KaskadskyjKozak

And the accusations of divisiveness are usually accompanied by a tirade of divisive rhetoric. Oh the irony.

you need to read more attentively, jump to conclusions less, and cease falsely attributing positions and beliefs to people

I have heard nothing but divisive, hateful, alienating, disrespectful rhetoric from the left since my early childhood memories in the 1970's. To blame the R's exclusively for the divisions in our nation is utter bullshit. The D's have been using divisive rhetoric both for their own political ends and just out of hatred and spite at least as much as the R's, if not more.

People are changing already

Kevbone....you proud of that??? Maybe this site could sponsor a voluntary register of pot-heads so there aren't any unwanted surprises. Joint-puffers can get together and smoke-out in the Muir hut or on their favorite belay ledge and not piss anyone off, and those who want nothing to do with it can add their names to the "do not smoke around me" list. I'll be the first to add my name to the latter list: I don't want your weed in your pack in my car, in your pocket or your mouth when you're climbing with me, or lit anywhere within ten feet of me on any occasion. Or any other kind of smokable product for that matter. I recall the early days of the cc.com "pub club". Someone at the communal table would say "Safety Break" and 2/3rds of the climbers would disappear for about 15 minutes. I got curious once and saw a bunch of coughing folks coming out of the back of some guy's van, just like in a Cheech & Chong movie. Whatever. "We tried it, but we never inhaled. Belay on!" Dude, it's totally cool that you don't smoke. Right on. But what do you care if others do? Live your own life. You're not automatically right just because it's your opinion. he's no different than the other self-righteous people on this site with opinions on "better living" (and no, I'm not talking about you)

Yeah, that's it. So simple.

Да, Боб, я абсолютно ничего не знаю о Росии и про ней ничего не понимаю. Я не знаю никого, кто там живет, жил, или, у которых есть семя, друзя там. Я не читаю газети, новости, стаття про Росию. Да ничего. А Вы, иммигрант, живучи в штатах - як долго - 20, 30 лет? -- Вы все знаете. Вы всезнайка.

gee, you're so convincing.

yell, I'll get right on a trip up hood in winter with my 6 year old.

this is the biggest bullshit i have read this week. plain untrue and dangerously stupid. you'd know bullshit well since you're so full of it. ditto for stupidity.

I think your view is cynical. People are receptive to change, but a lot of it is in the way the message is presented. Calling people redneck, red-stater, bible-thumping, selfish, hicks who shit on the planet is not going to get anyone to listen to you. Also, changes of this magnitude will take time, and require patience. It took 40-50 years for us to go from the thrify, modest-living "greatest generation" to wasteful, over-the-top consumer-crazed people. But there is some truth to what you say. I would like to see our politicians tell the American people more of what they NEED to hear rather than what they WANT to hear, more often. Even if it causes the politicians to be run out of office every time after one term. Remember Carter's malaise speech? Look at this part: " I'm asking you for your good and for your nation's security to take no unnecessary trips, to use carpools or public transportation whenever you can, to park your car one extra day per week, to obey the speed limit, and to set your thermostats to save fuel." It's very a propos today. Use the bully pulpit for this - and the senate floor, rather than arguing stupid shit endlessly - like whether Roger Clemens took steroids, and if we need guns in our national parks.

Not true: Jeff Beck - Truth.

3 second rule

If herds need to be thinned in National Parks, then pay the rangers to do it. No need for hunters.

Oh, and illegal immigrants are of zero importance beyond serving as Karl Rove's 2008 stand-in for Gay Marriage and Abortion - illegal employers are the heart and sole (literally) of the problem and if you could do the tally you'd find hypocritical, but nonetheless patiotic republicans are the vast beneficiaries of illegal employment. in 2006 US granted 50 work visas to Mexico. Average wait for work visa to the US is about 18 months. After getting married it took "only" 113 months over 1100 bucs in fees and 5 trips to Seattle to get her a greencard. there are cases people wait 3 years for the FBI background check, which is necesary for citizenship on permanent resident status! immigration office is a friggin joke. after making an appointment with CIS we drove do Tukwilla from Bellingham. it was friday morning, only to find out (after talking with an officer there) that people with decision making power work mon- thur! wtf! WAHHHHHHHHHHH!!

Pushing it back? WTF are you talking about? NATO is still in place and expanding into eastern europe, and the EU is expanding there as well. So what are you referring to? Democracy in Russia is a joke, I'll grant you that. But they've certainly been defange in terms of expansion into Eastern Europe and beyond. are you THAT stupid or just pretend to be. what friggin democracy in russia? I said above "Democracy in Russia is a joke". What part of that simple statement do you NOT understand? It is you who are the fucking moron. Learn to read English.

someone mentioned rednecks shooting up at TH's. how about we redeploy the TH pass Nazis to find these crazed rednecks and arrest or shoot them instead of ticketing folks who don't have a pass on their windshields.

Pushing it back? WTF are you talking about? NATO is still in place and expanding into eastern europe, and the EU is expanding there as well. So what are you referring to? Democracy in Russia is a joke, I'll grant you that. But they've certainly been defange in terms of expansion into Eastern Europe and beyond.

"This war" did not divide our country. Our country has been divided for 30 years. I think most Americans would like the Iraq occupation to end, the question is how to do it. Most "dialog" on the topic is all about blame, recriminations, and attacks, include this thread. Just look at the jackass glassgowkiss for a prime example. In any case, back to the topic at hand. I don't think the war in Iraq is the primary cause for our higher gas prices and cost of living - it's about the dynamics of the evolving world economoy, peaking of gas supplies/production, and shifting trade dynamics, and our lifestyle. How will we address these moving forward? By harping continually on the war in Iraq and Bush, and namecalling? Please.

you voted for him, didn't you? so stfu cunt now. you lost your right to speak on this topic whinny beotch. letting bush win once - maybe you can call it a mistake. let him win twice- plain stupidity! which administration was it that helped get your homeland out from under the boot on the neck of the SSSR? you can STFU, ungrateful prick.

time preparations carefully and serve hot

you must really miss hearing it At least I know what it sounds like. you know what a fake one sounds like. that you paid for.

Take the Gom Jabbar, beyotch!