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Golden buildings in the sky, I think?

It's over now. Satire. It wasn't really Bush, just some funny sln-style comedy. More going on now.

Tune in, it's comedy.

right now, and he's a pretty funny guy!

What was Robert's 13c solo like? I heard he did a 13d solo too, but don't know anything about it. Someone just soloed Body Count(?) at American Fork, 13d. Everything there is quite short though.

I've been sick for over a week now. I doubt it's SARS. Just some fever, really sore throat, headache, yellow pus dripping out my nose. But my throat's getting tickly, along with my bronchial tubes. Hmmmm.... Time to see the doc?

It's been Armageddon since the day you were born, flask.

I understand it happens a lot, but why? do these people just not pay attention to the fact that they are runing out of rope? Or do they not look down and see that their rope isn't long enough? I know I'll just rapel to the end and jump, thats a great Idea... One of my partners who is strong, smart, and competent did this exact thing. He was climbing in Zion and it had gotten dark. The guidebook said the rap was 55m but was actually like 70m. He rapped off two 60's and went right off the end. Took a bad fall and got fucked up. Could have been avoided by a little more prudence, but, shit, it happens to the best of us. Same fella who ended up with his hand operated on? Good guy, that Eric.

I'm surprised you didn't tell him to get off. Especially if he didn't ask for permission.

I think the Utne Reader understands a conservative point-of-view just fine; CONSERVATIVES don't understand a conservative point-of-view, and that seems to be the problem.

Point taken, especially with a subject that relies so much on one's perspective. My point was that many consider Afghanistan to be as bad off as it was before the US invasion, perhaps even worse off. Karzai is widely referred to as the Mayor of Kabul; the rest of the country is in the hands of the war-lords. Where's the money for rebuilding the country? Karzai would like to know.... Oh, and did I say that Al Qaeda is rebuilding its training camps along the Afghani/Pakistani border? Business is good, too, with all the shit that the US is exporting.... I tend to think that the world is an awfully big place for one country to patrol militarily, don't you think? And the more you patrol, the more you NEED to patrol. Quite an equation....

Warning: The following information is not intended for the maladroit pro-war malcontents seen lurking around here recently. But for others who are interested in what the other side of the world thinks, this might be interesting. I had searched for this before, but I guess the english version was a recent addition.

What's with all the negative commentary regarding sheep? The Chinese even have a Year of the Sheep, which a friend of mine was born in. Sheep are beautiful creatures, as much of God as any other. And wolves don't do what they want; they simply react to given conditions. This is really what all animals do, including humans. (Some humans develop the ability to analyse and contextualize, though.) So in other words: Leave the Sheep Alone!

Speculation? Funny how I just talked to a few, and most of Bush Sr.'s military cabinet was/is opposed to the war. I guess you didn't hear Schwartzkoff (remember him?) opine earlier? He was opposed to this war also.

Gee. How many war vets oppose this war? Another fact you so neatly elide.

There isn't a single "coalition" (hah! US, British, and 2,000 Australian!) soldier who is protecting my sorry ass. As far as I'm concerned, all they're doing is making the world more dangerous for my sorry ass. Thanks for the heart-felt concern though.

And congrats on the spitting. A real show of class! So American of you, with your support of opinional differences....

But Cobra, I read back over your posts, and I hate to tell you this, but you haven't really said anything supportable by factual evidence. You're mediocre with the hyperbole, but you really suck when it comes to making a supportable argument!

Damn. Everyone's crawling out of the woodwork now. I'm glad you have such a high opinion of our work in Afghanistan. Care to share your sources? I'm glad you have such a high opinion of our work against Al Qaeda. Care to share your sources?

Alright Cobra, let's see how your assertions hold up.... 1. I agree that your initial assertion is conditional, since you in no way implicate ALL Arabs (no matter how inane your drivel is), yet you follow it with an opinion which you seem to view as fact: "Think they can take us on in war. We will win mother fuckers!" I suppose that if you would have prefaced this statement with "It is my opinion...", no misunderstandings would have occured. 2. A second assertion, stated as fact, causes me some problems: "They kill their own people with nerve gas and systematically execute anyone that is a non follower of a regime that supports genocide." I suppose your first point above refers to the gassing of Kurds (with full US knowledge). I think it is quite clear that this happened, but the only point of contention for me is your assertion that the Kurds are "their" own people. The Kurds are a displaced ethnic group who have been fighting for territorial sovereignty for a little bit of time now, even against our (until recently!) compliant ally, Turkey. Turkey's conduct hasn't been called into question too much, yet rivals Iraq's in every aspect beyond gassings. Also, not every Iraqi is a Baath member, so we'd need to analyse what you meant by "follower". All in all, I think what you wrote above is a rather drunkenly didactic screed. I believe this to be a statement of fact, although I'm not sure you've been drinking!

I think he's just drunk. Unfortunately, not much will change when he sobers up.

Free information for all. Nothing wrong with that. If a guidebook author gets peaved, maybe they need to make their books a little better.

Oh yeah, I forgot. America is really really loved by all! My bad!

Understandable. America is a very despised nation right about now.

Business is politics. Any activation of life force is politics.