Lately, in the news...

[bszopi]

Just a couple things I have come across lately in the news, 2 of which have been discussed before...

First, near and dear to my heart, is the USS San Fransisco. Being an ex-submariner, I just couldn't imagine what the crew went through when the below happened. Just amazing!!!




Next on the list comes from the Canadian side of the border...

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/02/01/canada.marriage.reut/index

I remember awhile back when the gay marriage issue was a hot topic and the Canadians had some comments about it. Well, looks like laws are in the process of being passed to allow gay marriage in Ontario. I say good for them!

And finally, something that has to do with cars and the morons that are allowed behind the wheel...

http://www.10news.com/news/4146917/detail.html

Seems that a couple of idiots were street racing, ran a red light and slammed into an innocent guy try to make a left turn. Of course, as it usually happens, the innocent guy gets killed, 2 of the racers (driver and passenger) are in critical condition, and the other piece of shit drove offas if nothing happened. And some of you wonder why there are guy like me on these forums preaching about how stupid street racing is. You really have to have your head up your ass to do it. And I don't want to hear any of the excuses like "Oh, well we race only in desolate areas", cause if you are there, there is bound to be some innocent bystander around as well.

Well, enjoy. And I'd love to hear comments from everyone! And if you find something interesting in the news, post it up for discussion as well!

[vsop4me3.1]

good for the canadians, see what happens when you don't have "jesus" as a president. what happened to the sub? here's a good one for you

http://www.opinion.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/01/30/wgerm30.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/01/30/ixworld.html%E2%80%9D

[pepsi_coke]

what happened to the sub?

The submarine's front end was severely damaged when the submarine struck an undersea mountain 350 miles south of Guam on January 8.

[bszopi]

That brothel one is interesting. And it reminded me of another one I read this afternoon.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/01/31/tiger.stripper.reut/index.html

Seems that a (Canadian) stripper was paid $650,000 after her and her boyfriend were attacked by a tiger in a drive-trhu safari. About half of the money was due to lost wages because she could no longer be a stripper due to some of the scars from the attack.

As far as the sub, yeah it ran into an uncharted undersea mountain... at ~35mph!!! Imagine driving with your eyes closed (ok, subs have sonar, but you are basically driving blind) and hitting a brick wall at 35mph. One sailor died and something like 24 others were injured in the collision. I remember a couple of times that I got the crap scared out of me while we were underwater. And I also remember cruising at that same speed very often. And that is basically the exact same sub I was on (I was on the USS Memphis, but they are both LA-class fast attack subs).

[vsop4me3.1]

well its good to know that the casulties were minimal. I never thought about how a sub operates. I figured the captain used the parascope for vision...like I said I never thought about how a sub operates.
*shakes head* parascope for vision...what a fool

[Mars]

I only support gay marriage if both chicks are hot. :P