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I find it to be a bunch of hooey that it gets worse every year. Bush mailers in SC in 2000. The Harold Ford Jr. with a blonde girl hugging ads in Tennesee in 2006. Any chaxby sambliss ad. Any Jesse Helms ad.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Oct 19, 2010 -> 09:13 PM) It's a valid point. No, it really isn't.

I thought this meant he was retiring.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 21, 2010 -> 10:41 PM) Well, other than the "deck" comment, that sort of rough stuff actually isn't uncommon with reporters. Still kind of lousy though, that he was blocked out like that. I was actually impressed with the way Emmanuel handled it though. daley pointed a gun at the chicago reader's city beat writer and joked about shooting him. so, yeah he did better.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Oct 18, 2010 -> 02:49 PM) Mad Men was so fantastic last night it is unreasonable. I agree. They always kind of play with you thinking that Don Draper can be the character we all want him to be, dominating in business, a good father and taking the smart, beautiful woman as his wife, and then they just beat the s*** out of you to remind you that these guys are assholes and he's just like Roger except more talented. I think the rush in california was mostly him avoiding his grieving and misplacing it as feelings for how he felt when he told ana he was in love with betty in the flash back in season 1 or 2.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 8, 2010 -> 01:12 AM) Ok, this is fundamentally untrue. There were a few people who were saying that we needed to shoot for the moon on the stimulus, that we would be in much worse shape if we went too small than if we went too big, and that $1.2 trillion should be a starting point. However...those people aside from 1 or 2 people were not in the administration. They were people on the outside like Krugman. They were the same ones saying it was too loaded with tax cuts, and needed more long-term, infrastructure based spending. This was coming from his chair of the council economic advisors, and was the starting point. It became apparent in the senate that people did not want more than 800 billion and so that's what happened. Krugman was fighting for significantly more than 1.2 trillion. http://articles.sfgate.com/2010-09-03/busi...president-obama

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Oct 7, 2010 -> 04:36 PM) Kind of like the Dems and Obama with the stimulus bill. "Oh yeah, we invited them to a meeting. We aren't going to incorporate anything they want, but they can sit in on the meeting. That's bi-partisan action right there." GMAB this is a GOP only tactic. That's Washington politics. the initial stimulus proposal was 1.2 trillion and had a lot more actual spending. It finished at 800 billion with half in tax cuts. WHat the hell are you talking about.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Oct 7, 2010 -> 12:22 AM) He only had to 'opt in' because he didn't pay any taxes to that town at all, much less for fire service. I agree they probably should have put it out and then billed him to the max, but he sort of deserved it for taking a gamble that failed. How will people learn if you bail them out of their mistakes all the time? He was aware of the lack of fire coverage, and aware of the opt in fee to BE covered by a neighboring town to which he paid no taxes. He chose. Poorly. Who cares though, if you live in that town and a bunch of people forget to pay it (which is likely in opt-in models), you still have to deal with a bunch of empty burned down properties and that affects you. This is like, the classic collective action model, it's stupid to mess with.

yeah, sometimes, yeah he does that. Just sometimes.

oh i thought you meant the $75.

that wouldn't work, nobody would opt-in. There'd have to be a penalty larger, but one still capable of being paid while also saving the property. Or you could just do opt-out. opt-out opt-out opt-out.

how about the fact that any tense moment was inevitably solved by flying the thing to space and throwing it.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Oct 5, 2010 -> 11:51 PM) When I drive to work I go past an "Ehrlich for Governor" sign with a big confederate flag under it. I know what they think that's supposed to mean when people see it but when I see it, it's just... not. Imagine a voice saying this in your head: "WE NEED TO TAKE BACK AMURRICA FROM DEM DAM LIBRUL SOSHAL-LISTS N DA TARISTS RUNNIN DIS COUNTRY SO WE CAN LIVE BY DA CONSTERTUSHIN AGAIN AND GET THE DAM GUBMINT IN OUR LIVES AN LOWER OW-UR TASSES TA KEEP DEM DAMN COLORED FOLK N MESSI-CANS FROM MOOCHIN OFF US HARD WORKIN' 'MERRICANS, AN GET DA GUBMINT OUTTA OW-UR LIVES!" I'm sure people object to this but that's just what I see. It just is. http://www.theatlantic.com/personal/archiv...ound-art/64109/

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Oct 5, 2010 -> 08:23 PM) I'm actually reading that right now. omg BOok club? Me too...back and forth b/w nudge and an'o'er one.

this county should read "Nudge"

I know that a bunch of abandoned burned down houses has done wonders for detroit.

btw it really should be opt-out to be successful.

via yglesias

QUOTE (CrimsonWeltall @ Oct 4, 2010 -> 09:28 PM) Sorry, I should have specified that it's just single women who are engaging in FORNICATION. Nuns are probably ok. exactly. Also, gays should be banned too. We are in 1978 again.

Jim Demint is a piece of s***. An absolute piece of s***.

QUOTE (bmags @ Mar 26, 2010 -> 06:58 AM) Brent lillibridge will be called up and hit a home run...and it will break Borchard's record. HE HIT SO MANY BOMBS

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.d...VIEWS/100929983 looks like they didn't fail. Still prolly won't see it.

I am really excited for Mizzou basketball this year.

that was a miserable game to be at.

Does Rahm think anyone actually likes him?