KaskadskyjKozak

In August I was on a climb of Eldorado, and one of our team members was commenting on how melted back the glacier looked and stated with extreme derision in his voice "it's all Bush's fault". Umm, yeah. I call my "rants" tit-for-tat. I hate extreme, blind positions with no qualifications. Bush is not evil, and he's nothing special either. And I never really liked the guy. He's a mediocre president with legacy that will be quite mixed. So was Bubba, though I think he will rate slightly better over time. Bush 41 was pretty mediocre too. As were Carter and Ford. We seemed to be mired in mediocrity these days. I can assure you I don't view Hilary was evil incarnate or a looming disaster in the making, and she's got a shot to be president. The difference between her and Bush in reality will be very marginal, nothing nearing the difference you would expect based on the extremist Bush-hating rhetoric. And if she wins, I will be rooting FOR her and America to do well, unlike what the left-wing Bush haters do as they gleefully cheer on bad news from Iraq or in our domestic economy.

ah, I didn't notice those lines. Cool.

OK, no worries...

Exactly. I wish you conservative PUNKS would get out of the mindset that everything is black and white. There is no such thing as an absolute, just gray matter. get the libbies to say that about: - "bush lied" - global warming Get them to say it about Bush period. All we hear about is how is the worstest president ever, Iraq is the biggest failure ever, etc. etc. etc. The hyperbole is ridiculous. Every issue related to Bush is stated in the most stark black-and-white, extremist terms with no moderation in the rhetoric whatsoever.

Exactly. I wish you conservative PUNKS would get out of the mindset that everything is black and white. There is no such thing as an absolute, just gray matter. there are very light and very dark shades of gray though

On Jello tower itself? I think those routes are (going clockwise) 5.8, 5.10, and 5.9 (the crack on the other side). Don't know about anything further left...

I think that you are talking about Canary. Sabre is like 5.4 or 5.5, and yes it's a few lines passed Jello Tower - around Castle Rock going clockwise.

Bon Scott

I wasn't at rope-up, but I was at Castle Rock on Sunday, and knocked out Sabre and Midway as my (2nd and 3rd ever) multipitch alpine leads. Just started leading on rock about a year ago. Not many folks there... I kept asking people if they had come for the cc.com rope up or not.

my 6 year-old has wide feet... do you know what size the shoes are?

what size are you looking for???? Let me check... 9 year-old is probably in size 5, 7 year-old would be somewhere between 2 and 3, and my 6 year-old around size 1.

I don't think Hasselback is the problem. Combine a pampered Alexander with an O-line that can't run block and that gets zero push on short yards...that's the problem. At least in the first few games the pass protection (easiest kind of blocking) was pretty good. Now that's gone to heck too. Looks pretty grim. But as for Hasselback....remember that broken 4th-quarter play against Arizona which resulted in a turnover? When the ball was on the ground, Hasselback was actually fighting to recover. Alexander just stood there with his thumb up his butt. Hasselback is talented and competitive. The rest of the offense is collapsing. Prediction: 7-9 followed by Alexander retiring. Agreed. Alexander got his big payoff and since then has been a big dud.

Gorbachev wanted the Soviet Union to stay intact. He moved too quickly with his reforms and lost it. To his credit he did not roll the tanks into E. Germany, The Baltics, or Belarus or Ukraine for that matter as things fell apart.

political realities, and foreign threats are a reality, irrespective of the party in power. unfortunately, the myopic Bush-haters are incapable of acknowledging those facts, preferring instead simplistic attacks and slogans. Well, the first part seems true enough but Bush seems to be in the Whitehouse for now. Kinda puts him in the spotlight. I mean, if you compare lying to Congress and the entire country about wmd's to lying about getting a blow job, the whole political pendulum does seem to swing in favor of the Republicans over the last couple decades. So I don't feel sorry for Bush. Or as Dick Cheney said, "Go fuck yourself." Just quoting the guy. What would the religious right have said if Al Gore had acted like that when he was VP? simplistic attacks and slogans. thanks for proving my point

has he banned smoking in bars, and within 50 feet (or whatever) from all building entrances?

political realities, and foreign threats are a reality, irrespective of the party in power. unfortunately, the myopic Bush-haters are incapable of acknowledging those facts, preferring instead simplistic attacks and slogans.

Exactly... but what do you expect from a 13-year-old?

in other words: we'll have better luck negotiating with them if we first label them as bad guys. KOOOKOOO!!! axis ... of ... evil redux

:lmao: :lmao: Не умничай, дурак!

always back to the politics. you lefties are pathetic

I think I'll have to ask my cousin about that. Why do you have a picture of John Kerry for your Avatar?

there are no sharp corners where my eyes are wandering

my eyes keep wandering to the upper right corner.

And to the 0-4 Saints... back-to-back fiascos. Wazzup???

Tony Blair? The "people of Iraq"? Nice list, dude. Nice cherry-picking, "dude". And yes, the people of Iraq are tolerating an intolerable situation, and trying to make peace where there is none. They aren't living in a 9 billion square foot mansion, and flying private jets all around the world, preaching a message they don't live up to (that has nothing to do with "peace").