I'm going to develop a bleeding ulcer by this evening. OMG. I need a direct line to Rachel Maddow. Hold me.

This is the third Presidential election I have voted in. First one in 2004 was via absentee ballot since I was away at college. In 2008, I waited (gladly) in a three-hour line in downtown Columbus, Ohio to vote. This morning, in Portsmouth, VA, I waited outside for about 45 minutes. Once I got inside, there was…

I had a friend in elementary school that was not allowed to watch "The Smurfs" because of this kind of shit. Something about Gargamel being a witch or something.

I long for the day Ann Coulter says something and no one cares.

Gahhh, Helen Hunt is so gorgeous.

Thank you!

Yes, you're absolute right. They are tampon resistent too. If the parachute is within a 10 mile radius of a tampon, it will fail to open and you're plum out of luck.

No problem! Yes, which is kind of a problem in low altitude jumps now and a hot topic of conversation in the airborne community. A study was conducted as far as reliability in the T-10 series parachutes, looking at exiting altitude and % of reliability of the chute opening. A low altitude jump is 200-500 feet, and…

It sucks to be placed in a rehabilitation company when you just want to go out there and finish. I was in one for a broken foot. It sucks more for those who end up getting a medical board in training because of a bad injury. If you break something and need healing and rehab, you stay in until you are completely…

No shit it isn't basic training. Same thing works in schools like Airborne school.. Just saying. Nor was I saying that was how it worked in this instance. I was simply correcting another commenter.

You're clearly not familiar with how parachutes used by paratroopers in the Army work. You don't have 4 seconds to open your parachute - it opens on its own, automatically. You pull the rip cord of your reserve in the event your main chute doesn't open. And oh yeah, I'm a female paratrooper. I've jumped out…

You don't just "withdraw" from basic training if you are injured or get pneumonia. You are placed in a rehabilitation company until you are better, then you are integrated back into a new training company that is actively in the same cycle you were in prior to getting injured.

Thank you! :)

I'm actually from Ohio. I did 2 years at Ohio Northern (and have nothing but 50K in student loans to show for myself) and went back to Ohio State after I got off of active duty Army to finish school. I'm from southern Ohio, and Miami back when I was in high school, 10-12 years ago, Miami had this rep to be filled…

HAHAHAHHAHA Paul Ryan went there? Well that about sums it up.

I think you're reading way too far into my casual comment, which really implied that it seemed more like something that would happen at a place like Ohio State. Never once did I imply that since Miami was the "smart kid school" that it was possible that no one ever got raped there.

Holy fuck, I didn't know Ben Rothlesberger played for Miami. That is insane. Anyway, hell yes, I'm an OSU alum too. I did 2 years at Ohio Northern as well.

This was 2003, so I'm sure a lot has changed since then. Back when I was in high school, Miami was like the ivy league of Ohio universities.

That's really interesting! This is the sort of thing I'd expect at my alma mater... Ohio State. Just given the sheer number of students and the fact that it's located in a very large urban area.

I'm just saying, given my few visits there and its reputation, I was a little shocked, because at the time, it seemed like a serious bunch. Then again, the last time I was there was 2005. So who knows. Assholes and rapists and all sorts of people are in every community, not trying to deny that. Just saying it'd be…