Doug

Ok, so educate me. How is this supposed "death panel" of Obama's proposal any different from an HMO insurance company today deciding what treatment an insured party gets?

Just because you're in a big hurry to have the hand of collective government shoved up your ass doesn't also give you and yours the right to prescribe the same for the 84% of Americans who currently have insurance coverage. I see single payer as a confiscation and am willing to fight (politically or physically) it. If so-called progressives want to tax and buy insurance for citizens who are un(der) insured--fine. But my "side" isn't going to stand for single payer or anything that points us down that road. So you are presuming that those 84% are totally satisfied with their health care? Its too bad that this issue is political. There are insurance companies whose own thirst for profits and "shareholder value" have driven the cost of health care out of reach for some and more expensive than before for others. Unfortunately there are probably equal numbers who get substandard health care as a result of this as there are people who defraud those insurance companies on a daily basis. So is a single payer system the answer? Probably not. Is the way we have been going the answer? Probably not. I don't have the answer, but firing shots at those who are trying doesn't seem like a good one to me. For the record, I'm marginally satisfied with my coverage; but very grateful for it.

Sorry, not directed at you.

Hey, Sarah Palin says that the health care plan is evil. Should I turn her in to this e-mail address? BTW, my respsonse to your response: Fuck you, you douchebag cocksucker

Beautiful TR! Thanks!

I've heard the rockfall on Mixup is atrocious. I can personally attest to that. While waiting on a ledge I took a fist sized rock on my right quad that broke the material on my pants and skin. Big frickin' welt too. But he must like it; he listed it twice!

I had some Taco Bell stuff and I think by reaction to it may contribute to climate change.

Yeah, now that all those right wing douche bags like Joe Six Pack think the world is going to end because we elected a black man as president. Of course, ignorant people think, say, and do ignorant things. Take the "birthers" for example, and the brown-shirt Nazi cornholes like Rush and Hannity that goad their ilk. Pretty sickening we've reached this low in our supposedly enlightened age, but not surprising considering how deep the hole is Bush that dug us into over the last eight years. Nadir, here we come: Palin 2012!!! Funny how uneducated tools like Choada are always the first to bring up race. I wasn't there, so I don't know. And neither do you. BTW: It's N-a-d-e-r. Dumbass. Context my Fairweather friend, Context

New Hampshire. Live Free or Die. Oh, the irony.

The Full North Ridge is kinda ballsy.

Shit, the title led me to believe that FW was going to prove to us once and for all that Michael and Janet Jackson were not the same person.......

This bill proposed a .25 tax on every sportsman's license sold in the state. Volunteer SAR would then be able to recoup costs out of the fund. It also contained a provision for those volunteer groups to seek reimbursement from the subject of the action. This is the $500 reference in the article. It was a very poorly written piece of legislation. The Bill's author wasn't even aware that SAR teams may already seek reimbursement from the State DEM for "extraordinary" expenses.

Pretty sure that the property belongs to the City of Seattle and is leased by the Mountaineers. Prolly the only thing that would be required of picnic goers is to bring blue bags and drop your shit in Tacoma.

dude, as much as I'd love to hayduke the uw (go cougs!), why not head a couple a miles to the north and siege....dare I say....THE MOUNTIES!!!!

Sheesh, give the guy a break. I'm sure there were no Rush Limbaugh pictures involved. Prolly using spank bank images of Elizabeth Hasselbeck, Sarah Palin and Ann Coulter is a nasty menage' a trois.

I'm sure there's a gotcha in here somewhere....Maybe FW has some form of dyslexia and thought he was looking @ CNN and not BBC?

If this included both of you descending at that point, then yes that was a good plan. Not sure sending him down alone while you packed up camp was a good idea.

In some cases, people who really should not.....

Nice, excellent use of a great Saturday!

Brian, Though we've never met, I have enjoyed your cyber companionship over the years. I want to express my heartfelt condolences to you and your family. All the best to you. In her time in this world, by all appearances your wife had a wonderful partner.

j_b & 5k; get a room you love birds.

Fuck! Maybe my State of Hawaii birth certificate is fake too!

What, doesn't anyone trust the state of Hawaii that the certificate that's been produced is accurate?

I used to travel to Japan quite a bit and thought those things were the bomb! My description: If Rambo drove a mini-van, this'd be it!

Fuckin' A! Awe inspiring climbing! Congratulations all around!