Zennie

We could even tape "Vote" "Libertarian" in huge letters on the tops of our canopies. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

Should we all get Badnarik 2004 t-shirts and do a Libertarian multi-way at a certain upcoming high-publicity BASE event? - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

OK Jeff, are now starting to see what some of us are becoming very concerned about? - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

No joke... at least make it scantily clad Olsen twins in a tub full of... nevermind... - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

This would be a prime example of racial profiling that is most definitely OUT of bounds. After 15 other cops beat him to just this side of death and then say it was necessary to restrain him because he was "resisting" and on PCP. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

You really think we went to war over a bunch of sarin-filled artillery shells? C'mon. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

Time OUT!!! I did NOT mean sex. I just meant as a potential First Lady. All I'm going to say is, John Edwards is a pretty good-looking guy and I was expecting him to have a pretty hot wife. Teresa Heinz Kerry is WAY better looking of the two. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

I'll take her over Hillary any day though. BTW... did you know that "Cruella" is Spanish for "dominatrix"? - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

For those of you who like to bandy about the "L" word so freely... if you watched the Dem Convention tonight... THOSE are liberals. I swear they use the same script every 4 years. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

I count 2 so far. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

A good friend of mine once said: "The greatest accomplishment of the Republican Party is to convince poor white trash that they're better off than poor black trash." Of course the Democratic Party's greatest accomplishment is convincing poor (insert minority here) trash that they can achieve equality & justice through government handouts and taxing the middle & upper classes into oblivion. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

No it's kind of humorous. I'm capable of laughing at myself. Yes some of the items on the platform are downright kooky. I actually like Badnarik's campaign platform better. I think he did a good job of culling out some of the items that are really sort of out there. The libertarian newsletters are a hoot! "Justin Klodhopper wins seat on Maple County Board of Cheese!!!!" I think if we a little bit more open debating and coverage, we'd actually get a pretty sizable voter interest... which... of course... is why we will always be relegated to Toilet Inspection Standards Committees... because the Republicans and Democrats will never tolerate us getting our message out... and the newsmedia is their little bitch. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

Ya know Kev, I've pretty much concluded that I'm not crazy... everybody else is. You can only scream at brick walls for so long. Then you realize you have better things to do with your time than scream at brick walls. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

Oh, well then you're no patriot.... - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

You left out Badnarik... "No respect..." - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

That's wild. I had no idea Badnarik skydives. Has his jumpmaster and tandem ratings too. Wow. I may come back to the fold for that reason alone (well... OK.... plus his policies are much more in line with mine)! I love the little ad on his page... "I'm George W. Bush and you can trust ME to run your life..." "I'm John Kerry and you can trust ME to run your life..." "I'm Ralph Nader and you can trust ME to run your life..." "I'm Michael Badnarik and I trust YOU to run your own life." Sweeeeet.... - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

Hey Jimmy, that's very cool. Thanks! - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

Last I head the local librarian was going to take tourists out pylon racing P-51 Mustangs. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

Hehehe... touche. I'd also run if 60 Minutes showed up. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

As a last resort... yes. But the BASE community has always taken pride in it's ability to regulate itself. And it has done so quite effectively on occasion. I'd really like to keep it in the family, so to speak. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

I understand where you're coming from, and I say this with all due respect, but I don't totally agree with this. Legal sites have their place. I'd say about 70% of my jumps would fall in the "bandit" category and that isn't going to change. But having good legal sites is also good for the sport IMHO. When I go out West, I don't have to worry about getting busted. I don't have to jump at night. I can relax, chill out with friends and focus on just the jumps. Plus I can try some things that wouldn't be too bright trying for the first time off an A. Plus there are many people who risk losing their jobs (from security clearances & such) if they get busted at an illegal site. Having some good legal sites for them to jump is a good thing. I still believe BASE is as much about community as it is about jumps. When you go to Twin Falls on Memorial Day, or NRGB on Bridge Day, the community spirit is very alive. I'll never stop bandit jumping... like you said, the Jolly Roger aspect is also an important part of our sport. And, well, there's nothing legal to jump around here anyway. And I will say this... I'm every bit as protective of our illegal sites as I am over the legal ones. A prime site is a prime site. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

As with most of the things we do, I think it's a touch of both. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

Jimmy... a humble request. Is there any chance at all that you could take the rail jumps out of your video? I'm sure you have plenty of other video that could go in their place and there's still lots of time until October to do it. And I know you would get TONS of respect from your fellow jumpers if you did. You must eventually do the video as you see fit, and I'm not telling you how to do your video. Just asking. For the record, I have a few jumps in the video that I'm putting together that I was uncertain about. I wrote an email to Jason to see how he felt, since the jumps are in his backyard, and he was OK with it. Courtesy goes a long way in this sport. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

Good idea in theory, but people like JT would then just bandit jump it. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

And remember everyone... Pay phones are your friend. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon