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I was working for my brother in law, running a paint crew on a high end tract of homes. Had to turn a home over to it's new owners and was listening to Stern as it all went down. I wanted to go home, but couldn't because I owed the homeowner the courtesy to finish my job. I felt sick, I got mad, I swore revenge. I went thru all the levels of emotion. Towards the end of the day I had to check out a home we had painted that had no power. Had to check the cut in at the ceiling so I took my 4 D-Cell Maglite flashlight w/me. As I was leaving the house two people on my crew (illegal aliens, I didn't hire them nor did I want them, they were forced on me) were laughing and talking in spanish about how great it was America got attacked. They were chatting about how much they hated America. The country that was putting food on their tables and giving them a better life than the s**thole country they came from. I lost it. I attacked them, the male first. Lonnie, the other guy working under me had to take me to the ground to keep me from killing one of the illegals. They took off in a hurry and I called my brother in law right away so that he got the story straight from me before they got a chance to say anything to him. They showed up for work the next day with an American flag sticker on the back window of their truck. Like that was going to make me feel any different about them. I felt it was a shame that doing residential construction wasn't very dangerous cuz it would have been awesome if one of them had got hurt on the job...................About 8 months later my brother in law asked me to lay them off. It's the only time in my life that I enjoyed telling someone they no longer had a job. I don't work on 9/11 to this day. My employees can if they want to, but I make myself incommunicado and I do much of nothing. I make sure that I remember the events of that day, and keep them with me so that I'll never forget the day that my fellow countrymen were murdered in the name of islam.

Yes, I would. The throttle is a russian style throttle in that it's a slider instead of being on a curved axis like U.S. style throttles are. The positives with this type of throttle are that no matter what position you are in (idle/mil/ab) all the controls at your fingertips are in the same place. With my Warthog throttle the geometry is changed and I'm still getting used to it, months later. If you purchase a Pro Throttle check out my Afterburner Detent Tutorial. I was able to add something that I felt was missing from the PT. It works great and I haven't had to re-do the mod. It also doesn't affect your warranty! The Pro Pedals are excellent as well. Some folks think they're too close together but once you get used to them you never think about that again. Not to mention that you can program them with a script for pressure sensitive braking in sims that don't have them. If you purchase feel free to PM me for those scripts. They're easy to copy and paste and you'll be up and running in no time.

Best bang for your buck is CH Products. I have a CH review as well as a G940 review up here at CA. IMHO Logitech still hasn't fixed some of the issues I pointed out with their product since I wrote the review. I own a Warthog, I actually bought it to do a review here. Seems TM didn't think CA was important enough to send a unit to for review. Ok, well that's partially true. The rest of it is a certain flight sim producer has a hard on for me as well as CA and helped them make the decision to ignore us. The Warthog is overpriced. There are some issues with it as well, one being the absolutely worst mini-joystick ever to be installed on a HOTAS. I won't go into details about how bad it is, I'll save that for my review. The TARGET software for the Warthog is an all or nothing approach for the consumer. You either program it in the GUI, which is limited in scope with what you can do or you must understand and be willing to learn a new programming language. There is no middle ground. If you go the quick and easy way, the software running in the background eats 500mb of memory, and at times peaks at 2gb of memory (no kidding!). If you write your script the software for that (they're different programs) only eats about 100mb of memory. I've owned just about every HOTAS available so I know the pros and cons of the majority of them. CH is the way to go. The software can be used by a novice but you can still do some serious scripting within the GUI. Those of you that have flown Falcon 4 know how many keybinds are required to do a ramp start. You can program all of those commands with one button/hat in CH Control Manager. No scripting, just type in the command from your keyboard and save. Not only that but if you do wanna jump into some hardcore scripting you can head over to the CH Hangar and get answers to your questions from the man who wrote the software, Bob Church. He's on daily and is very helpful. In Lock On/Flaming Cliffs wheel brakes are the w key, but they're either full on or full off. No in-between. Bob wrote a script for me that makes the brakes feel like they're pressure sensitive, just like in your car. Push the brakes 1/4 of the way down, the script cycles the w key on and off 8x a second. Press halfway the key is cycled 12x a second. 3/4 of the way 16x a second and if you jam them to the stops then the brakes lock up completely. How's that for a way around the limitations of the sim? Let's not forget that I own 6 CH controllers and the newest one is 5 years old. Most are more than 6. And there is not a problem with one axis, one button or one hat in all of those controllers after all this time.

I don't see just the SIMMOD A-10, but there's a pack that has the A-10, Gys/Valery's F-15 and 3Go's Su-27. You have to register and they're in the download section of www.lockonfiles.com. I skinned the SIMMOD A-10.

They deserved it and they didn't kill themselves by over indulgence. Hendrix as well. As for Winehouse, whatever. Great voice, total idiot who wasn't smart enuf to survive. I have a hard time feeling sympathy for someone who has been to rehab, was told of the dangers of that lifestyle yet still didn't heed the warnings. IMHO she's not a "legend" like I've seen posted elsewhere. She was a talented girl who was too stupid to navigate thru every day life like the rest of us. 'Cept she had money and fame which theoretically should have taken some stress off of her.

I still use it.

His squaddies were his brothers. I can see why he did that.

Congrats and thanks for your service!

Amen! Along with CNBC and CNN. I expect the news unbiased and impartial. And so far neither of those news outlets can say that.

I doubt anyone will know the truth, but from what I've seen the prosecution didn't make it's case. Which is a shame cuz it sure looked like mom was guilty as sin.

Now that is friggin' funnay!!!

Happy 4th my American brothers and sisters.

My nephew is coming into town. He's 12. And they just allowed Arizona to have fireworks again. I think ya'll know where I'm going with this...........

Happy Birthday!!

Where do you get that I'm prejudiced towards muslims? Since you seem to know so much about me, what do I do for a living? Do I have brothers or sisters? Approximately how old am I? No need to answer, you don't know me because I don't know you. You're a screen name on an internet forum. With some of your answers, you make comments about the type of people who shoot their schoolmates, or kill their parents. Are you insinuating that it's American caucasians that do this? Of course you are, no reason to answer. I'm an American caucasian. I'm not offended that you lump all of us into one category. Why you might ask? Because I nor anyone I know shoot their schoolmates or parents, or rape children. So I'm not offended cuz while I share the skin color (and religious preferences) of some of these people this is not how I nor anyone I know behaves. That's how an adult in the real world behaves. Have you ever once thought that if someone has a problem with you (for whatever reason) that maybe it's not you, it's them that has f**ked up thinking? Why would you get emotional about someone else's thought processes when you know for a fact that you cannot change how anyone else in the world thinks. If you go thru life worrying about someone else not acting like you would in any given situation then you'll go thru life disappointed each and every day. Your big complaint is that the truth was told about dude was that booted from the country. Fact is he's muslim. He's racist. He believes in physical violence. Is that how you think as well? Because the only logical reason that you would be upset is because you 1) are a follower of his 2) don't see anything wrong with what he stands for. So which is it? Or are you just one of those people who complains about how hard and difficult the world is? The fact of the matter is not everyone is going to like you. Not everyone likes me. I know I'm a good person and if someone doesn't like me that's their problem, not mine. I don't think twice about it nor lose sleep over it. As for your quoting the Koran, I've read it. I know what it says. It says treat everyone nice and it says infidels must die (I'm paraphrasing). The Koran in several parts contradicts itself. Again, I don't care who is muslim (or black, white, spanish, asian, etc) because I judge people on an individual basis. But when you complain about the truth being spoken about someone your complaint falls on deaf ears. The guy that you're defending in this thread is a despicable human being. Notice I didn't say muslim, or assaulter, or race-baiter. However, those last three statements are also true. And when news reports on anything they sensationalize. Sorry if you don't like that one of Islam's brothers isn't acting right but frankly I nor anyone else can do anything about it. Just like I can't do anything about a rapist or a killer in my country. You need to quit being emo and sensitive and look at the real world for what it is: It's a place that is often bad and usually difficult for everyone day to day. And even thru all of that I manage to find joy and happiness even when some jaggoff is raping, murdering, car bombing or kicking puppies. You want people to see Islam in a better light? How about those that practice peace continue to do so. Because ultimately that will be revealed to all to understand.

Clearly you misunderstood my point. Maybe it's because english isn't your first language. All I said was the guy is Muslim. He's also a troublemaker. And he did assault a cop. When Randy Cunningham (fighter ace in Vietnam) was caught stealing from his constitutents he was correctly described as an ex-fighter pilot and current congressman. The description of both of these men are correct and factual. Period. You don't read much then. I've personally seen in my hometown paper as well as on the internet that the Westboro church described as "the God Hates Fags Baptist Church". Again, that description is 100% correct. No, they say a Catholic priest molests boys. Or just priest. The catholic church is the only religious organization that has priests. It's a given, everyone knows that. I nor anyone else is not making either of those two words a bad thing. The people who are committing these crimes are the ones giving Islam a bad name. When was the last time you saw a christian strap on a suicide vest and blow someone up? Maybe your culture is different, but here in the states there's a whole bunch of us who judge people on how good or poorly they treat others. Again, maybe that's how the "western man" in your country operates. I"m saying that this particular individual, in this news article did assault a police officer. Or didn't you read the article? Speak for yourself. In the last 100 years trouble making muslims have cornered the market on terrorism. Deal with it. Of course you are, or you would have actually comprehended what the story said. Explain to me where the story is incorrect. The guy is part of a group that causes trouble in Israel. He dislikes Jews (don't believe me, google him. He's anti-semetic). He's muslim. He assaulted a police officer. He's being deported. Now maybe (again) it's you not understanding english as well as a native english speaker, but nowhere does that article blast all muslims as being bad. You are reading into the article what clearly isn't there. That's your fault if you refuse to actually read the words and understand only what the words say, because you're putting words into the author of that article's mouth. Period. One more thing: the guy was inciting racial hatred in his speech, which isn't cool in the UK. Why are you so worried about muslims "being offended"? I see people being arrested all the time that have similarities to myself. Whether it's religion, skin color, name, whatever. But I don't take it personal because on the outside someone appears similar to me. The fact that he committed a crime and couldn't act right in a civilized society is his fault. It has nothing to do with me. I know many more people who are similar but don't act like that. I'm about fed up with muslims taking things personal solely because they happen to be the same religion as the guy being arrested. Or the guy not acting right. Really? Are practitioners of Islam that emotional? There are hundreds of millions of muslims in the world, so if one muslim does something bad they automatically take offense to the billions of people on this planet branding that one muslim as a troublemaker? If that's the case, then that is their problem. No one has the right to not be offended. Deal with it, that's how the rest of the grown ups in the world operate. Since we're on about Islam I'd like to hear from anyone here on the boards that is muslim. I have some questions about how moderate muslims feel. The Koran says that all infidels should be put to the point of the sword. I'm an infidel because I don't believe. Do all moderate muslims agree with what's written in the Koran? Or do they pick and choose what they want to follow much like some christians do in my country?

That's a good point. I on the other hand will not defend anyone of any religion if they are acting wrongly. People standing behind their religion and committing crimes and atrocities and saying "that's how it is back home" or some other such BS doesn't fly with me. If you visit my country, you are expected to abide by it's laws, I don't give a rat's arse if you agree with the laws or not. Same thing if you visit my state. And if you visit my home you will obey my every command or you will bounce off the curb on the street a couple of times. That's the facts, and that's how things are in the real world.

Let's turn the tables. If it was a general in the U.S. Army I'm about positive that the he would be labeled Army General troublemaker. Or let's talk about the Westboro Church (God hates fags) "christians" here. They're labeled what they are, there's no skirting around the fact that they're a Christian church. I understand your point about bad relations for muslims though. But isn't it about time that people are called for what they are? Why is it that when some muslims get mad and are "offended" they resort to violence? This Islamic troublemaker assaulted a police officer. What some muslims in some parts of the world just refuse to understand is that in western society you behave by western norms. Period. Dude wasn't singled out cuz of his religion. Granted, he's part of a hate group so the press labeled him as such. Xclusiv8, why are you offended by the headline? I promise you that cleric wasn't. He was described by exactly what he is.

Is it just me or is that reporter just all kinds of sexy with those big ears of hers?

Don't take religious courts too seriously. The rabbinical court also says pigs are unclean. From my experiences I have to disagree. Bacon tastes good. Pork chops taste good.................

HBD!!!

Correct, you never could kill an idea. What you can do is put the heat on and make him live in fear right up until the time he gets mozambique'd (two to the chest, one to the head). Anyone think Bin Laden had any peace of mind over the last decade? IMHO you continue to kill every single leader till they realize that accepting the job means sure death. Then you send in the SEALs with pork filled hollowpoints. Then the body swims w/the fish. You'll never kill the idea but you will put the fear of Allah into them.

Congrats U.S. Army.