Stonehead

Yeah, I'm a Bush supporter! What of it?!

That explains your avatar

Yeah, Julian Simon won the bet. But we won't know until some time has passed.

Yeah while he listened to Skinny Puppy

MUIR ON SATURDAY WILL NEVER BE TROUNCED!

I saw some vague flag like thing through the pouring rain. What is it?

I can't parse that.

Does anyone know of any good Greek places in Seattle? That restaurant in Squish is the shizzle.

Malthus was right but we live in a changing world. The Green Revolution is fostered by petrochemicals. What happens when these become scarce?

As hyperbolic as that idiot. Seriously though. You have a problem with the messenger but does that invalidate the message? The way I see it, if you're spending more on gasoline and hydrocarbon derived products, then that's less discretionary cash for the luxury of recreation. Yeah, I suppose, maybe this is all stupid stuff. What me worry?

This guy?

Uh, yeah. I'll bicycle to Vantage.

Politically, I'm an independent. I can't support the entire platform of either party enough to call myself exclusively one of the two. I support some of the planks on both parties. The same goes for the liberal-conservative labels. I can't say that my thinking is not flawed but I strive to think out certain issues so I can develop my own standing without relying on prepackaged positions. Simply, think outside the box. I can't help though but chuckle when someone criticizes someone on the Christian Right for being rigid in his beliefs. I'd be willing to believe that some of you are exactly the same with regard to your preconceived ideas concerning issues such as abortion. If you grew up in an environment that espouses liberal ideas, then quite likely you'll not question your beliefs and you'll fiercely hold them. An attack on your beliefs is akin to an attack on your very own identity. Anyway, what I'm saying is question your preconceptions and maybe think about it from the other person's viewpoint. I'm not injecting any right or wrong about it into your worldview, it just seems more sensible to move beyond the partisan stalemates.

I'll use the correct term here: physician-assisted suicide. Check out the link on the State of Oregon's website.

Wow, I just read an amazing series of articles by Michael Ventura. They’re about oil, our way of life, and our potential future. There’s nothing partisan about what he talks about. We may all share the same future and if his future scenario plays out, what are we to do? Imagine, for instance, not being able to afford the gasoline to drive to your climbing spot. http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2005-04-29/cols_ventura.html http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2005-09-16/cols_ventura.html http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2005-09-30/cols_ventura.html http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2005-10-14/cols_ventura.html http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2005-10-28/cols_ventura.html

Assisted suicide, as it's practiced within the confines of the law, is one thing. I suspect also that some terminal patients are 'assisted' by their personal physicians so that the patient can die with dignity and discretion. The common thread here is that there is consent of the patient while lucid and fully conscious of the decision. With abortion or this reported euthanasia, there is no consent from the subject or in the latter case, the consent is not implied. I suspect this practice of abandonment is more common than realised especially in war zones and other areas of calamity. It's really sad. It seems that these deaths are more a matter of convenience. You know, there are a whole category of crimes of convenience, or rather, that the crimes are committed as a matter of convenience. Maybe the reality of this world is: "Justice is only the will of the stronger." And the weak are left to their own devices.

Shit dood, this is David Croneberg's Dead Ringers.

there is a cancer on the presidency

I thought this op-ed piece in WSJ was interesting. This morning I heard snippets of Bush's plan for combatting a potential avian flu epidemic...Hmmm, another crisis that the Presidency will save us from? How convenient.

Damn, this one's been out there awhile, but i'm compelled to post this.

Hey is this you?

If you were seriious, you'd have an avatar pic.

So, I was thinking about that death thread. A lot of people voice high aspirations and such as motivators for climbing and shit, always talking about a higher goal: physically, mentally, spiritually. I think it’s just as well the personal demons in a person’s life that drives one to the peaks. You don’t often hear of it except in rare lucid confessions. But, it happens, occasionally... I do believe, though, that the common thread among climbers of different motivations is the tendency to push the boundaries of this envelope of life and not just in the physical realm but also the mental and social. So, anyway I saw this mash-up of Plato's Republic with Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs. It’s funny in a twisted sort of way. -- continued