Duce Lewis

Sorry, I'm not going to read through all those links and try make your case for you But I have to dispute your analysis on the 500 Billion 3 Points loom large - 2011 will mark the start of the retirement of the Baby Boom Generation This will place heavy strain on both Medicare and Social Security One of the main reason Social Security is in trouble is the numbers of retirees will greatly increase and the number of those paying in is decreasing Add to this that Medical Advances are increasing lifespans then benefits have to be paid over longer periods of time These same factors will increase Medicare costs similarly Medicare will likely be even more effected because of Health Care's spiralling costs too (> inflation rate) It will Definately require more money to maintain current Medicare service levels - It doen't matter what John McCain did! How do know when politician is lying? ...when his lips are moving All politicians use the payment language trickery This is Barrack Obama's Bill and he is reponsible for its contents Why is it so hard to admit that he'd play the language game? You do admit that the 10 years taxes/6 years benefits is an attempt to make the Bill appear cheaper? -Either way you call it, the 500 Billion is real money that was planned to be spent If not, it couldn't be transfered to the Healthcare Bill Did you hear anything about a planned 1/2 Trillion Dollar expansion in Medicare Services that had been planned? ...Nope not me Not even our slippery politicians could've snuck that 1 by us Only logical conclusion is that is was to maintain current levels Whatever you call it, the Seniors will have 500 Billion less spent on them than was planned Yikes!!! PBS ...far left! Here's my take on the rest ABC Leftwing CBS Leftwing - lost it's credibility when it tried to use obviously falsified documents to throw the 04 election NBC Far Far Left CNN Leftwing but trying to moderate Fox Rightwing, particulary Hannity and Beck are far right But Fox is the only news source where you'll hear a conservtive speak without 3 liberals drowning him/her out I like their Special Report at 6:00 EST The last 20 min is a panel of 3 commentators They try to get a conservative, moderate, and a liberal The liberal is many times Mara Liason from PBS They all give their points of view and are respectful to each other This is the most informative and beneficial to the viewer You might want to reconsider Fox The nation is, their ratings are steadily increasing at the expense of the others The public must know something Try Shepard Smith at 7:00 EST, he's Center/Left

Well you have the right to dispute stated facts or analysis However you didn't highlight any such of my comments Mostly connecting verbage, light hearted comments, and final conclusions So I picked one to look at: 4-500 Billion in Medicare Cuts 1st it's dangerous to use the internet for fact checking There are a myriad of wesites, of BOTH political bends that distort, twist, and outright lie to sway readers I prefer News Channels as you can gain experience with the commentators Over time you gain a track history on who tells the truth and who'll stretch the truth Ex. When watching pollsters I trust Rasmussen and ignore the LA Times Rasmussen has a proven track record of calling Races close and giving unbiased commentary Final election tallies show the LA Times consistently pads liberal candidates by 3-5% But a-searching I went for written validation Here's a CBS site: http://www.cbsnews.c...846-503544.html CBS is a known quantity and leans left so you can trust it's not some right wing spin site It's dated March 23, 2010, so it's current Tab about 20% down and you will see a bullet stating 500 Billion in Medicare Cuts over 10 years The. healthcare Bills costs are routinely projected over the 1st 10 years Even though benefits will only appear over the final 6 years The 2nd 10 years will therefore be more costly by 67% ...numbers trickery Anyways, the link you provided above doesn't dispute there'll be 500 Billion less spent over thye next 10 years ...they call it "Reduction in Growth of Future Spending" More trickery, with healthcare costs spiralling out of control, does anyone doubt more spending will be required to maintain current healthcare levels? The undisputed fact is 500 Billoion less will be spent over the next 10 years than was planned Some call it cuts while the more artful call it "Reduction in Growth of Future Spending"

Some of you may remenber I have a coworker who was asking me about flight sims He had a Mac and an XBox 360 Well he's got it and has be regaling me with his daily exploits It's cool to have someone to bat the breeze with but sad cause I really can't help him You see in 4 weeks he's gone from Ace Commander to Hawx and now Heroes Single Player Campaign consists of 5 Ground Attack Missions, then 5 Air/Ground Missions, then 5 Air to Air Missions etc You only get to advance if you complete all 5 missions/set successfully I haven't been able to tell him but that seems so monotonous and boring Maybe it's designed for On-line play and there're some redeming qualities there Made me realize how lucky we are with OFF and it's Dynamic Campaign Since I started in P1, I've really concentrated on 3 planes, Se5, DVII, and N.28 And yet after 3 1/2 years it just doesn't get boring! Each campaigni's different and full of varied challenges Great Job Devs

Ditto! And it gets worse! He was explaining to me today how he had 3 mid air collisions yesterday In the same scenario, against the same plane, in the same manuever .Well guess the bright side is if he's happy now, he's gonna be extatic when I figure out how to get him to fly OFF Cool! thanks Al, Catch, Widow! I'll check into it

Thank you zoomzoom, I was a tad nervous when typing that out Thought I might be just leaping into the fray myself Half expected a "Bugger Off You" but it's simmered down nicely here In reality this forum is a very decent lot of chaps We get along 99% of the time but some topics are emotional and the typed word is such a poor conveyer of thought I'll take a stab at that one Flyby But this is only my opinion on the facts ...or on my fantasies I don't think there are many, conservative or liberal that don't think Health Care is in crisis in America Costs have been spiraling up double of inflation for literally decades It's now 1/6 of the economy and there's no stopping in sight It's also putting a severe crimp on US companies Most health care in the US is provided by employers with employees contributing 10-20% Competetion from China/India, etc is really tough and if you add spiralling health care costs, competing gets tougher every year Outsourcing jobs overseas is pandemic But Americans tend to hold to our "rugged individualism" and the majority don't think Gov't Healthcare is the answer There's a lot of eveidence for this Both Tennessee and Massachusetts incorporated healthcare at the state level and they're having serious budget crisis' I personally know severl Canadians that complain that you can't get an MRI for months I won't try to detail your system to you, but we're getting reports that in Europe quality is down, delays are long, and costs are out of control Polls show that America is 20% Liberal, 40% Conservative, & 40% Independent, this makes us a Center/Right Country In general we tend to favor small gov't, low taxes, and letting the people decide what they want to do with their money Ronald Reagan was wildly popular here because he expoused those principles Many ask why will the cost of health care stop increasing or go down simply because the gov't starts paying for it? There's an old national sarcastic line that goes "Yeah, nationalise it and make it as efficient as the Post Office" This is not a universally held believe and since the # of independents is so large, the popular opinion can swing back & forth some Now Barrack Obama gets elected, an extremely charismatic man, but also the man with the most liberal voting record in the Senate ...not a Centrist He promises many things, Change in partisan Washington politics, a new era of Bipartisanship, Televised negotiations on Healthcare Very quickly the reality proved just the opposite All health care negotiations were behind locked doors, no cameras or Republicans allowed Republicans weren't even allowed to offer ammendments to the Bill Democrats were riding high, winning the House of Representatives by about 80 Seats and a 60-40 filibuster proof majority in the Senate They thought they could get everything they wanted and make no compromises Well the Bill turned out to be so liberal, that even some Democrats wouldn't vote for it That's when the back room wheeling dealing started ex. Some States were exempted from new healthcare costs just to get their Senator's vote Most Americans really hated this as; Why should only some pay for the healthcare for all? Even the citizens of those states benefitting hated those deals This Bill claims to save 138 Billion, but it's devoid of any real cost cutting measures It adds 32 million to the healthcare rolls ...simple economics: increase demand, prices go up It adds 4-500 Billion in taxes on employees health care benefits It takes 400 Billion out of Medicare (seniors) with no provision how that will be put back or simply just Medicare service cuts It allows people with pre-existing conditions to sign-up then get immediate treatment There are fines if people don't sign up ahaead of time but the fines are less than they'd pay for healthcare premiums Some of the good Republican ideas that were ignored: - Allow insurance companies to sell policies cross stte lines to increase competition Currently each state sets it's own healthcare standards so there are few options in each state - Legislate Torte Reform (Limiting hugh legal settlements that drive healthcare costs up) Many blame the Doctors and Insurance Companies for spiraling healthcare costs But what's really going on? In many areas, Women can't even find a Obstetrician in their county They've all been driven out of business by hugh malpractice Insurance Costs and the Insurance Companies limiting their payments But are the Insurance Companies really getting rich? A simple look at Wall Street shows top Insurance Companies are typically making 2, 3, 5% profits There is no Hot Tip in the Stock Market to buy Insurnce Company Stock ...there's no profit there! By contrast when oil prices went through the roof a couple years ago, everyone who'd bought oil stocks cleaned up Follow the money, who's getting rich ...the lawyers There's hardly a Doctor, good or bad, who isn't beset by multiple lawsuits In the end, all those costs get passed down to us Here's an expmple of how Torte Reform can work Texas was losing Doctors in their border region at an alarming rate Texas is a conservative state nd instituyted Torte Reform You could still sue for 100% of medical costs and lost wages ...but pain and suffering was limited to $250k max Teaxs reduced their healthcare costs by 40% ...and the Doctors started signing up to practice in Texas at the highest rate in their history Epilogue (you know it's an interminably long post when you have to add an epilogue ) A bad healthcare Bill can be much worse than no healthcare Bill Scrap this monstroucity and start over - with true bipartisanship And why doon't we focus on jobs? A guy with a job doesn't need subsidized healthcare

Somehow I have no trouble imagining you doing this Catch Good un!

Feel free to add any other comments that are helpful Please include the make/model of your FFB Joystick in your responses

We called em 'kick starts' Seemed like such a common practice back then When you're young & poor and can't affors the starter, battery, whatever yet Never seemed like much of an incovenience Just find a hill before you park her

Yes, but can she climb snowbanks for $2k?

Took a while but I finally found a decent pic of a similar Capri They called her "the sexy European" in the ads Mine was White with a 6in Black band round the bottom and a 1in Red Band right above that

There's not really enough info here to see any patterns Only thing that can be said so far is the Logitech Force 3D Pro JS seems to have the best Flight Control FFB Would really appreciate some more input Replies aren't necessary just a vote will help Cheers,

My oldest brother had a Midget ...68ish He used to take me for drives and demo'ed it's handling I remember the feeling that my butt was only a hair's breadth off the pavement Years later, when he got outta the service, we did the same in my Miata, abeit a little higher up

No inflammation there src! If only we all could articulate our points so eloquently ...me included

Why don't we all enjoy the fact that we live in free societies where we can express our opinions without fear of retribution? So many in this world don't have this simple right We've all seen governments beset by partisanship and constant bickering Yet how can we cast judgement on them if we can't maintain a civil discourse ourselves? Not that we shouldn't discuss pertinant issues Active voter participation is at the heart of a successful democracy The key is to debate rather than argue Debate requires thoughtful participation and respect for your opponet That they have as much right to their opinion as you do yours A skilled debater politely answers his opponents questions without filibustering, accusations, or smears He also can propose differing points with the expectation that they'll receive a similar response The listeners (and the debaters) are thus afforded the clearest picture of both points of view Only then can reasonable compromises be worked out Arguing, on the other hand, is only an attempt to squash your opponents viewpoint It invariably only inflames the participants and hardens their points of view Rarely is anything gained by it Take a break Share a brew

Yep, had that one, we probably all did It was advertised day & night on TV Probably more embarassing, I also had a Dastardly & Mutley Board Game too

Everyone should have a Rhinebeck within reasonable driving distance Many a fun day spent there A museum where the artifacts come to life

Rotaries were deadly to the novice But in the hands of an expert they were lethal weapons Seat of your pants flying at the most extreme Trick was gaining that expertise before it killed you

You sure would have loved Dogfight Real simple game so it was easy to learn for youingsters

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Thanks AROTH, thats it http://www.dogfightgame.com/parts.html I used to frustrate my brother by playing so conservatively that he took risks Many a night of enjoyment there ...at least for me

Rex Hannover did a great job cracking the cfs3 code That's why BH&H AI was a big improvement over P2 Website shows he's still working at it so there's good hope that P4 AI will be even better

Having our own engine has been the dream for several years now IIRK, a good flight sim engine costs abot $10k P1 & 2 donations were meager and had to cover operating costs, bandwith, etc BH&H & HitR have added to the pot but how much? ...only the devs know I think it's safe to say P4 will definately be cfs3 based But maybe someday I never played multiplayer but it took a big hit when M$ shut down the cfs3 servers Co-op guys have done a good job on-line though

Yep, have you ever watched someones FRAPS video and found yourself turning your head, trying to make it pan?

I was fanatical about keeping the top down in my Miata too. I used to take it "Bridge Racing" If there were overcast skies, the top stayed down It was always a gamble, but when the raindrops started, so did the race ...for a bridge Proud to say I never got wet!

Good read trebby I remember playing a WWI Aerial Board Game It had 2 squadrons each player, 1 in every corner of the board, but I can't remember the name It was D7's vs Spads and the li'l plastic planes were placed on pedestals when flying Phase 4 is in the works but I remember the Devs mentioning a 2nd Expansion Pack Hopefully it'll bring more bombers and Widow's Snipe Things have been quiet on the development front for quite awhile now Me thinks sumthin's brewing!