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mr. G, I mean, read that again, how excessive was that. 5 minutes of him saying he denounces the man and his statements. "But, he called judaism a gutter religion as well" "Well Then I support him" Russert: "GOTCHA" Obama: "DAMN IT RUSSERT YOU SHOWED MY TRUE COLORS"

QUOTE(mr_genius @ Feb 27, 2008 -> 10:49 PM) Not really, he was asking him to respond to a 'growing controversy'. Then Russert pestered Obama about his answer, like Russert does to everyone he interviews. I remember Russert just destroyed Guiliani during a Meet the Press interview, this really wasn't anything our of the ordinary for Tim Russert. Russert: How can the Jewish community trust you when you support farrakhan Obama : I renounce and disagree with Louis Farrakhan and did not seek his endorsement Russert: But DO YOU SUPPORT HIM?

Here is the correlation kap: Obama's book "the audacity of hope" is a quote from the head of his church The head of his church traveled with Farrakhan in 1982. The head of his church called Farrakhan a "great man" In a speech, Farrakhan called the Jews a "gutter religion" Therefore, Obama hates Jews, is what Russert was getting at.

QUOTE(iamshack @ Feb 27, 2008 -> 05:13 AM) Why do you say that? Because he made the candidates actually answer questions? I think Russert did a very solid job, as did the always excellent Brian Williams. per talkingpointsmemo that I found really funny: Russert's militant simpletonism is getting a bit tiring. What if we partly withdrew and then the Iraqis told us to completely withdraw and then al Qaida was elected president and then they allied with North Korea, do you have a policy ready for that!?!?!?!

I thought it was complete domination by Obama. Hillary is done.

you know, I liked Dizzee Rascals boy in da corner, but Maths + English was much better IMO. I liked the production better and his rapping was better.

couple things, I'd like a thread for jim to talk about this bat collecting. second off, I don't think you should go to parties if it's not your scene. I DO think you should go to cafe's, music clubs, and get involved in student groups on campus. Because a lot of what was said was true. What we learn in a classroom doesn't translate into a workroom environment. You should get involved in things where you are working alongside one another. Because frankly, if you enter the workplace with this "I'm better than everyone I have a girlfriend and gaming network, while they are all drunk assholes who don't care about anything but getting drunk" I can't imagine it will be good for the office team dynamic.

QUOTE(Haarold @ Feb 25, 2008 -> 05:48 AM) He gets into slumps that often last for 4-6 weeks where he does nothing but try and pull the ball, and is downright awful, hitting into double plays seemingly once sometimes twice a game. Look it up. I'll try

my favorite time of the year: truefalse.org looks like there'll be some great films!

I don't see an end to this thread.

"Move Fields to first, yes thats what I said... move Fields to first." Whoa, whoa, what did you say?

QUOTE(Athomeboy_2000 @ Feb 23, 2008 -> 02:42 AM) Well, the far right has begun its attack. Fox News (Hannity & Colmes) is calling out Obama on his Army Commander reference last night. Oliver North, standing in for Hannity, said "i can tell you, with the 70+ groups of people i traveled with in Iraq while covering the war for Fox News, I NEVER saw a group not have what it needed". Here's the problem, he's not with ALL the groups. There are plenty of well documented cases and soldiers CLEARLY in need of proper equipment. i believe there was a story of people using mettle scraps to "armor" their vehicles. North also went on to say that we couldn't have used Taliban weapons because they are not compatible with ours. Hey dumbass, they dont have to be compatible if they are LOADED! Not hard to pick up a pistol or machine-gun and start firing with it! They then went on to say that even though Jack Trapper of ABC personally called this soldier and backed up Obamas story... well, he must be wrong. His facts must not be right. Even presented with testimony from the person involoved they cant face the facts. SHEESH!!! For a guy who claims to have all this military knowledge, he's really rather incompetent. I mean, shoot, the army independent newspaper stars and stripes reports stuff like this all the time (Stars and Stripes is awesome btw. It's online at stripes.com)

And it's not like the drinking in the greek system is a dirty little secret, there is an open dialogue constantly among how to end the drinking culture, including a system called GAMMA which educates about alcohol. Just last night was the finals for RAMS (rockin against multiple sclerosis) which raised thousands for MS. I think where people get fired up when questioned how to end the stereotype comes from the treatment of the greek system from the University. Here at Mizzou, despite a strong and active greek system, the school treats us like they just have to 'tolerate' us. And we feel used. We set up the entire campus for them for homecoming, decorate the town, the steering committee is pretty much all greek. Yet, when an incident happens the school uses it to drop the hammer. And they pick in choose when to include us as part of the campus, for certain rules, we are on campus. For snow removal, we are off campus. Greeks comprise of so much of the student organizations, have better GPAs, thousands of hours of community service, hundreds of thousands dollars donated to charity, and the treatment isn't embracing us, but just tolerating the system. And per your suggestion, Tex, most fraternities require, well, mine and many at mizzou, require you to join some # of student orgs, and they have to raise a set amt. of money for our philanthropy.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Feb 22, 2008 -> 10:08 PM) And what will fraternities do to improve their name? I don't know about other campuses, but in Missouri we basically set up all the homecoming activities for the school, organize two of the largest blood drives in the country, lots of community service and money given to charities. I never thought I'd make this post.

QUOTE(Alpha Dog @ Feb 22, 2008 -> 10:22 PM) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23271556/ And in the one instance the paper did decide to print, This was more about drive-by journalism that actual news reporting. yeah, not at odds with my post at the top of my page. I've read a lot on this. My point is the scandal wouldn't be over that he x'd her, rather that the "straight shootin express" is another patronage patty

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Feb 22, 2008 -> 02:18 PM) So sex matters again for the Democrats? This was less about the sex, more about the favors for her company in question.

QUOTE(mr_genius @ Feb 21, 2008 -> 11:38 PM) uh, I read that... and if thats all they got lol yeah, I'm shocked. TPM has basically confirmed that there is nothing else the Times has. And what they have ain't much. The New York Times has had an awful decade.

how bout this clinton 527 ad campaign? I can't believe they are gonna use negative 527's against their own party.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Feb 21, 2008 -> 07:37 PM) I remember back in 2001 when the Sox were struggling and ready to cut bait with Wells, Ohka was a rumored aquisition from Boston. I was just thinking that

I mean, whatever your convictions, it is a poor attitude to despise other people for the way they live their life, except of course, if they are destructive to those around them. I laugh off the stupidity of some of the people around me, and I admire (and am somewhat intimidated) by those so successful in school, but I don't hold myself above those who aren't as intelligent or don't make the same choices as me. I work my ass off in school, and the way I blow off steam may be different than the way you blow off steam, but it doesn't mean yours is any more respectable or productive than mine.

QUOTE(mr_genius @ Feb 21, 2008 -> 06:57 AM) We'll see, I suppose that is possible. But I think if they had the goods on this, why not include it in the article? Maybe they are just getting desperate and think going the Drudge route could help boost sales. Even if they believe the story, they still need something substancial (which the article did not contain). Hell, Dan Rather was even sure his GW report was right, even after getting busted going on air with forged documents. It was almost like he never really understood why it was such a big deal, because he truly believed what he was reporting. Thing is, even if it IS true, you still can't just go with a big story like this with no proof or false evidence. What a HUGE shot to the Times credibility if they got busted in a Dan Rather like scandal. the rather story was pushed by the 60 minutes producers who have since been fired. I've read that the producers sat on some info questioning it but didn't act despite resistance in the mail room. And the thing is, it says his aides "fearing a sexual rel'ship", not explicitly saying he's having one. That's a tap dance around libel, but even so, the suit is still expensive as hell. I bet they have something.

QUOTE(WilliamTell @ Feb 21, 2008 -> 06:03 AM) What a great time for the New York Times to have this come out now. Supposively they've had this story for a while. Hey if a couple of Democrat presidents have had relationships with others in office, why not a Republican hopeful 8 years before. I'm not condoning any of this one bit though. I don't know, I think the times has to worry about libel in a time like this. Any expensive lawsuits like that would be can really hurt a paper now that they are all strapped financially

damn it, i come in for just 5 minutes and here I'm here for 30 when I should be studying!

QUOTE(mr_genius @ Feb 20, 2008 -> 11:03 PM) Just saw a guy from the Obama campaign giving an interview. He was asked to give one Obama accomplishment, the guy just blabbed about change or something stupid... interviewer said "No, give me a specific accomplishment". Guy from Obama campaign was like "we can't really give anything specific". actually, I believe you are talking about the chris matthews interview with a TX state sen. and former mayor of Austin? Yeah he actually wrote an apology on his web site for that. He said he froze up.