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i've never even heard Susan Tedeschi, Steve Vai, or the Bone Daddies on the radio! Oh, and I forgot to metion U2 Kenny Wayne Sheperd whoever the hell sings Fishin in the Dark and the Batman Forever soundtrack!

SLC can degenerate?

looks like a rabid, cave dwelling snafflehound to me!

So does that mean coke and marijuana are nutritional supplements and therefore shouldn't be regulated?

For those of you who spend all day spraying... the effect will be negligible

Sunday looks good for Tieton and Vantage, Sat looks wet. But if you like your cracks and jugs wet go for it!

dude, somebody needs to get laid.

I didn't know bouldering was like hiking! And where can I get me some of those suction cups that aid climbers use? Those sounds cool!

My data sucks and certainly not in the good way! but at least I think I almost know why it sucks! Now if I could only figure out why it "why it" sucks.

Dirty Vegas Fat Boy Slim Evanescence Jem Steve Vai (Firegarden !) Susan Tedeschi Cold Play Bone Daddies (bluesy rock from North Idaho also !) Train Verve Maroon 5

Somehow I don't think it's capitalism that's going to save that region of China. It's going to come from top down regulation, not from buying power or a truely free market. At some point the civil unrest will likely force the Government to up the environmental standards. Buts that's not capitalistic pressure. It's either top down regulation or bottom up revolution. The company won't do it in and of itself. The mandate is going to come from something other than consumer $$$, which is agains the libertarian ideal, as I understand it, of no governmental regulation of business at all. And no, I don't think a pure democracy would be a good think with an uneducated populace. As a representative democracy we choose people to be proffesional decision makers and to represent our needs/desires, which they do an ok job of. Since it's their job they have the time and need to better informed about both sides of the issues at hand, which the average person doesn't. A pure democracy the size of our nation would be unwieldy an ineffective at best, if it even remained a true democracy. I kind of have a feeling that so few would actually participate that we'd end up somewhere between a representative democracy, and a pure one with a smaller body of people making the decision (though much larger than the current one), and the vast majority of the people absorbed in their daily lives.

ah but theres two subtle differences PP. Who someone votes for doesn't always have an immediate, and noticeable effect on an individuals current life. At the time of a vote it's an ephemeral effect. This individual promises me more than the other person. But now, saving 75cents on a CD at Wally World, that's money in your pocket for a can of smokeless! The little guy who's getting paid peanuts in asia to make that CD case in a plant that spews toxins into the river can go use his own buying power to fix it. oh, wait..... nevermind. If the majority of people were good at looking ahead we wouldn't have an obesity epedemic, aids rampant in africa, smoking prevalent anywhere, climbers. And 2nd were not directly making decisions with our votes. Were electing someone who we feel will be capable of making a better informed decision than we are. Were not a true democracy remember, but a representative democracy. In addition, every few years we have the right to change our mind about who we voted for and vote in another weasel to make decisions for us.

you only dig the brainy chicks? I actualy have quite a thing for brainy men and women This desperately needs a witty response but I can't think of one! Damn i suck in the morning!

Well, the absolutel worst case scenario is that we can make the planet uninhabitable for us, or at least most of us. And since it's pretty well established that 1. Hell is other people, and 2. People suck, would that really be a bad thing? I'm sure the cocroaches and algaes, and the rest of the surviving species wouldn't mind one bit if we collectively buggered off. For all you religious nuts out there. Don't forget humility and forgiveness. As core Christian virtues they seem to be overlooked quite often in favor of Avarice, Pride, and Vengance. It seems people have forgotten both the old and new testament! We may be gods in our own minds but were only a hiccup in geologic time.

You just gotta stop playing with your advisor Gary! Is there actually a compelling reason to meet with him? I end up meeting my advisor once a week or so for a half hour and he tells me things I already know. It seems to work for us As for playing games with women.... so long as they're the right games can be lots of fun , otherwise we'd all end up alpine hardmen

I've always wondered why some people believe that free market forces are completely sufficient to regulate things (society, business, etc.) The thought of major companies only being regulated by supply, demand, and the whims of the consumer is horrifying! To even be mildly palatable it assumes that the vast majority of people are going to act in the long term best interests of their society when using their buying power, and that they recognize that the long term stability and prosperity of the society is in the final analysis more beneficial to them and their offspring, then a little immediate monetary savings. Either that or ir requires altruistic morally conscious companies I don't know all that many people who think about the consequences of their purchases beyond the next paycheck/next fiscal cycle, much less 20, 30, or more years down the road. And most of the ones who do think about it do a half assed job, myself included.

Did anyone else see Yngve's doppleganger in the Motorcycle Diaries? Good movie and great cinematography.

you only dig the brainy chicks?

Is it just me or does this sound dirty? Sorry your advisor is a wanker Gary . Mines not very helpful, but at least he's pleasant.

I'm beginning to think your not a very good conservative republican KK. Your always welcome to join us moonbats on the left if you like. Smaller, fiscally conservative government, protecting the environment, staying out of other countries business, and wars. Sounds like the way the Republican party used to be.

Ok, so what about the Hard/Soft sciences and not just the Arts? "I am become Shiva, the destroyer of worlds" The Baghavad Gita, quoted by Robert Oppenheimer when the tested the first nuke.

However universities can have funding pulled for not allowing recruiters onto campus. And somehow I missed the bit about allowing minors to get abortions without parental consent. Now the morning after pill as over the counter, I can get behind.

only with respect to "Wordsmiths" though. While the liberal leaning of wordsmiths might be stronger than that in other fields. Why does the rest of intellectual society (i.e. scientists and engineers, the numbersmiths neglected by Nozick.) seem to be leaning left as well? (support of the global warming data, interest in stem cell research, opposition to Bush's treatment of scientific research etc etc. ) This article also only addresses the opposition to capitalism and the mechanism of wealth distribution ,and not the broader sense of liberal as well (tolerance of alternative lifestyles, environmentalism, pro-choice, desire to provide care for the elderly and poor instead of letting them fend for themselves, etc) As a whole the article seems a little thin. Numbersmiths don't lean left because they don't get vocal recognition? The article itself states that it's just a hypothesis, or arm chair conjecture in need of evaulation and quantitative testing. Has this been done yet? Anything beyond speculation?

works just as well, and holds just as true.

The same is also true of the right wing as well. But that doesn't matter much since it's not under discussion at the moment. Though the egomaniacal researchers i've met never really applied their ego to politics save occasionally department politics. It's usually reserved for students in the courses, and their own grad students when they aren't as brilliant as they should be. Good for you. Now that brings the number of conservatives i've met with an interest in being instructors at the Univ. level up to 1. But if you finished your masters you obviously did well in your coursework, so why didn't the liberal educators chew you up? Or did you just tell them what they wanted to hear? The only times i've heard of students having issues with over-zealously liberal instructors is at the level of freshman english, when it's being taught by grad students. Has anyone here ever run into elsewhere? And the whole "research" focus at major universities ends up being a huge disservice to the undergrads there, thought it's great for the grad students. A lot of people end up teaching courses, when they shouldn't ever be allowed out of the lab . That's actually one of my ongoing grievances against UW and other major research universities. The big name is made on research funding and graduate student output. Said big name draws in lots of undergrads, who proceed to take introductory classes with 300 other students in lecture, and often get exposed to egonmaniacal wankers who teach by lecturing, and telling their students how stupid they are. (not all mind you, there are some who are great at it.) There's so little focus put on teaching, that the undergrads get a bit lost in the shuffle. Smaller, more teaching oriented universities seem to do a better job actually educating students. And yes it is about teaching yourself, but that doesn't mean effective instruction can't accomplish a great deal more than ineffective instruction.