KaskadskyjKozak

Piss off, Matt. Can't you ever bring up an issue without throwing out FW and my name, and attributing supposed beliefs/stands on our part. It's ridiculous. And, BTW, I don't support this change w/r/t bussing to sporting events.

STFU, Canuck. As if you have any real stake in either conflict.

*yawn* save your histrionics for someone who cares, tough guy size "S".

Life was so much simpler when that drunk idiot Yeltsin ran Russia, and it was in total chaos.

Read what GGK wrote above. He sounds a lot like Michael Savage. Personally I think NATO is more about money and selling weapons than defending Europe from Russian aggression. It also alienates Russia and sets up an "us vs. them" situation that can only be bad. And yes, Russia has invaded Poland in the 20th century. So did Germany, and they are in... NATO... w/Poland. Oops. And I'm not sure why the US has to defend every nation from Russia.

those are YOUR guys. And they are complete pussies and jellyfish, as will be Obama.

and thanks to GWB who managed to fuck it up again! talking about non leader! When I think of a "hardliner" against the Russian Bear, AlGore and John Kerry jump into my mind immediately! And Obama even more so!

Huh? We are all interconnected, and being an isolationist has bit us on the ass in the past. Read some history, man.

My father in law has Georgian relatives and friends. He's been on the phone a lot. One striking set of comments from relatives: one living in Moscow and one in Tbilisi. The one in Moscow says the situation is all the fault of the "fascist" president of Georgia, and the relative in Tbilisi says it's all the fault of the Russians. They are both ethnically from the Caucasus region, and there is a lot of anti-Caucasian sentiment in Russia (a lot of skinheads who beat "non-Russians" on the streets...)

how is so? NATO expansion is the only way to go. the only thing that soviets react to is a big stick. the right response would have been to bomb the shit out of kaliningrad. the strategy is to take over countries one by one. your kind of thinking cost europe WWII and this kind of bullshit thinking caused the soviet takeover of eastern and central europe after the war. pretty weak for someone claiming to understand soviet mentality The US would never tolerate a military alliance composed of nations on our borders, armed to the teeth. It's pretty weak to expect Russia to do so. Russians are paranoid MF'ers, and we are only antagonizing them. I think Ukraine f'd up when they gave up their nukes back in '91 though.

agreed - the best time is when it's all snow car to summit.

I was the same way, especially with my oldest. Now I regret that a little. Once they hit 4, it gets more fun and a lot easier. My 6 year old is very athletic and he could do 10 miles hikes even at age 4.5, which made things easier. Now my 10 year old can almost hang with me. We did Granite Mtn a few weeks ago via the ridge run. He only complained a little.

I bring good food plus treats - sandwich, baked crackers, cheese stick for good food. Cheetos, kudos bar, fruit leather or some such for the "reward". Also, they get more rewards for harder hikes (7+ miles), and less rest breaks.

my oldest is 10. he'll be shaving before I know it. :-(

Because helping to goad Russia into becoming a new world bogeyman ensures lots of new defense contracts for installing missile batteries all over eastern Europe. So....its all about the money? NATO membership involves buying weapons systems from the US, France, the UK and Germany. NATO expansion was and is a bad idea. Russians are paranoid, and we're giving them reason to be more so.

Bad luck comes in 3's. Hopefully this is the 3rd and final?

Geez, who would want to live in an oppressive socialist myopia like that?!? apparently, you.

what happened to planuj, rakhuj, vszystko na khuj??

he probably hasn't gotten around to responding to your last message yet.

yeah, but can you free solo Orbit off the couch with a watermelon tied to your ass???

I'm afraid I am a hostage-taker. That must make me a terrorist - the REAL terrorist.

not that there's anything wrong with that...

i'm just hating 'cos xfit is ghey

guess he wasn't into crossfit then, either.