RaptorAF's blog: "The life of me"

I didn't know! You didn't know! How could we know? Did you know that DUE TO THE TROOPS: 47 countries have now reestablished their embassies in Iraq ? Did you know that the Iraqi government currently employs 1.2 million Iraqi people? Did you know that 3100 schools have been renovated, 364 schools are under rehabilitation, 263 new schools are now under construction, and 38 new schools have been completed in Iraq ? Did you know that Iraq 's higher education structure now consists of 20 Universities, 46 Institutes or Colleges, and 4 research centers, all currently operating? Did you know - that Iraqi women are now allowed to attend schools? Did you know that 25 Iraqi students departed for the United States in January 2005, for the re-established Fulbright program? Did you know that the Iraqi Navy is now operational? That they have five (5) - 100-foot patrol craft, 34 smaller vessels, and a naval infantry regiment. Did you know that Iraq 's Air Force now consists of three operational squadrons, which includes 9 reconnaissance and 3 US C-130 transport aircraft (under Iraqi operational control) which operate day and night, and they'll soon add 16 UH-1 helicopters and 4 Bell Jet Rangers? Did you know that Iraq has a counter-terrorist unit and a Commando Battalion? Did you know that the Iraqi Police Service has over 55,000 fully trained and equipped police officers? Did you know that there are 5 Police Academies in Iraq , that produce over 3500 new officers each 8 weeks? Did you know there are now more than 1100 building projects going on in Iraq ? They include 364 school s, 67 public clinics, 15 hospitals, 83 railroad stations, 22 oil facilities, 93 water facilities and 69 electrical facilities. Did you know that 96% of Iraqi children under the age of 5 have received the series of polio vaccinations? Did you know that 4.3 million Iraqi children were enrolled in primary school by mid-October? Did you know that there are 1,192,000 cell phone subscribers in Iraq , and phone use has gone up 158% ? Did you know that Iraq has an independent media that consists of 75 radio stations, 180 newspapers and 10 television stations? Did you know that the Baghdad Stock Exchange opened in June of 2004? Did you know that 2 candidates in the Iraqi presidential election had a televised debate recently? OF COURSE WE DIDN'T KNOW! WHY DIDN'T WE KNOW? YOUR NEWS MEDIA REFUSES TO TELL THIS! Instead of reflecting our love for our country, we get photos of flag burnings, incidents at Abu Ghraib and people throwing things at the presidential motorcades. Tragically, the lack of accentuating the positive in Iraq serves three major purposes of the liberal news media: 1. It is intended to undermine the world's perception of the United States, thus minimizing cons equent support; 2. It is intended to discourage American citizens and erode their support for the war. 3. It is intended to help the Democratic Party gain more power in the next elections. ---- All the above facts about Iraq are verifiable on the Department of Defense website: http://www.defenselink.mil/

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=====FIRST OF ALL I DID NOT WRITE THIS====== It was copied from a chain letter around the net but I removed the crap from it. Guys are more emotional then you think, if they loved you at one point, it'll take them a lot longer then you think to let you go, and it hurts every second that they try. -Guys may be flirting around all day, but before they go to sleep, they always think about the girl they truly care about. -Guys go crazy over a girl's smile. -Guys will do anything just to get you to notice him. -Guys hate it when you talk about your ex-boyfriend or ex love-interest. Unless they're going for the let-her-complain-to-you-and-then-have-her-realize-how-wonderful-and-nice-you-are method. -A guy who likes you wants to be the only guy you talk to. -Boyfriends need to be reassured often that they're still loved. -Guys don't care how gorgeous you are, if you're a bitch-- Goodbye. -Giving a guy a hanging message like "You know what?..uh...never mind.." would make him jump to a conclusion that is far from what you are thinking. And he'll assume he did something wrong and he'll obsess about it trying to figure it out. -Girls are guys' weaknesses. -Guys are very open about themselves. -If a guy tells you about his problems, he just needs someone to listen to him. You don't need to give advice -A usual act that proves that the guy likes you is when he teases you. -Guys love you more than you love them. -Guys use words like hot or cute to describe girls. They rarely use beautiful or gorgeous. If a guy uses that, he loves you or likes you a whole hell of a lot. -No matter how much guys talk about asses and boobs, personality is key. -Guys worry about the thin line between being compassionate and being whipped. -Guys think WAY too much. One small thing a girl does, even if she doesn't notice it can make the guy think about it for hours, trying to figure out what it means. -If the guy does something stupid in front of the girl, he will think about it for the next couple days or until the next time he spends time with the girl. -If a guy looks unusually calm and laid back, he's probably faking it and is spazzing inside -When a guy says he is going crazy about the girl, he really is. Guys rarely say that. -When a guy asks you to leave him alone, he's just actually saying, "Please come and listen to me. -If a guy starts to talk seriously, listen to him. It doesn't happen that often, so when it does, you know something is up. -When a guy tells you that you are beautiful, don't say you aren't. It makes them want to stop telling you because they don't want you to disagree with them. -When a guy looks at you for longer than a second, he's definitely thinking something. -Don't be a snob. Guys can be intimidated and give up easily. -Guys talk about girls more than girls talk about guys. -Guys really think that girls are strange and have unpredictable decisions and are MAD confusing but somehow are drawn even more to them. -A guy would give up anything to be able to read a girl's mind for a day. -No guy can handle all his problems on his own. He's just too stubborn to admit it -NOT ALL GUYS ARE ASSHOLES!!! Just because ONE is.. doesn't mean he represents ALL of them. -They love it when girls talk about them -Even if they refuse it all guys are ticklish on the ribs -Guys love neck rubs and if he lets you keep doing it ..it means that he really likes you or his neck really hurt. -When a guy sacrifices his sleep and health just to be with you, he really likes you and wants to be with you as much as possible. -Even if you dump a guy months ago and he loved you he probably still does and if he had one wish it would be you to come back into his life.

Ok so last night we got a nice long night of freezing rain.. my Jeep gets blanketed in the beautiful crystal frozen wonder that we know as Ice. I go out and start my car so its nice and warm for my 15 minute drive into town... I leave the keys in the ignition, Spare keys in my cup holder, and all doors unlocked, shut door. I grab my heavy duty Scraper and get to work, I start chipping away from the front right fender all the way around my beloved Jeep. As I work my way around to the passenger front door I notice it's froze shut, so I chip around the seal and begin tugging on the door. I tug and tug and tug to no avail, finally I notice that the door is locked, I think "hm ok, I must have just unlocked my driver door.." I go around to the driver door and it doesn't open.. "WTF..!" and I see both sets of keys are in there! "That's Okay I can get in with a coat hangar!" So I get myself a coat hangar and make a little hook, But it doesn't wanna wedge itself in there.. so I push a little harder and just when I think its about to go in.. *BOOM* My window erupts into a shrapnel hell and tosses small shards of glass at me and all inside my interior, I let out a loud "SON OF A BITCH...." and immediately called my insurance company, who could barely contain the laughter as I told them this very story. Tomorrow morning I make a cold drive to get it fixed, $211 of entertainment on a Friday afternoon. :) The window prior to shattering: