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That's only 5, panther.

I'm not contending that we weren't. Of course we were. No one knew if the bombs would work since no one had ever used them before. Plans are contingencies to deal with future possibilities. In this case, we didn't need them. If you want to get in the last word just to say you did, go for...

You are dealing in total speculation. Ultimately, it wasn't the joint chiefs' decision. It was Truman's.

Ruth, Gehrig, Williams, Foxx, DiMaggio & Bonds* would be my guesses. Gotta think big power guys who could still hit for average, no? * with the aid of performance-enhancing *****

The Japanese knew that they had no chance to fight a 2-front war and, because they were hoping to use Russia as an intermediary in possible peace negotiations, once the USSR declared war, that option was off the table. "Major role"? From a strategic standpoint I would agree. From a realistic...

Agree 100% on all counts. Great post.

^ I just disagree with your assessment of Allied capabilities in the fall of 1939. They simply were not prepared. Hitler bluffed them at Munich and left them flat-footed. For France, the lack of preparation led directly to it's swift conquest a few short months later. I agree that Stalin...

Ptooey!! A pox on you! :mad:

To quote Denzel Washington's character Alonzo Harris from Training Day, "It ain't what you know, it's what you can prove". The Pats got caught and, as D-rock said, Brady lied, tried to cover it up and made it that much worse. Belichick should be suspended as well since precedent was set with...

You are correct....the French attitude was a WWI outlook that failed to sense the difference this time around. Truth is, the French army only had 20 divisions that were even classified as regular army when the war broke out. They had 60 irregular divisions who were not even mobilized. I don't...

Apology accepted. Having better equipment doesn't necessarily mean you can mount a successful invasion of another country. There are tremendous logistical obstacles to overcome to put an attacking army in position to assure its success. England didn't even have any military presence on the...

I also find it hard to believe that Belichick didn't know about it. He's a notorious micro-manager so how could something like this have been going on without his knowledge? Highly unlikely.

Classy. I compliment you on your Victory Day and you respond my slinging a sarcastic insult at me? I majored in history in college and can recite most of this stuff by rote so keep your smartass comments to yourself, OK? If I didn't know what I was talking about I wouldn't make any pretenses...

The Pats have been proven to be cheaters on two occasions. Makes one wonder how many other times they got away with it and didn't get caught. That said, there's a fine line between cheating and gamesmanship. In baseball, any chance to bend the rules to get an edge is considered normal...

Poland was vanquished in 3 weeks via Blitzkrieg. The world had never seen a rapid-deployment ***** strike with such ***** and speed before so one can hardly have expected France or, especially England, to have declared war, mobilized their ******, moved them into position on the Maginot Line...

Back on point here. Tragically, Two police officers are dead as the result of a ********* act by someone who, according to the article, appears to be mentally impaired. Not justifying it by any stretch but, if this is so, the mitigating circumstances here make this a lot different situation...

I understand. Problem is, no fucking way can I root for the Blackhawks. Never, never, ever. Doesn't mean I don't respect 'em....I do. I just despise them....probably driven by jealousy I'll admit but so what? I still can't stand 'em.

I do it as a matter of course because, for whatever reason, restaurants consistently overfill the pepper shakers to the point that none of the pepper ever comes out no matter how hard you shake the fuckin' thing!! Why do they do that??? :mad: I do too (my grits as well for that matter) but I...

Whee!! Duck and Hawks in the Western finals. Only thing that could be worse is Kings and Hawks. I'm rooting like hell for whoever comes out of the East.

Thanks for the rep!

He is in the HOF. One of the original inductees if I'm not mistaken.

Speaker it is! What a fantastic player he was and, even though he is in the HOF, underrated in my book. Look up his stats and you'll be amazed. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/speaktr01.shtml

A proctologist who, between appointments, was out at the reception desk of his office when the UPS driver arrived with a package for him. After taking the delivery, the doctor was asked to sign for it whereupon realizing that he had only a rectal probe in this shirt pocket he lamented, "Damn...

Not Ripken. Hint: He played pre-1950.

Who holds the major-league record for career doubles with 792?

Ahhh....that's a big hint since you're a Bum fan. Gotta be Jimmy Rollins. And I'm guessing the switch-hitting pitcher is Vida Blue. To be fair, there was some reference to him in an earlier question about so....:dunno:

Habs aren't done yet!

Congratulations to the Soviet Uni....er, I mean Russia....for single-handedly defeating the Germans in World War II. :rolleyes: The article from The Nation is seriously biased. Consider this excerpt: If by using the phrase "did far more", the author means they sacrificed more lives, that is...

Yep. 475 of them.

You had to remind me. Thanks. :mad: Who holds the all-time career HR record for the Pirates? :dunno:

Yeah, considering that Elvis died in 1977, seeing him in concert in Vegas in the 80s would have been one helluva show!

It ain't pleasant duty but just a regular ol' plunger with a rubber flange seal almost always does the trick. Usually, the clog is in your p-trap so it will work 90% of the time. If not, the clog may be further downstream on your drain line and if it is a significant enough of a blockage you...

^ Good one! Love religious humor. Here's a Jewish joke with a Freeones twist: A Rabbi is walking slowly out of the Temple Beth El in New Jersey when a gust of wind blows his hat down the street. He is an old man with a cane and can't walk fast enough to catch his hat. Across the street our...

Yeah....feller's answers are usually have some Bostonian spin to them so....probably correct I'd say.

PLEASE don't tell me that after the way you guys played against us that you're going down against Chicago without so much as a whimper, Scott. :facepalm:

Well even though there's already a joke thread elsewhere, I'll play your silly game, BC. A salesman is ******** at a bar while his wife thinks he's off to see a client. He proceeds to get totally blotto and ends up ****** on himself. Thoroughly embarrassed and desperate, he seeks advice from...

No harm, no foul, amigo. We're good. :thumbsup:

You mean the nervous hospital?? :1orglaugh I need to get more active with repping people who don't deserve it or something because it seems like the Freeones rep police are never going to allow me to send any rep your way again! Classic!! :clap: "I shore do hope that Vaughn feller's got...

It's good that she's running. The pubs need to get a better visage féminin than Wasilla Sarah and "Rapture" Michelle. At least Fiorina has been a chief executive of something....even though her record while at the helm at HP can definitely be criticized. She'd better not be hoping for many...

I'd be more worried about the actions of the Texas State Guard than I would the US special ****** that are conducting the exercises. Look....if the Pentagon decides they are going to "invade" Texas, they won't be issuing any press releases like this one through the US Army Special Operations...

Oh that's a very short walk for him. He's been an fanatical right-wing evangelical Mike Huckabee supporter for a long time.

Wow. Dude just comes off here as smug.

No FEMA connection at all. Besides, WTF? How was I being "snarky" or treating you with any disrespect? You know I love you, rev!! :wtf: :drawheart:

This isn't FEMA. It's the US Military. Maybe they aren't to be trusted either so let's close up Fort Hood, Fort Bliss, Fort Sam Houston, all the AFBs and NAS facilities....and all the jobs that go with them.

Man! No clue. How about a hint?

I posted this yesterday in another thread. Great commentary in Sunday's Houston Chronicle by columnist Lisa Falkenberg: http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news...ia-6238575.php Some of the people in this state are absolutely bat-**** crazy. Unfortunately, many of them are running our state...

Do you have a reading comprehension problem? Please show me in what context I declared that I was or would be "cheering these people on" under any circumstances? Personally, I have no use for either right-wing **** groups or fanatical Muslim lunatics so please don't make suppositions about...

Look pal....bottom line is that you should expect to reap what you sow so anyone who is surprised or outraged by what happened is just kidding themselves. I reiterate, I in no way defend what these Muslim pricks tried to do but I can thoroughly understand the provocation. If you can't...

Ahhh....but that ***** cuts both ways, my west coast friend. People who are offended by what you may have to say have a right to respond in kind (although, admittedly, not in this fashion whatsoever). Just like you're not allowed the right to yell "fire!" in a crowded theater, I think you need...

Well, obviously you can say whatever you wish. Nobody from the idiot **** group that staged this insipid and pointless contest was arrested. However, just because you have "free speech" doesn't mean there aren't potential ramifications for said same. I'm not at all defending the actions of...