Thursday February 16, 2012

WhiteHawk's past comments

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    WhiteHawk

    I'm sorry yabits, I should have clarified that I was referring to the decisions that were appealed before the Supreme Court, and not every judicial decision she ever made. The resulting misunderstanding is to be expected, especially if you want to see it.

    Better luck next time.

    Posted in: Supreme Court nominee Sotomayor pledges impartial justice if confirmed

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    WhiteHawk

    Sarge:

    It wasn't blabbed to Congress in order to tip off Al Qaeda leaders. Can't have any secrecy, you know.

    Especially around Leahy and Biden!

    Posted in: Calls grow for probe of CIA plan for al-Qaida hits

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    WhiteHawk

    aoto, the pitot tubes are known to ice over too easily, causing you to lose your airspeed indication along with the auto pilot, auto throttles and rudder limit protection.

    Also, according to none other than George Larson, Editor emeritus of Smithsonian Air and Space Magazine:

    This is an account of a discussion I had recently with a maintenance professional who salvages airliner airframes for a living. He has been at it for a while, dba BMI Salvage at Opa Locka Airport in Florida. In the process of stripping parts, he sees things few others are able to see. His observations confirm prior assessments of Airbus structural deficiencies within our flight test and aero structures communities by those who have seen the closely held reports of A3XX-series vertical fin failures.

    His observations: "I have scrapped just about every type of transport aircraft from A-310, A-320, B-747, 727, 737, 707, DC-3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, MD-80, L-188, L1011 and various Martin, Convair and KC-97 aircraft. Over a hundred of them. Airbus products are the flimsiest and most poorly designed as far as airframe structure is concerned by an almost obsession to utilize composite materials.

    I have one A310 vertical fin on the premises from a demonstration I just performed. It was pathetic to see the composite structure shatter as it did, something a Boeing product will not do. The vertical fin along with the composite hinges on rudder and elevators is the worst example of structural use of composites I have ever seen and I am not surprised by the current pictures of rescue crews recovering the complete Vertical fin and rudder assembly at some distance from the crash site. The Airbus line has a history of both multiple rudder losses and a vertical fin and rudder separation from the airframe as was the case in NY with AA.

    Now you can come reply with "yeah, but those weren't A330's", but is Airbus really building this one series right, after years of building their previous planes poorly?

    Moderator: All readers, back on topic please.

    Posted in: Finnair launches A330 service on Osaka route

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    WhiteHawk

    What happened to the hydrogen-fueled Clarity?

    Posted in: Honda president pushes hybrids

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    WhiteHawk

    What about the 60% of her decisions being overturned by the Supreme Court? What is her promise about that? That she won't overturn her previous decisions?

    Posted in: Supreme Court nominee Sotomayor pledges impartial justice if confirmed

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    WhiteHawk

    The program, which never got off the ground

    This is the program Panetta scrapped the minute he heard about it?!?

    Posted in: Calls grow for probe of CIA plan for al-Qaida hits

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    WhiteHawk

    I thought someone, somewhere, had run one of those "facial bone recognition" scans on Demjanjuk and had determined he was, in fact, Ivan the Terrible. Does anyone remember that? It's been a while, probably the 80's.

    Posted in: Demjanjuk faces 27,900 accessory to murder counts

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    WhiteHawk

    yabits:

    Yes, I believe there are many Republicans who actually keep track of these things, which, in intellectual relevance, rank somewhere with the ruminations of Junior Sample on Hee Haw, and the "pre-fight" wisdom of Stone Cold Steve Austin.

    Is that "yes, I accept the challenge" or "yes, you're right WhiteHawk, I don't actually know the difference"? After the word "yes", you devolved into another attempt at insults, so your answer is not clear. Reading between the lines, it appears you're trying to bark loudly while retreating. Again.

    Posted in: Palin says she's not leaving politics

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    WhiteHawk

    yabits:

    The trick is to see who can appeal most to the most ignorant, misinformed knuckle-draggers out there...

    Your side beat us to that. Congrats on promoting a three-month senator to the most powerful office in the (soon not to be) free world.

    You want ignorance? How about if I post a list of quotes, some by Sarah Palin and some by Tina Fey imitating Sarah Palin, and see how many Palin-haters on JT can pick out who said what?

    Posted in: Palin says she's not leaving politics

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    WhiteHawk

    goodDonkey:

    Sandy Berger stole files and tried to cover up that fact.

    Thank you for that.

    So Molenir and WhiteHawk don't care if politicians break the law?

    Of course I do, regardless of party affiliation.

    So I ask WhiteHawk and Molenir an unspecific question first. Do they want to investigate and prosecute politicians who are violating the public trust? I will answer the question for myself. Yes, regardless of whether they are Democrat or Republican.

    It would appear that WhiteHawk and Molenir have already answered the question. They want Berger and Pelosi to be prosecuted but the want Cheney to remain above the law.

    No, I just want the investigation to precede any prosecution. That's why I haven't offered an opinion yet, I'm waiting for the investigation to be concluded first, or at the very least to see some more substantive evidence.

    When it comes to Pelosi, the House Democrats have already made it clear they will block any investigation into her. And didn't she promise a more tranparent congress? That was obviously a lie, full stop. So by pattern of behvior, I don't expect her to be honest when it's time to incriminate herself.

    Posted in: Democrats suggest CIA concealment broke law

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    WhiteHawk

    “We were kept in the dark. That’s something that should never, ever happen again,” said Feinstein.

    I've seen your policies, ma'am, and it's clear that you live in the dark.

    Speaking of being kept in the dark, is this the same program that was never enacted, or is that a different program that's been in the news? I haven't had much time to follow events lately.

    Oh, and has anyone asked Sandy Berger for his opinion? Perhaps the congressional Democrats can send him on a document search.

    Posted in: Democrats suggest CIA concealment broke law

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    WhiteHawk

    buddha4brains:

    Ummm, Whitehawk, the "missing W" scandal was proven to be false years ago (like I said trashing Clinton regardless of merit), but here you are doing your hagiography of Bush even as you deny doing so.

    It was proven false? Perhaps I missed that, but I would like a reference source for confirmation please.

    There was an Aug. 2001 PDB that explicitly warned of a threat and yet Ms. Rice piped up months later asking, "Who knew?" If Clinton or Obama said that kind of BS had they been president at that time I would guess you'd crawl out of your skin in outrage. But Bush was president so you and your ilk work endlessly in establishing a sainted Uncle Bush legacy where good people never do wrong.

    Nice strawman you've got there. And you built it all by yourself.

    Posted in: Bush surveillance program was massive, report says

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    WhiteHawk

    zurcronium:

    Wow, the bush nazi like administration never surprises. "Nazi-like"? Who wants to disarm the general populace? Oh yeah, the fascists on the Left.

    Let this be a final warning to those who say the republicants believe in a small government that protects the freedoms of US citizens. Bush increased the government massively and spied on all of us with no cause.

    Hey, you could've voted for McCain. Then you wouldn't be seeing the exponential increase in federal spending and the increase in taxation on all of us that will follow. I tried to warn y'all that it would get worse with a Democrat in the White House, but would y'all listen to me? Nooooo! Several of the "educated, enlightened and tolerant" liberals on JT had to plug their ears and call me a rascist.

    Besides, Obama is now the one spying on "all of us" with "no cause", but it doesn't seem to bother you the same way. Fascinating.

    So zurcronium, how's that Operation TIPS going? It's not? Fancy that.

    buddha4brains:

    Whitehawk, sure Obama has to take responsibility for his actions just like everybody should. However for Bush legacy propagandists this "no attacks on America since 9/11" is a very sad attempt at shielding Bush and Co. from responsibility for their inaction prior to 9/11.

    Yes, all eight months of it. Don't forget, there was also a lot of inter-agency competitiveness that prevented the sharing of information. And also something from one Jamie Gorelick.

    Similarly, you are basically doing the same when you question why call it Bush's surveillance program. It is Bush's surveillance program because it was, among other things, a fig leaf to hide the fact that they ignored intelligence reports specifically stating an airplane strike. For all the criticism of the intelligence system prior to 9/11, it had gathered a lot of actionable data which was ignored for political reasons - the data came from a Clinton era team. I remember the contempt the Bushies had for Clinton (who doesn't). Anything that had anything to do with the Clintons was trashed regardless of merit. And who could miss the foreboding from April 2001 onward that something bad was going to happen. When Sept. came around I thought that perhaps the crisis had passed ... tragically it hadn't. Ever since the Bush propaganda is to push away responsibility away (towards Clinton if at all possible and at every turn) and create a hagiography for Bush that will in time cloud the responsibility issue.

    Please re-read my 5:39 post where I address the information the Bush administration had to work with. Perhaps they should've replaced everyone with "their own people" as the Clintons did? No, without the vilified surveillance system, the information wouldn't have been any more accurate.

    I remember the contempt too. The vandalism, the computer keyboards with the "W" broken off... oh wait, that was the Clinton team. Oh well. Yes, so much contempt that Bush fired 8 (not all 93) federal judges, and then only after they behaved as partisan political activists instead of as judges. Unless you can provide something substantive, instead of vague accusations like "Anything that had anything to do with the Clintons was trashed regardless of merit."...?

    Yes, Obama needs to answer for his inaction, but it is still Bush's surveillance program.

    Ah, thanks for that. If there's ever a thread about Bush's plans for illegal alien amnesty or his lack of vetoes for congressional spending, I'll be there to criticise him.

    Posted in: Bush surveillance program was massive, report says

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    WhiteHawk

    smithinjapan:

    Obama adopted the shrub's 'plans for withdrawing from Iraq'? Sorry, but weren't all Republicans against what he is doing?

    They were? Which ones? Were they against the plans when the Bush administration sorted them out with the Iraqi government?

    buddha4brains:

    Yeah Whitehawk let's do just that and scrub Bush's name from the things he had done. While we're at it, let's push the fantasy that Bush kept America safe making 9/11 magically go away. Blaming someone else is always fun (besides the Clintons seem to enjoy it). Sure Obama would like to carry more blame, since he's doing it anyway with the bailouts that pre-date his election. I think in a year or two everyone will think of Bush as a kind uncle sort of ex-prez and all the bad stuff will be associated with Obama and the Clintons.

    First, at some point, Obama has to take responsibility for what he's doing. If he campaigns against what the current president is doing, accuses his political opponent of being a continuation of that president, then continues the practice himself once elected to office, can he genuinely blame the previous president completely? Can you? (Yeah, it looks that way.)

    Nobody is pushing a fantasy that Bush made "9/11" magically go away". Except, apparently, his critics. I believe that's called a "strawman argument". He did, however prevent further attacks to civilians within the country's borders (not including drunken illegal aliens committing vehicular manslaughter, but that's for another thread).

    Obama is going to every country on the planet apologizing for everything anybody thinks we're guilty of, whether it's true or not. That doesn't mean he is capable of carrying blame. In fact, he doesn't appear to handle criticism well at all. Besides, most of the bailouts do not pre-date his taking office, and he cannot blame Bush for the "stimulus" (porkulus) spending. You might try to spin it back to Bush for him (as you're attempting with other points), but at some pont, Obama will have to take responsibility for his decisions. Whether it's continuing a surveillance program he campaigned against or firing private sector CEOs and IGs, he and his supporters will have face the fact that Obama can and does make bad decisions instead of blaming everything on the previous administration.

    goodDonkey:

    Take WhiteHawk for example.

    Please! (rimshot) :D

    smithinjapan:

    Once again you come on here and start saying how apples are the same as oranges. People are critical of bush in regards to 9/11 because he went out of his way to IGNORE information on terrorist groups and the very probability they were going to use planes to attack the US; not for spying. Not heeding, and worse yet, tossing away a warning is not the same as spying on everything under the sun. But hey, in the world of the few remaining people on this site in complete and utter denial, this black and white view is not surprising.

    Say, didn't a terrorist attack (or 3) occur on American soil during the administration which preceded Bush 43? And didn't that administration handle the terrorist attacks as police crimes instead of acts of war? Didn't that administration prevent the CIA from investigating the 1993 WTC bombing as anything other than an isolated crime? Why yes, indeed they did. So what were you saying about ignoring something?

    Prior to 9/11/01 (and the surveillance program referenced in the original article), the Bush administration had information that terrorists wanted to use civilian planes to attack civilian populations, but they did not know which planes, when, where or how. Not having much to go on is a far cry from "tossing away a warning".

    Posted in: Bush surveillance program was massive, report says

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    WhiteHawk

    Just what those activities involved remains classified, but the IGs pointedly say that any continued use of the secret programs must be “carefully monitored.”

    And since they're being continued, aren't they Obama's surveillance programs now? Funny how the Obama the Candidate campaigned against a "third Bush term", but Obama the President adopted Bush's surveillance programs, plans for withdrawing from Iraq, and troop increases in Afghanistan. Plus, he's expanded the spending. Third Bush term, indeed!

    I'm also presuming the five IGs who did this research won't be investigating any of Obama's cronies for misuse of public funds, now that an example has been made of Gerald Walpin.

    Posted in: Bush surveillance program was massive, report says

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    WhiteHawk

    smartacus... Unfortunately, there are a lot of women who cannot provide the lifestyle they feel they "need", so they attach themselves to those who can provide it. It's worse in celebrity-rich areas like Nashville. People come here with dreams, but they don't always get realized.

    I've seen so many young women here, often girlfriends of my friends, who have no job, no job skills, and don't know how to do anything but drink, get high, and have sex. It's one thing if they're 19, but some are like that in their mid-to-late-30's. And they want nice cars, nice clothes, and lots of shoes. So they go straight to the men who can provide those things.

    One girl I know is 22, tall, tanned, blonde, busty, and on all sorts of prescription mood-stabilizing drugs. This month, she's dating a married 42-year-old club owner. Another one I know is almost 40, and sleeps with whoever can pay her bills that week. Seriously, she's that bad.

    BeaverCleaver: If she had convinced herself that McNair was going to leave his wife and four kids for her (she could've done that without any help from McNair), AND that he was seeing another woman, she couldn't have been perfectly stable.

    Posted in: Police: McNair shot dead in sleep by girlfriend

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    WhiteHawk

    A lot of temporary problems (money, DUI, jealosy) "solved" with a permanent solution. Obviously, she was too invested in him, and he was too connected to her. Helluva way to lose one of Nashvile's few sports heroes.

    Her roommate was going to move out. Maybe because her fiddle was shy a couple of strings?

    flatearther: It's not easy avoiding the unstable girls when you're famous. You see a lot of that here.

    Posted in: Police: McNair shot dead in sleep by girlfriend

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    WhiteHawk

    ca1ic0cat:

    Cougar attacks jockey, trainer goes horse!

    JT needs to hire you! :D

    Posted in: Trainer fumes over 19-year-old jockey’s relationship with Aki Hoshino

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    WhiteHawk

    Badge213 - And Jackie Chan's Rumble in the Bronx wasn't filmed in the Bronx, but rather Vancouver. Different country, and different side of the continent.

    Now I see why there is so much anime. No need to get permission from the police and residents.

    ThonTaddeo is right - there is more to Japan than Tokyo, just as there is more to America than New York and Los Angeles.

    Posted in: Filmed on location in Tokyo...not quite

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    WhiteHawk

    Self-edit: One of nashville's few sports heores.

    I could've said 'non-music heroes', but you get the idea.

    Posted in: Police rule NFL star McNair's death a homicide

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