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No, If McCain knows what is good for him, he will just stay in his existing office so he doesn't have to be construed as "one of them". That makes for a more powerful candidate if folks get tired of the Bush program by that time (and the odds are high that will be the case with no progress on the National Debt and other major issues).
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The more we gripe about them, the more THEY will gripe about us.
Ideally, I would not like this built, but it is a consequence of our population.
The reason I am writing this is for everyone to be careful about what they say in the letters and to realize the possible consequences of taking action like this, which could ultimatly lead to more restricted access for climbers.
If you want to solve this problem, tackle population growth and relocation to the NW.
WTF?
How the hell is opposing development going to result in restricted access for climbers?
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The Dead Vote
That is why I turned around my absentee ballot as soon as I got it. If I got hit by a bus, at least my vote got into the system.
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Libertarians won't make one whit of difference unless they get in office.
And if voting for a third party candidate results in the worse choice of the remaining candidates getting into office, your vote went for the opposition.
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"IQ expert" funded by eugenicists
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Just look at her dude, would you admit to that?
Bush's secrecy and lies actually make a difference. Clinton's deal had as much significance to US citizens and the world as the answer to the question "boxers or briefs".
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Brakes are nice also for being casual about putting skis on and off. With safety straps, you have to pay attention and keep jamming the tails into the snow to make sure they don't wander off on you. The good thing is the Fritschi brakes work reasonably well, which isn't the case for all brands (not that I'm naming names).
The same tail arrangement is used by the cowhide style of skins that BD sells as well as the G3 branded skins. Seems like the most reliable, though not completely effortless to install yourself from scratch. If you buy them on a commercially assembled set your life is easier, otherwise you can buy the parts and retrofit a pair that didn't come with them.
Ski crampons are entirely optional. Depends on the sorts of conditions you are planning to be in. In many circumstances regular boot crampons allow you to make your way over firm terrain while carrying your skis. Even if you have them, you will carry them far more than actually use them. Once you have them though, you run out of excuses for why you suck at skinning.
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The Outdoor Research handwear line has nearly entirely changed from what you know from 2 or more years ago. I don't have any of them myself yet, but they look quite good and improved in many different ways. Their model for this category (maximum warmth) is this
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377 tons small part of absent Iraq explosives
Missing prewar stockpiles may total 250,000 tons
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Here is the data for Seattle
http://www.astro.washington.edu/balick/lunar_eclipse_2004.html
Looks like it begins roughly 25 minutes after moonrise at 6:14pm
Peak covering of the moon according to that website is 8:04pm
The moon at that time should be slightly south of due east, and 21.8 degrees above the horizon.
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The History of Neoconservatism
http://www.dkosopedia.com/index.php/History_of_Neoconservativism
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I was just in Second Ascent today. Several used setups with bindings on for AT and tele. There are some new unmounted models too, but as you might expect, not a systematic spectrum of styles and sizes. Looks like they sell new bindings too for stuff that weren't previously used. There was even a split board there. A bit better selection than I would have expected, but maybe it is that time of year.
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mattp posted:
Eldorado Peak, standard route:
photo
That photo looks like he is wearing his thong on the outside of his pants.
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It looks like it has been reprinted in a number of places - http://tinyurl.com/3rp5m
About.com's urban legends listings rates it as true
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they need to hire that one guy who draws virtually every ski area map in the world. don't know who it is, but it has to be one guy cause every ski area looks the same on those things
You mean this guy
http://www.skimaps.com/print.php?docid=6
I think they have used him for their maps. The one on file at skimaps.com is one of his ( http://www.skimaps.com/map1643 ). Though that one is old, I think the newer ones still probably use the same artwork since they haven't changed the lifts (except replaciing 4 & 5 with one lift).
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They fail to recognize how the website is an all year round medium for promotion. They de-activate parts of it for the summer when there is no need to do so. As long as they just show dates for things, it could still provide entertainment.
Basically, their marketing is pretty feeble. Most of it goes into the Banked Slalom snowboard event, and the rest flounders.
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I've always wondered why you guys declare a party affiliation when you register to vote - can someone explain the reason to me?
Washington State for a long time did not have this. The Democrats and Republicans made the courts say for this fall we had to state a party for the primary only. They wanted to avoid people crossing party lines and trying to get a weak candidate to advance from the opposition to increase the odds of their preferred candidate winning. Many people didn't like having to declare, and I bet it cut down on the number of valid votes and increased protest voting.
But that is just Washington and a small number of other states. Most of the other states have some sort of declaration required. I guess that must be where the term "card carrying (fill in the blank party name)" comes from.
There is an initiative on the ballot for the Nov. 2 election equivalent to a run-off ballot measure for the primary. If it were to pass, it would allow the two highest vote getters to advance to the general election regardless of party. As would be expected, Party loyalists for Democrats, Republicans, and independents don't want it because it encourages people to vote for the candidate rather than the party.
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iTunes works great. You can get add ons for it too, so you can compress files using other compression schemes (like LAME which is supposed to be better than most).
If you want versatility and don't require the smallest unit, a CD player with mp3 capability can hold like 11 hours on one CD. They are like 1/2-1/3 the cost of an iPod too. I don't have a single issue with rights protection since I haven't bought out of the online music stores.
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Popo is still closed to climbing due to volcanic activity. I'm pretty sure that means the lodge at Tlamacas too.
Senor Reyes has mentioned that folks in Zoapan are not necessarily friendly to climbers. We drove through there and had rocks thrown at us. There are several choices in Tlachichuca (at least three, including Senor Reyes' place).
Tents are useful due to hut noise. Think of it like the Muir hut where folks have different schedules getting up all the time and making noise. Mexicans also like to come up to the hut and party, but not climb. Tent choice should take into account the primary reason you have it is wind. In my book, that doesn't make me think megamid as first choice. Also, there are rodents near the huts, so unless you don't mind them sprinting across your face, something you can close off from your surroundings would be advised.
Overboots shouldn't be necessary. If your boot laces don't restrict your circulation, you could get by with leathers, but if you want to be sure on warmth plastics work too. For the most part, typical trips usually don't have fresh snow to risk getting leathers excessively wet. Keep in mind a fair amount of travel occurs not on snow too.
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10/6/04
Friends,
You may have heard by now that the Michigan Republican Party has called for my arrest. That's right. They literally want me brought up on charges -- and hope that I'm locked up.
No, I'm not kidding. The Republican Party, yesterday, filed a criminal complaint with the prosecutors in each of the counties where I spoke last week in Michigan.
My crime? Clean underwear for anyone who will vote in the upcoming election.
Each night on our 60-city "Slacker Uprising Tour" through the 20 battleground states, I've been registering hundreds (and on some nights, thousands) of voters at my arena and stadium events. I then ask for everyone over 23 who has never voted (or didn't vote in the last election) to stand up. I tell these slackers that I understand and respect why they think politicians are not worth the bother. I tell them that I may have been the original slacker, and that I do not want them to change their slacker ways. Keep sleeping 'til noon! Keep drinking beer! Stay on the sofa and watch as much TV as possible! But, please, just for me, on 11/2, I want you to leave the house and give voting a try -- just this once. The stakes this time are just too high.
If they promise me that they'll do this, I give the guys a 3-pack of new Fruit of the Loom underwear, and the women get a day's supply of Ramen noodles, the sustenance of slackers everywhere.
I then close by having them repeat the 2004 Slacker Oath: "Pick nose!
Pick butt! Pick Kerry."
It seems to have worked, as each night the volunteer tables are swamped afterwards with hundreds of new and young voters signing up to campaign for regime change for the next four weeks.
The satire of all this seems to have been lost on the Republicans. Or maybe it hasn't. The state of Michigan (where we spent most of last
week) reported that over 100,000 young people recently registered to vote, a record that no one saw coming. The Slacker Tour has turned into a huge steamroller with a momentum all its own.
So, the Republican Party, to show their gratitude that so many young people will now be involved in our system, has demanded that I be sent to jail for trying to "bribe" students to vote.
Of course, this would be quite laughable if they weren't so serious about their charges. But they are. I may soon be a wanted man in Michigan -- simply because I convinced a few slackers to change their underwear and eat a healthy meal of artificially flavored noodles.
I thought I'd seen it all this year -- Disney refusing to distribute the film they paid for, right-wingers harassing theater owners who showed "Fahrenheit 9/11," conservative action groups trying to get the FEC to kick our film ads off the air, the unnecessary restrictive R-rating that forced teenagers to sneak in to see it, and all the stupid, crazy attacks on me and my movie that I've had to listen to as I watched the public ignore them and pack the movie houses anyway, where my film was being shown. And when all that failed, five different Republican groups made five different attack dog tapes (oops, "documentaries"!) against me in a period of about six weeks.
But they were all so bad, so boring, so right-wing, no one wanted to watch them and they too went away, a sad waste of good videotape.
Now, after enduring all this, with no tricks left in their bag, they've just decided, "Let's toss his sorry ass behind bars -- him and his noodles and his gift of clean underwear!"
My friends, they will not catch me. Though I may be on the run, and I may never be able to return home to my beloved Michigan, I make this solemn vow to you and yours: The slackers of America shall not be denied their noodles, they will proudly wear their clean underwear as free Americans, and they will vote Bush out of office come November 2nd (though they will not show up to the polls until well after noon)!
Stay strong, stay slacker, and please remember to turn the underwear inside out every three days. As for the noodles, add boiling water, stir.
Yours,
Michael Moore
P.S. My favorite moment of the VP debate: Cheney saying to the moderator that this was the first he heard that that many black women in America had AIDS. Clueless. Cheney, for an entire 90-minutes, only mentioned Bush's name -- that's his running mate, the "president" -- once. They should have called this the "President (Cheney) -- Vice President (Edwards) Debate."
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That is the second reference to "circle jerk" emitted by a conservative I've seen in a discussion group today. Is that one of the Republican talking points today? If you find a group of people that don't agree with you to espouse homophobic rhetoric?
You Predict - Next 4 years
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The republicans won't stop the divisiveness since that is the key to their power. They find enough hot buttons and then use that to keep certain factions on their side. Unfortunately the people that they are able to attract with this method are more than willing to ignore the other baggage that republicans bring along with them.
Going and attacking Iraq is tilting at windmills in response to the "war on terror". If you don't address the enemy, you don't address the problem. In the case of Iraq, if you have increased recruiting with terrorist organizations, you haven't gained anything.