USMC850T

Would have been but I got hurt this summer. I was in OCS class 192 and made it 5 of 10 weeks before they found 3 stress fractures in my right leg. There's always next year though.

Does it hurt anyone to talk about it in here?

An administrator changed the name of this topic to jack mehoff, so i can't seriously think that anyone is concerned that a member might open this thread thinking they are about to read about jack mehoff and be dissapointed that we are discussing the Iraq war or UN weapons inspectors. It's not like it came out of the blue either, he said it, i challenged it. He responded, I respond. It's how debate works.

Probably because UN weapons inspectors were looking for them. Oh and developing a bomb doesen't happen overnight, so yes they were working on it during clinton's years. Hell, clinton gave them a freakin reactor under the premise that they would stop trying to develop nuclear technologies.

Ten years ago Iraqi's weren't being kidnapped by terrorists, they were being kidnapped by baathist secret police. Any overt opposition to the party was typically whisked away in the middle of the night never to be seen or heard from again. Same shit different day. Their may not have been IED's or militias, but Baathist Iraq was no paradise either. Saudi Arabia is our ally in the middle east. Hijackers may have come from there but they really pose no threat to us at all. Look at the way they fought to defend themselves during the first gulf war. IMHO Iraq was a far greater threat as a nation whom had a history of trying to develop WMD, sanctions not working, and sanctions expiring. Iraq has been up and down. This ethnic militia / death squad bullshit needs to be squashed immediately. A sizable portion of the resistance in Iraq are not Iraqi's either. The Syrian and Iranian borders are far to pourus, maybe even worse than the US mexican border. I think they need to start putting some 24 hour air patrols on all the problem borders. Anything seen moving across a border, and not passing through an official border checkpoint gets blown the fuck up. Shit, leave the wreckage there so that would be insurgents know whats about to hit them. It's amazing the impression you get from watching CNN or reading the paper about what is happening over there. Personally, I've had the chance to interact with a wide range of Marines who have been over in the sandbox over the past few years. They usually have a far different tale to tell than what the news stories say. Fourth generation warefare, as we are currently engaged in, is quite difficult to win. The insurgency can win by not loosing, and we can lose by not winning. It will certainly be an uphill battle, but it is in no way unwinnable. You'll probably never hear of Hattin, or the success Marines have had in that town. If you care to read about that, search for USMC FMFM 1-A Draft "Fourth Generation War" fmfm stands for fleet Marine field manual - if you can't find it ill send it to you. Speaking in broader terms, I think the war on terror has largely been a success so far. No domestic attacks since 9/11. That works for me. We eliminated the taliban government which allowed / aided terrorist operations on its soil. There may still be some left, but when they come out to fight us, we kill them. Same thing happens in Iraq. Insurgents fight us, we kill them. I would much rather take the fight to our enemies in their playground than let them bring it here.

Please tell me how the war on terror is failing. I'm interested to know...

They sprung it too early to do the damage it could have done. I work on a campaign as an intern for a NY congressman. It hurt us real bad at first, but we've come back to a dead heat as of last week. I think we were a point or three ahead today (not bad for a Republican in NYS).

I don't have time to read all these posts, but I'll just throw this in since i'm a political science major. Jack Abramoff, and his peers are the American political system. Intrest groups, which represent larger segments of the population, drive policy. Lobbyists like Abramoff are simply an extension of these groups. Like it or not, this is the way our system operates.

He's talking about a sequential setup, not just a plain TT setup.

I've done 140 on the local highway- stupid. Actually, retartedly stupid. We have cops and state troopers on our highways, with some clever places to hide. We also have quite a few deer around our area, especially in the places which are condusive to high speed runs. In NY tickets over 95 are a license revoking offense too.

Where do you live that you can go that fast?

I don't think it's possible on an auto with that much power. Slicks or an LSD, yes, not a plain auto with 260wheel though

For what it's worth my best track run was 14.2 @ 97 w/ 2.2 60ft. My best launches were all hovering around 2.3 or so. I would say it would be next to impossible to have a 1.8 sec 60ft without either an LSD or slicks.

Don't try and screw with it just send it back. My zero point would float anywhere from -10" to +4psi, it's a defective batch.

I've never experienced this phenomenon, and trust me my throttle snaps shut at 18 -19 psi alot :)

USMC 850 @ 19 psi, soon to be added 3" downpipe to boot. From what I understand it's extremly difficult to bend rods at mid/high rpms - only at low RPM / high boost is it an issue. Has anyone any experience with an MBC and 3" downpipe, or a good way to keep boost from building too quickly and avert rod bending catastrophes?

When Israel was attacked repeatedly by several nations, namely the majority of the arab world, and time and time kicks the shit out of them, I think that they are entitled to any land they want from their conqured enemies. Also if you remember back a little while in recent history, you will recall that Israel did pull out of Gaza in the fall. They packed up and left an area which they had controlled for 38 years. During this time neither side was willing to budge. Palistinians said they were fighting to expell the jews from the area they claimed was "rightfully" theirs. After 38 years of neither side budging, Israel said ok we'll leave, which in my mind is a really big deal. It is this point in the conflict that the Palistinians true colors shine. Instead of ending the conflict, which this disputed territory was the cause of as they claimed, they decide to launch rockets into Israel proper. There have been more than 1000 rockets sent into Israel since they left Gaza. So much for the territorial dispute, it seems as if Palistine is really set on the total elimination of Israel. And I have to say kidnapping 2 Israeli soldiers is just the icing on the cake for this class act we call palistine. I think kidnapping 2 American soldiers is a better idea than taking 2 Israeli soldiers. Their military has been dealing with these twats for years, and is very experienced and they do not fuck around at all. I really hope they can clean house in "palistine". I have no problem seeing their military operate over their after shit like this happens. It is never a good thing when non combatants die, never. As long as the appropriate steps are taken to make sure colateral loss of life is kept to an absolute minimum, that is all we can ask. For this reason undertaking military operations in an urban setting is extremely difficult, especially when the enemy chooses to mask themselves with the civilian population. OoRah Israel.

Aww come on videos rule. There was a guy I met at OCS who was with the marines from this video http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4...marines+falluja by the way that is an excellent video, without much gore.

Stupid ACLU. That was boring as shit too!

Not worth it, a cruise missle will do the trick though.

Down at OCS we had pretty much zero access to the news, but they stopped a class we were having to tell us about this right after it happened. Twas very motivating news!

What exactly are you referring to?

So it's ok for you to criticize my government and nation, but not for me to criticize yours? Hmm that's kinda strange. Oh wait it's ok because you know more than 80% of Americans do right? Because you read some blog page and everything you read is true right? Wow you are smart, I guess I should have known! Silly ignorant American me! From a Socieoeconomic standpoint, I beg to differ. We have had one of the lowest, if not the lowest, unemployment rates in the G8 for years. Chalk it up to steady GDP/ GNP growth or a lack of a permanent unemployement welfare handout like most G8 nations. From a social standpoint we are vastly different. We are not a welfare state, other G8 nations. We do not have state run health care, higher education, or many other services. Thus we are not taxed for them. I happen to like it that way. If you want to go to college, get a poking job and pay for yourself. I also like the fact that we have no permanent unemployment insurance. Kinda gives a little motivation to find a job, instead of cashing those checks and waiting till you find the perfect job which will fulfill everything missing in your life! I personally believe that privitization is a more efficient way of running things. Thus you can see why I may be inclined to keep health care privatized, along with a number of other things. I guess I just don't agree with the social democratic ideology of many of the G8 nations. If you like it so much, just stay up there. It won't be happening in the US anytime soon. I'd say the arguement boils down to pure ideological differences. No one has ever been persuaded by forum debates, which is why they are more or less futile. Oh yeah I almost forgot: McCain 08

If your government tells you there is a category 5 hurricane coming, and you know you live below sea level, but decide to stay anyways, it's not untrue to say that you bear some responsibility for what happens to you. Hey!! Could be fun right?? If I lived below sea level and knew any hurricane was coming, let alone a cat 5, I would be driving my jerk outta there as fast as possible. If I had no car, I would ride a bus. No bus? You bet I would be walking my jerk to high ground if it took all day and night. As far as comparing economies goes, you need to compare the US to an established industrialized economy. China is undergoing a rapid industrialization right now, which is why they are starting to consume so much more oil. If you think our economy is stagnating, take a look at Germany and France. They have unemployment upwards of 10% and virtually no GDP growth. And if you think our health care system is bad, well you socialist gimmie health care for free cause I deserve it just cause I'm here is total stuff. I've seen first hand the incopentence of some of your doctors, and heard of far worse. Just cause it doesen't cost you anything doesen't mean it's any good. "My concern here, is that for the past 6 years the President has generally done a pretty good job running his office wihout letting the American people have one iota of an idea of what's really going on." I don't really see why it's your concern. Should we cross the border and decide to annex the great white nothing (eerr north, i forget sometimes), then it would become your concern. Your entire whiny ranting post follows pretty closely to the whiny teenage liberal I just heard my professor at school say this so I'm gonna post it so I sound smart and cool stereotype which plauges the internet blogs like a bad rash.

This thing is re poking diculous. I can't wait to see it when it's done!