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With Ernesto making a visit to PA Saturday and Sunday, what do you think Hyner flying conditions will be like? Is tenting in the rain and wet field worth it?

Marco, how quicky you forget! Unemployment rates were below 4% in 2000. If you look at this Bureau of Labor Statistics graph (http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?data_tool=latest_number s&series_id=LNS14000000) you will see that from 1996 (5.5%), it fell steadily to below 4% in 2...

I like the "let's-get-out-before-we-screw-things-up-worse" option. It is time to stop, as I have said. So Bush has finally agreed with others, because Murtha and others are finally speaking up. Pulling people out of Iraq. As Hugh mentioned, we have to pull people out, because we don't have...

Marco, if you read the article all the way to the end, Congress didn't let Clinton do no-warrent searches, he had to go through FISA. So why should Bush be allowed to do otherwise? -Mike -----Original Message----- From: Marco Zee [mailto:marcoz757@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 4:35 AM ...

What could we possibly have learned from torturing Sadam? He was hiding in a hole. The only possible information we could have gotten was names. We knew those. He couldn't tell us where to find people because they move. There was no HQ to find. We have found weapon caches on our own. What could we h...

There is a big difference between admitting defeat and admitting that we have done all we can with this strategy and it is time to move to the next step. My analogy of beating my head against the wall was supposed to imply that we can not do any more with our military. Staying there and being a targ...

Torture did work very well for Sadam. He always got 100% of the vote. People were afraid to voice their opinions, so he never heard any dissent. I wouldn't be surprised if he wire-tapped peoples phones, so that he could take personal care of any dissenters. It is comforting to know that that kind of...

So Marco, according to you, if I am beating my head against the wall trying to get through, and my head starts to hurt and bleed. If I stop, I am a defeatist? I should keep beating my head against the wall until I either get through or die trying? Some people would consider it smart to stop and try ...

Try what again today Steve? Kill yourself? Please don't! -Mike -----Original Message----- From: stevek [mailto:steven_kinsley@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 9:07 AM To: hg_forum@chgpa.org Subject: Rock Sunday Tim and I flew the Rock. Sleds. Light SW. The launch and all the trees at the t...

If you legalize some forms of torture (allow exemptions in the law) then it is easy to rationalize that you were in one of the exempt cases. If you outlaw ALL torture, then you have to argue each case. Let's take a look at the speed limit. It applies to everyone. If you get caught speeding you will ...

Christian-Fascists have a potential recruiting base of 2.3 Billion (compared to 1.3 Billion Islam - http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html) people who are Christian worldwide. So what. -Mike -----Original Message----- From: Marco Zee [mailto:marcoz757@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, December ...

Now we are comparing Iraq to WW1 and WW2? Rumsfield stated at the outset that this war would last 1 - 2 weeks, and at the outside, no more than 6 months. Now we are comparing this 'conflict' to the largest wars in the world? -Mike -----Original Message----- From: Marco Zee [mailto:marcoz757@aol.com]...

Joe, you need to ammend that first paragraph. A survey of historians have Bush as giving James Buchanan a run for the title of Worst President Ever! Not just worse than Nixon or Agnew, but worse than any president before! (Buchanan through action and inaction and pandering set into play the actions ...

Most suicide terrorists do not know anything about other attacks. They are pawns. Torture won't get anything because there is nothing to get. Let us say that there are circumstances where torture is warranted, such as the mastermind of those said bombings. If torture is allowed and legal, then so be...

GIGO. Garbage In, Garbage Out. If I had been shown just the data that pointed to Sadam having Nukes (and not all the other data that either refuted or questioned the accuracy of that information), then yes, I too would worry about Saddam having Nukes. Since it was the white house that was providing ...

This is from a Watergap club member. A few years ago they had trouble flying on NPS land, and had their launch closed for quite a while. -Mike Balk -----Original Message----- Hi All: Here's one of my favorite quotes from a final rule that the National Park Service published in the 1996 edition of th...

If you keep moisture out of the tube, and it doesn't get hot, then there is no reason not to store your glider in the tube at home. Besides moisture, make sure no rodents can get in, because it is an awesome rodent home: dry, safe, and all the nest building material you could ever want! -Mike -----O...

It is true that winds are often lighter in the LZ than on launch or in the air. Often due to the compression of the ridge, and the gradient of the trees around the LZ. BUT anything can happen. In the middle of the day when thermals are releasing from the LZ, it can be very turbulent, with headwind s...

Others know more than me about wave, but my observations are that fall and winter seem to have more of it. It is usually at Woodstock on stronger days, and often early in the day before heating mixes the air. On a true NW day it probably happens more than we think - it is often there without the tel...

Scott, that will work at the tow park with relatively light winds. Doing 360s at the downwind end of a field will not work at a mountain site where there is usually stronger winds. Imagine doing 360s in a 15 mph wind and trying to stay inside the field. Laps at the end of the field are still figure ...

Yes it happens. I've been in light wave at WS. Flying min sink, and slowly climbing ~ 100 fpm. We had to thermal up to get to the wave. If I remember, the winds weren't too strong (I was flying as slow as possible without worrying about being pushed back). When it is gentle, it doesn't go as high, n...

"The President would be both ashamed and afraid to bring forward for the most distinguished or lucrative stations, candidates who had no other merit than that of coming from the same state to which he particulary belonged, or of being in some way or other personally allied to him, or of possess...

Why did Bush state in a Saturday radio address that his generals have informed him that the Iraqi troops are being trained and ready to take over more responsibilities? Two days earlier his generals were before congress, and Sen. McCain stated that in the spring congress had been told that 3 divisio...

Regarding holding the glider up to get tension on the hang strap, I think there is confusion between lifting the glider up as a 'hooked in' check, then putting it back down on your shoulders to start a normal launch run, versus lifting the glider up and starting the run that way. Consensus (if I may...

I was just at Ellenville a few weeks ago. Day pass is $10 or so. You need to check in with Tony at the white house at the end of the driveway to get the pass. You will also need the combination for the gate at the top. -Mike -----Original Message----- From: XCanytime@aol.com [mailto:XCanytime@aol.co...