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I know this is an old thread, but it peaked my attention because this is something that I have been wondering about a lot, and I was wondering if some of the more scholarly of you on here could help clear this up a little for me. This might need to be moved to the Warzone now. See this is...

I've heard of Toyota's problems, and of Mercedes's, however I didn't know of VW's. An interesting thing I was reading is many complain that the current Cadillacs, while great cars, don't have the kind of luxury interiors of the caliber of the Mercedes, but they say that technically right now the...

That's really interesting, I had always thought Chrysler vehicles would have higher quality due to being owned by Daimler. Didn't know they purposely prevented this. I can say I am glad that Daimler doesn't own Chrysler for the simple reason that I found it incredibly ironic that the Jeep...

The Japanese manufacturers really gave the American manufacturers a wake-up call to get their quality up. I think it was Ford, had two transmissions available for one of their trucks, one made in Japan and one made in the United States. Well the one made in Japan got overwhelming demand, with...

Toyota trucks are cool, but I like Ford, Dodge, and Chevy trucks better, plus pickup trucks are an American vehicle:) Though the Toyota trucks are built in America and I think they may be designed by American engineers who work for Toyota as well, I'm not sure though.

Now we're talkin' :D

What is this, the whole forum drives Toyota trucks!? You guys don't like Ford, GMC, Chevy, or Dodge? Seriously though, is the quality of those trucks not as good as the Toyota or something? I have been told this, but then I've been told that's baloney and that Toyota has their share of...

Wasn't aware one could contribute actually, will have to do so. Regarding "The Fart Button," I just meant why does that particular ad keep popping up. Usually those ads work by the types of stuff typed on the site? (for example, I saw one guy on his blog, he wrote the word "fart" or something...

Interesting thread...BTW why do I keep seeing "The Fart Button" on this site!?

Good grief, being on that Houston must've been quite an adventure:D Diving, surfacing, diving, then surface again, electrical fire, poison gas, narrowly avoiding a torpedo, etc...

Coolbeans, thanks for the information; one other thing though, so the dive and drive qual is available to anyone, enlisted or officer, or you mean just any officer aboard?

This is just a question that's been bugging me for awhile, but who exactly drives those nuclear submarines? Is there a specific MOS for the guy at the steering wheel, and is that something one specifically applies for, or is it just assigned? BTW, if any of that stuff is OPSEC, I understand.

http://www.defenselink.mil/comptroller/defbudget/fy2008/ - if you go here, and look at the Army's '08 budget, it is smaller than the Navy's. CW, I just think they're investing it to be able to secure their resource routes.

I don't think China is going to become a Cold War-style Naval threat, I mean the U.S. is one of their biggest (or the biggest) customer of theirs and they may become one of our biggest customers in the near future. Although the Navy doesn't need to be made too small I hope, IMO the Army and...

Like what? I don't mean that skeptically, just out of curiousity. True, if the Chinese succeed in that, I would congratulate them definitely, then say, "The race is on!" Competition is good.

Whoa there...I wouldn't say they are ahead of us at all yet. They didn't put any man on the Moon yet, they just sent a spacecraft up into orbit with a person inside. Also, if China was to become a military threat like that, NASA would start getting some huge funding I think. Space is...

The private sector may get the USA there again. There's a huge push right now in private spaceflight and also there's a new competition for who can put a robot on the Moon first and broadcast a live video on Youtube, I believe.

Well, for one let me say (if some don't know my viewpoint) I'm all for the right to carry firearms, IMO if a teacher wants to pack heat, that should be their right. But like cisforsmasher said, most teachers (at least that I've seen) are bleeding heart liberals. The teacher's union isn't...

I have a feeling most teachers would refuse to carry a pistol.

A strict business decision I don't think would involve doing anything that could alienate customers (although going anti-gun could attract customers too...then again, America is more pro-gun than anti-gun I believe so statistically I think they'd lose customers). The point is it seems more...

Here's a joke I read: FACTS TO PONDER: (A) The number of physicians in the U.S. is 700,000 (B) Accidental deaths caused by Physicians per year are 120,000 (C) Accidental deaths per physician is 0.171. Statistics courtesy of U.S. Dept of Health Human Services...

I think "God" would say to these people, "If you lack the financial means to support a large family, get off your @$$ and get a decent job, then worry about children."

I heard that the news helos each have a pilot/reporter and a cameraman; why not make it a pilot and cameraman/reporter? Making the pilot also do the reporting seems rather like asking for an accident when you will have multiple news choppers flying within close distance of each other. I don't...

I like the "1/2 Hour News Hour" though yeah it does need some higher production quality.

Oh, CRAP. Sorry, sorry, I forgot, only military and/or aviation jokes.

How do crazy people go through the forest? They take the psycho path. What do you call cheese that isn't yours? Nacho Cheese. What do you call Santa's helpers? Subordinate Clauses. What do you call four bull fighters in quicksand? Quatro sinko. What do you get from a pampered cow...

Just wondering, but does anyone know the performers/composer of the music in that video, that was beautiful.

Hey guys, I posted this over at another forum I frequent, and this guy who is an F-16 crew chief posted the following: The only minus would be having to wear a helmet/oxygenmask (above 10,000 feet) and a G suit every time you want to go somewhere. If you were a businessman that would suck. And...

Well, one more thing to serve as inspiration for me to become highly successful in life :)

http://www.avtechgroup.com/aircraft.asp What do you guys think of this aircraft? Basically it's a civilian private jet-powered aircraft designed to look and maneuver like a military fighter plane. Personally I think it is very cool, I have always wondered why there weren't any civilian...

San Francisco also has a children's book called "Addicted to War" that they are either thinking about, or already are, making part of the school curriculum. It has some very slanderous pictures of right-wing politicians and so forth in it, basically it looks like they had the writers of...

I read in an article somewhere that since Fox News holds opinions often counter to what the other news channels hold, if they say one thing that is a blatant lie, Fox News will reveal it as so, so it has caused the other channels to not be as manipulative of information. But Fox is still a news...

Hmm....well I like Fox News because they are right-wing and openly patriotic (I'll take right-wing over left-wing anyday), but I take their news with a grain of salt, I just like it because it bugs the crap out of leftists :) From my knwoledge, Fox News being right-wing has caused the other news...

Okay, hoping this isn't a repost, I did a search and nothing turned up, but at Airwarriors it seems every military joke known to humanity has been posted, so here's hoping:) http://bp2.blogger.com/_CQyU4ayBifw/Res1tffsSLI/AAAAAAAAAGE/R3GfmY79XX0/s1600-h/image9.jpg...

Okay, so simple answer is the airplane engine is just too small to generate enough force to turn the plane, it does create a small effect though, the effect increases or decreases depending upon engine power and the angle the aircraft is flying at, the plane is engineered to counter this as best...

Hey, this is a question that has been bugging me for some time now, but, if helicopters have to have a tailrotor or a secondary rotor to prevent the fuselage from turning in the opposite direction that the main rotor is turning, for single engine prop planes, what prevents the plane from turning...

I wouldn't think people would be legally obligated to call the police, as the police themselves are not legally obligated to protect a person from my understanding. I just think most people reason, "Oh God, that's terrible, but Christ, I'm not getting involved with this, I've got enough...

I think maybe some people also just get scared to get involved if they see people beating a person, in case it is some type of gang or something that could come after their family (or maybe that's just me and I am being paranoid, IMO you never know though). I would at least call the police though.

I saw this on another forum, if this is true, it doesn't seem good: Written by Mike Kinsey Thursday, 26 April 2007 This is going to be a knock-down, drag-out fight. GOA continues to stand alone in the trenches, defending the rights of gun owners around the country. It's not going to be...

This is all very comforting to know:eek:

Thanks for the information, I appreciate it.

Hey all, I have a feeling the answer is no, but I figured I would check anyhow; a few years ago I had joined the Army as an 11B (Infantryman). However, I was discharged due to depression when I got to Airborne School. Now the thing is, I wasn't discharged due to depression from being in the...