The Beast

Here’s another problem. What do you do with young adults who don’t know what to do and just pick something, only to find out later they want to do something else or they hate or are indifferent the work they are in? What do we do as a society to stop people from majoring in a subject, like sociology and instead help guide them to major in a position? And...if it is too crazy for someone to decide what they should do for the next 30 years, do we have them major in something of interest but have them take classes in something that involves prerequisites for a job? I know this has been discussed before but there are too many real life situations where people chose the wrong field, didn’t think and just chose a major or thought they had passion and didn’t like the job. That’s a problem.

Fair enough, I forgot about those. He definitely has had a hell of a career.

Really? Seems a bit snarky for someone who is one of the better human beings in the league. I’d rather be snarky towards those smug and smarmy assholes in Rodgers and Brady. I hope they get trounced by either the Bills or Chiefs.

The state charges will catch up to him, he can’t pardon himself for those.

I like the plan, I just don’t know how much it would cost. A lot of these things would be great in our cities, but if local governments have ignored or neglected poverty in their cities for this long, what would start it now? Have any people in public service talked about this in a serious way before?

I am hoping to see actual bipartisanship in Washington DC given the congress that we have. That is not likely but it is what I want to see. I would like to see the ACA get a public option and for infrastructure to be a priority. I also want immigration reform to get done since there’s room to compromise there. @southsider2k5 and @Texsox I want to see what ideas each party has about how to address a skills gap that is generational and how each party would address jobs lost from automation. Is it retraining programs for careers in demand like nursing or a trade as opposed to UBI? I’m not sure but the only person who has had much of an idea is Andrew Yang. What would be a poverty proposal that could help?

Bummer. They might as well convert McCormick Place to be a hospital rather than a convention center then.

Illinois better be using McCormick Place for vaccinations given the investment it put into the place for COVID.

Yes, take it. Use your job to protect yourself at work and do everything you can to stay safe afterwards given your medical condition. What I didn’t tell you all last week is that we had to take my two month old son to get tested for COVID because her dad tested positive. He was negative, but it was scary. My parents are 65 and 64 and are in Florida, but only my dad could get the vaccine in Florida because my mom is technically an Illinois resident. Neither is an essential worker. My wife is on leave for the rest of the school year but is a teacher, my brother and sister work in health care and in dentistry, my other siblings are teachers and I work in insurance (even though I have been on paid family leave for the first two weeks of January) so they will get it, but I won’t yet. I work at home and have no medical conditions, but I want the vaccine and get a little pissed off when people who should be getting it since they are eligible to do so and work with people aren’t getting it for whatever reason, especially when I want to get it to protect my family. I would also add that I hope that those of you who have medical conditions continue to stay safe and that your providers allow you to get the vaccines when it is safe for you to do so.

Biden could easily do it remotely in Delaware and Harris could be in California. Then protect the Capitol. I don’t see anywhere in the rules they have to do this in Washington other than to follow tradition.

There has to be at least consideration at the ownership level to bring in a team president. New coaches and roster changes can’t be the only changes.

And yet people in the general public might gladly take it but can’t because they aren’t essential workers.

You can make that happen without socialism, you can do so with compromise and progress.

And this is why they could consider holding the inauguration remotely.

Hugh Hewitt mentioned packing the Supreme Court and making PR and DC states repeatedly when discussing Georgia’s U.S. Senate Elections and my guess is that kind of rhetoric would continue to fire up the GOP base and impact the midterms in 2022. We’ll see... I’d be open for debate and voting on making PR and DC states but would rather not rush through the debate so that it is clear to voters why it is necessary. I don’t think a lot of people fully understand issues like these and need more education on the why before voting to actually do it. The option of spending half of the time on impeachment is better than full time on it. I like Clyborn’s idea but only because I am concerned about getting things done for voters and doing so before the midterms. I fear that spending too much time on impeachment might not sit well with people from moderate or purple districts who want to see things get done in Washington. From what I have read about impeachment and Trump not holding office again you are right about 2/3 and a majority.

Cool. What kind of student loan forgiveness could they get done that is reasonable and helps those who really need it? When you say ACA overhaul do you mean adding a public option and negotiating for prescription drug costs? I am not expecting Medicare For All or the Green New Deal to become laws since I think it would take a supermajority to get these passed but I think the ACA overhaul and climate change policy could help both economically and with climate change itself. I’ll have to research the Sherman Antitrust Act since I haven’t heard about that before. Infrastructure would be high on the list for me after COVID relief and health care. What about the questions that I had about impeachment and the separate vote to strip him of holding federal office again? Cool, who did you want in the primary to take on Trump? I didn’t know that about the Byrd Rule so I’ll have to look that and some of the other wonky procedural rules up. I agree with the margins in congress being slim, that’s why I thought trying COVID relief before healthcare and infrastructure would be good ideas. What do you think of Clyborn’s suggestion that the articles of impeachment not get transmitted until after Biden’s first 100 days? With the democrats in the majority of the senate by one vote (Kamala as VP), aren’t they able to call for a vote for stripping him of running for federal office?

Hi Chris!?

What about Danks?

So $15 million as a buy out over time to go away or $15 million to stay. Creative.

Yes, now go get the starting pitcher, reliever and backup catcher.

StrangeSox and Jack Parkman, Just out of curiosity, are you guys excited about Biden’s term in office? What do you guys each think about the policies he and congress could get done? Regarding impeachment, when should the senate take up impeachment and what do each of you believe the outcome will be? What do each of you think the separate vote will be for stopping Trump from running for office again?

Have you ever listened to the Score or read Facebook? There are meatball fans that call in or write posts and clearly can’t get past, “Fire Pace and Nagy.” I also said not necessarily here in my post. I threw some names out there and haven’t given much thought to metrics, I am focusing more on their cap and what is realistic given the position they are in. Winston and Newton have been names thrown around before and I am not the only ones to mention them. I could look at the free agency pool again for quarterbacks but those were the ones that I thought might fit along with drafting someone like Trask since they are stuck with Foles. I don’t think 8-8 will continue to happen if the defense is who it is supposed to be and the right personnel is there on offense, they might get back to the playoffs and win. I also have to look at the rules for trading in the NFL, but I think trading players for picks leaves the team with dead money, so they might get real young and real bad fast, but also have the dead money to deal with too.

I don’t know. I’m just trying to come up with a solution as a fan rather than get annoyed with the usual stupidity and b****ing and moaning I read from Bears fans. I tried. They are in a tough spot, it sucks. Might as well make it interesting and figure out the moves they might do to be competitive, otherwise this defense is wasted and if they aren’t going anywhere, blow this shit up and make the fans who want perpetual rebuild happy.

I was talking about Pace and Nagy, not Trubisky in regards to your post.

I at least put forth more than the meatballs I have read. Newton or Winston as starter, Foles backup, Trask 3rd as back up the future. Now what about the rest of the plan?