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I'm going to assume that you're not really being condescending to me. I'm asking honest questions without political motivation. No. I have never seen the Laffer curve. Looking at it, my question is what point on the x axis is t*?

'Tis true.

Sweet. Now who's got a nuclear warhead we can hold for ransom?

One hundred billion doolllarsss!!!

Isn't the top tax rate around 35% today? How low can it go? Also, and I truly ask this from a non-partisan standpoint, the $800 billion aside, what is the plan to pay off the $10 trillion in existing debt? Aren't future generations already under a crushing burden? I was listening to KLIF yesterday, and they were talking about the debt from various accounting viewpoints, and said that depending on how you look at it, it could be as high as $100 trillion (intra-government transfer debt and whatnot). Also, and I'm reallly stretching my memory here without looking up facts to verify, but didn't the Reagan administration float crazy amounts of debt that brought the first wave of major foreign creditors from Japan? Wasn't deficit spending part of the Reagan mantra? Finally, I'm most certainly not trying to stand here and say Regan was the economic anti-christ and that Obama is the economic messiah. This thing is much, much bigger than anything my simpleton mind can understand, so I'm just trying to get as much of a grasp of it as I can. Unfortunately, all I usually see is extremity from both sides of the aisle. The truth, or solution if you will, almost always lies somewhere in the middle. ETA -- I'll give Reagan credit for an intangible that I believe had very tangible results. He made us proud to be Americans. Nixon, Ford and Carter before him, and Bush, Clinton and Bush after him have really dropped the ball on that one.

A reminder. The tailgate is on this coming Saturday for the UALR game. Final regular season home game. Here's your opportunity to be an ambassador for the program. Bring a friend to the game! ETA -- Forecast has a high of 62 and sunny. If that holds up, it's gonna' be great weather for this.

I went with McCoy because of the aforementioned team attitude and that I think his dad is one of the coolest guys I've met. But it's hard to choose one guy. If there's anything I notice about this team it's that there is no single "star." (Quotes used to amuse Quoner and Tasty). Also, I see these kids on campus and in class, and they're all really down to earth. No football attitude on this team when in the general population.

My Valentine Not my valentine

We won by eleventy!

Haddock...Left! Right! Left! Right!

What is this CST they keep referring to? Looks like there's gonna' be some college baseball, but I can't figure out what it is.

I heart Adam McCoy.

McCoy gets the bounce! Wow!

Damn, that was quite a 3 by Josh! On other notes, pretty poor attendance up there in MTSU. Were the two schools to battle on grounds of who's got the hotter cheerleaders, well, it just wouldn't be a fair contest.

Step 1 -- Create Law School Step 2 -- Graduate rich lawyers Step 3 -- Ban cigarettes on UNT campus Step 4 -- File massive class action lawsuit against everybody Step 5 -- Profit Step 6 -- Hovercraft luxury suites in airfoil stadium with lasers and the Solid Gold Dancers

Quiet you! We're on a record setting pace for annual increase in UNT self flagellation. Now go back to your dark little corner let's see a little more effort in your self loathing! We'll have no optimism out of you! Remember...big brother UT is watching! We must be ever vigilant and appropriately jealous.

I have no idea what a gomeangreen.com bowl is, but would it have given me opportunity to show my football prowess to the coaching staff and get a scholarship as a defensive towel boy?

Let's not take this thread off on a tangent.

It's a girl! Have a cigar!...in five years!

Was checking out the Big West board, and the A-11 offense came up. Inevitably, the spread came up and I expressed my dislike for it. The response... Huh. I guess it works in California high schools too!

Trig exists in college?

I had to attend to the kid at home, but from a student's point of view, it is week 4 of the semester. I've got four tests next week. In addition, there are multiple projects due that I know the younger students haven't even started on. If I were a procrastinating 19-year-old, the toll is coming due, and I can understand skipping a BBall game.

You know, when I think about it, a subjective penalty that can erase points has horrible potential for point shaving.

It can only be done on a metric slide rule that has kiloeleventies. Then you can convert to imperial pints.

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