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QUOTE (lostfan @ Jun 2, 2009 -> 08:06 PM) That he uses them a lot to the point of ridiculousness. Oh, I get it... who cares.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Jun 2, 2009 -> 02:03 PM) That’s not the question here, because we both know the answer is that no such president has ever been completely unscripted. The really “issue” (if there is one at all) is has their ever been a president in history who has had the teleprompter issue loom as large as it has during his political career then Barack Obama? The answer is no. What is the issue with Obama and teleprompters? I missed this one.

I think it's just karma when a hunter blows away another hunter by accident in a boreal forest. I'll now exit this thread...

QUOTE (Cknolls @ May 31, 2009 -> 03:27 PM) Tiller the baby killer was killed himself today in Kansas. Karma is a b****. I would be interested to hear Sebelius's comments.

I don't mind Linebrink coming in there. Unless he has a past tendancy to be awful in save situations, he does issue less walks than Dotel. Up 3 runs Linebrink might be the better choice.

Guy in my fantasy league dropped him. Should I grab him off the waivers?

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ May 23, 2009 -> 02:16 PM) Where have I ever said that it had anything to do with his speech? My comments are about what he believes and what makes him as a person, not about some speech. I really dont believe I have even used the word "speech" in any of my posts, and to be honest I didnt even see the speech (or Obama's). I could not care less about either Obama's or Cheney's speech. Talk is cheap. Well, alright, but here's my belief. Cheney's positions on national security are extreme but they have nothing or little to do with his faith... if he has any.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ May 22, 2009 -> 03:23 PM) Kap, I mean i hate to say it, but Cheney is an Evangelical. (Unless you are denying that he is one.) And part of that belief is the Rapture, Armageddon and the coming of the anti-christ. Now whether or not Cheney is actively trying to create those things is unprovable. But the fact he belongs to the religion, suggests that he wants them to happen and in order for them to happen there have to be certain occurrences (many of them extremely violent and brutal.) I have never seen him speak against any of these things. Ummmm, I kind of think Cheney is a little loonie, but jeeze... I don't think that's got a darned thing to do with it. And SS2K, well played on Al Gore. I happen to think Gore's cause is more just but I feel you. EDIT: And do you have a source for Cheney even being an evangelical?

Either Cheney needs to lighten up or just bloody run for President in 2012 already. Getting pretty annoying... seriously.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 19, 2009 -> 08:29 AM) I actually watched Steele and Kaine on Meet the Press. I'll be honest it was the first time I had seen a full interview with the guy, before I had only seen the bastardized clips that you guys have been posting, and he is nothing like is constantly being represented. For example when they asked him about people of other opinions in the party he made a clear distrinction that all are welcome, but as CHAIRMAN OF THE REPUBLICIAN PARTY, this was his particular view on a specific issue. That is a very important parsing. Steele also noted that Kaine had a few things he believed personally that were not in-line with the Democratic platform, but as chair of the Dems, he has to stand up for what he party believes regardless. As for Obama, after getting into office he has for sure changed into Bill Clinton mode where instead of actually acting on the big promises and left wing rhetoric that he said HAD to be done during the campaign, he now goes out and talks about both sides of the issue and does nothing about it, because it is too hard. That's not leadership, that is not uniting people, that is being afraid of getting your approval ratings hurt by stepping on toes. I have to say that I didn't expect that from Obama. If you're referring at all to Obama's speech dealing with abortion at Notre Dame I'd refer you to Audacity of Hope where he talks about the issue in the exact same language.

QUOTE (Texsox @ May 18, 2009 -> 07:45 PM) What behavior have you seen from Rumsfeld that makes you believe he is "off his rocker"? I didn't even know Rumsfeld was religious but reading the WHOLE GQ article is a start in proving to me that Rumsfeld is a complete egomaniac, if not a certifiable one.

QUOTE (BobDylan @ May 18, 2009 -> 07:26 PM) Seriously? Admittedly I'll need to see it again to pass final judgment, but I wasn't particularly moved by it the first time.

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ May 15, 2009 -> 03:05 AM) I'm sure there are going to be many people faithful to the novel very upset with this trailer. It's obvious they're attempting to appeal to the general public . First off, if the movie is going to be at all close to be book the whole intro with global warming and a tornado is deceiving. Cormac McCarthy himself said in an interview that when writing of the destruction he had envisioned an asteroid hitting the planet. That would explain devastation on a scale that covers large amounts of land, blocks out the sun, and turns the Atlantic ocean grey from fallen ash. On that note, it's EXTREMELY disappointing not to observe any ash in this trailer. The book mentioned it frequently, and it added to the dreary vision in your mind of McCarthy's post apocalyptic world. I had my doubts about this film when it was delayed last fall. I believe the essential problem here is trying to faithfully adapt the book, which has sparse dialogue and numerous moments of boredom. These moments, while appealing in the book, don't translate well into film if you're putting millions into post production (ie, Special FX of cities). You figure at the end of the world it isn't going to be adventure, as much as boredom and a fight for survival outside of battling cannibals. I wonder from this trailer if the cannibal angle is going to be pushed heavily. I'm not so sure. Hillcoat had no problem making The Proposition quite bleak and boring...

QUOTE (Texsox @ May 18, 2009 -> 03:29 PM) These labels really serve almost no use. A bunch of men, and it always seems to be men, are bound together in a war against another group of men. We change the label based on their size and if we agree or disagree with their aims and methods. Well, wait, scratch the methods. If we publicly disagree with their methods, we seem to privately use them as outside sources. Are we terrorists? Damn right. You would have to be the stupidest person on the planet to not feel terror if the US comes after you with our military. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/sto.../International/ That's a great article by the way on the Tigers and their late leader.

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ May 18, 2009 -> 01:05 PM) GMAFB, where did anyone in America hear about this conflict? It was probably the biggest victory in the entire Global War on Terror and barely anybody knew it ever happened. Was there even a post on ST regarding this war? If there was did anybody even respond? You can call me an elitist/stuck-up college kid/whatever but the very thing I'm accusing this board, and on a broader level the entire country, of couldn't be more true. -There is no 'y' in the word political. This is the first time I've really ever heard anyone lump this conflict into the war on terror. It's really just a sad situation. The Tigers are a horribly brutal bunch, but they seem to have come to singlehandedly represent the aspirations of the Tamil people.

A few of you guys have scratched the surface here, but after reading that article, it seems to be more about a completely dysfunctional administration more than anything else. A bunch of administration goofs going around screwing around with cover pages to toy with their less than intellectually capable President. Rather than just giving him the straight goods. It took President Bush way too long to realize just how destructive some of the members of his administration were (ie Cheney, Rumsfeld, Addington, Libby, Gonzalez).

QUOTE (dasox24 @ May 16, 2009 -> 07:09 PM) Who's not to say we're the super-advanced society compared to what else may be out there? How come everyone always assumes we're the ones who would be so far behind technologically? Good question. Maybe this notion comes from ideas about UFOs and science fiction tales. Perhaps, the idea of little green men being able to come to our planet, obviously possessing more advanced technology, has seeped into our collective conscience. And is this following part true? I knew the universe was large but man...

QUOTE (mr_genius @ May 16, 2009 -> 01:48 PM) if wants to run he will. this still doesn't mean anything. Unless he pulls a Judd Gregg in the next few weeks that's obviously not going to happen.

Wow didn't see this one coming. Was hoping a guy like Huntsman might become a leader of the Republicans...

QUOTE (dasox24 @ May 11, 2009 -> 09:38 PM) Well, that's nothing new. Olbermann is a jackass. He appeals to that base, which is why he still has a show. Though, that clip shows exactly why it's no wonder MSNBC's ratings are by far the lowest compared to the other major cable news networks. I concur that Olbermann's comments lacked any kind of class, but I have to disagree with the second part. From what I understand MSNBC's weeknight ratings are actually up, and in some slots have beat CNN. Apparently people like their news right wing or left wing.

I watched the Rachel Maddow segment on this yesterday and I still can't believe this. I see no excuse why Obama hasn't changed this if it is within his powers. It's shameful, and embarassing. Why doesn't the constitution stop this?

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ May 5, 2009 -> 01:20 PM) This movie looks fascinating: District 9 Yah, that's a pretty cool trailer. It's a little silly but you can see the alien unblurred and what it is saying subtitled here.

Does everyone on this board dislike Owens because of his skills or lack of them on the field, or is there some personal stuff too?

<!--quoteo(post=1882199:date=May 1, 2009 -> 12:18 AM:name=BearSox)--> QUOTE (BearSox @ May 1, 2009 -> 12:18 AM) <!--quotec-->Give me a break. MSNBC is extremely hateful and will continually attack anyone who disagrees with them and refuse to insult Obama. There's a reason why they are in the s***ter. How many "news" channels will let people like Janeane Garofalo come on and call hundreds of thousands of people racists and stupid rednecks, without being challanged? It's not even close, and if you are trying to make them the same, you're the delusional one. Garafalo lol! What a sell-out for being on a Fox tv show. And Fox for having her on. Not to mention that her character is endlessly annoying. Personally I think MSNBC is a little more intelligent than Fox. Hard to say a channel that has Glen Beck, Sean Hannity, and Bill O'Reilly on everynight is better but either way, not much original news coming from either place. But I wouldn't say MSNBC is in the s***ter I think their ratings are actually on the upswing. Which is bad news for everyone looking for centrist media.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Apr 30, 2009 -> 05:21 PM) I don't really know where Republicans get off thinking they're so awesome on national security, though. Sure they can say "we haven't been attacked on our soil" but that's because of good work from the intelligence and law enforcement communities, not because of Republican foreign policies (read: Guantanamo Bay, Iraq). Don't wuss out on this one. The Bush administration has a horrible record on "national security." Make them wear it! Pakistan and Afghanistan is being ravaged. Period. You simply cannot say that the Bush administration has been successful in fighting terrorism if you look at the situation in Pakistan. Hundreds of thousands of people have been killed in Iraq and it continues. And while there is now a fragile democracy in Iraq, there's little doubt that the fury that this conflict has caused has increased the risk to Americans and Westerners 10-fold. North Korea has not been slowed in the least in its pursuit of nuclear weapons and not only the people of North Korea, but people of the region and the west coast of North America are at risk. Iran is steadily moving toward nuclear weapons. None of the administration's bluster did a damn thing to stop it. It's just bulls*** posturing that the Republicans hope they can build up so that when the Obama administration makes mistakes, which they inevitably will, they can paint Obama as weak. Gotta fight back on this one.