Fairweather

I guess I just never understood geek humor.

Josh, thanks for reminding me - once again - why I didn't send my daughter to the University of Colorado. I'll admit, however, it appears the Human Moron Systems program there is preparing you, and the next generation for the challenges of tomorrow. You go, Josh!

If the access road hasn't been snowed in by November, and there is snow on the upper mountain, I understand the Clear Creek route is great - and probably the easiest way up the peak. No rope necessary, but if it's icy, crampons might be useful. If your plans are put off until wintertime, the Green Butte/Avalanche Gulch route is the way to go - snow conditions permitting. The actual gulch is fairly steep as you approach Thumb Rock at 12800'. If it's icy, it could be scary for novices. Plowed road to 6800 feet makes it the route of choice though. A great ski too!

I suspect this thread is really about Snugtop's ongoing quest for her Mrs.

Ion microprobe? Is that what your wife calls it??

"I don't have time to sharpen my axe! I'm too busy chopping all this wood." -Just a saying that I'm fond of FWIW. The Tacoma paper did a story a couple months back about longshoremen making $100k per year! Some of them held masters degrees but found the hours/work/comradery on the docks more rewarding. On the other hand, taxpayers finance a good share of higher education. I'm not sure to what extent they should expect a return on their investment.

I fear the home-grown western leftist more than Islamic fundementalists - more than China or any manifestation of the former USSR.

Speaking of verbal blunderers, did anyone hear Howard Dean on Larry King Live last night accusing the white house of playing "hide the salami" (his actual words!) regarding legal briefs written by justice nominee Mier?

Use whatever criteria you would like to! Apparently open-minded, "non-judgemental" libs currently hold the immunity idol on this island.

The queen of cc.com political correctness feminine' giving a pass to a fellow liberal who has just issued judgement on a woman based solely on perceived physical unattractiveness. Priceless!

Broad brush. Thought "your side" didn't do that! So what do you think of Josh's comment?

This is why the death penalty is applied differently in all 50 states? Different states - different laws.

Spoken like a true angry liberal, Josh. WTF does your comment have to do with anything? Even more telling is that your fellow 'open minded' folk here haven't bothered to call you on it.

I'm not involved in the election 2000/2004 debate here. That's Matt and JayB, I think. I believe I have addressed your questions thoroughly ...and in the appropriate thread.

I don't know if it was a lie, or not. And neither do you. I suspect that some winking and nodding took place, but who can really say? I'll often sit in my boss's office and hear him proclaim, "I don't really want to know what you did to make it happen, I'm just glad you did it". Perhaps Bush likes to play the plausible deniability game. Either way, I don't really care. Newsflash: All politicians lie. Now, my question??

I smell The Matt trap...where you ask and demand answers to a seemingly unending stream of rhetorical questions, all-the-while ignoring those asked of you. My original question:

Again, Matt, your reading comprehension seems to be lacking tonight. The "hysteria from the left" to which I alluded was a hypothetical involving the idea of Bush selecting a different candidate, or "known conservative quantity".

This is why I put the word assumed in parenthesis. Comprende'?

The next abortion case to come before the court will be a parental notification law in New Hampshire. Hopefully that law will be upheld.

...Which is why I am surprised by your (assumed) opposition to Miers. She has supposedly been a strong advocate for gay rights. Again, not the hallmark of a conservative. I would have thought you would be singing Bush's praises re this nomination. I am not.

Of course you realize, Matt, that a justice can detest abortion and still rule it legal. You realize that even if Roe v Wade were overturned, abortion would remain legal in most, if not all states. You realize that Roe v Wade was as much about state's rights as it was abortion. Why do liberals insist on this litmus test above all others? I just don't understand. I think Miers is the wrong choice. Bush has many qualified conservatives from which to choose. He has a chance to put the brakes on the "progressive" agenda in a big way. The abortion issue notwithstanding, I would prefer a known conservative quantity - the hysterics from the left be damned.

There are no constitutional qualifiers for a Supreme Court Justice. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States

You mean the NYTimes columnist who just makes shit up?.... Fourth and Final Fix? The New York Times has issued a formal correction for columnist Paul Krugman's false claim that a full hand recount in Florida would have given the presidential election to Al Gore in 2000 -- the paper's fourth attempt to fix the error. Krugman tried to correct the August 19 error himself in a subsequent column, but Times ombudsman Byron Calame objected to the informal clarification. Krugman then published a more formal correction on August 26, but had to fix that after he relied on an incorrect Miami Herald report. The new correction will be appended to Krugman's original columns and editorial page editor Gail Collins says the paper will now run regular formal corrections under the Times' editorials.