Fairweather

Bullshit. Your position is a classic left-wing s-t-r-e-t-c-h.

Ak, you, on the other hand, rarely have anything to offer in the way of fact. Every time I challenge you, your THC-coated receptors simply cease participation. So keep reving up that two-stroke chainsaw you carry, and step down hard on that C-50 truck you drive! Because, after all, it's always the other guy's responsibility to effect change.

Looks like a certain "environmental educator" (from your bio) could use the services of a "spelling educator".

...you mean the farmer who can now only use a portion of the land he owns because extremists like you have declared wetlands preservation trumps food production and said farmers right to earn a living?? Of course, you paid him fair market value for this taking. The same farmer who's heirs will likely sell his farm to a developer so they can pay the inheritance tax? Another left wing-nut sacred cow. You sound like just another WASHPirg lawyer to me. You sound like you'd be a fine Eco-topia party apparatchnik. BTW, I'm sure the fine people in Roslyn are thrilled to have you and your Seattle know-it-all immigrant ilk there to tell them how things should be.

Unfortunately, there are a few select cc.com members who still subscribe to this eco-topia idea. I could name them, but I think most know who they are. The book that most influenced my younger thought was written by a Democrat!

My money's on Gotterdamerung. But my passionate side mandates I call an ambulance for you, help gather your teeth from the floor, and place them into a clean envelope for your dentist. Grow some balls, man! Where's your pride??

You confuse the liberal democracy(ies) in which we live with modern liberalism. Additionally, one could rightly say that Islam is not conservative, but regressive.

...Hence, the purpose of this post. I'll confess that the usual suspects in the blame america game failed to take the bait this time and smelled-out this obvious troll. (A very-average 10:1 views-to-replies ratio.) Nonetheless, the media disparity exists and this tragedy will likely not draw heavy press attention until our trials in Iraq fade and western news organizations come to grips with their own institutional racism (as previously demonstrated during the Rwanda tribal genocide).

http://www.tribnet.com/news/story/5287820p-5224886c.html The slaughter of the Sudanese ALEXANDRA ZAVIS; The Associated Press AL-FASHER, Sudan - They shot him in his house. They blew her apart with a bomb. They cut him to pieces with swords. They dragged her into the desert and raped her. As the world's attention was turned to crises in the Middle East, a slaughter has raged for 17 months in Sudan's Darfur region. Arab gunmen on horses and camels, backed by bombers and helicopter gunships, have razed hundreds of black African villages, killed tens of thousands and driven more than 1 million from their homes. "They say they don't want to see black skin on this land again," said Issa Bushara, whose brother and cousin were gunned down in front of their horrified families during an attack by the Janjaweed militia. Now, with many more likely to die of hunger and disease in camps in Sudan and neighboring Chad, international pressure is mounting on President Omar el-Bashir's government to end the carnage. U.S. and U.N. officials, haunted by memories of inaction in Rwanda a decade ago, have made a series of visits to the region. This week, African leaders also called on Sudan to act. Even so, word of more raids continues to filter through with the starving, exhausted and terrorized families that trickle every day across the 370-mile border into Chad. At the Kounoungo refugee camp, 50 miles from the Sudan border, Zenaba Ismail sits on a dirt floor. In her arms, she cradles her sister's sleeping infant. Janjaweed fighters burst into their home early one morning and shot the child's pregnant mother in the stomach. The shooting induced labor, and she died while giving birth. "He cries all the time, but I have no milk to give him," said the tall woman with traditional scars etched on her cheeks. "Every time I look at this child, I see my sister, and I can't stop the tears." More victims of the raids are dying now from hunger and disease than in the killings, U.N. officials say. They have described the region as the world's worst humanitarian crisis. "We are late in Darfur. We have to admit that," said Jan Egeland, U.N. undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs. He blamed government obstruction, the remoteness of the area, a failure to get adequate funding and preoccupation with the Iraq war, which made the world slow to respond to the unfolding disaster. If humanitarian workers can't reach the estimated 2 million in desperate need, the death toll could surge to 350,000 by the end of the year - a conservative estimate, according to the U.S. Agency for International Development. Satellite photos acquired by USAID in June show some 56,000 mud-brick houses with grass roofs have been torched in nearly 400 Darfur villages.

exactly!

How do you make this leap, moron? Show me where I've ever subscribed to anything of the sort being taught in our public schools. So you don't support the lower arsenic levels adopted by the Bush administration for drinking water? The levels that are even lower than those proposed by Clinton? 3ppb, I believe. And you don't support the lower sulphur content in diesel recently passed by the Bush administration? No, asshole, I think this is where you would have us ALL live.

Failure to sign shows nothing either way. If there was a corresponding letter opposed that was signed by as many or more scientists, then you've got something. re: Kyoto: http://www.sepp.org/pressrel/petition.html http://www.oism.org/pproject/

48 Nobel laureates whom, I'm sure, don't have a political bone in their collective bodies. Are you trying to say, Will, that those we hold high in academic esteem are devoid of political bias? I believe the opposite is often true. The original story begs completion: Who are these 48? Is there a counter position, or group of "concerned" scientists who don't hold these views? We went through this when the Kyoto debate raged...the hundreds of American Academy of Sciences members who signed a letter in support, versus the thousands of members who declined to do so. In order to know the whole story, you have to have....the whole story, no? And Jim's post certainly does not represent the whole story. Do you really believe that it is only Republicans who are willing to stack-the-deck when it comes to science? I recall The Clinton Administration doing the same on several occasions. Generally speaking, administrations will buy the science they like, and decline that which they don't. If you think you can keep politics out of science, or vice versa, ....well you know this just ain't gunna happen in our lifetimes. If you torture the data long enough it will tell you what you want to hear. Better yet, subvert the process at the source!

Anyone have any info re: climbing (mountaineering) or x-c routes in this area?

I didn't really see anything in the story to get too worked up about. If I understand correctly, hikers are the ones pushing to remove ORV users from areas they currently enjoy, such as Dark Divide. Nowhere did I read the Bush Administration is pushing to open up more areas to ORV use. So I must conclude..... Just more environmental community hysteria.

This is what you bring to the table to support your positions? Are you sure you're not confusing non-profit with [/i] non-partisan[/i]? Gimme a break.

Actually, the Massachusetts legislature (Democrat-controlled) is feveishly working to strip the governor of the right to name a senatorial successor. I know it's hard to believe...but they now believe that the state senate should appoint vacant seats.

Look at your picture #6.... That's a good sized rock slide onto the upper lobe of The Hubert Glacier. (In the background.) Looks pretty fresh too. Did that come down from the back side of Athena?

Clearification: .410 interchanges (in most weapons) with .45 long Colt...not to be confused with the common .45ACP round. But then...guns are for protection against aggressive people more-so than critters.

What is your estimate of how long this route will be "in". (The 'normal' portion up from Puyallup Cleaver, that is.) I've got the last two weeks of July off...think it will hold? Any key bridges about to go? How did the sickle look? Thanks! Nice climb.

The obvious solution: shoot them on the battlefield. I agree, however, with the court's decision re: Jose Padilla . The guy is an american citizen (like it, or not!) and is due his day in an american court. Fuck the rest of 'em. Let them rot in Guantanamo until this war is over.

Yes. It was the rectangular blue/gray metal box with "Mt Washington 6255'" on it. The last entry was a big group about 7 days prior, but I can't recall names. It wasn't anchored down, so I don't know how long it will last.

Nice trip & pics! That Baker/Shuksan picture is especially nice. What do you use for a camera?

This would be a sweet way to access the trailheads along West Side Road or the Dose!! Honda Ruckus: 50cc 4 stroke. (NOT a two stroke blue- belcher!) I think it should be legal...