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Clay's knowledge about women:

Shut up, Clay! Of course it is at his own risk, but I was trying to see how long we could keep the picture up. It is like playing with the person wearing a "Kick Me" sign.

Nathan (and Sebazz) suck whale dork. Way to change that, Nathan. I'm just glad I can help with your vocabulary and spelling.

Viking, you so walked right into that one. >

I'm all about Freeze Fest! I wonder what the dates for for next year.

First of all, you suck too, because it is spelled whale.

For me, the haggis would only come after the beer. Probably several. There are some things I just can never have enough of when eating out: Grilled Lemongrass Chicken (Vietnamese) Veal Parmisean (Italian) Lamb Vindaloo (Indian) I love lots of other foods, but rarely order them out, because I can cook them better and more to my tastes when I am at home. Things that fall into this category are: Steak Burgers Baked, broiled or grilled fish.

Pick your quote: "We will bury you!" "The sun never sets on the British Empire." Whoops. Kruschev was wrong. And the sun did set on the British Empire. Egypt used to rule a fair chunk of the world in its prime also. Ditto for Rome. Ditto for Greece. Etc. I'm not blind enough to think that the United States will maintain our current geopolitical position forever either. My lifetime, maybe. Maybe not. In the greater scheme of things, we are still a young, upstart nation. We haven't had the mantle of leadership for long enough to wear it with mature confidence. As a nation, we don't have enough of a past to give us the perspective for a clear vision into the our role in the future. History has plenty of lessons, if we are willing to learn from them.

No, please do not discuss profile pictures with him. He is the only other person (to my knowledge) to have had a picture of himself in a tux as a profile picture. His picture was actually far cheesier. My comment was really posted hoping he'd see it. If you like your picture, you keep it.

They are older brothers. You still have time to catch up!

Depends on what gender of human monkey we are talking about.

Jani, What kind of insurance are you looking for, other than covering skydiving accidents? Health, life, disability, etc? Comprehensive, catastrophic, etc. The more specific you can be, the better recommendations people can give.

Tot, As a side note, did you consult with Meunkel about your profile picture?

No! Not our good little Nathan?

[sarcasm] Yeah! That damned due process. That stupid system of checks and balances in government. Let's just burn that dumb Constitution and Bill of Rights. We might as well toss those stupid inconvenient Amendments while we are at it. Let's just get us a dictator! [/sarcasm] When we are willing to throw away what we stand for in order of expediency, is what we are worth defending?

In your case, I thought it had more to do with the women's underwear you are wearing than skydiving...

Don't worry, Meghan. There will always be enough of us non-(or light-) drinkers sober enough to take plenty of pictures of you in compromising positions. We are also really good at getting the drunk people to pay for more food when we get the munchies. As a public service, we are good at applying band-aids and calling 911 as needed.

Discrepancy noted.

Rhino, I have no love for the Iraqi government, and wish we'd done a better job in the first place. But there is some serious irony in what you say. They are just "protecting the Islamic world". Totally different, of course. Like.. umm... a leader that says he doesn't need approval from his Congress before attacking another country. And we just bomb other countries. That's a relief. And by fighting us back, they are only trying to remove a foriegn opressor from their sacred sovriegn soil. "Right" is in the eyes of the individual. They think they are right too. I hope not. I hope so.

Antimike, I don't think things are nearly that simple. The fact that we go wherever we want and do whatever we want is one of the causes of the anger directed against us. We aren't always the friendliest country around. Going to war against another nation because we think someone may do something sometime is a pretty weak justification. It reaffirms our bully status in the eyes of the world. However, I don't think we should sit by and do nothing. I just don't think we should take it upon ourselves to do it all alone, all the time. If there were more unilateral support for action, it would be much more feasible. I think the current administration is over-anxious to use military muscle, but woefully lacking in the art of international consensus building. When we act alone (or even with the ever-willing British), it easily gets twisted to appear like the usual folks are "bombing the poor arabs and threatening islam", which is equally ridiculous rhetoric from the other side. But with the absence of any proof to the contrary, it appears to the arab eye to be true. The Gulf War (partially) worked because there an international coalition. It doesn't matter if we are the majority of the force. The key is the unity among nations to solve a world crisis. We didn't go far enough, or finish things completely, but that type of international backing is what is required to have a truly successful effect in this situation. The "We are the United States, so we'll damned well do what we want" attitude only hurts us and our cause in the long run.

I shudder at the thought of your resume...

It is good to see you being so safety concious, but shouldn't that be in the Safety Forum, Nathan?

** But Justin does see a bunch of printed PM's from Clay, an inflatible sheep, a pitchfork and a roll of velcro inside Nathan's place before running away. **

** Justin throws a damned big rock through Nathan's window, to wake his ass up from that dream. **

They'd probably rather go out the door unattached than get that close to him.