sarge87

Out of curiosity, what are the other methods that have disappeared? I always thought with the advent of the internet and stuff, the options for getting our voice out have diversified and expanded...back in the day, if we thought our QB sucked only our neighbors could know, right?

^^^

QFT

It's about time! Have a happy life together!!!

I was an early fan of Palin. Her home spun, blue collar conservatism appealed to me (nice cans didn't hurt either). I intially saw her as very raw politically and in terms of public speaking, I assumed she would mature into the role. As a conservative, I supprt her campaigning for others, but if she has any aspirations for the white house, I'd have to vote elsewhere.

 

I think most peoples' public estimation of other peoples' intelligence tends to be way off base. I would assume most presidents are like most people, that is mostly pretty average. The public perception however is offen swayed mostly by media. How is Quale an idiot for a few gaffs and Biden is just a tad eccentric. Really?

 

I've also heard enough of this well, he went to Harvard or Yale, I have to say, if my dad had the cash, I could of gone there too.

 

Now, we do have opportunities to do something about these parties, I have attended some 911 seminars and certainly read alot about the other various movements cropping up. The press seems content to paint the Tea Party thing as just a right wing freak movement, but I will tell you, the movement is in an embrionic state, it is not a unified ideology or even a group of entirely like minded people. You have the chance to shape the future of what may be the next viable political party. Will you continue to whine about the evils of the Dems and Pubs or are you ready to get off you a** and get involved?

I doubt that you could have made Law Review at Harvard Law though . . . lord knows I couldn't.

Being book smart and having a grasp on what works in the real world are two different things. I don't think anyone is challenging the former but the latter.

The LJS is reporting that Meister will be the new Democratic gubernatorial nominee in Nebraska. Anybody know much about him?

Another sacrificial lamb to the wolves.....

I posted this exact thing on another forum, and the answer I got was:

 

Palin defended us Americans by speaking her mind.

 

Sarah Palin. Defender of America.

 

 

By "defended", I think he meant "embarrassed". How freaking hard is it to get a commander in chief who can speak English properly? What is this making up words nonsense? "Got to celebrate it?" as a defense for not being able to express an intelligent thought?

 

I give credit to Obama for that - he's a well-polished guy.

As well polished as.... 57 states? Says breathalyzer instead of inhaler. The cops acted stupidly. I could go on and on with the Obamateurisms but what's the point? This is such a non-story.

This was the day that Guantanamo Bay retention facility closed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oops, no it didn't

 

 

 

 

How come no one in the media mentions this.

If it isn't in the DNC talking points memo or on Media Matters for the day then it's a non-issue.

ESPN football analyst held on child porn charges

 

Associated Press

 

July 9, 2010, 2:06PM

BRISTOL, Conn. — Jeremy Green, an analyst for ESPN and son of former NFL coach Dennis Green, has been arrested on a child pornography charge in Connecticut.

 

AP

This July 8 booking photo released by the Bristol, Conn.,

police department shows Jeremy Green, an analyst for ESPN

and son of former NFL coach Dennis Green, who was arrested

on child pornography charges.

 

Bristol police say Green was picked up on Thursday about 5 p.m. in a Southington hotel and charged with possession of child pornography, possession of narcotics and possession of drug paraphernalia.

 

He was being held on a $750,000 bond. Police are noting releasing details and say the warrant is sealed.

 

There was no telephone listing for Green at his address in Bristol, and it was not immediately clear whether he had a lawyer.

 

ESPN spokesman Mike Soltys says Green has worked since 2005 as a contributor to ESPN.com. The company had no immediate comment on the arrest.

 

Have a great birthday or hatch day or whatever :cheers :wasted :bonez :throwdabones1:

 

 

GBR

I was found in a dumpster and raised by carnival freaks.

Thanks guys.

Less than two months left until kickoff!!!!!! :throwdabones1:

USC won't be ranked in coaches' poll

 

This will be an unranked season for USC in USA Today's football coaches' poll.Grant Teaff, executive director of the American Football Coaches Association, told USA Today that because the school is under major NCAA sanctions and prohibited from playing in a bowl, it will be ineligible for the poll.

 

USC filed an appeal with the NCAA last month, asking that several sanctions of its football program be reduced because they are "too severe" and "inconsistent with precedent."

 

USC appealed only certain aspects of the NCAA's ruling. Among the penalties were a two-year bowl ban, four years of probation, scholarship losses and removal of several victories. The school will accept a bowl ban for the upcoming season and certain scholarship penalties in football, but believes the full sanctions were unduly harsh.

 

According to USA Today, it was expected that USC would be eligible for the coaches' poll in 2010 because it planned to appeal, but because the school accepted the postseason ban for this season, it became ineligible for the poll.

 

Teaff released a statement in which he said the AFCA informed USC athletic director Mike Garrett, USC coach Lane Kiffin, Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott and BCS executive director Bill Hancock that the Trojans would be ineligible for the 2010 coaches' poll.

 

The coaches' poll is one of the rankings used in the formula to determine the BCS standings.

 

"American Football Coaches Association policy dictates that AFCA members who serve on the board of voters to determine national ranking shall not vote on any institution on major probation," Teaff said in the statement.

 

"Penalties imposed by the NCAA, or a representative conference, are classified as 'major' if the penalties include loss of postseason bowl participation and/or television appearances, and/or loss of 20 percent or more of grants in aid."

 

The NCAA's sanctions will not prevent USC from being considered for The Associated Press' poll, which is not part of the BCS formula.

 

In an e-mail to the Los Angeles Times last month, in which she said USC would keep its 2004 AP national title, AP sports editor Terry Taylor said: "The poll is intended to measure on-field performance. If teams are allowed to play, they're allowed to be ranked and USC certainly played in 2004."

 

Also, being from New York, our team's don't have mascots (unless you're a Met fan... Then I guess you need one), so mascots in general are new to me.

I guess a homeless guy who reeks of Thunderbird and urine isn't really politically correct.

It looks like the chart stops after January 2010. In 2010, approximimately 600k jobs have been added. The unemployment rate actually fell slightly from May to June. While things certainly aren't rapidly improving, they aren't progressively getting worse like one might infer from watching the linked presentation.

Most all the job gains have been in the public sector -- not the private sector, where economic wellness of the country is measured. Of those 600K jobs added, 400K have been hired as census workers who will be shed as the year progresses, and most of the rest are seasonal workers involved in public works projects. This article explains it better than I can....

Behind the unemployment rate: Private-sector hiring still weak

 

Washington Post

July 2, 2010

By Frank Ahrens

 

As we do every month, let's unpack the data buried in today's June jobs report from the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics:

 

Headline numbers: The official U.S. unemployment rate dropped from 9.7 percent to 9.5 percent. About 125,000 jobs were lost in June. The number of long-term unemployed (out of work for 27 or more weeks) was essentially unchanged from May at 6.8 million. Total unemployed in the U.S. was down just a bit at 14.6 million.

 

Behind the headlines, Point 1: Don't focus on the 0.2 percent decline in the overall rate and think it's good news. The economy lost jobs. The overall number went down only because people left the labor force. That means that, when the BLS conducted its survey, these were people who were out of work but who had not looked for work recently -- probably, they had become discouraged and given up -- so they are not officially counted as unemployed. When the labor force shrinks, it shrinks the unemployment number.

 

Behind the headlines, Point 2: A truer unemployment rate can be figured by starting with the 9.5 percent number then adding all of the people who should be working full time but are not: the discouraged non-workers we spoke of above and people who are working part time but would prefer to work full time. That unemployment rate in June was a much higher 16.5 percent, down from 16.6 percent in May. Though these people are not officially counted as unemployed, they certainly make demands on the system and probably feel pretty unemployed. The number of discouraged workers in June stood at 1.2 million, up 414,000 from a year ago.

 

Behind the headlines, Point 3: 125,000 net jobs were lost from the economy last month because the U.S. Census let go 225,000 temporary workers. Until the decennial count ends this fall, the Census will be the biggest force in the U.S. labor force, as it adds workers in some months and lets them go in others, sort of like a big job accordion. Which brings us to ...

 

Behind the the headlines, Point 4: Only 83,000 private-sector jobs were added in June. That's significantly up from the mere 15,000 private-sector jobs added in May, but it was still below Wall Street estimates and more important is below the number of private-sector jobs that need to be added each month just to keep up with population growth, which is about 125,000. As we saw in the previous month, of the 440,000 new jobs added to the economy in May, almost every one of those jobs were Census jobs, meaning they are only temporary. Private-sector employers are still refusing to hire because they are too scared of where the economy may be going.

 

Behind the headlines, Point 5: Long-term unemployment number is a problem. In June, 6.8 million people were unemployed for 27 weeks or longer. That's up from 6.1 million in February of this year and up from 4.4 million in June 2009. In short, this is not a disastrous jobs report, but it's a bad sign that a jobs report that includes a 9.5 percent unemployment rate is not considered disastrous. Our new normal -- unemployment near 10 percent, European levels -- is going to stick around for a while.

 

Watched the USA vs. Ghana match and came away unimpressed. Talk about a total snoozefest.

Ghana scores early on, then I get treated to 30 extra minutes of Ghana players flopping on the ground faking injuries, clearly to break any kind of momentum the USA team would mount to try to get the ball on the net. Well at least the media can put the "How soccer is catching on in the US" stories on mothballs for another four years, or since the same team has beaten us in consecutive Cups, they can print stories on how far US Soccer has fallen behind Ghana.

Forgive me, but I think I'll take a pass next time.

that's pregnant

 

 

 

GBR

a child that is pregnant? what is this, missouri?

If it was Mizzou, a methlab would have to be mentioned somewhere in the post.

Congrats!!!

I understand his frustration with the State Department, but McChrystal should resign. There's a chain of command that needs to be respected, and in my opinion, whether he was right or wrong in his criticism is not the point. A line was crossed that should never be crossed.

it seems odd (i know people debate about whether the big 8 absorbed swc, or if it was a merger) that TU would come into the big 8 from a weak conference and just take over. what would the swc look like today if the big 8 remained the same. did anyone see tu becoming such a superpower in terms of money and political posturing. i'm a little too young to remember the formation of the big 12, but i feel like had i been alive then, i still would not understand or know these things. the big 8 was NU's conference, it is like having a house guest for a week, and then saying, "well, we'll be leaving now, do whatever you want with our former home". (a more apt metaphor would be inviting a roommate, i mean we were supposed to be all equal members)

The answer to this is very simple. The rest of the old Big 8 teams -- in their zeal to cut us off at the knees -- sided with the upstarts from the old SWC in voting. It's actually poetic justice they are now at the mercy of the Texas monster they created.

"The CIC helped procure $6.5 billion in federal research grant dollars last year. "

 

Yeah, makes that TV money look small don't it.

 

Nexus and I have been on about the CIC since the Nebraska-to-the-Big10 rumors started. The TV deal is nice, and we'll help the Big Ten in TV revenue, but frankly, Nebraska got BY FAR the better end of this deal. Rubbing elbows with Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State, and the rest, plus membership in the finest academic club available to public schools.

 

Yeah, this is a pretty big deal.

i don't know... that new big 12 tv deal looks pretty good.

 

Beebe's only hope for this lucrative TV deal is that the schools other than Texass can't tell the difference between real currency and Monopoly money.

That television contract won't be worth the paper it's written on once the Bevo Network goes online. Advertisers will not spend one red penny with the Big 12 on a television deal if there is a rival network in Texas offering the same product and competing for their viewers in the same market.

Will lets up he develops more for then then he did us!

 

 

Did I say he was bad? No, I said lets hope he developes more in the Royals oranization then he did as a Husker. Learn to read Havoc!

 

If you're going to kid havoc about not reading what you write, you may want to write a little more clearly in the first place so we don't have to interpret your post.

Jamel Turner shot; 17-year-old girl dead

Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Police say an Ohio State football recruit Jamel Turner is in critical condition and a 17-year-old girl is dead after both were shot multiple times early Saturday morning in Youngstown.

 

Turner, a defensive end who played high school ball at Ursuline High School in his native Youngstown, signed with the Buckeyes in February.

 

Coach Jim Tressel issued a statement Saturday night saying, "I'm so sad to hear of Jamel's misfortune. I have not communicated with Jamel, but am certainly praying for him at this time."

 

Turner was ruled academically ineligible before graduating from Ursuline, and enrolled at Fork Union (Va.) Military Academy, where he played football last fall. But he left the academy earlier this year.

 

A parent shouldn't have to bury their children. This just senseless violence and very sad for the families.

I think he meant Not In My Back Yard.

 

And yes, that's a problem. Spreading the facts about the safety record helps.

Nuclear energy could be 100% safe and not one environmentalist would sign off on it. Besides the Obama administration and his party in Congress has made their views known on nuclear energy.

 

Regarding Obama and Congress, that is incorrect. See here and here.

 

Closing Yucca Mountain was nothing more than politics. As wrong as it appears to me to abandon the project it in no way shows that Obama or Congress is against nuclear power. It was just an attempt to keep Nevada voters in the fold.

And the other isn't politics? What's a few billion to buy votes?

They know their environmental lobby will stall these plants in courts for years to come just like always.

Is this a real winding, no shoulder interstate? I really don't like to drive when there is cliffs and such, but I really want to take my kids from Nebraska to Vegas in July. Anyone has anyone driven this stretch or is an alternative?

I-70 from Denver to Cove Fort, UT....it's one of the most scenic stretches in the US. As far as the interstate is concerned, it is as modern as any other in the US. Just remember to fill the tank in Grand Junction, CO before heading across Utah, because the services are next to nothing until you get to Richfield, UT about 230 miles. From there it should be about 290 miles to Las Vegas on I-70 & I-15. If that is too far the next stop would be a Mesquite, NV about 200 miles.

I have to say though, the thing I hate most about soccer is the diving. Really stupid. I feel bad for that Nigerian guy who guy a red card because the stupid Greek player decided to be a pansy and fell to the ground writhing in agony when he wasn't even touched.

They call that gamesmanship.

I call it get up you big wuss, people are watching you.

Can we drop Men's BB and start up a Men's VB team to join Penn St and Ohio St with a program? (i kid on dropping BB btw)

I would be 100% on board with this.

 

ditto

I think we're all in agreement.

this is a little weird sarge. All we have seen about the possible new deals would be 3 tiered. But both MU and TX held press conferences today and both admins stated they knew nothing about that and that everything would be done as it was before. 1/2 the tv money split even, the other 1/2 by tv appearences. no guarentees. They both also disputed the split of penalty dollars. Even TX said they would oppose not splitting it even.

 

Something smells fishy. all reports are saying one thing. The schools another. and the conference another.

That's what I'm seeing. Someone is pi$$ing down someone else's back and being told it's raining.

I'm hoping for a cross-river rivalry with Iowa just because it's fun and I have an uncle in Iowa that I would love to rub a ton of wins in his face lol...I also thought a Big Red Rivalry with Wisconsin could be fun, mostly just because I like the program...Penn St. gives us a fun Volleyball rivalry to be sure!

 

DT

 

edit: the trophy for wisconsin could have something to do with cheese and corn? lol I got nothin

A bucket of cheesy popcorn?