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crankster
Trad climber
No. Tahoe
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Oct 30, 2015 - 07:16pm PT
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Double your meds and up the O2 in the bunker, Forum Bully. Just babbling like a damn caveman, endlessly.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Shetville , North of Los Angeles
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Oct 30, 2015 - 07:35pm PT
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Everyone knows McCainloon was on lock down and trying to do Nuland doggy-style while the Putinator pushed the button...
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rick sumner
Trad climber
reno, nevada/ wasilla alaska
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Oct 30, 2015 - 08:36pm PT
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I'll be proud to see your president go. Maybe afterwards he can vacation in the middle east with McCain and Graham in the beautiful Arab spring.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Oct 30, 2015 - 08:45pm PT
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I was going to vote for McCain, with major reservations, until he brought Palin on as his VP.
I've voted for Obama twice & have no regrets. (of course in Idaho, the state always votes for the Republican presidential candidate.)
From 2009 to now have been the best earning years of my life & during those years, I have also enjoyed the outrage of all those in our society that just hate having a black liberal president.
Here's our Palin 2008 Halloween mask for your enjoyment.
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crankster
Trad climber
No. Tahoe
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Oct 30, 2015 - 08:47pm PT
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crankster
Trad climber
No. Tahoe
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Oct 31, 2015 - 08:24am PT
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We don't control world events.
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nature
climber
Boulder, CO
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Oct 31, 2015 - 09:33am PT
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Thanks for that link, HFC. Looks like the DNC is in excellent hands.
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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Oct 31, 2015 - 10:41am PT
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Yes I'm proud of President Obama, B+ domestic, C- Foreign, a real bang up job.
id give him an F for failing to keep his domestics connected..
id give him an F for failing to keep Putin in a cage..
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HermitMaster
Social climber
my abode
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Oct 31, 2015 - 10:46am PT
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John M
climber
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Oct 31, 2015 - 10:55am PT
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HFCS posted a very good video with very good points.
Hopefully everyone will watch it. Including you Jody and you Pyro
Pyro, which president has gotten good grades from you and why?
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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Oct 31, 2015 - 10:59am PT
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Pyro, which president has gotten good grades from you and why?
so far Theodore "Bull Moose" gets an A
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John M
climber
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Oct 31, 2015 - 11:00am PT
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How about a more current president..
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Ken M
Mountain climber
Los Angeles, Ca
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Oct 31, 2015 - 11:15am PT
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the DNC is something to look at:
the Chair is a minority woman,
3 of 5 vice chairs are women, all minority.
the Executive Director is a white woman.
Not what you see on the RNC.
Demonstrates different visions of the future.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Oct 31, 2015 - 11:41am PT
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So yous guys are still giving Obama a Mulligan on his Pentagon ball-cupping
concerning the new strategic bomber, aren't you? You whine about Repub
resistance to social projects yet all I get are crickets when he commits
to $200-300 BILLION for a white elephant project? What a bunch of
hypocrites.
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John M
climber
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Oct 31, 2015 - 11:46am PT
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don't like it Reilly.. but also don't know enough about it.
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nature
climber
Boulder, CO
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Oct 31, 2015 - 11:50am PT
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already said I'm not a fan of the $800B waste. Figured it's some backroom dealing in the form of a "compromise".
CHIRP!
on a side note winds aloft just grounded me. was to be my first solo away from KBDU.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Oct 31, 2015 - 11:54am PT
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Yeah, Nat, I've been thinking of yer soloing at this time of year. As you
obviously know the Front Range can be gnarly at this time of year. Glad
to see you being cautious - keep the shiny side up!
signed,
Mountain WaveRider and Rotor Thrasher
John M, we need a new strategic bomber like we need a collective hole in the head.
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Ken M
Mountain climber
Los Angeles, Ca
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Oct 31, 2015 - 12:11pm PT
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So yous guys are still giving Obama a Mulligan on his Pentagon ball-cupping
concerning the new strategic bomber, aren't you? You whine about Repub
resistance to social projects yet all I get are crickets when he commits
to $200-300 BILLION for a white elephant project? What a bunch of
hypocrites.
Few of us are schooled in the art of warfare. Obama certainly not.
This brings up the issue of relying on expertise in highly technical fields. Reilly, you work in a hospital. If there is a decision to be made on a highly technical piece of equipment used only in a place where you are not stationed (the Operating Room?) costing millions, for something you don't do, how do you decide?
I think this is much of what goes on with the military. Add on top of it, the backroom deals that ensure that if generals get the programs through, they have a cushy job
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Oct 31, 2015 - 12:42pm PT
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Ken, I don't work in a hospital but I have stayed at Holiday Inns and I was
in the Navy and I've maintained, if not improved, my grasp of military topics.
Comparing a strategic bomber to a piece of equipment in an operating room is
a lousy analogy, unless you mean buying an outdated piece of equipment that
is of marginal utility, at best. In the era of cruise missiles at $1 million
or less apiece strategic bombers that cost a BILLION apiece represent
cost effectiveness akin to playing Russian Roulette. And sending those bombers
against the likes of Russia or China would be exactly a game of Russian Roulette.
They're only effective against enemies like Serbia or ISIS and we're not
using them there because they're too expensive and the targets aren't well
behaved enough to stand still long enough - it takes at least 12 hours to
send a B-2 to the Middle East!
The real issue is your misguided assumption that Pentagon generals are experts.
They're only expert in kissing ass and playing the game of 'Climb the Rank Ladder'
so you can help shepherd another useless weapons system through the bureaucracy
and secure your retirement tenure with Northrop, et al. The ONLY Air Force
bomber built in the last 50 years that is worth a sh!t is the B-52. The
F-111, the B-1, and the B-2 have all been a monumental waste of money. Most
ironically, the most successful planes of the last 40 years, the F-16 and A-10,
were planes the Air Force brass fought tooth and nail against!
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