B.B. Hemingway

This guy might run for 1k yards next season, but I'd be curious what the staff has seen that makes them think he'd be an upgrade over Ervin, Yant or Johnson.

Just now, BigRedBuster said:

i agree with you.  However, I would say it's politically opinionated people who can't laugh at themselves that will ruin comedy.  

 

A few years ago I was on a vacation to Chicago with a group of people all from my home town and all are staunch MAGA voters.  I took them to Second City Theater.  This is the place that a lot of the original Saturday Night Live comics came from.  It's truly historic in the comedy world.

 

They hated it so much that they were pissed off and almost got up and walked out in the middle of it because there were skits making fun of right wingers.

 

People need to get a life and calm down and laugh at themselves every once in a while.

Oh for sure, most criticisms can be traced back to both sides of the political spectrum. Though, Rogan, Chapelle and others don't seem to be worried about their careers being ruined by the MAGA crowd.

11 minutes ago, The Murphinator said:

 

Did A&M have a stud ahead of him? I thought I read somewhere that he had fallen behind two freshmen on the depth chart.

3 minutes ago, knapplc said:

 

With jokes like this, comedy will never die.

You're too kind.

3 minutes ago, funhusker said:

Well it's the only thing left since the far right is trying to ruin everything else.

 

When will we all join forces against the extremes?  Seriously.  Far left wackodoodles and far right douchebags are not good for our country.  When are we going to finally be fed up with it?

We could probably debate all day on which side is ruining the country more, but I couldn't agree with you more on the rest of it. The extremes from both sides are frustrating.

1 hour ago, nic said:

Not sure why I put Bill Maher in the COVID thread…oops.

Here is part of what he said. About the red state question.

 

“Bill Maher: I was in Nashville three or four months ago, I think the audience there was almost 50-50 between conservatives and liberals, which is quite a trick, I must say, in this era of a lack of bipartisanship, where everything is binary. It was great to see where there were people who don’t agree politically who can get in the same room. There were a few groans from the right when I said something bad about them, and some from the left when that happened. But basically everyone laughed together. And we have to get back to that.

This country is falling apart at the seams. Half the people are not going to self-deport. You see these tweets and memes about owning and destroying the other side. Get over it. You’re not owning or destroying anybody. No one’s going anywhere. We have to learn to live together again. So I find more of that spirit is possible in a place like the cities you mentioned, whereas San Francisco, that’s going to be a little problematic for me. They’re a little too politically correct. There’s going to be a lot of groaning at some of the things I say, and that’s not what a comedy show is supposed to be. Political correctness has always been the enemy of comedy. That’s been my banner from the beginning.“

 

It's probably small potatoes to some, but, if allowed, the far left will eventually ruin comedy. They're already trying.

On 1/6/2022 at 9:39 AM, BigRedBuster said:

He's preached all along that the inflation was just temporary.  Now, he's starting to reverse that.

 

I be a little surprised if that holds true as we get into 2022. My business is a service business, and I was waiting until the New Year to raise prices, and am currently in the process of letting my clients and contracts know that prices will be increasing by at least 10% and in some cases more. I know the landscape business might be a little different than some service businesses, but I would guess that at least a decent amount of service businesses have also been waiting for the New Year to make those changes. You have to. Everything that allows you to provide the service you provide has risen in price.

It's hard to not be excited, and impressed with the work Frost has done in the off-season. He's made some great hires so far to his coaching staff, and I really like some of the players he's brought in through the portal, led by Thompson of course. 

However, (extremely) cautious optimism is where the excitement will peak for me.

12 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

 

Well, that doesn't seem like a bad thing.

53 minutes ago, Archy1221 said:

Must be nice to have a strong border policy.   I guess rules aren’t really rules in our neck of the woods. 
 

https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/33001055/novak-djokovic-denied-entry-australia-initial-covid-19-medical-exemption

"Mr. Djokovic's visa has been canceled. Rules are rules, especially when it comes to our borders," Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison posted on Twitter. "No one is above these rules. Our strong border policies have been critical to Australia having one of the lowest death rates in the world from COVID, we are continuing to be vigilant.''

Imagine if we had the same "they knew the rules" attitude to those entering our country illegally.

Just now, funhusker said:

My wife has been down the past 4 days or so with a horrible headache, fatigue, and coughing.  She tested negative for Covid, I wouldn't be surprised if she has it...

The flu or flurona? 

I hope she gets to feeling better. 

The Flu is back....

My wife and I had to order a new Tahoe. A  brand new 2022 was $2,000 more than the next best deal we could find within 2 hrs from us, which was a 2021 Tahoe with 20,000+ miles on it. We were trying to make her other car last, but at 150,000 miles the transmission started showing signs of a bad transmission. We weren't going to put $5,000 in it and really needed something bigger. When we bought her last car we had two kids, and we have  four now.

It took a few weeks to get it in, but it's worked out so far.

1 hour ago, BigRedBuster said:

 

Cautious hope?  It's a pretty good sample size....

1 hour ago, RedDenver said:

Irony is that the major of people complaining about it are the older people who had the opportunity to go to college for far less cost.

Yeah, but they had to walk there up hill both ways, so.....

1 minute ago, commando said:

forget the birds...what about santa and his reindeer flying around all those death traps?

The NORAD tracker showed no issue for Santa.

3 minutes ago, knapplc said:

 

That's a weird strawman. Nobody has ever said the only wasteful thing the government does is build a border wall. Where did you pull that one out of?  

3 minutes ago, knapplc said:

 

That's a weird strawman. Nobody has ever said the only wasteful thing the government does is build a border wall. Where did you pull that one out of?  

It wasn't an argument for, or against the wall. It was just a humorous observation.

Just now, Archy1221 said:

I wonder how people square the thought of a wall being environmentally damaging but 1,000,000 super large windmills are not?  

Who will think of the birds!!!!

5 minutes ago, Archy1221 said:

Here is what Hispanics in a Pew survey think about boarder security.   75% very much or somewhat agree the US needs to increase border security to prevent illegal crossings.  
 

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/04/20/most-latinos-say-u-s-immigration-system-needs-big-changes/ft_2021-04-19_latinos_02a/

Not a surprise. Most of my Hispanic friends have felt the same way.

1 minute ago, knapplc said:

 

A wall is not reasonable. It is a colossal waste of money and environmentally damaging - not to mention ridiculously ineffective. 

 

Hispanics are no different than Europeans from a century ago. It's just that racists hate the color of their skin, so they want us to treat them differently. 

It'll never not be funny that a border wall is where people suddenly want the government to be fiscally responsible. It doesn't matter to me if it ever gets built, because it isn't going to solve the problem completely. Though, I think it'd be a reasonable deterrent.

No doubt, some people feel that way.

10 hours ago, knapplc said:

 

Eliminating stupid laws would be an even better start. My ancestors walked off a boat from Europe and were granted citizenship. They entered the workforce, took English classes at night, and became productive citizens. 

 

Maybe we should stop voting for people who want to build walls and start voting for people who want unskilled labor to become American  citizens.

 

 

A mass migration of unskilled workers might make you feel good, but it brings on it's own set of problems. There's nothing wrong with a secured border, and enforcing reasonable border laws. There's no doubt that many Hispanics are hard working people, looking to build a better life for their families, but like other races, there are plenty of them here only to take advantage of our ridiculously generous welfare system, with no real intentions of being productive members of society.

6 minutes ago, knapplc said:

 

A lot of the people allegedly willing to let those willing workers in vote Republican. So...   ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

Entering the country without breaking the law would be a great start for all involved.

Just now, knapplc said:

 

Folks are amazingly capable of this kind of work. But most Americans don't teach their kids that this is a goal.

 

The kind of people who are, today, willing to do this kind of work are trying to enter our borders right now. It's just that they're the wrong color for most of the folks in my above sentence.

A lot of the people who allegedly want to keep those willing workers out at the border are also willing/in those lines of work. As I've mentioned here multiple times, the Hispanic culture aligns with our blue collar values pretty closely here in America. They'll blend in seamlessly if allowed, and already have to a large extent.

5 hours ago, Guy Chamberlin said:

 

I think there's a big shift in that direction. Much less stigma among the white collar and middle class about sending kids to trade schools and community colleges. 

 

I also think you have to lay a significant portion of the 2008 credit crisis on people who bought homes they couldn't afford. Mortgage brokers were pushing dangerously attractive ARMS --- like every salesman does -- but consumers needed to exercise personal caution -- like they always do. 

 

$200,000 worth of college tuition is going to be a bad bet more often than not if you're borrowing money for it. 

 

 

I'm not sure folks are too eager for the kind of physical labor required of some of those careers, however.