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Well, if they passed a fix, some of them do.

Isn't Dorian Gray all about being gay in the 1800's?

QUOTE(Texsox @ Nov 9, 2007 -> 12:33 PM) While AP English is an elective, it allows High School Seniors an opportunity to test out of college work. Factoring in the loss of that opportunity when a teacher chooses a controversial works should also be factored in. In the end, the public may or may not support using a certain book in the program. I am more comfortable with checks and balances when controversy erupts, not making a High School teacher the only public employee in America above scrutiny. As far as the cookie cutter approach, based on the outcry here where this book is so important to teach and children should not be kept in the dark, it would seem you would advocate for it being required reading nationwide. Wouldn't that be cookie cutter? By recognizing support for local review wouldn't that assure a wider variety? We support a teacher's right to not teach the book on whatever criterion they choose, but why not allow the public that same input? I absolutely don't support the public to offer input in a teacher's curriculum for an elective class. If a parent doesn't want to expose their children to the coursework for an elective class, they shouldn't be able to reap the benefits that this class can offer.

Ok then.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Nov 8, 2007 -> 11:19 AM) That is a good point. And to a large extent, I agree. I guess what I cannot understand is at what point is anything "acceptable", and where do you draw the line? I have a hard time with this issue, because I realize the need to get information, but at what cost/price (depending on how you look at it)? Except for the thousandth time, techniques like waterboarding don't really work. You think you're going to die when it happens - and the only way you might be able to make it stop is to say whatever it is that the interrogators want to hear. It doesn't matter to you if it's true or if it's not true if it gets you to stop dying. For all this talk about being at war, we're really at a lot less risk than we were in the Second World War. And yet, there we didn't feel the need to allow systematic torture. Tens of thousands of Americans fought, died and were captured in Vietnam. We never thought it acceptable to allow systematic torture. What changed between 1975 and now that makes this kind of torture acceptable to people? If it wasn't considered effective then, why is it effective now? Southsider, you've been asking the wrong question this whole time. The question shouldn't be why is this procedure or other forms of torture not acceptable, the question should be: What changed that made this technique effective or acceptable? (And 9/11 is not an acceptable answer, not even for Rudy Guiliani.)

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Nov 7, 2007 -> 10:12 PM) George W. Bush, saying with a straight face "you can't be President and head of the military at the same time". That's ummm kinda funny.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 8, 2007 -> 06:28 PM) Fair or not, this won't help Giuliani. Kerik has been indicted on federal charges. How is this not fair? Guiliani was all about Kerik, even last week. Citing Kerik as the main reason behind the 60% drop in crime in NYC during his tenure. Despite the fact that Kerik was only put to the Top Cop job in 2000, and crime decreased less than 10% under his watch.

It's a shame.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Nov 8, 2007 -> 07:30 PM) That would be Lorax. Lomax was the guy that recorded George Harrison's song Sour Milk Sea. Wasn't Lomax also the guy from Death of a Salesman?

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 8, 2007 -> 02:24 PM) OK, I see what you are getting at. I don't think that's the environmental situation, I think that's human arrogance. People in this country are spoiled rotten, and they seem to think that their water, electricity, clean air, etc. are boundless resources. They are not, of course. Its tough to get people to take on a conservationist mindset, unless, sadly, we have situations like this come up more often. It appears that much of this country's population won't conserve unless they are scared to death by some event(s). If Georgia had been aggressive in encouragement of gray water systems, we'd probably not have a big issue in Georgia right now.

I don't like it. I don't want Hillary to be my President. If she wins the nod, I'll support her, but grudgingly.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Nov 8, 2007 -> 04:24 PM) Sino-Chino relations have been bad for a long, long time. Sino-Chino? Chinese relationship to casual pants?

If you are going to be taught literature, themes like rape, incest, sexuality, violence and even racism are going to come up again and again. Literature reflects life. If you can't expect that, how do you expect to even read Dr. Seuss? I mean the Lomax was about pollution and the Butter Battle Book was about nuclear war. Tex, I really hope you're being sarcastic... because from what you just typed out, your kids would never get past Richard Scarry "It's a Busy Busy World."

Except in some other countries, there is energy independence. Fully half of the car fuel sold in Brazil is refined Sugar Cane. Which is not only much cheaper than regular gas, but much less polluting than corn based ethanol as well.

The way I see it, Shula's right. Well, right-ish. If Barry Bonds gets an asterisk for suspicion of steroid use enhancing his game, which is unproven (yes I know about the leaked testimony, but there's no proof that any steroid use actually improved his game)... The Pats should get an asterisk for getting caught trying to cheat. Don Shula, however, should get an asterisk for being an ass.

Both made mistakes, but McGovern was just honest about his intentions and failed to moderate himself at all. On the other hand, Mondale started out his general election bid by promising to raise taxes. Whoops.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Nov 5, 2007 -> 03:05 PM) Not sure if it was the denial of getting on the ballot in SC or the writers strike, but Colbert is dropping his Presidential bid http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8...;show_article=1 I'm guessing the latter.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Nov 4, 2007 -> 11:56 PM) Show me where I personally attacked him. I didn't call him any names, I called that part of his post was "bulls***". He doesn't like that I'm swearing. Swearing = personal attack? Interesting... Nobody's accusing you of anything here. We just want this thread to stay friendly is all.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Nov 5, 2007 -> 09:54 AM) Its funny because if you get past the quad-rennial "idiot Republician" media slash-job, the positions he has on lots of the major issues, are by far my favorite. His SSI and Illegal Immigration plans are not only both intelligent compromises, they also promise the least disruption to day to day lives for the most people. But its easier to buy the all-too-predictable "idiot" label... His story isn't that he's an idiot, its that he's unprepared, lazy and disinterested. And the truth is that if you are the leader of the free world, your appearance matters. In foreign affairs, perception is often more the reality than you might realize.

I saw bits and pieces on this, especially where they debunked the cruise missile theory at the Pentagon by tracking fallen streetlight poles.

I'd say that might win you Minnesota, but after 2002 - I doubt that.

Couldn't they just display the ball with the asterisk facing the back?

QUOTE(Alpha Dog @ Nov 4, 2007 -> 11:31 AM) Is that all you got? He doesn't hear a question fully, and now he is in need of hearing aids and senile? He actually associates with someone who has had a criminal past, and now he is tainted too? Might as well wipe the whole damn field of candidates from both sides then if that is the case. What should concern you is that he didn't bother to even put his campaign chairs through a vetting process. He isn't aware when high level straegists, and the guy running his Iowa campaign leaves his campaign. He's just out of touch... and running a horrible campaign. The best proof of this are the state polls in Iowa and New Hampshire. He's in danger of falling into fifth place in Iowa behind Huckabee, and in NH, some polls show him finishing behind Ron Paul. His poll numbers in other states (SC, NJ and FL) have plummeted since he entered the race. So apparently, I'm not the only one who seems to feel this way.

Fred Thompson might have been a prosecutor in Law & Order, but really seems to like hanging out with criminals in real life. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...ml?hpid=topnews So Thompson isn't aware that his campaign chairs are convicted drug traffickers, he isn't aware of high level defections within his campaign, and apparently didnt turn his hearing aid up enough to understand the difference between Civil Unions and the Soviet Union. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...7102901455.html I understand wanting someone from outside Washington running, but I don't understand why this guy is running.

This wasn't unexpected, and I don't know that its really a bad thing for US interests, we have to see how it plays out for sure.