Soxbadger

Led obviously is a 1 seed and could be the top seed overall. U2 is the worst 1 seed (which makes sense as Pink Floyd is one of the best 2 seeds with Nirvana). In fact there is no way U2 should be over Pink Floyd.

I doubt Riley is coming back. I dont think he really wants to, and most reports are outside of Lebron most Heat dont want it either.

I wish they would turn the MVC game off so I could watch the Wisconsin-OSU game.

Wow refs really let them play at the end, great win.

Bulls might as well just foul the heats worst ft shooter because if this goes to the end the heat are shooting fts. Id rather have the ball down 1 with 10 seconds left at this point.

On the road Im fine if they go for a drive and kick for a 3 to go up 1.

You are right, we should treat every criminal to a 5 star resort, because I wouldnt want to mistreat them. The truth is, being in jail is torture. If you have ever been locked up for even a night, put in solitary, given prison food, etc. its not a walk in the park. But we as a society must understand that there is a reason the word "severe" is involved in torture. Torture is ripping Manning's finger nails off. Torture is making some ones body react like its drowning. Humiliation is bad, we dont like it, but unless you are talking about making him literally eat s*** or get gang raped, Im probably going to say humiliation is not torture. Would I dislike being naked? Probably, but as long as its not cold or Im physically suffering, Id much rather be naked than having my testicles connected to a battery. Every day US military go out and put their life on the line. If they are captured by the wrong people they will be tortured. Im generally on the side of Defendant's rights, but we have to have some threat to try and get information. We cant just hope that a detainee will all of a sudden voluntarily turn over information. They arent going to be swayed by our compassion. The reality is we play with kid gloves compared to our enemy. I guess I just dont see what else the US can do, they have to do something. Id like there to be some sort of guidelines that state what is okay or what isnt, but there really is just no bright line that I can figure out. It all seems shades of gray if your not doing any physical harm (includes cold, hot, depriving sleep) or mock execution things.

Big 10 teams are never great. Its hard to argue against OSU, they only have lost @ Wisconsin and @ Purdue, and there is really no shame in that.

I didnt get to see the game, but I guess people are finally starting to recognize the Asik.

Bears and Peppers restructure. Sounds like the Bears are going to save over $7mil on this years cap.

I guess that is where he loses me. There is no cognitive dissonance, because Ellsberg in no way shape or form was military. His job wasnt to handle confidential information and make sure that it doesnt get in the wrong hands. When you are in the military, you are not an ordinary citizen (and we arent even talking about a conscript, this was Manning's free will to join the military) and you are subject to different rules. Unlike Ellsberg who continually tried to get other people to act (he repeatedly asked Senators to disclose the information) and only leaked it after he exhausted all other avenues, Manning never even reported it. In fact an entirely different person had to tell the US govt what Manning was up to. Furthermore, Ellsberg was drawing specific attention to the fact that the US govt had explicitly lied to the people of the US and to Congress. Ellsberg was not just releasing every document he got his hands on, he was only releasing those that he felt legitimately were necessary for people to have. Furthermore, only excerpts were ever released by Ellsberg, it was Senator Mike Gravel who would publish the entirety. Conversely, Wikileaks is a clusterf*** of nonsense. Some important, some that has no meaning to the American people and should have absolutely not been revealed. You cant just carpet bomb with highly confidential information and expect that its going to be considered a good thing. I wonder what Greenwald would think if I ran his computer server and I had access to his Client Defense files (back when he was a litigator). Would he consider it "whistleblowing" if I published attorney/client emails that indicated his client was a murderer? When you deal with confidential information, there is an understanding that there is a reason that it is confidential. If he uncovered some evidence that the US govt was directly lying to the people of the US as well as Congress, and he only published those excerpts, youd be right, hed be comparable to Ellsberg and there would be a cognitive dissonance. The problem is that the cases are distinguishable, the only similarity is that they involve classified documents, which really is only a superficial similarity.

I guess then his problem is that hes an attorney with a bias. And I stand by my argument. Greenwald, for being an attorney, leaves out every single important piece of information. 1) Why is Manning being held under solitary confinement? 2) What is the normal procedure for dealing with a person accused of espionage? Greenwald's article is all over the place. Part of it he compares Manning to Ellsberg, pointing to the difference in treatment. He does not even mention that Ellsberg was not in the military and therefore could not be tried under the UCMJ. So to clarify, he may be an attorney, but he wrote a brutal article that absolutely makes no sense and my only conclusion is that he is trying to apply his Civil background to UCMJ. What does he want the Obama administration to do? Go easy on espionage? At minimum it would behoove the US to at least try and make an example of Manning so that they dont have more documents leaked.

I already read that article, here was my comment:

If he wanted to "whistle blow" he should have filed a report with the Office of Special Counsel. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Special_Counsel Whistleblowing isnt releasing classified information to 3rd parties and then when you get caught claiming you are a whistle blower. Whistleblowing is following the procedures and doing things the right way. Now lets say he reported to the Office of Special Counsel and they did nothing. Then he would have a very legitimate argument for going to a 3rd party. Unfortunately, I doubt this happened as the "Whistle blower" argument is a created defense.

Because hes not a whistle blower, he was a member of the US military with clearance who violated the UCMJ. Whoever wrote the article must not be an attorney, because I really see nothing wrong with what the US govt is doing. They have every right to prosecute for what they believe to be an act of espionage. Basically the prosecutors are always going to shoot for the moon. If you dont bring a charge, you cant win on it. They would be derelict in their duties if they did not charge him with everything under the sun. It is up to his Defense counsel to defend him, not up to the prosecutors to be lenient. Our justice system has rules for a reason. As for the entire hes being held, Im not familiar with the UCMJ, but I assume that the US has followed the UCMJ guidelines. At the end of the day, no one forced Manning to join the military. But once he did, he became subject to the UCMJ. To that end, Daniel Elsberg was not a member of the US military when he released the Pentagon papers. Thus Ellsberg was not subject to prosecution under the UCMJ. The article is comparing apples to oranges. This is why non-attorneys shoudlnt write legal articles. Im even hesitant to respond because ive never been a part of a UCMJ proceeding.

It was foolish to vote out Russell because you need him against Boston Rob. Also i dont agree with throwing challenges because you never know what is going to happen. Think about players who were injured and it completely devastates their tribe. I figured Russell wouldnt last long, but its a risky strategy.

They look like they have no system on offense every game. It just becomes extremely apparent when they arent hitting shots. Having Rose hides how horrible they are most of the time.

Bulls offense is horrible. Its as if they have no system and its just make it up as they go along.

Theyll have Hummel next year, but Id say they are a fringe tourney team at best. Even this year Im not overly impressed with them. I actually think Wisconsin is better than them, just @ Purdue they get away with so many fouls Wisconsin couldnt beat them. And right now Id rather be the 3 seed and face MSU/Indiana, instead of potentially having to face Michigan. Michigan is a team on the way up, MSU is seemingly defeated.

I dont know why, Purdue just annoys me.

Tisdale needed to kick that out after the block when Johnson had position. As a senior you cant do s*** like that.

Dakich your an idiot. Moore and JuJu were guys Wisconsin wanted bad. They were pretty damn good recruits if Bo Ryan wanted them.

Cole costs Illini 3 points on a single play. Pass was bad enough, but dont weakly foul a guy when hes passed you.

If Illini barely touches a guy, foul. Purdue can hit a guy, no foul.

Watching a Purdue game is impossible, they foul so many times that the refs just cant call it. As for Kenpom, you can hate his numbers, but they are just numbers based on his system. I think that they are pretty good.