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Thanks Loren. I should have paid closer attention, the ones I'm considering buying are the Extreme S, rather than the regular S. However, I found a pair of the old Trango Extremes like jjd has in the photo there for pretty cheap, new. Anyone climbed in both the old Extremes and the Extreme S? Prefer one over the other, etc?

The "news" came out last August. The source was supposed to be one of his aides/confidants. Powell denied it, saying he served "at the pleasure of the president" or something vaugely homoerotic like that. It's more or less standard fare for Sec State to serve one term and move on. What interested me was that all the speculation around the time the "news" came out was that Condi would be his replacement as Sec State. Now the word on the street is that she's moving along as well. I'm interested in who would be the next choice (assuming that Bush "wins" another election).

Fat Teddy, as a staunch supporter of the Bush admin, tell me: Will Condi Rice and Colin Powell serve another stint if Bush is re-elected? And if no (because everything I'm hearing indicates that they will not) why would they decline the honor? I have my own cynical beliefs of why, but I want to hear from the pro-Bush side.

RE: the HR monitors. I've checked the ones on the machines...stairmaster, bike, etc against what my watch/strap said. They are pretty close, within a couple of bpm.

The question is not whether Natl Guard service is honorable - it is, no doubt. The question with Bush is: Was it immoral and/or cowardly to use his family influence to bypass the waiting list when he otherwise stood a very good chance of going to Vietnam. As I've said before, any legislator will have his voting record used against him because voting records do not necessarily represent their stance on issues. EX: You vote against a military spending bill that has tons of pork riders and ridiculous projects (the rental of fueling tanker planes comes to mind) and you are labeled "weak on defense". It's the curse of the legislator. I don't like Kerry. I don't like Bush. If I were living in WA or OR, I'd vote for Kerry. With a GOP controlled congress, he can't inflict much radical change and I can't stomach the idea of 4 more years of Bush. I think he can hold down the fort until McCain can take the helm in '08. Since I live in AK, where Bush will easily win the state, I will vote my true preference - Libertarian. I'd love to see a McCain/Powell ticket in 2008. I would volunteer for that campaign.

Well shazam! I didn't have any trouble locating them: http://www.johnkerry.com/about/military_records.html Pope do you think that hurdling over thousands of names on the Guard waiting list was EASY? Shit bro, we're talking about a man with jumping skills on par with Carl Lewis and Bob Beaman.

I understand he was wounded in the buttocks. So can we say that John Kerry takes it in the ass?

There is a pretty cool steep roof route at Obed in Tennessee called Ronnie Ray-Gun.

Scott you posted it in Spray...it's fair game. Besides, what did you expect? A bunch of glowing reminescence of the good 'ol days of a charismatic hands-off style president who's policies were about 50/50 on the effective scale? Personally, I liked Regan. I thought he was charismatic, and he WAS a uniter, not a divider. As a person, I thought he was really pursuing what he felt was best for ALL of us. Unfortunately, he was a non detail oriented type and there were plenty of blunders. Iran-contra, record tax cuts followed by record deficits (sounds familiar eh?) an Interior Sec that was probably the single worst in history, S&L scandal and bailout a major shift in tax burden to the middle class. But he has success too, essentially outspending the USSR on defense until they reached the breaking point, firing the air traffic controller assholes who illegally went on strike, and the incalcuable effect of uniting the country. In his re-election campaign he won 49 states, losing only Mondale's homestate of Minnesota. He appointed the first woman Justice to the Supreme Court. He made MLK day a national holiday.

Werd. Don did some nice stuff with Ornette Coleman. And that's not a trumpet he's holding kids.

Egos

Right at 15" at 5'9" 148lb. I reckon that makes me a certifiable buff mofo.

Pay attention Scott, he already said it's because you are a Completely Obnoxious Asshole.

I started to copy that to the clipboard too because I had an inkling (and that ain't a baby octopus) that it would dissappear. Good job parrot, have a cracker.

Not quite banning, but funny how quick crazyjz's "mattp public service" post got pulled. Shoulda figured that would happen...could have been moved to spray though. I suppose that would require removing the stick from someone's ass though, might need a crowbar for that. BTW, I know someone who might loan out a crowbar for the job.

Troy?

As you may or may not know, the majority of the Army Corp of Engineers is civilian. Some of my coworkers are in Iraq acting as project managers in reconstruction efforts. This is a clip of news from this week: "Mullah Success Continues. Twenty (20) megawatts of electricity, (17 MW derated) was added to the Iraqi power grid as the rehabilitated Mullah Seven Generator Unit at the Mullah Power Station was brought online June 2, 2004 in Mullah, Iraq, as announced by the Gulf Region Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Additional days testing and verification of the restored turbine have been completed to confirm the operation of the generator. This is the second unit to be brought online in the last three weeks at Mullah." The electricity infrastructure is more stable, and in better shape than before the war, with electricty available around 16-18 hrs a day compared to a typical 8-12 hrs before. Hope we can the f-outta dodge soon.

Evangelical says time for revival

Hey Chris, did you miss the "Thursday the 10th" part of Mike's message?

Except there it would mean "I already have 17 wives"

"Ryan Thill of the Pierce County, Wash., Medical Examiner's Office confirmed that one of the two male climbers had died but could not say which one it was. She said she would probably not know until late at night. The names of the two climbers were being withheld until the families were notified."

Tex, it is right there at the falls themself. Kinda in the area left of the Lost Arrow and on over to the falls (i.e. between the arrow and the falls). Basically, it's a late July-Oct area because of the water. Kohl has put up some routes over there. One of his starts just left of the start of the LA CHimney. Another starts over by Freestone. EDITED to say: I said late July-OCt, and he was suggesting late June. It could actually be a nice area for late June because the mist off the falls could be a nice little air conditioner. I'm not too familiar with the specific routes on the Falls Wall, but I know some of them are closer to the Arrow than the falls, so the routes might not be wet at all.

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Not if he uses his fists. I don't think "tries" is applicable here.

Yes. The LA tip is a fun outing too.