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Two weeks in Acadia National Forest, a week in Big Bend backpacking, and assorted weekends. I also run a summer camp program for the Boy Scouts, but I sleep in a nice park model home, so I really don't count that. When I was still living in Illinois, we kept a camper on a lake in south Wisconsin. They would pull it onto a site when we were coming. I still had to level, hook up the water and electric, etc. I thought I wouldn't like being stuck at one campground, but we used it a lot more. My gf and I are looking at pop ups. we will probably by one this year and do less tent camping in campgrounds.

Kinky for Perry

http://www.themonitor.com/articles/matamor...-president.html

http://www.themonitor.com/articles/texas-5...-featuring.html Maybe Amazon will want to move out of Texas . . .

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Aug 19, 2011 -> 04:36 PM) I dont see how its laughable as your own post supported my statement. IE Can not live on its own. I can make a robot that has arms, fingers, feet and hands, that looks really cute and cuddly, but its not a human, its not alive. Once again, complex development= not able to survive on its own. I get that people are emotional about cute little babies and no one wants to imagine their child being ripped apart by a vacuum cleaner. But until the fetus can survive on its own, there is (imo) no good reason to protect it. Potential life is not the same as actual life. If it was it would be a crime to masturbate because youd be killing billions of potential life forms. A newborn baby can not survive on its own. Someone has to feed and shelter the baby. So you'd be in favor of killing one month old bags of cells?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 24, 2011 -> 10:05 PM) The party of inclusion only applies if you agree with them. And with such a huge range of possible agreements, that is much more likely than with the other party and their other sub party.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Aug 24, 2011 -> 01:23 PM) That or the fist pump. If Paulie gets to 2500 hits and 500 HR, he has to get in because how many clean 500 HR guys haven't got in? A clean 500 will get him in. If not by the sportswriter, then the veterans committee.

Trade him while his value is highest! For me, PK,d Mark, and possibly AJ define this era.

I thought he was doing a fine job also. No Dan Quayle . . .

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 23, 2011 -> 08:27 AM) They're not going to replace a veteran Democrat on the lower half of the ticket to give a Republican an incredible advantage in 2016. Exactly. Obama really doesn't have the entire say in who he runs with.

What kind of person leads a coupe? That's who they will get.

And remember, Bush gets all the credit for this . . .

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Aug 21, 2011 -> 05:20 PM) just one more reason to be a big 12 fan \fixed

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125271416817105157.html

It is very rare to get a FA and not be the highest bidder. If the player produces better than projected, the team wins. If he plays to projection, the team over paid because they were the high bidder. If he performs lower than expected, the team loses and they seriously over paid. Two out of three the team is the loser.

From a distance he didn't look to bad. I was thinking along the same lines as Balta and was surprised by the early posts.

No problem here She is unemployed. I wonder who is paying for her regular check ups and food?

I find it interesting that we talk about how long Mark wants to pitch. One of the things I love about the guy is he always seems like he is having fun. Yeah, they stopped the tarp sliding, but I believe he will want to pitch as long as he is able. I am not that concerned about his desire, despite some of his comments. I attribute those comments to mean he has a pretty good grasp on life.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Aug 19, 2011 -> 05:05 PM) If you want to argue that a 3 day old fetus can survive on its own, feel free. A newborn is incapable of surviving on its own. The problem I always have with using "survive on its own" as a criteria is a newborn needs someone or some animal to provide it food. Which last I checked is kind of an important thing. If the answer was neat and easy, we wouldn't still be debating abortion. Lots of pretty smart people look at the same facts and come up with different conclusions. And what a hodgepodge of laws we have. In the abstract a woman is attacked on the street and her "bag of cells" is killed. She is heartbroken and good minded citizens want justice for the mom and the "bag of cells". But what if the woman (can't call her mom) was on her way to receive an abortion? Does the attacker deserve punishment for killing the "bag of cells"? Now we would have the prosecutor asking the woman, hey how much did you want to have this baby?

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Aug 17, 2011 -> 09:13 AM) That's the liberal interpretation. Any connection with religion by any state official = unconstitutional. Liberal as in political liberal? You are kidding.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 07:10 AM) And last I checked, there is separation of church and state in this country. Where did you check? Please show me where it states that we cannot bring religion into the government.

When you have a third of Americans wanting him to fail so badly they could taste it? Of course.

I am interested in the differences between the left and the right here. These structures are not inspected, should they be? I am assuming that the liberals here would be leaning that way, the public has to be protected. I am also assuming the conservatives will believe that we can't afford to inspect every temp stage that gets put up. The cost would be too high, that this is an isolated tragedy. Do we want government in our lives inspecting temporary stages like this?

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 14, 2011 -> 07:46 PM) Like I said, I want someone that doesn't turn to fairy tales and mythology to fix the answers to tough problems. That's straight up lunacy. So what are appropriate ways for someone to find ways to problems? I am still finding it curious that you believe thoughtful meditation and prayer are not useful tools. Perhaps you do not understand prayer. Which part of this do you object to "Lord, this certainly is a fine mess you have trusted me with, but I have faith there is a solution, there is always a solution. I've been thinking about solutions and came up with these three. A causes this, B causes this, C causes this. . . ." Soon he arrives at what he'll do. Obviously you believe man is the mostly highly developed being and God is a myth. So basically a person at prayer would simply be analyzing a problem. Whether a person believes the answers were divinely inspired, or just of his own imagination, does not change the usefulness of the ideas. In fact, since you do not believe in a higher power, than the ideas that happen while in prayer are of the person's own making, same for everyone. I prefer good ideas no matter how the person arrives at them. Is it ok to come up with an idea while walking? Taking a dump? Gardening? Eating hotdogs at a baseball game? Solutions to problems can pop into our minds at anytime. For some people meditating on a problem (praying), giving it careful and thoughtful consideration, is one tool they use. I guess some people always mock the unknown, and this is unknown to you.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Aug 14, 2011 -> 08:41 PM) But Kerry dishonored his service with his actions once back home. Yeah, no one should have the right to protest like he did. The first amendment certainly should never apply to a veteran.