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This edition?

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Well - they sold out while all this yammering was going on, so if you didn't pull the trigger ....sigh..... .....like pearls tossed before swine....sigh

LOL _____________________________________________ "Letter to Senator Patty Murray, Chair Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Senator Patty Murray, Chair Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Dear Senator Murray: For many months now, your colleagues in the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee leadership have engaged in a series of disparagements and ad hominem attacks about us, apparently as part of a concerted political and fundraising strategy. Just recently, Senator Reid wrote in a DSCC fundraising letter that Republicans are trying to “force through their extreme agenda faster than you can say ‘Koch Brothers.’” So you can imagine my chagrin when I got a letter from you on June 17 asking us to make five-figure contributions to the DSCC. You followed that up with a voicemail* indicating that, if we contributed heavily enough, we would garner an invitation to join you and other Democratic leaders at a retreat in Kiawah Island this September. I’m hoping you can help me understand the intent of your request because it’s hard not to conclude that DSCC politics have become so cynical that you actually expect people whom you routinely denounce to give DSCC money. It is troubling that private citizens taking part in the discourse have become the targets of White House and DSCC fundraising missives, and we would certainly encourage you to rethink that approach. Ultimately, I expect voters will see through that and will weigh the issues on the merits alone. But in the meantime, if you could provide me some insight on what exactly you are asking of us and why, I would be most grateful. Sincerely, Philip Ellender President, Government & Public Affairs Koch Companies Public Sector, LLC ." __________________________________________________________ I guess it's true that ya got to drill where there's oil.

Hahaha! Sucks to be YOU! Bunch of us have that in our rear-view mirrors so far BACK that we don't even have to think about it! WOOT! Hahaha! Would a "happy birthday" be appropriate now or would it be just another kick in the crotch?....hmmm. Well, take care in either case Peter. We all end up back in the dirt anyway sooner or later, you've outlived enough so far to have something to be happy over.

Arrrrrgggghhh! No chalk ye Lubbers! (cough * tillitgetshard * COUGH)

I got a spot up there that I'll show you which will blow your dress up for bouldering. Touch base when you see me up there and we'll compare notes as you might already be aware of the spot as it's not a secret. No Chalk on it please, just bring your shoes. BTW, the 5.7 thing means nothing as long as the technical skillz (belays, knots, rigging, etc) are topnotch IMO. But I'm slow to warm up to folks so I won't be tiring in. Anyway, I'm the short, unattractive old out of shape guy usually dressed in dark slacks and brown Ralph Lauren Polo loafers. My name is Bill, as the avatar says - that's not a pic of me over there though. Say hi up there. I look more like this, cut my hair recently but no longer have the beard. Lower photo looks more like me, thats Plaidman on the right. That's all I have for recent photos non of the old ones look like me any more.

The county sheriff apologies for thinking on the same wavelength. http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_18439773 "Skamania sheriff backs off drug claim in death The Associated Press Posted: 07/08/2011 08:43:58 AM PDT STEVENSON, Wash.—The Skamania County sheriff's office says 28-year-old Amber Kellar of Weed, Calif., apparently died of medical issues at the Rainbow Family gathering in Gifford Pinchot National Forest. The Columbian reports her family informed investigators she had a heart condition. Sheriff Dave Brown said he spoke prematurely earlier when he said the death Wednesday appeared to be from a drug overdose. About 20,000 peace activists and spiritual seekers attended this week's annual Rainbow Family gathering in southwest Washington. "

hoping that all come back safe.

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I'd say that the public, and the politicians shouldn't get to vote on this. Let the experts define what our countries strategic needs are based on an estimated budget to make our country secure and then execute that plan. Realistically, we need to spend on space based weapons and drop the carrier. China already has cheap assed missiles that it is said can and will sink a carrier. Those assholes have sold it to Iran it's been said, and Iran has hardened sites in the Persian gulf to hit our ships with this Chinese missile. Congress exasperatedly publicly berated the pentagon for not developing a defense to this bullshit. We have enough carriers already. Develop a defense for the supersonic shore to ship missiles. Pull back from the bullshit we are wasting $ on, like being in Afghanistan. Support those in Afghanistan who support us (formerly the Northern Front, General Dostrum and his tribe). Pocket the difference, but fully fund the VA and space based weapons. But it's not my call, nor the public's call, to make. Leave it to the experts who live and breath this issue.

No doubt Scott. Everyone here, even those who think we are crazy to run off and fight non-essential wars for non-strategic reasons, wish you: all of you guys, well. I'd like to see you all back here safe and sound, raising familys and spending those military paychecks in the US. I think that you need to rethink your entire shtick buddy, {especially the "trained killer part as military personal tend to be as law abiding as they come) but to discuss only 2 of your points. 1st) price out a single JDAM (the best low cost way to kill the enemy) let alone a Cruise Missile. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_B-2_Spirit If we can get out of tossing million dollar bombs out of airplanes alone in the 3 or 4 major active locations we are in now, we'd save a fortune. Running these sorties even with the lowest cost ordinance is very costly. No need to reduce the amount of military personal we have, rotate them home and let them be peacetime soldiers in US based locations: station them in places named Fort Lewis, Fort Sill, Fort Benning, Fort Ord or whatever. We'd retain their skill sets in case of a serious future need, and they and their family's would be spending those paychecks in the US. The operational costs to run F18's or B-2s on repetitive missions would drop radically, as would fleet costs to have aircraft carriers stationed out of these shitholes. Aircraft carriers have 4,000 sailors on them, and the price of fuel to run one within jet range to bomb a country like Libya alone is enough to fund most small 3rd world countries. Our military operational costs are huge to achieve these minor questionable goals. 2nd) on the increasing taxes issue you note. Let the Obama (formerly Bush) tax cuts for the wealthy expire. Why should we be borrowing and paying interest on that money from the Chinese to allow the rich to bank more money? They aren't creating more jobs as much as deepening their portfolios while the middle class gets stuck with having to repay the borrowed $ sometime in the future. Pulling money out of the hands of the many so that it can get locked into the bank vaults of the few has always been a recipe for disaster in this country. We've seen it occur in history, why do it again voluntarily? We need to balance our budget badly. Reducing costs is critical, but as we do not seem to have the political will to easily do so those 2 methods noted above would be an easy start. Start that out of box thinking revision with those 2 issues and see what ya think. Interesting here's the army just flushed $3 billion down the toilet. http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/89048-us-army-spent-2-7-billion-on-a-battlefield-computer-that-doesnt-work

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Of course. And I should know better to mix history into a joke attempt. My oblique reference to the year the Civil War ended crashed like an Iron Warship into the bay. Won't try that one again:-)

BTW, I use to make my own gorp that was so tasty. Cashews, M and Ms and a few raisins. One time, my brother and I went up to climb Rainier in the winter figured we'd plan on about a week as the weather looked marginal and the snow super deep. So I made up a big batch of this stuff figuring that it's nice to treat yourself when you're suffering and there is no way we wouldn't burn through all those calories. Early on there was one of those 3 feet of snow days, but what we both noticed as we waited out the storm in the tent and went through almost a weeks worth of this cashew/sugar/raisin crap while lounging in the tent over gorging, is that it made us both very lethargic and neither of us wanted to climb afterwards. So we bailed. Thus is knowledge slowly gained:-)

Hurmp, I thought it tasted kind of strange, but what the hell, low calories things usually taste something like that....Thanks Gene, thought it was a low cal high fiber diet thing. Thanks for the recommendation John. ..anyone have any good methods for cleaning black printers ink off the tongue?

"The Latter?" Hmmmm , am I going to have to start reading these posts? What is this relating too....Mitt getting in? Didn't I have to already swear eternal fealty when we missed the McCainwreck? States rights went out in 1865 so forget all that down home folks will fix it baloney. It's all feds all the time. Maybe jb can jump in there and fix it all up. He talks their language.

BTW, I keep seeing these "thank yew for your service" kinds of things for military personal.... Thank yew for yer service with the ACLU. It matters. Thanks.

Hanging out watching the show Pat! Did Ivan and Ben get up Salathe? I haven't heard anything.

Petzl is to be commended on the effort that they put into the recall. After they had earlier shafted the Petzl Zephyr rope owners who had trash ropes in the ass, they really came through for this. My recalled grigri2 was shipped into Petzl 6-23-11, and arrived back today via red label air, and included a handsigned card signed by all these employees. Changed my opinion on Petzl. Thanks Petzl!

I'm with Prole on this one. We need an original real serious hope and change candidate for 2012. Obama is more like Bush than Bush. The Bush Obama tax cuts for the rich are a specific example. The . stimulus money Bush wanted to throw away flushed to hell as he was leaving office followed by Barak accepting the Bush package and even adding too and oneupping him with even more $$$ another. The way the "health care bill" was run through every congressman and lobbyist to paw over and insert special interest clauses to the point where the bill was not read by anyone who voted for it (last count) a huge one. What bullshit. They're both big government, big spenders. More war, more waste. Same same.

Received this adopt a crag email from the Access Fund today. If we can get a lot of folks for an hour then knock off and climb, it might be the best of both worlds. Consider bringing gloves, brooms, lil dustpans and hard buckets for glass cleanup. I once filled a full 5 gallon bucket with broken beer bottles early one spring when I was younger and more energetic. "Where: Rocky Butte, in Portland When: Thursday July 14th, 5:30-9pm Hosted by: Rocky Butte Climbing Coalition Details: The Rocky Butte Climbing Coalition, RBCC, is a newly formed group that is dedicated to preserving and protecting Portland’s valuable climbing resources. We are putting on a series of clean-up events at Rocky Butte, starting on July 14th, sponsored by ODOT and the Access Fund. These clean-up events are a kickoff to begin raising awareness for this unique urban park and its array of potential. Rocky Butte is located ~1 mi. east of 82 & Fremont. Park along the road across from the City Bible College. The clean-up events will be held on Thursday nights, July 14th, 28th and August 11th from 5:30-9pm. For more information, please contact Cory at Cory@rockybutteclimbing.com. Every hour of time you donate to a crag helps show land managers that climbers are responsible stewards. Grab some friends and a pair of work gloves and spend a day giving back to the sport you love! We hope to see you there. Thanks for your support, Jenny Blackmore Stewardship Manager Access Fund" WWW.rockybutteclimbing.com gets you the facebook page you can RSVP if you are so inclined.

6 hours and you're not even near being over the Mariana Trench and you're still 30,000 feet up. Thanks for the pictures Dave! BTW, I think my kid might be too intimidated (cough* istoomuch of apussy* cough) to look you up. He's done the 420 camping/climbing trip in Hell with his buddies. I've seen the pictures on his facebook page....