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ROB ADMITS TO BACKTRACKING ON RETARD QUESTION

A playful joke doesn't exactly equate to a constitutional amendment preventing 5% of the population from marrying the person they love, along with the 1000 rights that go along with that civil contract - you know, like parenting, inheritance, visiting sick and dying loved ones...to name 3. I do completely agree with protecting marriage...from the Christians. Clinton's blowjob doesn't quite square up with convicting women of murder for not allowing the State to force them to have children they don't want, either. The only way one can square up the GOPs social agenda and our Bill of Rights is denial, period. It's as un-American as asshole pie. I like straight shooters. The last one the GOP put out was Eisenhower. They should have kept the mold. Or not...Eisenhower would have been considered a communist by today's RNC.

Regarding a really amateurish attempt at spin: Pretty sure Monica's service was consensual. Plus, he's married, still, to the most powerful woman in America. Leave it to the pros, KK. They're not much better at it than you are, but they are more entertaining - an ability you, out of just about everyone else on this forum, utterly lack. That'll be the end our exchange. Wouldn't want you whining via PM to the mods again about how everyone is so MEAN to you.

Actually, Bone's flat out wrong, regardless of what his argument is. Electoral History of OR and WA: Out of the last 30 prez elections, the electoral college went GOP 25 times in OR and 14 times in WA...well over half the time overall. Popular Vote Polls: They matter, and they can produce very different results than electoral college polls. Voters consider both. Apathy leads to more apathy: Campaigners know full well that presidential elections have higher voter turn outs and, conversely, those who do not care to vote in presidential elections have a high probability of not voting at all - for governors, legislator, same sex marriage bills, charter schools, marijuana legalization (up for vote in both OR and WA). Finally, elections in America are typically CLOSE. Bush/Gore anyone? Gregoire won by fewer than the number of votes that my team personally obtained from infrequent Democratic voters - people who voted in only one of the past 4 elections. If we, just one single get-out-the-vote team canvassing only 3 precincts, had stayed home and played with our "Where's Ron Paul Now?" app, Gregoire would have lost. On the flip side, Bone staying home means my vote counts more - my political power is amplified, while his is nullified. Since I consider him so poorly informed that he is unlikely to vote in in a way that would move my desired political agenda forward, I'm good with that. I think we should do away with the electoral college. Since Dems have outnumbered Rpubs for a long time now, don't expect the GOP to be down with that idea.

The more athletic, the better.

It can be fun to deconstruct spin. Today’s FOXNEWS headline (in their typical HUGE CAPITALIZED FONT – you know, for emphasis): SORRY, MR. PRESIDENT CANDY ADMITS…ROMNEY WAS RIGHT That’s not, of course, what really happened: From CNN, who interviewed Crowley afterwards: 'For the record, she also used almost the exact same words last night, debunking Romney’s “act of terror” claim in the same breath that she said he was right about the administration's delayed response: " He -- he did call it an act of terror. It did as well take -- it did as well take two weeks or so for the whole idea there being a riot out there about this tape to come out. You are correct about that."' Crowley correctly debunked the ‘terror’ part of Romney’s claim while supporting his ‘two week’ statement – right during the debate. Paul Ryan and right wing media are attempting to paint this as ‘backtracking’, even to the point of claiming that Crowley has admitted to making a mistake. She has done no such thing in post debate interviews. This is not a difficult thing to get straight – the transcripts are all there – unless you don’t want to. In the end, the whole thing is a manufactured issue. A president should never shoot from the hip after an attack like that one in Libya before solid intelligence indicates what happened and why. It takes time to gather that intelligence.

Bone's gotta be a barrel of monkeys at a dinner party. Back the adult world. Never underestimate the power of a three ring binder. Memes are like wars - great idea at the start, but they tend to quickly take on a life of their own. I believe the pundits are missing what will prove to be, in an unproveable fashion, Mitt's Macaca! moment. Patronizing women: so hawt right now.

True - that kind of work will give you arms of steel and buns of...of...where the hell did my ass run off to? All seriousness aside, the absolute best training for alpinism IMO is pretty much the same for adventure racing (a previous life): gain lots of elevation. On foot, bike, and...the best of the best: skis. Swimming is a great low impact supplement (and keeps you from dying during the whitewater legs). Sprints once a week or so. A wee bit of weight training. Every week or so do a long one. Figure out how to choke down food, water, and electrolytes, and how to manage things like foot swelling, during those long ones. Everybody's really different regarding these things. Gels work for some (not me), sandwiches for others. Towards the end of a long day (or week during a long one), what people need to keep them going can vary a lot. There's a lot of science out there to draw from, but YMMV by quite a bit. There is one energy food that works for nearly everyone, regardless of how trashed their GI is from a long day out: mac and cheese in a squeeze baggy. Most importantly, find a way to keep it fun.

You'd be discounting all the conservative women who finally saw Romney for what he really is last night. No one, no matter how well coached, can keep their cardboard facade upright against a stiff wind 24/7.

Here here. Anybody who needs an EXTREME workout, come on over to mine and do something useful. Performance enhancing drugs provided. I've got five trees I need to dig out of the ground. If that doesn't crush your soul, you don't have one.

It was nice of Romney to find Obama's hole punch for him.

After its boy got his ass handed to him, FOX is back on the 'librul media bias' bandwagon. If Romney's polls dip, they'll crank up their BIAS ALERTS there too...again. Conservatives have always been America's whiniest (their entire movement is characterized by what the don't like). Fox magnifies this trait TIMES A THOUSAND.

Meh, I read about the diamond planet months ago, or a diamond planet, anyway. Or...maybe it was just a zircon planet. Can't remember. FAUX isn't drowning in its own bluster tonight for some reason. Hmmm. Slow news day?

It's a great time to be alive, fo sho.

First truly earth size planet discovered around our closest neighbor(s) the Alpha Centauri system. The planet orbits sun-like Alpha Centauri B. Weather's a bit toasty there, though - it's only 4 million miles from the star. Big week for planet hunters.

Had a rock tear through the door of my tent last year from seam to seam. I called up BD for advice on how to fix it, if possible. They fixed it for me - gratis. Once all my partners have seen the size of that repair, I'll never have to be the guy who brings the tent ever again.

If Ivan has weighted it, retire it.

Are cigarettes REALLY that 'bad for you'?

Lance was clean until he started mountain biking with Bush.

Holy shit, I'm NOT going to have that last cup of coffee.

The GOP line is to vote stupid - cut State Dept funding, vote against the auto bailout - then blame the other side those who voted smart when shit goes south (Libya), or pretend they were in on it all along (auto bailout). Every politician lies a bit. GOP politicians don't know how NOT to lie...ever. Plus, they fucking don't do shit on the job. Talk about welfare - obstructionism isn't doing your job. If we really did run government like a business, the entire GOP would have gotten pink slips a long time ago for non-performance. For all their talk about patriotism - the least American trait out there and, lets face, nothing more than a bludgeon for the viscious - the GOP doesn't give two shits about the Constitution, either. Seperation of church and state (abortion)? Equal protection under the law (same sex marriage AND abortion). LET'S TALK ABOUT MOM, APPLE PIE AND HOMECOMING QUEENS. What a complete bowl full of decidedly un-American asshats.

Does anyone need to be reminded that Bush actually did fuck this country up the ass across the board? That tool left no stone unturned. His speech at the GOP convention was rousing, though.

ah but there may be undetected habitable planets in the system, grasshopper

Today on FOX: "Is sugar really that bad for you?" LOL Warning: Painful Paul Ryan Girl

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