wildman

With the constant changes in college football and life, whether it be a kid changing his mind, a program making a coaching change, an assistant deciding to take a different position elsewhere, etc., a kid would almost be foolish to sign a binding letter to a school sooner than he had to. You can talk the "commit to the school, not the coach" gibberish, but get real. What kind of an idiot commits to a school without considering the coaching staff as a huge factor in their decision. After all, it is the coaches that go around the country and do the recruiting. We've heard many times recently a lot of these kids don't know a damn thing about Nebraska before they came here. That initial contact and relationship with that coach is a vital part to even getting them to come see the facilities.

 

I don't think Bo's idea is a terrible one, but I would still expect the smarter kids to sit back and weigh their options a bit. Why rush the process?

I don't think Bo is trying to rush the process. It's more instead of Schools offering 200+ scholarships to fill 20 spots on their roster. Plus the kids having offers from 7+ schools to go to. It'd make it kids getting 1-3 offers and schools offering to 30 kids.

So It would slow it down as coaches would do more evaluation before offering. Plus the kids wouldn't be contacted as much and there for could concentrate more on school and the team they are currently on. Plus the coaches of schools wouldn't be wasting their time contacting a kid that they want trying to get them to decommit. They would just move onto the next target on their list.

Bowling ball sized bowling balls at the bowling alley!

ok but whats the mph on the wind in there?

the thing that puzzles me is that Bowe is still alive. All of the ones taken from the Taliban that I know of were killed shortly after being captured. So unless there is some stories that I don't know about, there would be something more to why he's still alive.

Do they really need to get the police involved, wtf would they charge them with? It's about as harmless as a prank can get, and it's still funny. Just give em detention and call it good, they probably knew that would be coming.

I agree if it was done by a student and not an adult cops are not needed, detention would be enough. But the real question is, did anyone show up for the inspection? lol

I totally see what you're saying. Common sense tells us that person shouldn't have or be allowed access to guns. However, implementation of such a policy would be very tricky imo. How would it work? Would all guns be confiscated immediately after seeking mental help? Who is going to do the confiscating? I'm just not sure how this gets accomplished without some type of Orwellian government.

In the military this already exist. If the marine lives on base all guns have to be kept in the arms section of each unit. If you want to go shooting or hunting. You just have to check it out by signing your name, date and time. Then same thing when you return it. Since he had them, i'd bet he either lives off base, just bought them or stole them.

ok this doesn't sound good for those of us that can't watch

 

 

 

I used to believe in God (the Christian God) for a long time. I doubted for a long time, and finally I stopped ignoring those doubts in a knee-jerk fashion and explored them - really explored what I believed and why. It became clear that the reason I was Christian was that my parents were Christian, I was taken to Christian church my whole life, and I'd never had any real experiences with any other religions. I had never spent a year in a mosque, or a temple, or giving any other religion more than a cursory glance (reading their texts, talking to a few believers, etc).

 

When I stopped simply believing what I was told and truly thought about these stories, I couldn't believe them anymore. Funny thing - the clincher was a two-year cover-to-cover study of the Bible. I'd read this or that book, chapters and verses galore, but never the whole thing in an exhaustive study. Once I did, it was over for me.

 

 

 

I've talked about the House & the Shed analogy before here. My epiphany came to me as I stood on my deck, looking at my shed. It was dirty and needed to be cleaned out, mostly from mouse debris but I had some spilt bags of sand, tons of dirt, the usual stuff. It was a nasty, smelly mess. So bad that I never wanted to go in there.

 

As I stood there looking at that stupid shed, it occurred to me that I wouldn't even let a child of mine go in there in that condition. And then it dawned on me that the Bible story, as we're told it, teaches that God, who has the power to do anything, makes me live in that shed. He could very easily pull me out of it, give me a room in the house and let me live there instead of living in squalor, but he doesn't.

 

If I wouldn't let my own children go into that shed, why would the all-powerful God of the Universe let his? I decided to stop ignoring my doubts right there. It was clearly a story made up by the church to control people. No actual factual God as described in the Bible would allow children he loves to suffer this way.

 

The stories the Bible tells us, the stories the church tells us, are very clearly made up after the fact to explain what already is, to try and put some kind of explanation on things. There are 1,000 reasons why this would happen - control, power, influence, all the basic human character flaws, ignorance, fear of the reality of life, bap bap bap. The list is as long as man's journey through time.

 

The process took years. I was taught that God was real and that the Bible was true, I even taught that myself as a church leader. But it's clear to me that it's not true, and I feel much happier now, like a weight has lifted off my shoulders.

Ok Knapp,

 

Here is a question that has always perplexed me. Since it is so clear to you that these stories are made up etc.

 

Why do devout Athiests convert to a belief in God after exploring scientific explanation of things etc.

 

Clearly there are conversions that go both ways. Why? (Please excuse any perceived "negative" tone, it was just a question)

 

 

I always thought Athiest believed in god just that Jesus hasn't walked on earth. Or am I wrong in this?

 

 

Atheist: "a-" meaning without; and "theos" meaning god. Atheist literally translates to "without god".

 

Now Jews believe in god, but that Jesus hasn't walked the earth.

 

Agnostics believe one cannot know with certainty that a god does or doesn't exist

thanks for clearing that up

 

I used to believe in God (the Christian God) for a long time. I doubted for a long time, and finally I stopped ignoring those doubts in a knee-jerk fashion and explored them - really explored what I believed and why. It became clear that the reason I was Christian was that my parents were Christian, I was taken to Christian church my whole life, and I'd never had any real experiences with any other religions. I had never spent a year in a mosque, or a temple, or giving any other religion more than a cursory glance (reading their texts, talking to a few believers, etc).

 

When I stopped simply believing what I was told and truly thought about these stories, I couldn't believe them anymore. Funny thing - the clincher was a two-year cover-to-cover study of the Bible. I'd read this or that book, chapters and verses galore, but never the whole thing in an exhaustive study. Once I did, it was over for me.

 

 

 

I've talked about the House & the Shed analogy before here. My epiphany came to me as I stood on my deck, looking at my shed. It was dirty and needed to be cleaned out, mostly from mouse debris but I had some spilt bags of sand, tons of dirt, the usual stuff. It was a nasty, smelly mess. So bad that I never wanted to go in there.

 

As I stood there looking at that stupid shed, it occurred to me that I wouldn't even let a child of mine go in there in that condition. And then it dawned on me that the Bible story, as we're told it, teaches that God, who has the power to do anything, makes me live in that shed. He could very easily pull me out of it, give me a room in the house and let me live there instead of living in squalor, but he doesn't.

 

If I wouldn't let my own children go into that shed, why would the all-powerful God of the Universe let his? I decided to stop ignoring my doubts right there. It was clearly a story made up by the church to control people. No actual factual God as described in the Bible would allow children he loves to suffer this way.

 

The stories the Bible tells us, the stories the church tells us, are very clearly made up after the fact to explain what already is, to try and put some kind of explanation on things. There are 1,000 reasons why this would happen - control, power, influence, all the basic human character flaws, ignorance, fear of the reality of life, bap bap bap. The list is as long as man's journey through time.

 

The process took years. I was taught that God was real and that the Bible was true, I even taught that myself as a church leader. But it's clear to me that it's not true, and I feel much happier now, like a weight has lifted off my shoulders.

Ok Knapp,

 

Here is a question that has always perplexed me. Since it is so clear to you that these stories are made up etc.

 

Why do devout Athiests convert to a belief in God after exploring scientific explanation of things etc.

 

Clearly there are conversions that go both ways. Why? (Please excuse any perceived "negative" tone, it was just a question)

 

I always thought Athiest believed in god just that Jesus hasn't walked on earth. Or am I wrong in this?

I've always been told i have a really warped belief when it comes to this stuff. So i'll do my best to try and explain it in writing.

I was raised baptist going to multiple churches in Alabama when I was younger and Nebraska when we moved. I've always been taught God is why everyone is here and he put each of us here for a reason. As I've gotten older and gone through school, started researching things myself. Plus having the privilege to experience other cultures and their beliefs. Has caused my own beliefs to drastically change. The way I feel is that God not necessarily the god of Christians is why we are all here. Through the big bang and evolution is how she/he did it. The reason I feel this way is because science has shown a lot of evidence in support of big bang and evolution. Where as religions it's based on faith and beliefs with very little if any evidence. Now the reason I still lean towards religion. Is because through out my life I've witnessed things that according to people and science shouldn't be possible. I've heard voices in my car telling me how to avoid a vehicle accident, that i probably wouldn't of survived. That has happened to me twice. Which has lead me to be interested in the paranormal research. With that I go in everywhere being a skeptic trying to find a logical reason for the experiences and not a paranormal one. Sometimes I succeed and other times I end up with evidence of possible life after death.

But something I have learned about most of the religions out there. Is they are generally a good thing. They provide hope, faith and a sense of belonging. For some people sadly that is the only place they experience that in their life. Plus most religions provide a path of how to respectfully treat others in order to make earth the best it can.

 

Dayng!

 

I'm already making it back to Lincoln for the first time since my Mom's "Celebration Of Life/Funeral" ....And a week too soon to catch my high school class reunion...Now, I'm missing THIS?

 

 

BTW...If anyone is around downtown Lincoln on June 21st....My Sister told me she wants someone to dance with at my old college buddy's daughter's wedding reception...And I might even have a date with a cute nurse they tried to fix me up with back in '87...She finally dumped her fiance after all these years..

We're going to need pics and possibly a financial status.

 

of his sister or the nurse? lol

Anyone who goes to this and then gets Landlord tossed out of the bar after one drink I will pay money to

this sounds fun. I was thinking more along the lines of drunk and duct taped to a light pole.

Wildman,

 

I value your opinion on this because you were there doing the work that all of us sit around and debate about.

 

What if what you ask for just can't be done? What if we will never be able to guarantee Iraqi's security? What if we can never guarantee Afghan people can defend against the Taliban?

 

I think this is where the administration is right now.

If there is absolutely nothing that can be done. The people refuse to help themselves. Then at that point it's time to walk away and let them deal with the consequences. I'd still feel bad for what happened in that situation, but would show no sympathy as they did it to themselves.

 

However, there is a part of me that believes at some point down the road, something bad is going to happen because of this shift in policy that we won't like.

 

It wouldn't surprise me if that's true.

 

But then again, something bad for America could come out of the Africa troubles.

 

Something bad for America could come out of the Syria war.

 

Something bad for America could come from anywhere.

 

The answer can't be to put troops everywhere and keep them there forever. We have to bring them home sometime, right?

 

Yes troops need to come home. They deserve to be with their families, friends and loved ones. In my opinion even more so then others. But we also need to keep troops in areas we occupy to keep those individuals there safe as well. I know if when I was in Iraq and we just did a massive pull out. If that area went to hell in a civil war or insurgents taking over. I'd feel very bad for the Iraqi people cause we caused that. So when we bring the troops home. We need to make sure the area can support and protect itself.

 

 

For me personally, one country had people in it that attacked us...the other one didn't. At least that's a good start.

 

As of today, and as the article states, the majority of Afghan people want us there helping them. I don't think that is the case with Iraq.

 

The reason I asked was I served 2 tours in Iraq. I can't say it was the same everywhere. But my first trip was September 03 - July 04 with a engineer unit in Baghdad. My unit was helping rebuild the city, so I get to see and experience a lot of the city and the locals. For the most part they treated us well. Some treated us like rock stars always chanting and cheering when we come by. Would tell us of unusual cars or people in the area that they didn't know. After checking them out, most were false leads others we got intel.

 

My second trip I was with a EOD unit located mainly in Mosul from September 05 - February 06. There we obviously were called out to take care of ied's and help keep people safe. I wasn't able to get out and see the area or meet the locals as much. So I don't know if their opinions changed or if it was just the Baghdad area I was in. But I'd say if anything at one time, earlier in the war we were welcomed and wanted.

 

Very interesting perspective. I supported the Iraq war also but feel differently about it now than the Afghan war. To me, I have no regrets for going in and getting rid of Saddam. The guy was a piece of crap that tortured and killed his own people for his own power and his two sons were even worse. I feel sorry for any of the innocent locals who were hurt or killed in the process. I don't like it that we injured Americans and lost American lives doing it.

 

It would be interesting to see (impossible) how Iraq would have been different without outside influences like Iran.

 

I do to. I feel bad for how the Iraqi's were treated by Saddam and his boys. The stories i hear about them from the locals is to me reason enough for going into Iraq. But also the stories I heard from American troops that were in Desert Storm make me cringe about what happened before and after we went in.

I to don't ever want to see American troops in harms way. But sadly it's a necessary evil that we must endure to keep the freedom we cherish and sometimes take for granted.

 

 

 

For me personally, one country had people in it that attacked us...the other one didn't. At least that's a good start.

 

As of today, and as the article states, the majority of Afghan people want us there helping them. I don't think that is the case with Iraq.

 

"Majority of Afghan people?" meh. That's tricky, so so tricky. Josh Shahryar, an American based journalist, is claiming this based on election results. An election that one in six Afghans showed up for and his interpretation of those results. Abdullah Abdullah, a Tajik with stronger ties to the West and a history with the Northern Alliance recieved the most votes (45%) in the first round so I guess Shahryar is taking that as popular support for "us there helping them."

 

So Abdullah won 45% of the votes in an election in which roughly 16% of Afghans voted...and we're even going out on a limb assuming that a vote for Abdullah = support for continued US presence but making that assumption and running some crappy math we get just under 8% of Afghans supporting "us there helping them".

 

The things is, the south eastern provinces where the Taliban has its base, Kandahar, Helmand and the like - had very very low turnout. 5% of Kandahar. 3% of Helmand, 3% of Zabul, 3% of Urozgan.

 

Compare those numbers to the north with Balkh province (Mazar-e-Sharif) and Takhar province at around 30% and Kondoz at 59% turnout.

 

So really, what Shahryar means to say is that some literate and cosmopolitan Afghans, especially non-Pashtuns and those from northern Afghanistan seem to support a candidate who may be receptive to a deal that may provide for a limited American presence in the future. Well no sh#t Sherlock. Those people have always liked us...ok...liked us more than their southern Pashtun neighbors. They were never the "bad guys".

 

The election was by no means a strong endorsement of OEF-as usual.

 

 

Those are all good points. But the places that have a strong taliban presence. Probably didn't vote because of the taliban presence. So unless we go in and get rid of the taliban presence. No way to really say if they are in support of us or not. But the current evidence shows they either don't support us or are afraid to.

 

 

They probably didn't vote for the same reason they don't join the ANA/ANP and for the same reason many of them support the Taliban and similar groups. They're Pashtuns who see the Kabul government as a bunch of religiously lost and morally/economically corrupt Northern non-Pashtuns propped up by an army of Westerners. They don't view the elections or the government as legitimate. Couple that with illiteracy and their unfamiliarity with the democractic process and you get low turnout.

 

I think that the Taliban is as much a Pashtun-nationalist group as it is a religious "insurgent" group and that the chance of a bunch of Americans and Brits rolling into Kandahar and "ridding" the local Pashtuns of the Taliban is right around 0% and an Army of Tajiks doing it is only slightly better.

 

oh I agree with you on why they didn't vote. I was just stating their is a very small probability, that their support of the taliban and not us is fear. Even though I see it as a probability, it wouldn't be one i'd be willing to bet on.

 

For me personally, one country had people in it that attacked us...the other one didn't. At least that's a good start.

 

As of today, and as the article states, the majority of Afghan people want us there helping them. I don't think that is the case with Iraq.

 

"Majority of Afghan people?" meh. That's tricky, so so tricky. Josh Shahryar, an American based journalist, is claiming this based on election results. An election that one in six Afghans showed up for and his interpretation of those results. Abdullah Abdullah, a Tajik with stronger ties to the West and a history with the Northern Alliance recieved the most votes (45%) in the first round so I guess Shahryar is taking that as popular support for "us there helping them."

 

So Abdullah won 45% of the votes in an election in which roughly 16% of Afghans voted...and we're even going out on a limb assuming that a vote for Abdullah = support for continued US presence but making that assumption and running some crappy math we get just under 8% of Afghans supporting "us there helping them".

 

The things is, the south eastern provinces where the Taliban has its base, Kandahar, Helmand and the like - had very very low turnout. 5% of Kandahar. 3% of Helmand, 3% of Zabul, 3% of Urozgan.

 

Compare those numbers to the north with Balkh province (Mazar-e-Sharif) and Takhar province at around 30% and Kondoz at 59% turnout.

 

So really, what Shahryar means to say is that some literate and cosmopolitan Afghans, especially non-Pashtuns and those from northern Afghanistan seem to support a candidate who may be receptive to a deal that may provide for a limited American presence in the future. Well no sh#t Sherlock. Those people have always liked us...ok...liked us more than their southern Pashtun neighbors. They were never the "bad guys".

 

The election was by no means a strong endorsement of OEF-as usual.

 

Those are all good points. But the places that have a strong taliban presence. Probably didn't vote because of the taliban presence. So unless we go in and get rid of the taliban presence. No way to really say if they are in support of us or not. But the current evidence shows they either don't support us or are afraid to.

For me personally, one country had people in it that attacked us...the other one didn't. At least that's a good start.

 

As of today, and as the article states, the majority of Afghan people want us there helping them. I don't think that is the case with Iraq.

The reason I asked was I served 2 tours in Iraq. I can't say it was the same everywhere. But my first trip was September 03 - July 04 with a engineer unit in Baghdad. My unit was helping rebuild the city, so I get to see and experience a lot of the city and the locals. For the most part they treated us well. Some treated us like rock stars always chanting and cheering when we come by. Would tell us of unusual cars or people in the area that they didn't know. After checking them out, most were false leads others we got intel.

My second trip I was with a EOD unit located mainly in Mosul from September 05 - February 06. There we obviously were called out to take care of ied's and help keep people safe. I wasn't able to get out and see the area or meet the locals as much. So I don't know if their opinions changed or if it was just the Baghdad area I was in. But I'd say if anything at one time, earlier in the war we were welcomed and wanted.

OK...President Obama has set out a plan to bring back basically all troops out of Afghanistan and end the American involvement in the war. I support those efforts and am tired of having our military there spending billions of dollars and American lives trying to help that country. I supported the war going in and still to this day believe we had every right to do so being that the Taliban there was harboring the people who attacked us on 9/11. I have grown to believe we simply stayed there too long trying to "Fix" a country that couldn't be "fixed".

 

This is a very good article that quite frankly...makes me sad. I have always felt we were there for the right reasons. We first went in to defeat Alqaeda and kill Bin Laden and at the same time, help the Afghanistan government and people defeat the Taliban who are a horrible group of people.

 

As this article states, I feel this war is totally different than the Iraq War.

 

LINK

 

I support bringing our troops home but at the same time, I am sad for the Afghan people because it is clear what is going to happen in their country.

I agree we've been there to long now and need to bring our troops home. But out of curiosity, what did you mean by totally different than the Iraq War?

Dude, you are not a villain. How many posts in a row do you have to imagine something that someone is calling you?

 

 

White people don't benefit from their standing because they are ignorant - they benefit because they are white. It doesn't matter how accepting and fair you are, you are still privileged in ways that non-white people are not. A lot of ways. Nobody is saying that white people are inherently evil and prejudiced and other groups aren't - people are only saying that white people have greater standing and advantages in our country due to the systems and institutions that support it. Because that is the reality.

 

You don't have to apologize for it you just have to acknowledge that it exists and then use it for good.

This I agree with. But sadly don't think racism will ever go away. Hatred will always be taught down to the lower generations in certain groups. Plus with stereotypes being said and joked about, and how they supposedly exist for a reason. Not to mention how news is reported and skewed depending on race or ethnicity. Pretty much means racism is a never ending thing, but I do hope I'm wrong.

I would love to see the tournament in Omaha every year. Plus think it would be smart as it's the home of the college world series. Which could be a huge recruiting tool for the coaches. But the issue with it hosted here every year is the equality to every team. The Big 10 keeps everything even and fair for all teams, which I think is great. Because of that I don't see it ever being in one location every year.

This may have been mentioned previously but I HATE, HATE, HATE these idiots that I see walking down the street with their pants soooo low that they have to hold them up with their hands and walk like a penguin.

 

Men-Its a terrible look and no one thinks you are cool, tough, hard, etc.

 

It has taken a lot of restraint for me not to walk up to some of these fools and give them a little push just to watch them lose their balance.

A friend of mines kid use to do that. Till one of our friends explained to him that started with gay men in the state pen to advertise they are available. I've never seen someone pull their pants up and find a belt that fast in my life lol.

Wish I wouldn't of gotten out of the military. Currently wish I would of drove passed that Chinese restaurant for lunch.

Father- Dutch relatives from Holland and South Africa a town in SA with my last name

There is a town or village in Germany with my last name. When I was there I tried finding it, mainly so I can walk around telling people I'm their king. But I couldn't ever find where it was located.

People that ask me a question and as I start to answer it they intterupt me and ask another question. Sometimes I dream of bathing in their blood whilst laughing. Those are good dreams.

this drives me insane. Or when someone asks hey what is your phone number. As you start to give it. They constantly interrupt you just to repeat it. Then will say it again after getting the entire number to make sure they have it all correct.

my boss who thinks she needs to wake up and go to work. I hate it when she does that.

When my boss says no one is allowed more than 2 consecutive weeks of vacation. Yet every year her and one of her biggest kiss asses at work take 4 consecutive weeks of vacation.

Insurance agents that are suppose to take courses on how annuity products work. Yet have no clue about any of it.

Police officers that pull over others for talking on their phone, yet do it themselves. Then give a bs answer of well were trained professionals.

Calling into a business for help/support. The other line is answered by someone in India that can barely speak or understand English.

People coming from other countries that talk about how great their country is. Then how America should adapt and conform to how their old country was. If it was so great move back. Now I'm not racist or feel people shouldn't be proud of who they are where they came from. But don't move some where for a better life, then put it down based on where you just left.

People that replace the number zero with the letter o when giving a value, phone number

Parents that refuse to discipline their child as they see it being cruel. Yet bitch, moan and complain on facebook about how their child won't listen to them.