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Somebody was obviously not spanked enough as a child. My dad would have kicked my ass the minute that the first remote was thrown.

MotoSeries events added....monday trackdays are still TBD.

Ahhh, have to add to the body, not just title. My fault.

Why do you think I bought it?

Today's workout squats. First time back squatting in a few weeks. That is 275lbs for 4 paused reps

Iraq war is the greatest blunder of American Government in my life time only challenged by the War on Drugs. I was born in 1972 for reference. I try not to think about it much anymore, but it astounds me that so many still believe it was the right thing to do. But many less today than before as we look back upon it. America acted like a bully who got a black eye and just had to kick someone's ass to prove how tough we are. Iraq had nothing to do with 911. 19 of the 21 hijackers were Saudi. A friend so we did nothing. Most of the 'hawks' in politics never spent a day in service of any branch of military, but happily send others to die and to get physically and mentally fucked up to serve a political purpose. And while there at it, many of their friends and associates make millions of dollars for war profiteering. So, I will try to be calm and talk in a manner that isn't too offensive. But forgive me if I fail at that. For the record, I served 6 years in the Navy on a Trident Submarine. Not once have I questioned whether SH used chemical weapons. This usage was merely an excuse to go to war. It was well known he was using chemical weapons when Rumsfiled went to meet with him. They seem friendly enough in this video. How many he had or if he had them is part of the question. After the first Iraq war, many were destroyed. Maybe he kept some or made more, or maybe not. All we know for sure is he had them in the 80's and none were found despite huge effort in the early 2000's. Anything else is just guessing and I don't quite think guessing is worth a 2 Trillion dollars, do you? Regardless if he had them or not, going to war over them was just and EXCUSE. Former Generals said a lot of shit that turned out to be false. The truth is they didn't know what SH really had. All they kept saying is that the 'other' people were in charge. It was in SH's best interest to lead people to believe he had a large amount of them. No evidence of them was presented. Writing shit in a book doesn't make it true. AKA, the bible. If you were about to be overrun, wouldn't you want to use all your weapons? It's seems more plausible that he didn't have any to use that's why none were used when defending against the USA. Regardless, we don't know for sure. All we know is none were found. I haven't claimed he knowingly lied. I 100% believe Bush thought SH had them and the ends would justify the means. What he did was only believe the evidence that supported the theory and discredit the evidence that pointed against it. There was plenty of information on both sides of the argument. But since Bush believed they were there, we went in and looked hard. None were found. Regardless, whether they were there or not, is not the argument I am making. The war was unnecessary because there was NO IMMINENT THREAT!!!! WMD or not, we went to war because we wanted to. The drum beat to war was thumping hard and we couldn't let doubt or facts get in the way. The mind was made up and Bush was no pussy. While we were at war with Iraq, Pakistan who hates ACTUALLY have and had Nuclear weapons. Sold the tech to N. Korea who developed Nuclear weapons. Iran has chemical weapons and are developing nuclear war heads. All of this shit was going on while we went to war with Iraq on the CHANCE that they still had them. Please provide evidence that SH was using such weapons or threatening others with them. Regarding you assertion that Bush could have had WMD's planted in Iraq is just crazy. There is no way that could happen. Way too many people would have to be involved and some one would have leaked the info. It's crazy if you think the government can pull something like that off. Just no way. Too many people from all walks of life would have to be involved. Plenty of news leaks made it seem that many WMD's were found during the war. Polls bear this out and large portions of the American public believed that WMD's had been found. It is convenient for those hanging on to the justification of war in Iraq to think that there were and we just didn't find them. That somehow SH would let his country be over run and just hide the weapons. Yes, the USA interferes a lot. Some of it is righteous, especially when we live up to the ideals that we espouse. What pisses me off is the great cost of such incorrect assertions. Our political leaders made a strong argument that there was NO DOUBT that SH had WMD and it was a threat to us. Well it turns out, it wasn't that big of a threat and maybe he didnt' have them at all. Meanwhile, those that did, just got stronger. The war in Iraq made Iran stronger as an example. Costs of the mistake: 190,000 people were killed. Of those almost 4500 were US military and another 3,400 civilian contractors. Over 2 Trillion dollars. (Funny how the same people hate when we spend money on health care or education). Tens of thousands of war vets came home with deep physical and mental scars. Compare Iraq today to the year 2000 and tell me it was worth a tiny fraction of that. I don't think so. So all of the above because we 'thought' he had WMD and that was enough to invade. If you think this is just police work for the world, let's take for a moment that the local police had the 'bush doctrine' power. If you have a weapon (gun or otherwise) they could invade your house, kill the head of house hold and anyone who got in the way just to ensure you don't use your gun in a harmful, no self defense way. I stand by my assertion that this is fucking stupid and no one should believe this whether at the local lever or the international border level.

I actually enjoy living in Ohio very much. There’s quite a bit to this state/city near where I live. Most of my family is near, I’m in an affordable home with a little bit of land in the peaceful country side (which would be damn near unattainable in say…the sunny state of California). And yet it’s close enough to the city that I can commute to my job (that I also enjoy), as well as experience a wide range of activities in any direction. If there’s anything, as an Ohioan, I have to complain about, it’s the weather. It’s the only reason why I’d ever consider moving. While we might not have the highest levels of precipitation, we do have some of the highest overcast conditions in the nation. Don’t fault anxious riders who complain, on a motorcycle forum, about the long winter.

I haven't had the camera out in forever. Snapped a quick one.

I concur... there are some people who are depressed, there are some people who are hyperactive, but then there are some kids that just need to learn to listen.

A backpack with 8 speakers, a siren, a train horn and a loudspeaker? Yep, that's my next project with a friend of mine

Relish not knowing what you want next. Obsession over a particular model will come soon enough...

Pfffft -she's a pussy. A real non- story.

I think I will get two of them. One to poo on and one to cover it up.

You may want to see this guy's listing: http://ohioriders.net/index.php?/topic/104287-fs-2009-yamaha-fz6r-my-wifes-bike/

There are mice there? Not to nice of a place?

We'll be in touch...

STR is a good choice.

Political correctness is intellectual terrorism.

Like reality TV.

A pair of bald eagles close to my home.

I'd be willing to pay extra for that.