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Cascade_Climber to replace Cheney on the ticket?

Separated at birth?

Dude, you look like a young John Lennon....once I noticed that you were even in the pic.

And floss while you're at it.

You're both right Websters: Revolution (noun) (1) : the action by a celestial body of going round in an orbit or elliptical course; also : apparent movement of such a body round the earth (2) : the time taken by a celestial body to make a complete round in its orbit (3) : the rotation of a celestial body on its axis

"Lookin' for Love" - Johnny Lee It's a country tune from around the late 70s or early 80s. Also referred to as "Lookin' for love in all the wrong places".

Reminds me why I don't have a TV.

I'm still bothered by the can of tuna. WTF? Who carries a can of tuna to the MTV Awards?

Why in the HELL is that person standing next to Ms. Simpson (in the first picture) holding a can of Chicken of the Sea Tuna?

Those slackers are a day late. Announce it on 26,27, or 28 July

Hey, Muddy Waters Coffee is the G Street I believe, cross the street from Kinkos. There's also another killer coffee shop with the organic goods near the chain drug store on H Street ?( or whatever the main drag that runs the opp direction of G is). Weekend farmers market on the square And Wilderberry's (sp?) market also Decent Thai restaurant down the road in Eureka.

If you want to spray, you must have the mind of a spray warrior. Proper preparation is the key. Might I suggest, rockin the hotbox with hero tokes of rastafarian proportion?

1. See RC.com ladies room for 7 pages of tard blog on said topic. 2. Ditto above 3. Match your climbing? Actually, topless works fine. 4. I hope so. 5. Buy the beer and smoke 'em out. 6. Yes. No - work it if you got it. Yes (talk to god about the third one, I didn't make you that way). 7. No. Pay attention to Iain, he knows how to spray. Who else could coin the phrase "he's just fixing to rock the hotbox with some hero tokes of rastafarian proportion "

Correction. I had them, used them for 3 seasons, and recently sold them. Suckbm now has them. They are/were good tools, particularly if you need one set of tools that will do just about anything. They were both bent shaft and I never felt that to be a hinderance when plunging. Also, the price is right. I now have Quarks (it was a toss up bewteen the Q's and Vipers, I lucked into a deal on some used ones, thanks LooseBrie!) and will at some point relatively soon need to add a set of alpine oriented tools, as I used the Shrikes for everything. If I were looking for one "do it all" set for beginner or otherwise my first choice would be CM Aztars (for the grip, and to have some pick compatability with my Qs...even though I think the geometry at the adze sucks for gripping while plunging) I'd look at bent shaft tools with a the bend at the top such as: BD Cobras BD Rages Grivel Alp Wings CM Aztar I don't think you will be disappointed in any of those, just find the one that swings right for you and fits your hand best. I would have bought Cobras as my one and only set of tools for everything a long time ago if the grip wasn't so damn fat and shitty.

Saw these on the way home today, on the same car: What would Scooby Do? Politicians and Diapers Should be Changed for the Same Reason

No worries, Bill I'm just posturing for the most part. There are plenty of hard workers, but the cliche' of the lazy and/or inept govt worker rings true in my 10yrs of govt experience. I am all for downsizing govt. There is an unfortunate "use it or lose it" aspect to funding in govt. For example, if we are budgeted a certain amount and are savy about conserving funds...which is in our personal interests as taxpayers, we will be "penalized". The bugetary forces will say "oh, they didn't even spend what they had, so we will target our cuts there". So maybe we have training allocations that we don't need to make use of this fiscal year, maybe the courses we need aren't being offered or are full...we will use those funds for some other dubious training purposes rather than risk losing them the following year when we might need them. Once it's cut, you probably won't get it back. It's a horrible attitude, but understandable given the reality. That puts us in odd situations from time to time, like our current vehicle situation. During the late spring to early fall, we do alot of field work. Last year, due to extra high turnover in our office, we had an 8 person office staffed by 3 and a part time student trainee. They rarely could get away from the office to do any field work because of the load. Consequently they put very few miles on our vehicle durnig that field season. So now we are fully staffed with one vehicle for 6 people trying to do their field work, yet because there were not enough miles put on the existing vehicle last year, they will not give us another....even though there are at least 25 unused vehicles on Ft Wainwright at any one time that they could assign/loan/transfer to us for the field season. The real problem lies in the fact that EVERYTHING is a "process". There is all this bureacracy and no freedom or authority to make decisions or make things happen at a level that makes sense. Why does a band-aid cost the govt $4? Because the request to purchase them has passed through 4 people's hands twice by the time it is approved and processed. Time is money. It's a mess, and as a taxpayer you should be very pissed off.

Funny...I always thought clean water was valuable. Do you enjoy the taste of mercury and arsenic? Or maybe you prefer all the anadramous streams to be silted beyond tolerance levels. Yeah, I guess all the civil works projects we undertake...like flood control structures, locks, jetties, harbor and channel dregding, as well as the mil-con projects like the Clear Early Warning station, Bassett Army Hospital, Blair Lakes bombing range, military housing, etc, etc, etc....yeah those are USELESS! USELESS I SAY!! Those design engineers and project managers aren't producing shit! Let's fire them all! On behalf of all the hard working govt employees (admittedly a small minority) I say unto thee: Take up your beef with the legislators and policy makers who expand govt and spend our tax dollars.

Petzl Mercury was fuschia as late as 1993. NOLSe, you got a real affinity for playin' dress-up don't cha? Suede 70s vests, cowboy style bandanas, and now this. You should look into maybe joining up with a Village People tribute band

I have a wonderful idea. You should go to the closest REI, and climb their 20m wall 400 times. That would be a really cheap 8000m trip and you wouldn't have to pay more than...ohh five or six bus fares. If you have a bike, you could even ride there and save more money. "BTW, are you a member of REI?"

No Hatch to Match: Agressive Strategies for Fly-Fishing Between Hatches - Osthoff Running on Empty: How the Democratic and Republican Parties are Bankrupting Our Future and What Americans Can Do about it - Peterson Nymph Fishing - Hughes Krishnamurti to Himself - J. Krishnamurti

Think what you will Fairweather. I'm not calling it a "conspiracy". And I am by no means an anti-semite or have any ill feeling towards judaism. But to deny that our big brother backing and tacit approval of all actions they (Israel) take is a factor that compromises our own security is to ignore reality. Consider this: "In 1996, Perle, Feith and Wurmser collaborated on a policy paper for the government of newly elected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The paper, called “A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm” and published by the Jerusalem-based Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies, was a blueprint of sorts for how Israel’s new leaders should handle the Palestinian conflict. Seven years later, the document has become perhaps the most-cited and damning piece of evidence in the anti-neocon dossier. The paper suggested that Netanyahu abandon the Oslo peace process, reassert Israel’s claims to the West Bank and Gaza Strip and remove Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein from power. Toppling Iraq’s Baathists, the paper’s authors argued, was a necessary first step toward transforming the Middle East and destabilizing other enemies of Israel in the region — namely Syria, Saudi Arabia and Iran. The Arab press labeled the paper a “U.S.-Israeli neoconservative manifesto” because of its call for regime changes. And Arab Americans, such as James Zogby, president of the Arab American Institute in Washington, DC., called it “disturbing.”" Speaks for itself I think. Source: Detroit Jewish News. Yes, Arafat should have been eliminated long ago. Although him being portrayed as a martyr would probably do more harm than eliminating him would do good. He has had ample opportunity to reach a workable solution and pissed it away time and time again. While I appreciate your wishes to see Israel live in peace, I think you're taking a pretty one sided view of their scenario re: our need to be adamantly and vocally pro-Israel. They have more than enough firepower to defend themselves (courtesy of us) from any organized state threat. It might actually settle things down in that region if we got out of the way and let the thing come to a head. I fully support Israel's targeting and assasinations of terrorist leaders, but I do not and will not support their settlements/land grabs. Sharon actually surprised me with the recent proposals and it pains me to see the far right in his party (as if he weren't far enough right) attempt to derail the process. I'm an isolationist, and firmly believe this "world policeman" role we have been trying to play since the mid 60's is sending us down a very undesirable path. I'm done blathering, time for a left wing neo-con

Most bolting bans are on new bolts, with replacement of existing ones allowed. Capitol Reef NP has this as their official policy and Sunset Park (an NPS site) in TN has a new anchor revdiew board which must approve the placement of fixed gear (new or replacements). You also might re-evaluate your stance on the FS. While their mission is definitely changing from timber to recreation, you might wanna focus your opposition to the FEES that will be forthcoming. Why would they want to keep you out / ban climbing, when "protecting their precious jobs" as you put it, is going to require a steady stream of user fees from FS lands. It certainly won't be in their interest to eliminate any potential recreation user group and the potential income they would/will generate. Prepare for more fee demo style shit, IMO.

Gimme a fuckin' break. Maybe you'd like to re-read my post, I don't think you will find me on the defense of the left...or even a left-wing cook? WTF? They make bad quiche or something? I think you mean Kook? Anyway....First, the fact that polictics has become the slimiest show on earth, is no excuse for the shit they pulled in 2000. Did you see those ads that ran in South Carolina? "Would you vote for John McCain if you knew he fathered an illegitimate child" while showing a young black child on the screen. And spare me the free trade and Vietnam bit, I haven't seen BushCo pushing China very hard to float their currency. Second, the right is running the show...in the White House and Congress. It's not the left that are spending us into the poorhouse while simultaneously cutting taxes, or out playing crusader. Although given a chance, the left would spend just as much, on entitlement bullshit while raising the tax burden to do it. Third, exactly how does my critcism of the Bush administration equate to an all embracing stance toward the left? As you may recall, my take on Moore/Amy Goodman et al are that they are simply windbag propagandists of the same ilk as Limbaugh/Hannity etc. Not much difference IMO, I think they're all full of shit. I support gun owners rights, strong national defense spending, responsible tax cuts, balanced budgets, less government, states rights. Leave the religious and polarizing social issues out of it. You want to affect that debate, teach your children values and propogate that ideology through your community, don't attempt to legislate it. I saw the Moore film. I though it was disappointing. I found the thing to be poorly crafted and if anyone has any expectation of objectivity from a Moore film, they don't know much about the guy. I found some of the footage to be hilarious though, in what was an ominous movie. The footage of Wolfowitz combing his hair and Ashcroft singing were worth the price of admission. That said, I left the film no better informed, and with no shift of opinion. It was about what I expected content-wise, but less than I expected production-wise. The biggest omission IMO, was the Israel factor. Anyone who ignores our propping up Israel in this whole terrorism debate is fooling themselves. This is IMO easily the biggest factor. It's not oil, it's not that they "hate our freedom", it's not that they envision transforming the whole world into an islamic theocracy. "It's the Israel factor stupid!" Anyone want to venture a connection bewteen the jewish power brokers in this country and the neocon policy wonks, media, and pundits? It's not a difficult exercise. It speaks volumes about the transition of the GOP that my bitching is commonly directed toward them. I used to share core values with the GOP and have seen them go by the wayside in exchange for placing polarizing social issues at the top of the platform. My...distress, for lack of better word, with the transition is why you see my ire directed toward the GOP. I, along with the rest of the socially moderate but fiscally conservative wing, have been sold out to court the evangelicals and neocons. The Dem party is a joke. It's a cobbled together contingent of fringe ideological groups with grand visions to solve problems....with all those visions involving an expensive govt solution. While I am firmly in the "anyone but Bush" camp, I think Kerry is alot like Gore, completely uninspiring, borderline inept. Another man with "polling vision" and no balls. I will be voting Lib for Pres, Dem for the AK US senate seat, GOP for the AK State Senate seat, and GOP for the AK State House seat. 1 dem, 1 Lib, 2 GOP. Not quite neutral.

That's right Fairweather! You're either with us, or you're against us All of us who think that Bush administration are inept, arrogant, corrupt, corporate lapdogs are simply under Fatty Moore's spell of misinformation. I wonder how I got that impression of the administration years before Michael "More Food Please" Moore released his film? I'll make this clear, my sour opinion of Bush and his cronies didn't begin with the Iraq invasion, nor with the Florida election wrangling. It began in the 2000 primaries when they unleased an unethical, cowardly, misinformation smear campaign against John McCain. That bullshit worked in the primary and "Gee Carl, think we can use similar tactics to bring the populus around to supporting an Iraq invasion? The neocons want this one bad. I think it may just work Rove 'ol boy...get on it!"

Sniff.....sniff.....Yup, I smell a big fat hairy Troll...yup.