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QUOTE (Cknolls @ Oct 14, 2012 -> 05:38 PM) No context for the photo. Conveniently wearing a sticker on the back of his shirt, which everybody does at a political rally. and the other two people in the picture have a flannel shirt and a sweatshirt on, but macho man is in a t- shirt. Keep trying Dems keep trying. Losers. I actually agree with ths. When you first read that message, it looks racist but what if in the front of the shirt there's something else that gives context to that phrase? I mean, we all know there's absolutely no racism in America, much less in some extremist groups of the Republican party, right? StrangeSox, there is NO RACISM, NO HOMOPHOBIA, NO MISOGYNY, NO XENOPHOBIA etc. Get a grip, dude.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Oct 12, 2012 -> 02:49 PM) haha good point. they are more than happy to make compromises that help their political donors/ lobbyists/bribe givers. I finally agree with Mr. Genius on something

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Oct 12, 2012 -> 02:15 PM) This is nothing new and has been a part of the process from the beginning. Unless there's a reason to compromise, you stick to your demands. Politics 101. That doesn't happen a whole lot in Washington.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Oct 12, 2012 -> 01:43 PM) if the Democrats (or anyone) doesn't want partisanship, there has to be some level of compromise and an understanding of the other sides view. if you just think they are always wrong, on everything, well you have nowhere to start. your open is basically, "you guys are always wrong, do it our way". That will fail every time. i just don't see how someone can complain about partisanship while saying the other party has done nothing right for 4 years. that's as partisan as you can get. There was a time when reaching across the aisle was common, Reagan and Tip O'Niell for example. Partisanship really has gotten ugly, it was bad in the Clinton years, worse in the W years and today you have an opposition party that openly admits their number 1 goal is to make the sitting president a one termer. I'm blaming both sides but the Tea Party has driven the GOP far right where they think Obama, who has raised taxes less than Reagan, a socialist. SMH.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Oct 12, 2012 -> 11:51 AM) I can't speak for "we", I can speak for me. I am better off now on an overall scale than I've ever been, I said this much in the Democrat thread. The issue is most of (if not all) of that gain is negated by local taxes and fees surging. That said, I was better off in 2009 than I was in 2006, or 2007, and I'm better off now than I was in 2009. I'm a bit of an exception to the rule when it comes to this, however, as every year since my career began I've been better off the year after, successively, regardless of the economy. I'm happy for you but my queation was "are we better off today than when Obama took office" and only the most partisan republican could say we aren't. Of course the president has had missteps along the way but if we would've had done what Romney said we should do and let the auto industry go down, we would've been in an even bigger economic mess, that isn't up for debate. Almost a million and a half of Americans are working today because of that 80 billion dollar bail out. I've seen figures that up to 4 million jobs might've been lost had George W Bush/Obama hadn't acted. It would've been a clusterf*ck the likes we've never seen before. Look, things aren't nowhere near as well as we all wish they could be but this last recession was no run of the mill recession and both parties are to blame, some jobs are just not coming back, they're out there in 3rd world countries where American corporations could pay them a fraction of what they would pay here (that is immoral IMO but I won't get into that). The fact that Romney was willing to let so many people lose their jobs is what makes me think he isn't someone who cares about the middle class, add to that that Romney keeps talking about creating 12 million jobs. How? Trust us on it is what they say...

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Oct 12, 2012 -> 11:34 AM) I replied to show an example that all Presidents inherit something bad, to some degree, some worse than others. Obama at least held an advantage in that he knew what he was inheriting before he inherited it, so if he didn't want the job, he didn't have to take it. Some of them enter office and inherit stuff nobody knows about yet...but that excuse aside, we elect these leaders to lead us out of these issues, not stand there and blame everyone else for failing to do so. But as usual, my point is met with typical partisan bulls***. So you think we were better off in Jan of 2009 (when Obama took office) than we are today?

Ryan got punked, especially on Romney's foreign policy. A couple of brash talking lightweights.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 11, 2012 -> 03:45 PM) this one is better: http://wonkette.com/486378/gentleman-in-vi...-out-their-kids

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 11, 2012 -> 03:13 PM) Why do you insist on class warfare? Damn socialist...

Arkansas Legislative Republican candidate says in his book parents should be able to kill their rebellious children...you can't make this s*** up. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/08/c..._n_1948490.html Again, today's Republican party FTW

and the QB is a dickwad, but who cares.

The other thing people hold against LBJ is that he's a douche, so effing what, so was MJ, Kobe is a dick, KG is a major a-hole... Give me a team full of pricks who win over nice guys who lose. What a lame argument. Go be a Cubs fan.

Ginobili flops, Chris Paul flops, Kobe thinks he gets hacked on every play, wade too. Paul Pierce, etc... Blame the refs.

QUOTE (RZZZA @ Oct 11, 2012 -> 02:24 PM) No, not everybody. Please stop trying to excuse flopping. Flopping is despicable, it ruins the image of the entire sport. That's why the NBA is taking steps towards penalizing it. Dennis Rodman was a flopper and we didn't care. It's really no big deal. Get mad at refs for falling for those tricks, not the players.

QUOTE (SexiAlexei @ Oct 11, 2012 -> 02:17 PM) What is this nonsense? I can only dislike someone if they are a murderer (I understand the exaggeration)? I do believe the guy is the greatest player in the game right now. However, a lot of stories i've read about the guy paint him as a total dbag. I personally think he is a dbag. Just because he finally started to play up to his bball potential doesn't mean I stopped thinking he was a douche. I will continue to dislike him because of this. It's the same thing with KG. The guy is passionate, and very very good. He also has a ring. He is still a dick, and I dislike him because of it. That being said, I can still respect how good he is, and if he was a Bull, I wouldn't stop being a Bulls fan. But it annoys me when people say he finally won, you can't hate on the guy anymore. You have the right to hate the guy all you want, I never said everyone should stop hating him. In my case, I'm just going to enjoy watching the greatest player right now without hoping he falls flat on his face. I'm way past the disappointment of him not wanting to be a Bull, that's all.

lulz all around

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 11, 2012 -> 01:53 PM) After Rose's knee blow out, there is a chance we never see "Derrick Rose" again. Thank you It may seem heartless but if the Heat were dumb enough to propose that trade (never gonna happen), I wouldn't think twice. I survived watching MJ wear a different jersey, I think I'll manage this one too.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Oct 11, 2012 -> 01:41 PM) Why am I not supposed to hate on someone because they're good? There's no fun in rivalries then. Who cares about disliking scrubs like Blatche? I'm not going to like every NBA player and I don't like LeBron. That being said, I wanted him on the Bulls badly. I would not trade Rose for him though. I would ship all the Bulls to Miami, including Rose, for LBJ but that's just me. He's a once in a generation player.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 11, 2012 -> 09:13 AM) Let me put it this way... I didn't see a single person say they didn't want LeBron, Wade, and/or Bosh on the Bulls during the free agent frenzy of a few years ago. No one said anything like that until AFTER they went to Miami. This LBJ in a Bulls jersey would look gooooooood He's just too good to keep hating on, it's not like he's murdered someone. Lucky Heat "fans"...and if he's finally figured it out;, may the basketball gods have mercy on the rest of us.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Oct 10, 2012 -> 10:50 PM) That is a silly rule. Do you have to just run them over and hope they drop it? Drew would've been killed trying to truck over Miggy. Go in feet first and if Miggy doesn't get out of the way, bury the spikes in him. GO A's

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Oct 10, 2012 -> 12:55 PM) J4L never said the Bulls sucked, he said they had no chance of beating Miami. The Knicks thing was a bit of overhyperbole, but he copped to it and said he was wrong, we just rode it hard and never stopped. And that is why I apologized. We will never know if a healthy Bulls could have beaten Miami, but we do know that Miami beasted last post season and it would have taken a truly herculean effort by the Bulls to beat the Heat last season. It probably wasnt in the cards. The old ass and injured Celtics took them to 7 games, yeah they didn't have Bosh but if Rose freak injury never happens and even with a healthy Bosh, maybe the Bulls beat Miami. yeah, we'll never know for sure.

Just an observation...RZZZA is like J4L on his thoughts on the Bulls only the complete opposite, lol

QUOTE (RZZZA @ Oct 10, 2012 -> 12:05 PM) Derrick needs to come back whenever the medical professionals tell him it's best to come back. He's on a strict rehab/training regimen. Taking the entire year off sounds good to people who have no knowledge in the medical/sports field, but in reality extra rest is not only not a good thing, but it's counterproductive. MJ FTW

QUOTE (RZZZA @ Oct 10, 2012 -> 11:06 AM) Through 5 games, Jay Cutler is rated 2nd best QB in the 4th quarter with a QBR of 118. 5th best in the 2nd half with a QBR of 107 t-25th in the first half with a QBR of 57 He's like the anti-Lebron! Did you miss last season's NBA playoffs and Finals?

On a lighter note...DAT AZZ!!!