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Ron Paul made more sense. Nuff said there.

I think it's high time we embrace the NEW CONSERVATIVE movement, ala folks like Pat Toomey, who (finally) advocate INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM, and FISCAL RESPONSBILITY... ...as long as we have a strong defense, have the state force women to have unwanted children and imprison those who don't, continue to put lots of black kids in prison for carrying small amounts of certain substances, and prevent 5 to 10% of our consenting adults from marrying the partners of their choice or enjoy the same rights as God -approved married couples. Oh, wait...that's been the GOP platform for at least 40 years, now. You've got to chuckle...Toomey's cost saving solution for a strong defense is Starwars. I shit you not. There really is no bottom to the abject stupidity of that party and its faithful.

Hey, we got something out of the deal, too. Our prosthetics are better than ever. Plus, we've spent billions on perfecting the drones that we can now use for surveillance against our own citizens. And the selection of wrap arounds now...Wow!

Permamulleteers always get it in the end somehow, usually skin cancer.

Jesus doesn't love any of you. Good night.

What we need is Christian soldiers...a Christian army...

There were other people in the room, but I have no idea who they were or where they came from. Two words: Anita Fucking Bryant. She's still alive and well...witness the anti-gay marriage fight happening right now, thirty one motherfucking years later, in our very own state. THE CHILDREN!!

We watched Milk last night. It was absolutely hilarious to see the GOP+Thumpers pull out THE CHILDREN argument in favor of firing all gay teachers in California via Prop 6. Pretty much the same argument used to start and fund the drug war. Any time I hear a politician talk about THE CHILDREN I duct tape my asshole.

But, Ivan, what about THE CHILDREN???

Christ, it's like watching The Quiet American, over and over again. We can't afford it Jay. Any of it. I've lost count of how many friends are now unemployed right now. We're fucking done out there.

For what it's worth, here's my winter kit for around here: MountainHardwear 800 fill parka (Phantom?)(1 lb) Feathered Friends Volant is also a nice model Feathered Friends snap on down hood Montbell down sweater (for under your windshell) 12 oz Activent shell (NorthFace) Softshell jacket long sleeve T short sleeve T Windstopper balaclava REI Acme (Schoeller fabric) pants Patagonia's lightest rain pants with full zip (or just a wind pant) silk weight long john bottoms Heavier weight long john bottoms if colder Gaitors OR Alti mitts liner gloves other gloves if your doing more technical stuff (that subject can get complicated) goggles double boots or a single boot equivalent liner socks smartwool knee length socks If it'll be below freezing all the time, your shells can be on the lighter side. They should fit over your down sweater, but I often climb in those conditions with my down parka on the outside, which means you can get by with a better fitting (and therefore a bit warmer) shell. You don't really need the heavy stuff. If it's wet and cold...well, I just stay home and read a book.

I just wanted to say goodbye to myself before signing off, here.

Besides, if I got into the habit of quoted JayB, your bandwidth would be history.

Just a second, I'm almost at the punchline of the joke I've been telling myself.

If you just add the letters 'HUA' to a pair of 'YES' jeans...perhaps a Chinese vendor is in order?

Perhaps, although McNamara eventually realized his mistakes.

Here's some clear points you might actually grasp, but probably not: Reveling in the watching of snuff flicks is the past time of a sick cunt. Enjoy. To dehumanize and oversimplify one's adversaries, particularly when they most likely will eventually prevail against our misguided efforts, is to be a dupe of the oldest and more overused state propaganda trick in the book. Of course, you're no stranger to being duped. Keep reaching for pat answers, like your dime store understanding of Islam, though. After all, that's what your people do.

Arguing in the mirror again, Jay? Try with another human being sometime.

That's one reason why these armchair warriors who are pushing this shit (on somebody else) make me fucking puke.

Yes, I do agree with you 100% there, on all counts.

Just for, you know, statistical accuracy, I'm gonna post a whole shitload of vids depicting EIDs killing our boyz. That should require about, what, 100 posts to get the ratio about right. Absolutely hilarious! Eh JayB?

Jis like we did the Slopes!

Yeah, I'm bustin' a gut over here. We're stompin' ole Haji the Goatherder, that's fo sho! Stoopit ragheads!

The answer, if there is one, doesn't matter, because suicide bombers don't blow themselves up for back-of-the-matchbook rewards, virgins or otherwise. Detailed surveys of the writings and testimonials of real suicide bombers, both those who were caught before they went and those who actually carried out their missions, reveal somewhat less trite, propagandized (in the American conservative style...keep it simple!) reasons for taking their decision to attack the enemy in this manner. Primary reasons center around the desire to make their lives count by doing something effective (as suicide bombing certainly is) against an enemy with overwhelming conventional military superiority. Our side's the target, so we necessarily tend to de-humanize these people as buffoons, dupes, insane, pawns, even cowards (???), but the reality is quite different. We have failed to counter this hugely successful tactic in no small part because we refuse to face what really drives it. Suicide bombing may not be the most kosher or positive way to spend, or expend, in this case, one's life, but a fair number of Americans could stand to try to make a difference in there lives with even a fraction of the self sacrifice and heart these people demonstrate.

Did they manage to catch the thing sporting the chartreuse wife beater T?