UConn James

If they paid more in taxes ... how in the flying f)$& do you rationalize that they made out?! Even the Left's talking points on the Bush Tax Cuts has changed very recently. Maybe you ought to follow suit. http://www.american.com/archive/2012/december/the-lefts-flip-flop-on-the-bush-tax-cuts Tax cuts for the rich, said Democrats while Bush was president. BAD BAD BAD. NOW, tho, they admit that the Bush tax cuts helped the middle class and they ought to be continued. So... which one is it? Bush also had that whole 9/11 thingie to deal with. And retasking a large section of the federal govt to meet the current threat. No big, there, huh?!?? Burst of the Clinton-era dotcom bubble? Kiddie play, sez TPS/connor/whatever you're calling yourself this week before you get banned or shamed into disappearing. Try looking at it from the macrocosm. Try looking at the pictures if you don't understand all the words. Your penny-ante stevestojan is simply asinine.

Was it Levitre that was tried at Center last year (or the year before?) after a Wood injury and he totally flopped before they kicked him out to LT? Who took over when Wood was injured? Colin Brown has been the backup center all season. I get that they want to get the Best 5 out there, but snapping seems to be something that you have to stay up on, not just pick it up cold in a week.

Someone whose job it is to simply learn lines, show up and emote on camera IMO may be qualified for the camera-campaigning. But when it comes to the governing and understanding what people are going through today, we have enough hollow shills in DC who, if they had to do an honest day's work it would probably kill them. Ms. Judd's claim is her degree from the JFK School of Govt a few years ago. She had failed to collect her college degree for nearly 20 years, and then enrolled in a French class to finish the degree... when that wasn't needed. All she had to do was sign a piece of paper. Applying for graduation isn't very difficult, or you do your reading or ASK SOMEONE WHO KNOWS and she failed at that. I mean... stevestojan happens, but that doesn't really inspire me with confidence about her intellect vis-a-vis the upper house of the nation's legislature. Al Franken ( Autocorrect switched that to Frankenstein) has been in there for 4 years now? What's he done besides be a loonytunes Democrat rubber-stamp? She hasn't lived in Kentucky for a LONG time. Her primary residence is in Tenn. in a home that her sister gave her. Wearing UK jerseys in publicity stills and going to basketball games during tournament time doesn't count. Not sure if "carpetbagger" is wholly applicable here, but... 95% of her life has been spent in Hollyweird. To wit... she was a representaitve for Tennessee at the Democrat National Convention. Maybe she should try for the Kentucky state senate first and catch up with what's going on in that state before she deigns to represent, to borrow from the Adele song, someone she used to know.

"Zeitgeist" "Pastiche" "Hot for ..." "Let me be clear ..." When people use the word "Look, ..." as an exclamation at the start of a sentence. They may not mean it, but there's something inherently hostile in it. Like, 'Look! Here. Right here! You're not seeing it. The answer is HERE. I'm right and you're wrong. Look!' I had a prof who used that a lot, in just such an accusatory way, even on matters of personal opinion/belief. Always pi--ed me right off.

The ideal thing would be to have Utah give up the Jazz name.... Not that I give a wot about the NBA.

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I just say, "I give at the office." If the majority of people in this country want our social welfare system to resemble Holland's, then I'll be as stingy as a Dutchman. I'm not giving MY cash so these people can eat and then get crowded in vans in November to go vote Democrat so they can take even more out of my pocket. They want to take by force, they're going to get less by choice. And yes, I get that I'm going to be called a heartless SOB, but screw it. I'm tired of everyone's hands reaching for my wallet.

Woodward: Petreus got an offer from FOXNews' Ailes to run a presidential campaign in 2011. http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/fox-news-chiefs-failed-attempt-to-enlist-petraeus-as-presidential-candidate/2012/12/03/15fdcea8-3d77-11e2-a2d9-822f58ac9fd5_story_1.html Even when someone says they aren't running for president... minds change. The CIA appointment took him out for 2012... and the affair leak from Obama's FBI took him out of the running for everything after. How convenient....

Did I mishear it, or did the "twinnies" :barf: not call the Beekmans "the gays"? I'm by no means the PC Police, but c'mon, really?! I cannot drive stick. Just not something I learned or would be able to do. So, AJ, you'd better be a master of the shift or it's no dice! It's just each limb having its own independent thing to do --- right hand on stick, left hand on wheel, right foot on gas/brake, left foot on clutch --- that gets me. I am awesome at any number of task activities, but I just am not coordinated enough for it. I missed last week's episode of Holland. Will have to catch up on that, as I am half Dutch by heritage (my mum was born there). We've been logging some serious free time in the hospital as she had a major cancer surgery last week.

I wouldn't vote to convict. Not after what happened to the Petit family in Cheshire. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheshire,_Connecticut,_home_invasion_murders I don't really care if the guy bludgeoned their eyes and ripped their fingernails out first. You go into someone's house, whatever happens to you is your own damn fault!

Based on geography... the Pats*. :barf:

Gotta temper any feelings of grandiosity by reminding ourselves that this was against the Jags. When Fitz and Chan's play calling, and Wannstache can actually compete with the 49ers, Steelers, GBs, and Patriots of the league, THAT would be something. They're not even close to being able to do so. I don't accept performances like this as any indication other than they can beat BAD teams. Whoop-di-do!

That link isn't working. http://www.freep.com/article/20121202/BUSINESS01/312020116/AAA-wants-fuel-sale-stopped

+1 Fitz has to put EVERYTHING he's got, including a leg swing, to chuck it 25-30 yards. And even then, it's a lame duck. Second coming of Kelly Holcomb. If a QB physically cannot throw the ball long in this league, it removes a huge part of the game that defenses have to account for against other QBs. He's a great guy, smart, quick, tough, has a huge heart... but he just doesn't have the strength/size to compete with the big boys, and his accuracy issues are killer.

http://online.wsj.com/article/potomac_watch.html Democrats don't want a deal, they want to drive FORWARD! over the fiscal cliff. It's their wet dream --- $1.2T in Defense cuts and a serious paring of this country's military/influence. I think they're fully willing to absorb the accompanying social/entitlement cuts to achieve this... and they'll do their best to blame the Republicans for it, then simply pass more social spending.

How about... if it's gotta be posted here... there's just one dedicated thread entitled "Hot For Teacher" and then in the individual posts, the link says "Ohio style" etc. Not that I give a flying f--- about the mods here after they censored and banned me for a bullstevestojan reason, but... this is starting to get annoying with so many threads.

I've seen that with a card reader, I forget what program. There's aluminum housed wallets out there now that stop that by effectively creating a Faraday cage around the card so electromagnetic waves can't pass through.

That kind of talk gets you banned by the mods here and you get shiny little warning points like me. Wasn't crass, wasn't crude, was actually discussing how another guy was discussing it. The topic of Ralph and That Fate Which Must Not Be Named are verboten. So, I guess I'll raise my extended hand, say "Seig Ralph and Beerball!" Ralph will live forever and ever, all is well, and let's not ask any questions or suggest that things could be run any better!!! because that's not even POSSIBLE!!!!!" Gotta say, tho, that when 60 Minutes did a piece on Mr. Kahn, I came away really impressed. He's not sitting on his 6 waiting for things to come to him, not happy to stick with 5-11 coaches or mediocrity rather than that cold comfort of Trying New Things, and not expecting people/government to throw $ at him... just because. He gets that he needs to earn it. He's out there pressing the flesh and working his butt off to make people want to be fans. And maybe he won't make a lot of money, but he's said he WILL NOT be abandoning the area and leaving fans in the lurch.

Settle an argument with your wife. Yeah.... That'll happen after you get the middle-east peace deal completed.

ACC will be voting in the a.m. and it looks like it's Louisville... or no one. http://www.accsports.com/blogs/david-glenn/2012112714123/acc-will-vote-on-expansion-wednesday-morning.php A-yup.

My brother's gf's pit is a gentle giant of a pit. But I also got that from the owner of one who did a number on my left hand and on my pup's chest/throat last year. Until you've been on the business end of a pit bull attack, I'm just this side of saying a big STFU to near-unequivocal defenders who hide behind statistics. My dad was an ACO for 25 years and I did plenty of ride-alongs. All dogs can bite. I get that. Some breeds don't let go. The severity of attacks is concerning. And kudos to FA. That's not a very difficult choice if you've got coin and can afford to do it. The ending of "Charlotte's Web" always haunted me a bit. A friend should never die alone.

And another of Mr. Romney from yesterday morning: https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/704862_10151175603486121_652292918_o.jpg?dl=1 Holy arm hair! If I were him and had logged all those miles, there would be no shame in just sleeping for a month.

PYSC 156 : "How to Get Over Your Ex" is filled. Maybe you can over-enroll, tho....

I'm sorry, but if a cellphone is going to disrupt an airplane's flight systems.... It's just another area where The Man has been so paranoid, technologically stupid, gleefully/pointlessly authoritarian and gives people who couldn't graduate high school a nice little faceless-government-imposed power trip.

Actually, during GWB's term, that perk was rescinded, with him being the last to be guaranteed Secret Service for life. All following presidents, including Mr. Obama will ostensibly lose coverage at the end of their term, unless there is/are credible threats to their life. Seriously, tho, I think we can vouchsafe that any former prez will have at least one agent assigned to them. I'm just not sure why they ordered that rescinded, given this age of crazies.