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This guy is nuts...

Well played.

This thread has been totally hijacked. Well done!

I exchanged messages with his wife Michelle tonight. She wanted me to pass on to you her appreciation for your thoughts and prayers. She said it was a tough day, but he's "well on his way to recovery". She said if you'd like to send him a get well wish, feel free to do so via email - PM me for his address, as I don't want to post it on the public forum.

Unfortunately not. If I find out, I'll pass it along.

I don't really have a strong opinion about this (other than to say, if we're going to make a comic book character gay, why not make one who's gay instead of changing a multi-decade storyline) ...but are you really trying to make an argument that "they are trying to make it more realistic?" Is REALISTIC of particular concern when the character in question has unexplained mythical super-natural powers, and runs around in Spandex saving the world?

I hear he's having a tough time with the meds. Please keep thinking about him and praying for his speedy recovery and family.

Classic. Well played, sir.

It doesn't automatically put it in Romney's column, but I feel pretty good about Wisconsin after studying the exit polls last night. The Exit polls had the race as a virtual dead heat yet the election broke wide open for Walker. ...the exit polls also included a question about who voters will vote for in November - Obama only had a 1 point edge in that poll. ...figure the Exit polls were off for walker by 7 points, and then do some quick math. ...assuming the same skew on that question, you've got a 5-6 point Romney edge in the exit poll. ...Certainly not scientific, but it shows that the state is FRIMLY in play, and a wise betting man would be looking to more sure things when betting on the November election. Spending by the left didn't get rid of Walker, and I don't think is going to swing large portions of voters from Romney at this point. Wisconsin is more politically aware and I think offers fewer undecideds than virtually any other battleground state at this point. It is going to be interesting to see how it all plays out.

Yeah, good point...

The issue can't be framed as a single problem, it is a multitude of problems. Lack of parental involvement or, as the cartoon above somewhat accurately depicts, a lack of sense of responsibility or accountability by students and parents is a growing problem. Teachers unions which protect bad teachers and collective bargaining contracts that protect weak teachers while disallowing the rewarding of good ones. Up to 4 layers of fat between monies collected from taxpayers to actual spending directly on education (IRS, DOE, State Education Board, ISD) all of which has far more administrative and non teaching capacity than needed, and is often duplication of effort. Parents don't have the option to get their kids out of failing schools, and failing schools have little to no motivation to improve. Teaching has become focused on passing standardized tests, not gaining knowledge, practicing skills and learning. ...and that is just the tip of the iceburg.

Corporate Bigwigs? Because public sector unions can't hold the taxpayers hostage? Ok. The most interesting thing about this is how wrong the polls were going into today. Who turned out would be what got my attention if I were advising Obama. Great victory.

Friends, I don't have many details except the very basics. My wife is Friends with Scott's wife on Facebook - Scott underwent a double heart bypass on Monday and apparently is doing well. Mean Green Nation, please keep Scott, his wife, kids and family in your thoughts and prayers.

Well, you could be right. It will be hard to quantify until election day. I'm not sure if having Obamacare struck down, assuming that happens (and that's still a pretty big assumption - I've seen the courts do stuff that I never thought they would, including upholding McCain-Feingold(sp?)), is an automatic win for Romney's camp. ...they can still play the "despite our best efforts" game and may find some way that I can't predict to make a case based on it. From June to November is a lifetime in Politics. It'll be interesting. Scott's going to win, and I think rather big tonight though.

I agree that this vote today stripes the field. If a special interest group can manage to get a sitting Governor thrown out of office for enacting the reform policy he ran on in the first place, then we won't see anyone else willing to take on special interests in an effort to reform. ...if Walker and his Lt. wins, then I agree that other reform minded governors and politicians might take up some harder issues in their locals. I'd be wary though, even though I hope you're right, of reading too much into how the outcome of this race impacts Obama. First, the majority of the state voted for Walker the first time. The majority voting block doesn't like to have a Minority overturn their will. Winning this recall has been an uphill battle for the left since the minute they started, and it was done more as a power play than an actual attempt to defeat walker. Unfortunately, this play is appearing to have backfired. The question is will the Walker voters tie Obama to the attempt to thwart their will? ...he has been very careful and politically more prudent on this than he often is by staying WAAAAAY out of this fight. What this MAY do for Romney in Wisconsin is depress the left vote in November as a result of what will be viewed by many of the faithful as a major blow. That more than the tide of public opinion moving right will deliver Wisconsin to the Republican nominee should it occur. Great post, KRAM!!!

i don't get magazines or papers in physical form anymore. If I can't get it on my iPad, I pass.

Cool! thanks for sharing!

Well played, sir... +1

I don't see the IPO as a bust. It came out at a number that the market apparently feels is a rather fair valuation of the company. Virtually every tech IPO which skyrocketed day one is now bust. ...had it tanked the first day, that would be a bust. The fact that it didn't rocket to the moon doesn't make it a bust. Those of us who believe in the tried and true buy and hold market strategy are perfectly happy with Facebook's performance in the market.

Had this come from the JFK School of Public Affairs, it would have been a bit more appropriate. Well done, UT.

Nothing to comment on. Nurse killed the lady in cold blood. i don't care the color of any of their skin. There is no hidden agenda by the media in that case. She did it, we know why she did it, there is no question on motive or situation. Very different case. In the Martin/Zimmerman case, there is question as to what led up to the shooting, all of which is FAAAAAAAR more important than the skin color of EITHER of the men involved (which to clarify isn't important AT ALL). Race aside, I can understand the interest in the case just from a pure "what really happened?" point of view. It's specifically the racial component of the Martin/Zimmerman case that I reject and am down on the media, many politicians and the typical race-baiters for trying to make an issue when clearly it wasn't. If Zimmerman committed a crime, he should be punished. If not, he should go free. This is the same no matter the race of the alleged victim.

Good for this young man...

All this back and forth is silly. Bottom line is this - Media reports painted Martin as a kid who simply got shot because he was black. Now, it has become pretty clear that he got shot because he beat the sh!t out of someone with a gun. The challenge the Jury has at this point is convicting Zimmerman if nobody can make a legit case or show proof of why Martin beat the crap out of Zimmerman. If he was in a corner and attacked Zimmerman out of self defense, then and ONLY then do you have a case against Zimmerman. ...but everything that led up to that situation is, in my mind, irrelevant. ...I keep hearing that Zimmerman put himself in that situation to have no choice but to pull his weapon. Unless he literally had Martin backed into a corner, Martin could have escaped and not confronted Zimmerman. It appears he did for whatever reason. To put the responsibility for stopping these series of events before they spiraled out of control on Zimmerman is crazy. ...someone may say a prostitute puts herself in a bad position, but if she gets raped by a client, isn't it still rape? Do we defend the perp by attacking the woman? No, we go after the person who committed the crime, no matter the circumstances. In this case, Assault is a crime. Defending yourself with deadly force isn't. Based on the medical evidence, a fight that could be defined as Assault has occurred. The only question now is who started it. When I look at the evidence, listen to the witness statements that we have and listen to the 911 tapes, it looks like Zimmerman was backing off and Martin confronted or jumped him back near his car. ...but even this is circumstantial. In the end, I don't think prosecution has a smoking gun or anything that is tight enough to convict... ...and they knew that from the beginning. This is a political trial so they could say "we tried to get justice for Martin" to the race-baiters. What happened is a tragedy. One young man is dead. Another's life is ruined, no matter the outcome of this trial. ...the folks who should be on trial here is the media for spinning this into something it never was.

This thread is classic. It's like two not at all connected threads that collided at high speeds... LOL!

Wow... this thread spiraled into some nastiness... Sorry to see that.