Don't Jump to conclusions to soon!
or your face may be as tight as this persons ....
216. Redhead 12:28 PM CDT on July 28, 2008
Aubie, I just wanted to share this email.
Subject: Noise complaint
Luke AFB is west of Phoenix and is rapidly being surrounded by civilization that complains about the noise from the base and its planes, forgetting that it was there long before they were. A certain lieutenant colonel at Luke AFB deserves a big pat on the back. Apparently, an individual who lives somewhere near Luke AFB wrote the local paper complaining about a group of F-16s that disturbed his/her day at the mall. When that individual read the response from a Luke AFB officer, it must have stung quite a bit.
The complaint: 'Question of the day for Luke Air Force Base: Whom do we thank for the morning air show? Last Wednesday, at precisely
9:11 a.m, a tight formation of four F-16 jets made a low pass over Arrowhead Mall, continuing west over Bell Road at approximately 500 feet. Imagine our good fortune! Do the Tom Cruise-wannabes feel we need this wake-up call, or were they trying to impress the cashiers at Mervyns early bird special? Any response would be appreciated.'
The response: Regarding 'A wake-up call from Luke's jets'
(Letters, Thursday): On June 15, at precisely 9:12 a.m., a perfectly timed four-ship fly by of F-16s from the 63rd Fighter Squadron at Luke Air Force Base flew over the grave of Capt. Jeremy Fresques. Capt. Fresques was an Air Force officer who was previously stationed at Luke Air Force Base and was killed in Iraq on May 30, Memorial Day. At 9 a.m.on June 15, his family and friends gathered at Sunland Memorial Parkin Sun City to mourn the loss of a husband, son and friend. Based on the letter writer's recount of the fly by, and because of the jet noise, I'm sure you didn't hear the 21-gun salute, the playing of taps, or my words to the widow and parents of Capt. Fresques as I gave them their son's flag on behalf of the President of the United States and all those veterans and servicemen and women who understand the sacrifices they have endured. A four-ship fly by is a display of respect the Air Force gives to those who give their lives in defense of freedom. We are professional aviators and take our jobs seriously, and on June 15 what the letter writer witnessed was four officers lining up to pay their ultimate respects. The letter writer asks, 'Whom do we thank for the morning air show? The
56th Fighter Wing will make the call for you, and forward your thanks to the widow and parents of Capt. Fresques, and thank them for you, for it was in their honor that my pilots flew the most honorable formation of their lives. Only 2 defining forces have ever offered to die for you.....Jesus Christ and the American Soldier. One died for your soul, the other for your freedom. Lt. Col. Grant L. Rosensteel, Jr. USAF
Dont be a troll....Just enjoy the good folks here on WU!
No Politics Please!!!!
Welcome to da Doghouse...right Clem?
HUMMM all these folks in here and no one is posting...LOL
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Good for you Ally...I didnt get anything today but sun and heat
LOL what's up man?
I just wondered cuz I've read that an Ipod or cell phone will attract lightening from trees.
There's all kinds of warnings and documentation about that. Ipods, too.
Check this out-
Link
I guess I shouldn't be calling for a radar image during a storm while outside then ....
Thanks so much for the link, I will pass this on to some friends =)
Hope this will help you and your friends stay safe. You all have enough to deal with!
Enjoyed my visit- thanks!
Thanks again!! Nice to have ya here =)
I don't see Aub anywhere, I musta had a KO =)
Subject: Noise complaint
Luke AFB is west of Phoenix and is rapidly being surrounded by civilization that complains about the noise from the base and its planes, forgetting that it was there long before they were. A certain lieutenant colonel at Luke AFB deserves a big pat on the back. Apparently, an individual who lives somewhere near Luke AFB wrote the local paper complaining about a group of F-16s that disturbed his/her day at the mall. When that individual read the response from a Luke AFB officer, it must have stung quite a bit.
The complaint: 'Question of the day for Luke Air Force Base: Whom do we thank for the morning air show? Last Wednesday, at precisely
9:11 a.m, a tight formation of four F-16 jets made a low pass over Arrowhead Mall, continuing west over Bell Road at approximately 500 feet. Imagine our good fortune! Do the Tom Cruise-wannabes feel we need this wake-up call, or were they trying to impress the cashiers at Mervyns early bird special? Any response would be appreciated.'
The response: Regarding 'A wake-up call from Luke's jets'
(Letters, Thursday): On June 15, at precisely 9:12 a.m., a perfectly timed four-ship fly by of F-16s from the 63rd Fighter Squadron at Luke Air Force Base flew over the grave of Capt. Jeremy Fresques. Capt. Fresques was an Air Force officer who was previously stationed at Luke Air Force Base and was killed in Iraq on May 30, Memorial Day. At 9 a.m.on June 15, his family and friends gathered at Sunland Memorial Parkin Sun City to mourn the loss of a husband, son and friend. Based on the letter writer's recount of the fly by, and because of the jet noise, I'm sure you didn't hear the 21-gun salute, the playing of taps, or my words to the widow and parents of Capt. Fresques as I gave them their son's flag on behalf of the President of the United States and all those veterans and servicemen and women who understand the sacrifices they have endured. A four-ship fly by is a display of respect the Air Force gives to those who give their lives in defense of freedom. We are professional aviators and take our jobs seriously, and on June 15 what the letter writer witnessed was four officers lining up to pay their ultimate respects. The letter writer asks, 'Whom do we thank for the morning air show? The
56th Fighter Wing will make the call for you, and forward your thanks to the widow and parents of Capt. Fresques, and thank them for you, for it was in their honor that my pilots flew the most honorable formation of their lives. Only 2 defining forces have ever offered to die for you.....Jesus Christ and the American Soldier. One died for your soul, the other for your freedom. Lt. Col. Grant L. Rosensteel, Jr. USAF
LOL Gypsy
It's a great one!
Hope you're having a great day!
Published: 7/28/08, 2:25 PM EDT
By The Associated Press
(AP) - Following is a list of the top party schools in the nation, according to Princeton Review's survey of 120,000 students.
1. University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.
2. University of Mississippi, University, Miss.
3. Penn State University, University Park, Pa.
4. West Virginia University, Morgantown, W.Va.
5. Ohio University, Athens, Ohio.
6. Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Va.
7. University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.
8. University of Texas, Austin, Texas.
9. University of California-Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, Calif.
10. Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fla.
11. University of New Hampshire, Durham, N.H.
12. University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
13. University of Colorado, Boulder, Co.
14. Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind.
15. Tulane University, New Orleans, La.
16. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Ill.
17. Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz.
18. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn.
19. University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
20. Loyola University-New Orleans, New Orleans, La.
Published: 7/28/08, 2:46 PM EDT
By The Associated Press
(AP) - Following is a list of the top 20 "stone-cold sober schools," according to Princeton Review's survey of 120,000 college students.
1. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.
2. Wheaton College, Wheaton, Ill.
3. U.S. Coast Guard Academy, New London, Conn.
4. College of the Ozarks, Point Lockout, Mo.
5. Grove City College, Grove City, Pa.
6. U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.
7. U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.
8. Wellesley College, Wellesley, Mass.
9. Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, Calif.
10. Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Mich.
11. U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y.
12. Wesleyan College, Macon, Ga.
13. Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Needham, Mass.
14. City University of New York-Queens College, Flushing, N.Y.
15. Webb Institute, Glen Cove, N.Y.
16. Berea College, Berea, Ky.
17. Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Ga.
18. City University of New York-Baruch College, New York.
19. Simmons College, Boston.
20. Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
They'd make it to the doghouse.....
slipping...they've been # 1 a couple times and
usually in the top five. Amazing.
Love...they are welcome here anytime...with Vort around there is no chance of the being anything but sober...LOL
Kat...see what the high price of gas is doing for education in your state?LOL
You mean they can't afford gas AND beer?? LOL
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Oil rises on Nigerian attack, Iran nuclear worries
Monday July 28, 3:12 pm ET
By Stevenson Jacobs, AP Business Writer
Oil rises after pipeline attack in Nigeria, Iran nuclear worries; concerns about demand remain
NEW YORK (AP) -- Oil prices rose Monday, approaching $125 a barrel after militants sabotaged two oil pipelines in Nigeria and Iran claimed that it had doubled the size of its nuclear program but signaled a willingness to work with the U.S.
The gains, however, were tempered by more evidence that high gas prices are causing Americans to keep their cars off the roads. The U.S. Transportation Department said Monday that U.S. drivers logged 9.6 billion fewer vehicle miles in May -- or 3.7 percent -- compared to the same period last year, the biggest drop ever for the historically busy summer driving month.
Light, sweet crude for September delivery rose $1.47 to settle at $124.73 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Prices were expected rise some after crude's steep nosedive over the past two weeks. The contract fell $2.23 to settle at $123.26 a barrel on Friday -- oil's lowest point in weeks -- as record prices continue to dent in demand.
In another sign that high fuel prices are curbing consumption, the average price for gasoline in the U.S. fell just over a penny to $3.958 a gallon, according to auto club AAA, the Oil Price Information Service and Wright Express.
Oil rallied above $125 a barrel early Monday on more worries over Iran's nuclear program. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced Saturday that Iran now has 6,000 centrifuges -- a figure that doubled past estimates and ratcheted up tension in the standoff between Western countries and OPEC's second-largest producer.
"The comments by the Iranian president are a reminder that the Iranian situation remains fluid," said Victor Shum, an energy analyst with consulting firm Purvin & Gertz in Singapore.
However, Ahmadinejad struck a lighter tone in comments aired Monday, telling NBC that Iran would be open to a "new approach" from the U.S. in seeking a peaceful resolution to his country's nuclear ambitions. He added that current oil prices were "not realistic," saying: "Some powers are manipulating the prices inside the market." He did not elaborate.
Ahmadinejad's comments were viewed as conciliatory among oil traders and helped take momentum out of crude's earlier rally, said Jim Ritterbusch, president of energy consultancy Ritterbusch and Associates in Galena, Ill.
"We pumped a little geopolitical risk premium into the pricing structure and then we took it right back," said Ritterbusch.
He said Ahmadinejad's bearish oil comments also reflect an economic reality for the oil-rich nation: The higher crude prices go, the less people will be able to afford it, hurting producing countries' bottom lines.
"They would like to see lower prices because they're very concerned that high prices will choke off demand and hurt them in the long run," Ritterbusch said.
Meanwhile, an overnight attack on Nigerian oil installations boosted prices. The country's main militant group, The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, attacked two oil pipelines in southern Rivers State believed to be owned by a unit of Royal Dutch Shell PLC.
Shell said a pipeline had been damaged in attacks and that some crude production had been shut down to prevent an oil spill. No other details were given.
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta says it's acting to force the Nigerian federal government to send more oil-industry funds to the southern region, which produces all of Nigeria's crude oil but remains impoverished after decades of corrupt and wasteful governance.
Meanwhile, the strikingly large drop in miles driven by Americans underscored the rapidly shifting fuel consumption habits in the world's thirstiest consumer. Americans have travelled 29.8 billion fewer miles in the first five months of 2008 compared the same period over the previous year, U.S. Transportation Secratary Mary E. Peters said Monday.
"You're seeing demand destruction in motion," Flynn said. "And some of this demand is never coming back back because people aren't going to be buying those SUVs anymore because Detroit isn't making them."
In another sign traders think oil prices may have peaked, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission said that for the first time in 17 months, a majority of large commodities traders are shorting oil prices -- or betting that prices will fall.
The shift in sentiment follows crude stark descent over the past two weeks. Crude has fallen in seven of the last 10 sessions, and is down about 16 percent from its peak above $147 a barrel earlier this month. Still, prices remain about 65 percent higher than at this time last year.
In other Nymex trading Monday, heating oil futures rose 3.91 cents to settle at $3.562 a gallon while gasoline prices added 3.77 cents to settle at $3.07 a gallon. Natural gas futures added 5.7 cents to $9.141 per 1,000 cubic feet.
In London, Brent crude for September delivery rose $1.36 cents to $125.88 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange.
Associated Press writers Pablo Gorondi in Budapest, Hungary, Gillian Wong in Singapore and Edward Harris in Lagos, Nigeria contributed to this report.
I see UT made the top ten alchohol majors!
Whoo Hoo....I knew those hoodlum freinds of mine were lying....lol
That's TX for ya.
good read Kat....
Prime Example NUMBER 1 Link
Injured vets tell pull Dick Cheney invitation over security demands
By James Gordon Meek
Daily News Washington Bureau
Sunday, July 27th 2008, 11:55 PM
Vice President Cheney was told to get lost by Disabled American Veterans, which had invited him to its convention next month. Ceneta/AP
Vice President Cheney was told to get lost by Disabled American Veterans, which had invited him to its convention next month.
WASHINGTON - Vice President Cheney's invitation to address wounded combat veterans next month has been yanked because the group felt his security demands were Draconian and unreasonable.
The veep had planned to speak to the Disabled American Veterans at 8:30 a.m. at its August convention in Las Vegas.
His staff insisted the sick vets be sequestered for two hours before Cheney's arrival and couldn't leave until he'd finished talking, officials confirmed.
"Word got back to us ... that this would be a prerequisite," said the veterans executive director, David Gorman, who noted the meeting hall doesn't have any rest rooms. "We told them it just wasn't acceptable."
When Cheney spoke to the group in 2004, his handlers imposed the same stringent security lockdown, upsetting members, officials said.
Many of the vets are elderly and left pieces of themselves on foreign battlefields since World War II, and others were crippled by recent service in Iraq and Afghanistan. For health reasons, many can't be stuck in a room for hours.
"It was a huge imposition on our delegates," added David Autry, another Disabled American Veterans official.
Autry said vets would've had to get up "at Oh-dark-30 and try to get breakfast and showered and get their prosthetics on."
Once inside, they "could not leave the meeting room, and the bathrooms are outside," he said.
Cheney's office acknowledged the security requests, but insisted he is sensitive to combat veterans' needs.
Spokeswoman Megan Mitchell said the two-hour rule is "a recommendation, not a requirement," and "we always work to make sure the bathrooms are within the security perimeters."
"The vice president would never let us do anything that didn't help facilitate the needs of our veterans," Mitchell added.
Cheney has visited hospitalized wounded warriors and invited Walter Reed Army Medical Center patients for fly-fishing lessons around his swimming pool.
But the vice president's rules for speaking to groups seem more stringent than those of his boss.
President Bush routinely speaks at events such as large dinners where thousands of guests freely pass back and forth through Secret Service screening portals.
Gorman first invited Bush, who has never addressed the group, but the White House declined last month.
GOP presidential hopeful John McCain plans to speak in Las Vegas, and organizers expect Democrat Barack Obama will, too.
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