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QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Dec 7, 2011 -> 02:39 PM) One of these things is not like the other... Columbus is a lot of fun. Suburban sprawl hell, to be sure, but still a really surprisingly fun and comfortable place to live.

There are only a few places I can see myself living in the US long term. 1. Chicago (natch) 2. NYC/NJ shore/Philly (north of the Guido Riviera e.g. Asbury Park) 3. Bay Area california (probably more South Bay then SF) 4. Columbus... Ohio.

Harry Morgan AKA Colonel Potter from MASH is dead.

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I think the Jamie XX rework of the Gil-Scot Heron album is easily the greatest album of the year.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Dec 5, 2011 -> 10:27 AM) Sort of answering to both... 1. I actually don't know what the laws are on this at present. I personally feel that if a person or couple is going to give a child up for adoption, that they should have the choice as to who gets him or her. If they want to abdicate that choice to an agency, that's fine. But if they want to interview and choose, that is also fine. 2. I agree that if you give up the child, you give up the right to raise it. But I think that begins at the moment you actually give up the child - not before. I think of it as similar to godparents. You choose, essentially, the person or couple you would most trust to raise your child if something horrible happened to you as a parent(s). No one tells you who to make next of kin, you choose. Similarly, if you decide you need to give up a child when it is born, you should have some choice as to who they go to. What you're describing in the first one is called open adoption. In most cases, those parents stay a part of their child's lives actually.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Dec 5, 2011 -> 09:25 AM) And I also agree that if people are giving a child up for adoption, they should have as much choice as they want about who they give the child to. Disagree with this. Should we disqualify a child a loving home because the birth parents who are forfeiting their right to raise their child decides that they don't want their kids raised in a family of (gay people/black people/muslims/christians/hispanics)? Last time I checked, if you abdicate your right to child rearing, you abdicate your right to child rearing.

No Cain announcement yet, but Mrs. Cain is coming on stage with him AND they're asking for volunteers! Looks like the crazy is staying in!

QUOTE (VictoryMC98 @ Nov 30, 2011 -> 12:20 PM) Legit not being an ass question... Have you staffed for any other member of Congress? I have been a professional Democrat for a few years. I worked on campaigns mostly, so I staffed on campaign stops. This means I've worked security on an Obama event, a Hillary Clinton event. Congressman Frank is the only elected official that I fully staffed for a day.

QUOTE (farmteam @ Nov 29, 2011 -> 11:35 AM) ? Let's just say I staffed him for a day. And he was really s***ty.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 28, 2011 -> 06:02 PM) The most recent debate was pretty close to that. Some others were too clipped and jammed to have that. But I agree, the longer discussion on fewer topics at each debate are better. Another problem is, if a candidate didn't get their word in on a question, they have this annoying habit if using their time on the next question to answer the first one. I think there should be a guy in an NFL referee uniform there, and when a candidate starts talking about some already-closed question, he blows the whistle, throws a flag in the air, and turns off that candidate's microphone. Just kidding. Sort of. I remember when I lived in Germany and watched their election debates. In Germany, each party is guaranteed a specific number of ads and debate time. However, the state broadcasters split it out between the major and minor parties. In otherwords, the parties with a chance to get 5% and full representation in parliament get the major debate, the rest get the minor debate. I loved the minor party debate. There were probably a dozen candidates on the stage and when the answers went on for too long, they got drowned out by a brass band until they stopped talking.

I would be at USAA in a second if I could qualify. Their product line is amazeballs.

I guess these laws are only good to have enacted when poor people get caught. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-23/a...-executive.html

QUOTE (VictoryMC98 @ Nov 28, 2011 -> 05:56 PM) How and Why was he bad? I have a very specific reason why I'm not a fan of Mr. Frank. But there are others to be upset about. He has as big of a hand in our little banking issues of 2008 as any other member of Congress and the D after his name should not excuse him from that. And also, he ran a brothel out of his brother's apartment while in Congress - and although he got caught, didn't get his ass bounced from Congress like he should have.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Nov 25, 2011 -> 10:10 AM) Thank you!

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 23, 2011 -> 01:53 PM) She really is a Class A moron. That's spelled moran.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 23, 2011 -> 11:32 AM) 2. 612 respondents means you probably have less than a hundred for each news outlet, and I consider that way, way, way too small a data set to be reliable. The T-score calcs being used are using the 612 basis, which is not at all an accurate use of that test. This poll, in particular, is highly flawed. The poll is pretty shady, I agree... but I think you're wrong about it being 100 respondents per outlet. It's taking the answers from the number of people who use method X as the answer number. So for NPR - that's about 120 people (21%) For Fox News - that's a lot more.

If this is about who would take who in a fight, I'm goin with Balta and Albert Belle. I mean just think what Belle would do with all the rocks that Balta collects for work?

QUOTE (lostfan @ Nov 16, 2011 -> 07:54 PM) I guess it's better than what liberals usually do about politics (which is to go log onto Daily Kos and whine about how Obama is a big stupid doodyhead because he hasn't gotten any laws passed to get more transgendered soccer coaches, and also Republicans are really mean) Hey to be fair, in a close election you really don't want to ignore the Transgender Soccer Coach voting block. I hear they're going to replace the "Nascar Conjoined Twin" as the most important niche voter in 2012.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 16, 2011 -> 11:23 AM) I bet Obama carries Asia. I can think of at least four Beki's and Two Stan's that would vote for Cain.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Nov 15, 2011 -> 06:51 PM) How about a Justice "working" in the past for a firm? http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/jus...er_confirmatio/ Come on guys, it's not that big of a deal. I would say that being wined and dined by one of the lawyers about to plead a case before you is a big deal. And in full disclosure, I think Kagan should recuse herself, as should Thomas.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Nov 15, 2011 -> 01:53 PM) Republicans will whine and cry that Kagan should remove herself, Democrats will whine and cry that Thomas should recuse himself, neither will and the losing team's fans will always cry about corrupt officiating. In a way, they both balance each other out - so I don't know that I have too much of an issue with that. However, I will say that attending a dinner hosted by the legal firm arguing before the supreme court in arguably the most important case of the upcoming judicial session is really really amateur hour on the part of Scalia and Thomas.

Its a little interesting watching cities use heavy handed techniques to try to deal with these occupys only to watch them start to get stronger as a result. In Philadelphia, theres an issue brewing too. Philly has offered space across the street from where Occupy Philly has been camped out, because they are scheduled to do major construction work where the Occupy camp is. Occupy Philly has decided, for some silly reason, not to move across the street. I feel moderately sympathetic to the Occupy goals. I just wish they had a leadership, an actual goal, an actual objective other than camping out until some undefined thing happens. I want to support this movement, I think its heart is in the right place. I just wish they actually had a brain to go with it.

Congrats!

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Nov 14, 2011 -> 07:09 PM) This should be the single biggest scandal ever. EVER. But notice, no one is even talking about it. I'm skeptical considering the story broke chez Breitbart initially. But even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while.