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Hi, I'm getting tired of the bashing of the french. "surrender monkeys" "exc condition french rifles, never fired, only dropped once" etc.

Mxsmanic wrote: When did the Secret Service get jurisdiction in Germany? It used to be a "privilege" to host the president of the United States and hosts...

khobar wrote: BTW, what's an emporer? Its an emperor with some bits misplaced :-)

RAK wrote: I wonder why they couldn't use a military airport - more security and less disruption. Especially since Bush visited Schroeder near the US...

"Dave C." wrote: OK, tell ya what. We'll put you in the captain's chair of a 747 at 29,000 feet out over the middle of the Atlantic Ocean somewhere and...

"Dave C." wrote: Ummmm . . . the pilots did EXACTLY that. They thought they'd have enough fuel, but somewhere over the ocean they realized that they were...

PTRAVEL wrote: For examples from both parties who try to build consensus and govern from the center: Bill Clinton Arnold Schwarzenegger Bush is...

PTRAVEL wrote: When 49% of the vote is against him, and it is the largest vote in history against a presidential candate, he doesn't have a...

wrote: Perhaps, but NYPD (Irish) and FDNY (Irish) so what's the difference? Except that the latter two were heroes of 9/11. When Air...

One of the advantages of this crew's decision is that the flight woudl land in a city with a strong BA presence. Lets say 4 hours into the flight, they...

s k y n e w s wrote: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1499342,00.html Flying faulty jumbo across Atlantic saves BA £100,000 By Ben...

THIS MAY POSSIBLY "TICK" YOU OFF!!! The United States gives out $13.3 billion tax dollars in direct Foreign Aid annually. The United States is above and...

I returned from a trip to the Czech Republic earlier this month, and a question has been bouncing around my head since: How did Namesti Miru (Square of Peace)...

"John A. Weeks III" wrote: Actually, most airliners are volume limited rather than weight limited. That is, they could carry more pounds if they only...

nobody760 wrote: Unless of course they are black, chinese, red indian or any thing other than white! But what is the available seat mile cost of United...

devil wrote: mortgage companies), interest rates were surely much lower than market value as a result. In my book it's tantamount to a subsidy. That...

A recent thread caused me to reminisce again about European train stations, both huge and tiny. For me, one of most interesting and fun aspects of travel has...

One more aspect: While it is true that landing is the most dangerous portion of the flight (as is taking off), most landings are smooth enough that...

anonymouse wrote: and then there were the other prohibited weapons used. specifically missles and drones with to long a range. Another good example of...

I think this rule could actually be good. Imagine the black eye the rabid US politicians would get IF it turns out that Airbus aircraft have greater US...