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You'd think that some of the service-fees could go towards a little K-Y for the anus pounding.

But what if the Mexican was trying to rape the gas pump?

I highly recommned Francis Russell's book...a real encyclopedia of Harding that stretches all the way back to the Pannamite War. And, it isnt nearly as boring as one might think...I put it on the same level as the equally thick bio of RFK by Artie Schlesinger. Blaming WG Harding for the Depression & WW2 is really stretching it...

What the fuck kind of bizarro-world history books have YOU been reading???? He would have cleaned house of his cabinet, including his trusted friend/AG Daugherty, and probably won reelection (though he might have had to leave the front porch for the '24 campaign) but he died during his trip to Alaska. The only scandals that actually involved Harding were the theory that he was 'part Black' ("the shadow of Blooming Grove") and his extramarital affairs. Harding was a pretty good guy, by my count. He answered his own White House correspondence, he spoke out for civil rights (in 1921!), created the VA and actually roughed up its director upon learning of scandal, and was quite popular at the time of his death in office (and before the scandals of his cabinet caught the public attention). He was also known to write love letters to his mistresses up to 50 pages long...he was our only Poet President.

Ricardo Mayorga threatened to pull out of Saturday's fight with Oscar De La Hoya unless he is paid $8 million dollars. Although Mayorga signed for $2 million "to lure Oscar into taking the fight," he stated "if I don't get my money, I'm not going to fight. I'm going to make what I deserve....I don't want it to be like the Trinidad fight where Trinidad got all the money." He stated that he was promised eight million and wants to be paid like a champion. Mayorga's promoter Don King said, this is the first he's heard of eight million dollar figure. Mayorga said he would announce later today whether he is fighting or not, "but I'm not fighting unless I get my eight million." -fightnews.com

Several. Many more to go though...

You should pass this avice on to wildpegasus.

"The next afternoon a visitor to the White House with an appointment to see the President was directed by mistake to the 2nd floor. As he approached the Red Room he heard a voice hoarse with anger and on enetering saw Harding throtling a man against the wall as he shouted: 'You yellow rat! You double-crossing bastard! If you ever...' Whirling about at the visitor's approach, Harding loosed his grip & the released man staggered away, his face blotched & distorted. 'I am sorry,' Harding said curtly to his visitor. 'You have an apt. Come into the next room.' On leaving the WH, the visito asked a doorman who it was who had just gone out after he came in, and the doorman replied: 'Colonel Forbes of the Veterans Bureau' -Shadow of Blooming Grove, WG Harding in His Times Francis Russell, pg 558

At least its not Avenged Sevenfold...the 'new GnR'.

Harding was a great man. When he found out about the scandals of his Veterans Bureau secretary he kicked his ass in the White House. He died before he could get to the rest of the idiots in his cabinet. Nixon is worst by default...he stepped down in shame (along with our Uncle Agnew), and nothing can be worse than that. Yes, LBJ was that bad. Vietnam was remarkably horrible...thousands of dead Americans, so many injuries (and an Agent Orange problem that will persist for a long time yet), a draft that split the country, huge amounts spent (this did more to damage his 'Great Society' than Nixon as LBJ refused to raise taxes as he felt such a move would show the country there was a serious problem in Vietnam), a bad result, etc. "I wont send American boys to do what Asian boys can do themselves," was the worst broken campaign promise in American history. He was personally corrupt, wheras guys like Grant and Harding were damaged by their own cabinets. Ran some of the dirtiest campaigns of modern times.

The Radiohead tour ticket prices really makes the Bonnaroo fee seem not so bad.

Worst presidents ever... 1.Richard Nixon 2.James Buchanon 3.Lyndon Johnson 4.George W Bush 5.Herbert Hoover I strongly disagree with anyone who puts WG Harding in the top 5 worst presidents ever.

The swearing/self-inserting guy is Matt Taibbi...an awful Hunter S Thompson impersonator. Normal RS articles are fairly well researched and written, but definitly biased.

I havent been bored by a DLH fight since his pride was hurt with the Trinidad debacle. I used to absolutely loathe Oscar, and Im still no fan, but his batles with Shane Mosley, Vargas, and moving up to middleweight definitly earned a lot of respect. If you find DLH boring then I suggest you either actually watch some of his fights...or just dont bother with boxing.

I dont think DLH-Mayorga will be boring.

Hes socially conservative.

Our friends in Congress (such as Doctor Frist) have no problems with the manufacturing and prescribing of OxyContin...which is basically heroin in pill form.

Keeping it illegal allows for a bigger govt...Big Govt has become the goal of the current Republican Party.

Radiohead's US 'tour' is only playing a few small venues and tickets will sell out in minutes (already have for some). The soldout shows are up on ebay now at over $100 per ticket...really makes Roo look like a good deal.

How much of the current audience even knows what D-X was?

Is Live at the Fillmore in there?

Would 'Better Than Ezra' be considered wuss-rock?

This is definitly not the board to frequent for intelligent hiphop discussion.

I had Slanted, Enchanted on my x-mas list at age 9.

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