Stefan

Talked to those guys several times as we were ascending Denali. Nice people. We were also practicing on a weekend on Mt. Rainier with the three of them too. We all came across a blind climber on Rainier who eventually climbed Everest--we were all wearing goggles in some tough winds and this guy wasn't and was retying his boots without looking down. We all felt kinda wimpy.

do you guys realize how much those blue states are going to lose out on gay weddings? Those gay dudes know how to put on a party with lots of money spent. This is a business!

who did you know in 1995? I was on the mountain not too far away when those three died, and started up the hill just after one guy died. saw one guy from france get helicoptered off too.

are you thinking of going july 4th and returning on july6th? If you return on july 7th I would might be interested in rideshare--but no guarantees. Not interested in Bonanza, and I would do my own thing.

tabasco

I was 4th man on a 5 man rope team coming down on the Emmons glacier many many years ago. All of the sudden the guy behind comes ripping down right beside me to my surprise. He is like a turtle flipped on its back on an ice rink. I immediately go into self arrest and think, "This is gonna hurt my hips!" It just so happens there was a rope team right next to us going uphill. As he went past me and I went into self arrest, he took out two people on the rope team next to us like he was a Nebraska Cornhusker linebacker and the other rope team were cross country runners. I managed to stop him. Oh, and it did hurt.

poontang? yeah. I wasn't really good at getting any. hence the incorrect spelling due to lack of it.

putang

wickedly funny. love the kid going to Iran.

yeah. what's up with that too? I want a nuclear powered car.

Isn't Exxon still fighting the Valdez mess in the courts? Even after all the profits they have accumulated?

Does anybody have a problem with the semantics of "I am a 'black-American' " versus, "I am an American, and I am black." just wondering, becuase I have a problem with the first semantic. maybe I am just weird!

my last 1990 honda civic = 235K miles klenke's civic I think had 300K miles. maybe more. we both trashed our civics on terrible logging roads and we didn't feel bad about it. boring. But it gets you there. reliably.

I did not know that. I gotta read up!

I wonder how you would feel if I forced myself into your home, and I stayed trying to change your mind, and not letting you decide for yourself in your own home. If I gassed my sister, that might be an appropriate analogy. Cute. I guess you don't believe the people of Iraq can handle their own destiny.

I wonder how you would feel if I forced myself into your home, and I stayed trying to change your mind, and not letting you decide for yourself in your own home.

The DNR owns a lot of gates around here. Most people mountainbike on the roads--or walk them due to the gates. The roads and properties are in lower elevation areas. Not really any gates preventing climbing areas.

And Evander Holyfield. too bad for the champ

If a company threw a lot of money at a product they thought was going to sell, and threw a lot of more money at the product, and the product never sold, the company would quickly exit taking a write off on their financial books. They have a responsibility to the stockholders to increase equity. At least the company tried.

Erden, I read your updates and I am always amazed. I can't believe you are even typing. Holy cow.

Actually, Iran has said continuously that they could build their own weapon and are against anyone saying they can't--or something very similar to that. Iran has never said or something very similar, "We will use nuclear weapons on the U.S." Your response is not accurate.

Would I rather we go to war than have Iran (who just pretty much told the World he was going to kill us right after he offed Israel) posess nuclear devices? Bet yer sweet tofu loven' ass. Then you are against the philosophy of "innocent until proven guilty." Which means you are against one of the values in the US justice system. Possessing nuclear weapons does not make one guilty. The use of nuclear weapons does...but not the possesssion of them. How about we just round up people who we think "might" murder somebody? Th US justice system requires an action to take place. What are you fighting for if you do not believe in one of the prime values/philosphies in the US justice system?

Now those other concerns are important. Before the invasion of Iraq...they had to come up with the nuclear threat concern. So tell me, do you believe in the philosophy of preemptive military action to stop these potential concerns?

Which comes back to my Darfur thing. Would you go to war in Darfur becuase of genocide? or Would you go to war in Iraq becuase of genocide AND oil? If you had a choice which one would you choose? The US chose to go to war in Iraq for those two major things and others. Hell, there are other reasons for Darfur too, stability in the region would be "nice" politically. Which makes for an important analysis and not oversimplification. Genocide is NOT an important reason to go to war becuase the US has not chosen to follow that path with Rwanda and Darfur. Which means oil. Oil is important, becuase it is valuable resource. Which means this war is about oil and not the value of preventing genocide.

I will add to my own: Stefan never served in the military. Stefan wishes he would have and has the utmost respect for those who have chosen that path. Stefan is indebted to those who have served, is serving, and will serve. Thanks.