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What I find ironic is that the extremely annoying, over-the-top focus on SARC has actually undermined the integration of women into the military. The men in my squadron typically stay as far away from the women as possible and walk on eggshells when they are around lest one of us be hit by a SARC-2000 from close range for having a penis. Great for camaraderie.

What interesting statistics you present...I have found some that seem equally relevant:

I don't know... The B model is just as capable of making noise as a harrier is.

Don't forget SARC is all aspect, BVR and has a very high career Pk. See and avoid is ineffective.

A. That is why I love the Packers. You never see the "owner" with lots a camera time during the game. I think its in NFL law that TV must show Jerry Jones every game. B. NLF, take your black eye of taking millions from the gov't in the name of the troops and do something meaningful with it. Oh, please don't produce any cheerleader posters, we can't put those up in the office anymore, SARC and all. C. Brady is a cheater. I mean, really, how can he stand at the mike and say he has no idea how a ball feels. That is like a surgeon saying he doesn't know if his scalpel is good, or Tiger or "pick your pro golpher" saying he has no idea how the club feels, or the race car driver and how the car feels. You're supposed to be a pro at throwing the football, you better damn well know how you want your balls to feel. I know how I want my balls to feel! Beer is out and so am I

Not including Lockheed would be a good start...

Some on this forum seem messianic in their anti-religiousity. Ironic. I was referring to his post before the one where he talked about ISIS. The one where he lists stats about Mass, Alabama, Louisiana & Mississippi in the same post as Pakistan, Iraq & Syria. Pretty clear conflation.

Yeah...Utah just sucks for business and jobs these days. Definitely not a healthy state either. Oh and their crime?--through the roof!

You beat me to it . . . in my neck of the woods, we like to say, "correlation does not equal causation." - I'm sure oil has nothing to do with Norway's per capita success, Swiss success has nothing to do with being surrounded by a whole bunch of other countries (plus the U.S.) who by default provide for much of their country's defense (which frees resources for more economically beneficial outcomes), . . . I could go on - He also conflates "clinging to religion" with subscribing to Christianity; last I knew, Pakistan, Chad, Afghanistan, etc. weren't majority Christian countries, yet he somehow ties their lack of success to the percentage of those in economically unsuccessful southern American states that have relatively large populations of people who self-identify as Christian . . . but he ignores other structural and historical problems with those states HLF does an impressive job of attacking straw men. I suggest not feeding this troll. TT

Ah, I wonder how many individuals $5.4M USD would have saved in the RIF...I know I know, colors of money and such, but I feel the same way about EOY money being spent on flat screen televisions and unwanted/unneeded office furniture.

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SLC has a higher crime rate than Boston. (per 2012 data) https://www.city-data.com/city-compare/?city_left=Salt+Lake+City%2C+UT&city_right=Boston%2C+MA

I rarely vote for candidates as I will not vote for the lesser of two evils, and with very few exceptions 'evil' is all that's offered, regardless of party. As Penn Jillette would say, "Voting for the lesser of two evils is still voting for evil". So in general I just vote on legislation and omit the candidates. I know of the Jillette quote because I'm staunchly libertarian (not the party, just philosophically). So when I vote on legislation (or candidates in rare instances) it's always with libertarian ideals in mind. Pretty progressive of me, huh HeloDude? Yeah, I'd bone Hilary Clinton real good if given the chance. I love her for her mind. You've certainly got my number. Anyway, I fully support the right of anybody to practice any religion they like, as long as it doesn't affect me. That is not to say that I don't simultaneously wish that they might abandon their fairy tales in favor of logic and reason because it makes for a better existence for everyone. And especially that they would stop brainwashing their kids (strategically at ages where they can't think critically for themselves). Of course, religion would cease to exist rapidly if they didn't do the churches bidding in brainwashing their children, as almost nobody decides that religion is the answer as an adult for obvious reasons. When 70% of the population bases their actions on delusions it's impossible that that doesn't have an impact on everybody else...thus simply not following religion doesn't exactly solve the problem as you state. So, I'm happy to see the pace of erosion of the institution increasing.