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Well honestly, when has Mr. Bush even gone against his word?

Good one, Glacier. It all started with Tricky Dick Nixon and his buddy Henry Kissinger.

Each store is independently owned and operated. Sorry you had such trouble in McMinnville. I've had very good service at our local shops in Shoreline. I'd say you should contact the man himself. He wouldn't tolerate the treatment you've been getting.

Dryad sends her regrets as she will still be in Europe through most of June.

You mean pre 1967 borders. The problem is even if they did that, Hamas would still want to destroy them. They now figure they might as well hang on to the more easily defendable settlements and abandon the rest. There is nothing to gain by pulling back to those 1967 borders, so why do it?

When Bush decided to exclude anyone who had been a member of the Baath Party, he set the stage for what we see now. To have ousted Saddam would have been enough, but Bush got greedy. I suppose that if we had captured or killed Saddam early on, it would have seemed safer to include the Baathists in the new regime. We could have said to them, "you can be in or you can be out. If you're in, you have to play by these rules. You have let the other parties compete through a democratic process", etc. But we told them they were out. So they had absolutely nothing to lose by starting the insurgency. Some of our generals are suggesting we start bringing in these people where we need their experience and training. I say they are on the right track.

You fellows seem so jaded. You must think that Bush is not sincere.

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Be careful or you might get inquiries from European contractors asking where they can submit bids.

Do what you want. Sheesh.

Chuck, what do you think of those draws that have the really short sling between the biners for trad climbing? What do they call those? Dogbones?

My father just died last week so I know where she is coming from. But, if everyone made a practice of burning the belongings of their loved ones after they died, our environment would no longer be fit for the living.

I believe that 1995 is when Europe incurred large costs related to formation of the European Union. Also, they have been cutting back on social spending, just as we have.

How is that? Most are either 7 or 8kN and only the D's achieve 9kN. That's not a lot of difference.

I know it's fashionable to knock Exit 38, but hey, it beats climbing in the gym on a pleasant weekday evening.

Nice post, Brad. Great attitude.

If you go too late in the year (late June or July), the approach over the Coleman/Roosevelt Glaciers becomes more circuitous, I am told.

You don't want to burn that stuff. It's a hassle and it will be stinky. I suggest that you donate the clothing to Deseret Industries or some other charity. That way something good will come out of it. Anything they can't sell they will recycle for the fiber.

I think that route #4 between Absolutely Nothing and Blockhead is called Some Drugs. There is a trick to it such that if you know it, the crux isn't hard at all. There is a place where you need to put your foot behind you against an opposing face, or something like that. The fun is in figuring it out. When it seems hard, start thinking creatively. BTW, you're supposted to put the phrase "We did" before all the route names.

Hmmm, there are those who would argue that the words "excellence" and "Sport Climbing" don't belong in the same sentence.

If you even want to find out if GregW is following a thread, just throw out the phrase "Second Amendment", and you'll get your answer in a New York minute.

I agree, which is why when I go to a Mariners game I park a good mile away, outside the traffic control zone. Even with the greater walking distance, I can be home much faster than if I had parked right next to the stadium.

Annabelle's journal reads like a soap opera. The incongruity between what she is doing and what she is thinking is quite bizarre. She's fretting like some trophy wife in Malibu. It's wierd.

Some things you just don't joke about and that's one of them.

My turn to rant. I was out for a run today and crossing at a three-way interestion in the cross walk at a moderate run. A woman in a black SUV is coming way too fast. "Hey!", yelled. I slow down to avoid getting run over and yell at the top of my voice, "HEY!!!", as she blows the stop sign at 25 mph. She looks at me with a shocked look on her face and I give her the stink eye.