billcoe

Fixed it.

No Hummers? Well, at least GM has that in common with your wife...

The French guys skied off the North Face proper, steeper than the spur, about 25 or so years ago. Anselm Baud and Patrick Vallencourt came through here showing off the film of their amazing ski down the 50 degree north side of Mt Blanc.....then Sylvia Syvain...or sy...something......hmmmm....somebody google it, I think he'd already done it. Anyway, here's a blast from teh past, check out the 2nd from the top video. http://www.offpistemag.com/archives_cat.asp?cat=13

Yes, but not all migrate. They must think that law is weak. Here is a clear cut and seriously mean violation from just yesterday and they chose NOT to persue it. This jackass was a 3 time loser from prior convictions and probably the ideal candidate for the potential 5 years $25,000 fine violation of the act entails, yet they chose not to use the law and chose to charge only animal cruelty. Curious? No? "by Associated Press Posted on February 24, 2010 at 7:28 AM ****** SOUTH BEND, Wash. (AP) -- A young man who pleaded guilty to a felony count of animal cruelty in the slaughter of nearly 50 protected seabirds at Long Beach has been sentenced to 45 days in jail. Last June, 21-year-old Charles Belgard of Longview drove a Jeep at about 70 miles per hour on the ocean beach, plowing through several flocks of birds. The casualties were mostly Heermann's gulls and Caspian terns, which are protected under the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. Federal law provides for punishment as a misdemeanor. But the district attorney in Pacific County charged Belgard under Washington state law. Belgard has also been ordered to pay a $1,000 fine."

It MUST be said: FREE WILLY!

Shit, I already started drinkin" now I can't be driving, it's that bastards Ivan's fault, got me hooked on the O'Brian books and they do go so well with wine:-) .....bet it's a good show! Have fun!

No. They voted based on the lies they were fed. Yellow cake etc etc, although an investigation might figure out who knew what and when, by all accounts, it appears that a small clique at the top was doctoring or suppressing info so as to obtain the outcome they desired.

opps, I meant lower!

Well, those guys all have great suntans!

Au contraire: a family friend just got a double hip resurfacing surgery done in India 2 weeks ago. According to him (and he researched it in depth) they do more of that type of surgery, do it BETTER, have a higher post surgery complication rate and the price was only $30,000, including the airfare vs $100,000 here. ..of course, the food is Indian.....but at least it's truly authentic. ps, my sarcasm detection meter is turned off, I might have misread your post halifax.

Good stuff it's true, but I confess that I am so ready for spring and summer......

Sadly, it appears that the false pretenses and lies to get us bum rushed into the war will never be accurately examined and the guilty parties prosecuted.

Here Kevin: Kennys post explained

Best to just call the local Forest Service and ask. They cruise those roads and would probably know exactly how far you could get in there as well.

Update! the son of the alleged father feels bad and will testify against his alleged dad. Turns out that the kids myspace page ratted him out. http://www.kgw.com/news/national/Teen-expected-to-testify-against-dad-in-brutal-attack-on-skier.html "PORTLAND, Ore. -- The teen accused, along with his father, of a brutal attack and carjacking on a cross country skier last year in the Columbia Gorge has agreed to testify against his dad as part of a plea deal. Michael and Teven Collins previously pleaded not guilty in court. They face first degree attempted murder and robbery charges. The pair stands accused of brutally attacking cross-country skier Robert Kevin Tracey, of Washougal, on February 9th, 2009 and leaving him for dead in the snow. Police say the Collins' beat Tracey with a wooden club, dragged his body into the woods and stole his black Ford Explorer and wallet. Teven pleaded guilty Friday and his sentencing was expected Thursday. The father and son were captured in Mexico and then extradited to Portland. “He (Teven) is sick of living a lie. He wants to look the victim in the eye and say he’s sorry, “ said Randy Krog, Teven Collins’ attorney. “It’s going to be hard (to testify against his dad) but he wants to do the right thing.“ "It's a situation where it's my job to make sure justice is done," said prosecutor Christopher Lanz. Lanz cannot discuss the details of the case against the Collins. He did, however, talk to KGW about the process of prosecuting such a high-profile pair. Lanz said he expects to double the prospective jury pool in the event the case goes to trial. Victim struggling with emotions "I was relieved that they werent on the run anymore," he said "Right now I need to focus on being a good witness and making sure the public is not subjected to any more crimes by these two," Travey told KGW. A tip from an 'America's Most Wanted' TV show episode led police to 33-year-old Michael and 16-year-old Teven, who were missing since early February. If Teven Collins had not logged into this Myspace account, investigators would have never known he was in Mexico, according to Skamania County Sheriff Dave Brown. The moment Collins logged in, he left a virtual fingerprint for investigators. "Myspace would have a record, the isp he used would have a record, if he used a phone service to get to that isp they would have a record," Portland State University professor and computer forensic expert Craig Schiller told KGW. "It's kind of like a jigsaw puzzle together," Skamania Sheriff spokesman Dave Brown said. "This is a huge piece of that puzzle and were going to turn that corner now and hopefully we can get them back here and we can start the processes in the court. Marshals had been monitoring the MySpace accounts of the father and son and knew they were in Ensenada, Mexico, but not exactly where until a tip came in. Flanked by heavy guards, the two were taken in to custody at a home in Ensenada Wednesday morning and later, across the border. Michael Collins was also a sex offender with an outstanding arrest warrant for failing to meet his requirements to register. (KGW Reporter Anne Yeager contributed to this report)" LOL! A fate worse than death!

I don't think you really care a fig what I really think. I can answer the question if you are serious. However, to better understand what your sentence is about, let me ask what you mean: other than perhaps an attempt at a put down so as to make yourself feel superior, what is a "regressive"? Is that someone who believes that the constitution is a well thought out document and one which should be followed? If you answer yes, I think both of those gentlemen would think themselves in that camp. Then where does that leave you as a "progressive" vis-a-vis the constitution? Progressives want to move beyond the constitution perhaps? To.....say like the superior Political situation which is in China or the Soviet Union perhaps? If you mean like progressive like Teddy Roosevelt, then is a regressive some one who dislikes anything other than big business control? I don't truly know what a "regressive" is.

Changing the subject: I know that we both decry the Bush tax breaks for the wealthy. For myself, I thought Clinton said it best when he said it didn't make any sense to borrow the money from the Chinese and indebt everyone in the country into the future so that we could just give it to rich people who didn't need it and were not asking for it. Indeed, depressions are often correlated with concentration of great wealth out of the hands of the many and into the hands of the few. For those getting hit by this, it sucks, and I do not believe it is over by a long shot. Regards to all Bill

Hey look JB, wish you said that you already knew everything there was to know and that everything the rest of us say doesn't make a flying fuck to begin with, cause you would have spared me the time of trying to think you were interested in learning something. I guess that I don't need to waste my time again. Good by.

Bt why didn't you use the ? Dude! I so totally blew it. Does it come before, during or after the words? ....is it too late and can I use one of these? or Nice Phil Graham thinggy!

yeah, but who got the pagetop? heh heh

Frankly I don't understand your logic. What's JayB selling his house supposed to show about his nasty politics? btw, most serious economists have predicted a housing bubble burst for many years, as the article I posted above showed. There were articles in the press about people selling their houses and moving into rentals. So, JayB acted on it, good for him. In the meantime, he has been wrong about every single political issue I can think of (from Iraq to the trickle down nightmare and finacial deregulation) I don't think you understood what I was saying. What I am saying is that he has been right on many things and has concrete examples over many years and years of being so. I have not seen, nor have you linked, anything you have posted of similar concrete substance yourself. That you can jump on here and shit on anything and everything is not being disputed at all. That you "think" you are right is interesting, but has no substance other than inside of your own mind. As far as all the economists predicting the housing bubble, in fact the reverse was true. Few saw it. Again, perhaps you have a similar link of a call you made, but I am suspecting that you are thinking your brilliance should not be called into question and are ignoring the question:-) You are a sharp guy jb, no doubt, but I think we are discussing different things at the same time. PS, jayb isn't always right either, didn't say he was.

PAGETOP! See Jayb's post as an indication of what I was talking about. He put his money where his mouth was, sold his house and suggested others do the same. It was quite the broohaha at the time, because most folks here thought real estate was gold forever. Turns out, Jayb hit it, on the money. Why you would ignore that kind of thing and then try and belittle someone who doesn't, indicates what, exactly?

Here's one from April 2006 for instance. Bold is mine, otherwise unchanged. " As an aside, you might check the real estate owned picture that the banks see for any of those cities to see how accurate Jayb's post of 4 years ago was. In fact, there were arguments on this board with Jayb suggesting that renting may be better than buying, and giving a detailed post why.

That's what I thought.

My condolences Zimzam, I always like his posts.....even his anti-KFC tirades. Bet the hens will take this hard. Are you sure it wasn't that nasty Coyote? This one was drawn by the legendary Chuck Jones brother, Lawrence, for my photographer father. They were in the Army Air corp during ww2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Jones He probably catches the essence of your feelings well.