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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?

I'd favor a longer school year. In comparison to other countries, we have a short school year due to some historic factors that aren't relevant for many areas in the country. If you'd ask me what would be better, I'd say that starting school Aug. 1st would be a better idea than adding 2 weeks to the end/2 weeks to the beginning. You'd have to deal with a strange semester break up, admittedly. Someone brought up how this would affect lower education kids who might need these times to work. It is a good point, but frankly, I'd say it is likely better for the society to keep them in school more so that they have a better academic base to move ahead in the world. Better to give them the knowledge that will allow them to acquire better skills than the part time job would. This is not to disparage anyone who has worked their way up with just a high school education, I admire it, but I feel it may become more difficult nowadays to do the same, unless through self-employment. Also, towns would need to pony up to pay for the extra months of a teachers salary. I know many teachers look forward to summer jobs for extra income, hopefully the added months salary could help. Overall, I think extending the school year would be a beneficial idea, I think the discussion in here is important and I am glad that they were presented, but for the most part, could easily adapt to the new schedule when forced to.

QUOTE (Lemon_44 @ Mar 1, 2009 -> 09:24 PM) hence the nickname "Slayer" haha, nice catch.

Santelli isn't a politician though.

case in point.

eh, I knew it was intentional. The internet is pretty lame.