According to roughly a dozen recent studies, executions save lives. For each inmate put to death, the studies say, 3 to 18 murders are prevented.
The effect is most pronounced, according to some studies, in Texas and other states that execute condemned inmates relatively often and relatively quickly.
“I personally am opposed to the death penalty,” said H. Naci Mocan, an economist at Louisiana State University and an author of a study finding that each execution saves five lives. “But my research shows that there is a deterrent effect.”
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1/4 cup of gasoline kills the entire mound, and even at 4 bucks a gallon that's 12 1/2 cents per hill, what does amdro cost?
(Note do NOT set the hill afire, the fumes sink through the hill and the vapors kill on contact, But if you set it afire, the fire creates a draft and the Queen is not killed)
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Dowsing something in gasoline and not setting it afire? That ain't natural.
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The effect is most pronounced, according to some studies, in Texas and other states that execute condemned inmates relatively often and relatively quickly.
Yes, quick swift execution as amply demonstrated in our homes, our streets, our communities has shown remarkable success in altering behaviors - do you make sure your doors and windows are locked? - do you avoid certain neighborhoods and sections of your cities? - do you worry about where your children are at when the sun goes down?
The obstruction by a powerful minority to the death penalty demonstrate beyond reasonable doubt that is nation is neither a republic nor a democracy.
Crippled by a sexual harassment scandal surrounding his office and an admitted affair with a staff member, embattled Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann resigned Wednesday.
Dann, 46, made the announcement at the Ohio Statehouse shortly before 5 p.m., joined by Gov. Ted Strickland, who had called for his resignation just over a week before. "The only way to protect the priorities of the attorney general's office and the people of Ohio is to remove myself as attorney general," Dann said.
The state's top lawyer, a Democrat, left the press conference without taking questions. He stepped down a day after Democrats in the Ohio House of Representatives had filed articles of impeachment against him and Ted Strickland signed an amended bill that allowed Ohio Inspector General Thomas Charles to begin a probe of Dann's office. That investigation began Wednesday morning and won't be affected by Dann's resignation. "Attorney General Dann did the honorable thing by resigning," Strickland said, adding that no deal was brokered with his office regarding his resignation. "It will allow the important work of the attorney general's office to continue without the distraction of recent events."
Tom Winters, Dann's first assistant attorney general, will serve in the position until an interim appointment is made.
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Yesterday, before "retiring to the library with a glass of whiskey and a loaded gun" (as the euphemism goes) Dann attempted to get the IG's investigation cancelled in exchange for his resignation. This suggests to me that there's more skeletons in the closet waiting to come out.
The fun is only starting.
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Especially in time for impact on the dirty Dems in the general. Sleaze what what sunk the GOP in Ohio last cycle. Perhaps it can be enough to sink the Dems in this one. Hey Mr Obama, what about Rezko?
Just off the House floor today, the Crypt overheard House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers tell two other people: “We’re closing in on Rove. Someone’s got to kick his ass.” Stay classy there, John. Remember, you're representing the party of compassion.
Asked a few minutes later for a more official explanation, Conyers told us that Rove has a week to appear before his committee. If he doesn’t, said Conyers, “We’ll do what any self-respecting committee would do. "Hang him from the nearest lamp-post! In effigy!"
We’d hold him in contempt. Either that or go and have him arrested.” Conyers said the committee wants Rove to testify about his role in the imprisonment of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman, among other things. From Wikipedia:
On October 26, 2005, Siegelman was indicted on new charges of bribery and mail fraud in connection with Richard M. Scrushy, founder and former CEO of HealthSouth. . . . Siegelman was accused of trading government favors for campaign donations when he was governor from 1999 to 2003 and lieutenant governor from 1995 to 1999, and Scrushy was accused of arranging $500,000 in donations to Siegelman's campaign for a state lottery in exchange for a seat on a state hospital regulatory board. In fact, Scrushy had a history of shady dealings and had recently been investigated for his part in the HealthSouth Corporation fraud scandal which cost shareholders billions.
On June 29, 2006, a federal jury found both Siegelman and Scrushy guilty. Siegelman was convicted on "one count of bribery, one count of conspiracy to commit honest services mail fraud, four counts of honest services mail fraud and one count of obstruction of justice", according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
His conviction is being appealed. It appears to be an article of faith among the deluded moonbat Left that Siegelman and Scrushy only went down because Karl Rove arranged it--it's said they were as innocent as lambs, and there was nothing wrong with HealthSouth.
Yeah, right!
The Dems got that pudgy red-head to do their dirty work on 60 Minutes. It's now an article of faith for them.
“We want him for so many things, it’s hard to keep track,” Conyers said. "I mean to avenge myself upon you. I deprived your president of approval ratings, and when I swing around I mean to deprive you of your life."
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The death toll from China's deadliest earthquake in decades climbed to nearly 15,000 on Wednesday, as officials warned of calamities downstream from broken rivers and dams strained to bursting point.
Tens of thousands of troops, firefighters and civilians raced to save more than 25,000 people buried across a wide swathe of southwest Sichuan province under collapsed schools, factories and hospitals after Monday's 7.9 magnitude quake.
Many schoolchildren were buried as they were taking an afternoon nap. One body of a boy was found still clutching a pen.
The official death toll climbed to 14,866, as rescuers pulled at tangled chunks of buildings for signs of life.
The government sent 50,000 troops to dig for victims. A paramilitary officer who arrived at Wenchuan, at the epicenter, told Sichuan TV a third of houses there had been destroyed and more than 90 percent damaged.
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Lots of only children under the schoolhouse rubble. I shouldn't want to be the building inspectors that took bribes from the construction companies.
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I've heard that the 3 gorges dam wasn't effected (though I wouldn't be surprised if they lied about it).
BUT, if these other dams go, where does the water go? Could it flow into the lake from 3 Gorges? If so, what would that sudden influx do?
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I've heard that the 3 gorges dam wasn't effected (though I wouldn't be surprised if they lied about it).
BUT, if these other dams go, where does the water go? Could it flow into the lake from 3 Gorges? If so, what would that sudden influx do?
Whao! Not since the 1812 New Madrid quake have rivers shifted.
But, "broken"?
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Yup, "Gods Will" again, see how many praise god over this mass murder?
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Question: Looking at Drudge today, the article he has shows a US made Sikorsky Blackhawk sitting in a field; markings look to be civilian registration. Did we sell some to the CHicoms?
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China has had the deadliest earthquakes ever recorded in history. I suppose that sound building practices are normal there. They do a lot of multi story buildings, and they have used bamboo traditionally as high scaffolding. It's both strong, light weight, and versitile. Also, labor is readily available so, don't assume the Chinese can't or won't make sound structures, rather consider the power of the quake. Most of the buildings remain standing in the same area where others collapsed. I also noticed in some pictures, thick brick and mortar walls among the rubble. Nothing 'cheap' showing poor construction.
A detail regarding Zipingpu. The Zipingpu dam is not solid cement: it is a rubble-filled, cement-cased structure. This type of dam is far more prone to delayed failure than a classic cement dam. The fact that it has at least one 4″ crack in the casing almost guarantees that interior has shifted significantly.
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Brick doesn't do well in quakes, as the residents of Coalinga, CA discovered a few decades ago
brick is a fascia at best, and even then, requires active anchorage connections (48" o.c. max in CA seismic zones) to wood or CMU structural systems. It tends to "discover" its' lack of steel tension reinforcement (rebar) at the worst times....
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You don't understand.
Our gubmint of elites sends relief that we pay for to their gubmint of elites. It's not about the people, it's about perception, and feeling good, and caring. And, after all, it doesn't hurt us in any way, just a few (of your) tax dollars.
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Of course they are going to steal the food aid ... the worst hit area is the main food producing area of the country. Most of their farmers are now dead. It is going to get much worse before it gets better.
Relations between Tbilisi and Moscow remain tense over Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia following a visit to Georgia by a European Union delegation and a top Washington envoy. U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Bryza traveled to the Abkhaz capital of Sukhumi over the weekend in a bid to break the deadlock. He held talks with Sergei Shamba, the de facto foreign minister of Abkhazia's self-proclaimed government.
Shamba told RFE/RL's Georgian Service on May 13 that Abkhazia's conditions for dialogue with Tbilisi are unchanged. "The Americans and we believe that there is a chance to resume the dialogue," he said. "It is our position that Georgia must comply with the signed agreement, which means first and foremost that Georgia must withdraw troops from the Kodori Gorge and end provocative actions."
Shamba stressed that peace talks were excluded as long as Tbilisi refuses to pull troops out of the Kodori Gorge, which serves as the de facto border between Abkhazia and the rest of Georgia. "There can be no compromise here. We have signed more than one document saying the Kodori Gorge must be demilitarized," Shamba said.
Officials in Georgia showed equally little willingness to compromise. Nikoloz Rurua, a powerful ally of Saakashvili and the deputy chairman of the Georgian parliament's Committee for Defense and Security, said that Georgia cannot be guided by Abkhazia's "world view and their judgment criteria, because they are an illegal entity and therefore most of their demands, unfortunately, are irrational. Therefore we cannot follow their logic."
"These groundless demands have one aim," Rurua continued. "As long as these kinds of demands are put forward by separatist groups, a real, rational dialogue with the potential of mutual compromise will never take place."
Speaking to a delegation of EU ministers in Tbilisi on May 12, Saakashvili condemned European nations for failing to oppose the Soviet Union's absorption of Georgia in 1921 and called on Europe not to "repeat this mistake."
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Lest we fergit, NET > RUSSIA could become a MAJORITY MUSLIM STATE 2030-2050 = 2050???
ION WAFF.com > AZERIS [pro-Iran/Iranian-controlled?] SPONSORING TERRORISM [espec agz Armenia]. OSAMA BIN LADEN claimed to had visited BAKU 86 times in last ten years [1998-2008?]???
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I can't help it. Putin isn't fooling anyone with his little puppet Medvedev. And what do you mean by "blog of record"? I never knew there was any such thing.
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When you want the very best...
I'd just like to see the maintenance program to keep them viable. It's not like its a cultural, organizational given that good maintenance goes with good equipment.
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LH92208 ??? Are they using the english language on such a broad scale now ? Numbering their helos with western letters and numbers ? I wouldn't doubt it, there is much to begained by speaking the international business language.
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re: the maintenace question: in 1996 during a RIMPAC exercise, a Japanese S-60 variant landed at Pearl harbor and no sooner got weight on wheels than the rotor head came apart. Shed parts all over everywhere. Everybody got out. Engineering investigation showed a flaw in a forging that also affected other aircraft. the squadron i was with had 3 down for the flaw. wonder if that information was shared ( since ITAR restricts data transmission) or if there have been losses due to that problem???
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Usn, I don't think they were enforcing itar as strong back then, and if so, the age old discussion of what constitutes technical data probably would have come up.
I'd venture we did share the info with Japan back then. But who knows.
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Let me preface this with the statement that I'm the biggest FredHead here, and I have the political donation records and phone logs to prove it.
Fred is not running. And he will likely never run for public office again.
Right man, wrong times.
What he is doing is what he can do better than anyone out there:
Articulate the conservative cause on Winning the War, Appointing the Judges (Robersts!), Border Security, Illegals, Mexico, Gloabl Warming Hbing a hoax, less corruption (spent his career fighting it), taxes, attacking porkbarrel spending.
And thats what he is going back to, since we do not have anyone else other than Limbaugh doing it.
He is doing this to try to provide a rally point for legislators, to get the GOP out of its pork powered, corruption-filled, lack-of-leadership, inarticulate, death spiral.
Rumor has it he may get his Paul Harvey gig back as well.
My hope is not that he runs again, but that he gives a rallying point, and manages to bring McCain around *after* he wins the election by sliding to the maverick left on AGW and illeglas.
After all, we don't have anyone out now that will Win The War, Secure the Border, Appoint the Judges and Punch The Hippies.
Democrat Barack Obama, campaigning in a state that poses several challenges for him in the fall, appealed to working-class voters Wednesday with a pledge to pump billions of dollars into efforts to revitalize the nation's manufacturing sector.
One day after blue-collar workers overwhelmingly rejected him in West Virginia's presidential primary, Obama came to this auto-making suburb of Detroit to announce plans to create an "advanced manufacturing fund" to promote industries likely to keep jobs in the United States rather than see them move overseas.
Obama couched it as part of his previously announced plan to spend $150 billion over 10 years to develop and deploy what he calls "clean technologies."
In a new initiative, Obama proposed spending $90 million a year to double the Manufacturing Extension Partnership. The 20-year-old program has helped manufacturers improve efficiency and growth, he said, but has been underfunded.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, his Democratic rival, made a similar proposal months ago.
Another $100 million annually would launch the advanced manufacturing fund, which would award grants to businesses working with researchers to develop and expand products and efficient practices.
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Were I a union worker, I'd feel insulted. He couldn't be bothered to campaign for the votes of unionized coal miners in West Virginia, but unionized car workers get his attention? What if manufacturers find a technique or technology to utilize coal cleanly -- will that get his attention and approval then?
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He couldn't be bothered to campaign for the votes of unionized coal miners in West Virginia,
Coal is black. Coal miners on the other hand are predominately WHITE. Detroit is quite another story. Promising to "pump billions" into the Michigan industrial economy is just another way of saying.... when the peoples army prevails, the governors red Mercedes is yours comrade!!
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In a new initiative, Obama proposed spending $90 million a year to double the Manufacturing Extension Partnership. The 20-year-old program has helped manufacturers improve efficiency and growth, he said, but has been underfunded.
The Donk approach - Tax and Spend - See how wonderful I am, but you have to come to me. More jobs for federal bureaucrats.
The Trunk approach - Tax write offs/deductions. Clean and simple, but you have to do your own work.
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"Please forgive me for denying your primary franchise last winter. But hey, I could use your vote in November. If, you know, my attack dogs succeed in keeping your delegates from being seated at the convention."
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Besoeker, intersting comment but what doesn't make sense if he gets 90% of the black vote anyway so why waste time and money courting them further?
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He may get 90% of the Detroit black vote but the UAW is not nearly 90% black. Unfortunately for BHO 1 in 8 or so of his target audience 18-40 yr old black males from inner-city Detroit is probably sitting in Jackson, MI.
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I particularly like the blitherings blogger postings at the bottom - my personal favorite is the guy who said Obama is honest and hasn't been caught in one lie yet during the campaign.
I really can't stand McCain but my HOR is MI which could swing this year so I'll hold my bile and nose and vote for the asshole. Makes me wish I was deployed & could feasibly have an excuse not to.
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Yeah, I head his comment on "punished w/a baby" as well - what an asshole he is. Teaching his children real ethics and responsibility I see. In the converse I'd hate to see any baby punished w/having an empty suit like BHO as a grandfather or that elitist-snob shrew of a wife he's got as the loving grandma. Could anyone see Michele O baking cookies w/the grandchildren? Haha - she's TH Kerry without the whacko hair. As for BHO - he looks like the type of dude whose never even been in a fist fight - and he wants to lead the nation? Him and John Edwards should run off together - couple of marys.
Excavators have struck three oil fields with reserves estimated at about 2 billion barrels, Kurdish regionÂ’s Oil Minister Ashti Horami said. The discovery is a signal that the region, currently including three provinces, is rich in oil reserves. The find is tempting for foreign oil firms which are vying to win deals to develop oil fields in the region.
The Kurds have signed several production-sharing agreements with companies including Norwegian DNO ASA and TurkeyÂ’s PetOil and Gnel Enerji. They have also singed a memorandum of understanding with AustraliaÂ’s Woodside Petroleum and Heritage Oil and the U.K.Â’s Sterling Energy.
The deals are still in question due to resistance from the Oil Ministry in Baghdad which considers them illegal. But Horami defended the deals, claiming that the Kurdish regional government would reap 90 percent of revenues while other governments only obtained 20-40.
The Kurds have divided their region into small exploration blocks in order to lure medium-size oil firms. “Some majors wanted to have the whole region as one block or at least be divided into two,” Horami said. He said splitting the Kurdish region into smaller blocks gave the authorities the chance to deal with many companies and strike deals with “much higher profit margins.”
The latest find is the largest in the region so far. But the Kurds say it is of a “very small scale” in comparison to the massive recoverable reserves of the oil-rich region of Kirkuk.
The Province of Kirkuk, which the Kurds want to annex, is one of the richest in Iraq holding reserves estimated at more than 40 billion barrels. But there is much opposition in Iraq from across the political spectrum for the Kurdish ambition to have Kirkuk as part of their self-rule areas.
Oil companies are attracted to Kurdistan because of its relative safety compared with the rest of Iraq where it is virtually impossible for foreign oil companies to work.
Horami also said his ministry would construct two new refineries with a combined capacity of 100,000 barrels a day. He declined to say which company would build the refinery and which one made the new discovery. He said the region has so far signed 20 oil development deals with firms from the U.S., Australia, Canada, South Korea, India and Turkey.
Following are excerpts of a video-clip featuring Saudi cleric Omar Al-Sweilem, which was posted on the Internet. The video quality is low in the original.
Omar Al-Sweilem: Harith Ibn Al-Muhasibi told us what would happen when we meet the black-eyed virgin with her black hair and white face – praised be He who created night and day. What hair! What a chest! What a mouth! What cheeks! What a figure! What breasts! What thighs! What legs! What whiteness! What softness! Without any creams – no Nivea, no vaseline. No nothing!
He said that faces would be soft that day. Even your own face will be soft without any powder or makeup. You yourself will be soflt, so how soft will a black-eyed virgin be, when she comes to you so tall and with her beautiful face, her black hair and white face - praised be He who created night and day. Just feel her palm, Sheik!
He said: How soft will a fingertip be, after being softened in paradise for thousands of years! There is no god but Allah. He told us that if you entered one of the palaces, you would find ten black-eyed virgins sprawled on musk cushions.
Where is Abu Khaled? Here, he has arrived! When they see you, they will get up and run to you. Lucky is the one who gets to put her thumb in your hand. When they get hold of you, they will push you onto your back, on the musk cushions. They will push you onto your back, Jamal! Allah Akbar! I wish this on all people present here.
He said that one of them would place her mouth on yours. Do whatever you want. Another one would press her cheek against yours, yet another would press her chest against yours, and the others would await their turn. There is no god but Allah.
He told us that one black-eyed virgin would give you a glass of wine. Wine in Paradise is a reward for your good deeds. The wine of this world is destructive, but not the wine of the world to come.
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I'm thinking Omar doesn't get out much.
Mike
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So, they're really just a bunch of dirty old men playing on the hormones of the younger men . . . too weird. Nothing can compare with "fantasy sex" since it is governed by the solo player and has nothing to do with real relationships, which take work, selflessness, commitment. In other words ALL you have to do is a one-time "act of bravery" and you'll have the lewd "reward" touted by your Cleric homegrown political operative wannabe. How idiotic.
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sounds like our Saudi friend has the hawts for white girlz. Whutta surprise, no? Good thing Allan doesn't supply them hairy, swarthy, arab wymyns....
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I guess you could think of it as a bigger, badder LST. And it's not like the Navy kills itself to help out the Army.
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Don't forget that, in WWII, the Army actually had more vessels that the Navy. The Army has maintained a "naval" capability for over 150 years (most recently carrying out an attack during operation Just Cause).
This ship looks like a successor to the LST, the last of which was retired by Bill Clinton. This vessel carries the same number of troop and vehicles as the LST. It is funny how old concepts keep reappearing with new technology.
I suspect this vessel is too large for the Army to "get away with". This may be an attempt to force the Navy's hand to provide support that they haven't been willing to give. Kind of like talk in the 90's of the Army taking over the A-10 sqns. This forced the Air Force to keep planes they were thinking of retiring.
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Good call Al.
Lawmaker pressures Navy to use unwanted catamaran
June 15, 2007
In a move sure to upset the admirals, House Armed Services ranking member Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., is pushing the Navy to transform an experimental catamaran developed in San Diego and long opposed by the service into an integral part of the fleet with a defined mission.
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Before everyone does the you-ain't-pulling-yer-load-hoopla-routine, three services have been experimenting with high-speed vessels for over half a decade.
The Army's SpearheadTSV-1X has been around since 2001. It's leased from Austal (Australia) and is a converted version of a commercial high-speed ferry.
The Marines are leasing a commercial high-speed vessel and operating it from Okinawa. It's a different hull design than the other two.
As for the Sea Fighter, there are some... performance limitations. Also, since it was designed as an experimental craft, there's going to have to be some modifications and improvements made to make it fleet-worthy vessel.
Austal has provided four other high-speed catamarans to the U.S. military for experimental use: the HSV-1X Joint Venture, now in Army service; the TSV-1X Spearhead, also in Army use; HSV-2 Swift, delivered last summer to the Navy; and the Westpac Express, leased by the Military Sealift Command for use by the Marine Corps
MOS 88K (watercraft operator) and the associated warrant officer grades, and look up the LSVs and Tugs they operate.
In Vietnam, they operated a lot of "Mike" boats.
Watercraft Operators are primarily responsible for navigation, cargo operations and supervising other Soldiers on Army watercraft. Some of your duties as a Watercraft Operator may include:
* Navigating watercraft
* Consulting maps, charts, weather reports and navigation equipment
* Operating amphibious craft during troop landings
* Docking and undocking vessels
* Sending and receiving messages with radios, beacons and signal flags
* Operating and maintaining lifeboats and vessel fire equipment
* Securing all types of cargo using capstans, winches, hoists and davits
* Reporting navigational hazards to the vessel master while underway
* Identifying and interpreting single-letter international code signal flags
* Maintaining boats and deck equipment
* Dropping and weighing anchors
* Keeping ship logs
* Navigating watercraft to complete a variety of missions
* Voyage planning
* Beaching and retracting landing craft
* Towing vessels and barges in harbors and inter-coastal waterways
* Maintaining vessel charts, publications and orders
* Keeping the vessel logbook
Army 88K actually get the Merchant "Able Seaman" rating as part of their job.
And the LSV Besson class is one of the usual boats they crew - these can fit a big bunch of supplies, or armored vehicles, and deliver them on the beach, or even up the river if its big/deep enough.
here is one packed full of Tanks
For a very high res of the back end, the well, hit the link below
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True, and the Army actually did perform more amphib landings then we did in the Pacific during WWII. Luckily, our propaganda is pretty damn good.
If Hunter is forcing or trying to stuff unwanted gear down the navy's throat then he's an asshole like Trent Lott. BTW - I do like Hunter's stance on immigration. I work in a joint command for a couple of senior navy officers - I have been able to hear first hand how much of this actually goes on - depressing - Repub politicians jumping on the pork bandwagon.
And the winner is:
Nigeria 8,773
with Bangladesh second on 5,983.
Aren't diversity programs grand!
Natives of the following countries were not eligible to participate in DV-2008: Brazil, Canada, China (mainland-born, excluding Hong Kong S.A.R. and Taiwan), Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Russia, South Korea, the United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, and Vietnam.
Wouldn't be so bad if the 8,773 were Nigerian Christians and 5,983 were Bangladeshi Ahmadiyyas and Baha'is. But something tells me that is not the case.
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Are there any caveats such as the lottery winner has to have an advance degree from an accredited University or be willing to serve in the U.S. Armed services for a period of 4+ yrs? Diversity for the sake of diversity is stupid.
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I think the US needs to rethink our immigration deversity lottery. Not saying Nigeria or Bagladesh are bad choices but..
I think letting all the Cubans in has had the benefit of taking everyone who had the balls to fight Castro and getting them into the US. Great for us, bad for Cuba.
Same with Mexico. Hard workers come over here instaed of staying home and insisting on political reform.
An arguement could be made that the massive waves of Europeans in the last century made it easier for Bismark and Hitler to find a sympathetic population.
We need to think, what would this do to their home country? That's all I'm saying. Perhaps we don't care.
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And call me Islamophobe but since we're still having issues absorbing previous waves of Muslims we should pause on allowing even more in until they've been absorbed rather than insisting on special treatment and everything.
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Well, my initial reaction was suggest we have a 10 yr moratorium on immigration period - seems we have enough folks here (not to mention the illegals and expired visa holders that need to go home and get in line) to assimilate already w/out adding to the bottle-neck.
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Build the damned fence NOW. And make it easier for people to get into the country to work, not as slaves like the H1-B, but with full access to the legal protections and responsibilites needed to compete fairly int he market place.
Stop letting the big companies profit from cheap illegals while we pick u the tab for their health care in our ERs and hospitals, and their children freeload at schools we pay for.
Too easy for the wrong people to get in illegally, too hard for the right people to get in legally.
Our immigration system is screwed.
That being said, a lot fo the Nigerians I have met in my Church work are Christians who are being driven out of that country by the Muslims. And I'm talking engineers, doctors and businessmen. Good people.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
Crippled by a sexual harassment scandal surrounding his office and an admitted affair with a staff member, embattled Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann resigned Wednesday. 
Conyers said the committee wants Rove to testify about his role in the imprisonment of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman, among other things.
The death toll from China's deadliest earthquake in decades climbed to nearly 15,000 on Wednesday, as officials warned of calamities downstream from broken rivers and dams strained to bursting point.
Democrat Barack Obama, campaigning in a state that poses several challenges for him in the fall, appealed to working-class voters Wednesday with a pledge to pump billions of dollars into efforts to revitalize the nation's manufacturing sector.
Excavators have struck three oil fields with reserves estimated at about 2 billion barrels, Kurdish regionÂ’s Oil Minister Ashti Horami said. The discovery is a signal that the region, currently including three provinces, is rich in oil reserves. The find is tempting for foreign oil firms which are vying to win deals to develop oil fields in the region.
Omar Al-Sweilem: Harith Ibn Al-Muhasibi told us what would happen when we meet the black-eyed virgin with her black hair and white face – praised be He who created night and day. What hair! What a chest! What a mouth! What cheeks! What a figure! What breasts! What thighs! What legs! What whiteness! What softness! Without any creams – no Nivea, no vaseline. No nothing! 
