Barihawk

The Badger is in Rome. Piffle or no?

Who shot JFK. Seriously, the first thing I am asking St. Peter after i die.

It does not matter if you agree with a law or not. You are still required to follow it. Otherwise, you would get a whole lot of "Oh gee, marijauna is illegal! I think that is BS. Let's go smoke some pot."

In his defense, most of the pictures were taken in the capital. That's pretty much as GOOD as it gets over there.

For those of you who have heard of Half Life 2, it almost looks like City 17. http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/sh ... hp?t=82755 Russian photographer managed to sneak photos. There's pictures on at least the first 3 pages. The hotel was amazing. Their economy sucks so bad that they can't finish building a hotel that huge 15 years ago, but they can waste all this money on nuclear research...

I'd say alternator, since the slamming of the hood had an effect. I hope it's the battery, since those are not too expensive. A new alternator would run $600 bucks.

Hope for your sake you didn't send that email, and in that case you better not be over 18. The CIA was not involved. Only the US Treasury Department and the FBI (Secret Service is part of the Treasury). And what the girl did WAS NOT COVERED BY FREEDOM OF SPEECH!!! Anytime someone says that in this thread, I lose faith in education. Freedom of Speech is not absolute, even it has limitations that have existed for 230 years. You have a right to hate the President, but you do not have the right to shout "Fire!" in a crowded building. Over the past 143 years, almost 4000 people have been arrested and put in Federal Prison for threatening the President with death. Why don't any of those make the news? Simple, because this article's sole purpose is to make the Secret Service look bad.

How were they mean? If my kid were to threated a schoolmate with death, I would spank his buns into tomorrow! Along those lines of reasoning, the Secret Service giving a nice little lecture to a girl for posting a death threat is actually very nice. Mean would have been if they kicked down the door to the classroom, run in with gun's ready, stepped on her neck to immobilize her while they cuffed her, beating her to the point of death to extract a confession, then putting her in jail without trial for the rest of her life. They really only gave her a warning, that's nice. They could have pressed charges and she would be hammering rocks for 5 years in Leavenworth with the rest of the people who make death threats against the President.

The pets and helpers is bound to happen. According to the Posts from the Hedge, we are looking forward to Yanillian Hawks to hatch from our bird eggs.

According to the Debt Clock, we are both wrong. As of 3 days ago, the US National Debt was 8 trillion. Clinton only managed to keep the books even for 1 year. That means, we managed to keep from adding to the debt. Which is amazing, since that is a sign that we totally did not spend money on anything that year. Considering the nation's history, 229 out of 230 years have contributed to the debt. I do believe that in today's currency, Abe Lincoln and FDR were the Presidents with the largest debt accumulations in thier term. And why we are getting political commentary from a science blog, I dont know. Bush only has 2 years left, and if he did anything truly fascist I would be the first in line to oppose him. The only thing wrong with Bush is that he is a Republican acting like a Democrat with religious ideals. Which is just plain odd.

It's called the FBI Computer Crimes Division. Unlike what most "Elite Hackers" might say, these guys can do anything. And they don't troll Myspace, they rely on tips. And when it comes to "death threats", they take them very seriously. And the Computer Crimes Act allows them to search IP's without permision. After all, if some guy with kiddie pornography gets caught, do they ask him for permission to get his IP? Four American Presidents have been assassinated since the Secret Service was formed. All four of them by people who were described as being completely harmless by friends, family, and co-workers. Not to mention, the Law does not revolve around the guilty's personal schedule. People who post like this make me sick. Everyone in the world seems to act like a political scientist. I've said it once, and I will say it again: BUSH IS NOT THE REASON THIS HAS HAPPENED! THERE HAS BEEN A LAW AGAINST WHAT THE GIRL DID FOR 143 YEARS! She was not punished. The article even says that the Secret Service told her and her mother that they were not going to press charges. It was a quick 15 minute interview with her to establish her as the one who really posted it, and then a quick lecture on what is protected by the 1st Amendment (her anti-war sentiment) or what is not (threatening the President). For arrests? No. But the girl was not arrested. The Secret Service just had a talk with her. They were not pressing charges nor did they lock her in a cell and beat the hell out of her. And her mother more than likely gave them permission to talk to her. It's called "the author is trying to make the Secret Service look bad because they questioned a little girl with a heart on her backpack." This is why I never trust the media and do research into EVERYTHING. Just a typical spin-doctoring.

What are you going on about? That whole rant makes sense if you were talking about deloriagod's comment, but I am saying that if you refuse to punish a girl for breaking the law because she might cry that you are wrong.

Girls deserve discipline as much as guys, but there's no reason to yell at them. From my experience, girls express their emotions more physically then guys. When girls are sad they cry, guys don't do that as often. When they're happy they show it through various ways, guys tend to show it in fewer ways. Judging from that statement, you are going to make a horrible father someday. The Secret Service makes seditious punks and tax evaders cry too.

I hate the president. Should the secret service come question me? No. You have the right to hate someone. But to threaten to kill them is not a right.

So you're saying people deserve to be yelled at/thrown in jail for expressing their political views? She wasn't making a death threat against him, only expressing what she felt (or being that she was young, what her parents felt). Communism ftw? It was seen as sedition. If I posted a picture of you with me photoshopped in shoving a screwdriver through your head, would you just say "that's your just opinion?" As I stated before, an act like this is not protected under free speech. I find it ironic that the majority of people saying "I have a right to Free Speech!" have no idea how the 1st Amendment works. And that last sentence was to all of America, not you.

Try $14 trillion, bud. A nation that isn't in debt probably has a dictator in charge. The fun thing is, if we ever paid off all that debt, the value of currency worldwide would plummet and all nations would go back into debt. Over $8 trillion of our debt is owned by foreign nations :P. And Bush probably was not the mastermind behind this. I know that our State's senators have been going after the prohibition of online gambling for 10 years now. Fourty-eight interest groups have worked for years to get this legislation passed. It was not "snuck" in. Unlike most pork, they actually stated on the floor the provision of the bill that banned gambling online. All the senators and representatives knew what they were voting on.

^^ The same laws apply to 14 year olds as it does anyone else. And with so many matters to investigate (not only protecting the president, but as officers of the Treasury of the United States), the Secret Service probably did not have time to wait a few hours.

It's not like every politician in a democratic or parliamentary state in the world has not put a completely unrelated proposition into a bill. At least this is useful, unlike when a senator gets 4 million dollars for "civil improvements" to build a statue in his consituencies from a bill designed for roadway improvements. It's called "Pork" and it's been around for hundreds of years. No problem with unrelated issues being dealt with in the same bill. But in that case, it's a way to make voting against the bill an unpatriotic thing to do, using this shortcut, they can make virtually any bill pass the senate. :| Not the first time that's happened. In fact, over 75% of Pork gets passed for that very reason. Once again, nothing new here. Do I agree with it? Not particularly, but in this case I have no love for gambling.

You are misinformed. This has been illegal now for 143 years, since the assassination of President Lincoln. The Secret Service takes EVERY death threat against the President seriously, no matter who it is. And death threats (even ones meant as jokes) are NOT protected by the first amendment. Oh, and to the people who say "Its a 14 year old girl!" Who's to say that you are you on the internet? I could just as easily go into a chatroom and say I am 13 or 30. The article makes it sound so much worse than it did. They probably interviewed her to know that it was her who posted it and not someone else, then lectured her on federal law. I really doubt charges would be pressed. It was just a routine follow-up.

It's not like every politician in a democratic or parliamentary state in the world has not put a completely unrelated proposition into a bill. At least this is useful, unlike when a senator gets 4 million dollars for "civil improvements" to build a statue in his consituencies from a bill designed for roadway improvements. It's called "Pork" and it's been around for hundreds of years.

One of my eyebrows is thinner than the other. With my massive metabolism, I end up having to shave the thing every couple of weeks. What's fun is when I miss and then the big eyebrow is thinner than the thin one :P.

3 c. chicken (baked) (3 lb. fryer) 1 can cream of chicken soup 1 (8 oz.) container sour cream 4 oz. melted butter 1 1/2 c. crumbled Ritz crackers 1 tbsp. poppyseed In 1 1/2 quart shallow baking dish, arrange chicken. Blend soup and sour cream; pour over chicken. Combine butter, cracker crumbs and poppyseed, sprinkle over all. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until hot. Serves 4.

That's a completely different piece of paper :P.

step away from the computer and go outsidewhats up with you? she is hot. Or are you just not attracted to girls yet? :oops: Maybe to real girls? Not cartoonishly distorted pixellated ones? there There shouldn't be any difference unless you're visually impaired somehow. I have never met a girl without a nose and whose eyebrows magically appeared behind her bangs. I should mention that I am at the stage of life where I am looking for a wife, and I don't plan on marrying a peice of paper.

step away from the computer and go outsidewhats up with you? she is hot. Or are you just not attracted to girls yet? :oops: Maybe to real girls? Not cartoonishly distorted pixellated ones?