StrangeSox

In other words, I really don't think Perry is taking some metaphysical postmodern view of knowledge here. I think it's typical right-wing "them sciency-types don't know nothin'!" ignorance, especially combined with his "we teach creationism in Texas" and "global warming is a hoax and scientists are frauds" statements lately.

The revisions get more accurate and are within the error bounds of the previous calculations generally. I don't think that the estimated age of the earth has been significantly changed since the advent of nuclear physics and radiometric dating. It's been 4.xx +/- yy since the 50's. Same with the universe: yeah, it flucuatted a lot before we really started to figure things out post-WWII, but it's been a pretty steady 13.x +/- since then and new findings only remove margins of error, not shift the estimates out of the previous range. Accepting that scientific knowledge is always provisional knowledge has nothing to do with the "skepticism" people use to dismiss legitimate scientific knowledge in favor of mythology.

But they aren't getting research money for being in the Big 10. If Wisconsin suddenly went independent, they wouldn't stop spending or receiving research dollars.

Everyone with a 401(k)....except the 60-65 year olds who have already had a lost decade.

the Ivy League is an abnormal case; they've had a reputation of being the best-of-the-best academically since before there was collegiate sports, and now they're pretty much irrelevant in sports. Comparing them to the SEC or the Big 10 athletics conferences just doesn't make sense imo. I don't think a Northwestern degree would be devalued if the Big 10 took in Phoenix University. Or, if it really would, that's a good argument for abolishing college athletics.

QUOTE (PlaySumFnJurny @ Aug 19, 2011 -> 07:32 AM) That's a bit of a snobby cliche. Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash, George Jones, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson all came after. Cash and Jennings both owned. I wasn't being serious aside from agreeing that modern country is pretty awful imo.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Aug 18, 2011 -> 07:29 PM) Just so you guys know, Kenny Chesney, Toby Keith, Tim McGraw, that guy from Australia, Sugarland, etc. are completely watered down Country. Those first three USED to be awesome, but they all went more pop. There's a lot of chick country out there now. Anything after Hank Williams is garbage

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Aug 18, 2011 -> 12:32 PM) http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.asp...14_CUTLIN497125 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION!!!

Perry actively questioned evolution on the campaign trail and claimed that Texas teaches both creationism and evolution and that children should be "smart enough to figure out which one's right" (paraphrasing). lol.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 18, 2011 -> 12:06 PM) Most of the states that have these large expanses of wilderness already allow for that. But most people still don't carry out there, for a variety of reasons. I've had people in our groups carry, on occasion, but it is rare. Furthermore, in some of those areas (particularly national parks), firearms are specifically prohibited. Didn't the restriction on firearms in national parks get lifted a few years back?

I'm in Woodridge and there's a ton of trees around my house.

I notice balta did not deny that he's

I find idiots like Schultz or anyone I've had the brief displeasure of hearing on a democrat radio station so much more annoying than Hannity, Limbaugh, etc. You don't have to be self-indulgently nerdy like NPR or PBS, but you don't need to make terrible arguments that make no sense and only serve to cheerlead in order to make a point.

Balta's rolling in the dough, we all know it. Ed Schultz is terrible and should be fired for being the really, really bad "liberal" version of Limbaugh.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 03:23 PM) I have 3, but only two that are plugged in. Any good HDTV antennas you could recommend? The amplified RCA one I have doesn't pick up CBS at all.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 11:08 AM) Motorola is a terribly run company from what I've heard. One of my coworker's girlfriend worked there and they promised her coming in out of undergrad that they would pay for her MBA, 3 years later they kept denying to do any such thing. She left for Wrigley. My college roommate left after two years, my dad left after 15 recently. They just don't know what they're doing.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 03:31 PM) Yeah, now that quote I do see an equivalence with. Neither that quote nor Perry's was Presidential or appropriate. Absolutely. And it's not the "he'd be heckled and harassed in Texas" part that bothers me, it's more if he truly, honestly believes that Bernanke's actions have been purely political moves to help Obama and more importantly that they're "nearly treasonous."

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 02:11 PM) Equal in what? It's the same action with the same intent. The message doesn't matter. I'm just going to go ahead and disagree that the actual rhetoric used, in this case calling the actions of the fed "nearly treasonous," doesn't matter. Not all political speech is equally benign and equally malicious.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 02:29 PM) I mean, it clearly sounds bad but it's very vague. That could be anything from tarring and feathering him to booing him like Thome when he comes to Cleveland. Right, he's explicitly saying he'll be treated badly, but badly doesn't have to be defined as violent.

QUOTE (vandy125 @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 02:00 PM) Try not to come back with some snide retort, but aren't we jumping to conclusions a bit there? Since when does this imply violence? That can mean an awful lot of different things and you are jumping to the conclusion that it equals violence. I honestly haven't made up my mind on who I would vote for. So, don't consider this a backing of Perry. you're right.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 02:00 PM) Never said they were equal, just pointing out it was done for the same purpose. If they're not equal, it doesn't matter.

Comparing an arbitrary selection of differing municipalities (?) in said states is not getting inside the data or getting past bias or misleading statements. If anything, it's even more egregious cherry-picking, but the worst part is that the cherry-picked data doesn't actually support his conclusion at all. It doesn't dispute it, it is simply irrelevant. You cannot conclude that the claim that most of Texas's job growth is low-wage is a "myth" by looking at the average wages in Harris County and comparing them to part of NY, NY and to Boston.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 01:13 PM) He's an orator getting his crowd amped up. You know, like when Obama promised change. "change" =/= accusing the fed chair of treason and implying he'd face violence if he came to Texas.