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Hey Blackbird: Man, if I were running for office, I would feel extremely blessed to have supporters like yourself. You are always willing to give a guy the benefit of a doubt. My feelings about most of our national leaders (president included) are that they are very intelligent and well...

I had heard it said on a radio broadcast that horses dragging their riders to death was the most common cause of death back then, but then maybe it was just addressing accidental death. It would seem that disease would be a bigger factor overall. Roy

Would anyone care to guess the most common cause of premature death among men in the old west was? Roy

Thanks for the advice, Jim. I'll have to do that. Just talking about this stuff gives me the itch for it. Roy

Was it a C-130? What was your crew position? Did you enjoy your work? Roy

A hundred?!! I wish I had it in me to read like that. I think that in my later years, I have developed adult A.D.D., because I have a lot of good reading material, but whenever I read, I'll go for a couple of chapters, then put it aside and may not get back to it for a long time. Yeah man...

I was an aircrewman throughout most of my Coast Guard career. Being able to fly down the beach in a chopper with the door open was always a thrill. In the newer helos, that the Guard uses today, I believe that they have to keep the door closed when the plane is in forward flight - not much fun...

When I was in the tenth grade, I found a book in the school library on Wyatt Earp and used it for a book report. After that, I read everything that I could find on Waytt Earp, because he was an amazing individual. When I was in the Army, I was stationed at Ft. Huachuca, Az., about twenty-five...

Dr. Emir Caner, preached at my church this Sunday morning and evening. Has anyone heard of him before? He and his brother , Ergun, were raised as Suni Muslims but became Christians while they were youths. I bought a copy of the book that they co-authored, "Unveiling Islam". Looking forward...

GODzThunder: Man, I hate to say it, but nothing that happens in the public school arena shocks me anymore. I have an old paper-back book here in front of me that was written in 1964 by a former congressman named John Stormer. The title is "None Dare Call it Treason". In chapter 6, where he...

It would have been fascinating to have been with Cortes in the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan, prior to hostillities with the natives. The Spaniards were there, as guests, for three or four months before fighting broke out. Roy

How about that "Hudson", Jeff? Can you remember ever riding in it? When I was a kid, there was an elderly druggist in my home town who had a Hudson and always drove it with a heavy foot on the pedal. I've heard that those were really fast cars. Roy

1. What was the first car you ever rode in? I believe it was a 1950 Ford, which my dad had until I was about 4. I can still remember that it had a key to unlock the ignition switch, then a button to push in order to start it. It also had a manual choke. 2. What was the first car you ever...

Since so much has been said about Joe McCarthy in this thread, I'll leave this link for everyone's inspection. (Yes, it is a "John Birch Society" link.) Here's a sample of what is there: http://www.thenewamerican.com/focus/people/vo03no10_mccarthy.htm From another source, I learned that...

Tanker: I found the following paragraph on Harry Dexter White at the link given. I am sorry that the link doesn't work. I don't know why. Maybe it can be entered manually. According to this source,, White's involvement is substantiated by Soviet archives. The same guy that fingered White...

Issac Stern You even look like this guy, Mr. Botwinick. Roy

The Pizarro conquest of the Incas was fascinating to me so I guess that's why I voted for Pizarro. He was leading about 150 men when he encountered the Incan army (of about 3,000 - maybe more) along with their king, Atahualpa. The Spaniards were uncharacteristicly afraid of this huge army and...

Tanker: You seem hopelessly socialistic, my friend. I don't think that proof means a thing to you, but spin means everything. Maybe you and Alger Hiss can get together someday in that great collective farm in the sky and enjoy a good laugh together. Roy

&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;3. Truman : Committed US troops to a no-win war in Korea. His administration was infested with Communists while at the same time we were fighting Communists.&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt; suppose you name the communists in his administration [/b]</font> Harry Dexter White -...

Is anyone suggesting that a Muslim culture would be intollerant? :eek: Of Biblical significance, I believe that the destruction of Ninevah had a lot to do with the weather. Nahum had prophesied Ninevah's destruction at a time when such a thing seemed laughable because Ninevah was such a...