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No problem with that. Do they check liberal stories as well Re: Duke Lacross case as a good example, Do liberals get as mad as conservatives when proven wrong? Re: Duke Lacross Story.

Well, one sure way to find out...go look at the site. I am not sure that the Duke story was a liberal/conservative issue. I didn't ever see it that way. Some may have seen it as a liberal/conservative thing...in any case - go to snopes and see what you can find on the site re: the Duke case.

I find it very interesting that the reputation of the US is a big issue for Cowboy,,,,yet it seems when it goes to a lower level, a reputation has not so much value........

 

just an observation.

Hey, it looks like you have yet another cheerleader, tex...lucky you!

Our reputation in the world is a much more serious matter than my own reputation, which is not at issue here. No matter what my personal reputation is, I am still concerned about how the US policies and world opinion shape our politics, our country, our attitudes, our pocketbooks, and our very lives in this country.

If you have children, do you send them to school? If so, most schools at times have policemen packing a gun. I would say that is a stressful job as well, if not more. Don't you trust the policemen or do you keep your kids locked up in a closet? Question is what are you actually thinking??? Your child is too mischievous and you are afraid he/she/it would be shot because of their mischievous character?

 

Seeing someone pack a gun in plain sight is soothing as compare to someone packing conceal gun.

Having someone with the sheriff's dept with a gun at the school is altogether different than a bunch of teachers in a classroom. Those are peace officers and there is only one of them at our school.

No, my kids are good, not prone to mischief, so I'm not afraid of that. Just the more guns in a place like a school, the more likely one will get stolen from a teacher, or the teacher will just loose it and make a threat with the weapon. Not the kind of learning environment that I want my kids in, that's all.

Thinking any baldwin is a good actor indicates your taste in men. Not good.... Now, pass the keyboard to jabs.

jabs isn't here, Dr. Dandy. What I said was that he is a good enough actor to get you right-wingers to think he will be a good administrator.

My taste in men has nothing whatsoever to do with who I think are good actors or bad actors.

And following my intuition, you were not on this site just to talk politics.

Hey, whaddya know, you are right for once...I came to the T in 2003 to talk about volleyball...and did so, and am still doing so. This is a great Tennessee high school sports website and I feel like some of the most knowledgable volleyballers talk about the sport here. This past year, I began to enjoy the discussions on the baseball board, too.

The War as We Saw It

By BUDDHIKA JAYAMAHA, WESLEY D. SMITH, JEREMY ROEBUCK, OMAR MORA, EDWARD SANDMEIER, YANCE T. GRAY and JEREMY A. MURPHY

Published: August 19, 2007

VIEWED from Iraq at the tail end of a 15-month deployment, the political debate in Washington is indeed surreal. Counterinsurgency is, by definition, a competition between insurgents and counterinsurgents for the control and support of a population. To believe that Americans, with an occupying force that long ago outlived its reluctant welcome, can win over a recalcitrant local population and win this counterinsurgency is far-fetched. As responsible infantrymen and noncommissioned officers with the 82nd Airborne Division soon heading back home, we are skeptical of recent press coverage portraying the conflict as increasingly manageable and feel it has neglected the mounting civil, political and social unrest we see every day. (Obviously, these are our personal views and should not be seen as official within our chain of command.)

The claim that we are increasingly in control of the battlefields in Iraq is an assessment arrived at through a flawed, American-centered framework. Yes, we are militarily superior, but our successes are offset by failures elsewhere. What soldiers call the ???battle space??? remains the same, with changes only at the margins. It is crowded with actors who do not fit neatly into boxes: Sunni extremists, Al Qaeda terrorists, Shiite militiamen, criminals and armed tribes. This situation is made more complex by the questionable loyalties and Janus-faced role of the Iraqi police and Iraqi Army, which have been trained and armed at United States taxpayers??™ expense.

A few nights ago, for example, we witnessed the death of one American soldier and the critical wounding of two others when a lethal armor-piercing explosive was detonated between an Iraqi Army checkpoint and a police one. Local Iraqis readily testified to American investigators that Iraqi police and Army officers escorted the triggermen and helped plant the bomb. These civilians highlighted their own predicament: had they informed the Americans of the bomb before the incident, the Iraqi Army, the police or the local Shiite militia would have killed their families.

As many grunts will tell you, this is a near-routine event. Reports that a majority of Iraqi Army commanders are now reliable partners can be considered only misleading rhetoric. The truth is that battalion commanders, even if well meaning, have little to no influence over the thousands of obstinate men under them, in an incoherent chain of command, who are really loyal only to their militias.

The rest is at this link: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/19/opinion/...nted=1&_r=1

Club ball cannot ever replace the experience of playing a sport for your own high school. There is something special about working hard for your alma mater, playing your best, getting recognition in pep rallies, dressing up on game days, having friends and other students come see you play your matches and cheer for you, etc. It seems to be a special experience whether college scouts see the players or not. It would be a real shame for anyone to miss that experience if they could lend talent to a particular team for their school.

I asked my daughter which she had more fun at...playing high school ball or playing club ball. High school won easily. Club ball has it's place, but it's like work. Anyone ever play college sports on a scholarship? It's like a job - that is how my daughter described playing club. She loved and enjoyed the girls she played with on her Impact team very much and they had success...but there wasn't that special feeling of playing for something bigger...like she described playing for her high school team.

Just my 2 cents.

I matter not to you....you have been looking for me..are you always so indecisive?

 

and Dearest, it is not your looks that made you unattractive in those pictures...it is what you were doing...

I am just following my intuition, which tells me that you aren't here on this site to talk vb.

Have a nice day, iluvvb. /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />

Chavez does nor speak for th world. Chavez crawling under the covers with Amahdinajad

did not further his cause either. If he speaks for you, fine with me, and comes as no

surprise. Some will hop in the sack at the drop of a hat with anyone.

To each, his/her own.

Didn't say I agreed with him, but he is a vocal leader in the world and we ignore what the rest of the world thinks at our own peril.

Actually, your right winger would be Stephen.

 

And yeah, he must be a dang good considering the amount of time, money, and effort he's putting into this "acting job".

yup...Stephen is the one...good running mate for Thompson!

We've all seen Cu's pictures.....She has posted them before as she was trolling for new meat. Your perscription glasses probably need an update. Yes, I can understand why she still has them and shows them off....Like Tex said, you are comedic relief now for a lot of people.

Wonder what the over/under betting line is when CU goes out searching again. Anyone care to make a wager? jabs???? Venture a guess???

Dear Dr. Dandy,

I've never to my knowledge posted any pic other than that one on my profile page.

~cu~

We've all seen Cu's pictures.....She has posted them before as she was trolling for new meat. Your perscription glasses probably need an update. Yes, I can understand why she still has them and shows them off....Like Tex said, you are comedic relief now for a lot of people.

Wonder what the over/under betting line is when CU goes out searching again. Anyone care to make a wager? jabs???? Venture a guess???

You should ask your "friend" tex just how anxious I am to send a pic to anyone.

As the general public sees cowboy:

 

How cowboy thinks of herself

 

How Jabbo sees cowboy:

 

Thank you - I think Jane Fonda is an incredible looking woman - she always has been and has aged so well...I only hope that I can age that gracefully. /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />

And actually, I get pms from people that don't see me as a traitor to our country - they are glad I continue to withstand your abusiveness and post what I believe. Some actually ask me to continue and not give up.

I guess speaking out against govt policies is considered, in some circles, to be traitorous. You equate me with someone that was once thought, in some circles, to be traitorous... so therefore, I can only assume that you believe my vocal disagreement is not what a "good American" should be doing.

As for seeing myself as Lady Liberty, that is incorrect. I don't see myself as anything but one tiny voice among many...no louder than yours or Dandy's or nooney's or May's....we each just have one voice. I choose to use mine. Some people choose to do that...some don't.

#3 Tee Hee Hee, Now that is funny! I saw the pictures your wife has!!! Snap back to reality Jabbo!

Dearest iluvvb,

The way one looks is mostly up to a genetic makeup from family traits. I am fortunate to have had good genes passed to me by my parents and their parents. I do what I can to look nice, but ultimately, I'm not going to be attractive to everyone. I'm attractive to the people that know me - those people that matter to me...if my appearance is not your cup of tea, then that is ok. What you think of my looks matters a big ZERO to me since you matter not to me.

Hey, haven't seen you on the vb board /rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":rolleyes:" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" /> ...where ya been?? - I've been looking for you over there!

Guiliani or, more likely, Duncan Hunter.

 

I would think Hillary will pick Marilyn Chambers, or Jenna Jameson, in order to keep Bill happy.

Who are Marilyn Chambers and Jenna Jameson, Coach?

Dr. Dandy,

I hope you have some MASSIVE malpractice insurance!!

Your interpretation (even after repeated explanations) is so far off that it's almost inconceivable. Please stop treating patients!

1.tee hee a very wierd laugh, or if yo have done something bad you might "tee hee" at it with your friends.

 

Teacher-"WHO DID THIS?!?!?!I WANT NAAAAMES!!"

pupil who did it-(to friend) "tee hee..."

 

2.tee heehttp://java%20script:void(0))When a girl gives guy ( you know), and to "tee hee" is used as a code word so that no one finds out.

 

"I gave Bob tee hee last night.

Well, we all know jabs did something bad. Now, meaning #2....

http://snopes.com/

This website has been used for years for deciphering fact from fiction. Right wingers don't like it cause snopes shows light on "stories." Whether or not you take snopes as 100% fact or not, it gives someone links and other information to do their own investigating for the real truth.

And if you go to the website, you'll see that political issues fact checking is just a very small part of what they cover.

Jabbo, who is Snopes? Thanks.

They sure did...they had "chemistry!" LOL - what a pair that would make!

Actually, one of Alec's brothers - I believe it's Billy - has gone to the dark side and has become a right wing wacko. He isn't as good an actor as Alec, but he can act well enough to fool most of the other right wingers into thinking he is a good administrator.

Actually I was thinking about Alec Baldwin - they worked well together in The Hunt for Red October.

So, when are you making the trek to Venezuela?

Not really interested in going to Venezuela to meet with Chavez.

Chavez speaks against the U.S. and this imperial regime. He is demonized by the U.S. of course. It may be that Chavez is saying what some of the rest of the world thinks of us now. Our reputation has diminished in the world's eyes since we invaded another country to "democritize" or whatever the reason de jour is now. It is unpleasant to hear a leader of another country speak of the U.S. in the way that he does. But we'd better listen to what the world says now that the world has become such a small place. It isn't only the American opinion that counts any more.

How about Bruce Willis...he can act like a tough guy, too! /wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" />

I wouldn't ever send my child to a classroom that a teacher was carrying a gun. I don't know that person. Wouldn't trust my children with someone that is packing in a stressful job like that. What are people thinking that actually want this???

I wish I was that energetic. I mostly just write my senators and congresscritters. I'm wanting to go to DC for a national protest of the war or other issue that I feel passionate about. Maybe someday I will be able to go, then maybe you'll see me on faux news.

Political speech has been a part of awards shows since the vietnam war. Some say that it is not the platform to say political things, but others disagree. I guess it is the right of the person to say what they want, and it's the right of a network to censor. I can't believe that Murdock would have censored a whole sentence with "I love George Bush and hate the ### ###### democrats" - he would have bleeped the swear words, but left the rest. It is his right to do so. It's just too bad he feels the need to censor a shout out to mothers of our soldiers...and to mothers in general.

I guess it's the right of any owner of a network, newspaper, or website to censor what they want. Let's say for instance, if Coach T decided he didn't like anyone talking bad about Lawrence County high school sports, I guess it would be his right to pull all posts that spoke in a negative light about Lawrence County. It would be his right to do so, but would it be a principled thing to do? I think not.

What Sally Field said didn't hurt anyone...didn't slam anyone (except for the swear words of course)...didn't criticize anyone. It was a positive statement about mothers in this country and the nature of them.

It's too bad that some of you "men" feel threatened by the nature of mothers and women. Maybe you "men" feel like women are inferior and could not lead a world superpower. Either of these shows a short sighted, ignorant point of view.

Well, if anyone here understands rambling and incoherant, it is you.....jabs went on for days.

 

Hows the old man?

LOLOLOL!! Are you saying that George Will is a rambling and incoherent writer?

you may not have written it,,,but you know that is what you meant. otherwise whywould you write it.

 

At least you said may,,,,but why do you use the word rule? How about lead.

geeze.....after all this time, we are still training you.

I use the word rule because Ms. Fields used that word...and it's her comments that we are discussing.

You are wrong most every time when you twist my words.

Are we to assume that you wish for political speech to be spoken only at political rallies? Is there no other time that someone can express a political view? Is there a rule on that?? I just didn't read that one in the "Tex's Rules of the World" rulebook. Which page was that on?