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From My Trust Worthy Category... Minnesota (Quinnipiac/WSJ/WP.com): Obama 54%; McCain 37% Wisconsin (Quinnipiac/WSJ/WP.com): Obama 52%; McCain 39% Michigan (Quinnipiac/WSJ/WP.com): Obama 48%; McCain 42% Colorado (Quinnipiac/WSJ/WP.com): Obama 49%; McCain 42% http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x4141.xml?ReleaseID=1188 From the "Polls cant be trusted" category: Survey USA has Obama +1 in MN and Quinnipiac has Obama +17

QUOTE (shipps @ Jun 26, 2008 -> 08:49 AM) I would say North is worse,he is not very intelligent mixed with racism.I dont listen to Imus but I would think he is probably more educated than North. good point.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jun 26, 2008 -> 01:32 AM) or in New York on radio. Mike North free to speak his mind = next Don Imus

Another Democrat "outside organization" is closing its doors....

Dang the fact that I have a softball game RIGHT when the draft starts!!

One of the candidates weighed in... “I disagree with the decision. I have said repeatedly that I think that the death penalty should be applied in very narrow circumstances for most egregious of crimes. I think that the rape of a small child, six or eight years old is a heinous crime, and if a state makes a decision that under narrow, limited, well-defined circumstances, the death penalty is at least potentially applicable. That does not violate our constitution.... Had the Supreme Court said, ‘We want to constrain ability of states to do this to make sure that it's done in a careful and appropriate way,’ that would've been one thing, but it basically had a blanket prohibition and I disagree with that decision.”

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Jun 25, 2008 -> 07:15 PM) BigSqwert, you probably have more posts in the GOP only thread than me. Big, we are on no ground to complain about invading other threads. lol

hmm.... John McCain on Yucca mountain- "Yucca mountain is the place it can be made safe" Then he goes on to say he wouldn't feel comfortable with the nuclear material being transported through his state. So 45 new nuclear reactors by 2025 or 2030... but he doesnt want the material stored "on site" at the plants, but feels the transportation is unsafe. So.... do we teleport it there? He recently said that Yucca was a NIMBY (“Not In My BackYard”) Problem, but he doesnt want it in his own backyard.

John McCain- "I feel that, in the context of history, Watergate will be a very minor item as compared with the other achievements of this Administration, particularly in the area of foreign affairs. I do hope that this country will get over Watergate and get going again on the very serious problems that we're facing today."

DOH!!!

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jun 25, 2008 -> 03:33 PM) The "Douchebag of the Day" award goes to Dallas billionaire T. Boone Pickens. he probably wants hard evidence like pictures and official reports. those 10 who served are just pesky to hiim... not reliable. What a corck.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 25, 2008 -> 03:06 PM) Please keep Ozuna and DFA Uribe. Finally.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jun 25, 2008 -> 02:12 PM) And that's the problem, IMO. There's no money or incentive to get alternative sources of infastructure in place. It's sort of like oil and alternative energy. No incentive to change. The government might need to invest heavily in a new rail system. Current companies just dont havee the resources to do it.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jun 25, 2008 -> 02:03 PM) I just had a conversation a couple of days ago - for all the money talking about infastructure, they need to get on somehting like this. Japan does it, Europe (sort of ) does it... it's time for us to do it. And I don't buy the whole "it's too big" over here crap. Get this done. My wife sells European Rail and she is so ashamed of our US system of travel. She'd love to see a "next generation" rail system through out the US. The cost IS prohibitive IMO. I did some quick math using the numbers that the article provided. It is estimated to cost $12 billion for roughly 260 miles. That's $46,153,846 per mile. So, to do Chicago to say Orlando (my favorite vacation spot), that's roughly 1155 miles if you follow the existing highway system as a model for distance (it's about 1000 miles "as the crow flies"). That would be a total cost of anywhere between $53 billion - $46.15 billion. They say L.V. to Disneyland would be around $55 or $0.21 per mile. Chicago to Orlando would be $244.32 - $211.54 per person @ .21 per mile. Note: They did not say if the $55 was one way or round trip. United has Chicago to Orlando @ 379 round trip. If a meglev can do Chi-Orlando for $244.32 round trip..... that could be huge for them. Now we just need someone to take up the task. Preferably not the existing airplane companies or large rail services. I'd like to see some new blood.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jun 25, 2008 -> 01:56 PM) This type of system would be for longer distance travel such as DC to NY or Chicago to St Louis/Cleveland. It wouldn't replace the El or Metra. oh I know. I was just adding on. I think a light-rail system in chicago would be very popular.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jun 25, 2008 -> 01:47 PM) Interesting article about maglev bullet trains in the U.S. WHOA! I've been itching for Metra / CTA to look into replacing the icky El and commuter rail to the burbs.

Missouri (SurveyUSA): McCain 50%; Obama 43%

Bush 3... the Trailer

This is borderline weird...

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 24, 2008 -> 11:45 PM) Dream scenario... Hub and Murph 6-8 (they were actually a decent tandem in the mornings awhile back) Mully & Hanley 8-12 Law Holmes 12-2 B&B 2-6 Or, you could get rid of the weird middleness and go with Mully Hanley 6-10 Law Holmes (and Hubner?) 10-2 B&B The Murph nuts would get pissed though. I'd be ok with that. I like Holmes a lot too.

not sure if this is the place for it, but... OOPS!! I didnt get that e-mail.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 25, 2008 -> 11:01 AM) Until we build a legitimate public campaign financing system (1 week in Iraq would finance every Federal election in the country for this year), then this is how it's going to be. I am more inclined to find a way to kick lobbyists out of washington, but that is a debate for another day.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 25, 2008 -> 10:55 AM) There's one other reason you're missing. Numbers via Glenn Greenwald. :o

Obama's aim: 14 Bush states and local races

ANyone else think that OC is thinking "that dumbass. If Konerko was over there I wouldnt have an error right now"