Peter_Puget

I am thinking that I should get up in the am and stretch while I am enjoying my morning coffee. Here are my questions: 1 Does stretching really work as far as improving flexibility or is it more of a maintenance thing. I am approaching “fossil-ness” so does that have an impact? 2 How often do you need to stretch to see improvement? 3 Are there any popular stretches that should be avoided? Any input appreciated! PP

Dryad, the answer will depend to a larg extend on the types of batteries you are charging.

...the french start to crawl. Debt

Seems like with every day that passes it is becoming more clear that that might be the case. PP

LOL Looks like pope/Dwayner has moved over to the Mounties as Cool Cat! PP

Whew all that hot air must feel nice up in AK...I can here it now "turn my way Will...open a little wider....ahhh" PP

Jeesh Will, You win! Your amazing credentials have on their face presented an incontrovertible argument. I give up. PP

another example supporting yoru assertion that the media will try to sink Bush. Thanks again for bringing it up. TNR Link All in all, Bush's announcement sounds progressive and important. So how did the media play it? The New York Times, which has had the incredible, super-ultra menace of Midwest power plants on page one perhaps a dozen times since Bush took office, put the plan to end the problem on page A24. The Times story was a small box cryptically headlined. "E.P.A. Drafts New Rules for Emissions From Power Plants." The Washington Post put the story on page two but under the headline, "E.P.A. Aims to Change Pollution Rules," suggesting something ominous, adding the subhead, "Utilities Could Buy Credits From Cleaner-Operating Power Plants," neglecting to add that credits could be purchased only if the result was an overall decline in pollution. The proper placement for this story was page one--where the anti-Bush environmental stories always run--and the proper headline was, BUSH ORDERS DRAMATIC POLLUTION REDUCTION. But you didn't see that, did you? PP

PS for what it's worth Hillary is hoping for a landslide.

Notice the religious imagery. Why I wouldn’t be surprised if young Will grew up in a house with pictures of JFK on the wall. Then in the very next sentence we get sexual imagery. The feminization of Bush? But the last one definitely exudes homoerotic tones: “beating the Shrub.” I find lefties constantly confuse their religious, sexual and political impulses. This of course leads to dissatifaction in all three areas. Will, stop hedging your bets. Name the states. I say a landslide of McGovern proportions. Bush may win Mass even!!!!! Now where are my smokes? Also, I am beginning to think the Doctor may not really be a Doctor at all. PP

At least back in the 80's there was a photo copy guide of some routes. Like the old Nelson guide to the Meadows so maybe I am thinking early 80s. Lance do you really mean the John Muir? Ooops you do.

..on how willing you are to be the bitch. Reminds me of my days as the cell block king. Now go get me my smokes! PP

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Ok Smarty Strickland layout your prediction for the election. State By State add the electoral votes.

* - Several days ago I posted several pictures of a demonstration in Iraq. An Anti-terrorist demonstration. It was one of the largest in recent times. It was reported inaccurately on page 5 of the Seattle Times Yesterday. Why wasn’t it on the cover of the NYT? Seattle Times? LA Times? I say because it did not conform to the prejudices of the press. Again thanks for the heads up!

..the weeping on CC.com after the next national election. Revising its year-end economic forecast sharply upward, The Conference Board today projected that real GDP growth will hit 5.7% next year, making 2004 the best year economically in the last 20 years...While the U.S. economy is expected to generate more than one million new jobs next year, the unemployment rate will edge down only slightly, averaging 5.6% in 2004 Conference Board Link Corroborative evidence of the landslide to come: A stunning new poll shows President Bush would clobber Democratic front-runner Howard Dean by nearly 2-1 in politically potent New Hampshire - even though Dean has a giant lead over Democratic rivals in the state. Bush gets 57 percent to Dean's 30 percent among registered voters in the American Research Group poll. In fact, Dean, from neighboring Vermont, does worse in the Granite State than a generic "Democratic Party nominee" who loses to Bush by 51 to 34 percent. Another ARG poll this month showed Dean with a 30-point lead over Sen. John Kerry (Mass.) for the Jan. 27 New Hampshire primary, the second test after the Jan. 19 Iowa caucuses. Link Getting happier by the hour, PP

Thanks OW. Thanks to you I can put my x-mas shopping to bed. PP

It took 3 minutes for the first PM to arrive - you guys must not be music fans. PP

First one to PM me with a request and their address will recieve a special Soundscape (on CD)recorded at the WTC in 2000.

Even more amazing in that your remembered it! I sneak Fripp quotes in all the time. They crack me up. PS: T Levin is back in the band and they will be touring next summer! You're right about live League rocking. The CD mix on the studio stuff sucks. LP is a much better mix. God save the Queen is a compilation of two albums. Sexy Coco once mocked me for posting something aboutthe theory of Seven. Wave sounds great on Damage and only so so on Gone to Earth

Once I think Jardine wrote an essay titled: Belief is Power .

Is Lexx still on?

A new report from the National Association of Manufacturers and the Manufacturing Alliance (MAPI ) found that much of the manufacturing sector's problems are not due to unfair actions by our trading partners, but are self-imposed. It notes that we have higher corporate taxes, higher pollution abatement costs, and higher tort liability costs than our key competitors. Overall manufacturing costs are 22.4 percent higher in the U.S. as a result of such self-imposed costs, reducing our competitiveness and contributing to the trade deficit. In terms of tort liability, a new report from Tillinghast-Towers Perron estimates this cost at $233 billion last year, up $27 billion from 2001. The report estimates tort costs at 2.33 percent of GDP, or $809 per person in the U.S. Of this amount, only 22 cents on the dollar goes to compensate victims for actual economic loss. The rest is for lawyers and additional payments for punitive damages and "pain and suffering." We may be reaching the point where something will be done. On December 8, the Wall Street Journal noted that vaccines--including for this year's flu epidemic--are increasingly unavailable in part due to lawsuits. The cover story in Newsweek this week (Dec. 15 issue) details case after case of absurd lawsuits with multi-billion dollar awards and the ways in which society has been made worse off. A new study from the Congressional Budget Office also examines the growing cost of the tort liability system.