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Nooooooooooooo

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Aug 26, 2009 -> 12:22 PM) I kept looking at the SO2 and thought, what are you talking about? Ah, now I'm with you - the carbon tax legislation. That's pretty significant but not as significant as health care. Civil Rights and Medicare were done at the same time, and those are IMO the last time we went through this, but the thing is, in terms of scale, nothing compares to what they are trying shove down this time in terms of power grab. If this passes, 20-30 years from now, there will be something bigger... and it will just keep cycling that way. That's how this works - erosion of private into government. Or it works from smaller to bigger as the society expands.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Aug 26, 2009 -> 12:06 PM) And he dished it better then no other. They don't call things Kennedy did "borking" for nothing. But he clearly did some good things as well. No doubt. He was a partisan political lion, and it is impossible to separate him from the partisan political arena. Look at this thread, four posts in an the worst moment of his life was mentioned. Which btw I believe was fair. It probably kept him from being President. I also believe he did far more as a Senator for all these years than he would have done as a President for four or eight years. It is interesting that he also gained respect from many on the other side of the aisle.

I'm thinking Civil Rights or New Deal scale. This is a major shift in how we do business in this country.

QUOTE (knightni @ Aug 26, 2009 -> 12:10 PM) I'm not sure what happened there. Keep playing. I figured by the time I posted there would have been three more already LOL

gee, this time I'm going to be early

dammit again

Certain dogs are way cooler than others

Kennedy was one of the standard bearers of the party and a popular partisan target. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ Kennedy to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

http://www.cleveland.com/nation/index.ssf/...hos_behind.html

rats, slow again

Que sera sera

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Aug 26, 2009 -> 11:18 AM) I've seen him in person and I think I shook his hand in 2005 when he was out campaigning for my governor. Pretty interesting guy in person. It was one of the few times I was kind of star struck, thinking I was meeting living history in the first person.

When was the last time America tackled a project as big as health care reforms?

There has always been really stupid TV, we just seem to have taken it to new depths. Last week, NatGeo had a program on the tiger escape from the SF Zoo. Great stuff. I love it when I learn something new.

This will be the most exciting finish of the past twenty years. With so many slumping, they are all going to turn it on and catch the Tigers in the second to last game. Then lose in the first round while getting swept.

Overall, once the season is over, and I do not believe this one is, you cut back, not shut down. Pull the starters a little quicker, add a few extra days of rest for the older guys, stuff like that. Getting Peavy a few starts is a nice head start for next year or hopefully a playoff boost.

I have debated here for years that the government deficits are our greatest long term threat, that much like Russia, we will borrow ourselves into extinction. And many people here have explained why we need to cut taxes and increase the deficit during these tough economic times. /popping some corn

From the 1950s to 2009, Kennedy was involved in an amazing era in our history.

Amazing life. Ring side seat to some of the most dramatic times in our history. I had the pleasure of seeing him in person last year when he was campaigning for Obama.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Aug 25, 2009 -> 03:07 PM) /Trolling and smart ass comment. Seriously, he likes the Sox, and I'm glad he doesn't put on a different uniform for every city (or stadium in some cases) he's in. At least he's consistent about that. /Trolling and smart ass comment II And we all know how important it is to be consistent

libraries are cool places to kill time

Jumpin' Jimminy it's after 5:00

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Aug 25, 2009 -> 04:05 PM) (Marxist) hope and change. I kid, I kid. I do think that "soundbyte" dilemmas are a lot more prevalent now then ever before because most Americans don't have a clue how to think critically anymore. Additionally, we are hit with the soundbite at a dizzying rate and from so many different directions. We'll watch the same news feed for hours with 90% of the information looping. That ingrains it into our subconscious and free from any critical thinking.

That would be an interesting development for the Bears.