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he must not have paid attention to ww2 history then (which i doubt - his manifesto's show him not be historically illiterate) - americans WILL fight a long drawn out battle if there's a strong reason to do so (pearl harbor) and a clear way to know they'll have won (taking tokyo) - this war has/had neither of those attributes the whole "support the war or you'll make osamma laugh and the statue of liberty cry" thing is daft

damn! color me jealous...

scott, i'm not going to reread 10 pages of spray but, since i respect anyone who serves (and my favorite little bro is currently in mosul right now - my father volunteered for vietnam, my grandpa for the big wwii), i'll say my piece quickly: - i never supported the war (even when the bro was in the 7th cav and at the tip of the spear in '03) and refuse to be forced into doing it now just to appear patriotic (i assume you're familiar w/ herman goerring's words to the nuremberg trial on the subject of the best way to get public support for a war?) - i'm happy that the body count for coalition forces has declined - i won't believe we've made a difference until we've left (and stopped paying them to not kill each) and the place doesn't re-ignite - i think we'll be paying and occupying that place for decades if we let ourselves. obama hasn't said he'll have everybody out in a year, and if that place can't take care of itself by the end of his hypothetical term then tough titty. it wont' be a waste of the guys who died - you good and goddamn well know soldiers don't give up their lives for a cause, they do it for their friends and brothers beside them, and if they come home alive, then the one cause they died for will have been fulfilled. - i thank you for your service and citizenry - however, though a civilian, i feel like i'm doing no less than you to make our nation a strong and decent place to live.

interesting to see that there ARE women who put up w/ more shit from their husbands than mine!

people are still debating iraq?

is this the 100 flowers campaign all over again?

+1 I'm sure you know the Russian word for a German and what it means? It makes the comment you are replying to all the more hilarious. nyemetski = german = enemy

now you're kidding right...ya know, the whole 22nd amendment thing and all?

remember back in '92 when clinton seemed so cool too? i'm not saying he ain't the real thing, just that it'll be a long time 'fore i believe anything...

most intriguing - i have no boat but i'd be willing to chip in for rental...

aid! have a heart and get your belayer good n' schnookered first though, eh?

actually i decided a good old-fashioned bleeding would work best to relieve the excessive humors from my spleen - if that doesn't work i'm gonna fucking kill some heathens as a token of my submission to the boundless love of bog

cc.com has changed? it's kinda reminded me of that party of drunken raiders that went on and on for decades in book 4 or 5 of the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy trilogy - never making sense, never having a taste of anything decent or remotely non-disgraceful, doomed to die when the booze finally runs out...

the jumpers knee info i've read online sounds about right i reckon - but why does my calf hurt? thought it was supposed to be the quads that were tweaked by this injury?

name the route yourself - more fun that way - the alternative is some gay oregon high option like reid headwall option 2a or some such shit i like "mr clams clusterfuck meself"

looks awwwful

nice

is running on it going to make it worse? should i abstain until i get a brace?

you are now part of a large and growing fraternity of folks who've climbed the reid by mistake

since i'm a genius, i get all my medical advice from teh interwebs so what the hell have i done to myself? after 3 decades of living a pretty active life, i can't recall an injury like this - my right lower leg is fawked - i feel it when climbing and i try pivoting all my weight onto the leg when the knee is bent - it's not the knee that hurts, but just below it where the bones plug in - it doesn't hurt when just walking around, but whenver climbing, as soon as i try doing the oh-so-sporto movement where i'm moving all my wieght from one side of my body to the other, it sings - it's made me a more intelligent climber lately as i've had to figure out ways to avoid being in that position - at any rate, the upper calf is so tweaked now b/c of the bones hurting that its becoming like a permanent charlie horse and pissing me off it's clearly not a major medical disaster, but is there anything i should be doing beyond the simple ice n' advil thing? i'd try not to climb on it, but it's like a drug no? at any rate, i'm wondering if running and stair-climbing aren't helping aggravate the situation anyhow. should i just get meself a shiny new bionic leg? anyone hurt their leg like this before? its a new one for me...

is this a comedy routine? his last line answered your question?

what about my sunday of climbing slick rock in the cloud murk through thickets of dense poison oak?

denalidave took this pic of me doing it again 2day - fantastic day at beacon - cloud-murk n' mist n' portland but the big B was in a fine way, n side dank if full effect - this pitch was much easier the 2nd time, knowing where i'd get in trouble unless i changed my approach - low tech solution worked best - jammed my prusik cord into the constriction to keep the rope out - much easier to top out when the upper slab ain't soaked as an encore, geoff and i waltzed up the old original ascent line of the, climbing the pitches that have the 100 year old via ferrata set up - chilled at the homeless camp aka rancho relaxo - saw more poison oak than will allow me to sleep sans nightmare tonight

need more info - how many days? where do you ahve to be at the end? what kind of climbs?

looks like they were interrupted while playing some primitive form of checkers