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Glenn Greenwald gives us some insight on reporting on the campaign trail. Very good read.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Oct 28, 2008 -> 08:25 PM) The theory goes, you cannot live, for example, in a brothel, without being affected. Desensitization is a well studied part of the human experience and if we keep surrounding ourselves with immoral acts we all become immoral. Good decent people, for example, supported the Nazis because the Nazis were woven into the fabric of the society. We accept sixteen year-olds pregnant and then we have more sixteen year-old pregnancies. Huh? So if this law passes gay people will cease to exist?

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Oct 28, 2008 -> 06:30 PM) I tend to think the most important issues... like gay marriage... should get an up or down vote from every voting citizen. Aren't important issues subjective? Gay marriage could be completely irrelevant to a large portion of the electorate.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 28, 2008 -> 07:34 PM) So what's the source of this? The actual GOP? A couple of jerks in the GOP? According to the flier it's from Barack Hussein Obama II. But yeah...probably a couple of jerks in the GOP.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Oct 28, 2008 -> 03:52 PM) Me too. Opens at 8:30PM? wow. Kinda late? We should have a pretty good idea if he won by then. There will be a mile-long line at 3PM waiting to get into the park.

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 27, 2008 -> 11:24 PM) imo this is the worst season. All the characters besides ari are unlikeable now. I don't really care if Vince fails after his mexico thing. And like people said, what type of friend would prevent another from a 10 million dollar job. This season is meh. I've gotten to the point where I don't look forward to watching it like I used to. I just force myself to watch now.

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Oct 28, 2008 -> 03:47 PM) btw- polling on Prop 8 is about tied right now. Tons of money is coming from Utah. Huge Morman backing to vote "Yes".

Got my invitation to Grant Park from the Obama campaign.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Oct 28, 2008 -> 03:38 PM) That looks like some s*** I would see on the Daily Show. Production couldn't have been s***tier.

From Glenn Greewald

I figure if two women next door to my house are homosexual how will it make a difference in my life whether they are married or not?

QUOTE (sox4lifeinPA @ Oct 28, 2008 -> 03:24 PM) 5) I can't wait to buy my first house next year for a 30-50% discount I hope you're paying in cash.

QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ Oct 28, 2008 -> 03:20 PM) So you dont care about injustices unless they affect you? A lot can be interpreted from your comment. Apparently you dont care because for the time being the increase wont affect you, but with Obamas proposed spending increases it will catch up with everyone and maybe than you will care. Making rich people pay 4% more in income tax is not much of an injustice. But that's strictly my opinion.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Oct 28, 2008 -> 03:17 PM) DEA to start, then gut the Bureau of Indian Affairs to bare bones. Simpify tax code, and cut IRS in half. No arguments here. And also legalize industrialized hemp (and marijuana for that matter). We are the only industrial country that has banned production.

I haven't seen any discussion on this here. It's been a pretty big topic on the political blogs I read. There has been tens of millions dollars spent from both sides of the argument. Anyone have any opinions on the matter? Being the über-liberal of Soxtalk I'm sure you can figure out where I stand on the issue.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Oct 28, 2008 -> 03:00 PM) what the f***? Nah. There's no blatant race-baiting going on by the GOP.

And here's the Associated Press' reply to the 2001 interview. Emphasis mine.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 28, 2008 -> 02:14 PM) Yet Obama cutting the taxes for 95% of the country is smart? Flattening out the tax code so more people are more dependant on less people is supposed to somehow smooth things out? The less people that pay taxes, the more recession prone the country becomes. If you want a great example of that, look no further than Chicago. Their budget has a huge hole in, and they have some of the highest taxes and fees in the entire country. They have also increased spending at a ridiculous rate, and what has it gotten them? Looking to raise taxes and fees even more. We'll just have to agree to disagree.

How the heck does this happen in the year 2008? We are the most advanced nation on Earth and still can't get this right yet. WTF

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 28, 2008 -> 01:46 PM) Give it a break. You don't have to be in a group to understand the value of that group to society. Its like saying you have to be black to care about minority rights, or homosexual to care about gay marriage. Well luckily my thought process is reflected in the majority of Americans right now. To be fighting in 2 wars and to have Bush give the wealthy a tax cut is ridiculous. And for McCain to want to extend that is more insane.

I must be the only one on this site that makes less than $250K. It's amazing how much outrage there is here.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Oct 28, 2008 -> 01:26 PM) Except that the issue really isn't about whether it's fair to tax people who are well off more than others - obviously that's the case now and it's not going to change. The problem is, with an economy like ours right now, does it makes sense to take the money that's going to grow the economy (the rich's riches) and put it into ADDITIONAL government services, which won't help but a small minority of people? Average joe gets 1500 bucks in tax savings, which he'll prolly use to pay down bills. Above Average Tom gets hit with an extra 25k-30k tax increase, money that he might have used to invest in other companies or to start his own business. That's not a recipe for creating jobs and getting us out of the rut that we're in. Tell that to the families of the people who died on that bridge in Minnesota.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Oct 28, 2008 -> 12:48 PM) Again, with the population growth, comes record youth turnouts. I can't think of an election where there hasn't been record numbers of youth voting. And the Dems like to energize the youth vote and reporting the records and the grass roots enthusiasm is a great way to doing it. I'm not discounting the importance or influence, but it's been a constant in every Presidential election since Carter. The youth are voting in record numbers! Be a part of the generation like all your friends. Let me say this another way. Are there more youth in America today or four years ago? 24 years ago? I'm talking as a percentage of voters not total number of youth votes.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Oct 28, 2008 -> 12:18 PM) Me thinks there are a lot more older people than college students. And its always different this time around. Wasn't there record youth turnout in the Dem primaries?