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OK, so now the PA is being compared to 9-11.
Nothing of the kind. I said saying “lets wait and see if it becomes a problem†reminds me of people’s attitudes prior to 9/11. Huge difference.
As for Arab nationals or anyone else losing due process, thats too bad, and I apologize....It is not your place to apologize. And it is neither of our places to decide which ethnic groups should be protected by the constitution and which are not. Prosecute the guilty but don’t persecute the innocent.
but if this process grabs some terrorists on our soil, before another 9-11 of whatever proportion, that is justified from my point of view.“And if outlawing guns prevents even one gun death….â€
You have a choice. Let a terrorist violate your rights, or let the government.Maybe those are your choices. My choice is to not let either one violate me or my rights. We are strong enough to do both. But not if the people are running scared or have a “win at all costs†attitude.
I know I can get rather abrasive, but I am honestly not attacking you. Really.
Before this thread I had a general mistrust for the PA. Probably more because of the circumstances surrounding it’s passage and the blatantly political name. This thread has opened my eyes to a lot of things. I read extensively and I see a change in this country that I am not happy with. Some have to do with the PA, but most of my consternation comes from people’s attitudes toward the whole affair. I guess I am a product of the 60's and 70's and as such have a basic mistrust of what I have seen the government do during that era. The government wasn't too honest about the happening in Vietnam. What makes you think they are any more trust worthy now?
Want my idea of a viable alternative? Dump the portion of the PA that allows search warrants without proving probable cause. Turn over investigations of PA abuses to an independent panel. Make public the procedures for putting people on no fly lists, then provide an independent panel of judges with established procedures to allow people to challenge it (may not be part of the PA, but something that is needed). I am sure there are more, but I am far from an expert. As Reagan said, trust but verify.
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I have asked at least 3 times for someone to list "proof of life" for our new police state, no takers. Too busy googling for new links to post to actually take a little less time and post something concrete
About the only thing I can say about that is quit being so lazy and research the issue yourself. I must read different newspapers than you guys. Incidents happen all of the time. The problem is, most of the written cases of abuse are occurring against Muslims. Judging from the tone of this thread I know many will not have a problem with that. But I don’t want to revert to those days again.
Need a place to start? Try researching that Arab college professor from Florida who got put under 24 hour surveillance. Go to google, type in something like “arab professor Florida FBI surveillance†and start reading. You will get things like
http://www.library.cornell.edu/colldev/mideast/fbim.htm
Interesting article. Plenty of fuel for both sides. Oh, and as you read, remember the PA specifically states that the feds don’t have to tell you certain things if they don’t want. So you will be getting only part of the story no matter how diligently you search. Guess you will just have to trust them. Remember, these are the same people who did such a bang up job with Richard Jewel and Ruby Ridge. And what was the reason for keeping the B2 bomber classified for so long? To protect national security or to hide the budget from oversight?
My single biggest complaint with the PA is lack of due process. Get on a watch list and the first you will know about it is when they bounce you from a plane. Who do you complain to when that happens? What are the established procedures for getting off the list once on? Ted Kennedy could call Colin Powell. What are you guys going to do? Are any of you honestly sleeping safer tonight knowing that Cat Stevens has been sent back out of the country? And can anyone tell me why he was? the Feds aren't (or did I just miss that?)
Like I stated earlier, 95% of the PA was probably common sense things that needed to be done. But I have a real problem when people pick and chose what portions of the constitution they want to respect and worse yet when they want to enforce it. Before you know it, you have people thinking portions of the bill of rights doesn’t pertain to individuals but rather guarantees the right of the army to have guns. The same arguments you guys are using to justify the PA are used by the Sarah Brady’s of the world. “It is OK to sacrifice some protections if it makes us safer.†I refuse to give up the right to due process.
And for those saying “we will watch it and see if it will become a problemâ€, isn’t that how we got in this mess in the first place? Haven’t you learned anything from 9/11? Some things are done as a matter of principle.
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One last post:
http://www.noogenesis.com/pineapple/blind_men_elephant.html
And oh baby baby it's a wild world. Seems pertinent
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6067570/
For me, the most disheartening thing about this whole thread is the number of people who feel the way to protect our freedoms is to willing give them up for someone else to keep. Maybe I am over simplifing things, but perhaps we should be discussing the meanings of freedom vs. security.
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Plus can you imagine if he had a good start. THink it has a flux capacitor or something. That was so fast!!
Man! Where can I get me one of them flux capacitors?
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Buddy had a late 70's RX7. Opening the sunroof and windows cost him 3 or 4 MPG compared to running with them closed and the AC on.
But make sure you didn't get any gasohol. The energy content is lower and use to cost my old Ford Fiesta a full 5 MPG. A lot of those midwest states subsidize the gasohol pretty heavily so it is more common.
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Pop, The comment wasn't to you,
But then I was involved in turning the thread ugly so an apology was still in order.
I am not offended, given the source and context of the message. More annoyed really. Freeedomfighter's post reminds me of the parable of the three blind men "seeing" an elephant for the first time.
Liberal pig.
Obviously has not read many of my posts, has he?
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But then again, there is a lot of room for error.
I think the penalty for 115 MPH over will be just as painful.
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My apologies to the moderators and all who are enjoying this thread.
Guess I pushed the envelope too far once again.
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Shall we measure up wienies now?
Liberal pig. I'll have to share that one with a few friends.
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One current thread on brakes
There are others. I have a bunch of links on good brake threads on this site that no longer work. Do a bit of reading. Budget will be a big concern. Lot of opinion, but the rear drums in good condition aren't that bad. But Ross at Modern Motorsports had a kit that allows stock 240sx rear disks. This is a nice set up and will help keep your wheel attached to the car should you twist a stub axle.
For front brakes, you want to drop some $$. The JSK's, Arizona Z car and Modern Motorsport kits are all excellent. do a search.
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Hope you get the price you want.
Sweet looking car
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I got depressed as soon as I saw the subject line on the forum page.
Are you sure there is no place you can store this stuff until you get back from Gitmo? You are going to kick yourself later.
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If you have been doing a lot of reading on this site then you probably already know this, but these cars are too light to make use of a lot of low end torque. Not to worry though. All it means is you can build the car for more high end HP and still have more low end torque than you can use. go single plane vic jr and a bit more cam/roller rockers. Look at some old Grumpyvette posts on building for HP instead of torque.
But that sounds like a good engine the way it is.
I personnally am not a big fan of cages, but some type of reinforcing is needed. 240's flex more than the 280's. Subframe connectors and strut bars are unobstrusive. But do some reading, get some more opinions and do a partial to full cage if you feel comfortable with that.
The vented Toyota brakes and rear disks are a good idea, but heavy. If your budget allows there are much better options for front brakes, but not cheaper.
Budget a good bit for suspension work. At a minimum all urethane bushings and some quality struts. You don't really need adjustable arms unless you plan to race. IMO Coilovers fall in that same catagory, but I suppose many would disagree with that statement. At any rate 30 year old springs will need replacing, 383 or not.
Wheelman's advice on the rear end are as good as any. The other option is to go easy on the holeshots. The R200 upgrade is easy and cheap, the CV's a good bit more. With that much engine I feel LSD will be a must, but there are no "cheap" options anymore. Either way make sure you check the 240 stub axles carefully since those are weaker than the 280 units and without rear disks spinning a stub axle will cause wheel separation.
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Truely impressive.
I guess you have a knack for stuffing oversized pieces into small areas that were never designed for something that large.
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Didn't those cars use a computer to control the rear steering? I have read stories claiming they could turn the rear wheels either with or the opposite direction of the turn depending on speed and how hard of a turn.
Wonder what degree of computer tuning would be needed to make them work with a different platform?
Definitely something to look into.
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Man, that borders on fraud. ebay should pull that ad.
A battery is a storage capacitor that has the advantage of a much larger discharge cycle than a capacitor. Can't believe the power claims.
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One welding rep told me the cost difference between gas and self shielding wire is negligible. I know it is tough to shell out the $$ for the gas kit, but the sheilded wire costs more. the biggest reason to go gas is no smoke. The fumes from the fux core wire is a killer. Also to use sheilding gas, make sure you turn off the shop fan. A steady breeze will blow the gas sheild away.
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As far as burning DC to the ground, I only live 30 minutes out of town.
Actually it has not come to that point (DID YOU ROGER THAT, HOMELAND SECURITY GUYS??). We can easily work within the system to get this resolved.
Maybe the patriot act has been the greatest boon to law enforcement since the advent of the fingerprint and maybe it has yet to be used for anything other than what it was intended. But the potential for abuse is there. Ruby Ridge started when some FBI guy duped a suspected white supremacist into sawing off two shotguns for them. That turned a person with less then politically correct views into public enemy #1 and led directly to the stupidity (on both sides) that ensued. I really don’t want to turn this debate from the patriot act to Ruby Ridge or Waco. But that situation summarizes my fears about a government with an agenda.
Think about how nebulous the word “national security†is. Jmortenson and I have openly disagreed with this law on what is understood to be a very public, non secure medium. Couple that with the half dozen web searches I have done on the topic. I consider this to be healthy dialog (I know I have learned a lot). But does this mean we could now both have our library records pulled in the interest of national security? (I would bring up Kevin Shasteen but my guess is he is already on someone’s watch list
).Do we really need to give the government such a big hammer?
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And the bit about "the ability to get search orders without listing probable cause.", as PopN'Wood said - yes, that's going too far in my opinion. Can someone point me to where that 's in the Patriot Act?
I listed the web link in the quote that had that paragraph. http://slate.msn.com/id/2087984/. Says Section 215.
If you google “Patriot Actâ€, to google’s credit the first link is the actual act (all 300+ pages of legalese). The second is the Department of Justice web site trying to “educate†people on the act. The third is the ACLU, and the fourth is the MSN article I quoted. Hopefully the unabridged facts, both extremes and maybe something in the middle.
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With some front wheel drive cars that is the only way to turn them.
Hard to believe they are more accurate then a bench lathe, or better yet new rotors. But just a guess on my part.
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According to the book The Z Series Datsuns (ISBN 0-947981-02-0), Scarab produced "250 complete cars and over 4000 V8 Conversion kits".
Says the cars were 'luxuriously trimmed, with leather door panels, deep pile carpets and Recaro seats, and exterior changes can range from a TransAm front spoiler with integral brake ducts to a big three piece rear wing, flared wheelarches and louvered bonnet vents."
A Brittish book.
Sounds like each car was custom built, so not sure how your would verify if it has been modified from "factory". In the picture in the book, the car even has "Scarab" sidemarkers that look like the old Datsun ones. Scarab was on the finned valve covers also.
Says they also produced some ZX versions.
An older book but gave this address for Scarab
Scarab Automobiles
PO Box 9217
San Jose, CA 95157
As long as I am typing. From the same book (an absolutely excellent, must have book for any Z person)
"The original 240Z based Scarabs used the 327 cu in (5.3 litre) small block Chevy V8, balanced and blueprinted and developing 250 bhp. It was mated to a Borg-Warner T10 four speed gearbox with a Hurst shifter. Koni adjustable shock absorbers were specified, along with heavier anti-roll bars, Teflon bushings in the front compression struts and stiffer steering rank mounts. Tyres: 195/70 front, 250/70 rear, Pirelli CN36 or P7. Four piston front brakes were also recommended."
"The results of this suprisinigly neat installation - the V8 fits snugly into the Z's generous engine bay- is a car that is fast, very flexible (maximum torque of the 327 is 360 lb ft at 3600 rpm) and untemperamental. Performace raches (sic) into the supercar class - Scarab's own fiures suggest 0-60 mph in 5.6 seconds and a 13.2 second standing quarter mile. Later cars have used the 350 cu in (5.7 litre) Chevrolet V8 and Scarab now offer a range of newly built up engines developing from 300 bhp to a turbocharged unit with 425 bhp"
Anyone ever seen the turbo version?
Here is a good link, with a contact name at the end
http://zhome.com/rnt/Scarab/Scarab.htm
Another good link, with good collector info (about half way down)
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In my experience' date=' the “sheeple†are on the side of the patriot act because they simply don’t take the time to research things.
What category do you fall in?[/quote']
There are far to many wonderfully brilliant posts on this very thread refuting this very statement. Frankly, I'm shocked...
... to be reading that this is STILL your possition. Personally, I choose to fall into the catagory of the silent majority who know that WE are in charge of the Patriot Act... and as a Patriot, I choose to believe in the greater good of those we elect into office, giving them the responsibility of getting it done on our behalf.Maybe I am using too many big words for you. Was it not fair my turning your own argument back at you? Pertinent or not? I am having a real problem with people using the word “sheeple†to seemingly discredit other people’s arguments when they are incapable of providing anything other than generalities to support their own arguments. My guess is the majority of the "sheeple" remain blissfully ignorant of anything to do with the patriot act.
One other thing. You might try taking a course on the constitution to better understand where the government, our government, derives it’s power. It really doesn’t matter to me what your beliefs are. If the elected representatives pass a law that is conflicts with the constitution, then they have violated the very contract which grants them their power. Probably 95% of the Patriot Act is benign, common sense procedural items that probably needed to be done anyway (check out the web site the DOJ created site to promote this very agenda: http://www.lifeandliberty.gov). But the other 5% does violate the spirit, if not the letter of the constitution. And I believe history will prove me right when the courts strike down those portions of the act.
NO' date=' I'm not saying anything. History proves that record clearly. Its not opinion, it is the record. Luck had nothing to do with it. Policy did. Tax Policy. The MORE the government "allows" us and business to keep of our own production... the better the economy will due. It's plain and simple.[/quote']
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Again, a massive oversimplification hardly worth responding to other than to say nothing concerning the economy is so black and white. “provesâ€, “clearlyâ€, “not an opinionâ€. All unsubstantiated verbiage.
And please, stop quoting Hollywood movies to support your arguments.
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Cygnus, those cliches mean that people will need to die fighting for our continued freedom, not that people need to subjugate themselves to the will of the govt to ensure the continued "freedom".
It is better to die standing on your own two feet than to live on your knees.
Or is it better to live standing on your own two feet than to die, period?
Half full or half empty I guess.
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I think that political bias and historical ignorance are responsible for most of the "sheople" reaction to the Patriot Act. If we eliminate the agitators that have a tendency to knock Anything Bush or conservatives do' date=' I would love to hear from the remaining minority on what significant and additional long-term threat the Patriot Act leaves us with, as compared to any other freedom-degrading threat in our history.
BTW, Please re-read the last paragraph before responding.
[/quote']Think I fit into your category. My single biggest complaint is the ability to get search orders without listing probable cause.
Previously the government needed at least a warrant and probable cause to access private records. The Fourth Amendment, Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, and case law provided that if the state wished to search you, it needed to show probable cause that a crime had been committed and to obtain a warrant from a neutral judge. Under FISA—the 1978 act authorizing warrantless surveillance so long as the primary purpose was to obtain foreign intelligence information—that was somewhat eroded, but there remained judicial oversight. And under FISA, records could be sought only "for purposes of conducting foreign intelligence" and the target "linked to foreign espionage" and an "agent of a foreign power." Now the FBI needs only to certify to a FISA judge—(no need for evidence or probable cause) that the search protects against terrorism. The judge has no authority to reject this application. DOJ calls this "seeking a court order," but it's much closer to a rubber stamp. Also, now the target of a search needn't be a terror suspect herself, so long as the government's purpose is "an authorized investigation ... to protect against international terrorism."In my experience, the “sheeple†are on the side of the patriot act because they simply don’t take the time to research things.
What category do you fall in?
More B.S. (just doesn't feel strong enough without the full spelling ) The economy works in cycles. What we do know effects the next several years. Surely... you all must know this. Reagan and Bush fixed what Carter screwed up. Clinton went into office riding the wave they created... with tax increases for his big gov spending... he killed the wave.
You sure pick and choose which facts you want to believe. You say the economy works in cycles, yet Reagan and Bush are responsible for everything good, yet Carter and Clinton either got lucky or screwed things up.
You also missed the point about the dot com bubble. I would honestly love to know what went right during Clinton’s presidency so we can keep doing it. But the dot com created a bunch imagined wealth. It had to have had an impact. I know my salary went up considerably in that period because of he demand for electrical engineers.
Also Carter had the very real problem with the cost of crude oil doubling in 79. No way that will not cause an impact. George W, to some extent, has had the same problem compounded by the war. It is a massively complicated problem. The president has an impact, but can hardly be held even 50% responsible in either a positive or negative sense.
As for the deficit, use a little common sense. There are numerous economic theories that say the government doesn’t need to maintain a balanced budget to stay viable. But at the same time there has to be some limit. What percentage of our yearly budget goes to debit servicing? Isn’t it double digits? How long do you think you could run your household like that?
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... to be reading that this is STILL your possition. Personally, I choose to fall into the catagory of the silent majority who know that WE are in charge of the Patriot Act... and as a Patriot, I choose to believe in the greater good of those we elect into office, giving them the responsibility of getting it done on our behalf.
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Congress passed another tax cut.
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Did he pass a new tax cut or just extend the previous one?
The thing passed congress pretty overwhelmingly. Kind of hard to argue against eliminating the marriage penalty.