Acidus wrote:
Forget fireworks. Forget singing the national anthem. I spent the 4th of July watching Chuck Norris films.

Yes...that was awesome....Chuck Norris is my hero. And in honor of that, here are "Chucks Favorites" from www.chucknorrisfacts.com. I especially like the second and third.

# When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night, he checks his closet for Chuck Norris.

# Chuck Norris doesn't read books. He stares them down until he gets the information he wants.

# There is no theory of evolution. Just a list of creatures Chuck Norris has allowed to live.

# Outer space exists because it's afraid to be on the same planet with Chuck Norris.

# Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits.

#

Chuck Norris is currently suing NBC, claiming Law and Order are trademarked names for his left and right legs.
# Chuck Norris is the reason why Waldo is hiding.

# Chuck Norris counted to infinity - twice.

# There is no chin behind Chuck Norris’ beard. There is only another fist.

# When Chuck Norris does a pushup, he isn’t lifting himself up, he’s pushing the Earth down.

# Chuck Norris is so fast, he can run around the world and punch himself in the back of the head.

# Chuck Norris’ hand is the only hand that can beat a Royal Flush.

# Chuck Norris can lead a horse to water AND make it drink.

# Chuck Norris doesn’t wear a watch, HE decides what time it is.

# Chuck Norris gave Mona Lisa that smile.

# Chuck Norris can slam a revolving door.

# Chuck Norris does not get frostbite. Chuck Norris bites frost

# Remember the Soviet Union? They decided to quit after watching a DeltaForce marathon on Satellite TV.

# Contrary to popular belief, America is not a democracy, it is a Chucktatorship.

RE: 4th of July

Billy got married on Sunday. The wedding was wonderful and several of us had the honor of witnessing the beautiful event.

Billy and Jill tie the knot

Rattle wrote:
] ] Government experts are investigating a claim that an
] ] unarmed nuclear bomb, lost off the Georgia coast at the
] ] height of the Cold War, might have been found, an Air
] ] Force spokesman said Monday.
] ]
] ] The hydrogen bomb was lost in the Atlantic Ocean in 1958
] ] following a collision of a B-47 bomber and an F-86
] ] fighter.
]
] And to think treasure hunters have been focusing all their
] attention on the Caribbean.
]
] ] The United States lost 11 nuclear bombs in accidents
] ] during the Cold War that were never recovered, according
] ] to the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank.
]
] Collect em' all!

How the hell do you just fucking "lose" a bloody NUKE.......its not like a contact or something....it doesn't blend well with its environment....sheesh

RE: CNN.com - Lost nuclear bomb possibly found - Sep 13, 2004

Elonka wrote:
] I am appalled at the way prisoners were treated, as seen in
] these photos. There is no excuse for these actions, there is
] no spin, this is just plain wrong. My only hope is that this
] is an aberration, and *not* the way that prisoners across the
] country are being treated.
]
] If this *is* the way that my country is treating the enemy,
] then I will withdraw my support for the war. If these kinds
] of incidents are widespread, then I say get us out *now*. It
] would be better to let the Iraqis endure the anarchy that
] would follow, and deal with their own problems (or not), than
] to see American soldiers commit further atrocities of this
] nature. It's bad enough hearing the death toll rise. But in
] combination with seeing our soldiers torture and humiliate
] prisoners? No, that's too far. I supported this war to
] liberate Iraq from a ruthless dictator and to make life
] *better* for Iraqis -- not to inflict further humiliation of
] this type from American hands.

Well said Elonka - Nano

RE: The Abu Ghraib Prison Photos

So, I don't know about any one else, but nothing in this memo screams that on 9/11, four planes would be hijacked and used as bombs. I mean, its not really that suprising that our gov had some sort of information that some sort of terrorist attack on US soil was being planned. I am glad that they knew that something was coming....it means that we are not *completely* blind to people plotting against us. But I dont think that anyone reading this memo would be able to stop what happened on 9/11. As much as I don't like Bush, I have to say that not even the person holding the most powerful position in our government can stop *all* evildoing....regardless of whether that person be a Dem., a Republican, or anything else. Just because they knew that something was up, doesn't mean they knew the details or could guess the details. Hindsight is 20/20.

Declassified Memo pre-9/11

] Bored Boy Behind President Gets Nationwide Attention

awesome.

Bored Boy Behind President Gets Nationwide Attention

] Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has accused Osama
] bin Laden's top deputy of taunting him and vowed to press
] on with an offensive against al Qaeda, saying, "I want to
] eliminate all of them."

Do not taunt happy fun ball.

CNN.com - Musharraf: Al Qaeda is taunting me

] French and German intelligence officers who spoke to
] United Press International on condition their names not
] be revealed say, "the Madrid attacks are far too
] sophisticated to be the work of ETA. There was too much
] logistics involved for this to be the work of ETA."

United Press International: Madrid bombings carry al-Qaida hallmark

] The Arabic newspaper Al-Quds al-Arabi said Thursday it
] had received a claim of responsibility for the Madrid
] train bombings issued in the name of al Qaeda.
]
] The five-page e-mail claim, signed by the shadowy Brigade
] of Abu Hafs al-Masri, was received at the paper's London
] offices. It said the brigade's "death squad" had
] penetrated "one of the pillars of the crusade alliance,
] Spain."
]
] "This is part of settling old accounts with Spain, the
] crusader, and America's ally in its war against Islam,"
] the claim said.

Al Q claims responsiblity (meanwhile the UN is busy condeming ETA for the bombings)

] "We bring the good news to Muslims of the world that the
] expected 'Winds of Black Death' strike against America is
] now in its final stage ... 90 percent (ready) and God
] willing near," the letter said.
]
] The letter, signed by the Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigades that
] said it was part of al-Qaida, was sent to the
] London-based al-Quds al-Arabi newspaper. A copy of the
] letter was faxed to Reuters in Dubai.

BTW, the same guys that just claimed responsiblity for bombing Spain issued a threat to the U.S. today.

Purported al-Qaida letter says strike on U.S. near