Skeezix

Quit making fun. That's Gotterdamerung behind the wheel in that picture.

Guys that like to carry guns are just like guys that drive monster trucks. They're over-compensating for having small penises.

Scott Harpell --You carry a gun when you go trout fishing in the backcountry because you think a cougar is going to attack you if you carry fish on the trail? I'm sorry pal, but you are truly a moron.

Whatever tough guy So I'm just wondering. If you're posting here that you carry a gun, do you carry it because you feel that you need it? ..Or do you just like guns?

I don't need a gun.

Yeah Sounds like Martlet! Hey --I served four years in the Army Infantry (1975-1979). Can I criticize Bush and Dumsfeld? I'm really enjoying watching this administration go down in flames.

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Exactly!

I guess that made her a cluckold.

Magic might work better than the current approach, which doesn't seem to be working. I didn't say I wouldn't have a military (I served in the Army Infantry between 1975 and 1979) or ignore the Middle East conflict, and I'm certainly not interested in running for president. My proposal has more to do with action than reaction. So what would you propose as a solution?

1. Provide positive leadership in the world. Lead the way in promoting political and economic justice for all people. Lead the way to a sustainable relationship with our environment. 2. Stop exporting terrorism like we did in Central America. Shut down the School of the Americas right away. 3. I don't know what to do about Israel. 4. Even though steps 1 and 2 won't necessarily change the minds and motives of the current generation of terrorists, I'd bet they'd go a long way toward improving the rest of the world's view of the US, which would be a big help. Security is an illusion. Even though I'll be voting for Kerry in November, I really like the basic platform of the Green Party --called their " Ten Key Values ." In terms of politics, I think their prescription makes a great deal of sense. I wouldn't waste my vote on a Green candidate for president (like Nader four years ago), but would rather like to see the Green Party built up on a base of local and state officeholders.

OK ...your "knowingly harbour[ing] terrorists" sounds a bit more complicitous that Spambot's "innocent families." These days, however, I'm getting tired of war. I just feel that if we keep killing and manufacturing weapons and maintaining a posture of arrogance in our foreign policy, we're just going to keep getting attacked. Security analysts now are saying that our terror fighting efforts since 9/11 have increased rather than decreased terrorism, and we've dispersed the terrorists away from Afghanistan without compromising much their ability to act. So I don't agree with Spambot. And Bush and Dumsfeld and their crew have made a bad situation worse.

If I remember correctly, about ten years ago a couple of climbers were rapping the last station off Mixup Pk. The rock horn broke --the sling held. The climber on rappel dropped straight down to the talus and was shook up, but his partner was standing by the anchor ...clipped into the sling. She was pulled off and fell pretty far. He thought he was bad off until he heard her moaning, and realized that maybe he wasn't so bad off after all. He gathered himself together, put her into a sleeping bag and went for help. The Navy littered her out the next morning on a long line. She survived but was long on the mend. A rappel anchor only has to hold your body weight, but when they fail it'll really ruin your day.

This is the cover of the cd "The Real Bahamas." That's Joseph Spence with the guitar. He plays real good.

Yes, but the point is, he also said: So, he's advocating killing innocent people. WTF?

Even Israel doesn't kill suspected terrorists' families (they just bulldoze their houses). But I get the impression listening to Dubya that the U.S. is trying to represent itself as taking the "high road." I realize that the rest of the world finds this to be laughable... If it got out that US policy was to kill the families of terror suspects, we would be condemned by the rest of the world. Rightfully so.

How about Cro Magnon at Peshastin? I think I remember folding myself up a bit on that.

Uh... killing the innocent families of terror suspects might not be a good idea. Reckon?

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It is reported in the news this morning that Pat Tillman may have been killed by friendly fire in confusion after a mine exploded. The new report asserts that no enemy combatants were in the area. His official bronze star citation, on the other hand, describes enemy troops firing in opposition. I will prudently await the report of the investigation before I decide how badly this stinks (especially that neocons have co-opted Tillman's image).

In that case ...he's got got my el-votay.