Foofighter

Thanks, I'm learning that... I d-loaded a bunch of a/c and ended up deleting most of them over the last few days. Only a few have VCs and they're the ones I kept. Going to go try to fly from KDCA to KMIA in real weather. I'm curious on how FS models severe weather. Foofighter

Thanks PG! I really thought I had screwed something up. Thanks again, Foofighter

Thanks Chief, FD3 came today and everything is working fine. Top Gun, No I'm not the same Foofighter, I was stupid enough to pay $450.00 for Office 2000 Prof. 2 weeks before xp version came out. :( I'm not against payware I guess as long as it's worth the price. Foofighter.

Hey Chief, Can you help? I tried downloading a few carriers (the file I used had 9 or 10 in various locations) but they sucked. They had the JBD's constantly up and some sort of "boxes" all over the deck. You could barely taxi around in a Cessna. I have Flight Deck 2 but I tried to get that to work and had some problems. I don't think the a/c are compatable with 2k4. Can you tell me how to set 2k4 up so I can try some CarQuals? I just need to know what files I need and how to set it up. I just ordered FD3 from PCaviator but I'm not sure if that's all I need. Thanks, foofighter

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/artic...0-2004Aug5.html What'ya know?

Wow, I've been gone for a while but I am surprised that my one response to another post resulted in such a furor. Sometimes the truth hurts for you guys. If what I said wasn't true I guess it would not have only revived a previous thread and "unlocked" it and opened a previously "locked" one to boot. Cya, Dagger? Because I disagree with you I have an attitude? NavyChief, Because I disagree with you my comments are inflammatory? If it's "quite easy for you to reply in kind" please do so. Do it with "Maturity" in mind. Fates, I NEVER threatened you so don't accuse me of it, and because my beliefs are different from yours and this site don't accuse me of feuling any hatred. And finally, MJ. You are going to blame me as "the one person to blow up and take it down to the abyss"? All I have done is disagree with a position that this site supports! You also suggest that if I feel that this site supports "thread locking" that I am no longer welcome as a member. The whole argument was a result of political opposition to your views. I feel I have a duty to continue my relationships with the forums in question. Just because I disagree I will not relinquish that access unless I am locked out by you. Thank You, Jim Billingsley

The answer is because "if it's not going your way and you control it lock it up before too much truth comes to light". Snapple is smarter than and more informed than a lot of people here. I guess the economy is not so bad for you if your sitting on a govt. retirement check that won't expire until you die. What if those checks got outsourced to India or better yet, cut off like social security in the future because the govt. can't afford it anymore because of current expenditures? You think you're untouchable too? All because the govt. mismanaged the money "due to security concerns" and are forcibly trying to exert CONTROL on the entire planet? If we backed off trying to "influence and control" the planet we wouldn't be dealing with the resentment that is fueling the opposition to us as a nation. Which means we wouldn't need to spend ON CREDIT all this money on DEFENSE and the biggest joke HOMELAND SECURITY! We simply can't afford the direction that we have taken and if it continues and is not corrected a lot more than Social Security is at stake. Think about it! Also, Under Bush 3 million jobs have been lost. That means lost taxes, lost revenue into the economy and another cost on the govt. for unemployment benefits. Just a thought and I'm back, Foofighter

Hey Chief, You quoted in a previous post... "As far as Social Security is concerned, I am not even counting on receiving any when I am of age to do so. I have made provisions of my own, so I am taking care of myself. I am NOT counting on the govt. to take care of me." I don't know about you but I have paid $40,000.00 into Social Security. I am 10 years younger than you so I assume you have paid more than I have into it. It was a forced contract on us and your willing to let them illegally breach of contract and forfeit your contribution to the fund just because they mishandled the funds? You might be willing to just give away $40,000.00 that you were forced to pay into Social Security because they didn't handle the budget right but I'm not. I don't need it either for retirement, I also have made decisions of my own and I have enough at this point to retire without Social Security. As a business man though, I just don't let a $40,000.00 investment slip away. Nor do I let it get taken from me either. I'm not counting on the government taking care of me, but I also am not letting the government rip me for $40,000.00 as you are by waving "your" social security benefits. Foofighter

First things first, I didn't mention one thing about my fathers medals, just pointing out relavance about Kerry's service in the military. Back when Clinton was in office, Kerry didn't see the relevance of his service in Vietnam and was supposedly dissappointed by the fact that Vietnam (service)being brought forward once again to prove the mettle of the man. (Clinton), and now he wants to throw it back up again to prove himself to somehow be better than everyone else. Kerry had three purple hearts that he himself states he missed a total of 2 days work over. Musta been awfully rough, as far as my father goes, I don't know about his service, I have never been able to get him to talk about it and I don't think I ever will. As far as the multinational force, that's about how it's been since we been working within the UN, if the Military is sent, it's the vast majority is funded and supported by US troops. The numbers game just never add up. Nature of support The criteria for inclusion in the coalition, as defined by the White House, are very broad, including mere political support. Combat troops United States - hundreds of thousands of troops, weaponry, money, etc. Britain - 45,000 troops, aircraft, tanks Australia - about 2,000 personnel: a squadron of F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets, three ships, 150 special forces troops, and other weaponry. See Australian contribution to the 2003 Gulf War. Denmark - submarine & warship, and a medical team Poland - 54 combat troops, 74-member chemical decontamination team, supply ship with 56 sailors; total troops - up to 200; See Polish contribution to the 2003 Gulf War. Iraqi Kurdish peshmergas militia - 50,000+ Note: While the Government of Canada does not support the invasion of Iraq without United Nations approval, Canada has military personnel serving under the U.S. command in Iraq, provides six hi-tech frigate escorts for U.S. & British ships in the Gulf, and numerous other technical services. U.S. Ambassador to Canada, Paul Cellucci, stated that Canada in fact is providing more support that virtually all other members of the "Coalition of the Willing". Military support (no combat troops) Kuwait - hosts invasion force Qatar - hosts U.S. Central Command regional headquarters South Korea - 700 non-combat troops (However, the Parliament vote to provide such troops continues to be postponed) Japan - refueling Canadian and Greek warships in the Arabian Sea Chemical, biological, and nuclear specialists Bulgaria - 150 specialists (and airspace use, bases, use of Black Sea port) Slovakia - 69 anti-chemical warfare specialists in Kuwait Czech Republic - sent 400 anti-chemical warfare specialists to Kuwait (and airspace use) Romania (and airspace use) Spain - 900 non-combat troops for medical support vessel for treatment of contamination Ukraine - 532-man 19th Army Battalion deployed to Kuwait, but will not enter Iraq Defense Netherlands - three MIM-104 Patriot missile batteries and 360 soldiers for defense of Turkey Use of bases and airspace Ethiopia Eritrea - use of Red Sea port of Assab Hungary (hosts U.S. base) Italy (not for direct military attacks) Portugal - Lajes Field air base in Azores Airspace use Albania Azerbaijan Georgia (possibly airfields) Lithuania Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Turkey (after failed negotiations to permit troop deployment) Political support only Afghanistan Colombia Dominican Republic El Salvador Honduras Iceland (has no military) Japan Latvia (may deploy some troops) Marshall Islands Micronesia (has no military) Mongolia Nicaragua Palau (has no military) Philippines Rwanda Singapore Uganda Uzbekistan This is your assessment of the coalition?

Hey Chief, What will happen when he spends us into oblivion and you no longer get your "guaranteed" Navy retirement "check" because the govt. can't afford it anymore? Then you try to collect Social Security and guess what? It's been dissolved. No "check" for you there either. I ask you to hold on to this e-mail for 5 years! Listen to it, criticize it, condemn it, but please Chief come back in 5 years after you elect Bush in 2004 and then let me know how you are doing? At the rate our government is going they can't afford to keep those checks coming indefinitely. Foofighter

Hey Everybody, I'm not anti-American. I am an ex-Republican. I voted for Reagan, Bush Sr. twice and Bob Dole. I am not a registered Democrat either. When the Republicans spent taxpayer's money on the Lewinsky crap at the taxpayers expense when we are in debt up to our asses thats when I questioned where we were headed. Clinton was the first President to get us out of deficit spending although I didn't vote for him. Something happened during that time-frame to the Republican party. They lost their ideals and succumbed to personal greed. All at the expense of the long term interests of the American people. We as a nation can't continue on our current path, we just can't afford it. And, after they're gone where will you and I be? Look at this long term, where will Bush be after he's gone? Extremely wealthy and set for life (he all ready is by the way). If we keep going on this path where will the average American end up? With a bankrupt government, losing SS and Medicare, and also losing our leading position in the world. Do the math, we just can't afford to keep going in the direction that we're going. Something needs to change. Foofighter

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I have a few pics I'd like to share. My uncle (Paul Stratton Jr.) was an MP at the embassy when it was attacked and evacuated. These are original photos that he had taken during the attack. A lot of my views are formed by his experience in the war and his thoughts on it. He later moved up within the State Department and became Deputy Undersecretary of State (number 5 under the Secretary of State) before retiring. This UNILATERAL BS got started because the 41 countries that YOU include in THIS coalition BARELY have any military prescence to support it! Do the national troop numbers dude! The main force is US (130,000), secondary British(5,000), third Italian and Polish(3,000), the rest are less than a thousand. You call that a 41 Nation Multilateral force? Chaingun, are you stating that your Father's medals were earned and Kerry's were for just as you said "kissing butt"? In terms of Vietnam I just want to make one point clear! 60,000 US Soldiers lost their lives, countless others forever changed. 2 million VC lost their lives, countless others forever changed. FOR WHAT? WHAT WAS CHANGED AS A RESULT OF THAT WAR THAT JUSTIFIES THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT DIED OR WERE MAIMED? Don't want to start a fight here either, just expressing the facts and my feelings. No Flame intended, Foofighter

Where's Bush in '72? Kerry did a full combat tour! And if when he came back and thought it was wrong AFTER SERVING (which Bush somehow can't recollect where he was at the time) you guys are going to criticize him? Maybe he was smarter than we are, he did his tour and then thought the war was wrong! WE LOST. The guy did his tour and then made his own accurate assessment that we were going to lose and opposed it. At least he showed up! In terms of the UN, do you really think that anyone including Kerry is going to give the UN complete command of our forces? Never gonna happen! Bush went unilateral on Iraq and then when overwhelmed went back to the UN for help. Who's the real Hypocrite here? Foofighter

Our deficit is in great shape since Bush became Pres. I'd probably be happier if I had interests in Halliburton, The Carlyle Group, Bechtel or Kellog-Brown. I don't know though, could I live with myself if I knew that I was making millions while people were being killed and maimed? Could I "Laugh" all the way to the bank when I knew that I was bankrupting the country by blowing up Iraq just so my friends and I could make millions by rebuilding it? All at the taxpayer's expense? Daddy Bush quit as the President of The Carlyle Group when George W. became President because it would be a "conflict of interest". Ofcourse that happened before 9/11 so I guess there wasn't any knowledge of 9/11 beforehand? BTW, (profile) I'm James Baker III, I'm a paid Senior Analyst for the Carlyle Group. I just toured Europe and asked all the countries that Iraq owed money to please forgive Iraq's debt. If they do, all the contractors mentioned above will get paid without any problem. Including The Carlyle Group that I work for. Taxpayer's (we/US) pay for the destruction on CREDIT (the deficit has been increased from 5.6 trillion to 7.2 trillion since Bush became Pres.) The contractors that all of the senior people in office have interests in get the contracts to rebuild Iraq. Making millions! It's all about a transfer of money. Bush/Cheney are the masters of converting US tax dollars into profits into their own private interests. That's why Bush could care less about how high he raises the National Debt because he knows after he's gone he's set for life. What you and I are left with after they leave is an astronomical deficit that we could never pay off. Kiss your $40,000.00 that you paid into Social Security goodbye! They just ripped you off :D :D :D ! And your too stupid to see it and they even think that is even funnier than the actual act. My argument is that people ar dying, losing limbs and having their entire lives altered on both sides just so these people can make money. Bush is laughing all the way to the bank and is even being "cocky" about it, he even arrogantly smirks while he is talking about it. But keep buying the "inuendo crap". They want you to keep waving the flag, responding to keywords like "resolve" and "patriotism" meanwhile they are stealing your future. I just hope you guys look at the financial end of this. We are in record deficits again, we have been warned by the IMF that we need to curtail our spending and we could get cutoff. Is Bush's leadership really sending the country in the right direction long-term? If he gets re-elected when he leaves in 2008 the national debt will accrue to 10 Trillion dollars. We went from 0 debt to 5.6 Trillion in 80 YEARS, Bush will have all most doubled that in 8 years! Where will you and I be after he's gone? Foofighter