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Can Notre Dame beat anybody this year? Goddamn, they are bad.

Was that the second one of the year so far? And, does it really count as embarassing when its Minnesota being beaten? They're like the JV of the Big Ten.

PJ Hill with touchdown number 5. Season OVER!.

Again, they haven't lost yet. They just re-took the lead with PJ Hill's fourth touchdown rush. And, they didn't actually lose last week either. Yes, they have been more than frustrating at times the past couple weeks at times but, to act like their season is over is really dumb.

I would like to mention that Wisconsin hasn't actually lost yet, they're just making it look way too dificult thus far.

Jesus Christ, Wisconsin.

I would mention something about a 'credibility gap' but Iraq can not be compared to Vietnam in any way, ever.

That was not one of the President's better speeches.

Under the Southern Cross/A Feeling of War by R. Bruce Johnson fits the bill but is pretty hard to find.

No. If a teacher were to do a a few weeks of study of On The Road s/he could point out all the physical problems suffered by Kerouac (phlebitis, etc) and his contemporaries as well as mention how he, Neal Cassady, and others died young, painful, drug/alcohol-related deaths. The writing and lives of Kerouac etc provide a far better reason to not get too far into drug use than any dumbass PSA or high school health class. Even more of use for this particular lesson would be the writings of William Burroughs. And, besides, Kerouac took several years re-writing and editing On The Road after his initial coffee-fueled (he denied drug use during the famous writing explosion) effort.

It's what you keep coming back for.

"No because Saddam was worse for America and other dumbass bullshit."

The media approves of all this because they're in Al Qaeda if they don't. Nobody wants to be in Al Qaeda.

I had been planning to go to a show on this tour before I learned of Neil Young going back on the road.

It's definitly better than Washington's.

That kind of thinking isn't rare in this country.

Green Bay might actually start the season 2-0 before the schedule gets insanely tough.

In about 30 years Sean Hannity will be just like that, drooling and pulling apart appliances at his nursing homesto find the Mexicans and Muslims.

You might want to re-check the definition of 'nation building'. By your view the Reconstruction of the post-Civil War South would apparently be nation building as well. I don't care what you did in November of 2000.

Neither Germany or Japan were examples of nation building. And, sorry, but casualty totals & troop size are not the only way to compare two extremely similar wars. I know you really appreciate what GWB has been doing with his Administration's time but the mistakes (the one's that the limpwristed cheerleaders wave their flags to disguise) are almost exactly the same.

"That's why he'd make a good Attorney General." -Rudy Giuliani

The Big Ten Network is dumb.

The point of the war was nation-building, a strategy destined for failure. The attention given to this war led to the weakening of our efforts in Afghanistan thus allowing our actual attackers to rebuild there, Bin Laden is granted freedom (or 'amnesty' as the Mexican-haters would say), and Pakistan can't be touched or even mentioned. The strong coalition behind America immediately after 9/11 has evaporated entirely due to the Iraq war. This is far more than just a "some things might have gone a bit wrong" problem. And if, like with Vietnam, our future leaders refuse to learn any lessons from Iraq we will see another generation bogged down & crippled in another mindless war without legitimate reason.

I didn't see anything about Mexicans in the story.

Nobody is saying one equals the other, as far as I can tell. The thing is, there are two main reasons for the importance of understanding history. One is to be culturally aware & the other is to provide ourselves with beacons from which to learn valuable lessons about our present and future. By brushing Vietnam aside as just some terrible thing in our past that we should largely ignore or leave only to academics is wrong. It is a major part of who we are & will continue to be, just as Iraq is & will be. History should never be studied just for the sake of history. Sure, some of the stories are compelling (especially when they're about war) but their relevance to culture & the clues they always provide for possible future pratfalls & achievments are the real reasons for history's study.