UConn James

From what one poster in that thread said, that he's getting what he deserves? To that person, a big F U. I don't like the man's politics of fear and hatred, but I'm not rooting for him to have health problems. Hope he's all right. Which is much more magnanimous than my feelings about Tom Brady tomorrow night. My instructions to Aaron Schoebel would be to rip off major body parts. I hate that nancyboy brat.

during college football....

I'd be in the principal's or superintedent's office (maybe both) pushing the papers off their desks and flipping them over. Tell them they can't protect themselves or else they go to jail, while I get a slap on the wrist. Pick them up by the lapels. Tell them they can't protect themselves or else they go to jail, while I get a slap on the wrist. Slap them over the back of the head. Tell them they can't protect themselves or else they go to jail, while I get a slap on the wrist. Punch them in the face. Tell them they can't protect themselves or else they go to jail, while I get a slap on the wrist. It's sad but it's probably only when someone does this, will hearts and minds of administrators change. Violence isn't an answer, but fighting back against violence and the offender is a good step. Last I checked, there are laws permitting (even lethal) self-defense in the real world. The current situation is tantamount to 'Hey, let's just LET Kleibold and Harris shoot us! Stand up so we're better targets!' This is the STUPIDEST policy I've ever heard of, second only to some of the bonehead applications of "zero-tolerance."

Thanks, both of you, for the input. Leinart does seem to be the No. 1 QB pick. Haven't seen but a few highlight clips of the Cal QB but he did look good. Orton has sunk just in the last few weeks; I'm seeing him as a less successful version of Brian Greise, which is saying something.... In this next draft, the Bills have to be looking for a #2, or signing a vet #2 and looking for a #3 QB. There was a lot of speculation on UConn's QB Orlovsky at the start of the year, but I've yet to see his name come up. He's done very well for himself w/o much WR talent this year. I think he'd be a solid No. 2 when Drew is 86'ed.... Gotta think about the future.

I watched an interview he did w/ Charlie Rose and it took me aback from what I'd heard about him being an ultraliberal. People started that b/c of his anti-Gulf II stance, which if you look at the poll numbers, a lot of people question the efficacy of. He was a very fiscally responsible governor. He also got an A rating from the NRA.... I like that. If it weren't for him yelling above the din of 120 decibels, and the media harping on it ad nasuem, he might've done better than he did. He might be the guy to drag the party more to the right; if he does I might consider voting Dem on a more consistent basis.

Has Ed gone too far?

Link Allawi has said the strike will continue. Doesn't look very good.... Thoughts/prayers.

I'm actually going to take the high road on that one.... Say what you will but the admin has kept the country safe. Had to knock over some civil liberties and tell some lies to do it, but they've protected the country. For now.

Again, great idea, man. And if you want guilty until proven innocent, move to Europe. We can also bring back the Alien and Sedition Acts. Kee-rist.

What is it with the recent American traitors having "Walker" in their names? May he meet cold, hard concrete and roommate Bubba.

Just to clarify.... Those particular asshats in militias/McVeigh types are fighting their own govt. The Iraqis are fighting against a foreign govt force --- a foreign govt who says they're there to help them, that they choose not to believe. Two different circumstances.

"Poise counts!" -- Cosmo Kramer

Seems that it's usually the Patriettes who put a hurt on our momentum.... Usually by attacking some heretofore unseen weakness (like the middle of the OL in 2002) that other teams pick up on in subsequent weeks. Then again, there's Week 1 of last year. That's why they play the games.

That movie ("Red Dawn," for those not in the know) is what prompted my brother to the military back in the early 90s. He now uses it as a moderately close parallel to how Iraqis see their situation. There is such a thing as different perspectives. Through the grapevine, he's heading to Afghanistan early next year.

Actually, this is an interesting site I found when looking for county-by-county results. We're a lot more purple than a lot of people think.... even in the heartland. Those were the most telling. It's hard to peg down any group right now. Much more to do w/ individual thought than voting blocs. 2004 Election Maps

He's a great college QB, don't get me wrong. Likely the runner-up for the Heisman to AP if the voters have the b@lls to give it to a frosh. For all of the hype around this guy, watching a few games last year and now the game on Saturday, I just don't see how he could make it against NFL defenses. His surrounding cast makes up for a lot of his short-comings.

Reading that, besides seeing the words Red and Blue scattered here and there, it's pretty tough to tell the difference if they're talking about small towns in Missouri or Maine, Wyoming or New Hampshire, Louisiana or Connecticut (OK, besides Fairfield and Litchfield counties...). If not for the tree types and the accents, you probably wouldn't be able to tell where you are. Read all you want about how the South and most of the West is moral, rural pragmatism and the Northeast and Pacific states are immoral, elitist and urban. Saying that things are so different isn't really true. In the last two elections, people in the blue states voted a few percentage points higher for the Democratic candidate; people in the red states voted a few percentage points higher for the Republican candidate. Fact remains that there are hard-working, down-to-earth people everywhere. Their values may be slightly different, but not by much, and each has the same objective just different ways of getting there. That's what makes this country great. Cultural divide? I just don't see it.

Pretty much what Bill Cosby said earlier this year. For which he got raked over the coals by fellow blacks. Sometimes the truth hurts.

I'd love to sit here and talk about the brain and nervous system that directs our actions toward advantegious work and the broader world of science and philosophy... but I'm not going to. Have to split firewood so I can stay warm this winter and make cash money for food and electricity. Have a wonderful day.

Yaknow, I should've remembered that after Peter Karmanos (A BIG :I starred in Brokeback Mountain: to him) uprooted the Whalers to Raleigh to average 6,000 fans in a converted warehouse.... Whoops. And we in Connecticut don't think of you as rednecks, just "lesser NCAA basketball competition." Just another area of this grand country.

That's all I was tryin' to say, man. Chiming in that police have been on the wrong side of necessary force over the years was, I guess, over the line for a subject like alleged police brutality. Not saying that this woman was a saint. I'm certainly not anti-police; I just think they should do their jobs right. What if this person was diabetic or there was some other reason? Police are held to a higher standard than retribution, like dragging a 68-y.o. woman across the ground, if that is what happened. I'm sure the courts will settle it out. A great scene from "due South":

Because Emeka and Diana have mad basketball skills! The physical skills they inherited from their forebears --- like Diana's amazing peripheral vision on no-look passes that's probably about 10 percent better than even an above average person. Emeka's amazingly long arms and hand-eye co-ordination for shot-blocking. This combined with the experiences in training, diet, etc. If you're meaning that it was somehow predetermined for UConn to win? Well, it was a confluence of all kinds of different factors. Hard determinism doesn't advocate that results of everything were necessarily written in stone at the Big Bang. It takes hard work to get things done. The world is what we make of it, using what resources we have.

Actually, you can. Very few things, especially one like sexual activity levels, have changed appreciably throughout human history. Just that 'Leave It To Beaver' and the like didn't air the dirty little secret of the human race. Just that more people talk openly about it now.

You mean like the computers that go through all different permutations to solve problems like grids, string through DNA sequences, etc? Everything is comprised of the interaction b/w atoms/molecules and probabilities in the microcosm that come to pass as the world we experience in the macrocosm. We mistake free will for things that have been imprinted on us by our biology and experiences; Hard Determinism rears its ugly head.... And no, the body human is most definitely not the most complex of "design;" it's a collection of advantageous features for survival. Is the horse, chimpanzee, wolf, blue whale, etc., somehow less complex than our own bodies? You have a very high opinion of homo sapiens.