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I would not want to be judged on what friends, former friends, or even pastors now believe, write, speak out about, etc. I'm surprised that anyone here would hold themselves up to the same standard.

Nice way for Chuck to get some pub It's all entertainment /pops bowl of popcorn and waits for replies.

QUOTE(ptatc @ Mar 27, 2008 -> 09:52 PM) And have the highest malpractice insurance rates. Actually I thought OB/GYNs have the highest?

QUOTE(3E8 @ Mar 30, 2008 -> 10:57 AM) Impressive. Shouldn't be too long before one of you coughs up a lung and you've got your basketball My grandfather died of lung cancer and my uncle dies from mouth cancer after losing 3/4 of his tongue, and my mom still smokes . . .

Dear James, Want a reminder of why we still need more people in Congress who know what war really is, and the obligations we owe those who bore the burden of battle? Just last week, Vice President Cheney was asked about the burden of the Iraq War on our military. His answer? George Bush bears the greatest burden of the war. 4,000 American troops who gave their lives? The Vice President summed it up: "They volunteered." When I read the Vice President's comments, I was reminded of what Marine Corps 3-star General Gregory Newbold, the former Operations Director at the Pentagon, said about the war in Iraq: "The commitment of our forces to this fight was done with a casualness and swagger that are the special province of those who have never had to execute these missions - or bury the results." This is why our work isn't done changing the face of Congress. Dick Cheney doesn't get it, but he'll be gone in January - the question is, who will be coming here to speak up for the troops? The rubber's hitting the road right now. I need you to help send more people to Washington who did serve, who did volunteer, and who took from that experience a personal commitment to provide for our nation's soldiers and a deep understanding of the magnitude of issues of war and peace. Here are some more of those people -- so please do what you can to help them today: http://www.actblue.com/page/strongermajority2 In the House, there's been no better or clearer voice on national security than Admiral Joe Sestak from Pennsylvania. The johnkerry.com community went to the mat to help send Admiral Sestak to Congress, and he has been as courageous in Congress as he was in the Navy. His record of standing up and being counted has landed him on the very top of the GOP target list, and he can use our help right now. A good fundraising quarter can signal great strength and put him on the offensive in 2008. In New York, former Navy Commander Eric Massa is running against Randy Kuhl. Last time, Eric came within a whisker of beating Kuhl, losing by only 2 points. With a little extra effort this time, we can push Eric over the top. Eric's a former top aide to the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe. He understands military and foreign policy in his head and in his gut, and he's committed to a new course in Iraq and to making health care universal for all Americans. In California, former Air Force helicopter pilot Charlie Brown is running to fill another GOP open seat vacated by a Republican one step ahead of scandal. Now he's facing two career politicians who didn't even live in his district. Charlie's son is active-duty Air Force and has served four tours in Iraq; believe me, Charlie doesn't need any lectures about who bears the burden in the military today. And Charlie isn't waiting to get to DC to start helping; he's donating 5% of everything he raises in this campaign to help veterans' service organizations around the country. And we also have an incredible veteran running to break the Republican roadblock in the Senate. In Tennessee, my friend Bob Tuke is a Marine who served America in uniform, a Democratic soldier who has worked hard for others and, now, a candidate for the United States Senate. He headed up my efforts in Tennessee in 2004, and he's fought for Democrats as head of the TN Democratic Party. He served in Vietnam (yes, he volunteered), and now is answering the call to service once again. In January, I want to see Bob sworn in to the United States Senate. So please donate what you can to help these great veterans turn our Congress into a force for change: http://www.actblue.com/page/strongermajority2 It is profoundly wrong to think that fighting for your country overseas and fighting for your country's ideals at home are contradictory or even separate duties. They are, in fact, two sides of the very same patriotic coin. So this year, let's send more of these great Democratic patriots to Congress. Thanks, John Kerry

Texas had the most wins (3) against top 5 teams #1 in the nation in not turning the ball over Home games for the second and third weekends I picked them to go all the way. Busted my tourny. Done. But I still think it was a great pick in these kinds of pools.

Division winner.

Happy Birthday

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 31, 2008 -> 09:38 AM) I think its OK, but, I wouldn't do it personally. I think I'd be silent. Saw Clinton just after the Monica scandal and I booed, no regrets.

Just to toss a log on the fire and add another stereotype, his neighbor is wearing a NASCAR hat, you know, just sayin' I'm buying the accident defense.

Not only is it OK, it should happen. That singular act sums up our freedoms. Every President in my lifetime deserved a hearty round of boos at least a few times in their Presidency.

I've been too busy to weigh in, just did, golding at 226. Yuch.

I read the article and didn't even want to post it. No news on who raped her, and I'm just tossing that unsubstantiated charge out there as well.

You like the shadow she is casting. Eventually, you have to step out of the shadow and see the real her, and she sees you.

I think they gave competitions a long enough try to convince the regulators that currently it is a one offering industry. One of the key questions will be what their long term plans are concerning the installed hardware. I think regulators should demand some assurance that either sets of receivers will not be made obsolete a week after the merger.

QUOTE(BobDylan @ Mar 24, 2008 -> 04:13 PM) I actually hate Shakespeare. I can't stand his books(plays). But his influence to literature is unparalleled. The thing about the writers I call great, they have more than one great work. Shakespeare has several. Homer has two (The Iliad, The Odyssey). Joyce has three (Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Ulysses). Nabokov has two (Lolita, Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle). There are so many great books that I can't give the title to every author that has written a great book. I would agree that it takes more than just one great book or we'd be looking at people like Margaret Mitchell. But by the same token then, to be a great "writer", the author should distinguish themselves by writing more than novels. But maybe splitting hairs and calling one a writer and the others novelists is probably a bit trivial and a side note not worth exploring. And I would again say that most of these writers wrote a number of great works, and one that was in the category of greatest of the greats. And while great works, I would place many by the authors I mentioned ahead of Ada or Ardor and Dubliners. But as you noted earlier this is personal preference. While I respect Nabokov, he's one of those that I've never warmed up to. Although I have a great deal of respect for his body of work.

QUOTE(BobDylan @ Mar 24, 2008 -> 09:54 AM) Same goes for most of the writers you've listed. One great work followed by minor works. Sinclair's "masterpiece" (which I don't think it is) is The Jungle. It's a good book, if not average. I don't know if I'd put Poe and Frost on that list. Poe was a terrible poet if I can say so without having read much poetry. He was also a short story writer, not a novelist. Frost, I mean, just too hokey to be taken seriously. Twain, gotta respect Huck Finn. Most people probably don't know who Jack London is outside of The Call of the Wild. I've always hated that book but I understand the appeal. I don't know, it just feels like the list you've compiled is the high-school catalogue. Shakespeare wrote plays for a mostly illiterate population, so they are accessible to most High School students. I'd actually say being understood by that level, and enjoyed by adults, takes a great writer. Twain is on many critics list as the best American writer. His short stories are amazing, and he was the first American author of note to actually write using American regional dialects. Yes, high school kids can read Sawyer or Finn and enjoy a tale of kids playing on the river. Adults can read those same books and see the bigger tale of social justice, racial equality, and human frailties. I also tend to include poetry and short stories into the mix. In a kind of cruel paradox, having that "one pinnacle work" sometimes makes the rest of your work seem of lesser caliber. Most of these writers, on their worst day, produced works many times better then their contemporaries best days. But where we really differ is where to draw the line on great. Out of the tens of thousands of American authors, I'm comfortable calling the top 50 or so great. I think it is also appropriate to factor in their influences on others. Can we also tell I come from a program at a traditionally Hispanic University where non traditional works, especially by minorities is celebrated? I'm just not all that fascinated by dead white guys and their works.

QUOTE(Sonik22 @ Mar 23, 2008 -> 11:11 PM) This is awesome, i dont even care how screwed up my bracket is! can't disagree with that. Lots of fun and excitement. Except NC who looks unstopable. Which means they will be stopped in the next round

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QUOTE(Alpha Dog @ Mar 23, 2008 -> 10:53 PM) I just don't get the "any puiblicity is good publicity' approach alot of people take today. Do they really think that changed anyone's mind in their direction? They are lucky someone didn't beat them. Alot. No, it didn't chamge anyone's mind. What it did do was get some people to voice their feelings against the war believing that if someone could be so bold to stand up at Holy Name, certainly they can speak out via a letter to the editor, on the phone with a friend, or over coffee with a co-worker.

I love protests. I love people exercising their right to free speech. But do not interfere with someone else's rights. Afterwards make your little scene and get on them news. Middle of Mass, no way.

For the sake of argument, I will not challenge your statement about them carrying the jock. You picked writers who I agree are great. I just believe there is much more room on that list. Basically you nailed a list of conventional, dead white guys in US literature. Even in that vein I would have added Twain Thoreau London James Whitman Poe Frost Cummings Eliot And certainly we have produced some great women writers Wharton Stein Chopin Alcott And minorities Frederick Douglas Rolando Hinojosa-Smith Du Bois William Carlos Williams Langston Hughes I'd also give consideration to Capote and Sinclair.

Kerouac not a great American writer? Would he be in your top 10,000? 1,000? 100? I'm guessing that Ginsberg, Burroughs, and the rest of that group is also not on your list of great American writers?

QUOTE(BobDylan @ Mar 23, 2008 -> 04:09 PM) Read it and know the list. I feel "abstract" guidelines to creative writing are even less helpful than technical guidelines. I'd recommend Stephen King's "On Writing" far before I'd give that list to somebody. Plus there are a lot of existentialst writers that would/will disagree with just about everything on that list. Kafka? Dostoevsky? Camus? I don't think these people were in love with their lives. Or wrote in amazement of themselves. It is an interesting list, though. Of course King as made a lot more money than Kerouac ever did. It all depends on your yardstick.

QUOTE(zenryan @ Mar 23, 2008 -> 03:35 PM) dammit. If we were able to defend the 3 in the first half, we wouldve had a shot at winning this game. Not upset at all. Actually proud that this team didnt lay down and get rolled by Texas. 4 starters back next season, so hopefully we can really build on this as a program. They made my #1 pick in the nation look bad. I'm hoping this was the tough game that makes them sharper for the run to #1