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  1. QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 30, 2009 -> 05:48 PM) Categorizing all conservatives along with these extremists is laughable none of us is saying that, nor have we said that. But, what I am saying is the crazy right seems to get coddled as "the hard working americans sick of government" instead of "man these people are dumb" the way they (accurately) show the stupid anarchists/lame hippies.
  2. QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 30, 2009 -> 04:34 PM) Do you really think they have the heavy hitters that the Daley's have? I think Chicago will win, but my point is, the naysayers saying "Well i'm sure them seeing this brutal beating" "yeah, I hope it goes to rio instead of our corrupt city" ... is rio is way, way worse. But I do think Rio has some heavy hitters coming to bat, it's more than brazil, it's South America that wants this.
  3. QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 30, 2009 -> 05:46 PM) Hey welcome to the club! Neither is demonizing the President by labeling him as everything evil people can think of under the sun. It never did cause a genocide in the nineties when Bill was President no...but you know what did happen?
  4. QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 30, 2009 -> 05:39 PM) Why bother? Everyone has forgotten about everything bad the Dems did then, so I figured it was OK to forget the GOP sins as well. yes i know, the poor conservative victims, your life is hard. My point was this hysterical rhetoric isn't something new.
  5. QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 30, 2009 -> 05:36 PM) These people have always been out there. No one paid attention to them until the Dems figured out that they could demonize them into winning elections. Am i the only one that remembers the 90s?
  6. QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 30, 2009 -> 05:28 PM) Its one right-wing nut writer, who I am sure who have an audience of right-wing nut followers. I don't think there is any doubt that the far right wing of the GOP pretty much spazzed out during the past year, seeing that it appeared the Dems and moderates were taking over, and that the modern version of conservatism was failing. The result is what we have now - a larger number of idiots than normal, shouting from the rooftops. Those idiots were always there, they just weren't as vocal or exposed. Fortunately, they are still a small minority. a small minority getting an unusual amount of press time + leeway to make outlandish comments.
  7. QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 30, 2009 -> 05:13 PM) Its possible. If anyone could figure out the corrupt IOC, its the corrupt Rich Daley. Seriously, it's like you guys don't realize Rio is in the discussion. I assure you our corrupt system would be a shining beacon of gov't transparency there.
  8. newsmax is a pretty popular right wing publication. How large does your audience have to be before you stop dismissing these people as "just one right wing nut"
  9. bmags

    bing.com/travel

    wellp, we found a ticket $200 cheaper than anywhere else. So I'm a fan.
  10. QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 30, 2009 -> 04:02 PM) The funny thing is that you contradicted yourself just by posting links from actual liberal media. that's not a contradiction.
  11. bmags

    bing.com/travel

    you sure that's not taxesand fees?
  12. QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Sep 30, 2009 -> 03:32 PM) Perhaps he should listen to dubstep which is pretty much nothing but beats. and awesomeness. Download Skream-Skream!. Awesome album.
  13. I mean, who wouldn't trust economists! They're reliable!
  14. QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 30, 2009 -> 02:53 PM) Some aren't. Just like the climate change debate, not every scientist or every scientific piece should be taken at face value. But in both cases, when ALL OF THEM line up to the same conclusion more or less, its time to face reality. Like i've said before, most every poll i've seen comes with a full package of their methodology and questioning. for instance, the new kaiser family foundation poll, once you track the news articles to its original source, has the full methodology here: http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/posr092909pkg.cfm.
  15. bmags

    bing.com/travel

    gotta say this is really awesome. They have a price predictor that tells you the best time to buy the ticket. I was looking for a friend to visit to brazil, they didn't have price predictor for GRU, but still found some great deals. I usually went with flights.com, and they typically have been the cheapest. But, am pretty impressed with bing in this fashion.
  16. but, polls aren't to be trusted.
  17. QUOTE (kapkomet @ Sep 30, 2009 -> 02:34 PM) That is reconciliation. i thought you were talking of the process of pushing the bill on simple majority.
  18. I'm not sure they are going to need reconciliation. What they need is to convince dem senators to vote for cloture, but if they want, against the bill. The big PO vote will be when the house and senate get together.
  19. Cool, there was an article in NewsMax advocating a military coup. Was taken down.
  20. QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 30, 2009 -> 02:57 PM) I personally think you need both kinds. I don't expect Woodward to dive into "small breaks", and I don't expect a paper journalist to do something as large in scope as his books either. It bothers me that someone with more access than any other journalist did not uncover any of that. It makes me wonder if he knew, but decided not to compromise his access.
  21. Okay, let me continue to narrow this down, in my mind: There are two huge names in journalism with very different tactics: Woodward and Hersh. I think both of them miss the point. Hersh identifies problems, but frankly, they are usually too large to be taken seriously (are we ratcheting up for war in Iran), uses a crap ton of unidentified sources and gets damning information tainted by this fact. Woodward has an uncanny ability to get everyone to talk on the record and gets really interesting, albeit, historical information now. And below them, are a bunch of really savvy, talented journalists are identifying singular problems (corruption from contractors, torture, etc.) getting people to speak on the record, getting really incredible documents and put info into the marketplace that allowed people to question how this war was handled, what is being carried out in our name for safety. I think woodward and hersh's ego is too large, and they are trying to tackle too much. Hersh's mind couldn't settle for My Lai anymore, dude would try and tackle the administration plans for China and communists role in Vietnam. I can't imagine Woodward settling for diving into a small break in anymore. They're trying to tackle too much and end up not getting to the point of anything.
  22. well if i lived in missouri i would've shipped you some...sorry!
  23. Are you sure there's no 90 shilling in Chicago, well, sorry you would know. They have a good stock of it in Missouri. Oi, i didn't think I' ever pine/respect the products of Missouri when I first got there. Not a bad state everyone.
  24. The senate isn't exactly a great representation of the populace as a whole, you'd find that in the house, which isn't having these problems. I don't think I should have to explain that each state gets 2 senators, regardless of population.
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