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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 3, 2009 -> 06:00 PM) There was one of them in Boston a few hundred years ago. that's not what I meant, is there a high probability that these web domains would be bought in August out of the sheer coincidence that this phrase is often used to show rebellion by, say, conservatives in a dem. administration. Honestly, what are the odds on that, it doesn't make sense.

Why is John Yoo still employed?

That seemed to be more of a response to Gibbs besides the first question. Has this 'tea party' thing been a common phrase? Is there a history to it? Because it's too strange of a coincidence for all that stuff to happen.

You are confusing something, with music there is a heavy sentimental value that can make music you normally wouldn't find as good to be much better. But I don't think there is the same for historical significance. I really don't think about how the Beatles saved America from the Beach boys in 63, or what it was like to have a band that big at the time. I think, man, this music is pretty good. I don't think I could ever like Pavement as much as someone who was around in 89 when slanted and enchanted dropped, but I really enjoy their music now, one of my favorite bands. But with Nirvana, I wasn't there (in a way) and I don't really care that much about their music, I'm not saying it's bad and I'm embarrassed it existed, but I don't have nirvana on my computer and I won't listen to it. Historical appreciation doesn't lend itself to music well. In fact, I kind of resent them more because that whole generation allowed their youth culture to get so easily packaged up and sold back to them. Like if Urban outfitters was Walmart.

oh hello new grizzly bear album so nice to hear from you...

I'm kind of glad I didn't hear that broadcast, it was funnier seeing your guys posts on it.

While I see your point, my math teacher celebrated pi day every year and mole day every year...

QUOTE (knightni @ Mar 3, 2009 -> 05:15 AM) And truth to the rumor that they'll be a Pi Eating contest? why that would be on 3/14 not 3/3/09

you think hollywood is telling us something with all these 'post-apocolyptic' films in production?

shouldn't we wait until he stretches his arm out a little/we're sure that perhaps he didn't start working on a pitch exclusively in the innings he got beat up in?

he did say 'if' I like how we are jumping all over duke for stating that nirvana isn't that likeable to people our age and that U2 is currently awful. these are two pretty standard opinions. moving on.

there are many in america who can tan in February.

QUOTE (bighurt4life @ Mar 3, 2009 -> 12:53 AM) We are still a bit thin in our SP ranks within the organization. There aren't any really exciting types that we have outside of Poreda and he's probably going to be a reliever unless he somehow learns how to throw offspeed pitches this season. We do have Hudson and Carter who owned in Great Falls last season but that's a long ways away. We really need some electric arms who can move up and take over for Buerhle in a few years. I agree, but thank goodness it appears that Danks and Floyd worked out. That makes that a lot easier.

I think vampires can die from sunlight as well, dudes.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Mar 2, 2009 -> 10:33 PM) You are entitled to your opinion, but he had never won an election prior without some kind of outside help (getting signatures overturned, etc.) and was little known outside of Chicago. With the money available to Ryan prior to the release of those documents, I believe he would have been a complete non-entity. And yes, a court finally decided to 'release' the documents, after they had already been released to the newspapers and blogs, by someone. I agree, Ryan screwed up, but someone helped that info come to the forefront. And what's the use of 'sealed' court documents if they can be opened by the whim of a judge? Yeah and then in August he would've gave his speech at the DNC that propelled him to the national stage and would've increased the lead he already owned before Ryan's files get released

mine too. Am I wrong, though, to say that I've never seen the leader of a party as outspoken as Steele? Maybe I'm just following stuff more, but I just don't remember the position being such a PR job as much as organizing fundraising and such.

Awesome news, I'm pleased with this.

there is no way in hell Obama would've lost the 2004 election even if Ryan was still in it.

It just seems odd to me that with all Howard Dean did, and him asking for the position, he would get passed over. I know of no problems between Obama and Dean, but I remember Emanuel talking about how dumb the 50 states strategy was. (green) I think rahm won that argument.

Balta, do you think that Rahm Emanuel may be the reason that Dean is not our HHS?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 2, 2009 -> 04:33 PM) Or getting jobs in the Presidential administration after just having reported glowingly on it? Maybe, but I really think journalists are going to have to be forgiven, whatever new medium employs reporters, for what they have to do for money the next few years. Typically, going into PR would pretty much end your career. But, when the entire industry is collapsing, people are going to try and get employed. Reporting on politics has given these people a lot of connections over the years, you can't expect them to stay at the LA Times with the way Zell is running them into the ground. I agree that isn't really transparent, but these people won't find jobs in their own industry, it's pretty understandable. As long as when they were a journalist they were pretty transparent.

So you complain ad nauseum about how slanted and biased the news is giving really abstract evidence, and when faced with a pretty ridiculous example of a news employee trying to use his platform to line his own pockets you look the other way. I have no doubt Santelli believed everything he said, but now you have to wonder what isn't also lined with a reason to get people to his new media. You use objecting to his rant in a poor way. I don't agree with Santelli, but I didn't really care about it. I don't like any of the screaming money people, or CNN's Bashir. To me, this is the equivelant of using your reporting of stocks to help manipulate your portfolio, or, I guess a common story now, to do a report on all the new Obama merchandise, when you were featuring products you are selling.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 2, 2009 -> 03:23 PM) It was delivered at 11PM the night before the vote. How many even read page 1? Hell, how many of them read anything they vote for? It is true they rely on their staff to digest the bill and earmark any problems with it, but bar the few examples, in general they aren't uninformed about the bill, even if they hadn't read it. Obviously you'd hope the senator isn't completely relying on the Whip, though.

I don't think anyone is saying that, but you all, so worried your objectivity in the news, it is considered poor ethics to use what you 'report' on to better your personal check book. WSJ doesn't allow their journalists to invest in the stock market to avoid conflicts of interest that happened with one reporter in the 90s. How are we to believe Santelli's advice in the future isn't just to help out his new business ventures?