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QUOTE (klaus kinski @ Sep 4, 2008 -> 03:21 AM) With Tony Rezko as his guest You could've went so much bigger, Ayers, Wright, his anti-christ minions.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Sep 4, 2008 -> 02:12 AM) Nothing different from what went on last week. Different player and names, same substance. qft

I'd take cabrera this year over uribe last year for sure.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Sep 4, 2008 -> 02:09 AM) Say what you want, he is sure getting the crowd warmed up for Palin. aren't you proud of us for watching?

ooo-ooo that HAIR

QUOTE (lostfan @ Sep 4, 2008 -> 03:05 AM) If that's what was said, then that's different. But with radical Islam we're kind of talking about roaches on steroids here. They just won't go away. I was saying that's what the dem's said. See what I did there lost?

QUOTE (lostfan @ Sep 4, 2008 -> 02:25 AM) Eh, that's about right. But it's kind of a stupid thing to say because it's not something you can "defeat." There is no "victory." You can't "surrender" to it, either. Theyre right, they mentioned specific factions like the taliban Al qaida and leader Bin Laden.

QUOTE (jackie hayes @ Sep 4, 2008 -> 02:46 AM) I think it could be very good. He'll certainly be cordial, he is a guest, after all. He could come out of this looking great. If he manages to be half as clever as Colbert was, it'll be an absolute coup. guests on O'Reilly's show haven't always left cordial lol

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Sep 4, 2008 -> 01:26 AM) No, because that was pretty common knowledge from way back. so why'd they feel the need to republicize it? Because they are big liberals?

QUOTE (knightni @ Sep 4, 2008 -> 12:00 AM) Thunder uh, isn't that a WNBA mascot?

Just wanna say HECK YEAH!!! I miss Nuke

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Sep 3, 2008 -> 09:43 PM) I heard this on a news clip this morning. Now if it were, say, Pawlenty (assuming he got picked), this would be spalshed all over the NYT front and center. THAT's media bias for you. You know, at least give credit to the NYT then who started with the most definitive articles on Hunter Biden and his lobbying controversies.

a bit off topic, but Columbia Public Libraries get 4 grand in FEDERAL money for snow removal. How absurd is that?

Honestly, nothing good will come of it. edit: one thing I hope he pushes, is to be cordial and push the point, that he may not agree with O'Reilley's views, but he can still enjoy him. Be friends with him. We need to stop this fake enemy crap. If you'll give CNN one thing, their commentators, repub and democrat seem to enjoy each other. It's taken the heat out of the emotions.

QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ Sep 3, 2008 -> 07:57 PM) I just think US is bad because it literally sits in the checkout lanes at super markets and it draws a lot of attention from people that dont really follow politics. It just seems irresponsible to have a cover like this and the only coverage of Obama is "Why Barack loves Michelle." I understand that, but if we are to define on the outset what we are talking about in terms of media, I don't think any of us were going to put US weekly's and that ilk inside of it. Their specialty is stupid sex scandals and all that B.S. and it will feed into that garbage. It stands reiterating, any liberal on this site has seen the pregnancy "scandal" not in even questioning palin, but raising concerns on how much thought and research was put into McCain's decision.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Sep 3, 2008 -> 09:55 PM) Yep, about the same value, I think. That's why I do like the WSJ - GENERALLY - they report the news and you just decide (Fox cliche aside), although their board tends to lean to the right a bit. You know, as I've said before, some times newspapers get an unfair wrap because of their editorials. I read the WSJ, I just don't go to their editorials. Their bias is towards business reporting, and they are wonderful writers, but I don't find their political reporting particularly biased, and when I say this, I mean I don't think about it at all. Their writers are so good at making nuance simple, it bleeds from highly complicated business writings to political writings.

QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ Sep 3, 2008 -> 08:19 PM) Iran ISNT a threat because of the geographic size of the land... GMAB

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Sep 3, 2008 -> 07:49 PM) I don't know enough about his record in the Illinois senate to comment on it, but "bi-partisan" and Obama will never be confused with his record in the U.S. senate. that's why I posted my link.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 3, 2008 -> 07:39 PM) No she doesn't. She would have until McCain died. Obama is the one who would have to learn it all right away if elected, with zero grace period. come on, the experience thing we are talking about with Palin are these national and international issues which she has given no comment on and we have no idea where she stands. She has to get all this down in a month. Whether or not you think OBama's experience isn't good enough to make decisions once in power, you know where he stands on these issues.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Sep 3, 2008 -> 07:33 PM) Not to totally derail the thread, but exactly what ARE RSO's accomplishments? here is a good article on him in state senate: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/30/us/polit...amp;oref=slogin

AP coverage of Kilpatrick, mentioning him as a democrat 3 paragraphs in: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gMmCL2Z...E4b9NgD92VCJFG1 Governor's hearing to remove Detroit mayor begins messages between the Democratic mayor and his former top aide, Christine Beatty, on city-issued pagers. I deleted most of the text because the Ap is so strict about amount of words you can use without subscription and I don't want the site to get in trouble

Okay, I can't find mine, but this is an example of why I think local officials probably don't fall under AP style. http://archives.columbiamissourian.com/scr...82_2GF0SLF282.1 Down towards the bottom it mentions the St. Louis mayor, now when dealing with even state rep's, you see: "We thought that a number higher than 25 percent was good enough for them," said Rep. Judy Baker, D-Columbia, reflecting on the American presence in the Iraqi constitution writing process. "So why isn't it good enough for us?" Sen. Scott Rupp, R-St. Charles County - was appointed over two Republican women on the Appropriations Committee who had more seniority - Sen. Norma Champion, R-Springfield, and Sen. Luann Ridgeway, R-Smithville. It's automatic to identify them. This is AP style, not Missourian, although they might use parenthesis. As far as what happened with the McDonalds shooting. It was pretty interesting. I don't know how much you knew, but so the man was the other guys brother in law. Before the victim was shot, he was at the McDonalds to get his kids. He was in a custody battle with his ex-wife. His brother in law shows up, they get into an argument and his brother-in-law shoots him in the back, then calls the police and waits. These people were from a small town outside Columbia, and, not used to media coverage, their police were more than willing to give up divorce documents. They accused the victim of violence against his wife and threats against the children. In the end, I believe he was charged with murder one, because of premeditation, and then manslaughter and 2nd degree murder. I'm not sure what he's been pinned down on. If you want an interesting story check out Ryan Ferguson's case. It's gotten national coverage because they pinned down a murder case on one other kid because of a dream confession by another. It was surreal. Appeal happend so I should probably check up on that.

I'm looking for my AP style guide, it's not electronic, and that's the hold up.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 3, 2008 -> 07:08 PM) NO ONE has questioned Barack Obama about leaving two young children at home for extended periods of time. Why is it assumed that the wife has to raise the kids? For real this is an odd assertion, but on the otherhand it's coming from women that's she's trying to court.

and what of the post before Alpha Dog?