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I suppose it's a minor detail to note that we all had a chance to vote for or against Cheney, but not Roosevelt. And some of us did, while others of us...not so much. You only get the chance to support or fight tyranny in your own time.

Haro from Victoria!

Guess this is all you've got left since it's no longer cool to dis the spics and niggahs these days. Of course, this is no longer cool either...you're just too fuckin dumb to realize it yet.

I just hate Scottish people.

Given that these threads are usually started by either Raindawg or you in an insulting manner, are you asking me to delete the entire thread? This isn't a JOB, since I don't get paid, and babysitting your pet rant is not really what I want to do for hours a day, every day. Your rants are not an asset to the site. You want custom service? PAY ME A DECENT WAGE. I’d be happy to moderate a forum on climbing ethics and style. I’ll work for free. How refreshing would it be to discuss one of the most important issues of modern climbing in a spray-free forum? There is no lack of interest in the topic….I suspect such a forum would generate plenty of traffic, pleasing both site owners and sponsors. I also think we’d hear from a greater number of participants representing a broad spectrum of attitudes in a forum where spray is not tolerated. Or you could start your own climbing site that requires real names be used for login... ...oh, wait....

Morons make up a third of any large human population. Think about it... ...if you're able to.

Hey, saw Rush on a beauty contest (not as a contestant). He's lost some weight!

The clap? I'm thinking anal fissures, but those can be cured. No, any affliction that could compete with the Republican Party has to be something chronic that doesn't quite kill you, but makes you wish it did.

OK, so there's this Buddhist at a bar, and in walks a Republican, a prostitute, a security contractor, and a Venezuelan dictator....

Honestly, I cut and pasted this quote straight from my PM's. Since I happen to believe in this dictate, and since its source is a man even more important than OW....even more important than MattP himself....I'm going to protect his identity. Peter! Peter, sic balls!!!!

Everyone should also be able to gin up a munter and/or biner biner belay in case they forget or drop their belay device. Not that that's ever happened to me....

Very nice! Thanks.

Well, that's one place to store a 22 I reckon.

Thank God...my insomnia, finally cured.

One person without health care security is too many for a civilized country. Given our military adventures, we can easily afford it. That's not the issue. The issue is a winner v loser philosophy of cruelty versus a middle class, we're all in this together philosophy. It's a choice. Our current health care debacle stands alone in the civilized world. No other country in our income bracket has this problem of costs spiraling out of control, a national in fear of inadequate coverage or renigging on the coverage they have, and medically related bankruptcies. Our system is basically lose your job, lose your coverage. Or...don't make enough? Welcome to Africa. It's disgusting. Arguing cancer survival rates or whether there are 50 million or only 30 people without coverage (a disingenuous argument at its face, as re are tens of millions who may be covered but inadequately) is all just complete bullshit. By nearly every measure, we absolutely suck compared to a host of nations less wealthy than we are. Furthermore, continuation of our present system ensures that costs will continue to spiral out of control. The stress that spectre causes our people is incalculable. Is there a single person in this audience who isn't worried about it? The tragedy is, it doesn't need to be this way. We have 30 or so national models, pieces of which are all already in place in our country in one form or another, that are superior to our own by nearly every substantive measure.

And they will be comforted to know that they can have the same influence as say, Bank of America, influencing their local congressional race. Macaca!

I've been calling those retards retards from day one.

WA's execution protocol is under review after legal challenges. Delving into this issue is a surreal experience. Current protocol calls for a 3 drug cocktail: anesthesia, paralytic, poison, in that order. I have an inherent discomfort with the State having to power to kill its citizens, but even for those who suffer from no such squeamishness, there are other compelling reasons to end the death penalty. One, of course, is that execution is far more expensive than life in prison. Millions of dollars more expensive per case. Secondly, there is a significant number of prisoners who go to their deaths falsely convicted. Finally, from an ethical standpoint, how does the State find a doctor to supervise an involuntary killing. If the State does not use doctors, who is qualified to practice what is essentially a medical procedure, and by what license, training, and authority?

You're right. In Illinois. Who am I mixing him up with?

Even a mom and pop grocery can afford to make and run a YouTube ad. Times are changing.

Commerce is your bag. I'm a free speech kind of guy.

On a little cross thread note, Gacy famously tried to stuff himself to the point where his head would snap off during his scheduled hanging in an attempt to avoid it, claiming such an eventuality would constitute cruel and unusual punishment. The state didn't buy it, though. Die, fatty!

The one thing that'll make you fatter than a chuffy hog is working long hours. Proposals to penalize the fat when a lot of those two ton tillies are doing exactly what the Rcunts want; workin for da man, are almost as hilarious as the complete lack of thought as to how such a clusterfuck could possibly be administered. I love what's at the core of Bug's oh-so-Christian philosophy: fat = evil. No other aspect of the person's life or contribution matters. Die, fatty. Praise the Lord. But it's not about any serious health care proposal, is it? No, it's about revenge and punishment. It's about picking a group to 'get back at'. What's at the root of this philosophy of cruelty? Who knows...everyones got their own trail of life's disappointments, it's just that some folks feel the need to pass it on and some don't. The reasonably happy folks I know never spout such punitive bullshit. Obesity is a problem, obviously. Our entire economy, work culture, car culture, and food production system is increasingly set up for it, which is why it exists so pervasively. Our 'traditional' high consumption, heavy work load, high convenience way of life, the one Rfucks love to use to drive their stock prices up with, encourages it. Personally, I believe in incentives, education, and encouragement as a way to combat obesity, not 'punishing the fat folk'. Denying people coverage is not going to solve the obesity issue. Preventative rather than punitive solutions, such as covering a health club membership would address the issue more effectively and cheaper. Plus, who's gonna be the one to tell little Lotta she doesn't get any pre-natal care because she's a bit on the heavy side? But folks like Bug and his positive-power-of-prayer club positively cream their holy jeans over imagining shit like that. Personally, I find that way of thinking repulsive and beneath me. Not just health care for all, but EQUAL ACCESS to health care for all Americans should be a basic right, as it is in almost every other civilized nation on earth. Anything else is cruelty. And fuck your pocket book. If I have to pay for your wastoid kids kids go to school, you can sure as shit pay for other people's health care. From a moral standpoint, we are only as strong as our weakest citizen. Nuff said there.

Some Adonis like you's gonna decide who gets covered and who doesn't, pudgy? I can just see it now... ..."I'm sorry Mrs. Johnson, but our records show your BMI was 5% over the limit allowable by our tables when you contracted bone cancer. Here's the number of a local shelter." Really well thought out Bug, as usual.

Actually, he got a BS in history in 2 years, (never finished high school...WWII and all that), then law school on the GI bill (so much welfare bullshit) after his military retirement. The strokes hit him shortly after he began working as an attorney. Fucking loser. This country needs more winners, not boat anchors.