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Get one that doesn't crash all the time. The blue screen of death is a bitch.http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/1002239/gonew/1/Laptop_Advice#UNREAD Check Craigslist for stolen ones yet?

Tough to win against the opposition as Soros is running for that job. Here's his take from a Washington Post op-ed piece today: "Why Obama has to get Egypt right By George Soros Thursday, February 3, 2011 Revolutions usually start with enthusiasm and end in tears. In the case of the Middle East, the tears could be avoided if President Obama stands firmly by the values that got him elected. Although American power and influence in the world have declined, our allies and their armies look to us for direction. These armies are strong enough to maintain law and order as long as they stay out of politics; thus the revolutions can remain peaceful. That is what the United States should insist on while encouraging corrupt and repressive rulers who are no longer tolerated by their people to step aside and allow new leaders to be elected in free and fair elections. That is the course that the revolution in Tunisia is taking. Tunisia has a relatively well-developed middle class, women there enjoy greater rights and opportunities than in most Muslim countries, and the failed regime was secular in character. The prospects for democratic change are favorable. Egypt is more complex and, ultimately, more influential, which is why it is so important to get it right. The protesters are very diverse, including highly educated and common people, young and old, well-to-do and desperately poor. While the slogans and crowds in Tahrir Square are not advancing a theocratic agenda at all, the best-organized political opposition that managed to survive in that country's repressive environment is the Muslim Brotherhood. In free elections, the Brotherhood is bound to emerge as a major political force, though it is far from assured of a majority. Some have articulated fears of adverse consequences of free elections, suggesting that the Egyptian military may seek to falsify the results; that Israel may be adamantly opposed to a regime change; that the domino effect of extremist politics spreading to other countries must be avoided; and that the supply of oil from the region could be disrupted. These notions constitute the old conventional wisdom about the Middle East - and need to be changed, lest Washington incorrectly put up resistance to or hesitate in supporting transition in Egypt. ad_icon That would be regrettable. President Obama personally and the United States as a country have much to gain by moving out in front and siding with the public demand for dignity and democracy. This would help rebuild America's leadership and remove a lingering structural weakness in our alliances that comes from being associated with unpopular and repressive regimes. Most important, doing so would open the way to peaceful progress in the region. The Muslim Brotherhood's cooperation with Mohamed ElBaradei, the Nobel laureate who is seeking to run for president, is a hopeful sign that it intends to play a constructive role in a democratic political system. As regards contagion, it is more likely to endanger the enemies of the United States - Syria and Iran - than our allies, provided that they are willing to move out ahead of the avalanche. The main stumbling block is Israel. In reality, Israel has as much to gain from the spread of democracy in the Middle East as the United States has. But Israel is unlikely to recognize its own best interests because the change is too sudden and carries too many risks. And some U.S. supporters of Israel are more rigid and ideological than Israelis themselves. Fortunately, Obama is not beholden to the religious right, which has carried on a veritable vendetta against him. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee is no longer monolithic or the sole representative of the Jewish community. The main danger is that the Obama administration will not adjust its policies quickly enough to the suddenly changed reality. I am, as a general rule, wary of revolutions. But in the case of Egypt, I see a good chance of success. As a committed advocate of democracy and open society, I cannot help but share in the enthusiasm that is sweeping across the Middle East. I hope President Obama will expeditiously support the people of Egypt. My foundations are prepared to contribute what they can. In practice, that means establishing resource centers for supporting the rule of law, constitutional reform, fighting corruption and strengthening democratic institutions in those countries that request help in establishing them, while staying out of those countries where such efforts are not welcome. The writer is chairman of the Soros Fund Management and the Open Society Foundations, which support democracy and human rights in more than 70 countries. " Good chance of success that the Lion will lay down with the lamb he says, and he'll put some money in the pot to make it happen. He says.

I did stop posting that, figured it was possibly a disservice to my local bricks and mortar store Climbmax.

Remarkable story, looks like you can stay with Mad Rock Off. http://climbxgear.com/approachshoes.aspx

Uhhh, you gots to read the posts Andrew. "The Zion" That's the name for the Gecko, I thought you had some great names but ya don't win nothin'....now wake up and start slinging shit or you'll be ostracized for your complacency. Yo dudes, I understand that that's how Climbx came to have happened. Mad Rock chose to move production to Vietnam to keep costs down, and Joe Garland decided to leave them and have the old factory manufacture shoes under his new label. Tough titty, now rock climbers have 2 low cost shoe options and a bunch more stuff on the way as well....whah whah whah. If you all don't want to pay $60 for what appears to be a decent pair of shoes, that's fine, we can all chose to support with our wallets. Keep buying LaSportivas for $160 a pair if you wish. I probably have @ 11 pairs of rock shoes in the basement, and if a pair or 2 of ClimbX's wind up in that pile down there I might not even notice it. I got Imelda Marcos genes in here somewhere I bet. The folks I feel for are the guys at Climbmax, who bought that company when Joe moved onto Madrock. They have a similar sounding name as ClimbX and now find themselves at a competitive disadvantage. But that's for them to get figured out, maybe they'll be the new Mad Rock importers and reps, meantime we can help them by buying stuff from them. So lets welcome ClimbX to the world and not forget ClimbMax.

is that the title of ur new book? The see no evil, eat no evil diet.

Great post Prole. Great. I think we could get quite a few pages of speculation with answers to the questions you raise. We can all certainly look back on our Judeo-Christian history with plenty of revulsion on some of the (many) instances of Christian excess zealotry. Yet we did grow out of it ...for the most part, and the Islamacists (hopefully) will as well. Regards to all. Except you Pat, Dickhead.

The thread was kevboned and you guys fell into it by replying to the bone. IF YOU WILL BUT WATCH THIS VIDEO ALL WILL BE CLEAR. [video:youtube] Note that Leroy, like Kevbone, has NO clue. NONE> ! Should anyone require a full explanation, you can read the comments below the vid. There are currently 79,000 of them. Pink, you got all that route info at your fingertips? You might post it up. Love to see it.

Prole, since you missed it I'll give it up for you. The complete rundown on the right wing nut jobs Egyptian conspiracy theory's here: http://gawker.com/5749601/the-right+wing-nuts-guide-to-egypt They have the Rush's and the Glen Becks, but a bunch of others as well. It's pretty good as are the comments below. Oh, one more thing: Hey Pat, Fuck you asshole, I'm not posting this for you ya self-centered self-important be nothing do nothing dickhead. Jay knows that place better than you do your house ya patronizing piece of shit. Have a nice day.

44+ min? Dear Lord. I caught the first 8 seconds, is there anything interesting later on?

On the Fid idea Mark, if I'm climbing with wood down there I don't want any knot jamming around it in a fall.... ...just sayin' is all....

Did it make it to the Supreme Court? No, not the Supremes holding court.... I mean... ..the other Supreme Court.

Do you have any posts yet where you've been successful in not going out of your way to be an A-hole? Nevermind.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/01/31/us-egypt-israel-usa-idUSTRE70U53720110131 Headline: Israel shocked by Obama's "betrayal" of Mubarak I will admit that I can't get the noise on that Glen Beck link, but I can see (sadly) that you guys must want us all to start listening to Beck and Limbaugh so that we can be up to snuff when have these topical discussions on things they say.

Well I was going to say "welcome" but think that based on the reception you got here maybe I was suppose to kick you right in the nutz first. Ruff crowd here. It's like a pack of wolves mass attack response here. They must have sniffed blood or weakness and just went for ya. Gots to love da internetz. Picture of how that might look: I was thinking Gecko for the shoe name, then I looked up and saw I was at least the 3rd person to that party. What was the web site you mention that had the superior wit and brains which nailed the new name? I googled it but came up blank. WELCOME ANYWAY DUDES!

Didn't Palin say that she'd be the President as the Senate if she had been elected VP? Didn't the President mix up Iraq and Afghanistan just last week? Everyone can make a mistake once their mouth starts prattling.

Another Jeff Thomas masterpiece. Hey, tell Ben it looks like he needs a bigger hammer. Nice TR! thanks

What I took away from that post was this: Did anyone ever figure out where the hu his translation went too? I figure everyone saw the recent Chinese news CCCP folks who showed a film clip of Top Gun suggesting it was a real clip of a missile hit.

You are pretending there is no difference between advocating sobriety and denying someone else the possibility of drinking. Hellooooo? To pursue your analogy, tea baggers are fully intent on preventing anybody else from having a drink under the pretense it is trampling their liberty while they keep drinking, which makes their hypocrisy abundantly clear. Not only am I not especially discussing health care except for illustration of tea bagger hypocrisy but I am definitely not discussing the health care bill that will do very little toward containing escalating health care costs. Your issue is with the encyclopedia, I copied and pasted that directly. If you wish to discuss "tea bagger hypocrisy" that's fine, but I suspect that given that we appear to be on different planets on the Ayn Rand hypocrisy charge you made, in that you have never addressed my points while continually introducing new and different ones with almost every post you make, we will get nowhere on that as well. So byby, have fun talking to yourself.

Pretty good read by the way: http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Sections/NEWS/A_Politics/___Politics_Today_Stories_Teases/PPM153_vin.pdf

Either you support the constitution or you don't. I'm going to let the judges sort out the health care debate for now. The 2nd judge has just ruled it unconstitutional. I think 2 have said it's fine as written, so they can fight it out. http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/01/31/5961248-florida-judge-rules-health-care-law-unconstitutional- As far as your other rant, I don't listen to Glen "father Coughlin" Beck, and don't care to start just so we can discuss if getting your own money back, AS PROMISED, that which was forcibly taken from you each paycheck, is hypocrisy or not. Unless someone (Rand in this case) has specifically said that "GO AHEAD, TAKE MY MONEY EACH PAYCHECK AND I DON'T EVER WANT TO SEE IT AND I WILL NOT ASK FOR IT BACK EVER", or something like that: and then turns around and takes it later, I say not. It is NOT hypocrisy. You might consider looking up the word in the dictionary and we can start again from there. Let me help you get that info: "Hypocrisy is the state of pretending to have beliefs, opinions, virtues, feelings, qualities, or standards that one does not actually have. Hypocrisy involves the deception of others and is thus a kind of lie. Hypocrisy is not simply failing to practice those virtues that one preaches. Samuel Johnson made this point when he wrote about the misuse of the charge of "hypocrisy" in Rambler No. 14: Nothing is more unjust, however common, than to charge with hypocrisy him that expresses zeal for those virtues which he neglects to practice; since he may be sincerely convinced of the advantages of conquering his passions, without having yet obtained the victory, as a man may be confident of the advantages of a voyage, or a journey, without having courage or industry to undertake it, and may honestly recommend to others, those attempts which he neglects himself.[1] Thus, an alcoholic's advocating temperance, for example, would not be considered an act of hypocrisy so long as the alcoholic made no pretense of constant sobriety." You are welcome for that as well as the links I gave you above that helped further your case but which you seemed to have not clicked or read. Shall I post the full text of those 2 links here to make it easier for you?

Ayn Rand was a tea bagger? Wow, who knew? Now you want to debate healthcare? Have you personally read the new gov't healhtcare bill? I haven't, too big and confusing. I can't even comment on it except that being all big and confusing should have a good outcome. NOT!

As I don't think you can find someone to argue FOR being a hypocrite, I believe we part company on if one is a hypocrite for getting their own money back that the government had earlier took away from them. For myself, I still want smaller government and I want my own money back. We can't continue to borrow and spend like a drunken sailor. We MUST reduce the borrowing or we will be in deep yogurt sooner or later. No less than the future and security of our country is at stake.

I like that route, I haven't been on it for quite some time, but it looks like there is still loose stuff on it from your picture. (near Ben's feet, loose rocks). Good for you guys!