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Cute one, jja!

uhhhh, yeah!

103 Funny!

Warthog Ales! Cheap, and good for ya!

...NOT! If you're planning to come over to the Little Naches River drainage climbs over the holidays, fuhgeddaboudid! Strobach is no better. While we've had a lot of new snow and the weather has warmed a bit, making for more free water to help form the climbs , it just hasn't stayed cold enuff long enuff to put anything in climbing condition by Christmas. Over and out.

Sounds suspiciously a lot like this gear... although the boots seem to have grown up a bit. Interesting that you haven't got any bites yet, coon.

WOW! Didn't know that. Glad I got to do it before it was no more.

Abso-fahq'n-lutely! Classic!

"This river don' go ta Aintry, boy."

OK, everybody knows anything's possible. I could foresee, say, a Constitutional amendment to suspend the Constitution, but how likely is that? It would require ratification by a 2/3(?) majority of the States. For the President to unilaterally suspend the Constitution is unthinkable in my mind. He may be able to get his way for say, 10 seconds, before the remaining cooler heads in this land quietly escort him from office and to his impeachment. I just can't see our military leaders, to a man, joining in with a president bent on suspending the Constitution. And he would have to have the support of the military; no other way. And our Constitution does provide several methods for the removal of the President from office. Our Constitution has never been suspended, but I'll admit that our Constitutional rights have been suspended at times. Just ask Japanese Americans, for one. And remember also where I pointed out in a post above where Lincoln suspended the Writ of Habeus Corpus twice during the Civil War, a protection of our civil liberties thought so sacred by the Founding Fathers that it is the only one of all the civil liberties we have today (as part of the Bill of Rights) that was important enough to be included in the original text of the Constitution. I think you might be thinking more of Martial Law than suspension of the Constitution. You can have both simultaneously. A land under Martial Law while its Constitution is still in force (although its Constitution has no effect at that time) still has a Constitution that has not been suspended. And isn't that what this discussion is about - suspension of the Constitution?

I didn't know that our Constitution could be suspended, in whole or in part. Wouldn't that take an Act of Congress, and not unilateral presidential action? I'll have to search that out. Disturbing... when would "we the people" ever want to do that? So, you're saying this future action is impossible and outside the realm of possibility? Huh? What part of "I didn't know..." don't you understand? I fail to make the connection that permits you to put words in my mouth to the effect that I said something is impossible. Where, pray tell, did I ever say that it was impossible to suspend the Constitution? I merely stated that I didn't know our Constitution could be suspended. I even supplied an event that would make it possible - an Act of Congress. Please go back and reread my post, and score 0 for reading comprehension.

I know it's right before Christmas and I should "be loving all humankind" and all that shit, but I thought this was funny, no matter what political persuasion one might be. I'll probably be getting coal for this, but who cares. Enjoy! safe for work, but pay close attention to the lyrics.

The State.

In Washington, the Department of Labor & Industries Electrical Inspection Division requires that all electrical work for public works projects be done by licensed, bonded electricians, and inspected by the Department of L&I Electrical Inspection Division prior to energizing/use. While not exactly "regulation" in the sense that I think you ask your question, at least it is "oversight" of their work. FWIW.

Well, a little googling brought back this site. Nowhere did I see where the Constitution could be suspended, by anyone, but the Writ of Habeus Corpus was suspended by Lincoln twice during the Civil War. Scroll down and read the article, and follow links, for more discussion of habeus corpus. It is not what a lot of us have been told it is (it's got nothing to do with finding or not finding the body of a homicide victim). In the Padilla case, it would seem that the three-judge panel voted for the petition of the Writ, effectively instructing the government to release Padilla, which is entirely within the bounds of our Constitution. It is now up to the civilian courts to pick him up, which is as it should be in this case. Score 1 for correct interpretation of the Founding Father's intent of the Constitution. Time to go to my office Christmas party and get Class dismissed.

Love your avatar image. Wallace and Grommit are tops in my book!

OOOpsie! I feel stoopid. I don't how I got to that thread yesterday, Alex.

I didn't know that our Constitution could be suspended, in whole or in part. Wouldn't that take an Act of Congress, and not unilateral presidential action? I'll have to search that out. Disturbing... when would "we the people" ever want to do that?

Ahhh, Whitesides... my first "big wall", the Original Route. What was that, like, almost 20 years ago now? RobBob, I think someone's calling your name...

It's a great way to get down in a hurry (rain, lightnig storm, etc.). I've only used it in those instances, except once or twice beforehand with my regular partners to practice it. As others have noted, there are risks. Communicate!

I am not seeing any photos or attachments. WTF, over

Huh The editing (in the second of my posts only, mind you) was simply for edification of the scenario where posts contain multiple quoted passages. There was no editing to my original post on this thread about the "lost value" of the username identification of quoted posts. So for you to "award" me with a in your post and a in the subject line because you didn't understand the original post is just (how we say?) poor form.

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