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Brought to you by global warming, which won't be getting any better due to the policies of the current administration.

If you're talking about me, don't worry, I've got a thicker skin that that. As for being conservative - don't mistake that for being a pro-Bush, true-believer. I may not be willing to support a guy like Kerry, but I still have problems with Bush, and our political leaders in general. I can sum it up with one thought: in a nation with almost 300 million people, the most able, talented, hard-working, intelligent candidates that we could come up with were Dubya and Kerry? And the last time around - Dubya and Gore? Pathetic. We have some common ground here.

Shhh....we're going to scare the last conservative off the board dammit. Then we'll be stuck arguing about windshirts all day instead of politics.

Personal responsibility and self-sacrifice is underratted. The willingness to throw away other people's hard-earned money is too freely exercised. What ever happened to "ask not what your country can do for you?" If you are worried about underfunding of your favorite bureaucracy, take you tax cuts from the last 4 years and donate them to charities. Indeed, if you think your taxes are too low and the federal government is too small, nothing stops you from giving extra to Uncle Sam. Just cut a bigger check - no need to wait until April 15th either. You mean give them more money for the war? Thats where it would go.

Compassion is over rated. Survival of the fittest!

WTF is an "Off budget item"? Is that Enron style accounting? "It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it."

Gotta be the "Darwin Award Without Death" winner of the century if he lives through it.

Happy B-day. I never thought that I would live to see 30, but that has passed me by and I too am mostly alive. Now you need to set new goals, like trying to keep your teeth past 50 or to retain the naive optimism of a 20 year old.

Great deal on Alphas. They have the older liner (non-thermofit). Sierra Trading Post.

Did anyone see the video footage of that that plane wreck in Afghanistan? It sort of reminded me of that movie/book "Alive"....but I don't think anyone survived this one. I saw a shot of just a plane tail on a snowy ridge top (at about 11,000 ft).

Ya....but what about windsuits?

Ummm.... patented and trademarked.

A wise man once told me the the answer is in your question.

What about this dumb fucker.

After all this talk about windshirts, I'm starting to get interested in this technology. Has anyone done any studies as to how much time you can save by going with one windshirt over another? Which windshirt manufacturer is most honest with their listed wieght? Has anyone put their windshirt on a postage stamp scale and got the real goods on this? Are there "wind pants" to wear if you decided to wear shorts instead of pants to save weight? These are the questions I need asked before I'm going to add this technology to my alpine toolset. Micheal, if you can answer these questions, we can get on with installing the proper amount of due respect you've been pleaing for.

I told you! I spent it with my uncle in Alaska hunting wolverines!

The resume looks ok, but it really needs some work. Let me know if you'd like me to help you edit it into something workable. Try to focus on the things that you've done that are actually meaningful.

Best wishes to you and your family whirlwind.

I was raised by racoons, and I can tell you the most nasty thing about them is their wicked little claws.

no recess.

This lead me to believe you had wrote this for publication. I didn't know this part was fiction Anyway, if you intend on getting published in anything other than an internet website, you're most likely going to need to improve your writing skillz. Otherwise, the editor is going to need to edit the story to such a point that it won't be yours anymore.

There is definitely some editing you should do. There are whole sentences that don't add to the story that you could cut out. Also, keep track of the tense you are using, and be consistent (or at least keep tense the same within each narrative). The best supporting pictures to your stories are: #1, #2, #3, (#3 or #4, but pick just one), the article, #7, #8, #9, #10 (this one is good), and maybe the next to last picture of your foot. Maybe choose those, and don't submit all of them? I'm not sure if you where looking for criticism or not, but here it is. Nice start, interesting to read your story. Good luck on getting it published.

The fun doesn't stop there. Check out the answer to the question posted on his auction:

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Nicely put together.