ericb
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Perhaps, ericb, but most of what was set forth above is verifiable. Run some fact checks: what can you find out about his grades at the Naval Academy? Did he crash 3 planes? What was his navy career? Did campaign finance reform succeed? What happened to his big tobacco bill? etc.
No time for all this work you suggest Matt. Why the hell are we talking politics on a Sunday anyways?
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Good article, questioning why everybody seems to think he's automatically ready to lead us
Like Bush, he got his first career breaks from the connections and money of his family
* The son of an Admiral, he went the the Naval Academy and did poorly
* Still managed to become an aviator, and managed to crash 3 planes before getting shot down and becoming a prisoner for 5 years.
* After the war, his poor military record limited his growth in the Navy, so he gets a new wife and uses powerful connections to become a lobbyist for the Navy, and eventually nabbing a congress seat in a district he never lived in until the seat opened.
What has he really accomplished in the Senate?
* His campaign finance reform failed to reduce the role of money in politics
* His big tobacco bill failed
* His bill to give the prez a line-item veta was decalred unconstitutional, pork-barrel politics continued unabated
* His immigration reform failed
* in 2005-2007, no senator missed more roll-calls except Tim Johnson, who was recovering from a near-fatal brain aneurysm.
Interesting article. I'm glad somebody is finally asking, "what is so great about this guy?"
Written in true conversational style with little if any substantiation...interesting. I thought your points above were paraphrasing the article, but, alas, they are the article. BTW, not making admiral does not necessarily constitute a "weak military record" if that what the author is alluding to - but then again, he doesn't give any meat to back up his allegations, so pretty baseless article IMO.
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my $.02 - I had a third degree AC separation about 17 years ago, and have the bump and can fell a little give as I push on it. I have found that lifting weights and keeping he muscles strong to compensate for the loss of ligamental stability has helped enormously. I never noticed and pain or functional issues until ~ 7 months ago when I tweaked it climbing - fell on a hand-jam at full extension. It's taken a long time to heal and my PT that looked at it pointed out that the AC separation has/will result(ed) in some ongoing joint instability and may have resulted in a slight tear of the labrum. I've also noted in the rehab process that there's a distinct difference in the muscle mass (deltoids mostly) between the two shoulders. I started adding targeted shoulder exercises to my lifting routine, and am feeling much better. From what I've gathered, the shoulder like any other joint can be more prone to injury if there is anatomicaly instability from a previous injury, so get it really strong with boring but necessary excercises....therabands, cables, etc.
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Dan, you were a pretty swell guy before all this, so you must be Mr. fucking rogers, now.
You should bring along an extra pair of shoes, so you can sit down and change them while chatting people up.
Damn...Looks like you have a good b/c ski partner for next year Rob
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If you can't get to a ranger station during the normal hours, and there's no self issuance options, one way to avoid a ticket is to buy the pass online, and put the online receipt on your dashboard. I did it at the Tenaway lot and didn't get a ticket even though the feds had obviously been there.
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I got a $75 ticket for not having a northwest forest pass at the white river parking lot! What happened to the $5 ticket and a nice addressed envelope to buy a pass?
The warning/grace period has been over for years now. Consider yourself a criminal.
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Child abuse
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Wasn't talking about size, eric. Was talking about rankings, which in ENR are based upon annual revenue. If you ain't raking in the revenue, then one can extrapolate that to conclude that you ain't doing much work. If you ain't doing much work, mebbe there's a reason for that...
A firm can make a bunch of money with their government services business (Fema Contracts for instance)....doesn't mean the local Seattle office knows how to design a parking garage.
True dat. But are you looking at just that one data point?
Surely, a firm that was ranked #1 on ENR's list must be able to do something right, no?
So eric, I did a some quick Googling and came up with this from Sound Transit's page. Design errors in the concrete beams, eh?
Fine detective work Sobo
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I think I remember it being nice having the second rope for the rap, its a little foggy in my mind but I remember this route goes super fast and a little weight from the second rope isnt a big deal. You will want to simo climb the majority of this route and do the complete, its worth it.
Id just camp at the lake on the Cathedral side of the short pass and hike over in the morning. Its pretty close. You can link a couple others in the area too like Unicorn Peak. Man I miss the Sierra's especially that area, sooooo beautiful.-Brandon
I heard the complete involves some 5.8 downclimbing with crappy pro....
Supertopo doesn't have anything on Unicorn Peak...I'll look it up.
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take a dump at Beacon Rock day?
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The supertopo book says two ropes are required to rap from the N/S summit. Is this really the case or is there a potential intermediate rap station? We are planning on carrying bivy gear into Cathedral on day one and doing MC on day two and would prefer to not have to carry a second rope for a 2-rope rap. Right now the only ropes we've got are single lead lines and an 8mm x 60 that could be used for the rap.
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For what it's worth Crillz is a great climbing partner. Any of you thinking about sending a PM should do it.
2nd that
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Child abuse
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Wasn't talking about size, eric. Was talking about rankings, which in ENR are based upon annual revenue. If you ain't raking in the revenue, then one can extrapolate that to conclude that you ain't doing much work. If you ain't doing much work, mebbe there's a reason for that...A firm can make a bunch of money with their government services business (Fema Contracts for instance)....doesn't mean the local Seattle office knows how to design a parking garage.
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:laf: You know I luv ya, Rudy, but c'mon! HNTB or whoeverthehellitisyouworkfor is a fine outfit, to be sure. But take a look at the ENR ratings and see where you stack up against my firm. Give in to your hatred, and your journey to the Dark Side will be complete.This bickering is just a new take on an old line...
"My dad's better'n your dad, so there!"
ENR???....I worked for several years for the biggest firm in the US according to ENR, and we botched some jobs but good (Mercer Island P&R for example). It's not the size that counts, if you know what I mean
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Ridgerest, $18, and holes don't matter.
That thing is idiotic, but it bet you could coordinate it really well with some sweet new yoga pants!
I'm guessing it's more comfy than a ridge-rest, but it would be interesting to see how small it rolls up. Having a ridge rest on the outside of your pack can be a pain.
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Well, as long as we're all being total language geeks, Mr. Rad, the instance of "it's" in your first example: "Its my lead, you wanker!" is a contraction of "it is" and thus should be "it's."
Its as a possessive would be, say: "West McMillan is pretty but its summit is unsuitable for a bivy, according to some douchebags."
should douchebag be hyphenated?
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1986, 3rd Place in the Whittier Elementary School Spelling Bee.
Believe it, punk.
1st place, Jefferson Elementary 1983
1st place, Sacajawea Junior High 1984
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Jared - I did the W. Ridge/ledges descent as my first trad climb, and didn't find the ledges that bad. The exposure is immense, and there's some loose rock, but it's doable. I'd do the ledges again vs. going down the West Ridge. I had boots on which probably made the ledges more secure....might have felt a bit differently in rock shoes which would be an option for the East Ridge.
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too late for you now, but I've tried Spiz, and liked it. This was Steve House's cocktail on Nanga Parbat.
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I'll be it belongs to the same guy that left a neutrino on the Girth Pillar.
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Seems a little contrived to bivy on a summit if you don't have to.
Seems a little contrived to climb the North ridge of Stewart when there's an easy scramble up the south side too, douche-bag
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Eric what's on your hit list?
Still figuring that out...Cathedral Peak and Matthes Crest, and looking for a couple more. We've only got 4/5 days so probably need to think about some shorter approaches. I'm a little rusty on lead but felt good on Index 5.8+ last weekend. I'm not sure how the grades compare but I think they are pretty similar, so some 5.8 or a well protected 5.9 crux routes might be good.
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I was cleared to ski at 8 months, with a brace, and had the hamstring graft, but my knee doc was a skiier. I actually started skiing at 9 months on the groomers. The main driver of your return is getting strength back in rehab. Based on the reading I did and conversations with my surgeon, full graft strength is typically at 15 months but both the hamstring and patellar tendon graft are ~3x stronger than the native ACL when fully incorporated, and are likely stronger than the native ACL by 6-8 months. The main concern is whether you have recovered the muscle and mechanics to stabilize the knee so you don't stress the ACL.
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Headed there in 2-weeks and looking for a guidebook recommendation. Any favorites?.....how's Supertopo?....I got the south lake tahoe book for Lovers' Leap, and thought it was great.
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Child abuse
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I'm watching batman begins with my 8 yo son last night (is that child abuse?
Why would that be child abuse?
Ironically enough, it's because of activist non-disciplinarians like yourself that this kid got pinched repeatedly. The dad is likely one do give him a good swat at home, and probably would prefer to do the same in public since the key to successful discipline is consistency. Since wackos like you would call CPS on him, he's forced to pinch repeatedly instead of giving a one good swat that likely would have put an end to his pissy behavior.
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