Desecrate medals!? I'm not very excited about Kerry but are you denying that he didn't do what he did in Vietnam or that its debasing to campaign using his war record? GH Bush frequently mentioned his service as a Navy aviator in the 1988 and 1992 elections, he even played "Anchors Away" at the end of his 92 acceptance speech. John McCain never shied away from his war record and was a big part of his appeal. Heck the current pres. never served in active duty yet that hasn't stopped him from parading around in a Navy flight suit.
Basic Procedure Drive the car up onto the ramps. The easiest way to accomplish this is the following; park the car with a foot or two left in front. Place the ramps in front of the two front tires, making sure that tires are straight. Gently apply pressure to the gas pedal and ease the car onto the top of the ramps. It is good to have someone assist you with positioning. When the car is on the ramps, correctly placed and none of either tire is hanging off, you can place the car in park and engage the hill / parking brake. A good safety precaution is to toss a 2 x 4 behind the rear wheel in order to keep the car where it is if the brake(s) were to disengage. Turn off engine. (duh, right??) You may need to wait a while so that the engine (and the oil itself!!) cools before proceeding. Open the hood of the car. Place the oil collection pan beneath the drainage bolt, but allow for the oil to squirt in the direction the bolt hole faces. My LeBaron creates a stream which lands (horizontally) about 8" from the hole itself (as some stains on the floor attest). This stream will quickly drop off and drip more vertically. Using the Ratchet / Wrench, loosen the drainage bolt. The oil will not begin to flow until the bolt is 99% out of the way, so don't worry. As the threads start to feel looser, position your hand above the bolt, so you can take it out with out all sorts of dirty oil getting all over your hands. Be careful not to drop the bolt into the collection pan, or else you may have to fish for it later in dirty oil. Position the oil collection pan to catch most of the oil. Get out from underneath the vehicle and loosen the oil fill cap (in the engine compartment, through the hood.) This allows all of the oil to flow without resistance (quicker). Leave the cap loosely on the hole to avoid major dust, etc. When all (most) of the oil has come out into the collection pan, the drainage bolt can be placed back into its hole and tightened. I am not sure of the torque here, I usually try to imitate the resistance it took to get off. Do you know a torque number?? Remove the used oil filter. It will have quite a bit of oil still in it, so keep the collection pan handy. You may be able to remove this by hand, or it may be a little too tight. In the latter case, use the filter wrench to just loosen it enough for hand loosening. Remove completely. It will drip a little. Place a new oil filter in place of the missing filter. Before placing the filter, take a small finger-tip-full of fresh oil to wet the rubber gasket. This will help to achieve a nice, even seal. Hand tighten the filter into place. From the moment resistance is met, turn one more 3/4 turn. In other words, tighten until you feel it initially press against the mount, then turn another 75% of a full turn. New oil can now be added using a funnel or pouring directly from the bottle. Check your owner's manual for your vehicle to see the capacity for engine oil. Pour the containers beginning with the cap up when the bottle is horizontal. This prevents glugging and lets you pour all the oil into not onto the engine. Tighten the oil filler cap back onto the engine. Back the car off the ramps before starting the engine. To do this, disengage the brake(s) and remove the 2 x 4 from behind the rear wheel. You may need to give the car a slight push with your foot while in the driver's seat. Start the engine and make sure no oil leaks from beneath the vehicle. Check all the major fluids to makes sure they are OK as well. Transmission fluid must be checked with the engine running !! Write down the mileage and date at which you have just completed your oil change. Check oil level immediately after engine is off. Fill as needed. In the next several weeks, check oil pressure (dashboard) and oil level (dipstick) to make sure nothing is leaking. Recycle your used oil at the nearest center. Ask your auto store or local firehouse.
John Kerry led a protest against United States servicemen and women in which the protestors threw away military medals.
All of this might be a problem if Bush record and accomplishments weren't so much worse. But since he's the best the Republicans can offer, Kerry's record looks amazing in comparison.
How am I equivocating? I'm merely stating that Michael Savage ripped that off from Gandhi. He could be using it for parody or some other purpose but since its a well know quote I doubt he made it up originally.
Give T_J a break. He's got to have something to do while he's waiting for his potential new loves of his life over at Match.com to e-mail him back. Don't worry Jorgie, Mr. Right is just a click away.
John Kerry led a protest against United States servicemen and women Actually, he led a protest <B>of</B> United States servicemen and women against bad government policy. Good to see he was active in politics in his early years, unlike Bush who just spent that time getting wasted.
I thought it was SamFisher who said that sorry. But anyway, as long as you aren't saying that they are trying to say the same thing, then thats fine. Lots of people rip stuff off, just look at Sam and moveon.org and you'll see some similarities.
There's a big group of Vietnam Vets against Kerry too, mainly because of his heading of a pro communist group.
Yes now I recall hearing about that. Its not something that I would do but they won those medals so if that's what they want then go ahead. The fact that John Kerry still put his ass on the line to get the Bronze Star him chucking it away isn't going to lower my opinion of him.
Well when you attack some else for being an idiot there's a good chance I'm gonna chime in that the other guy's an idiot. No matter who. I should have put a in there though.
Hey I agree about moveon.org and Michael Moore rips off a lot of stuff too. This is a free society and I just calls them as I sees them.
