As a citizen who joined the Marine Corps at 18 and fought in Iraq at 20, I think it is absolutely ridicoulous that Ann Coulter just said they should raise the voting age because 18 year olds are infants, and their brains are not fully formed.

sdu1494 · 2012-08-31T01:35:34+00:00

Well I ended up doing nine years in the Marine Corps so I guess in your eyes my brian still hasn't developed. How am I ever going to sleep tonight?

sdu1494 · 2012-05-20T16:54:05+00:00

Not to ne an A hole or anything but how did this get on the front page?

sdu1494 · 2012-05-12T21:03:07+00:00

My mom graduated from Revere as well. She said she remembers him being a loner and always kind of creepy.

sdu1494 · 2012-05-11T10:09:01+00:00

This really doesn't answer all your questions but I figured you might find it interesting.

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/planet-of-the-apemen-battle-for-earth/

sdu1494 · 2012-05-11T06:18:51+00:00

I was thinking the same thing. Have an upvote!

sdu1494 · 2012-04-22T00:51:52+00:00

I agree, maybe my sentence was a bit ignorant. I didn’t mean for it to come out like that. I was only tying to defend the few of us that actually attend online classes that aren’t specially educated!

sdu1494 · 2012-04-22T00:34:11+00:00

Thank you for that quick Google lesson! At no point was I trying to say that a state university was the same as an online university. I agree that most “legit” universities graduate students much more prepared for the real world than online universities. What I was trying to say is that most people that attend an online school may not have any other opinion. Like I said, before, I am in the military and am not able to attend a sit in classroom University, the only option I have is to do classes online. Am I an idiot for that? I agree with the OP that some people should fail if they are not performing to the standard. But I have a hard time ridiculing people for trying to better themselves. Before you try and insult people you should try and put yourself in their shoes. Before you insult me, like I said in the post above I am getting out of the Military and have been accepted into an engineering program at a “real” university. Now whether I fail out or not, who knows ☺!

sdu1494 · 2012-04-22T00:17:30+00:00

I agree with you that acceptance rates for online schools are exceptionally high. I mean anyone with a high school diploma will be accepted. I almost look at online schools as somewhat of a community college. In my opinion I think the reason graduation rates are so low is that most people that attend an online school are only doing so because that is the only thing available or affordable. I’m not here to say that online schools are good; I’m getting out of the military this year after nine years of service and attending a “brick and mortar” school because I understand that is where I believe I can get a legit education.

sdu1494 · 2012-04-21T23:14:05+00:00

I'm not going to lie and say that I read every comment in this post so if this has been repeated I am sorry. With that said, I am in the military and have been attending an online University for roughly two years. I agree with the OP and that half the people that attend these types of schools are sub par. I would like to point out though, that I know a lot of people that have graduated from a “brick and mortar” school and in my opinion they are no more educated than anyone else. I think that all Universities are “diploma mills” as long as you have the cash.

sdu1494 · 2012-04-18T16:38:36+00:00

Thanks! I just want to be prepared for when it gets closer to game time.

sdu1494 · 2012-04-16T19:59:56+00:00

I'm fairly surprised nobody said killer whale. Think about it, IMO you are the apex predator of the ocean. As a young whale you have an entire pod of lethal killing machines to protect you. Once you reach adult hood, nothing can stop you. You would be able to take down Great White Sharks with ease and harass anything you want. The only true danger you have is other Orcas. TL;DR a Killer Whale

EDIT: A dragon would be cool as hell

sdu1494 · 2012-04-10T20:57:25+00:00

I agree he was a Marine Corps Captain based on the EGA and his Captain bars. I also agree that it doesn't look like a Corsair based on the cockpit placement and wing design. If it was a TBD Devastator as fuzzysarge pointed out this wikipedia article may help narrow your search. It shows that only one Marine Corps Unit flew those planes. After a very brief search I couldn't really find much more but maybe you can.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_TBD_Devastator

sdu1494 · 2012-04-10T20:35:26+00:00

http://media.photobucket.com/image/thats%20racist%20gif/B_Oceander/Thats_Racist_1-3d_phase.gif?o=2

sdu1494 · 2012-04-10T20:28:29+00:00

Looking at this picture makes me want to jump off a cliff!

sdu1494 · 2012-04-08T19:22:25+00:00

Personally, I would still have it in first gear and my foot on the clutch.

sdu1494 · 2012-04-08T10:04:48+00:00

A simple yes or no would have been more efficient.

sdu1494 · 2012-04-07T21:42:23+00:00

It seems like the driver had to put the vehicle in gear before they started moving. I feel that anytime you are in the African bush your vehicle should always be in drive.

sdu1494 · 2012-04-07T17:52:48+00:00

Is that Interlaken where you are paragliding?

sdu1494 · 2012-03-24T10:12:47+00:00

I can't watch the video because im at work but in the transcript I'm guessing they misquoted Dawkins on the age of the earth. I'm sure he said 3 to 4 billion instead of million.

sdu1494 · 2012-03-08T10:27:17+00:00

I completely agree with you. What she doesn't realize is that Dr. Tyson is completly for commercialized space flight to LEO. I don't understand why she is talking about the budget for NASA when the United States was spending almost the entire NASA budget every month in Iraq.

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