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NOT TRUE!! Why, just last week I saw a charming young chap with a bugle in his arse playing Reveille. THAT'S the kind of highbrow entertainment you can expect at Hippie Hollow! Tout est pour le mieux dans le meilleur des mondes possibles.

Uh... H.W. Bush is from Massachusetts and W is from Connecticut. In the words of the venerable Ray Wylie Hubbard, "Screw you, [I'm] from Texas!" Tout est pour le mieux dans le meilleur des mondes possibles.

I'm sure that's great advice. I appreciate it.

Look, dude. I wasn't really trying to say anything bad about SSM. I've never been there, don't know anything about the place. I'm sure that there are lots of wonderful people there. Anything I've said on here that you've construed negative toward SSM was purely in jest. I sometimes think I'm funny. Most sincerely, I called SSM with 2 questions. 1. Since you at SSM have a 14 Level AFF and I've only jumped 8 times (9 now, but 8 when I called) would you let me jump solo or would I have to jump your AFF with a JM? 2. Do you jump during the week? (Cause I always take Wednesday off.) The young lady I spoke to said that I would have to continue with THEIR AFF program, and that they DO NOT jump during the week as this is their slow season. She also said that I could get a discount if I got on the manifest before 8:30am on SATURDAY morning. Reinforcing (in my mind) the whole "you can't jump during the week" idea. If you're jumping tomorrow, then I think that's fantastic. But it's not what I was told by Whatsername. Tout est pour le mieux dans le meilleur des mondes possibles.

Never meant to imply that I sincerely thought it was. Just having a conversation. And... I certainly hope it isn't!! I'm brand new. I'd like to get at least a couple of hundred jumps in before the ol' girl goes. I've never even jumped from a balloon or a chopper, I'd like to actually learn to fly a canopy, and maybe do a hoop jump before Skydiving kicks the bucket... Incidentally... what do you think is on SKYDIVING's "Bucket List"?? Tout est pour le mieux dans le meilleur des mondes possibles.

What do you mean? We have about 100 of these if not more. Think about all the disciplines we have and all the terrific skill level people each has. Apologies. I meant no disrespect to the many amazing and talented people in the sport. I'm just saying that I'm not aware of any "household names". Tony Hawk certainly wasn't the first talented skateboarder... but he was the first to breakthrough the barrier and appeal to those outside the sport. Tout est pour le mieux dans le meilleur des mondes possibles.

BUMP!!! The Otter will be there this weekend too! Come out! It'll be fun. There IS free beer, there ARE fun people... Including a SMOKIN' HOT freefly chick with lots of tattoo's and REALLY tight pants. SERIOUSLY. You don't want to miss it. **keep the flames to the thread I started. It'd be nice to keep this one positive. Tout est pour le mieux dans le meilleur des mondes possibles.

Where did you hear that? Sounds like you have been lied to over and over again And SSM flys their otter during the week == and its still less expensive Note they even let you do hop n pops and don't try to charge full price! I thought we had an understanding? Don't be a VooDOUCHE and make me flame you. After your tales of the magical kingdom of SSM (Skydiving & Sado-Masochism) and their click your heels 3 times for an instant trip to 14k jump runs... I CALLED to get the lowdown. I spoke to a lovely young lady, I believe Jeannie was her name, who told me that they don't jump on weekdays. If she's turning away business by LYING to potential clients as you suggest, I recommend the immediate termination of her employment. Tout est pour le mieux dans le meilleur des mondes possibles.

How can that be when I specifically qualified my statement that it was unusual (for a Republican candidate). Even so... which Democratic presidential candidate advocated IMMEDIATE withdrawal? When do we take money out of the economy? The more we put in, the more the value of the dollar deteriorates. THAT... I agree with. Now you are getting it! This is how to play the game. It's sad, but it will always work. Lowest common denominator... Tout est pour le mieux dans le meilleur des mondes possibles.

which would then open a market for farmers to plant cauliflower and asparagus - being good businessmen And speculators. Maybe we should just put every known substance/resource on the CBOT? I'm as free market as the next guy but the system is in place for a reason. Tout est pour le mieux dans le meilleur des mondes possibles.

subsidies of all kinds just underpin failing management styles - don't care if it's farm subsidies, eco-based subsidies, bank bailouts, auto bailouts, airline bailouts, etc get rid of them all and let industries survive on their own one thing about food - everyone has to eat, prices would stabilize with or without any help from big brother I'm not a fan of subsidies of ANY type myself. Normally I would agree with you. And... admittedly, I'm not an expert. But some say that without subsidies for certain crops that farmers, being good businessmen, would only plant the most profitable crops causing the prices of cauliflower and asparagus (my personal fav) to then skyrocket. But the bottom line in THIS discussion, IMO, is that we can't have the good folks of NYC and LA making those kinds of decisions for the rest of us. And that's (possibly, for the sake of argument) what a pure democracy would get us. Tout est pour le mieux dans le meilleur des mondes possibles.

The dissolution of the EC would likely result in dramatic increases in social programs (welfare) with popular support in urban areas and decreases in programs and systems largely unknown by the MAJORITY, like farm subsidies that allow us to EAT. On the other hand... if you believe that it would result in an increase in the number of political parties. Well, then, you could take a look at the world's largest democracy, India. And note that they can't get shit passed through legislature due to the balance of power being distributed between 15+ political parties. Maybe that wouldn't be so bad after all. Tout est pour le mieux dans le meilleur des mondes possibles.

I did. It says "belly", not genitals. But Hollywood has even done your version: "...the killer gets off by stabbing the genitals of his victims." http://openguys.org/films/tag/online-blood-and-sex-nightmare-film/ "...speared him between the genitals" http://www.sciencemonster.net/16mm/16mm.html "strangles him to death, then dissects the body and plays with the entrails and severed genitals" http://www.subgenius.com/bigfist/goods/O.M.NonSub/X0010_MDianaMovies.html I can think of better things to watch. It doesn't sound appealing to me either. I was just beint facetious. The KJV says "belly" but the original Hebrew would've been more accurately rendered "womb". Some translations say "genitals" some say "groin" and some attempt to spare their readers the gruesomeness of Phineas' act. Way off topic though... sorry about that. Tout est pour le mieux dans le meilleur des mondes possibles.

Movies about plagues? The Reaping Outbreak Doomsday Children of Men I am Legend Zombie movies ... Okay. Sure... But how about a movie about stabbing people in the genitals? THAT would be original(I think). Numbers 25:8... look it up. Tout est pour le mieux dans le meilleur des mondes possibles.

He wasn't the only one who said that. The context of the discussion would have implied that we were talking about Paul with respect to other GOP candidates. So... what other Republican candidate suggested an immediate withdrawal from Iraq? This is where he definitely defferentiated; but in a wrong way. This is some serious lack of economic knowledge. The gold standard and it's belief is the equivalent of the perpetual motion machine of physics. It's junk economics. It failed in the seventies; it definitely isn't going to work today. Read up on the Bretton-woods act. I wouldn't suggest that I believe whole-heartedly in a return to convertability... but creating dollars out of thin air only devalues your savings account. What do you suggest? Exactly. He totally sucked at it. He said the wrong things. People may not like the truth, but they definitely are more repulsed by uninformed beliefs. People are CONFUSED by that which they do not understand. Paul brought up excellent points and had interesting ideas. If you can't admit that... than you're either being intentionally dishonest for the sake of debate (which I'm fine with), or you're truly an idiot. Obama won because he chose very simple themes and repeated them. Over and over and over and over and over again. There was nothing complicated or substantive about him. BARACK OBAMA IS TOBY KEITH. Modern country music sells because it's uncomplicated and the lyrics are easy to understand. That's exactly why you buy Obama. Tout est pour le mieux dans le meilleur des mondes possibles.