Coffee and TV

Once you use the S word when describing Obama, anything rational you might say gets thrown out the window. I guess the other 40% are all those loudmouth teabaggers who would revolt if anyone took away their medicare?

80% of what's passed in congress is in one way or another introduced via the President's agenda. If you want to get into semantics, fine: if the tax cuts were so damn great congress wouldn't have put a 10 year limit on them, they'd be permanent. I think when the top income bracket was getting taxed in the Eisenhower years they did just fine. And yeah, I don't cry a single tear for someone who can only make 50 million a year instead of 100. Wah. The economy is based on 2/3's consumer spending. When we have a recession like we have for the last 2 years then where the hell do you get revenue from with a tax burden like that? I'm sure I could link you a study that shows how I'm right, but you'd probably just ignore it anyways. You're right, half of all bankruptcies are a result of family illnesses. The market is working great!

If the tax cuts are so damn special the Bush administration wouldn't have them expire in 2011. They would have made the permanent. And lower taxes for the rich have only gotten us a 9.5% unemployment rate, a housing bubble, and major deficits. Corporate taxes are unnecessary as the management and workers bare the brunt of them more than the CEOs. End the corporate taxes & raise taxes on the top 10%. The health care reform bill was average at best. To pass it without public option is irresponsible, to repeal it would be on the verge of stupidity. You think defense spending doesn't keep a shit ton of people working? I'm all for cutting spending on defense, maybe by half. But it has to be done slowly and responsibly. Republicans take maybe 55-60 house seats, 6 Senate seats at best. Any dream of a Republican Senate or a deadlock is exactly that - a dream. The biggest crime of this election will be that people like Sharon Angle could be elected.

4pm start to try and combat going up against the Rangers. It'll still be an empty stadium because so much of their sales is reliant upon being at the end of a day when so many parents have youth soccer. I have to miss my daughter's game if I want to make this saturday's match. I'm damned if I do, damned if I don't.

20!? HA! Amateur!

http://espn.go.com/espn3/index You shouldn't be blacked out unless you're in the southeast where you'll get it on TV.

Seriously? Ummm...better that you be linked to a helpful site rather than me explain it on a more 'family friendly' board. http://www.urbandictionary.com

Pac 10 teams, minus USC and Washington State. Not sure exactly why, either. I'm a big fan of the places on the west coast I've traveled to, and San Diego is like my 2nd home. But yeah, I'll root for either Oregon school, UCLA/Cal, Zonas, UW. Maybe its just the style of play that I'm attracted to. I'll never root for OU or SEC teams though.

Government didn't "regulate" any bank to lend money to anyone. And lack of regulation is what lead to the shadow banking system of default swaps. Wall Street was making money whether the loan failed or not. Poor people are easy scapegoats though, I guess.

I dunno who these jokesters are, but I demand royalties.

Not that he could in this market anyways!

Private banks did an awesome job putting us into a recession. See what I did there?

If you plan on attending an away match get your travel plans in order. We're going to be up against Salt Lake. Its just a matter of whether its on halloween weekend or the week after.

Ah. Well, we got Iowa!?

We got Kansas State. Yeah, I suppose they're not on quite the same level, but they could be a bowling Big 12 team.

Like Army, Rice, or Ohio? Yeah...

So long as Boise doesn't get an AQ, I doubt they'd want to schedule us. They need all the help they can get by beating BCS teams. Even if they're doormats like Washington State or Vanderbilt, a win against them helps Boise out way more than we do.

What is making fun of soccer? Oh yeah, not funny since like 1992. You are correct from what I understand. Friends of mine are big into CCL, but to me its just extra games that tire the team out during the season. I think between it and the US Open Cup, Columbus could very well be upset in the first round. Meanwhile, Philly not doing their job right now.

Charles Edward = Joe?

I always thought Andrew Smith fell asleep, I didn't know there was alcohol involved.

Fewer hits too, I mean...yeah that's the point.

Pretty much going with this too. The Rangers just cannot win on the road against big teams this season. I was there for one of those games in New York, too.

Wrong. Friends of mine choose FC Dallas all the time over OU, UT, Tech, and A&M. Many of them have season tickets and will forego the 'cupcake' games, or sometimes conference games if its not a huge rival. Not to mention, its not just "meaningless" April baseball, its the last home match before the playoffs, something FCD hasn't seen since 2007.

I think you're correct on all accounts. Gotta hope for LA to slip up and at least tie Philly. If they win their next two they'll clinch no matter how badly we might beat them in a couple of weeks. Road or home games don't seem to matter to this team much, we've shown we just don't lose anywhere. I'm sure you've all heard of 3rd degree, but if you haven't checked out his site lately he's got a good write up of all the records this team has broke this year. I've seen every game this season, but when you read this you'll wonder how we're not running away with the supporter's shield at this point. http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/soccer Also, my friend's got a good write up on his blog about our odds for the supporter's shield. Big D Soccer

I agree. Somebody did something rotten in New Orleans in 2004 before the start of the bowl game. That seems to be when it all took a turn for the worse...