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bergbryce
Mountain climber
South Lake Tahoe, CA
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Jul 25, 2011 - 06:47pm PT
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Do you even know what a Socialist is?
Seems most people just throw that word as well as many others at people who don't come anywhere near the definition. Doesn't matter if it's accurate or not, it sounds good comin' from the tube or on staticy am radio stations.
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FRUMY
Trad climber
SHERMAN OAKS,CA
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Jul 25, 2011 - 06:48pm PT
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I nominate Fatrad.
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rockermike
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Jul 25, 2011 - 06:58pm PT
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I first thought that read "soloist" of the year.
I'd vote for Bernanke and Paulson, since they arranged for the bailout of AIG and thus guaranteeing Goldman and the other bank speculators continued good health and wealth. That's how socialism works, right?
Oh, then there is this debt problem. Why are American workers so lazy. Two jobs isn't enough. You don't need to sleep. $700 billion give away. Someone's got to pay the bills around here. lol
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Hawkeye
climber
State of Mine
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Jul 25, 2011 - 06:59pm PT
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sorry Fats. I see you tried to post a pic but my computer thought your web site was spam!
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Captain...or Skully
climber
or some such
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Jul 25, 2011 - 07:06pm PT
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Ever go climbing, Fats? It's pretty good stuff.
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jahil
Social climber
London, Paris, WV & CA
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Jul 25, 2011 - 07:12pm PT
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That would be me. I'm so left wing I have trouble keeping my car on the road. I'll be there to pick up the hat.
steve
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euro-brief-guy
Boulder climber
Auburn, ca
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Jul 25, 2011 - 07:27pm PT
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hmmm, so many to choose from.
I vote for Comrade F.
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Jul 25, 2011 - 07:30pm PT
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Funny, the Communists now own us, literally. and that would be thanks to you and your cronies Fatrad. What does that make you?
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euro-brief-guy
Boulder climber
Auburn, ca
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Jul 25, 2011 - 07:42pm PT
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nominating, voting....it don't matter.
He's my man...or is it comrade?
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TwistedCrank
climber
Ideeho-dee-do-dah-day boom-chicka-boom-chicka-boom
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Jul 25, 2011 - 07:45pm PT
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What's so bad about Socialism? The Smurfs do it all the time. Oh wait, that's communism.
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the kid
Trad climber
fayetteville, wv
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Jul 25, 2011 - 07:46pm PT
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i vote for ME..
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Vegasclimber
Trad climber
Las Vegas, NV.
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Jul 25, 2011 - 07:56pm PT
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I'm confused.
Isn't a "Reserve Deputy" the people they call out to wait for the tow trucks to get there and such, direct traffic so real cops can go do their jobs?
I seem to recall it's something of that nature, reserved for cop fetishists and people who can't cut it in the real police force. About a half step above a Walmart parking lot security guy.
If I'm wrong, please educate me by all means.
As far as these "elections" go, I'd have to agree that they are way out of line. Every one of these threads has been some hate filled rant and attack couched as ..... humor? I don't even know what to call it. I do know that in every case you end up winning your own "election" which basically means you're just wanting attention IMO.
I do know that it isn't climbing related content or even a semblance thereof. While I usually stay out of most political based non climbing threads, this is really getting out of line.
Please go climb a rock or something, and find a way to get over your self hatred that you project onto others.
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Hawkeye
climber
State of Mine
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Jul 25, 2011 - 08:00pm PT
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Crowley will be with me...
Just a warning to sleep with one eye open and keep an ear out for turkey calls.
make sure you gots extra booze for AC, he gets real grouchy without it, and those shakes are terrible.
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Lennox
climber
just southwest of the center of the universe
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Jul 25, 2011 - 08:26pm PT
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Evidently, Marxist protesting had now become a Capitalist marketing device...
I just laughed and laughed and laughed ...
While in this country with our bailouts and untouchable subsidies to big oil, etc., Capitalist protesting has become a Socialist marketing device . . .
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Gal
Trad climber
a semi lucid consciousness
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Jul 25, 2011 - 08:31pm PT
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I feel that you need to change your signature from "The Evil One" to "The Annoying One" in order for accurate transparency to occur. And when you post the thread SuperTopo most annoying of the year, I will assuredly be first to cast my vote for you. I feel confident you will win in a landslide-your first and only win ever. Fattard 2012: Most Annoying Ever-endorsed by Gal.
;-) ....no, not really, neutralizing wink face not deserved.
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jamatt
Social climber
Asheville, NC
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Jul 25, 2011 - 11:12pm PT
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Oh, I was a reserve deputy sheriff from 1979 - 1988 in Los Angeles and then for five years elsewhere in Calif.
isn't that what dwight from the office is on weekends?
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Jul 26, 2011 - 12:33am PT
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Donald, this must make your heart soar with joy, eh?
The only communist organization in the whole world is the NFL, btw.
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Jul 26, 2011 - 12:36am PT
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Dr. F. : I am still the Top Socialist?? right
I hope I can keep my position.
Sorry Dr. F., not only have I been a member and voted Socialist Party USA, I still have my IWW dues card.
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Jul 26, 2011 - 01:11am PT
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Jul 26, 2011 - 01:15am PT
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how about John Kennedy... he doesn't post here though...
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/35_kennedy/psources/ps_conspir.html
Conspiracy Theories Speech
November 18, 1961
In recent months I have spoken many times about how difficult and dangerous a period it is through which we now move. I would like to take this opportunity to say a word about the American spirit in this time of trial.
In the most critical periods of our nation's history, there have always been those fringes of our society who have sought to escape their own responsibility by finding a simple solution, an appealing slogan, or a convenient scapegoat.
Financial crises could be explained by the presence of too many immigrants or too few greenbacks.
War could be attributed to munitions makers or international bankers.
Peace conferences failed because we were duped by the British or tricked by the French or deceived by the Russians.
It was not the presence of Soviet troops in Eastern Europe that drove it to communism, it was the sell-out at Yalta. It was not a civil war that removed China from the free world, it was treason in high places. At times these fanatics have achieved a temporary success among those who lack the will or the vision to face unpleasant tasks or unsolved problems.
But in time the basic good sense and stability of the great American consensus has always prevailed.
Now we are face to face once again with a period of heightened peril. The risks are great, the burdens heavy, the problems incapable of swift or lasting solution. And under the strains and frustrations imposed by constant tension and harassment, the discordant voices of extremism are heard once again in the land. Men who are unwilling to face up to the danger from without are convinced that the real danger comes from within. They look suspiciously at their neighbors and their leaders. They call for a 'man on horseback' because they do not trust the people. They find treason in our finest churches, in our highest court, and even in the treatment of our water. They equate the Democratic Party with the welfare state, the welfare state with socialism, and socialism with communism. They object quite rightly to politics' intruding on the military -- but they are anxious for the military to engage in politics.
But you and I and most Americans take a different view of our peril. We know that it comes from without, not within. It must be met by quiet preparedness, not provocative speeches.
And the steps taken this year to bolster our defenses -- to increase our missile forces, to put more planes on alert, to provide more airlift and sealift and ready divisions -- to make more certain than ever before that this nation has all the power it will need to deter any attack of any kind -- those steps constitute the most effective answer that can be made to those who would sow the seeds of doubt and hate.
So let us not heed these counsels of fear and suspicion. Let us concentrate more on keeping enemy bombers and missiles away from our shores, and concentrate less on keeping neighbors away from our shelters. Let us devote more energy to organize the free and friendly nations of the world, with common trade and strategic goals, and devote less energy to organizing armed bands of civilian guerrillas that are more likely to supply local vigilantes than national vigilance.
Let our patriotism be reflected in the creation of confidence rather than crusades of suspicion. Let us prove we think our country great by striving to make it greater. And, above all, let us remember that, however serious the outlook, the one great irreversible trend in world history is on the side of liberty -- and so, for all time to come, are we.
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