not sure how close it can be. I don't see how we could know. They don't have SS cards, visas or anything like that to count.

how would we even guess how many? how would you propose to even try to count?

it is a plot to give them brain cancer

Maybe somewhere in Europe is where I need to go then....

Leave them there - life or death.
Bring them home - homelessness, unemployed, injured, poverty.


Maybe Obama is afraid, that if he brings back the troops, he's gonna face massive amount of military veterans this time, who got no jobs, no healthcare, not much to look forward to.

They would be labeled as "extremists", just like currently the veterans at home who as served somewhere and somehow dissatisfied often get this label. Of course, you gotta think of people who are experts in one thing, and that is war armed uprising.

Can you imagine that?

doubtful, unless they are charged with a crime. moot point anyway. regardless of the reason, they busted a ton of airspace without clearance and neglected mandatory communications and quite possibly fuel reserves. and of course there's the catch all the faa calls "careless and reckless operation of an aircraft" as a fall back. unfortunately the faa is often arbitrary and inconsistent in doling out punnishment for idiots like these two and the company still has the union to deal with before taking action. sad but there's a union for you just doing what unions do.

It turns out they weren't asleep, and were using their personal laptops in the cockpit when they overshot the airport. Morons.

http://www.startribune.com/business/65982292.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aU1yDEmP:QMDCinchO7DU

And people wonder why I'm afraid to fly...

Exactly, he himself stated he would bring the troops home. Whether one agrees with the war or not, obama has failed to hold up to his word. If some of you wanna b**ch about them being there then by golly get on your president's arse and demand he do something.

Sounds like the one calling you blind, dumb and deaf politically obviously doesn't have the concept to believe accidents happen. Who is to say that that helicopter wouldn't have crashed here, which they do. Gonna blame that on bush too? Sheesh Hell let's blame everything on bush right?

Right now in the news; 14 Americans died in shoppers crash in Afghanistan . The war in Afghanistan is a waste of lives and a waste of money . While G.W. Bush is making tons of money from giving speeches to the politically blind, dumb and deaf, Americans are dying in both Iraq and Afghanistan for his ill deceived policies of tyranny, deception and imperialism pushed and instigated by the neo cons who keep seeking one war after another under false pretexts .
If you really care about the troops then bring them home now .

Proof pics or it didn't happen.

I have high-tech toys will not be guilty of trespassing

besides YR is my look out

I'd walk back and forth if it were you in window

Wow. Talk about taking interpretation of the law to a whole new level. As someone said earlier, she and her kid should be charged for peeping in his windows to begin with.

Oh, this is going to be fun ...

First of all, the tripling of the budget deficit is not a "talking point", it's a reality. The budget deficit will at minimum be $1.4T this year, which is triple the deficit of the last Bush budget. If you don't know that, then you need to get your head out of the sand and start paying attention.

As far as the promises you mentioned ... the original talk of a 16-month troop withdrawal (which, if implemented during Obama's first month in office, would have had us out of there by summer of 2010) has more than doubled, leaving many troops there until the end of 2011. He also said that the one of the reasons we would do that is so that we could focus more on Afghanistan. Now he's giving signals that he's not even going to do that.

Making everything transparent? That would be hilarious, if it weren't for the fact that you seem to actually believe it has happened. There has been no transparency whatsoever, not that it's a surprise to many of us. Government isn't interested in their own transparency, no matter who's in charge. Just as an example, though, the big O specifically said that the people were going to have five days to read ALL bills BEFORE they would be voted on in Congress. Not only have the PEOPLE not had five days, the CONGRESS hasn't even had five days to read some of the bills that they've been commanded to vote on, even when the bills are over 1000 pages long!

What tax break did he give to 95% of Americans? Are you talking about the $7 and change per week (to singles), which itself was still subject to all taxes once it was back in your paycheck? Wow, what is anyone going to do with all that money? Besides, once he lets the previous REAL tax cuts expire, it will amount to a net increase in taxes, so that was all a smoke-and-mirrors claim anyway.

I tried to find something about the bill you mentioned. Please feel free to provide a link to a detailed article about the bill that helps veterans.

While I certainly cannot speak for anyone that I don't know, I can tell you that my opposition to anything that is going on with this administration is purely ideological. That is also true for the people I know personally who are opposed to the things happening over the last several months. You seem to want to bring race into it, but it rings hollow, because it just isn't true.

well, I'm impressed!!!!!!!! you really do pay attention

except for trippling our national debt his first year in office....yeah a GREAT job...because EVERYONE knows the way out of debt is to make your money worth less and spend more!