The Afghani Mujahideen veterans (to use just one example) of the Soviet incursion would likely disagree with you. History shows that Partisan forces are near unstoppable, especially after being armed with equipment stolen from the opposition. It's also truly amazing how effective improvised armaments can be. After all, necessity is the mother of invention.

Been there, done that. Frustrating, to put it mildly.

Ok, Ok! Red hammer.

Fred and his wife Edna went to the state fair every year. Every year Fred would say, "Edna, I'd like to ride in that there airplane." And every year Edna would say, "I know Fred, but that airplane ride costs ten dollars, and ten dollars is ten dollars."

One year Fred and Edna went to the fair and Fred said, "Edna, I'm 71 years old. If I don't ride that airplane this year I may never get another chance." Edna replied, "Fred that there airplane ride costs ten dollars, and ten dollars is ten dollars."

The pilot overheard them and said, "Folks, I'll make you a deal. I'll take you both up for a ride. If you can stay quiet for the entire ride and not say one word, I won't charge you, but if you say one word it's ten dollars."

Fred and Edna agreed and up they go. The pilot does all kinds of twists and turns, rolls and dives, but not a word is heard. He does all his tricks over again, but still not a word.

They land and the pilot looks back at Fred and says, "By golly, I did everything I could think of to get you to yell out, but you didn't. I'm impressed!"

Fred replied, "Well, I was going to say something when Edna fell out of the plane awhile back, but ten dollars is ten dollars."

There can never be too much said on this topic.

I disagree with the latter part...for without being armed equally (at least with individual weapons), we cannot hope to resist military oppression at the hands of our own government. Of course, if it comes to that point, governmental legality will be overrun by a superior doctrine: Natural Law. Then, regardless of the "law of the land", we will be armed adequately.

Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Is it feared, then, that we shall turn our arms, each man, gainst his own bosom? Congress hath no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birthright of an American...[T]he unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments, but, where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people.
---Tenche Coxe, The Pennsylvania Gazette, Feb. 20, 1788.

Psyche

tan wench...I mean winch.

Round and round and round it goes, where it ends up, everyone knows.
Stay tuned for the next exciting episode of "Open Hearts vs. Open Minds" (or Didactic Dogma vs. Eclectic Empiricism)...Regardless, never the twain shall meet.

This is true...Success depends on your checkpoints. I have also had some files not restore.

Windows Help & Support Center

System Restore

Restoring your computer does not affect or change your personal data files. For information about backing up personal data files, see Backing up files and folders.

The only way to do that is on the mail-server itself or it's firewall, otherwise, the delivery information is going to be logged. You can send fake responses, etc., etc., but it won't change the logs. Even if you got Yahoo! to block his IP or email address, all he'd have to do is use another one. Echoing someone else's comment, I have yet to see email considered as legal notification of anything by any court. It is not considered reliable enough, nor even certifiable correspondence, due to it's potential anonymous nature.

Ummm....Unless he's changed the pic, that's an F4U-1D Corsair.

Actually, it means that all of the stories are true, depending upon your perception. Yes, there were WMDs present, by the technical definition. They were old, obsolete, decrepit, non-usable, and non-deliverable. They were also not of the type, quality or quantity that we used as justification for our invasion. All of the WMDs that were of the class that we were seeking, were destroyed during the first Gulf War, and Iraq possessed neither the capability nor the freedom to produce more (due to sanctions). The missiles that were found were also mostly inoperative, as well as obsolete, with no payloads. The existing stock of chemicals was only a danger if you flung yourself upon it bodily. The containers were in such poor condition that the military still hasn't been able to move a large portion of them.

A most profound & poignant statement, Abra. You have spoken for the hearts of many.

What many fail to realize, is that there are no reliable sources of information. The moment that you acknowledge a source as "reliable", you have willingly suppressed the ability to make an intelligent assessment. Every information source out there spins and manipulates a subtly confusing blend of facts and fabrication to support their adopted agenda.

Yes, and down further in the same article (full CNN version) it says:

Offering the official administration response to FOX News, a senior Defense Department official pointed out that the chemical weapons were not in useable conditions.

"This does not reflect a capacity that was built up after 1991," the official said, adding the munitions "are not the WMDs this country and the rest of the world believed Iraq had, and not the WMDs for which this country went to war."

Please don't let it be frost build-up in your freezer....

Coral?