Coffee and TV

Bill Gates didn't attend Washington State, he dropped out of Harvard. Your point about Phil Knight is relevant, however.

I think Oregon gets a new uniform every week.

Best unintentional humor of the day.

I was going to root for TCU to when against Wisconsin, but now I'm not so sure. I still think Wisconsin will get the when because they'll be too strong for TCU.

Well that's all the proof I need. Now what's your gut say about all this Lehman Brother's stock I'm still holding on to.

20K attendance though. Hard to argue with that no matter who you're playing. And Boise State was a monster in FCS too, and they eventually translated that into success.

Too bad we couldn't keep Guyer's QB home. That guy made a lot of people look slow. Had a pretty decent arm, too.

In no particular order The Besnard Lakes: Are the Roaring Night Deerhunter: The Halycon Digest Harlem: Hippies Vampire Weekend: Contra Shad: TSOL Neon Indian: Psychic Chasms (yeah I know it was released last year, but fck it) and yes, Plastic Beach was pretty swell too.

I was thinking about going to that, but seeing throwball being played on that beautiful pitch might be too much for my soccer heart to handle.

Neato. I knew they'd be renovating, but until I saw the pictures in the paper this morning I had no idea it would involve any implosions.

I think its absolutely ludicrous. Maybe 10-20 years down the line, but before then there's no way we'd ever be invited into the same conference as USC, Arizona, & Oregon. No way in hell that happens anytime soon.

GTFO troll.

http://www.channelsurfing.net/watch-ncaa-college-sports.php?w=46 If you're having to stay at home tonight.

If only firefighters cared more about saving lives and putting out fires than they do posing in calenders.... Seriously dude, do you read what you write before you hit "add reply"?

NFL commentators as a whole are pretty awful IMO. Its one of the reasons I generally stick to college football when it comes to casual viewing.

Heartbroken, but overall it was a great trip. Considering it was Toronto on a one week warning we brought plenty of supporters and the front offices of FCD brought tons too. Toronto fans were all pretty nice, Colorado fans were pretty stand-up guys after the win. Gotta say, I didn't see many super hot chicks in Toronto (like 10's), but there were an INSANE amount of 7's and 8's. Very very high quantities of cute girls in that city.

My watching party will be at BMO Field in Toronto! Been on road trips, but this has to be the most epic of all. Super psyched!

http://www.fieldandstream.com/photos/gallery/hunting/2010/11/amateur-photographer-captures-grizzly-bear-chasing-bison-down-highway Hard to say who won since they ventured into the forest, but I'm betting on the grizzly.

No joke. Its not the grades you make, but the hands you shake. Graduated in December of 07 and have yet to work in my field. Have steady employment, but it pays the bills and nothing else. Be nice to put a dent into these student loans.

Was really really tempted to go to LA for the game, but it just wouldn't be fiscally responsible. Need to keep credit card low to pay it off with Xmas money. If you do decide to go, oddly enough you can get there for about half the price by driving to Houston and taking continental. $220 > $420 in this particular scenario.

Really? We must have met some time in the past, but I don't recognize your profile pic.

Every year this comes up as one of the top fan complaints, and every year nothing changes. Always head up to the top of the concourse at the 45th minute & watch until the whistle. That's the only way you'll get back to your seat in time for the 2nd half.

But anyways, we're off topic. According to Nate Silver, whose site was like my bible in the months leading up to the 2008 election, he's predicting 52 or 51 seats for the Dems, about 55-60 in the House. I'm thinking Dems lose: North Dakota Arkansas Indiana Wisconsin Illinois and 2 of the following (if not all 3, but I still like Ken Buck's chances) Colorado Nevada Pennsylvania

1) He didn't nationalize health care. Not even Canada has nationalized health care. What was passed last year was in no way close to socialize medicine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_in_Canada#Government_involvement 2) He didn't nationalize banks. TARP was a bi-partisan creation of the Congress & the Bush administration in 2008, when Obama was in the Senate & out campaigning. Not only did it save us from a 2nd great depression, it will in the end cost taxpayers about $50 billion of the original $700 billion spent. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/treasury-total-cost-of-tarp-will-be-50-billion-2010-10-05-164330 3) AIG was somewhat "nationalized". Its losses were so great because of defaults that it couldn't really afford to go under, not without another Lehman brothers type of hit anyways. The government is also planning shortly the selling of much of its stock that it bought from AIG. Total cost will be close to what TARP did. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/05/business/05sorkin.html 4)The auto companies also needed salvaging. To let them go under would probably have put about a million more on the unemployment payrolls overnight. (SUPER GOVERNMENT SPENDING OH NOES) GM (and I'm unsure about Chrysler) has already paid back their government loans in full. The stock was temporarily owned by the US government, and the treasury department set up rules for them to restructure. This was in no way a 'nationalization'. http://www.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1044391_bailout-successes-gm-pays-off-loans-chrysler-loses-less 5)I won't get into a philosophical battle about the definition of a very vast and complex economic system. All I will say is that any credible definition you can find of socialism will in no way resemble this current administration. Its not a socialism method for the government to spend during a recession. Its a Keynesian argument, and one that has had mixed results throughout modern economic history. It was done greatly throughout the Great Depression. What the stimulus did was not to stimulate anything, it was a desperate measure to stop the bleeding. There are even some (CAPITALIST) economists who would argue that one of the reasons it didn't stimulate was because it didn't go far enough ($875? billion in a $13 trillion economy). I would suggest you're not being objective enough. Its ok, we all have bias. Maybe I'd be just as pissed at McCain if he were president today.