Comments on: FDL Late Nite: The GOP’s Myanmar Problem http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/14/the-gops-myanmar-problem/ Firedoglake weblog Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:14:14 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: ThatGuy http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/14/the-gops-myanmar-problem/#comment-1445768 ThatGuy Thu, 15 May 2008 06:20:50 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/14/the-gops-myanmar-problem/#comment-1445768 <p>Yeah, I know who it went to. thanks for doing that :)</p> Yeah, I know who it went to. thanks for doing that :)

]]> By: newtonusr http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/14/the-gops-myanmar-problem/#comment-1445766 newtonusr Thu, 15 May 2008 06:18:36 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/14/the-gops-myanmar-problem/#comment-1445766 <p>On the iPod, etc.<br /> And I sent one out today, too. :-)</p> On the iPod, etc.
And I sent one out today, too. :-)

]]> By: ThatGuy http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/14/the-gops-myanmar-problem/#comment-1445765 ThatGuy Thu, 15 May 2008 06:16:50 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/14/the-gops-myanmar-problem/#comment-1445765 <p>Didn’t see that, just wanted to be sure. Thanks for the nice words.</p> Didn’t see that, just wanted to be sure. Thanks for the nice words.

]]> By: newtonusr http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/14/the-gops-myanmar-problem/#comment-1445762 newtonusr Thu, 15 May 2008 06:15:11 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/14/the-gops-myanmar-problem/#comment-1445762 <p>I did! As I said last night, love it!<br /> Thanks!</p> I did! As I said last night, love it!
Thanks!

]]> By: ThatGuy http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/14/the-gops-myanmar-problem/#comment-1445757 ThatGuy Thu, 15 May 2008 06:13:27 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/14/the-gops-myanmar-problem/#comment-1445757 <p>Hey Newtonusr, did you get your discs?</p> Hey Newtonusr, did you get your discs?

]]> By: ThingsComeUndone http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/14/the-gops-myanmar-problem/#comment-1445729 ThingsComeUndone Thu, 15 May 2008 05:52:42 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/14/the-gops-myanmar-problem/#comment-1445729 <p>His health and mind may both be going the strain of being President does age people and stresses the mind. I’m sure the WH is covering for him.</p> His health and mind may both be going the strain of being President does age people and stresses the mind. I’m sure the WH is covering for him.

]]> By: cinnamonape http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/14/the-gops-myanmar-problem/#comment-1445666 cinnamonape Thu, 15 May 2008 05:31:30 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/14/the-gops-myanmar-problem/#comment-1445666 <p>I bet he’s just lying about giving up golf…and we’ll find out after he leaves office. But it golfing was such an insult to the mothers of those that died in the wars he created then why didn’t he order ALL the WH staff and Pentagon off the links??? And why is golf so “insulting” but superficial entertainments and poseur activities like mountain biking with Lance Armstrong, throwing out pitches at ballgames (Boooooooooo!), or trying his hand at cricket with the Pakistani National team something that shows “respect”.</p> <p>I suspect he gave it up because his game is deteriorating as fast as his ability to put together a listenable sentence…and his go wasn’t up to being a loser to his old golf-buddies that he could beat. So he blamed his giving up on the war…all those dead kids threw his game off, damn them..”.out spot out!”</p> I bet he’s just lying about giving up golf…and we’ll find out after he leaves office. But it golfing was such an insult to the mothers of those that died in the wars he created then why didn’t he order ALL the WH staff and Pentagon off the links??? And why is golf so “insulting” but superficial entertainments and poseur activities like mountain biking with Lance Armstrong, throwing out pitches at ballgames (Boooooooooo!), or trying his hand at cricket with the Pakistani National team something that shows “respect”.

I suspect he gave it up because his game is deteriorating as fast as his ability to put together a listenable sentence…and his go wasn’t up to being a loser to his old golf-buddies that he could beat. So he blamed his giving up on the war…all those dead kids threw his game off, damn them..”.out spot out!”

]]> By: nahant http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/14/the-gops-myanmar-problem/#comment-1445608 nahant Thu, 15 May 2008 05:12:32 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/14/the-gops-myanmar-problem/#comment-1445608 <p>Hey CT XP fixed? Be back in a bit my Sweetie just come home from rehearsal for her next solo with the church choir… she is nervous/stressed out because she has been having problems hit the note and singing the words.</p> Hey CT XP fixed? Be back in a bit my Sweetie just come home from rehearsal for her next solo with the church choir… she is nervous/stressed out because she has been having problems hit the note and singing the words.

]]> By: cinnamonape http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/14/the-gops-myanmar-problem/#comment-1445607 cinnamonape Thu, 15 May 2008 05:12:28 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/14/the-gops-myanmar-problem/#comment-1445607 <p><a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080514/EDITORIAL/702074707/1013" rel="nofollow">Even The Washington Times</a> has ajn Editorial (plus cartoon indicating she’s a bit of an elitist) that amazingly could have been written by a someone at FDL (well, except the parts about how it will hurt McStain’s election chances).</p> Even The Washington Times has ajn Editorial (plus cartoon indicating she’s a bit of an elitist) that amazingly could have been written by a someone at FDL (well, except the parts about how it will hurt McStain’s election chances).

]]> By: ThingsComeUndone http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/14/the-gops-myanmar-problem/#comment-1445606 ThingsComeUndone Thu, 15 May 2008 05:11:50 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/14/the-gops-myanmar-problem/#comment-1445606 <p>Non-nuclear electromagnetic pulse<br /> A right front view of a Boeing E-4 advanced airborne command post (AABNCP) on the electromagnetic pulse (EMP) simulator for testing.<br /> A right front view of a Boeing E-4 advanced airborne command post (AABNCP) on the electromagnetic pulse (EMP) simulator for testing.</p> <p>Non-nuclear electromagnetic pulse (NNEMP) is an electromagnetic pulse generated without use of nuclear weapons. There are a number of devices to achieve this objective, ranging from a large low-inductance capacitor bank discharged into a single-loop antenna or a microwave generator to an explosively pumped flux compression generator. To achieve the frequency characteristics of the pulse needed for optimal coupling into the target, wave-shaping circuits and/or microwave generators are added between the pulse source and the antenna. A vacuum tube particularly suitable for microwave conversion of high energy pulses is the vircator.<br /> USS Estocin (FFG-15) moored near an Electro Magnetic Pulse Radiation Environmental Simulator for Ships I (EMPRESS I) facility. (Antennae at top of image)<br /> USS Estocin (FFG-15) moored near an Electro Magnetic Pulse Radiation Environmental Simulator for Ships I (EMPRESS I) facility. (Antennae at top of image)</p> <p>NNEMP generators can be carried as a payload of bombs and cruise missiles, allowing construction of electromagnetic bombs with diminished mechanical, thermal and ionizing radiation effects and without the political consequences of deploying nuclear weapons.</p> <p>NNEMP generators also include large structures built to generate EMP for testing of electronics to determine how well it survives EMP.[citation needed] In addition, the use of ultra-wideband radars can generate EMP in areas immediately adjacent to the radar;[citation needed] this phenomenon is only partly understood.[citation needed]</p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_pulse" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_pulse</a></p> Non-nuclear electromagnetic pulse
A right front view of a Boeing E-4 advanced airborne command post (AABNCP) on the electromagnetic pulse (EMP) simulator for testing.
A right front view of a Boeing E-4 advanced airborne command post (AABNCP) on the electromagnetic pulse (EMP) simulator for testing.

Non-nuclear electromagnetic pulse (NNEMP) is an electromagnetic pulse generated without use of nuclear weapons. There are a number of devices to achieve this objective, ranging from a large low-inductance capacitor bank discharged into a single-loop antenna or a microwave generator to an explosively pumped flux compression generator. To achieve the frequency characteristics of the pulse needed for optimal coupling into the target, wave-shaping circuits and/or microwave generators are added between the pulse source and the antenna. A vacuum tube particularly suitable for microwave conversion of high energy pulses is the vircator.
USS Estocin (FFG-15) moored near an Electro Magnetic Pulse Radiation Environmental Simulator for Ships I (EMPRESS I) facility. (Antennae at top of image)
USS Estocin (FFG-15) moored near an Electro Magnetic Pulse Radiation Environmental Simulator for Ships I (EMPRESS I) facility. (Antennae at top of image)

NNEMP generators can be carried as a payload of bombs and cruise missiles, allowing construction of electromagnetic bombs with diminished mechanical, thermal and ionizing radiation effects and without the political consequences of deploying nuclear weapons.

NNEMP generators also include large structures built to generate EMP for testing of electronics to determine how well it survives EMP.[citation needed] In addition, the use of ultra-wideband radars can generate EMP in areas immediately adjacent to the radar;[citation needed] this phenomenon is only partly understood.[citation needed]

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

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