kevbone

So you are going to just let the killing of these small men on the ground go on and on……….simply because they “volunteered”. Where is your patriotism? How do we get them out? This occupation must stop. When you go to war…..history tells us you take land and prisoners….. What land are we taking? Where are the prisoners? Well the 800 prisoners we have taken are now down to about 300 and those are still being tortured by OUR government. And the land? This is a true occupation.

How do you see 48,000 PAID mercenaries to be volunteer?

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Which “small man on the ground” are you referring too? The troops that are forced to have 5 repeat duties……and are forced to go…..or the PAID mercenaries making butt loads of cash……

Kevin: tThe correct way to replace 1/4 split shanks is to yank them out with a modified Lost Arrow and use the hole for the next 3/8 bolt after you drill it out. Usually the position of the old bolt is perfect, why just leave rusting trash in the rock unless it's historic. (Like JH left Dean Caldwell and Kim Schmitzs bolts alone at Beacon and just drilled new. ) Will you define “historic”? To me anything more than 10 years old that is questionable falls in that category.

Who is yanking them out? Not me....I would just place a better Anchor next to it?

Ha! My wife would definitely do that! Fortunately (or unfortunately?) all of my climbing buddies are guys, so I just get accused of some "brokeback" action! She suspects that all the pics I bring back are photoshopped. And I think she's mentioned something about me meeting up and climbing with some hot mountain woman that none of my friends ever talk about. (We've been arguing over the actual existence of any "hot mountain woman, but I think I've seen that thread before.) My wife would never pull that crap…..the trust between us is impeccable……not to mention she is an outstanding rock climber. I could go for a week to smith with another girl and she would not think twice about it. Matter of fact one of my regular climbing partners is a girl…..where have you been Pink_chalk?

"there’s some 100,000 contractors—I actually think there are probably more than that. That’s a strangely round number. But the fact of the matter is that we know from internal government audits that were done on the Iraq occupation that there are some 48,000 employees of private mercenary companies operating in Iraq right now. And what these companies do is they give the Bush administration extraordinary political cover. Their deaths don’t get counted, their injuries don’t get counted, their crimes don’t get reported, they don’t get investigated, they don’t get prosecuted" Anyone else here have a problem with this?

For you maybe....

I have been meaning to replace all the anchors on that face....sorry....those mushroom looking bolts suck balls and need to go....the are all loose. Jim is always telling me "dont clean too much" and reminds me of what happened on that route. What Wayne decribed above.

I just have to laugh......what are you trying to say? I am a groupie? To who? Better climbers than myself.....well....that's most of this site..... I am now a follower of Raindawg.....

Ok daddy pink

Hey Rainboy…..unlike you ….I respect those who are better, quicker and stronger than I. I have tried to accomplish as much as I could do in the rock climbing world, but due to my decisions in life I could only get so far…..soooooo…..to watch folks like Tommy, Lynn, Chris and “the whole gang” send climbs I only can dream about is fascinating to me….kind of like digging holes for you…. I have personally met all the climbers listed above (not bragging, it is what it is). And one time had the honor of roping up with Lynn……I have to say all of them where extremely courteous and kind and very humble. So I was talking to Pink the other night on the phone and we were discussing the ultimate moment on rock….or the most impressive moment in climbing. Call it what ever you want…..it was a fun conversation about a subjective subject……thought I would share and see what other thought. You are welcome to your opinion……now STFU…….hee hee :lmao:

Where is this Firstenburg place?

Can I comment about it if I don’t care? However extraordinary?

My wife is the coolest chick there is……

Now you are finally getting it.

So funny.....would this be considered a “pink point”?

Treat a brother with love, holmes, and speak to me softly about FISA and the constitution. Yo brother, I need answers! Use all sources necessary to obtain answer: Did FISA violate any constitutional standards? Just a friendly poke in the ribs…….trying to bring some humor to this heated debate. Even if I am the only one who thinks it to be funny……ha ha. To answer your question above…..I honestly don’t know. I cant hang with all you college types……brainy folk…… I do know how to belay and lead climb. I guess I play guitar a lot too……

Thats funny.....

That is funny.....

The real question is did you comply with the Jerry Curl rule? Too much or too little. This is spray…..right?

The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution requires that searches and seizures conducted under governmental authority be "reasonable". Toward that end, the amendment specifies that judicially sanctioned search and arrest warrants must be supported by probable cause and be limited in scope according to specific information supplied by a person (usually a peace officer) who has sworn by it and is therefore accountable to the issuing court.

I asked my wife to marry me on day nine (we were together every day since our first date, which was a climbing date) of our relationship……she said yes and away we went. We have been married for over 3 years. My advice….if you doubt it AT ALL…..ANY DOUBT AT ALL……DON’T DO IT. We are onto our first child and second house……..and are happy as clams……..