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I guess I'll jump in the argument. There wouldn't be a big problem with fox if it was just conservative. The problem is they aren't putting substantive conservatives on their shows, we aren't getting a debate with William F. Buckleys, we are getting Rush Lumbaugh's ilk. They have news personality after news personality, very few news magazine shows that are informative. They are a tabloid. Their problem is the same problem as the Chicago Sun-Times. The problem with fox being so highly rated has nothing to do with their politics, rather their dragging of journalism into the trough and being successful by being so shallow. That is the problem w/ ze Fox news.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Jun 11, 2008 -> 09:32 PM) you are excused. and I could argue the same about the swift boat ads. character is important as it often shapes policy. You're right, I shouldn't have said character is off-limits, but I do believe trivializing a man's war record when the other opponent did not even participate in the war was, hopefully in this new election, reprehensible. Obama has shown an ability to control his entire base, but I have seen comments poking fun at McCain's war record, I hope they stop.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Jun 11, 2008 -> 10:22 PM) Funny thing is McCain totally defended Kerry during the swift boat thing. Now look at what Kerry is doing. Maybe those guys that served with Kerry were right, he's a total weasel and will turn on anyone at any time for personal gain. excuse me, but there is a huge difference from defending attacks against a man's service and character, and attacking a politician's policies in how he will deal with our country at war. Huge differences, in my opinion. As much as McCain is acting as if this is a misspeak, this is his policy. He wants us in Iraq for a long time, as we've been in Japan. He cares more about lowering casualties than withdrawing troops, he'll commit whatever is necessary to accomplish that. Yet, he's trying to act like this isn't his policy here.

"McCain was also caught in a flat-out lie about Obama's climate change plan: "Sen. Obama has no record of being involved in this issue that I know of. I will stick by my record and my commitment of many years to reduce greenhouse gas emissions." Uh, minor problem here, John McCain. You co-sponsored the Obama-McCain Climate Change Reduction Act with Obama and yes, Lieberman. http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2007/1/12/17937/0703" user comment from tpm.com

Typically, Mayors of big cities aren't dealing with 'puppet' legislatures, it's just that city councils aren't designed to be that powerful compared to the mayor. The mayor is the only one with real name recognition in the city and is seen as the head of the city by the voters and that's how it is mostly run. With some states, the governor also has a state legislature that mostly serve to the governor. Georgia is an example of this, one of the reason why Carter's one term was even less impressive, he never really had to deal with a legislature before. Illinois, however, has a highly professionalized state legislature. They get paid well, get staff and we don't have term limits. This has, imo, lead to a successful legislature, and has been a benefit to us in a situation like this with a corrupt governor. 'Puppet' legislature is a misleading term, the way you use it.

you have a 12" bag?

I have problems with this lede, they should have begin with former-NBA referee Tim Donaghee alleged...

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 11, 2008 -> 06:45 PM) Its totally personal. It has nothing to do with party. Good?

It partly shows just how in shambles the Republicans are, too, then. They weren't going to win vs. Obama, but even so getting Alan Keyes I believe hurt their party. Then, my rubber duckie could have beat Blago and they throw Judy Baar Topinka. I mean, Oberweis and Topinka...give me a break. Why not Joe Birkett, he lost to a strong candidate in Lisa Madigan, but he's got a pretty clean record and could've played the anti-corruption card. But instead we got Blago. Good lord. PLEASE IMPEACH HIM, recall him, anything.

QUOTE (BobDylan @ Jun 10, 2008 -> 08:19 PM) Yeah, where can I find a powerbook G4 today? Ebay? You want to know who is ahead? Asus. Check out their EEE. Check out what has followed behind it from other companies. Apple is years away from that. ...But I can buy a phone and touch it and watch it respond! Outdated doesn't mean ahead. they have 13" macbooks.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jun 11, 2008 -> 04:09 PM) Let the fun begin!!! where was this John Kerry in 2004?

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/c...0,2250083.story SPRINGFIELD—House Speaker Michael Madigan is circulating a memo to legislative candidates spelling out how they can call for impeachment hearings for Gov. Rod Blagojevich—with talking points that compare corruption under the governor to a tumor that must be removed. The 14-page rundown of Blagojevich's alleged "misdeeds and malfeasance" is sure to deepen the feud between the two Democrats. "One thing we learned from the [imprisoned former Republican Gov.] George Ryan case is that we should excise a tumor when it is first discovered; not leave it in the body to continue to spread and do further harm," the memo reads. Madigan spokesman Steve Brown said the Democratic Party of Illinois, which Madigan chairs, sent the memo to a "bunch of candidates" requesting more information about impeachment. The memo drew a terse statement from Senate President Emil Jones Jr. "I think it's wrong for the Democratic Speaker and Democratic Party Chairman to promote the impeachment of a Democratic Governor," Jones said. "Impeachment is unwarranted in my opinion, and should not be used as a political tool. "It is a serious state action that should not be used to divert attention from the issues at hand, which are the operating budget and passing a capital bill." Get 'em Mads

Almonte

hahaha that's hilarious.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 8, 2008 -> 12:31 AM) Well, it depends on how you count "earmarks". If you use the most generous definition possible, where it's any time Congress directs money to anything, you can get a higher number. But the trap is...a lot of that money is actually pretty useful, and ranting and raving against the evils of earmarks can get you in to trouble. For example, McCain's campaign a month ago or so started talking about how they were going to help balance the budget by getting rid of like $60 billion in earmarks a year. But then, people started pointing out the things that included...like, "Senator McCain, ever dollar of aid given to Israel by the U.S. fits that definition. Are you in favor of the U.S. eliminating aid to Israel"? ETc. The pattern, if you're looking for one, also does show up, in that if you're looking at the per capita earmarks, you have to look at which state has the longest serving senators who know how to game the budget. Alaska is #1 in earmarks per person, because of Senator Tubes and Senator "No I have no idea who put that earmark in there" Young. West Virginia is #3 thanks to Robert Byrd. Etc. Don Young is the states Rep. not Sen. But coconut road was quite a fiasco no?

QUOTE (BobDylan @ Jun 10, 2008 -> 05:30 PM) Yeah, they were real quick to get that slim notebook out. Where's the UMPC? How about a 12 inch laptop I can carry around? Apple ain't that far ahead... if at all. And they're just now going to Intel? Their designs may look great, but they're hired designers from Sony Vaio. They may have made a slick product or two, but the iPod and iPhone aren't enough for me to hail Apple as God. I still can't go to a local retailer and buy their software. That's being ahead of the "imitators"? Give me a break. I've owned a mac 12" laptop for 4 years

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 10, 2008 -> 04:55 PM) ^^ I don't even care about bias or preceived bias. I read Drudge, just like I read MSNBC or CNN. I won't read fox because it bothers me. The tabloid reporting is what always has bothered me, and the Sun-Times is Chicago's king. I don't know know why people pay to read that crap. If anything I pick it up on the train after someone else has dumped it, and read the couple of columns that don't completely suck. this is exactly right. It's a bit of a tangent we are on now, but even all of my friends in Chicago who are left-leaning would never get the sun times...I mean the sun times is pretty much Red Eye except they don't have their real paper to also show forth. It's a garbage paper.

I learned how to do it and re-edited my post, fyi. In response, I suppose it could be because I watched those movies years ago that I accepted their demise much easier. I don't know why it was easier for me to accept then that their deaths came because they didn't understand the power of the objects they were seeking like Indy did, but for the fourth time around, please Lucas, feel free to come up with a different ending.

The first place by 6.5 games white sox give up half their team ... riight. Also what with Ray Durham? Are they familiar with Alexei Ramirez?

do you think we will 'win' VH1's best week ever?

is the dumbest line in the history of cinema.

yeah DAMN them for moving way faster than their imitators/competitors. HOW DARE THEY

QUOTE (3E8 @ Jun 9, 2008 -> 05:16 AM) Tight track found on zshare thanks! Can you search for file names on zshare? That would be awesome.

Wale has gotten a lot of publicity from pretty much every music magazine that I've read. Plus there is so much attention on Baltimore right now it's no wonder some DC artists can get in the action.

One of the killer aspects of Europe's stricter free speech laws is how easy it is to win a libel suit in Europe. Burden of proof is on the defendant as opposed to in the U.S. where it is on the plaintiff, barring a few worthy exceptions.