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  1. Mecca

    The 2009 NFL Offseason

    Now I'm a Chiefs fan so I must chime in here, tell me please when the last time a LB was drafted in the top 5...the answer is Lavar Arrington nearly a decade ago and he brought pass rush talent Curry doesn't, just looking at history the pick makes no sense. LB's really aren't valuable enough to be top 5 picks. Crabtree isn't an elite prospect either, he's slow, he's not going to run in workouts because of it. This isn't Calvin Johnson or Andre Johnson here, he should call Fitzgerald and thank him because without what he did this talk wouldn't be going on...a WR with speed issues from the spread, I pass. And as someone who watched Tyler Thigpens every snap the Chiefs absolutely do need a QB, the Chiefs were running a college gimmick spread and pistol offense because he couldn't even take a under center snap. Thigpens career with the Chiefs as a starter likely ended the day Edwards was fired and he knew it because he did an interview basically ripping the organization for firing Edwards. The Chiefs are starting over with very few pieces, there are 3 positions worthy of a top 5 pick QB, LT, DE...the Chiefs already got their LT last year so no reason to overkill that, these DE's aren't worth the picks no one in their right mind can tell me Brian Orakpo is worth a top 5 pick. So then you go to the QB's... Personally I feel Stafford and Sanchez are the best 2 prospects of this year and next year, unless of course you are a big fan of the spread monkeys who never pan out.
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    Campaign 2008

    According to the BBC the votes in the north are all the uncounted votes in that state, Fairfax is only 35% reported...looks like Obama will win it if that's true.
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    Campaign 2008

    Probably Alabama and Georgia....I think one network called Arkansas.
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    Campaign 2008

    CNN finally calls PA.
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    Campaign 2008

    CNN is just being stubborn even Fox news called PA.
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    Campaign 2008

    MSNBC just called Pennsylvania for Obama. They have Obama at 103.
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    Campaign 2008

    You could have saved alot of time if you had just posted "I think Obama sucks" And you know why your scenario is a bit far fetched? He'd probably like to be able to be re-elected in 4 years.
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    Campaign 2008

    Good news for Obama in Indiana since none of the Dem counties haven't even reported yet Look at some of the 2004 red counties Steuben: Kerry 34%, Obama 42% DeKalb: Kerry 31%, Obama 38% Knox: Kerry 36%, Obama 54% Marshall: Kerry 31%, Obama 50% from 538.com
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    Campaign 2008

    Vermont is about as much of a tossup as California..just like Texas will be given to McCain as soon as it closes.
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    Campaign 2008

    I went out and voted this morning, it was by far the most people I've ever seen at that time of morning in my KC suburb.. Lots of old people, I'm guessing that's because I went so early it was funny 2 other young people came in a man and a woman and they sat down next to me as if to say "we'll sit by you since you aren't 500 years old"
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    Campaign 2008

    I want to know why it matters that anyone opposes gay marriage, it should not in any circumstance be ok to deny any person their rights. I personally think it's really really fucked up to put it on a ballot to be voted on, would anyone else like if they had their rights voted on? I'm sure back many years ago it was popular to say that minorities shouldn't have equal rights or that bi-racial marriage is wrong. Even of a majority of people appose something does not make it right. Secondly to bruisers fear here, you'd think the gun people would get over this fear of government coming to take their guns after you know 200 years. He has gun control on his record because he's from the south side of fucking Chicago. Do you realize how violent that city is? The high level of gun crime there, if you want to die in a hail of gun fire it's probably your best bet...it doesn't mean he wants to take your guns it means he represented an extremely violent city and tried to do something about that.
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    Campaign 2008

    That was more in reference to the part after not before in turning people into sheep that follow orders.
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    Campaign 2008

    Think about this, some of the poorest states in the union are states that consistently go Republican, tell me how that makes sense when they are the big business party..have there have been some books written on it like What happened to Kansas? I'll sum it up because it explains what has happened in some areas of the country. In the early 20th century the midwest was the most politically liberal part of the country. They elected socialist congressmen, and advocated very radical causes, and favored an aggressive form of populism. Kansas was one of the most progressive states. Flash forward to today where it is among the reddest of red states, deeply culturally as well as economically conservative, despite the fact that conservative policies have crushed the average person in these areas. Republicans have been many things, but have always been the party of big business. In order for them to win elections, they had to appeal to something other than business elites. Therefore, the Republican think tanks concocted a strategy to play to the cultural conservatism of people in the midwest, cloaking nearly everything with a religious rhetoric, and placing the importance of those issues above all else. What they reaped was an incredibly active and secure voter bloc that will continually vote for them, despite the fact that Republican pro-business policies have absolutely destroyed the livelihoods of these same people. From the individual running the mom and pop to the single farmer, these people can't subsist in these professions any more, don't benefit from their economic plans, and yet continually vote for R's because of the cultural issues--when nothing is ever done about them. This has been written about extensively by Noam Chomsky and Reinhold Niebuhr. Basically, 80% of the people exist to simply follow orders from the upper 20%. They are given orders, and because they are indoctrinated to be ignorant sheep, they follow them. To make their acquiescence easier they use "emotionally potent oversimplifications" of issues--basically boiling down complex and nuanced ideas into reductive soundbytes that the low information voter of the world can digest, all the while they have no concept what the framework of the actual issue is. These same people, who don't understand the issues, will then become the most vociferous supporters of the status quo, precisely because they have been indoctrinated their entire lives to follow orders, not to ask questions, not to think. The real brilliance of the system is that you are rewarded for being stupid by being part of the group. If you speak out, you are ostracized as a radical, or a communist, or whatever the current scare word is. So not only do you have intellectual constraints, you also have social controls that keep people from speaking out. Being smart means you think you're better than the common man, which is something to be frowned upon.
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    Campaign 2008

    My opinion on that is that it's kind of like high school they see the rich people as the cool club and they so badly want to believe they are in that club when in reality they aren't. Of course some will argue just because someone makes more money doesn't mean they should get taxed more which is actually an asinine argument because if you don't tax them who are you gonna tax the people with less money? So then you get what we have now rich people get even richer while everyone else becomes poorer. This is why a flat tax is a horrendous idea, in this country the only conceivable way to make the economy work properly is to tax the rich more because any sort of flat tax or rich people tax breaks idea basically causes everyone but the people who already have money to be poorer.
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    Bored's College Football Pick 'Em - Week 9

    and picks are in.
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    Bored's College Football Pick 'Em - Week 7

    And picks are in...I better really hit it this week. It's late and I didn't double check but I'm 99% sure I made picks in all the games, if I didn't mention it to me and I'll fill it in.
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    Campaign 2008

    McCain plans fiercer strategy GOP plans to focus on Democrat's judgment, honesty and personal ties By Michael D. Shear The Washington Post updated 3:46 a.m. CT, Sat., Oct. 4, 2008 WASHINGTON - Sen. John McCain and his Republican allies are readying a newly aggressive assault on Sen. Barack Obama's character, believing that to win in November they must shift the conversation back to questions about the Democrat's judgment, honesty and personal associations, several top Republicans said. With just a month to go until Election Day, McCain's team has decided that its emphasis on the senator's biography as a war hero, experienced lawmaker and straight-talking maverick is insufficient to close a growing gap with Obama. The Arizonan's campaign is also eager to move the conversation away from the economy, an issue that strongly favors Obama and has helped him to a lead in many recent polls. "We're going to get a little tougher," a senior Republican operative said, indicating that a fresh batch of television ads is coming. "We've got to question this guy's associations. Very soon. There's no question that we have to change the subject here," said the operative, who was not authorized to discuss strategy and spoke on the condition of anonymity. Being so aggressive has risks for McCain if it angers swing voters, who often say they are looking for candidates who offer a positive message about what they will do. That could be especially true this year, when frustration with Washington politics is acute and a desire for specifics on how to fix the economy and fight the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is strong. Robert Gibbs, a top Obama adviser, dismissed the new McCain strategy. "This isn't 1988," he said. "I don't think the country is going to be distracted by the trivial." He added that Obama will continue to focus on the economy, saying that Americans will remain concerned about the country's economic troubles even as the Wall Street crisis eases somewhat. 'Just the beginning' Moments after the House of Representatives approved a bailout package for Wall Street on Friday afternoon, the McCain campaign released a television ad that challenges Obama's honesty and asks, "Who is Barack Obama?" The ad alleges that "Senator Obama voted 94 times for higher taxes. Ninety-four times. He's not truthful on taxes." The charge that Obama voted 94 times for higher taxes has been called misleading by independent fact-checkers, who have noted that the majority of those votes were on nonbinding budget resolutions. A senior campaign official called the ad "just the beginning" of commercials that will "strike the new tone" in the campaign's final days. The official said the "aggressive tone" will center on the question of "whether this guy is ready to be president." McCain's only positive commercial, called "Original Mavericks," has largely been taken off the air, according to Evan Tracey of the Campaign Media Analysis Group, which tracks political ads. Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's performance at Thursday night's debate embodied the new approach, as she used every opportunity to question Obama's honesty and fitness to serve as president. At one point she said, "Barack Obama voted against funding troops [in Iraq] after promising that he would not do so." Palin kept up the attack yesterday, saying in an interview on Fox News that Obama is "reckless" and that some of what he has said, "in my world, disqualifies someone from consideration as the next commander in chief." McCain hinted Thursday that a change is imminent, perhaps as soon as next week's debate. Asked at a Colorado town hall, "When are you going to take the gloves off?" the candidate grinned and replied, "How about Tuesday night?" Yesterday in Pueblo, Colo., McCain made clear that he intends to press Obama on a variety of familiar GOP themes during the debate, as he accused the Democrat once again of getting ready to raise taxes and increase government spending. "I guarantee you, you're going to learn a lot about who's the liberal and who's the conservative and who wants to raise your taxes and who wants to lower them," McCain said. A senior aide said the campaign will wait until after Tuesday's debate to decide how and when to release new commercials, adding that McCain and his surrogates will continue to cast Obama as a big spender, a high taxer and someone who talks about working across the aisle but doesn't deliver. Two other top Republicans said the new ads are likely to hammer the senator from Illinois on his connections to convicted Chicago developer Antoin "Tony" Rezko and former radical William Ayres, whom the McCain campaign regularly calls a domestic terrorist because of his acts of violence against the U.S. government in the 1960s. The Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. appears to be off limits after McCain condemned the North Carolina Republican Party in April for an ad that linked Obama to his former pastor, saying, "Unfortunately, all I can do is, in as visible a way as possible, disassociate myself from that kind of campaigning." McCain advisers said the new approach is in part a reaction to Obama, whose rhetoric on the stump and in commercials has also become far harsher and more aggressive. They noted that Obama has run television commercials for months linking McCain to lobbyists and hinting at a lack of personal ethics — an allegation that particularly rankles McCain, aides said. Campaigning in Abington, Pa., yesterday, Obama continued to focus on the economy, even as he lashed out at McCain. "He's now going around saying, 'I'm going to crack down on Wall Street' . . . but the truth is he's been saying 'I'm all for deregulation' for 26 years," Obama said. "He hasn't been getting tough on CEOs. He hasn't been getting tough on Wall Street. . . . Suddenly a crisis comes and the polls change, and suddenly he's out there talking like Jesse Jackson." Obama highlighted a new report showing a reduction of more than 159,000 jobs last month, and he linked the bad economic news to McCain and Palin. "Governor Palin said to Joe Biden that our plan to get our economy out of the ditch was somehow a job-killing plan; that's what she said," Obama told a crowd of thousands. "I wonder if she turned on the news this morning. . . . When Senator McCain and his running mate talk about job killing, that's something they know a thing or two about, because the policies they've supported and are supporting are killing jobs in America every single day." 'A very aggressive last 30 days' McCain issued a statement yesterday saying the bailout bill "is not perfect, and it is an outrage that it's even necessary. But we must stop the damage to our economy done by corrupt and incompetent practices on Wall Street and in Washington." Speaking in Pueblo just as the House was finishing deliberations on the package, McCain blamed fellow lawmakers for the failure to adequately regulate the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. "It was the Democrats and some Republicans in the Congress who pushed back and did not allow those reforms to take place, and that's a major reason we are in the trouble we are in today," he said. "Those members of Congress ought to be held accountable on November 4th as well." Before the bailout crisis, aides said, McCain was succeeding in focusing attention on Obama's record and character. Now, they say, he must return to those subjects. "We are looking for a very aggressive last 30 days," said Greg Strimple, one of McCain's top advisers. "We are looking forward to turning a page on this financial crisis and getting back to discussing Mr. Obama's aggressively liberal record and how he will be too risky for Americans." No one is surprised by this. He's a desperate and pathetic man who sees something he think is owed to him slipping away. Fire back with Keating 5, his infedility, his poor health (and undisclosed records), Palin's witch doctor, etc. If he wants to open this can of worms, then do it.
  18. Mecca

    Campaign 2008

    Has anyone else noticed anyone that uses the both candidates suck or lesser of 2 evils lines are always McCain supporters? I've yet to see someone supporting Obama say that.
  19. Mecca

    Bored's College Football Pick 'Em - Week 6

    Alright picks are in.
  20. Mecca

    Campaign 2008

    I like this ad quite a bit.
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    Bored's College Football Pick 'Em - Week 5

    Well it looks like I won but I still feel I had a shitty pick week. And once again I still haven't got a VT game right.....that team hates me.
  22. Mecca

    Campaign 2008

    Here's some ownage for you.....
  23. Mecca

    Campaign 2008

    Congressional Democratic leaders wasted no time pointing the blame at House Republicans and in particular Republican presidential candidate John McCain after a tentative deal on the $700 billion financial sector bailout proposal blew up following an afternoon meeting at the White House. “I would suggest that anyone in that meeting who tried to understand what John McCain said at that meeting, couldn’t,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada told reporters Thursday evening. McCain suspended his campaign to return to Washington D.C. to take part in negotiations on the bailout. Barack Obama also returned after President Bush requested he attend today’s meeting. Reid suggested McCain’s return injected politics in to the negotiations. McCain was the last one to speak at the White House meeting, Reid said, and he “didn’t say anything substantive.” “John McCain did nothing to help, he only hurt the process,” Reid said, further chastising McCain for calling for a delay in Friday’s presidential debate in Mississippi. “We should not let this little effort to avoid participating in the debates sidetrack this most important issue,” Reid said. Growing resistance among House Republicans played a greater role in stalling negotiations, as a faction of GOP lawmakers released principles for a competing bailout proposal as it became increasingly clear that the tentative agreement did not have broad support in the House Republican Conference. One House Republican aide estimated that no more than 45 House Republicans would support the current proposal. Key negotiators expressed surprise at the counter proposal. Reid said he was “stunned” by House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio who had previously expressed his support for passing a bipartisan plan. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said she does not want to bring a bill to the floor without a significant number of House Republicans on board. Democrats are not keen to take political ownership of a Bush administration proposal less than six weeks before Election Day. “If it’s going to pass, it needs to be bipartisan,” House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland told reporters, adding that he has “confidence” that Boehner is working to that end. “I hope that his Conference will cooperate in that effort.” Hoyer declined to say how many House Republicans would have to be on board for Democrats to bring the measure to the floor. Reid said negotiations will begin again at 8:00pm/ET tonight. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke were headed back to Capitol Hill to meet with lawmakers. Reid said he asked Paulson to “do what he can” to get House Republicans on board. “It’s all very fuzzy to us, we don’t know where we are,” House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank told reporters on the status of negotiations. Frank also suggested McCain’s return to Capitol Hill hurt negotiations. “Sen. McCain has not been involved in this,” Frank said, noting the Arizona senator does not sit on any committees of jurisdiction and did not take place in earlier negotiations. “I think this was a campaign ploy by Sen. McCain,” he said, “He slowed it down. I don’t know if he caused it or what.” Echoing Reid, Frank said McCain should participate in Friday’s presidential debate, adding that if he doesn’t it’s “only because he doesn’t want to.” UPDATE: “As far as I know Sen. McCain has not endorsed this plan. This is not a product of his campaign,” Virginia Republican Rep. Eric Cantor told reporters tonight. Cantor is leading the coalition of House Republicans who devised the competing plan with the consent of Boehner; he took issue with characterizations that Republicans surprised negotiators with their proposal. “We’ve been talking about this plan for at least two days,” he said. Cantor defended McCain’s decision to return to Washington for “trying to affect the change needed” to get a bill done. “I applaud him in coming back and making sure that as a senator he is here to do that,” he said. --------- McCain's counter proposal includes suspending capital gains taxes, less regulation, and more corporate tax breaks. Jesus Fucking Christ.
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    The College Football Thread 9/25 - 9/27

    I made it undefeated longer in the pickem than my favorite team did......man that sucked.
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