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That is weird. It's almost like they look at all 23 games instead of just those four.

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Waxahachie and UNT's Bryan Waters is the NFL Man of the Year!!

http://www.cleveland...brian_wate.html According to the Kansas City Star, Waters will be named the 2010 recipient by Commissioner Roger Goodell on the field at Sun Life Stadium prior to kickoff of Super Bowl XLIV. Waters was also a finalist in 2007. He is the fifth Kansas City Chief to win since the award was created in 1970. It was renamed to honor Payton after he died 10 years ago. It's inappropriate to say Furrey and Fletcher "lost out" to Waters in this prestigious recognition, which honors a player's community service along with his performance on the field. Furrey and Fletcher are no less devoted activists in community service than is Waters -- or any other NFL player, for that matter. Just being singled out as finalists among 32 candidates (one from each team) is an honor that transcends the football field. Furrey was the first Browns player named as a finalist.

Black Conservatives Take Lead Role in Tea Party Movement "This is the nicest angry mob I've ever seen," Marcus said. Marcus is one of a number of black conservatives who have joined up with, and helped lead, the conservative tea party movement since its inception. Though the movement has attracted criticism for its supposed lack of diversity -- MSNBC host Chris Matthews recently called the groups "monochromatic" and "all white" -- those minority activists who are involved say the movement has little to do with race, and that it is attracting a more diverse crowd every day. He said the rallies are still "mostly white," but that more blacks are getting involved. He took particular umbrage at Matthews' comment, blasting out a press release that criticized the MSNBC host for "pushing conservative black Americans to the back of the media bus."

Okay, you're shifting back the other way again. You're back to "because he's black." That's the primary reason people disagree with him--because he's black. His being the most radically liberal president ever has nothing to do with why conservative and common-sense people would oppose him. Protests have taken place under and against every presidency. Because they continue to take place under a black president doesn't mean his blackness is causing the protests anymore than the whiteness of others caused protests.

Our finishing schedule is favorable. Competition for the 3rd seed from the West Div is ULL (4 losses) and Denver (5). We get both at home and ULL has a tough finishing schedule: four of six on the road. MTSU lead the East with four losses and they would have the tie breaker against us. We have the tie breaker on everyone else in contention. MTSU has a challenging schedule remaining and the East is really up for grabs. First order of business is to take care of business and finish no worse than at 5 losses. Second is for MTSU to either win their division or finish with more than 5 losses. We have our chance but still need help from MTSU.

Basketball is a game of matchups. I just am not sure we match up with ASU at all. FIU despite their poor record matches up well with us. I do think if we met the Red Wolves again in March we'd have a better shot. Tough to beat a good team(any team really) three straight times in college basketball. Lest we forget in 2007 ASU swept the regular season matchups, but we took the third one in the SBC tourney.

I just love how you guys continue to use homophobic slurs to make fun of an angry American electorate. I find it most indicative of hypocrisy and closeted disdain for people who overwhelmingly support your party..

Childish. Why not? You seem to like to paint others with a broad brush.

MTSU @ USA FAU @ Denver Troy @ WKU ASU @ UNO UALR @ ULL

http:// Not painting you that way, but that is the way the black conservative has ALWAYS been painted by the left, including Mr. Keyes when he did try a Presidential run. Mr. Keyes and the Tea Party have strikingly similiar fiscal ideas, so while I don't know if he is affiliated, I would bet that he would support this movement whole-heartedly. Maybe this will help you understand how Alan Keyes feels about the tea party: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5K9QTJtq7w Look, a black guy actually SPEAKING at a tea party event still cant figure out how to post a video.

Why bother. They would just be "Uncle Tom's" to you, right? After all, black conservatives are just people that have turned their back on their on race, right? Here is my point. If Alan Keyes were President, there would not be a need for a tea party, because Mr. Keyes is extremely fiscally conservative. Oh, he happens to be black, also. Yes, I know you think he is crazy, but you should realize that there are plenty of people as far to the right as you are to the left who feel the same way about Pres. Obama. Not because of his color, but because of his policies. Are you prejudice because you think Alan Keyes is crazy?? Maybe the black conservative thinks that you are?

It's never easy traveling out to Florida, and they've already proven they can beat us. Can we get revenge?

This shows the difference between a political newcomer and 2 life long politicians. Think we could all use a breathe of fresh air by taking out all incumbents, liberal, conservative, green, whatever.

Wish I had had performance anxiety issues at age thirteen.

Ah yes, the dreaded "performance anxiety". The mere thought of it has ruined many a promising evening.

Boyz in the Hood was a great movie. But I can never, ever, forgive John Singleton for Poetic Justice.

Finally got a chance to watch this. I agree (as most do) with your statement that the nature of the current desire for reform is a necessary thing to be discussed at the moment. Now, let me stress up front again that I am not criticizing the content involved here, but am asking a question about the approach. Concerning your foregrounding statement that the people in this video are 'hired drones': when I clicked to watch, I assumed that there would be some type of journalistic argument/proof that the people in the video had been monetarily compensated to state their opinions, and hence are not reliable witnesses. Or that they were not really doctors at all but simply actors paid to misrepresent themselves as MDs. It is just a video, and yes, put out by the Obama Administration, taken during a White House sponsored event. Is there some journalistic research you are aware of proving that these people are paid to speak, and hence makes this disingenuous at best, and at worst cynical? If so, I would honestly appreciate a link to that. As far as I can tell, these people are MDs, at a sponsored event, giving their opinions. There are also many MDs who have gone on record espousing against Health Care reform as it is currently being presented in legislation. Funny thing that: different people have different opinions about the same topic. If there's proof out there that this was a canned, paid, and therefore fake media event, then that would be worth knowing. But to say that their opinions are false, that they are hired drones, because you disagree with them, is exactly the point I am making about HOW the arguments on both sides are being presented. Now, that said, if you (or anyone else) can produce research/proof to show that these are individuals presenting their expertise/opinions in a false light, then I'm on board with you on this and will give ya a +1 for contributing relevant information to the debate. But if it's just that they have a different opinion than your own, and therefore must be idiots, dumb-a**es, or hired drones, then I just don't see how this is relevant to the debate. Seriously, I'm hoping you can prove me wrong, that I was duped into believing that they are doctors with opinions, and not shills. And you are correct, the government before has paid people to present an opinion as their own: No Commentator's Checkbook left behind However, what I just did is an example of the gotcha-politics that is souring the debate. Politicians are in perpetual campaign modes now, and always slant the discussion into one where the other side is somehow intellectually/morally deficient instead of just acknowledging the different perspectives. That is, again, the main point I am trying to make here.

And people on the right don't? I submit that the right cares more about civil liberties than the left. Freedom of Speech - the left wants to impose the "Fairness Doctrine" which would require radio station owners to devote equal time to right-wing and left-wing talk shows. That's a violation of freedom of speech. Freedom of Press - The left wing dominates TV, newspaper, magazine, and on-line news outlets. But when Fox started to take viewers away from the ABC/CBS/NBC/MSNBC/CNN networks, the left demanded that something be done to kill the Fox news network. Freedom of Religion - the ACLU defends the rights of non-Christian expression in schools and public places, but will take on every case to crush a student's or teacher's expression of their Christian faith. I'm not talking about teaching religion, I'm talking about the simple things like wearing a cross or carrying a bible or the Boy Scouts holding meeting at a public school in the evenings. The right to keep and bear arms - need we even discuss? States rights - the right wants smaller federal government and the power of states rights restored. The left believe in a powerful central government, in violation of the 9th and 10th amendments. It's not like the right wing oppose fair trials or 4th amendment protections or any other rights enumerated by the Constitution. The left, on the other hand, oppose several of these rights as I have outlined above. So how can you say you are "progressive" because you support civil liberties? If you truly supported all of the civil liberties guaranteed by our Constitution, you'd be a conservative!

What reforms would you recommend? Here's mine: Any insurer winning the contract to insure federal employees, including congress, should be required to provide insurance coverage on the same terms to a pool where that those who are otherwise uninsured can get coverage, similar to state programs providing auto or homeowners insurance to those who cannot get it on the open market.

Coach Canales! I think he will have a much bigger impact immediately than any of our new playing signees! GO MEAN GREEN!

Zach Olen, hands down. I'm tired of getting an ulcer everytime we try a field goal or extra point.

PLEASE don't get me started on education. Taxpayers have invested considerable resources in the nation's public schools. However, ever-increasing funding of education has not led to sim ilarly improved student performance. Instead of simply increasing funding for public education, federal and state policymakers should implement education reforms designed to improve resource allocation and boost student performance. Given the significant increase in resources allocated to public education, politicians should consider whether government spending increases have led to improved student outcomes. This will help to determine whether future increases in education spending can be expected to yield tangible improvements for students, or if maintaining high property taxes on the property owners in the state for sake of "education" is really something we should be putting much weight on. A basic comparison of long-term spending trends with long-term measures of student academic achievement challenges the belief that spending is correlated with achievement. Compare real per-pupil expenditures with American students test scores on the long-term National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reading examination from 1970 to 2004. While spending per pupil has more than doubled, reading scores have remained relatively flat. You'll find the attached chart interesting. High school graduation rates provide another historical barometer of American educational performance. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the average freshman graduation rate for American public schools has remained relatively flat over time. In 1990–1991, the average graduation rate was 73.7 percent. By 2004–2005, the rate had increased modestly to 74.7.[13] How­ever, the most recent estimate for the 2005–2006 school year shows that the national freshman graduation rate has dipped to 73.4 percent.[14] A key focus of education reform efforts in recent decades has been to improve opportunities for disadvantaged students and to reduce the achievement gap between white students and ethnic minority children. Black and Hispanic students have improved test scores in both subjects across all student levels. However, the achievement gap persists, with black and Hispanic children still lagging behind their white peers despite decades of federal aid targeted at equalizing opportunities for all students. Similarly, in 2005–2006, the national high school graduation rate for white students (80.6 percent) remained significantly higher than the graduation rates of black students (59.1 percent) and Hispanic students (61.4 percent). We've been throwing more and more money at this for years, and despite the fact we spend more per capita on education than only 3 other nations on the planet (none of whom really compete with us at any level in the global economy - or chief competitors, Japan, China and India spend FAR less with much better outcomes) our education outcome remains stagnant, despite the massive increases in spending. I have to respectfully disagree with your conclusion of what is wrong in California. California is FUBAR because it has far more obligations than it can possibly pay for. Californians are taxed at a higher rate than virtually any other population in the country. The problem is NOT that they don't have a large enough tax base or that the people aren't being taxed in the right way, the problem is that the number of producers are shrinking while the number of people who the government has to care for is increasing. In California, the balance of producers to users tipped the 50% mark years ago. As a nation, we are teetering at the same point in history for our country. 2010 will be the first time that the Social Security fund will not be able to meet Social Security obligations. ...yet we're jumping the deficit at an exponential rate, and doubling the debt in one shot. I don't want to debate who got us here. Fine, it was Bush - are you happy? ...but the answer, no matter how we got here, isn't to dig an EVEN BIGGER HOLE! We should not be following in the footsteps of California as a nation. ...yet we are. The lack of a property tax is the LEAST of California's problems.

---Perry keeps bragging about cutting state taxes....and wanting to cut them more... good grief... only Mississippi has a less state taxes per-capita now. His cuts have hurt education in the state. I don't think Mississippi is known for educational excellence either. ---Medina seems a bit radical to me wants to completely eliminate property tax.... that is related to THE big problem in California now...no or little property tax ....and when the economy drops they get in serious trouble because their revenues are based on income tax and sales tax.... both of which are very economy driven and their revenue falls greatly. ....This is a bad idea and really hurts those with very limited resourses...especially large sales tax increases.It is also not good because people living our borders will go to other states to buy ...which not good for our economy or jobs or tax-revenue. That leaves KBH..

Tells you something about your program when you lose one of your coaches to a high school.

LMAO!!!!

RV should be fired if Dodge fails next year.

He should fired along with his buddy Dodge, if the football team fails to win 6 games next year. Ridiculous.

We're obviously beyond any sense of normality here (and I would expect the same on any other fan site). The whole Dodge see-saw job thing is just amplifying it all for the moment.

Coaching in the NFL is a totally different animal. Why do you think places like Dallas & Oakland have coaches lined up to work? You're willing to put up with the craziest of the micro managing bosses just to get a shot & paycheck at the elite level. It's the very same reason Dodge is willing to walk around without his balls cut off in order to remain Head Coach at a FBS school.

Nope.

Mass exodus of assistant coaches. Is there any pride left in TD? Why not resign and go down with your ship? Take the only life boat and leave your crew to drown, then tell everyone you weren't the one navigating when you hit the iceberg. Well, the one positive is that I now have a new angle to complain about for next season regarding Teflon Todd.

Dr.B for the love of God, hear our cries!

Maybe RV tried and Steve said no. It's the only logical explanation as to why RV was waiting this long to announce anything.

He could still be fired. Maybe Dr.B wont agree to this proposal?

Well then... you're choosing to ignore facts. Nobody but a small fringe minority cares that he's black. This is about socialist policies being pushed by this President. Again, I hope you Democrats keep believing it's about race. I hope the Democrat party continues to ignore the will of the American people. It's going to make election night so much sweeter.

If you actually read my original post fully....you would have read me saying that that SOME, NOT ALL,IN THE MOVEMNENT ARE A BIT RACIST. But no, it's more fun for you to start ranting and arguing.

I don't see anything "racist" about these pictures. And yes, there are black people at these rallies: But yeah, you go ahead, stomp your feet, and think it's about race. These people don't care that he is black - if Ronald Reagan himself was proposing universal health care, higher taxes, trillions of dollars in deficits, and driving up energy costs due to bad science, they would be calling him a fascist as well. Keep thinking it's about race, and not policy. It's that kind of narrow thinking that caused democrats to lose key elections in the last year, and it's why they are going to have the ever-loving sh&t kicked out of them in November.

Never said one thing negative about Alan Keyes here. Is he a Tea-bagger? Also, don't go painting me with a brush that I think black conservatives are 'Uncle Tom's' that is complete and utter bullshit. Also, Alan Keyes was too smart to try and become president ten or so years ago.

for example..... All photos taken from Tea Party rallies. Don't tell me hate and racism is not an element here.

Don't act like him being black has nothing to do with the Tea Party's movement. I am all for a group of individuals wanting to be heard for what they feel is right and needs to be corrected, but to use an ironic pun....let's call a spade a spade here.

I understand beer law bud. That is all I did for the first 10 years of my career. We don't do it because A) Cost, it is too expensive to have a regular license and insurance (mostly insurance) for that place when it is only open 5 or 6 times a year... Possible kickback from the community (as it is we are pushing it by having the stadium look like one big beer billboard)... and C) it encourages people to join the private club that is Mean Green Club to get their drink on - where no insurance is needed because we are not (in theory) selling any alcohol, just charging a "storage" fee to hold the member's beer and keep it cold. I put a bid in to the AD way back in the day when State Club let their contract expire.. it is definitely legal but the concessions contractor would have to pay the dram shop insurance and that is based on square footage. When I shopped around, the lowest priced option made it nearly impossible to even break even on beer sales. The Alamodome obviously has their license for other events so it makes sense. This is a Texas thing, other states don't have this problem. If we had a big money lobby machine, we would get the law changed like the race track did (the property of the race track is split between two counties and the state had no way of issuing a license for a property in two counties before they changed the law). So I understand the law - just clarifiying why teams playing at pro stadiums and arenas hae a slight edge in the state of Texas. Thank you sir.

Childish name calling. Besides, don't most real life tea baggers consider themselves "progressive"?

To me it doesn't matter if they are doctors or not, they are still drones or shills who showed up that day to help Obama push for his health care power grab. Simply listen to what Arrezo Faithie? says in the video..."It's so broken that it's tragic". Really? Below is Fox News' coverage of this event, and shows a photo of the white lab coats being handed out. Does someone sitting on the white house lawn in a lab coat pushing Obama's agenda make them valid doctors? We may never know, but one that showed up at a Shiela Jackson Lee town hall doing the same thing was found to be an imposter. Who's to say the others were not also? The countless doctors and medics I know and work with personally think the 2,000 plus page bill Obama is attempting to shove down our throats is a crock of crap. The system isn't perfect, but it's far from broken and tragic. We want to reform it, not destroy it. Rick

Do you really care? Lots can and will happen to this kid and USC between now and the time he is a senior in HS. If this commit holds it will be a miracle...injuries, grades, coaching changes, girl friend (teenage "love" can be a deciding factor...stupid, but true), college visits, other offers, scandal at USC, etc., etc. Time will tell. If the kid is that good at 13, well great for him. Stand by for the real decision come several years from now. Do you think UNT is recruiting him?????

No, this guy is either uninformed or intentionally misleading. CBS, being way left of middle America, very reluctantly agreed to take the Tebow ad, and has been begging liberal and pro-abortion groups to run some kind of ad to counter it. But this "mancrunch.com" ad was way over the line. No network, probably not even Fox, is going to air that kind of trash during the Super Bowl. CBS learned a lesson in that vein the hard way. And in all likelihood, mancrush knew CBS would not take their ad. But they get all kinds of free publicity anyway, without having to pay the $2 million per slot, or however much it is now.

You did say That sounds to me like you're saying racism is behind the tea party movement. Why even bring it up if you are just making a mere observation that some are racist? Some democrats and other "progressives" are racist too--what's your point?

From the athletics website. Around the 4:00 mark is a little interview with Coach Canales. http://www.meangreensports.com/newMediaPlayer/sl/console.htm?id=691147&CLIP_ID=681825&SPID=&CLIP_FILE_ID=691147&DB_MENU_ID=&type=vod&oemid=1800&SPSID=&DB_OEM_ID=1800

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