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  1. i like how muffy is so starved for attention that she feels the need to post on this thread. apprently she cannot read the title.

     

    and anyways. i have been a climber bum, and i dont like hippy chicks or dogs.

     

    tho i need not worry or play your games....

     

    layton why dont you come up and we will scout this together..i will be the spotter and you the sniper.

     

    ask bobbyp...i had him hooked up with a 3some at his boat the other night...even said i would sleep in my car so he would have full use of the boat for his escapades...but he still doesnt play the trigger man very well.

     

     

  2. pope

     

    what gives you the authotity to be the savior of clean climbing? for all i know you have done exactly what you claim to be bad....

     

    what of your squeeze job on secret dome? or the bolted cracks up by carnival? both of those go against your dumb rant. i am sure i could find more of your trangessions, as once an offender always an offender.....

     

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  3. “Mr. Gore believes the federal surplus is the people's money.” - W

     

    whats that supposed to mean??? is not all federal money, theo monies of the people???

     

    your quote makes it sound like bushco believes it is his.

     

     

  4. RobBob said:

    I fancy myself somewhat versed in Sun Tzu and his Art of War, and this guy's assertion that Iraqis are following a strategy uniquely attributable to Sun Tzu is a stretch. rolleyes.gif

     

    why not offer us some examples then?? much easier to digest someone's opinion if their is some substance to it.

     

     

  5. dberdinka said:

    I have no clue why the fisher towers erode into mud. Cutler Sandstone is definitely very different from anything else in the desert.

     

    The Cutler Formation can be found in Canyonlands all the way to Cutler Creek, Colorado. The towers are the best example of the Cutler group. The rock is from the Permian Period, 230-290 million years ago. The towers are characterized by fluted runnels with grotesquely carved summit gargoyles and curtains of mud that add to the appearance. All of the towers have a Moenkopi cap rock near the summit that slows the erosion of the towers.

     

    super soft sand stone with a harder capstone creates the irregular texture and features of the rock as the elements erode away at it.

     

    very cool place!!!

     

    onion creek is another cool area with more cutler.

     

     

     

     

  6. PERSPECTIVE | INSIDE THE C.I.A.

     

    Iraqi Insurgents Take a Page From the Afghan 'Freedom Fighters'

    By MILT BEARDEN

     

    Published: November 9, 2003

     

     

    As the daily attacks against American forces in Iraq increase in number and sophistication, the Bush administration continues to portray its adversaries as an assortment of die-hard Baathists, criminals, thugs and foreign terrorists, all acting out of desperation.

     

    Certainly, there are Baathists and foreign terrorists operating against the American-led coalition, and their ranks probably include criminals. But the overarching reality is that the American and British forces are facing a resourceful adversary whose game plan may be more fully developed than originally thought.

     

    My own experience in war has largely been on the side of insurgents. I served as the Central Intelligence Agency's quartermaster and political agent to the Afghan resistance against the Soviet occupation from 1986 until the Soviets left in 1989.

     

    From my perspective, the Iraqi resistance has taken a page from a sophisticated insurgency playbook in their confrontations with the American-led coalition.

     

    The insurgents' strategy could have been crafted by Sun Tzu, the Chinese military tactician, who more than 2,500 years ago wrote, in "The Art of War," that the highest realization of warfare is to attack the enemy's strategy.

     

    So it was probably no accident that as American forces approached Baghdad, expecting tough street fighting, the bulk of the Iraqi forces melted away. The American troops, forced to shift strategy on the run, have been bedeviled by the consequences of those early chaotic days ever since.

     

    Next, according to Sun Tzu, you attack his alliances.

     

    This, again, is what the Iraqi insurgents did. Presumably acting on the assumption that the Jordanians were being too helpful to the United States, insurgents detonated a car bomb outside the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad on Aug. 7, killing 11 and wounding scores. Less than three weeks later, as an increased role for the United Nations was debated, suicide bombers attacked the organization's headquarters in Baghdad, killing 22 people, including the United Nations special representative to Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello.

     

    Then, in mid-October, as proposals for an expanded peacekeeping role for Turkey were argued, a suicide bomb detonated outside the Turkish chancery in Baghdad, killing one bystander and wounding a dozen others.

     

    When Ramadan, the Muslim holy month, began in late October, Baghdad was rocked by a series of suicide bombings that killed dozens and wounded hundreds, including an attack on the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross.

     

    In addition, there have been countless attacks against individual Iraqis viewed as allied with the United States, whether police recruits, members of the Iraqi Governing Council or figures in the judiciary. A pattern of attack against American allies seems clear.

     

    Consider the following: Since the focused attacks began, most Arab League missions in Baghdad have distanced themselves from the coalition; the United Nations secretary general, Kofi Annan, has withdrawn his international staff from Baghdad; the Red Cross followed suit, prompting other international aid organizations to pare down in Baghdad as well. The Turkish government, for a number of complex political reasons, has now reconsidered sending troops.

     

    Even Spain, part of the original coalition, has decided to withdraw the bulk of its diplomatic staff from Baghdad. It appears that after disrupting the American strategy, the insurgents have made progress in undermining its alliances.

     

    Next, Sun Tzu prescribed, attack their army.

     

    This is occurring with increasing lethality. To misread these attacks as desperation is dangerous. In the last two weeks, there have been multiple attacks on the coalition headquarters in Baghdad, with mortars and rockets landing inside the secure green zone. Shoulder-fired missiles have brought down a Chinook helicopter, killing 16 soldiers. The crash of a Blackhawk helicopter, killing an additional six, is still under investigation, but according to some reports a rocket-propelled grenade may have brought it down. One or two casualties are logged almost daily.

     

    http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/09/weekinreview/09BEAR.html

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