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My daughter graduated from Urbana with a degree in advertising and had her choice of three job offers months before she left school. They have one of the top programs in the country and employers lined up and offered some nice packages to hire top talent. They didn't visit the Northeasterns of the world. She wouldn't have been earning six figures her second year out of college if she attended SIU. (Which I have great memories of) On to the practical side. I teach a class Senior Seminar with the focus of transitioning to college. I bring in about 25 to 30 recruiters each fall to talk to the classes. From private schools like Pepperdine to our local schools. After about five or six presentations the students start to realize dorms are dorms, they all have clubs and study abroad options. So why pay more? At Stanford or UT you will be surrounded by top students. Your class discussions will be deeper and richer. You will learn more. The recruiters that visit your campus will be more willing to hire you. Some universities have pipelines with certain companies. Is it always a good bet? No. When asked my personal advice I tell them if they are borrowing money for school to stay home, drive 15 minutes to our local community college, then 5 minutes to our local university that is in our shadow. Then go get a graduate degree from a name university. But this perpetuates the class structure in our society. The rich send their kids to top schools and then their children get hired by the top companies with top salaries.

Karl Marx wrote that one of the features of capitalism is eventually the worker's only value will be what work they can perform for the capitalists. All art, music, theater, literature will die as value is only placed on commodities that can be sold for a profit. We've gotten there. Go borrow money so you can develop skills that someone will charge their customers for and give you a portion of their profits. Forget about anything other than making yourself more valuable for capitalists. Anything you personally may benefit from is secondary to your value to your owner. Seems like if the business owners are benefiting the most from your education they should also pay for it. Any while they are at it, educate folks in the arts and literature. Aren't those the things that differentiate us from the squirrels and ravens who simply work for their living and do not create?

Absolutely.

You made that sound like a bad thing lol I'm new here. I really didn't realize which forum it was in.

Since I wasn't involved and haven't talked with JR personally I'm just guessing. I believe your points are valid. What they will be taking about is his multiple DUIs

People have formed ideas and beliefs and will argue with people with more knowledge and experience that they are right. JR isn't unique in that. He's owned a baseball team for decades and has learned a lot. I don't believe he's stupid, he's made plenty of personnel decisions in his life, and he made a decision. I find it easier to believe he said "I believe TLR is our best change at winning a WS" over "I don't care if we even break .500 I want to hire Tony back."

That is assuming that JR wants to employ Tony more than he wants one more WS. I think it's a possibility that JR is convinced Tony is the guy to bring that WS. JR is willing to go through all this to win that WS. If all he wanted to do was give Tony a paycheck there were other ways. I think JR will be quicker than usual if there is an issue that affects winning that WS. I know we'll disagree with JR that Tony is the best choice as manager, the discussion here is JRs prime motivation, was it to employ Tony again at all cost or win a WS at all cost. I think that WS is bigger.

Lol

And then the damn Democrats must have changed those votes to Biden. More proof of the widespread fraud perpetrated by Democrats.

Nice. Making America Great Again!

Which is why I believe they are much the same. I wasn't a Trump fan, but I didn't want the country to fail. Same with TLR circa 2020.

You wouldn't have wanted to be wrong about the President?

How about this scenario, there are some posters here, I'd say we make up the majority, that love to say I told you so and prove other posters wrong. It's easy to get the feeling in December that that feeling is stronger than wanting the team to win. I doubt there are many of us that take it that far. Certainly by April those people are probably gone. But a blown save, a miscue by Eaton, a poor pitching change and we know what will be posted in the game threads.

Is 6 am night? I don't understand why ignition lockout devices are required after the first DUI but certainly they should be after the 2nd.

I think it's a good guess based on past history with other issues. To me it fits the "I knew this (insert bad thing) was going to happen!" posts.

Isn't it comparable to not wanting the President to do well, but wishing the country does well? And we both know there are some people that can't wait to show that Tony can't relate to players, can't grasp advanced statistics, etc. For that to happen it would seem the team would need to falter. I don't think it's a sizable number, but there are always some that want to be right.

True. I will guess that by April 1st they will be cheering like the rest of us. I'm a big fan of character and setting the example. I also believe Tony deserves the HoF ring. We're just getting a guy before and after he was great. But I already reserved the name southsider2k20 for after the WS.

Or quicker if the team wins a World Series.

I actually believe people will impulsively and always spend the $10 a week. I think if you hand someone $520 they will begin actually thinking about and planning what to buy. They may actually spend the $520 months from now. And for people who aren't impacted financially by COVID they may just move $520 to savings but would spend the $10 a week.

It always seems messy to include pitchers and maybe even designated hitters in this sort of debate. On days he was playing I'd take Buehrle over Konerko. With a little bit of hindsight I will say that Buehrle is my favorite Sox pitcher of all time. Certainly the only pitcher I bought a ticket to a game specifically because he was starting. If I had to name a second most valuable player behind Thomas, I would pick Konerko. But the question is second "best" player. Konerko fell off the HoF ballot, Buehrle is just starting. I think of outside chances of one day telling a cop late at night that you're a hall of fame baseballer, I think Buehrle has the best shot. So, I'm going to offer Buehrle as my choice. And in less time than you took to read this Mark would have faced two batters and probably have a 1-0 count on the third.

But it does include a billion or two for more border wall. I guess they think a wall will keep out the virus.

For public schools that's a great question. Why are public schools still so expensive? The government is already covering some of the cost of those schools. Why aren't they covering more? Are you bothered by the tax dollars that were already spent for those students or just spending tax dollars after the education? Again, just speaking for the public, taxpayer funded schools.

Great marketing move, no one is talking about the Cubs today.

Agreed.

That's really the bottom line. Driving drunk when you have the resources to hire a DD. The I'm a Hall of Famer and lying is just a little extra.