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I attended several tournaments there, including the Sunday run of Scott Verplank(A). It is a beautiful course. Diana Dikta coined a word for women at most Country Clubs WORMS, wives of regular members.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 12, 2012 -> 03:09 PM) Presumably this law in Arizona was passed by politicians who were elected themselves, correct? And they weren't replaced after passing this law? Thus, having english speaking candidates only in that state is in fact the decision of the voters. I thought of that, and it is a good point. The counter is that statewide politicians are making laws for local elections. I'm not a fan of that, same as I'm not a fan of federal laws governing state elections.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/08/arizo...?iref=obnetwork I have always advocated for letting the voters decide.

You could be an Eagle dad . . .

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Feb 11, 2012 -> 03:13 PM) So what you're saying is that he's now going to leave to pursue tennis? Dunn playing tennis is like a Lionel Richie song . . . Endless Love

Hmm, lots of gates, landowners with pass codes, citizens locked into a no man's land, pass codes for visitors, lol what a giant waste of money. But it helped some lawmakers to get reelected, helped some people feel like we're doing something about illegal immigration, and we're stopping drugs from getting to customers in your hometown. Imagine if the government built a fence around your home and gave you a code to the gate that they say will work. Of course they wouldn't accidentally change the code.

http://www.chron.com/news/article/Texans-o...2309.php#src=fb continued at link

Is anyone using a book ap to catalog and track your library? I've downloaded a couple and have thought about the time it would take to barscan them all. I'm not certain it is worth it.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Feb 11, 2012 -> 12:32 PM) It's "out of scale" because of how many people are defending him on a national level "out of scale", saying he didn't do anything wrong, shouldn't have been fired, etc. Last I checked PSU wasn't rioting over Sandusky or McQueary, nor were articles being written to defend them, etc. It's pretty easy to see how it follows. Yes, out of scale in both the defense and the attacks.

Is it possible to believe that Paterno is guilty by not doing enough, and that the condemnation of him as a person is out of scale as compared to others who were also involved without defending him? Mike McQueary and Mrs. Sandusky IMHO should be the ones that receive the highest condemnation. But his name is forgotten because he told someone famous.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 10, 2012 -> 02:32 PM) Because children were raped and it never could have happened had he not been willing to look the other way. So why does he deserve a pass? He doesn't deserve a pass and I never said that. But that isn't how you like to discuss stuff. You like to twist s*** and make up stuff. I have consistently said that others DESERVE MORE OF THE BLAME. And those individuals that were eyewitnesses and ear witnesses to the abuse have received far less of the public scorn and attacks than Paterno. That seems lopsided. Where have I ever said he deserves a pass? But you will make up statements like that. So why do you think his wife should be given a pass even though she was home when the abuse happened and heard it? Why do you think the eye witnesses deserve a pass?

Crazy on so many levels.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 10, 2012 -> 02:12 PM) So why do you give Joe Paterno a pass? I can play this game with you. Why do you believe he should have been sent to South America and made to live in a mud hut?

I like they better as I age. I wasn't as much of a fan then as I am now.

A lawyer would be in for a minimum of $300 trillion if they win the case. Hell, settling before court for $450 trillion would be a sweet paycheck.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Feb 10, 2012 -> 10:32 AM) Holy s***, guy. Does your contrarian facade know no end? I have been consistent since the story broke. There was a f***ing eye witness that didn't go right then and there to the police. He went home and called his daddy. From the story, it seems if daddy said to be quiet, he might not have even told Paterno. Yeah that guy should burn in hell. Sandusky's wife heard kids being abused and did nothing. She should be holding the first guy's hand. They had direct, first hand knowledge. Paterno did too little, but there were others who did far less and had more direct knowledge. There are others that had the positions of authority to actually do something, and they did less. ESPN hides behind being journalists, and did less. At least the two guys at Penn State were charged. Yet the football coach gets the headlines and conversations. To forgive Paterno and make him out to be perfect and having done nothing wrong, is just not right. To believe that his wins as a football coach and celebrity makes him more accountable than you or I is wrong. We all have an equal moral resposibility to report this. No one should get a pass because they told someone more famous.

So in the interest of correcting and balancing an incorrect portrait of Paterno as a saint, we should also paint an equally incorrect portrait of Paterno as the devil himself? I am certain the people who were eye witnesses or who actually abused kids are happy for the sideshow.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 9, 2012 -> 04:13 PM) With the exception of the fact that the 2 key guys above his head are facing charges. Thank you, you've added to my point that they are discussed less. Even facing charges, the law also holding them responsible, we'd rather debate the football coach's role. Seems lopsided to me. The person that told him was an eyewitness, not much to talk about there. The people with higher positions than him are facing charges, not much to talk about there. We talk about the head football coach.

Did you happen to look at the people who served on the charity's board? So why is it that people prefer to talk about the head football coach's involvement more so than eye witnesses? How much ink has been spilled discussing an eye witness who leaves without calling the police, contacts his dad for advice, before contacting the head football coach? Whose stories contradict each other over what he saw and what he eventually reported. Now check out how much ink talks about Paterno. How much ink has been used to discuss Mrs. Sandusky who was in the house and heard signs of abuse, and did nothing. But people would rather argue Paterno's involvement. Seems lopsided to me.

Another reason cats are kool . . .

QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Jan 17, 2012 -> 11:52 AM) Finished Cold Wind the other day. I agree about the ending...well done. I really enjoy the Joe Pickett series, but his standalone novel Three Weeks To Say Goodbye was top notch. If you're a fan of Harlan Coben, I would highly recommend it. I compare it to Coben's writing because it was intense, fast, and had lots of twists. I picked it up on eBay and plan to read it after I finish Dead Man's Walk. I bought it thinking it was a Joe Pickett book and was less enthusiastic when I realized it isn't. So I'm glad to read your recommendation. Via eBay I noticed that Goodwill has become my #2 bookseller

QUOTE (Stocking @ Feb 9, 2012 -> 11:27 PM) Started and finshed The Hunger Game series within a week. Book one good, two great, three slow. Great series overall, cant wait to see the movie which has been screen written by collins herself. I am teaching book one. I'm planning a field trip to the movie. I really like how both the girls and the boys seem to find something they like in the book. I also enjoyed how Collins stayed accurate on most things. For example, the survival aspects. Water is critical, more so than food. The science fiction parts are understandable. It's a nice book to teach 8th graders.

Disappointing, http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/...dutch-waterways

It seems like we agree that if . . . People were not defending him so much, other people would not attack him so much. and If people didn't attack him so much, he wouldn't be defended so much. Now for something we won't agree on . . . IMNSHO there are plenty of people with more knowledge of the attacks and/or more institutional/positional power and authority than the head football coach. Those people with more positional power and more knowledge are mentioned much less, and blamed far less, than the head football coach. And I will lose even more agreement with this And the head football coach is held more accountable because he is the winningest coach in NCAA Division 1 football. Somehow winning football games elevates him to another level.

QUOTE (LVSoxFan @ Feb 9, 2012 -> 01:48 PM) Am I the only one still getting used to not seeing Buehrle's name in the rotation? Makes me want to puke. Seeing Mark take the field has been my favorite sign the season has begun. The smile, the quick throw and baseball was back for a new season. It's just not going to be the same.