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I wonder how the Bush family feels about their son single-handedly destroying the republican party?

no surprise, given the psychotic obsession the current administration has on this topic.

I heard he's also trying to take away pens, and wants to dumb down schools so people can't write their congressman. I heard it's because he's an Ayrab, and we all know Ayrabs are against freedom. They hate us for our freedoms!

I think arc'teryx makes good stuff, but its very expensive (for me) and I've never needed anything like that while climbing in the cascades. I have a cheap ($80) Northface "Hyvent" shell that I use (rarely) all over the cascades, winter or summer. Most of the time, a hard-shell jacket is just too warm while climbing. It keeps snow off of me allright, as well as anything else. And if it's raining, I'm going home. If it's windy, most soft-shells are windproof, and breath way better. I dunno, I guess people will prob disagree with me, and i'm sure it's a nice jacket, but I use a much cheaper one and I've never had a problem. What do you want from your shell? Water protection? Wind protection?

but again, the guns out there aren't checking or balancing a damn thing, like joe said - the 82nd airborne can probably take on every gun-nut in the country together and come out just fine, no? You mean like the entire Wehrmacht against a handful of Jews in Poland? Doubtful the 82nd airborne would do that against their brothers and sisters. I'd look to any banana republic that has banned guns as a role model for the potential without them. If they wouldn't do that against their brothers and sisters, then why do we need checks and balances?

Checks and balances? It's time to start "checking" against the damage the republicans are doing to our republic. I haven't seen the gun nuts exert ANY control over our runaway executive branch. Nor will they, even if they COULD.

riiiight. yr AR-15 against the government's tanks, fighter planes, guided missiles, drone attack planes, kevlar jackets, armored humvees and automatic, belt-fed machine guns. You're only fooling yourself. Sounds like a balance of power to me.

I bet that McCain hates her by now.

She makes us sound like Iran and other extremist theocracies.

It's highly offensive that you would refer to Dan Rather as a horse. Just more of the republiskank smear campaigns.

So, happy ending: the fraud department at the bank finished their "investigation" and gave me all my money back, plus the overdraft fees What a year! Is it over yet?

Looks like I found another job within the same company phew!

I'm with you, Bill. We should allow private citizens to own tanks, fighter jets, guided missiles and nuclear weapons, that way they can effectively protect me from oppressive governments which also have these weapons. I mean, I trust random, unknown strangers with nuclear weaponry WAY more than i trust the U.S. Government. I'm with you, Bill.

It's true! I heard from a reliable source that if Obama is elected, he's going to take away your guns, outlaw Christianity, and institute Shariah!

It's funny, when Al-qaida supports the democrat, the repubs say "OMG, don't vote for him, even the enemy wants him!" But when Al-qaida supports the republican, I'm sure they'll be singing a different story....

Sounds like alkahaltehelka or whatever can't vote for him now! Can't vote for anyone who might attract violence....

Is THAT what cow piss tastes like???

I've seen a lot of comments about how voting for a minor candidate is "a wasted vote." I think that's bullshit. The American political landscape has plenty of dead parties that once held much influence. The republican party and democratic party, as we know them, won't last forever. There are 3 other parties in this election that are on the ballot in enough states to gain a theoretical chance of actually winning the national election: The Libertarian Party, the Constitution Party, and the Green Party. Voting for someone who is not LIKELY to win is NOT the same as voting for someone who CAN'T win. Voting for a minor party that doesn't have ballot status in enough states, and can't POSSIBLY win the national election (cough cough Nader) -- now THAT is a wasted vote. Just my $.02. Actually, I think it was more like $.03. Keep the change.

george bush attracts TONS of violence

funny, you don't seem like a "run and hide" kind of guy

Don't you mean it hurts your brain? They do use big words sometimes. But you can highlight any word in NY Times articles, and right-click it -- it'll define it for you! Yay life!

Except, the Vatican is not technically in Italy.

Don't you mean "B. Hussein Obama"??

great links! Interesting. Does that mean when equalizing two v-threads, they should also be placed vertically?