Bring on the comments

1. jldude says:

   August 18, 2010 at 3:13 am

   Dude……..in English please…….it's about as bad as the hebrew question I just rea……looked at.
2. ash says:

   September 6, 2010 at 1:00 pm

   I guess the word "diplomacy" is not in your vocabulary. It does require finesse and understanding, though, which this author lacks in abundance.

   Listen here: the whole world was on our side after 9/11, and was still on our side after we appropriately went into Afghanistan where most of al Qaeda was operating. Then along comes our president-by-fraud George W. Bush to invade *the wrong country*, getting us into a pointless war that has only served to piss off the entire world and played right into the hands of the jihadists, who would probably be blowing up more people than they already are if they weren't constantly falling down laughing uncontrollably at how STUPID the Americans are!

   If you don't get by now that the neo-cons' real agenda is the END of democracy and a return to economic feudalism, then you yourself are one of their dupes, happily voting for "family values" while they continue to undermine your rights and steal your wealth. Creating a bogeyman like the jihadists fits right into their plan – Hitler did it with Jews and it worked for him.

   The only thing I agree with you about is that Islamic fundamentalists are a definite threat to the world, as are Christian fundamentalists and Orthodox Jews. They're all certifiable lunatics, and when they have access to enough power they will kill you to prove it.

   There are better ways to control religious nuts than to destroy an entire country, including a large number of its civilians, and that is to extend opportunity to as many people as possible, as used to be done in America. Step one of that process is to stop supporting dictatorships around the world the way Washington and corporate America have been doing since WW II and earlier. All we have to do, really, is to stop buying oil from the Middle East and the jihadists will eventually fade back into the desert and return to killing each other in the name of "family honor."
3. Dechion says:

   September 20, 2010 at 12:37 pm

   Oh, wow.

   I would hardly call tanking ToC10 mediocre. Hell, I am still gathering the gear to tank Nexus on normal.

   Ok, I likely have the gear, but I fail at knowing what buttons to push to make things hate me properly.

   Congrats on having a good string of Pugs, hope you have many more good ones.
4. angrystoat says:

   September 30, 2010 at 6:06 am

   Was coming home from a show, late at night, slightly inebriated in Seattle. In a cab with the wife, having left the Showbox, headed south on First. Didn’t realize that the cabbie had been running all of the red lights since it was late at night and the street was mostly deserted. All of a sudden we are getting pulled over by this SWAT-looking humvee and these 4 cops dressed in battle gear (tank tops with suspenders and strappy things all up and down their legs and arms) start approaching the vehicle, guns drawn, two to each side. Turns out they thought we were being kidnapped and the driver was running the red lights to escape with us. This was a little after 9/11, so maybe they were a little over-protective. It was nice to think there was someone out there looking after us, even if it turned out to be nothing. We jumped into another cab and were whisked home.
5. garden guy says:

   October 19, 2010 at 11:11 pm

   Ever heard of using a link?
6. Brian Heins says:

   October 25, 2010 at 2:08 pm

   If you are going to use 2 motors to power the separate treads, then a solid chassis would work fine. Just put your treads lower than the body so there is clearance for the chassis to not hit the floor surface. I suggest building in separate components. Assemble your tracks with all the internal gears on a beam and locked in place with bushings and the drive gear protruding from the inside. It would be best if you use the triple wide friction pins mounted on dual beams at 2 places for easy attachment to the main body.

   Next build your chassis with a beam to accept the pins and the space for the drive gear to fit to the worm gear on the motor. When constructing components it is always good to use supporting beams in vertical placement with 2 plates between beams to give you more strength and so when you remove a component, the entire body will not separate.

   Search Brickshelf for Technic and tank images for more ideas.
7. mabosficiau says:

   October 25, 2010 at 5:27 pm

   . . .: Billabong Men's Tank White X-Large
8. Gilla says:

   October 26, 2010 at 9:43 am

   While a bit long I think you have presented the real long term challenge we face in the 21st century. I aggree !00% with you on our options and the stakes. There are manny who as you state in 1941 were still clueless about what the stakes were. There were Pro Nazi's having Rallys in the US till Dec of 1941 & guys like Charles Lindberg on Hittler's bandwagon. I perfer to fight Islamic fundamenlism in Basra or Ramadi rather than in Chicago or Houston. Look At France people. Want to be France???? What many do not understand is that running away never stopped a fight in high school & does not work in the real world ethier. We have a generation that is soft, lazy, deaf from Ipods and wussied by Soccer and Dr Phill. While American kids are too scared to play tag!! A 12 yr old in Liberia can field strip a AK-47 and would kill you over a roll of toilet paper. We need to wake up or yes we will all be in burkas…..