What is it that guy in #7 has?  Those levers look like controllers for an electric train set...

Yes, it's a real shame what has happened to the promises we were made.  I'm eligible for retirement in just six months and my benefits will be far different than what I was promised by my recruiter in 1985 (I got out after 10 years enlisted and spent six going to school - a B.S. and M.S. - before coming back in with a ...more

Tom:  Whether or not a person serves, as you say, in harms way doesn't mean they don't live with many of the same sacrifices the military lifestyle demands.  And no matter if the serve on the "front line" receiving fire, or stateside in a personnel center, they are contributing to the success or failure of a mission......more

The pen(cil) is mightier than the sword, I guess.

I find the liberals much more intolerant of those they cry repress them... and are bullies.

Growing up, Coke was a treat and was rarely served with a meal.  But it wasn't like it was shunned, either.  We drank it after a little league game, had Coke-floats for dessert, or just occasionally had one "because."  There was no "Diet Coke."  There was Tab, but the only people who drank it were diabetics... and I do...more

That's the same as saying love is just a feeling...   No, love is a choice.  It's proven when you do things that are difficult because you care for another person just as much, or more, as you care for yourself.   A great example of this is exercising fidelity.  You don't cheat because doing so hurts the one yo...more

Agree... goes to the old saying:   "If they'll cheat with you, they'll cheat on you."

Or "her"... women cheat too.