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I think the current crop of kids graduating from high school are generally less motivated and less prepared to make it on their own at age 18 than people from my era. There are plenty of monetary factors involved...poor job martket, high tuition costs, inflation, etc. But, I think the recent culture shift towards things like bicycle helmets and not keeping score in youth sports is well intentioned, but has ultimately retarded character development and weakened the spirit of our young.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS66kLH6l14

The short answer is that the races are almost always close. With 5 laps left the winner is still in doubt & lots drivers still have a chance at 1st place. The fans of those drivers still think their guy can win. Would you rather see Mladin lap the field of Eslick beat up Herrin for 20 laps? It takes more skill to ride a Superbike, F1 cars are faster, but NASCAR rules make the races close...restrictor plates...aerodynamic limits, cautions that bunch up the field, etc.

Does this deserve it's own thread? Yes! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHwNee3WrC4

The AMA's problem is they are not creative at marketing their product. NASCAR is a marketing machine. They pull sponsors and dollars from every possible angle. If you've never seen a NASCAR race, I bet you could still recognize Jeff Gordon or Earnhardt Jr. Very few non-AMA fans have ever heard the names Josh Hayes or Danny Eslick.

Then the AMA should get smart and create a reality show about young riders trying to qualify for a sponsored ride. UFC blew up after TUF. Sure there was a fan base before TUF, but UFC's revenue & ratings exploded after TUF.

There are something like 6 shows about cake. With all the terrible cable channels I got to think that someone would pick up AMA. FUEL, G4, ESPN 8 (The Ocho), something...

You mean this one? May 5, 1945: Japanese Balloon Bomb Kills 6 in Oregon 1945:: A Japanese balloon bomb kills six people in rural eastern Oregon. They are the only World War II U.S. combat casualties in the 48 states

Seems like an 883 alternative. These will be sold worldwide. I doubt US sales will be very strong, but overall Honda will sell a ton of these.

http://www.mda.mil/system/system.html

Interesting choice for an inexpensive cruiser/bagger. Would you ride it? The standard CTX700N ($6999), and the CTX700 ($7799), the latter with a bikini fairing separating it from the naked variant.

Assuming NK could launch a missle (nuke or otherwise) at the US, our missle defenses would destroy it. Other countries are not so well protected. If they are close to nuclear missle capability, I expect there will be international intervention from the US, China, and many others.

Probably true

It makes sense for someone from the nether-region to join a site for local motorcycle riding. Seems legit.

Scooby Doo style unmasking?

You are all just jealous of his golden dutch penis

What's preventing police from getting on the radio before every routine stop and saying 'He's got a gun?' That way they can defend any actions despite how wrong they are. They can lie and their partner will swear to it in court. It's a perfect plan

The term 'ball ammo' is used in the military.

Standard fmj. Non hollow points.

Are you speculating or saying this actually happened?

Fleeing is illegal, but does not justify the use of deadly force. When a chase puts the public in danger, CPD policy is to break off the chase to end the danger. This policy was not followed. To minimize the potential of public danger, another CPD policy is to limit the numer of chase vehicles to 2 unless specific orders call for more than 2 (there were 59 vehicles involved in this chase, more that 2 were not authorized). The people killed were the ones who created the situation. However, through a series of not following proceedures, misinformation (like shots fired), and a few really stupid moves, the Police were the ones that escalated the situation into a shootout. While the poeple killed were not the most upstanding citizens, police are not judge, jury, and executioner. Police are here to serve and protect the public, even the ones you may find unsavory. If you follow the details of the actual shooting, the police basically encircled the vehilce and shots were fired (by police)...creating a crossfire. MANY POLICE VEHICLES WERE SHOT, BY THE POLICE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CIRCLE!!! An officer seeing bullets tearing through his car, would likely be inclined to return fire, escalating what is already a huge clusterfuck. It's really surprising that police weren't shot and killed by friendly fire. Scary.

So...the 2 people killed were not armed. Mike Dewine is saying Cleveland police are out of control and lack leadership. A local congress woman is calling the police murderers. This should get interesting... http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2013/02/cleveland_police_chase_and_shooting_scene.html http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/cleveland_metro/East-Cleveland-Councilwoman-calls-police-chase-shooting-murder

Magz, The thing that bothers me most about you and people like you is you consider your self some kind of of expert on topics where you've barely scratched the surface. That attitude breeds ignorance and prevents any REAL comprehension. You've proven this many times. ...tried to tell a thread full of former military personnel that you understand the mindset of people serving in our military because you have a cousin in the Navy and you talk sometimes (but not for a long time) or some horseshit like that. Your understanding of the mind of military personnel is based on the stories that your killer robot cousin chose to tell you. Great, that paints 0.001% of the picture, but just skip to the part where you consider yourself an expert and refuse to accept any new information from people who have lived it. Ignorant. The comment in this thead about snipers not having courage is another example of ignorance. You know that a sniper can hit a target from a long distance. OK...fantastic...that is 1% of being a sniper, but you've already convinced yourself that you know it all. Snipers display more courage in sniper SCHOOL that you will in your whole life. Just applying to sniper school take brass balls. Being in hostile territory, behind enemy lines, by yourself trying to evade detection to take out a target to untimately save more lives...few men have that kind of courage. Shut your mouth and LISTEN to people that know more than you. If you're lucky, you may just learn enough to put together an INFORMED opinion. And you may just understand why people think your UNINFORMED opinions make you a bad person.

It doesn't take an abundance of courage to post a-hole comments from your cozy chair behind your keyboard. You should find some active military personnel and share your opinions face to face...that would take some courage.