KaskadskyjKozak

I gotta admire your idealism. In a program that cost a total of $257,000.00, Metro provided a subsidy of $38,000.00. The article above said the private provider will charge four times as much so, if you do the math, four times the metro fare receipts of $175,000.00 is $700,000.00. Remember: this program costs $257,000.00 as provided by metro. Private enterprise is grand? I'll bet that subsidy more than pays for the reduction in wasted gas for those who would be even more stuck in stop and go traffic during the game times.

is this a real fight? 'cos if so, my nuts just shriveled up and I need to flee the country.

More people on the bus = less traffic for you, so you have a benefit, subsidies benefit you? What percent of the Metro's costs are subsidized anyways, does someone know?

You are touchy, KK! After our "transfer of wealth" discussion the other day, I figured you were for private enterprise over public endeavor, so you might argue that public transporation used tax money and was therefore immoral as a transfer of wealth to people who did not serve in the military. But, either way, I was just trying to generate some good discussion. No insult was intended. I didn't call tou names or tell you to piss off, but: piss off. Its almost cocktail hour anyway, and there's a single malt waiting for you somewhere. There. I said it. here's a clue for you: leave my name out of a topic you are trying to discuss. I certainly don't start a thread with: "look at this latest BS - MattP must support it!" Piss off - back at you.

One could say he was so tough, when it came down to it, that he fled his homeland.

what don't you take a trip back to Varshava and enlist in the Polish army to defend the motherland? You're a real tough guy, after all. The Russians will be shaking in their boots when they see your 110 lb form - waving an M16 in one arm and an ice tool in the other!

*yawn* save your histrionics for someone who cares, tough guy size "S". fuck off wanna be, same for fw. bunch of puff wankers. all you do is talk. total lack of character. save your spew for other fags like your republican buddies (including FW). GWB dropped the ball on that one. maybe if we call Putin a "jizz-throat", then he'll listen to us! You're so persuasive, GGK, really.

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??