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Cool. Sorry for jumping on you.

Miguel Indurain's was 28, if I remember right. Now that's freaky!

It's potentially win/win if we narrowly see this as a war against Republicans, but it's so much bigger. Please don't so blithely elide over the Iraqi civilians who would be killed for no reason. And the harm we would do to international relations. The precedent would be horrific.

What's up with the Clinton stuff? Do you really think I liked the guy? Newsflash, Mtgoat, I didn't like Clinton; I didn't like his use of the military. And yeah, I guess I'm old-fashioned: If someone wants something as serious as war, then I really really really think that that someone should have the courage and conviction to serve in the war effort, risking as much as the front-line soldiers. Yep, that's just me talking. That's the way I'd like it. Do you think the hawks would be pursuing this war if that's the way it was? And their children were going? Hmmm.... Recently heard something about congressional members' off-spring not serving. Do you have info to the contrary? I'd love to hear it.... And I believe it was Bush Sr. who flew jets. I think his son flopped around Texas in the National Guard, getting his nose white and his dick red.

Thoughts? I think, sadly so, that the american public's war support will reach 65% to 70% in favor in tomorrow's opinion polls, meaning: it was an effective speech. Unsubstantiated hyperbole can go a long way in manipulating public opinion. Along with my pessimism, I also hold out hope that in the next couple of weeks, the public (myself included) will sift through all evidence (which has been so slow in coming), and realize that a war simply cannot be validated, unless startling and substantiated proof of something heretofore unseen presents itself. As much as I have disliked Governor Locke's countenance in the past, I think this time he presented a touching portrayal of what has made this country so great, in reality and not only in myth. Bush calls forth myth and simple lies; at least Locke has personal anecdotes that I could actually believe. If a draft-dodging rich daddy's boy such as Bush makes one more comment about the noble efforts that times like this call for from our soldiers, I think I'll puke. How dare he get up there and decide where our troops get "used", when he dodged, and not a single one of the rich war-mongering politician's off-spring will be serving. Pigs. (Done with vitriolic discordant rant.)

Krakauer.

Never mind explaining it. It just ain't funny!

And I can't fully tell if it's Bill and Marcy. I've got 16 color running on windows, cuz I went and accidentally started my pc in safe mode. Now I can't switch it back. Any ideas?

Sheesh. Midway, Canary.... Is there a difference?

Hey, how 'bout Clark Nature Walks?

drop me off where? if it's crystal, that might work - i could pretty easily find a place to stay all weekend; would just need to find another ride back. oh, and i don't get off work until 6pm. ??? Eek. Sorry. I'll be going by there around noonish (to my meditation retreat for a week!). Good luck and have fun skiing!

Bill and Marcy on Canary.

Hey I could drop you off there Thursday, since I'm driving by in the early afternoon?

I don't know....Seems pretty obvious to me. Any other possibilities that a cogent mind might proffer? U.S. Guilty of 'Double Standards' on Iraq - Butler Tue Jan 28, 5:29 AM ET SYDNEY (Reuters) - Former U.N. arms inspector Richard Butler said Tuesday that Washington was promoting "shocking double standards" in considering taking unilateral military action to rid Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction. Butler, who led U.N. inspection teams in Iraq until Baghdad kicked them out in 1998, said Iraqi President Saddam Hussein undoubtedly possessed weapons of mass destruction, and was trying to "cheat" his way again out of the latest U.N. demand to disarm. But a U.S. attack, without United Nations backing, and without any effort to curb the possession of weapons of mass destruction globally, would be a contravention of international law and sharpen the divide between Arabs and the West. "The spectacle of the United States, armed with its weapons of mass destruction, acting without Security Council authority to invade a country in the heartland of Arabia and, if necessary, use its weapons of mass destruction to win that battle, is something that will so deeply violate any notion of fairness in this world that I strongly suspect it could set loose forces that we would deeply live to regret," Butler said. Butler's successor as the chief U.N. weapons inspector in Iraq, Hans Blix, reported Monday to the 15-member Security Council that Baghdad had only reluctantly complied with its latest demand to disarm. Washington is pressing the United Nations to take firm action but says it is prepared to go it alone and has amassed a considerable military force in the region. Butler, addressing a conservative Australian think-tank, The Sydney Institute, said the stated U.S. motive -- to rid Iraq of weapons of mass destruction -- lacked credibility because of Washington's failure to deal with others on the same terms. Countries such as Syria are suspected of possessing chemical or biological warfare capabilities, he said. U.S. allies Israel, Pakistan and India have nuclear arsenals but have not signed the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The United States and other permanent Security Council members were themselves the possessors of the world's largest quantities of nuclear weapons, he said. "Why are they permitting the persistence of such shocking double standards?" Butler said. He said that, instead of beating the drums of war, the United States should propose an international mechanism -- similar to the Security Council -- to enforce the application of the three main conventions controlling the proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological weaponry. It should also take the lead by reducing its own stockpiles. "I hope we don't have to await the train wreck before we decide to change history," Butler said.

An dhow is the good doctor this morning?

Early on, I learned not to throw rocks straight up in the air and watch them come down (on my head). I wonder if I would've learned from observation at that age? Maybe not....

It's kinda like Metallica doing sing-alongs at their concerts now.

I think we can learn a ton from watching others. It can remove a few segments of "trial and error'.

Football can be fun, once in a while, both viewed and played (I'd rather play). The Super Bowl was the first game I watched all year, and it was cool at times. I just think it was sucky that the Raiders let the miscall on the two-point conversion deflate them (a life-lesson, RobBob!). They were totally coming back until that point. Discuss.

Wow Iain, how creative, AND touching at the same time! Now crawl back to your ditch, mountain man.

Sheesh jon, have a glass of Geyser Peak Merlot, only $13 to $15 a bottle at Trader Joe's!

Which car do you recommend, and oh, what's up with the wine?

Gosh, do you remember the wine he recommended? I totally forgot! Something from California....

Oh, and after a hard bouldering session, I find that soaking my hands in HOT water aids recovery. Sounds antithetical, doesn't it? Well, maybe so, but it really seems to work!