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really? I knew they had nuclear cruise missiles for that purpose, but torpedoes? seems odd. (I don't know they didn't, just seems odd)

here is another article with another gent's comments added. This really illustrates and explains the media bias as nothing else can. Note how much the right-wing Bush sychophants (that would be Fox) gave to which parties..... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Putting Money Where Mouths Are: Media Donations Favor Dems 100-1 By WILLIAM TATE | Posted Wednesday, July 23, 2008 4:20 PM PT The New York Times' refusal to publish John McCain's rebuttal to Barack Obama's Iraq op-ed may be the most glaring example of liberal media bias this journalist has ever seen. But true proof of widespread media bias requires one to follow an old journalism maxim: Follow the money. Even the Associated Press - no bastion of conservatism - has considered, at least superficially, the media's favoritism for Barack Obama. It's time to revisit media bias. True to form, journalists are defending their bias by saying that one candidate, Obama, is more newsworthy than the other. In other words, there is no media bias. It is we, the hoi polloi, who reveal our bias by questioning the neutrality of these learned professionals in their ivory-towered newsrooms. Big Media applies this rationalization to every argument used to point out bias. "It's not a result of bias," they say. "It's a matter of news judgment." And, like the man who knows his wallet was pickpocketed but can't prove it, the public is left to futilely rage against the injustice of it all. The "newsworthy" argument can be applied to every metric - one-sided imbalances in airtime, story placement, column inches, number of stories, etc. - save one. An analysis of federal records shows that the amount of money journalists contributed so far this election cycle favors Democrats by a 15:1 ratio over Republicans, with $225,563 going to Democrats, only $16,298 to Republicans . Two-hundred thirty-five journalists donated to Democrats, just 20 gave to Republicans - a margin greater than 10-to-1. An even greater disparity, 20-to-1, exists between the number of journalists who donated to Barack Obama and John McCain. Searches for other newsroom categories (reporters, correspondents, news editors, anchors, newspaper editors and publishers) produces 311 donors to Democrats to 30 donors to Republicans, a ratio of just over 10-to-1. In terms of money, $279,266 went to Dems, $20,709 to Republicans, a 14-to-1 ratio. And while the money totals pale in comparison to the $9-million-plus that just one union's PACs have spent to get Obama elected, they are more substantial than the amount that Obama has criticized John McCain for receiving from lobbyists: 96 lobbyists have contributed $95,850 to McCain, while Obama - who says he won't take money from PACs or federal lobbyists - has received $16,223 from 29 lobbyists. A few journalists list their employer as an organization like MSNBC, MSNBC.com or ABC News, or report that they're freelancers for the New York Times, or are journalists for Al Jazeera, CNN Turkey, Deutsche Welle Radio or La Republica of Rome (all contributions to Obama). Most report no employer. They're mainly freelancers. That's because most major news organization have policies that forbid newsroom employees from making political donations. As if to warn their colleagues in the media, MSNBC last summer ran a story on journalists' contributions to political candidates that drew a similar conclusion: "Most of the newsroom checkbooks leaned to the left." The timing of that article was rather curious. Dated June 25, 2007, it appeared during the middle of the summer news doldrums in a non-election year - timing that was sure to minimize its impact among the general public, while still warning newsrooms across the country that such political donations can be checked. In case that was too subtle, MSNBC ran a sidebar story detailing cautionary tales of reporters who lost their jobs or were otherwise negatively impacted because their donations became public. As if to warn their comrades-in-news against putting their money where their mouth is, the report also cautioned that, with the Internet, "it became easier for the blogging public to look up the donors." It went on to detail the ban that most major media organizations have against newsroom employees donating to political campaigns, a ban that raises some obvious First Amendment issues. Whether it's intentional or not, the ban makes it difficult to verify the political leanings of Big Media reporters, editors and producers. There are two logical ways to extrapolate what those leanings are, though. One is the overwhelming nature of the above statistics. Given the pack mentality among journalists and, just like any pack, the tendency to follow the leader - in this case, Big Media - and since Big Media are centered in some of the bluest of blue parts of the country, it is highly likely that the media elite reflect the same, or an even greater, liberal bias. A second is to analyze contributions from folks in the same corporate cultures. That analysis provides some surprising results. The contributions of individuals who reported being employed by major media organizations are listed in the nearby table. The contributions add up to $315,533 to Democrats and $22,656 to Republicans - most of that to Ron Paul, who was supported by many liberals as a stalking horse to John McCain, a la Rush Limbaugh's Operation Chaos with Hillary and Obama. What is truly remarkable about the list is that, discounting contributions to Paul and Rudy Giuliani, who was a favorite son for many folks in the media, the totals look like this: $315,533 to Democrats, $3,150 to Republicans (four individuals who donated to McCain). Let me repeat: $315,533 to Democrats, $3,150 to Republicans - a ratio of 100-to-1. No bias there.

concur with Dave and Jug. This is hyped up beyond belief. Now, when I came off duty with "various stuff" there were two of us coming back with two armed guards outboard of us. No chance to fall asleep. But the article has buried in it, below the tear line by the way for the short version which shows up all across the "unbiased media", the fact that these guys were; going off-duty, in the above ground facility, had already been replaced, and were just waiting for the ride back to main base. They should not have all fallen asleep, but it is way overblown.

yup. for antiship work at the Task Force or Fleet level we would use airplanes to hit the guys and "mission kill" an enemy surface combattant, but the SSN was the preferred platform if we could get him into the area. The saying is "you don't sink ships by letting air into the top, you sink ships by letting water in the bottom" with MK-48's. :yes:

John F Kennedy's policies were very much in line with what Reagan did. More accurately stated, Reagan completed what JFK tried to start - particularly his tax policies. Reagan and his part of the GOP were not by any stretch a fringe element of the party. I don't know where you get that idea, treraser. Well, actually I do know where you get that crazy notion - from the deranged liberal press and the agenda-journalists who write that trash. Yes, there are multiple factions within the GOP just as there are within the DNC. And yes, the GOP in the Northeast is largely made up of the Rockfeller "Democrat Light" wing. Those of US in the conservative wing of the GOP honor Reagan for the sound principles that he brought to DC and used to great effect. He was right on the issues (no pun intended) and only the failure of his successors to adhere to those principles have brought the GOP to its present status of minority and our country to its present peril. Within the DNC the radical left fringe is presently in control of that party as evidenced by the demonization of Democrats who don't adhere to the current, radical party line (Lieberman just being the most obvious, recent example). Obama as a presidential candidate is a deeply flawed candidate who cannot and does not stand up to hard scrutiny. He only does well in tightly controlled situations with a fawning, complicit press. He does poorly in an open, fluid forum which is why he avoids those. He won't be able to avoid those in the actual, general election race and it will become increasingly evident. Mark my words and just wait for the examples to mount up. Of course, McCain is not the greatest of candidates either. So the race of the liliputs............ "Oh my... You should see French and European media on him today! The rock-star is making his tour here and is welcomed as the Messiah Himself!" a great satire (I hope!) in the UK press today. UK Times Editorial on Obama. Funny http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/c...icle4392846.ece He ventured forth to bring light to the world The anointed one's pilgrimage to the Holy Land is a miracle in action - and a blessing to all his faithful followers Gerard Baker And it came to pass, in the eighth year of the reign of the evil Bush the Younger (The Ignorant), when the whole land from the Arabian desert to the shores of the Great Lakes had been laid barren, that a Child appeared in the wilderness. The Child was blessed in looks and intellect. Scion of a simple family, offspring of a miraculous union, grandson of a typical white person and an African peasant. And yea, as he grew, the Child walked in the path of righteousness, with only the occasional detour into the odd weed and a little blow. When he was twelve years old, they found him in the temple in the City of Chicago, arguing the finer points of community organisation with the Prophet Jeremiah and the Elders. And the Elders were astonished at what they heard and said among themselves: "Verily, who is this Child that he opens our hearts and minds to the audacity of hope?" In the great Battles of Caucus and Primary he smote the conniving Hillary, wife of the deposed King Bill the Priapic and their barbarian hordes of Working Class Whites. And so it was, in the fullness of time, before the harvest month of the appointed year, the Child ventured forth - for the first time - to bring the light unto all the world. He travelled fleet of foot and light of camel, with a small retinue that consisted only of his loyal disciples from the tribe of the Media. He ventured first to the land of the Hindu Kush, where the Taleban had harboured the viper of al-Qaeda in their bosom, raining terror on all the world. And the Child spake and the tribes of Nato immediately loosed the Caveats that had previously bound them. And in the great battle that ensued the forces of the light were triumphant. For as long as the Child stood with his arms raised aloft, the enemy suffered great blows and the threat of terror was no more. From there he went forth to Mesopotamia where he was received by the great ruler al-Maliki, and al-Maliki spake unto him and blessed his Sixteen Month Troop Withdrawal Plan even as the imperial warrior Petraeus tried to destroy it. And lo, in Mesopotamia, a miracle occurred. Even though the Great Surge of Armour that the evil Bush had ordered had been a terrible mistake, a waste of vital military resources and doomed to end in disaster, the Child's very presence suddenly brought forth a great victory for the forces of the light. And the Persians, who saw all this and were greatly fearful, longed to speak with the Child and saw that the Child was the bringer of peace. At the mention of his name they quickly laid aside their intrigues and beat their uranium swords into civil nuclear energy ploughshares. From there the Child went up to the city of Jerusalem, and entered through the gate seated on an ass. The crowds of network anchors who had followed him from afar cheered "Hosanna" and waved great palm fronds and strewed them at his feet. In Jerusalem and in surrounding Palestine, the Child spake to the Hebrews and the Arabs, as the Scripture had foretold. And in an instant, the lion lay down with the lamb, and the Israelites and Ishmaelites ended their long enmity and lived for ever after in peace. As word spread throughout the land about the Child's wondrous works, peoples from all over flocked to hear him; Hittites and Abbasids; Obamacons and McCainiacs; Cameroonians and Blairites. And they told of strange and wondrous things that greeted the news of the Child's journey. Around the world, global temperatures began to decline, and the ocean levels fell and the great warming was over. The Great Prophet Algore of Nobel and Oscar, who many had believed was the anointed one, smiled and told his followers that the Child was the one generations had been waiting for. And there were other wonderful signs. In the city of the Street at the Wall, spreads on interbank interest rates dropped like manna from Heaven and rates on credit default swaps fell to the ground as dead birds from the almond tree, and the people who had lived in foreclosure were able to borrow again. Black gold gushed from the ground at prices well below $140 per barrel. In hospitals across the land the sick were cured even though they were uninsured. And all because the Child had pronounced it. And this is the testimony of one who speaks the truth and bears witness to the truth so that you might believe. And he knows it is the truth for he saw it all on CNN and the BBC and in the pages of The New York Times. Then the Child ventured forth from Israel and Palestine and stepped onto the shores of the Old Continent. In the land of Queen Angela of Merkel, vast multitudes gathered to hear his voice, and he preached to them at length. But when he had finished speaking his disciples told him the crowd was hungry, for they had had nothing to eat all the hours they had waited for him. And so the Child told his disciples to fetch some food but all they had was five loaves and a couple of frankfurters. So he took the bread and the frankfurters and blessed them and told his disciples to feed the multitudes. And when all had eaten their fill, the scraps filled twelve baskets. Thence he travelled west to Mount Sarkozy. Even the beauteous Princess Carla of the tribe of the Bruni was struck by awe and she was great in love with the Child, but he was tempted not. On the Seventh Day he walked across the Channel of the Angles to the ancient land of the hooligans. There he was welcomed with open arms by the once great prophet Blair and his successor, Gordon the Leper, and his successor, David the Golden One. And suddenly, with the men appeared the archangel Gabriel and the whole host of the heavenly choir, ranks of cherubim and seraphim, all praising God and singing: "Yes, We Can."

its the training base with the 325th as the "schoolhouse". http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/sys...f-22-deploy.htm crews and planes from there and Langley deployed to Elmendorf when the F-15's were grounded and flew NORAD missions. So the Tyndall squadron could, if needed, fly air defense missions again. Generally its F-15's from Tyndall that fly NORAD missions.

yup. MK-48 with a 650lb torpex warhead, detonated beneath the keel of the unarmored Spruance to create a bubble which breaks the back of the ship. The video skipped so it looks like the ship went down much faster than it probably did. I did hear that it was the old David Ray, don't know for sure. they did the same thing to one of my old ships too.....

yes. Some of us see the world as it is. Some imagine what is not.

permanently assigned at Tyndall and flying NORAD missions.

here is a description of how Obama "interacts with the troops". -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello everyone, As you know I am not a very political person. I just wanted to pass along that Senator Obama came to Bagram Afghanistan for about an hour on his visit to 'The War Zone'. I wanted to share with you what happened. He got off the plane and got into a bullet proof vehicle, got to the area to meet with the Major General (2 Star) who is the commander here at Bagram. As the Soldiers where lined up to shake his hand he blew them off and didn't say a word as he went into the conference room to meet the General. As he finished, the vehicles took him to the ClamShell (pretty much a big top tent that military personnel can play basketball or work out in with weights) so he could take his publicity pictures playing basketball. He again shunned the opportunity to talk to Soldiers to thank them for their service. So really he was just here to make a showing for the American's back home that he is their candidate for President. I think that if you are going to make an effort to come all the way over here you would thank those that are providing the freedom that they are providing for you. I swear we got more thanks from the NBA Basketball Players or the Dallas Cowboy Cheer leaders than from one of the Senators, who wants to be the President of the United States. I just don't understand how anyone would want him to be our Commander-and-Chief. It was almost that he was scared to be around those that provide the freedom for him and our great country. If this is blunt and to the point I am sorry but I wanted you all to know what kind of caliber of person he really is. What you see in the news is all fake. In service, CPT Jeffrey S. Porter Battle Captain TF Wasatch American Soldier

wow. a warmonger!! a cause for war? Bears used to fly to Cuba routinely, but they weren't strike Bears. So far as I am aware, the current flap was caused by a statement by a Russian that they might resume those flights to Cuba, not base a strike regiment with nukes in Cuba. (I might be wrong on that point but I have not seen any article that claimed that) interesting that the lefty is advocating pre-emptive war while the professional air defense guy is saying "so what?"

I'm not! I'm all for it! That's what great about this sim and this crowd! he did ask what the feasibility would have been.

"Fire departments? are you totally nuts? " actually there are quite a few contracted out, and ambulance services, power companies, water utilities, prisons, etc. Most of the air tankers for forestfire fighting is contracted out. I would say your response illustrates precisely that difference between collectivist/liberals and free-market/conservatives. We think, you feel and respond with a predictable emotional response that ignores realities. "What the hell would happen there? " the fires get put out. "fire companies not responding to calls because there's no obligation to " obligation is there. The billing to the municple, county or state agency gets resolved later. So far as not responding, that actually happens sometimes with City fire depts not responding to fires outside of city limits, as in "no obligation to" and not covered by county taxes...... "Would they hand a bill to someone whose house just burned down?" typical emotional response. Obviously not if they didn't put the fire out! "No, not everything. Thats a blatant distortion." well then it is up to you to define the limits, isn't it? As I said earlier, that is what defines the difference between us. "Public sector puts people first That heading sums it all up, and circles back to what I said earlier. The problem is money has become more important than people." the problem with that is; it is the public sector that all to often does not put "the people first" because its all about their budgets and growing departments. People come last. Just go to any DMV..... In private enterprise people do come first - as in the customer. No satisfied customer, no money. No money, no profit for the stockholders. by the way, in your semi-hysterical anti-capitalist rhetoric - what investment portfolio do you have? Where do you think those mutual funds, stock investments, banks for savings deposits, etc.; comes from? markets work fine when the anti-capitalist collectivists in the various governments let them and do not interfere with them for their own political exploitation. The power grid problems in California and our current high energy costs are outstanding examples of the results of such interference by economically illiterate anti-capitalist politicians (who are predominantly, although sadly not exclusively, in one particular party) "quoting eraser----> "And of all things, I'm going into law" cool. I will respect your viewpoint far more if you take a pledge, and actually follow through, with staying in the Public Defenders Office or DA. No private practice there. If you are going to be consistent then you have to advocate for full public funding and pay scales for ALL lawyers since we obviously cannot trust private practice lawyers with having any concern for their clients, its all just about money after all, and everyone has the RIGHT to legal representation..... "the problem lies with the practices of HMOs preventing people from getting care and coverage for their benefit. Anyone would be on that side after having been through their ****" two members of my immediate family have been taken care of, and their lives saved (one just two weeks ago), by private ambulances contracted to the county, by private hospitals, by free-market HMOs, and individual doctors working within their private health network and hospitals. So don't try shoveling that garbage in my direction. Out.

didn't mean to imply that I actually know the details, or am on that team. Just my impression.

I am ALWAYS an advocate of competition!

"The government running certain industries isn't totally absurd, and not in a communism seizure type way like that is. Essential services need to have the government doing it to ensure access and availability. Can you imagine the fire department or police being privately owned and operated on the basis of profit? We've had the healthcare discussion already." that underscores the essential difference between the left and the right, where the left thinks everything should be taken over incrementally by the government, with themselves of course in charge, and the right believing fundamentally in free market private enterprise. (Notice that I did NOT say Democrat and Republican) And yes, many essential services can and are contracted out to private enterprise in competitive bids. That results in two key things happening where that occurs; 1. The services are provided at the lowest cost per stated performance standard. 2. the winner pays taxes INTO the treasury rather than a government branch taking funds OUT OF the treasury. wherever that can be accomplished, the community is better off. and Healthcare absolutely is and should remain a private enterprise area where doctors in private practice are able to provide the best services in a competitive environment. (I will believe otherwise when all Lawyers are federalized and put on a set, government salary...........) I absolutely can believe in fire departments being bid out, ambulance services, etc. Police - no. that is and should absolutely remain a governmental responsibility to provide sworn officers. but beyond that, private security firms pick up a lot of those services. we will remain on opposite sides of that argument. nuff said. closed.

I know there is in the A-6, not sure if there is one in the F-14.

need a little more data. Can you post your campaign ini, campaign data and which terrain you are using? crash bringing up a campaign or single mission? menu? etc., etc., etc.

it might be nice to have a spreadsheet that people can list what their projects are just to avoid duplication. But at the team level many of the modders already belong to multiple teams. So most of those teams kinda already know what is being worked on by everyone. That is why, for example, you don't see me posting any Hornet mods or new updates to the Tomcat........

my understanding is that the DS mod is being built for WOE/V/SF (not WOI) and waiting to integrate the latest patch to those before being released.

select "unlimited" on the supply!!

uh, yes it is possible. update: I see cesar has already filled in those details. concur, sadly......

what - you want accuracy? or great box office? have to make up your mind.... its like "cheaper, better, faster - pick any two"

as a "what if", sure. I'm just saying that realistically it was about half as big as the smallest carrier that ever attempted to operate jet aircraft using catapult and arresting gear. So for the smallest, slowest attack jet that you can find - like the A-4 but not limited to that, use whatever, pardon the expresssion, floats your boat. more realistically, use a Harrier, Forger, prop planes and helos.