main gear. Did a brodie and came to a stop. Another flight where I got into a fight with a SAM launcher. Brought it home though.

Gotta love these pics.

Take the fight to them, Israel.

That may be but back in those days immigration was legal. There were jobs available. We're in a terrible economy and inflation in every state is double digit. In Arizona it's a bit higher. I understand some of your people's attitude that they're coming for a better life. But the fact of the matter is that it is affecting the economy. For those of you who think that they're doing jobs no one else will do, think again. I grew up in construction and I am a contractor, I can afford to pay my employees a living wage. I only hire Americans. That's my right. I take less profit though, but someone has to stand strong and say f**k it, I'm not going to be part of the problem. Plus, I can sleep at night. The other thing you guys are missing is that not all are coming here to make a better life. Unless you're talking about a life of crime. Phoenix is #1 in the world for kidnappings. And 99% of those have to do with illegals being held for ransom. There are many different reasons, some being drugs but the facts are the facts. Then you have the Mexican military that has crossed our border numerous times, often holding people at gunpoint. And several times those people have been American. The Mexican military is involved with the cartels in drug smuggling, that's a fact. There are signs placed as far as 80 miles from our southern border, that were set there by the U.S. government saying it's not safe to travel in those zones. Let me ask you people something, how would you feel if your government ignored what's going on and didn't do one thing about your safety. The U.S. government is spying on it's citizens via the Patriot Act, saying it's to keep us safe but it's ignoring the war on the border. It's typical of our government and I'm fed up. I live this every day. I live 140 miles from the border. That's how far the 6th largest city in the country is. And we're seeing more and more home invasions, kidnappings, shootings, robberies, etc. And when the perps are caught most of the time it's an illegal. We had 3 cops killed a couple years ago and the perps ran across the border. Mexico will not give those suspects back to Arizona cuz we have the death penalty here. Back during the construction boom, someone I know very well had several hundred illegals working for him. When the IRS would catch a stolen SS number, they never tried to catch the perp, they just requested from the employer another SS number. Now I know that doesn't seem like much to you but IRS will put you in jail for not paying your taxes. And that SS number belonged to someone. Ever try to prove something to a state governmental agency, much less the Fed? And with all that I invite anyone to my country to live and to be a citizen, an American as long as you do it legally. If any of you here do that, I will do my best to meet with you and buy you lunch or dinner. My people on both sides of my family came over from Czechoslovakia. My grandmother wasn't allowed to speak Czech except inside the house. My great grandfather was proud to be a citizen and he wore it as a badge of honor. I understand how someone would want to come here and have a better life. The only way to do that and be accepted is legally. I can tell you that the majority of illegal aliens here have no ties to this country and do not care about the United States. They don't care about speaking the language and they use whatever resources our overburdened system has regarding health care and food stamps. And with all these Americans out of work I can tell you for a fact that being white male will get you zero help from local authorities. Two of my employees fought that battle. The system is racist (reversed) and it needs to stop. I remember on 9/11 there were two illegal aliens on my jobsite rattling away in spanish after work about how great it was that America was attacked. How did I know? 3 years of high school spanish. One of my employees saved the lives of those illegals cuz I went after them with my 4 D-cell maglite. I would have beat them down till I felt better. That story isn't an anomaly, I've heard the same types of stories from others that work in my industry. So what do we do? I have a Sheriff in my county that will arrest illegals and deport them. He says he's enforcing federal law even though the Feds don't want him to. So I call his hotline. The only way to handle this situation is to clear 'em out. The thing that most of you don't realize about illegal aliens crossing our borders is that they're not all people looking for work. I have rancher friends down south. I was born and raised here so I know a lot of people. Arabic to Spanish dictionaries are found all the time. Ever wonder what some of these people might be doing in our country? I can tell you that when the next 9/11 happens law enforcement will find that they came across the border with Mexico. If that's not the best reason to police our borders I don't know what is.

Awesome book! I read it a couple years ago.

Entering the country. Illegal. Can't work without ID, so purchasing counterfeited ID. Illegal. Can't work w/out Social Security number. Can't have one without being here legally. Purchase fake document and use it. Illegal twice. When filling out paperwork and using fake credentials, you claim maximum number of dependants. This means that if you have a $500 paycheck you have almost nothing with held. So you aren't paying taxes. Illegal 3x over, filling out federal forms and lying the reason. Then you are taking jobs away from Americans in this double digit unemployment. Then there's the high amount of kidnapping related to coyotes smuggling illegals here, along with illegals carrying backpacks of drugs with them as part of paying off the coyote. Then you have federal agents being shot at and killed for trying to police our borders and enforce the laws of this country. Would you like to know what happens as a Costa Rican or Brazilian caught in Mexico if you are there illegally? Besides the beating you get at the hands of authorities you are immediately deported. Mexico has a zero tolerance for illegals in their country. Then you have licensed contractors such as myself who operate on the up and up who have to compete with illegals and the lower wages they will accept to do a job. I pay my taxes, and money I pay goes into the recovery fund so that homeowners who have been taken advantage of are protected. I have two Americans who work for me and if I bid a job at what other companies bid who use illegals, I can expect to make $100 if I'm lucky. My license, bond and insurance is $4k a year. Then I have sales tax permits which cost money. Then I have to file sales tax forms every month. I know people want to come here for a better life, but if you start out not obeying the law and doing things thru the proper channels you should be run out of this country on a rail. Period. I'm fed up with having to operate responsibly while these others think they can do whatever the hell they want to do with no consequences. What's my problem? That's my problem.

Here's mine:

It sucks, I had to work all weekend. I'm 20 minutes away from Luke. First time I've missed in a decade.

I had a bully in High School. I was one of the smaller kids and this guy had 70 pounds and half a foot of height on me. My senior year this jaggoff kept picking on me during Phys Ed class. Towards the end of the year I was about getting fed up. We were playing field hockey that day and dude tripped me with his hockey stick, I went down hard. So I waited. And when he came running by to scrim I hit him just below both knees with the stick as hard as I could. Down he went. As I stood over him to hit him again "coach" grabbed me and stopped me from beating him unmercifully. As coach was pulling me away I was screaming that he'd better get someone else to get his car in the parking lot, as I'd be waiting and I was gonna run his arse down. Someone came and got his car. And he never even spoke a word to me again. He's lucky coach was so quick cuz I doubt I'd have only hit him one more time.

Nice pix! Thanks for sharing. What kind of rig did you shoot these with?

It probably isn't. Several crimes are committed there and a true Marine would have just made him poo himself and run. Maybe the phone calls. Either way, it gives me the warm fuzzies.

My condolences.

You should be able to run it just fine. Before I upgraded to an i970 I had an e8500 and it ran fine.

Thanks for sharing. That's a wonderful thing the soldiers did.

http://www.digitalco...tch_1.1.0.6_en/ FIXED BUGS AND ISSUES * Fixed some discrepancies and mismatches in the default input profiles. * Fixed minor bugs in the Quick Start missions. * Fixed AI target acquisition bug in the bad weather. AI aircraft should no longer perform multiple runs on target without weapons release. * Fixed minor graphics glitches when flying through overcast. * Fixed CTD in the GUI input panel caused by reassigning commands on the some joysticks. * Two working smoke generators on the A-10C is now possible. * Integrated "Make TXT" function to the input panel. This function will make a TXT file of all device profiles with player's input assignments. * Added a new "TREES VISIBILITY" slider in the graphics option panel. It allows you to adjust trees visibility from 1,500 to 15,000 meters independently of visibility range option. * Fixed background of rank promotion window. * The minimum value of the THICKNESS slider for overcast is limited to 200 meters by reason of technological limitation. * Fixed a bug with non moving ground vehicles at some conditions observed in the release. * AI-fighter will now always try to launch AA missile when target has entered into non-escape envelope. However, AI-fighters will fire missile immediately if it appears the fighter is losing its first-launch superiority. * In the ME, the speed value of the first point of a route will not reset after mission play in simulator. * The night sights were removed from MANPAD SAMs. * Fixed a bug with "Left Hydraulics Res" and "Left Hydraulics pressure" failure after repair. * MWS on the A-10C will react to all missiles in the certain range, not only hostile. * Increased range of LOD switching from 1,200 to 2,200 for Vasiani hangars. * Added missing textures of Tunguska, Kub and Buk missiles. * Master Caution will not active when starting an engine. * Added missing green position light on the AH-1 Cobra. * Adjusted oxygen mixture for high altitudes. The pilot will not suffer hypoxia during high altitude flight. * Fixed incorrect animation sequence for M257 illumination rocket. * After repair, the A-10C will not sink a bit into surface. * Decreased indicated wrong range of the Avenger SAM. * ME. Removed Aggressiveness option list from Advanced Panel - Action for preventing the conflict with "Reaction to Threat" options. * ME. Added "Allow Abort Mission" point to the "Reaction to Threat" option list. * Corrected some parking positions and shelters in the Vasiani airbase. * ME. Weapon combo box works properly if "Attack Group" and "Attack Unit" both present in the same waypoint. * Fixed length of hint fields with hyphenation. * The birds slider will work now. * Adjusted munitions expenditure per target calculation for AI aircraft. * Corrected some mission in the campaigns. * At mission saving the scenes option will be taken from the mission options not player options. * MP. Fixed jitter of client’s aircraft flaps at cold start. * MP. Fixed crash causing by bug in the datalink. * Fixed bugs in the debriefing log filters. * MP. Fixed crash with mixing 32 and 64 bit clients. * Fixed crash with jettison weapon in the Game mode. * Fixed JTAC Single player Radio comms crash. * Fixed some issues with the radio communication menu. * Fixed CTD at attempt to save mission in a game system folder. * ME. The template units can be dragged now. * Fixed the rain effect. * Fixed landing gear of the Mi-8 3D model. * Intensity knob on the A-10C UFC is working now.

I don't think it's an option. Haven't been able to do this either.

I hope they treat the assassin well according to the Geneva convention. May I recommend pork chops and bacon sammiches? Seriously though, I hope he gets what he deserves but I don't think Germany has the death penalty, do they?

What's your login at the Hangar. I'll PM Revvin and have him straighten it out.

Did you use a hotmail or yahoo account? I think you have to use something other than those because it's a way for the board owner to keep a lid on spam. Ghost has made a nice CH for Dummies Guide. It's on the Hangar. Typically you set up your pedals so that if you want to yaw left, you push left pedal. I felt that way too. When I got the stick off the desk it turned out it was the right size. Coming from an X-45 I felt this way too. But since real pilots usually use the coolie hat on the stick to trim their a/c I figure if it's good enuf for them, it's good enuf for me. You can use either the Fighterstick or the Throttle for mode control if you use that in your map. I use the orange button on the side of the stick for mode control. The one of the throttle I use for eject. But that's what's great about CH, you can use either controller for your mode choices.

Turtlehawk, what CH products do you have? I have a bunch of CH gear but I have a great profile for the Fighterstick and Pro Throttle. I'd be willing to remove the other controllers from my profile and send it to you.

If you need any help or have any questions, the CH Hangar is the place to go. If you need some personalized help let me know. We'll get you up and running. Crunch runs CH gear and he's very knowledgeable as well.

I wanna know what phone call he's expecting that so important that he can't remove the bluetooth from his ear.

Thanks, that's the old one though.

Here's the link for the download files.