livendive

There was an article in the paper here recently about a wine tasting. They had everything from $8 to $10 wines up to $200. They did tests revealing to everyone which wine was actually at which price. THEN they switched the prices on them. Most people, when told what the price was, picked the wine that was labelled pricier as being the better wine. Even when it was the $8 bottle labelled as the $200 bottle. Like you, I like what I like. Even if it's cheap. What you say is true, but it also goes both ways. I doubt you or AggieDave actually prefer the taste of cheap wines so much as the price tag...if I offered you some quality wine and some plonk, with no indication of price, you'd probably pick the higher quality wine at least most of the time. That said, I've dumped $200+ bottles down the sink before, as well as

Are you referring to the "compassionate conservative" who would not engage in nation building? W. misrepresented himself plenty in 2000. By 2004, he had already demonstrated total incompetence, so it's more difficult to understand how he got more than a dozen or so votes nation wide. Altho I wholly agree with you, compassionate conservatism is just a slogan so guys like Livendive and lawrocket can pretend they aen't voting for hard-core Nazis. I think we all really knew what he was about and few are shocked ny his war hobby, tax cuts for the rich and subsequent increasing of the debt by what will be 4.5 trillion bucks or so. Therefore he was/is as advertised. Quoted for posterity. I've made it abundantly clear in this forum for several years now what I think of the fucktard currently occupying the white house. I'll try to avoid assuming that the rest of your opinions are as informed as this one, though I imagine that will frequently prove difficult. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Sooo...any chance of an answer to the question? Anyone else? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Becuase your side won't package it that way, they claim personal responsibility and how it's not the duty of gov to pay for............. bla, bla, bla........ ultimately, yes, you vote against poor people to get medical care via the maggots you elect. Pop quiz: What is my side? Do you know who I've helped elect? (I've run against my congressman, Doc Hastings (R) as a write-in since 2000, but not garnered many votes (my campaign consists of emailing friends and telling them to write my name in). I have not ever voted for any member of the Bush family. I will admit I have voted for both my senators, Maria Cantwell (D) and Patty Murray (D). What's your beef with them? Presumably you'd prefer that I had voted for their (R) opponents, as I don't recall any libertarian or green party candidates running against them.) Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I've heard that too. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Ummm, did you read the story I posted? That wedding shit sounds dangerous, and I prefer her alive. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Any bets as to how long before this is a movie on Oxygn or Lifetime? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Exactly, when you vote to deprive poor people from medical care, it is well deliberated, I'm sure If I ever see a resolution to "deprive poor people of medical care", I promise to vote against it. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

In that case, it's a damned good thing our peaceful invasion showed them a better alternative to violence, especially when the reason is completely non-existent (as opposed to pointless and insignificant). Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I've had that basic conversation, but don't know what its relevance is to my post. As far as I know, you're not trying to convince me of anything. I can respect your position, and was simply taking zippo's leadership thing to an an extreme example. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Can you imagine having a President with the same attitude? (Likes war, and it's the only thing that keeps him interested in doing his job)? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

you got that right - and he needs to continue to appeal to the center. He will make a huge mistake trying to recover the far right social conservatives with some Huckabee or equivalent (another form of fiscal liberal, IMO). He'll get them by default, or he's already lost them due to tantrums on their part. No VP choice will change the far extremes at this point. He needs to steal the center further. I doubt it's possible, but Colin Powell could almost make him a shoe-in. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Perhaps those people would vote for a candidate whose platform included improving education, so their children wouldn't also be illiterate. Do you think such people shouldn't be able to vote in favor of education? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

No. I require 5 IAD jumps, 1 clear and pull (under IAD-I supervision), then 4 AFF jumps before they can do solos/coach jumps. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I'm just trying to get a rough idea of what consititutes "industry standard" in the US for AFF jumps. I called a big DZ last week and was amazed at their price versus my price. We rarely do two instructor AFF jumps here, so I'm not too worried about that. If you guys could pipe in with what your DZ charges for a single Instructor AFF jump and maybe what the instructor is paid for that jump too, that would be much appreciated. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I think it's McCain's to lose. I'm hoping Obama beats Hillary, in which case it would be a very close election, but if I had to bet, I'd wager Hillary wins the Democratic nod and gets soundly trounced by all of us who refuse to vote for her. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

So were we containing Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein or supporting them? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Skeered the shit out of me for sure......if I do POPS jumps.. again ....Video perhaps.. that way I get to pull before all the non current people on them who forgot how to track.. keep falling right past me when I am dumping at 2000 on thioer way to cypress fires. Tracking way the fuck out past 'em (and dodging them along the way) seems to be my survival mode. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Don't be such a spoilsport Bytch...sometimes ya want to skydive like your life depends on it, and POPS loads (or dz.com loads, I imagine) are the perfect scratch for that itch. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

The first scene in the recent DVD release The Ten that ends somewhat predictably (see attached). Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I wouldn't exclude 'em...those are exactly the old fucks who make POPS jumps so scary fun! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Does anyone still actually watch the NBA? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Not till tonight. I'm off to 3.5 hours of death by meeting starting 4 minutes ago. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I think you've got a good point, but the first thing that comes to mind is this: Teaching is an admirable profession, and helpful to many people, yet an awful lot of otherwise talented people avoid it because it isn't particularly lucrative. Healing is an admirable profession, and becoming a doctor is tougher than becoming a teacher (as is working in the industry in many cases), yet many people tough it out, at least in part because there's a nice carrot dangling in front of them. If you reduce the size of the carrot, don't you think the number and quality of people willing to chase it will decline? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Throw in your boobies with the same and you have a deal. "As I see it, yes. " Blues, Dave P.S. Have I mentioned today that my girlfriend kicks ass? "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)