https://freerepublic.com/tag/by:michaelt/ en-us Wed, 25 Sep 2002 19:37:35 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/757173/posts V-22 program representatives are looking for cost and weight savings as well as other improvements to bolster the case for the tiltrotor as the Pentagon weighs flight test data and other factors to determine whether or not to cancel the program. Additionally, V-22 managers have been briefing a steady stream of top-level visitors on the aircraft's progress to try to address concerns. One of the visitors was Pentagon acquisition chief E.C. (Pete) Aldridge, a staunch critic of the V-22. Program representatives believe they have successfully made their case, but confess they don't know for certain whether Aldridge continues to oppose... Aviation Week & Space Technology https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/757173/posts#comment Wed, 25 Sep 2002 19:37:35 GMT https://freerepublic.com/forum/a3a83062c53ee.htm Another Black Helicoper Story How the media misjudged the V-22 Osprey. By John R. Guardiano, defense editor of Rotor & Wing, a monthly helicopter magazine February 8, 2001 11:45 a.m. "Critics Say V-22's Features May Make it Dangerous," blared the headline on page two of USA Today last Friday (February 2). "Unlike all civilian and conventional military helicopters," the article began, "the Marine Corps' controversial V-22 Osprey cannot stay airborne should its rotors lose engine power, a shortcoming critics call dangerous." Plus, the Osprey cannot "auto-rotate," which "experienced pilots say…could mean the difference between a safe landing and a fatal ... National Review https://freerepublic.com/forum/a3a83062c53ee.htm#comment Thu, 8 Feb 2001 19:48:44 GMT https://freerepublic.com/forum/a3a271c34789b.htm Butterfly Nonsense Putting the “duh” back in Canada. By John J. Miller, NR’s national political reporter Palm Beach County's butterfly ballot is confusing to voters, claims a new study in the scientific journal Nature — but all it really proves is that American fourth-graders can outwit Canadian shoppers. A team led by Robert Sinclair of the University of Alberta gave 53 Canadian shoppers a double-column butterfly ballot like the one used in Palm Beach County, but with the candidate names changed to reflect the contest for Canadian prime minister. Of these 53 shoppers, four made mistakes, including three who voted ... National Review Online https://freerepublic.com/forum/a3a271c34789b.htm#comment Fri, 1 Dec 2000 02:33:36 GMT https://freerepublic.com/forum/a3a0afd4516d9.htm Dear ArchiCAD Colleagues, Republicans, Democrats and Independents alike, Please read the following letter to the President of the United States and forward it to others whom you believe would agree with the contents of this letter. If you agree with it, please take a few moments and send it to the President via the following email link through the White House web site: http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/Mail/html/Mail_President.html Simply copy and paste the following letter into the message box at the bottom of the "Electronic Mail to The President" mail form.Thank you,Thomas M. Simmons ------------------------------------------------------------------ Dear Mr. President, The election for President of the ... email from someone I'd rather not name https://freerepublic.com/forum/a3a0afd4516d9.htm#comment Thu, 9 Nov 2000 18:38:47 GMT https://freerepublic.com/forum/a3a0abc474d85.htm According to some Florida Democrats, the particular layout of ballots in Palm Beach was confusing to voters, and resulted in mistaken votes for Buchanan which were actually intended for Gore. The Florida judiciary has already addressed the issue of post-election claims about ballot confusion, and the precedent is unfavorable to those who want the election overturned. In the September 10, 1974, Republican primary in Pinellas County, several losing candidates brought a post-election suit against county election officials. (Pinellas sits on the Gulf Coast, and includes St. Petersburg.) At issue was the longest ballot in Pinellas County history. To save space ... National Review https://freerepublic.com/forum/a3a0abc474d85.htm#comment Thu, 9 Nov 2000 14:01:29 GMT https://freerepublic.com/forum/a37fbf1333fb4.htm XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 06, 1999 19:42:55 ET XXXXX SHAREWARE: CLINTON TO OFFER NEW MISSILE DEFENSE TECH TO RUSSIA, CHINA **Exclusive** President Clinton will offer to share new missile defense technology with other nations if such a system can be created, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned from government sources. Clinton's intentions will not be formally announced until next summer, after a Pentagon review of the system's feasibility, but the president told senior advisers this week that he will share the technology in an effort to prevent a new global arms race. Clinton's offer will be made in general ... Matt Drudge https://freerepublic.com/forum/a37fbf1333fb4.htm#comment Thu, 7 Oct 1999 01:03:54 GMT https://freerepublic.com/forum/a3782f761736f.htm July 4th: Unclear on the concept By Emily Gurnon OF THE EXAMINER STAFF For many Bay Area students, Independence Day means hot dogs, family picnics, fireworks — and not much else. Out of four dozen teens quizzed in an informal survey in San Francisco, Concord and Pacifica, most knew that the Fourth of July had something to do with America's independence, but less than half could name the country from which we won our freedom. "Japan or something. China. Somewhere out there on the other side of the world," said Hardy Hsu, 14, a seventh-grader at Roosevelt Middle School in ... San Francisco Examiner https://freerepublic.com/forum/a3782f761736f.htm#comment Wed, 7 Jul 1999 06:44:50 GMT