sexual_chocolate

People (nations) have a tendency to jump on the winning (powerful) team, and in the process, overlook moral and ethical considerations.

Albright seemed to me a rigid facsimile of a human being. Her diatribes were an outright embarrassment. And scott hits it straight-up, in that there was (is) way more to the serbia/kosovo scene than most of us came to see.

true dat. good advice, cuz i get a lot of joy in sharing what i do, and i haven't been doing that lately. but i've also been a bit injured lately, so that might be at least a part of it there, although I go through these moments sans injury too, so.... but thanks for the input!

it might be lame, but it certainly is safe, as evidenced by the helmet in photo #3.

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or allow it to sing its own tunes, and trust in the process....

Well i kinda suck, but i'm pretty good too, so i don't know.... maybe you inadvertently make a good point though, that i've somehow begun to think of climbing only in terms of improvement, which seems to often sap my psych and inspiration. ahh yes, return to movement, apart from "accomplishment". That might be one thing.... I don't know what to say about the work thing.... but no, my heart hasn't been singing enough lately! Maybe it's time to teach it some new tunes....

hey i didn't say not to snipe at republicans, although i hope for something more substantive than sniping. What i was speaking of was the tendency to villify one's opposition, whilst making excuses for the behaviour of one's ally.

Any ideas on why this may be?

hell yeah clinton had much to gain. wake up people and cease with the partisan sniping. Both parties are deserving of critical analysis, not just Republicans.

summer sausage?

thanks yo. back for my quarterly rant session!

You're one casualty I wouldn't shed any tears over in a "terrorist" attack. Actually, I take that back; your ignorance must be forgiven, since it's of the most pitiable kind.

Ah, ya got me. I'm so unworthy. No klenke, not unworthy; I simply implied you were a fool. There is a distinction.

Was he speaking of current US foreign policy, or something else entirely?

And as far as punctuation, capitalization, etc.: Perhaps your supercilious eye could turn itself inward for a moment, and note what a fool it makes you look like.

Certainly better to be a clone of jb than a clone of summer sausage.

And one more point: What will the feelings on this board be if Spain now escapes any future "terrorist" attacks? (Would this be similar to Yemen escaping economic terrorism by catering to the demands of the US?)

I find it troubling that the focus has now, for some people, shifted to the "negative" effects Spain's elections will have on the "terror" problem, even going so far as to hold Spain's Zapatero supporters responsible for what is perceived to be coming (I believe this would be the logical entailment of Peter Puget's position). This seems to be in line with the mindset displayed by George Bush, which is to place blame on others whilst never taking a look at what one's own actions are fomenting. (Remember, we actually have a leader in place who has publicly (and proudly!) acknowledged his lack of interest in self-scrutiny!)

I don't quite understand your position above; most such attempts have been met with the most brutal oppression, be it in Saudi Arabia (our "ally"), or in Iraq (also our "ally", once upon a time). My point is that "popular movements" within such rigid police-states are incredibly difficult; that's part of the reason why bin Laden is looked upon favorably by 66% of pakistanis, and enjoys widespread popularity in many other (most?) "Islamic" countries.

Has anyone mentioned the route that to me seems the most sand-bagged of all time? Numbah Ten at 12a? Buahhahhahahahaahaha

oh pleaseasaur. stoopid stoopid americans will now swallow bush's cover that it was actually the fault of "intelligence", not his pressures on the intelligence community to give him what he wanted. stupid fucking morons.

By the way, my above sentiments do not discount the fact that many of us have had incredibly good fortune being born into the situations we have been born into. Most of us here have our health, decent basic living conditions, exposure to thought-modes that enable us to see the world and our lives as something worth living. Not everyone has been this....ummmm.....errrrrr.....well..... Lucky!

[quotAlliances change. Sad, but true. However, Ratko Mlodik(sp?) was our enemey at the time this photo was taken!! And Clark and he are jovially exchanging gifts! the only thing that matters to you is whether or not someone is an "official" enemy, regardless of their actions? That really sucks! (and whether or not they are "democrat".) By the way, in no way am I defending Clark. I know very little about the man, he has no public office history to judge him by; the fact that he's a career military guy does make me a little nervous though.

Man, Sharma got SOOOOO lucky redpointing Realization after so many tries! I got SOOOO lucky redpointing my proj's last year! Dude what is luck? I personally think that this word could be entirely removed from our lexicon, and then we'd have one less thing that we can use as an excuse for our successes and failures! Be open to change, keep your intelligence burning hot and your heart open, work hard and see what happens!