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C5 I gotta agree with BOB on this one. Its the perfect constitutional tax. You have the the option to drive around or to use the other bridge. Its the indirect tax discussed in the constitution I am aware of several toll roads that didn't cease the toll when the project was paid for:mad: this should all be approved up front so its not a hidden revenue source in the future without taxpayer knowledge.

thats a very nice tantrum BOB:biggthump I was really interested in wether or not anything on the list was untrue or exagerated though not just your "feelings". On another note I am sure that vagina dentata is an accurate DX :lol: very nice:ices_ange Almost as good as digital cranial rectalitis which most if not all politicians suffer from:lurk:

email me on the madd tex:biggthump

ITs an allmtn skwal. quite wide for a skwal actually. Its intended to be ridden with your rear toe as close to your front heel as you can get it with just enough angle to clear the binding latch on a standard binding. the idea is to create only one flex point instead of two. (ie the narrow stance) the technique is a little different feeling. you can stand tall on it and work the tail with your back leg like a slalom water ski and you can get forward on it and ride it one leg at a time by unweighting the leg not responsible for edging. for a regular setup you can work the left edge with the heel and lateral edge of your left foot and the right edge with the ball and lateral edge of your left foot while totally unweighting the opposite foot. feels like skiing one legged! no worries on where your ass is! its impossible to sit on the pot on this one:lol:

A Little Hillary Info It's all well documented information. Check out each of the statements yourself since proof is readily available. Hillary Clinton has been telling America that she is the most qualified candidate for president based on her 'record,' which she says includes her eight years in the White House as First Lady - or 'co-president' - and her seven years in the Senate. Here is a reminder of what that record includes: - As First Lady, Hillary assumed authority over Health Care Reform, a process that cost the taxpayers over $13 million. She told both Bill Bradley and Pat Moynahan, key votes needed to pass her legislation, that she would 'demonize' anyone who opposed it. But it was opposed; she couldn't even get it to a vote in a Congress controlled by her own party. (And in the next election, her party lost control of both the House and Senate.) - Hillary assumed authority over selecting a female Attorney General. Her first two recommendations (Zoe Baird and Kimba Wood) were forced to withdraw their names from consideration, and then she chose Janet Reno. Janet Reno has since been described by Bill himself as 'my worst mistake.' - Hillary recommended Lani Guanier for head of the Civil Rights Commission. When Guanier's radical views became known, her name had to be withdrawn. - Hillary recommended her former law partners, Web Hubbell, Vince Foster, and William Kennedy for positions in the Justice Department, White House staff, and the Treasury, respectively. Hubbell was later imprisoned, Foster committed suicide, and Kennedy was forced to resign. - Hillary also recommended a close friend of the Clintons, Craig Livingstone, for the position of director of White House security. When Livingstone was investigated for the improper access of up to 900 FBI files of Clinton enemies (Filegate) and the widespread use of drugs by White House staff, both Hillary and her husband denied knowing him. (FBI agent Dennis Sculimbrene confirmed in a Senate Judiciary Committee in 1996 both the drug use and Hillary' involvement in hiring Livingstone. After that, the FBI closed its White House Liaison Office, after serving seven presidents for over thirty years.) - In order to open 'slots' in the White House for her friends the Harry Thomasons (to whom millions of dollars in travel contracts could be awarded), Hillary had the entire staff of the White House Travel Office fired; they were reported to the FBI for 'gross mismanagement' and their reputations ruined. After a thirty-month investigation, only one, Billy Dale, was charged with a crime - mixing personal money with White House funds when he cashed checks. The jury acquitted him in less than two hours. - Another of Hillary's assumed duties was directing the 'bimbo eruption squad' and scandal defense: ---- She urged her husband not to settle the Paula Jones lawsuit. ---- She refused to release the Whitewater documents, which led to the appointment of Ken Starr as Special Prosecutor. After $80 million dollars of taxpayer money was spent, Starr's investigation led to Monica Lewinsky, which led to Bill lying about and later admitting his affairs. ---- Then they had to settle with Paula Jones after all. ---- And Bill lost his law license for lying to the grand jury ---- And Bill was impeached by the House. ---- And Hillary almost got herself indicted for perjury and obstruction of justice (she avoided it mostly because she repeated, 'I do not recall,' 'I have no recollection,' and 'I don't know' 56 times under oath). - Hillary wrote 'It Takes a Village,' demonstrating her Socialist viewpoint. - Hillary decided to seek election to the Senate in a state she had never lived in. Her husband pardoned FALN terrorists in order to get Latino support and the New Square Hassidim to get Jewish support. Hillary also had Bill pardon her brother's clients, for a small fee, to get financial support. - Then Hillary left the White House, but later had to return $200,000 in White House furniture, china, and artwork she had stolen. - In the campaign for the Senate, Hillary played the 'woman card' by portraying her opponent (Lazio) as a bully picking on her. - Hillary's husband further protected her by asking the National Archives to withhold from the public until 2012 many records of their time in the White House, including much of Hillary's correspondence and her calendars. (There are ongoing lawsuits to force the release of those records.) - As the junior Senator from New York, Hillary has passed no major legislation. she has deferred to the senior Senator (Schumer) to tend to the needs of New Yorkers, even on the hot issue of medical problems of workers involved in the cleanup of Ground Zero after 9/11. - Hillary's one notable vote, supporting the plan to invade Iraq, she has since disavowed.

Its very quiet all of a sudden!?

welcome some can depends on the boot and how big your feet are. start a new thread though so you don't jack this one.

forward until they don't get boot out on the board. I find that 45/ 45 is the hardest work but still very doable. Above that it gets easier again but the technique changes. I have been riding a surfrodz 19cm waist at 80/77 with good results. I can ride a stiffer stick that way if I use the catek free rides. I ride my madd Bx at 45/45 with switch Ntypes. the biggest factor is not going beyond the edges if you get to inboard from the edges with your heels and toes you lose power very quickly. to outboard and you boot out.

actually I was just referring to vince foster and ron brown. But I can't say the rest of the list suprises me. the long list of service men and women is particularly disturbing since both clintons admit a "loathing" of the military.

Our stated purpose is to advance the sport. The way I see it that means reaching out to softbooters and showing them what we do. Carving is the first step and the desire for better equipment is the second step. We should discuss these things openly and without negative comments toward the gear we all came from. we should also try the old softies every now and again instead of sitting in the lodge when the groom isn't just right;) or learn to ride the hard boots in the deep and steep your choice.:D

Actually the party hasn't fielded a candidate that shows its true values since reagan. most conservatives don't vote becasue they can't stomach the bush's and MCcains. conservatives want small government small budgets and small taxes. The biggest beef with taxes is the use of them to build bigger government. the republican party is not conservative any more. much the same the Democrats aren't the party of the people any more. they are the socialist elitist party and there aren't many in that constituency either. so they both have to lie to the rest of us to stay in power.

" Second Amendment an individual right The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide D.C. v. Heller, the first case in more than 60 years in which the court will confront the meaning of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Although Heller is about the constitutionality of the D.C. handgun ban, the court's decision will have an impact far beyond the District ("Promises breached," Op-Ed, Thursday). The court must decide in Heller whether the Second Amendment secures a right for individuals to keep and bear arms or merely grants states the power to arm their militias, the National Guard. This latter view is called the "collective rights" theory. A collective rights decision by the court would violate the contract by which Montana entered into statehood, called the Compact With the United States and archived at Article I of the Montana Constitution. When Montana and the United States entered into this bilateral contract in 1889, the U.S. approved the right to bear arms in the Montana Constitution, guaranteeing the right of "any person" to bear arms, clearly an individual right. There was no assertion in 1889 that the Second Amendment was susceptible to a collective rights interpretation, and the parties to the contract understood the Second Amendment to be consistent with the declared Montana constitutional right of "any person" to bear arms. As a bedrock principle of law, a contract must be honored so as to give effect to the intent of the contracting parties. A collective rights decision by the court in Heller would invoke an era of unilaterally revisable contracts by violating the statehood contract between the United States and Montana, and many other states. Numerous Montana lawmakers have concurred in a resolution raising this contract-violation issue. It's posted at progunleaders.org. The United States would do well to keep its contractual promise to the states that the Second Amendment secures an individual right now as it did upon execution of the statehood contract. BRAD JOHNSON Montana secretary of state Helena, Mont."

first read all the posts before venting and you will find that we agree on many things. My family drives a ford freestyle that is essentially the suburu you speak of. most trucks here (working Trucks) are diesel. I don't know anyone dumb enough to buy a 350 in a gasser. Most people here also own a smaller car for summer use and commuting when a truck isn't needed. I also would love to have one of the little Japanese minitrucks pictured above (they get over 50 MPG) and would serve many purposes practically. they aren't approved for road use in the US because the aforementioned big companies have lobbied to make it that way. In montana we license ATV for road use contrary to Federal law but I think I can license one that way and get away with it. Batteries have to be charged and most electricity is made by burning coal. the same enviros you love so much are lobbying to remove dams from our western rivers that provide the only renewable electicity we have. all to save the sturgeon. I one hundred percent support making companies that pollute pay for their own cleanup. They shouldn't be fined though unless that fine is used to cleanup. either that or you need to recognize the difference between a large corp and a small businessman. To many small business lose everything because the delivery guy spills ten gallons of drycleaning fluid in the parking lot. you can't have an environment that encourages the death of small business. the punishment should fit the crime. fine them for willful negligence and use the money for cleanup not to line some politicos pockets. As far as car models go we would love little deisel 4 wheel drives. the waiting list for the new VW diesels is out the door hereyou can't get one. yet you can go to the UK and all the cars are diesel it seems and made by ford and GM. Models they don't sell here now. the freemarket is already working my Dad's F350 hasn't moved all winter because he doesn't haul anything in the winter and the dieselo prices are insane. He bought a VW diesel to drive to the office. Jefferson would never support anything that interfered with personal freedom or personal responsibility. He also warned us against foreign entanglements. MCCAin will lose the presidential race because he doesn't understand or listen to his conservative base. Neocons are the pubes version of Soros and Co. on the Dem side. we are being run by the fringe instead of the masses. if I thought it would help I would be for Ron Paul. Unfortunately by the time the primaries get to montana there is no one left worth voting for.:(

interesting the difference in view points. I actually find that I can absorb the terrain better with higher angles. I also find that I am quicker directionally as far as changing edges if my hips are perpendicular to the edges ie. nose to the nose

my last one was in the 167 range if my memory serves me right

Tex you are the man :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: I liked the original version best :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: good on ya for not inciting a riot though

Interesting how the neocon label is so widely applied. I don't like Bush and Co. any better than you do. Yet somehow its convenient to lump everyone who thinks differently under one label. AND accuse them of illiteracy:lol: Dude your voice will have a much wider audience if you lose the absolutes and stick to rational arguments. I previously noted that we all come from different experiences and environments we do not see the world through the same eyes. We can however get a sense of each others experience if we discuss and listen without inflammatory rhetoric. Signed libertarian/constitutionalist leaning toward constructive anarchy:eplus2:

I am currently riding two of his boards that he graciously sent out as demos for the big mtn expression session. they are a lot of fun but totally different than anything you have ridden most likely. they perform the best with catek freeride bindings and I believe they were designed around that binding. they are soft boot specific carving boards. great fun and fantastic on days that the groomers are to soft for hardboots. they perform well in powder even the high angles aren't a problem because you have more ankle freedom in your softies. all in all everyone should have one for those days that hard boots just aren't doing it for you. 19 cm waist doable with softies.

who yanked your chain?:lol: Its a slow day at the office nuttin better to do.

</P> Ha ha Ha :lol::lol: sheeeeeit all that proves is that politicians are morons and the people who go to rallies are even dumber. not really news is it? Just because everyone in america went to school doesn't mean they are educated:cool: Uneducated sheep make better subjects, no

true enough its been around so long its a part of our language:eplus2: there are currently at least three technologies that show promise in the private sector and no major company is looking at them. one is in fact based on the old vaporise the fuel first idea. one is OOH gas introduced to the air intake. one is really a filter system for the pcv system it basically takes the carbon and oil out of the vapor and lets the gas vapors continue back into the intake manifold. there is some fuel reintroduced to the system but basically it just runs cleaner and is more efficient that way. I have that installed in my truck it works quite well. oil lasts longer and I get maybe a 6% improvement on mileage. I am currently playing with the OOH systems (there are several different ones)

5 years ago it would have worked great. now we are as split as the rest of the country. I guess all that 35% growth for the last 5 yrs had a price.:( Still its a nice flight of fancy.:D I think you'd fit right in:biggthump

Makes great sense so lets get the patent book out and pressure the oil companies into putting stuff back on the market. 100mpg carburators etc. I have played with three different techs that show great promise but are reinventing the wheel since it was already done 50 yrs ago. Our engines don't begin to get all the energy out of a gallon of gas. Why is hydrogen such a terror? The hindenburg didn't blow up because of the hydrogen it was the glue right. a little electricity and some water and you have hydrogen and oxygen at a very safe mix and it potentiates other reactions. gas burns way more efficiently in the presence of brown's gas OOH. any idiot can build a gadget to feed a little into the air intake. bottom line there are lots of things out there we are just encouraged not to explore them. I know of at least one car modified to run on only water converted to OOH. you can burn any vegetable oil ,without refining it further than filtering the fries out of it, in a diesel engine if you add OOH. I have seen a pick up run on wood gas made by burning woodchips in a gadget in the back of the truck. come on just get on the net and start experimenting. screw the manufacturers warranty:eplus2:

oh sure now you've gone and made it personal:lol: It happens everywhere else more than it happens in Montana. we are however considering an immigration policy because all the people moving here are bringing their goofy politics and ideas with them!:lol: On a bright note our AG posted a letter to the editor of the washington post reminding everyone that if the supreme court upholds DC's assertion that the 2nd amendment is a collective and not an individual right it will nullify the contract between the US and the territory of montana that actually created the statehood of montana. So either we will no longer be a state because the contract has been broken or there will be a legal precedent set that makes any contract open to interpretations other than the original signers. oooooooh hows that for an interesting twist. montana's state constitution is very clear that it is in fact an individual right. this was stipulated to in the aforementioned contract which actually cements the fact that the us constitution intends the same definition. a few years worth of "interpretation" have muddied the waters a bit on the federal side but it still is what it is. the supremes can uphold the 2nd or open a huge legal can of worms. entertaining :p