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punching fish? i'm not sure which is worse there. the people punching fish or the people making laws against people punching fish. sounds like one big trailer park. i guess that's what happens when you have an open border with california...

I never thought of that. Can we use this same logic with hippies? Harvest em for hemp oil? The corollary being that we can harvest Rush and his ilk for snake oil.....

I just had laser surgery. The point is if you have really sucky vision then it helps for you to go do outdoorsy things without flinging your specs off a cliff when the rope catches them, etc. Most people will need glasses for reading afterwards, since if you are nearsighted to begin with your close vision will blow afterwards (I can attest to this). I have no problem having reading glasses now that I'm free not to worry about them while skiing or climbing.

Different type of lasers, Dru. But then you know that. Rabble rouser that you are. ;-) Someone once made Jello lase. I always wanted to try that.

= The 23rd Sigh = .......Bush is my shepherd; I dwell in want. .......He maketh logs to be cut down in national forests. .......He leadeth trucks into the still wilderness. He restoreth my fears. .......He leadeth me in the paths of international disgrace for his ego's sake. .......Yea, though I walk through the valley of pollution and war, I will find no exit, for thou art in office. .......Thy tax cuts for the rich and thy media control, they discomfort me. .......Thou preparest an agenda of deception in the presence of thy religion. .......Thou anointest my head with foreign oil. My health insurance runneth out. .......Surely megalomania and false patriotism shall follow me all the days of thy term, .......And my jobless child shall dwell in my basement forever.

or maybe a snow cone maker! free cherry commie snow cones for all! at the end of the day, if you aren't doing something to change the situation then all this bluster is pseudo-alpha male chest beating back by zero action. single man letter writing campaigns are not likely to get the fremontians (fremontagnards?) to get them to remove it. I'm sure they've seen dozens of letters in the past from random individuals who really have their panties in a bunch over it. want it removed? organize the locals who feel similarly. i realize it might take some effort to break yoiurself away from playing Halo but you might get the satisfaction of living up to your convictions.

oddly enough, none of my numerous russian acquaintances in town seem to give a shit about the statue.

Indicating the general level of intelligence of politicians in and from Texas.

Cinco de Mayo? Oh, you mean Shit-faced Gringo Day......

Koz-ee-os-koh. Saw some dude hiking to the top in a leisure suit. The easiest of the seven.

mom help you with that did she? really, it's like trading insults with someone handicapped with the comedic wit of a homophobic 12-year old skate boarder and the vocabulary of one who consorts too often with randy goats. put down the Batman comics for awhile and go get that Ritalin prescription refilled son.

i guess i can't really expect good russian insults when you aren't even using proper russian, but ukrainian. Predpolagau chto tvoio libimoe zanitie v svobodnoe vremia libo zabivat kozla, abo zalivati oko gorilkou, hotia ti navernoe i to i drugoe delaesh odnovremenno.

i forgive you for not being able to properly insult me in english, but you could at least do it properly in russian. russians are much better at insults than we will ever hope to be and yet you sound like a drunken coal miner.

actually, i think the greater idiots are those that still live in the former soviet union and still think stalin was a great guy. but i guess you don't like to talk about those.

yes, KK, there are idiots in every country. more so from some that endorsed communism than from others that embraced freedom early on. da da vse ochen vpechatlini tvoim umeniem izlgat svoi idei matershinoi

if you think i'm endorsing communism, then you're sadly mistaken. what i'm endorsing is perspective. hey, i'm sorry the lenin statue causes you pain. please feel free to do something about it. personally, it's not on my radar. maybe it motivates people to learn about lenin. that's a good thing then. i'd say to 99% of the people in seattle it's just a cultural icon of a failed political system. it's 'kitsch' as we say. anyway, just like many things the left dislikes, i think it's one of those painful historical truths that should be out there in people's faces. at least there aren't any young pioneers laying flowers around it, eh?

i didn't realize being sanctimonious was part of your cultural heritage. how can you live in our little 'confederacy of dunces' (to steal a phrase) anyway? you must be about ready to bust a vein.

that's because i am on a number of things. i tend to be more liberal about the environment but i'm not some blind tree hugger. i was for the alaska pipeline when we built it but was glad my home state worked to make sure the environment was protected. i think there's a balance that can be struck but too often it seems we are swinging to one extreme or the other. that said, i think there are things that need protecting. i think drilling in anwr is stupid but not for environmental reasons. i've worked at prudhoe bay and seen what can be done. i think a good balance can be struck there again. that said, i also think there are places that need protecting.

yes yes. we all know what you sputniks think of americans. you're very impressive. i'm sure if your skills weren't so valuable here, you'd be back home helping the rodina become a real nation, right?

that's because they're too worried about elevating their self esteem.

glassgow, my meaning was that our country isn't nearly as bad as former soviet states. i merely pointed out we aren't perfect and need some work and have to be constantly vigilant. geez. get over yourself. i've done plenty of reading on political orders, here and in the soviet union, i've studied russian, i've been to ukraine several time. i have a fair bit more education than you're likely to admit. obviously, i haven't "lived" it, but so what?

for someone who's a sputnik, you're really an amateur at russian curses. mudak? really, you can do better than that.

i agree Fairweather.

honestly, i think there are much larger issues to concern myself with than a piece of sculpture in fremont. if you find it offensive, well, go for it. i just think you're losing the forest for the trees.

Fairweather, if my comments seem more leftist than that's my fault for rising to the bait more often on issues such as the environment that mean a lot more to me than most things. more often, i'm willing to let others such as yourself argue the conservative side of other issues. i admit, i'm not hard right. in fact, i'm more libertarian than i let on.