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i'd recommend either tomtom, or garmin. i have a tomtom, i bought my buddy a garmin and have seen him use it. both are really solid.
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this is still here.
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hey man, i resent that. i still check these forums, just not nearly as much..
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BUMP. message sent.
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http://www.abbyshot.com/products/ps-silent-bob.php its legitimate, view askew backed, its also really fcking expensive. figured i'd share this w/the other KS fans here. ;D
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dogma vs jay and silent bob strike back...HMMM
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hello good sir! nice to see you're doing good and all is well. miss you.<3
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socom confrontation is the joan rivers of video games.
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(CNN) -- Richard Strandlof said he survived the 9/11 attacks on the Pentagon. He said he survived again when a roadside bomb went off in Iraq, killing four fellow Marines. He'd point to his head and tell people he had a metal plate, collateral damage from the explosion. Richard Strandlof says he didn't mean to cause harm when he lied about being a military veteran. None of it was true. On Friday, the FBI arrested him on the rare charge of "stolen valor." Strandlof, 32, was held "for false claims about receipt of military decorations or medals," an FBI news release said. Charges had been filed in Denver, Colorado, the week before, the bureau. "The penalty for his crime is up to one year incarceration and a $100,000 fine," it said. Before his deception was revealed, crowds ate up his story. He canvassed Colorado appearing at the sides of politicians. Inspiring and seemingly authentic, he spoke on behalf of veterans at the state Capitol. He formed a group called the Colorado Veterans Alliance. The whole thing was a lie, he admitted to CNN's Anderson Cooper earlier this year. Watch Strandlof discuss case in June. » He wasn't at the Pentagon. He was never a Marine. He never served his country. He never graduated from the Naval Academy. He claimed his real name was Rick Duncan. Where was he on 9/11, the day he said he witnessed heroism firsthand? "I was in San Jose, California, watching it in horror on TV with a few other people," Strandlof told CNN. He was at a homeless shelter at the time. Strandlof denies being a pathological liar. He says he suffered from "some severely underdiagnosed mental illness" and he got caught up in the moment around "people who are passionate and loved what they did." He told CNN he had put on a "production, which I'm sorry for." "Hopefully the people that I hurt can in some way gain closure from that, and I myself don't know what I can do, short of leaving them alone and not being in their lives, to make that happen," Strandlof said. He said he's not sure exactly how he's hurt people. "It's not for me to say, and time will tell," he said. Hal Bidlack, a former Air Force lieutenant colonel, is one of those people. He ran for Congress as a Democrat and had Strandlof appear with him. Bidlack -- who lost to incumbent Republican Doug Lamborn -- isn't too happy. "Once one lie fell apart, the whole series of things ... just cascaded into an ocean of lies," he said. Bidlack was at the Pentagon when it came under attack on September 11, 2001. He now realizes that Strandlof stole portions of his own story. "Now that we know he's a lying fraud," Bidlack said, "I think he was just parroting my own story back to me." "There are an awful lot of things that he kept straight to try to fool an awful lot of people for an awful long time." Doug Sterner has catalogued hundreds of people claiming to be military veterans who never served in the military. He says it's typical for those perpetuating the hoaxes to claim mental illness. "I don't buy that," Sterner said. "What he was doing was looking for a cause to promote himself. I see this repeatedly. I've had a hundred cases just this year like Rick Strandlof's. ... What they're doing is building a kingdom of self and feeding their own ego." Sterner has pushed for a federal database listing the names and citations of all decorated military veterans to help put an end to such cases. He said Strandlof has robbed true veterans of their veracity. "Doing good does not take away from the bad that he did," he said. "Because of Rick Strandlof, the next global war on terrorism veteran that speaks in a school or talks to the media or gets involved in politics is going to be questioned." Ryan Gallucci, a spokesman for AMVETS, agreed. "Strandlof's actions dishonor the actual sacrifices of veterans," he told CNN Monday. "Second, by commissioning his own advocacy group, Strandlof diverted philanthropy dollars for legitimate causes within the veterans community," Gallucci said. "Personally, it just sickens me," Gallucci added. "As a veteran of the war in Iraq, it's unfathomable that someone would propagate such a lie at a time when American men and women are actually putting their lives on the line, and American families are coping with the loss of those who have made the ultimate sacrifice." According to the Denver Post, Strandlof came to authorities' attention first in 1997, when he was sentenced to five years on forgery and bad-check charges. The FBI was investigating him for fraud when he spoke to CNN -- a charge he denied. "We did not take money to use on non-veterans projects. I did not enrich myself on this. I did not gain any money from this," he said. He has not been charged with fraud. That's not the point, said Sterner. "The one thing he robbed from every veteran that comes out now is credibility." Gallucci called Strandlof a "con man" and the case "morally repugnant." "Strandlof's actions are exploitation plain and simple, and AMVETS is eager to see justice served," Gallucci said. link: http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/12/fake.veteran/index.html
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jersey in the house!! born/raised in paramus, then moved to maywood..
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this is my favorite...
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tell me you werent scared? i was in the three world financial center picking something up for my grandmother...scariest day of my life.
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christ thats hard to listen to, brought a tear to my eye..we will NEVER forgot all those lost...:'(
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An Announcement from your friends at [LPK] and [WP]
RNG187 replied to meauxpack's topic in General Discussion
congrats and good luck guys, cant wait to shoot it up with you guys!- 34 replies
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i'm not home yet, but is this a big improvement?
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Blackberry curve vs Iphone vs blackberry storm.....
RNG187 replied to Marlne's topic in General Discussion
hey man, i've got the blackberry curve(8900 tmobile) and i LOVE it. i've heard its very similar to the regular curve, excluding camera and shell..the battery life on it is impressive for calling/texting/surfing internet a LOT. i've dropped it quite a few times, on hard tile and have had NO problems with it. i've had a lotta phones, and this is by FAR the best one. as long as the quality is consistant i'll be sticking with blackberries. -
Modern Warfare 2 footage leaked from retailer convention
RNG187 replied to Nemesis's topic in Playstation
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don't talk about it, do it. very simple philosophy practiced in every day life. i just wish slant 6 would follow this.
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catch and release is a really good movie, but not kevin smith directed...but him acting in it makes the movie.
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i haven't called helen keller since clerks 2, i now call her anne frank... as for the movies, i LOVE the humor and story behind clerks 2, but its pretty much even with dogma.
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whats your favorite kevin smith movie?
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The one and only movie I HAVE to see: Inglorious Bastards
RNG187 replied to [-VR-] Tool_Minion's topic in Movies
x3. it's a classic tarantino movie, plain and simple.