Dan:

I've got Sonny Boy, Little and Big Walter, Junior Wells (maybe my favorite), James Cotton, Butterfield, Sonny Terry, and some more. My favorites are some of the tracks that Sonny Terry plays with Lightnin' Hopkins and Junior Wells playing with Buddy Guy. I am probably going to see James Cotton play in April, I'm really excited. I've heard about Charlie Musselwhite but I don't have any of his songs and I have heard of Lee Oskar because I have a Lee Oskar harp.

speaking of blues, muddy, do you have an advice or sources or just plain information or history about the blues harp?

I don't know if dissolution is the best answer, but it definately needs major changes, we can agree on that.

If only it were actually that simple.

there are other options than "striking now." we need to be absolutely sure that they are going to try to do us harm before we "strike" or otherwise we risk what is left of our international credibility which whether you like it or not IS important. Iran is a much different situation than Iraq, a strike against them would require a lot more than what Iraq took in the way of ground troops, money, etc. It wouldn't be the same type of quick win (not saying we have "won" in Iraq, but referring to the original win against the formal Iraqi military)

they look nice but the appendages look a little thin. I'd be worried that they might break off easily.

This thread (Chances of US and Iranian conflict?) was started in relation to Iran and one can not address that subject without addressing fundamental Islam as the country is ruled my Fanatic Islamic Religious Mullas and Imams that have total veto over all other forms of government. In Iran Islamic Law Rules, Period. Excuse me but I have read the Bible from cover to cover and plus attended a Bible College and nowhere that I know of does it call for stoning your children for disobedience. Please if you are going to refer to a religions teachings quote them from text accurately as I did or you are falsely accusing people of things. Disagreement is fine but let us at least be honest and as accurate as possible in our discourse. What you describe as not being reasonable is the basis of the two faiths Christianity and Islam. If you do not believe the doctrinal base of the faiths may I ask what the purpose of calling yourself a Christian or Muslim believer in Islam is other than just playing lip service. You can pick and choose different parts of different religions without espousing belief or calling one's self a Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, etc.. It would seem rather hypocritical to call yourself a believer in a faith that you in fact do not believe in. You said, "This is about Iran--how Iran has threatened allied countries and their pursuance of nuclear arms contradicting international law. Leave the debate about the other stuff out unless it actually is relevant." The fact that Iran is ruled by Islamic Religious Leaders that are over the elected leaders is directly relevant. That fact also makes those Islamic Leaders Religious beliefs directly relevant to the issue as they rule in accordance to Islamic Religious Law. These Islamic Rulers are also the ones making the decisions to send Iranian Revolutionary Guard soldiers into Iraq along with, weapons, specialized roadside munitions, and training terrorist insurgent forces inside Iraq. It seems to me you are the one that seems confused as to the true issues involved. By unrelated topics, I was talking about Iraq and Vietnam, mainly. The muslim extremism is important in Iran because the government IS controlled by extremists. In this discussion, however, the debate of what fuels extremism isn't particularly important in my eyes. BTW, quotes from the Bible. And just to say, I am all for practicing my religion of Christianity, but I'm not going to stone my children if they are rebellious. I'm sure the Lord would understand. For the most part, I agree though, we should adhere to our faiths by the letter as much as possible, but there are some things in the Bible that I don't think God would want us to do in modern times. If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear. -- Deuteronomy 21:18-21 He that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death. -- Exodus 21:17 "If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;" (Deuteronomy 22:22) "Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you." (Deuteronomy 22:24) "And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the , she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire." (Leviticus 21:9)

i'm currently trying to learn the blues harp.

you are over-estimating our ability to be independent from other countries.

paparock, you are right, if you actually read the holy texts of Islam, they do have very aggressive and frightening language in places. The thing is that most muslims, the ones that are reasonable don't adhere to those portions. it's like how the bible says to stone your children for disobedience, etc, etc. The Bible has similar things but like muslims, most christians just ignore the unreasonable-ancient contextual parts. The muslims who practice those parts are typically the extremists, those passages from the Qu'ran are their justification for their jihads and the ammunition their ulemmas use to motivate extremism, but the majority of muslims do not practice from those passages. Many of you are confusing the Iran issue with other issues. This is not necessarily related to Iraq, they are very different situations and I've already explained why. I don't understand why people keep bringing in Iraq or Vietnam for that matter. Those were different countries with different goals in different situations. This is about Iran--how Iran has threatened allied countries and their pursuance of nuclear arms contradicting international law. Leave the debate about the other stuff out unless it actually is relevant. and rw, your overly aggressive "US has can do what they want if deemed necessary including the destruction of an entire country" attitude is ridiculous. That won't pass in the global community. Sure, we are strong enough to do whatever the hell we want, but there are tons of reasons why we shouldn't.

same, or watermelon seed.

Ok, I think a distinciton needs to be made. Not all Muslims are terrorists, but there ARE muslims who are terrorists and they are fueled and directed by extremist branches of their religion. The Qu'ran has some ambiguous language and some of the religious leaders use that ambiguity to get power and to get people to do things for them ie: kill targets of fatwas, suicide bomb Israeli marketplaces, etc. Obviously not all Muslims are terrorists, but most of the muslim terrorists ARE motivated by corrupted religious beleifs. The concern with Iran is because it is led by people that are extremists. Just look at the civil rights in that country, women can be whipped for socializing with men, they aren't allowed to drive cars, men are killed for homosexuality, etc, etc. The extremist religious leaders have control there and that is what is dangerous. That is a difference with Iran and Iraq, first of all, Iran is headed by the religious extremists while Iraq was pretty much secular. The second difference is that Iran has actually bragged about their nuclear developments and stated their desire to destroy other countries. That simple fact makes the two situations VERY different. You can't really compare anything about these two countries besides their geography. Iran is posing a much more serious security threat to the world than Iraq did and needs to be addressed, preferably in a different way than Iraq was handled. That very fact is the reason why I think the international community will be more likely to join together against Iran if they do not comply with nuclear treaties or if they try something with Israel. Iran has clearly voiced their desire to do something that the whole world will condemn and that's why I think we'll get more support to deal with them. As of right now, I don't think we need to take military action. There might still be ways to solve the problem if enough countries take touch stances against Iran. If that doesn't work, we will need to act militarily.

I've never done that for a smallie because all of my smallie fishing has been wading so I only take one rod. For largemouths though, i usually use a plastic like a tube or senko. For smallies, I would think maybe a minnow or tube would work well. I know Al Lindner uses soft minnow baits as a follow up for smallies.

same here. I just try different things until I find things that work, then I remember thost things and replicate them.

I think we gotta make sure we have more support this time though, rw. If we just decide to completely destroy Iran without them making the first move, then more people are gonna hate use, it will justify North Korea in their nuclear arsenal and it will encourage more islamic extremists. If we go with a run and gun show of power, it'll make it worse for us in the future and like it or not, we can't live in a global community if we do such aggressive things on our own without allies.

I'm not sure I would take courses to "inrease my ability to catch bass" in college. You are paying for courses to educate you for your career. Make sure you are pursuing a career and not a hobby. If those two cross paths than that's great, something like marine biology or environmental studies, etc, etc would probably good for you, but like I said, make sure you have priority on the most important thing.

I think that the world has more of an interest in Iran than with Iraq so if something happens with Iran, we will probably have more worldwide support or aid.

Well said.

yessir. I too enjoy the smell of powerbait.

if he doesn't beat them out for the starting spot then he can always transfer

Spring? Doesn't winter end in March?!?!

I'm not sure, but I would probably do some calf raises. Have a big bench bar, add some weight, then stand with it on your shoulders like you would if you were squatting. Instead of squatting, keep your legs straight and then go up onto your tip-toes, hold, then come back down to a flat foot stance. Or you could try them THIS way.

List your favorite brands and colors for each of the following: 1. Worm 2. Stickbait (senko, etc..) 3. Fluke 4. Craw 5. Tube 6. Creature 7. Frog 8. Grub 9. Lizard 10.Other

no prob man, they put all the new episodes up usually by the next day. The site usually has a bunch of traffic the night of and the day after the air times so I would reccomend watching it later like the next evening or something.

I got them from Dick's Sporting Goods one time.