Fairweather

"If guns are outlawed, can we use swords?"

Bodie says the gnarliest wave is at Belle's Beach, Australia raaaght after the fifty year storm doooood. You callin' Patrick Swayze a liar maan?

Can you demonstrate that global glacial recession (undeniable!) is a result of anthropogenic CO2/greenhouse global warming and not primarily attributable to diesel/biodiesel soot particulate matter darkening glacial surfaces? In the post above, you have made the jump from diesel soot to [/i]greenhouse global warming[/i] as it relates to worldwide glacial recession. A truly skeptical mind would not just automatically link the two. I've answered your original question re diesel soot, (which you apparently knew nothing about) but now you seem intent on changing the preminse of the original question and tagging me with beliefs I do not necessarily hold.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/12/22/soot.global.ap/ http://eces.org/articles/000731.php http://technologyreports.net/heartbeatofthenorth/?articleID=2376

Obviously, Cracked and me need to be sent here for diversity reeducation, ja?

Yes! Everyone within the climbing community must think as one. Only through focused, uniform thought can we reach nirvana! Anyone who dares dissent shall be taught a good lesson.

So let me see if I have this right?... Distel, Democratic activist, posts an ignorant hate-filled video re GWB... but then slams Cracked, and those who find humor in a subsequent and relatively benign link? I smell sumthin'...

Nothing "homophobic" about the video IMO. I've seen a similar parody on Jay Leno's show. Seems like Distel is a little then-tha-tive about the issue? And is possibly confusing tolerance with acceptance. Lars! You caved in to the gay PC lobby by editing your post. But you're still . (And I don't mean that in a John Kerry/Edwards-homosexual kinda way )

JerkTerryx, You are a -ing vagina.

Use of the word, "professes" does not a lie infer, nor was it my intent to imply such. One's heart being in the right place (re: biodiesel) does not the science make valid, eh? Dumbass; yes. Pothead; certainly. But liar? never.

Private Property May Become Preserved Saturday, July 10, 2004 KING COUNTY, Wash. — Residents of King County, Wash., will only be able to build on 10 percent of their land, according to a new law being considered by the county government, which, if enacted, will be the most restrictive land use law in the nation. Known as the 65-10 Rule , it calls for landowners to set aside 65 percent of their property and keep it in its natural, vegetative state. According to the rule, nothing can be built on this land, and if a tree is cut down, for example, it must be replanted. Building anything is out of the question. Most of the residents who will be directly affected by the regulations — those who own property in the rural areas of the country — are fuming. They see the new regulations as a land grab and a violation of their property rights. "My take is it's stealing — out and out stealing," said county resident Marshall Brenden. "They're taking 65 percent of your land that you fought for years to pay for, paid mortgages on and now you can't use it." But supporters and environmentalists say personal property rights do not trump the rights of a larger community to save the eco-system. "We're trying to keep the rural area a place that isn't just McMansions and ball courts, but instead has those natural processes," said Tim Trohimovich of the group 1000 Friends of Washington, which aims to promote healthy communities and cities while protecting farmland and forests. The plan is being pushed by King County Executive Ron Sims, who is currently running for governor.

If you're referring to the bio-diesel Kurt professes to use in his chippers, I believe the benefit of such is currently under serious scientific reconsideration. Diesel and bio diesel ash have recently been found to be accelerating the melting of Greenland's icecap. As for the chainsaws and the truck; does he have any more right to use these tools than a mother taking a team to soccer practice in a big, bad SUV?

Does that apply to Kerry/Edwards at Radio City Music Hall the other night? Seems to me the D team is more adept at the celeb game. Looks like your blinders are on... once again.

This I support. It's called zoning and is nothing new. I DO think it should be difficult-to-impossible to change zoning or grant waivers, especially when it comes to farmland and existing, natural wetlands. Current government land-grabs (ala Ron Sims in King County) go well beyond common sense and fairness.

Too bad lance's new girlfriend (Sheryl Crow) is a left-wing Cee U Next Tuesday. I hope she doesn't cloud his political ideals with the lure of easy tang.

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.