Poor judgment. Should have saved such remarks for post-retirement. -- Toolie92 07/13/2016 6:38PMThe Soapbox
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Poor judgment. Should have saved such remarks for post-retirement. -- Toolie92 07/13/2016 6:38PM Sounds like she picked up some professionalism cues from those nights at -- WahooRQ 07/13/2016 2:05PM Probably coked up out of her mind. How much more pathetic can she get -- MBHoo 07/13/2016 1:49PM Uh, you clearly don't know that sitting justices have run for POTUS; so -- WaxHoo 07/13/2016 3:10PM Frothing over GWB swaying is the outrage- oh the irony in ur post! ** -- MBHoo 07/13/2016 3:37PM Uh, you got the wrong guy, dude. I took on the guy who's frothing. -- WaxHoo 07/13/2016 4:08PM Umm, Waxie....oh never mind. It's a cow thing, you wouldn't understand. :-) ** -- Hoodafan 07/13/2016 3:26PM That went right over my head (zinnnggg). Say what? ** -- WaxHoo 07/13/2016 4:10PM Re: That went right over my head (zinnnggg). Say what? -- Hoodafan 07/13/2016 4:23PM I opened, read, responded and stilll have no idea what you're getting at ** -- WaxHoo 07/13/2016 5:41PM Maybe you need to "read for understanding"? :-) -- Hoodafan 07/13/2016 7:21PM The humor's lost on me ** -- WaxHoo 07/13/2016 9:22PM In that case, I'll be sure to stay off your lawn. :-) ** -- Hoodafan 07/13/2016 10:27PM Ha! ** -- Hokie5150 07/13/2016 2:30PM LOL! I see what you did there. ** -- Hoodafan 07/13/2016 1:55PM You know of course that sitting SC Justices have run for POTUS ... ** -- WaxHoo 07/13/2016 1:40PM Hasn't it only been one and he left the court to run? ** -- Stimp 07/13/2016 1:52PM That was Charles Evans Hughes (you didn't know?) :) -- WaxHoo 07/13/2016 2:03PM I did!!! -- Stimp 07/13/2016 2:08PM So it's now officially no longer a useless factoid. Good work Stimp** -- WaxHoo 07/13/2016 2:56PM True, but you would think a presumptive nominee would be civil too. -- HoosWillWin 07/13/2016 12:53PM I don't disagree with you fundamentally, but this is war at this point. -- jdubforwahoowa 07/13/2016 12:59PM She should keep quiet. SCOTUS justices shouldn't comment on elections.** -- Seattle .Hoo 07/13/2016 12:23PM +1! Has a SC Justice ever spoken in such a fashion? Seems outrageous. ** -- Hoodafan 07/13/2016 1:25PM Regularly throughout history -- see article below in response to KC. -- WahooRQ 07/14/2016 09:40AM Yep. She has a voice---on the court. ** -- Shenhoo 07/13/2016 1:24PM Probably so, but how appalling does a candidate need to be -- 111Balz 07/13/2016 12:40PM Maybe she retires and moves to Canada ** -- Tuckahokie 07/13/2016 1:00PM That obligation never exists unless/until they are ruling on a case ** -- KCHoo 07/13/2016 12:48PM They are citizens and no law prohibits them from speaking as individuals ** -- 111Balz 07/13/2016 1:31PM Correct. she will not be imprisoned. she just has a customary and -- KCHoo 07/13/2016 1:38PM Well I haven't switrched anything, just two different -- 111Balz 07/13/2016 1:59PM How would you feel if Comey came out and said similar about Clinton now? -- Hoodafan 07/13/2016 2:10PM Wow. have you followed any of this? ** -- 111Balz 07/13/2016 8:48PM SMH. ** -- Hoodafan 07/13/2016 10:28PM Yes -- just a judicial thing. ** -- KCHoo 07/13/2016 2:03PM Not really a judicial thing in terms of historical practices though... -- WahooRQ 07/13/2016 7:24PM SMH. ** -- Hoodafan 07/13/2016 1:34PM And with Mr. Scalia passed and a seat open, especially this campaign -- jdubforwahoowa 07/13/2016 12:33PM You weren't kidding when you said you just started paying attention to -- VAGentleman05 07/13/2016 10:16PM He's trying. The Senate is recalcitrant. If I'm the Democrats I make this a -- Seattle .Hoo 07/13/2016 1:18PM I dont understand the R's strategy in the Senate. They arent all in on -- TpkeHoo 07/13/2016 2:48PM The individuals think it helps them more in future elections to obstruct -- KCHoo 07/13/2016 3:02PM Bingo. And it's a damn shame. ** -- VAGentleman05 07/13/2016 10:28PM Exactly. Failed state of a party. Anyone who votes for Obama's nominee -- WahooRQ 07/13/2016 10:24PM You nailed it. Virtue signalling is about all Congress has left. ** -- Toolie92 07/13/2016 7:52PM Playing Devil's advocate, you are about 1000% correct to that degree. -- jdubforwahoowa 07/13/2016 2:23PM It was very inappropriate IMO. And she may have made it so she would -- KCHoo 07/13/2016 12:29PM You know you have effed up if you get called out by -- nyhoo 07/13/2016 2:02PM +1 ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/13/2016 2:54PM Psst. You're off base here (see my exchange with Stimp, above)** -- WaxHoo 07/13/2016 3:13PM (okay) (i'm good) -- jdubforwahoowa 07/13/2016 3:31PM Naw. Just another tempest in a teapot ** -- WaxHoo 07/13/2016 3:53PM Tempest was one of my 2 or 3 favorite games hanging and banging back -- jdubforwahoowa 07/14/2016 09:03AM SCOTUS justices are their own final arbiters. -- DanTheFan 07/13/2016 1:21PM They are bound by the same ethical rules. really no defense to this. ** -- KCHoo 07/13/2016 1:29PM I shouldn't have said bound. Guided is more accurate for them -- KCHoo 07/13/2016 6:14PM Really? Then how to explain sitting justices running for POTUS & -- WaxHoo 07/13/2016 3:55PM So you changed it to other offices once it was clear what you had googled -- KCHoo 07/13/2016 4:14PM Too sanctimonious by a mile KC (SCOTUS blog link) -- WaxHoo 07/13/2016 9:19PM +1 ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/13/2016 12:34PM George Clooney approves of her comments. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/13/2016 12:16PM Do it drop the money over my neighborhood? ** -- Wahoo Ron 07/13/2016 2:56PM You mean what W did? You do understand that no helicopters are involved ** -- 111Balz 07/13/2016 12:34PM As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly. ** -- KCHoo 07/13/2016 12:49PM One of top sitcom episodes ever ** -- Mad Bowl Hoo 07/13/2016 12:59PM Agree; a classic ** -- 111Balz 07/13/2016 1:33PM Well, aside from it being voted on by elected officials as part of the... -- EAPo 07/13/2016 11:51AM Not necessarily. -- Stimp 07/13/2016 11:58AM All that technical explanation just obscures the fact that... -- EAPo 07/13/2016 12:00PM Sounds like an expanded SNAP program ** -- Tuckahokie 07/13/2016 11:52AM YES! For EVERYONE! Is that what we've devolved to? Everyone living off... -- EAPo 07/13/2016 12:02PM As JohnHoo2 points out, it's more like the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 -- NJHoo 07/13/2016 11:59AM I think he's talking about the earlier ones by W circa '04 or so where they -- Hoodafan 07/13/2016 12:09PM As people have said, it only works if it is spent ** -- 111Balz 07/13/2016 12:38PM It doesn't even work then -- Stimp 07/13/2016 12:40PM Infrastructure spending is the only thing that makes sense -- KCHoo 07/13/2016 10:43PM NJ is correct. Checks went out generally summer of '08 ** -- Stimp 07/13/2016 12:14PM Time doesn't fly when you're not having fun in an Obama world? I thought -- Hoodafan 07/13/2016 1:12PM Isn't this basically what was done when we had couple hundred dollars of -- JohnHoo2 07/13/2016 11:34AM This does seem identical to the Bush 2008 tax rebate program -- Toolie92 07/13/2016 6:50PM W's initial stimulus ** -- 111Balz 07/13/2016 12:35PM Re: Isn't this basically what was done when we had couple hundred dollars of -- NJHoo 07/13/2016 11:55AM I posted an article here that indicated... -- Stimp 07/13/2016 12:01PM And what was spent perhaps bought stuff that was....made in China. -- Late 80s Hokie 07/13/2016 12:16PM AND, all of which leaves ASIDE the fact that what they are trying to do... -- EAPo 07/13/2016 12:24PM The idea is about stimulating real growth, not inflation ** -- 111Balz 07/13/2016 12:37PM You are obviously not a fed follower. It is explicitly what they are... -- EAPo 07/13/2016 2:12PM Their mission has been about controlling inflation -- 111Balz 07/13/2016 8:52PM We have two serial liars from the major parties, and two political moderate -- GoochlandHoo 07/13/2016 2:23PM It would be funny if it were not true ** -- hoothat 07/13/2016 10:40PM He does not care about truth at all, just promoting his brand -- 111Balz 07/13/2016 10:55AM Not a fan of Trump -- hoothat 07/13/2016 11:12AM Trump "University" ** -- Hoocinogenic 07/13/2016 1:03PM Hillary actually knows issues and policy for starters. -- SixerHoo 07/13/2016 11:49AM LoL -- hoothat 07/13/2016 4:47PM That's politics, Radar. I didn't say she was consistent, but she does know -- SixerHoo 07/13/2016 5:19PM I wasn't saying Trump wasn't a huckster -- hoothat 07/13/2016 8:19PM Well she know zero about national security for starters -- Charleston Cav 07/13/2016 12:33PM But Trump knows ISIS "better than the generals."** -- SixerHoo 07/13/2016 4:28PM True, she doesn't know the first thing about building a wall ** -- cvilleHOOrat 07/13/2016 12:47PM Since she graduated from college -- DanTheFan 07/13/2016 11:42AM How do you do it? -- hoothat 07/13/2016 4:39PM The answer: Compensating for his small ....... hands. ** -- WahooRQ 07/13/2016 11:47AM Younger women and older whiskey...is that a problem? :>) ** -- Tuckahokie 07/13/2016 11:45AM The main difference...Trump does not lie to Congress (at least not yet) ** -- Tuckahokie 07/13/2016 11:16AM He's practicing on the American people first. ** -- SixerHoo 07/13/2016 11:51AM That'll take about a nanosecond ** -- WaxHoo 07/13/2016 11:17AM (laughing my ass off currently) I agree! ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/13/2016 11:25AM Man, you two have really hit it off ** -- HoosGuy 07/13/2016 11:54AM Some of my best friends are wingnuts -- WaxHoo 07/13/2016 2:58PM Yeah, I may be need to ease back off it. I am already spoken for. :-) ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/13/2016 12:08PM But then again, that person identifies as a liberal hippy Dem. LOL -- jdubforwahoowa 07/13/2016 12:11PM The last 3 Q Ohio polls have are Trump +4, tied, and tied. -- Shenhoo 07/13/2016 2:22PM NBC/Marist puts HRC up 9 pts in PA Poll- July 5-10 ** -- TpkeHoo 07/13/2016 1:11PM We have some traditional R leaning voters that really need to do -- TomKazanski 07/13/2016 12:20PM That means 23% of Republicans still have standards. Clearly, you're among -- WaxHoo 07/13/2016 3:05PM A concern. But I would mainly pay attention to 538. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 07/13/2016 12:01PM Here's why I think this one is important -- Stimp 07/13/2016 12:37PM I think the FBI thing leaves her dead in the water. She may not clear 41%** -- WaxHoo 07/13/2016 3:08PM Maybe. Is any poll in July that important? ** -- Seattle .Hoo 07/13/2016 2:23PM Drudge? Did you mean Rasmussen? ** -- Shenhoo 07/13/2016 2:23PM I did ** -- Stimp 07/13/2016 2:24PM Question is, temporary downswing or permanent? I agree this is -- southdenverhoo 07/13/2016 1:06PM Wow -- wahoo138 07/13/2016 10:46AM There will be a sizeable number of voters who stay at home...not sure who -- Tuckahokie 07/13/2016 10:50AM I don't think the Republicans are gonna stay home. Primary numbers -- jdubforwahoowa 07/13/2016 11:02AM Agree. I'm beginning to feel this might be a complete blowout in the GOP's -- WaxHoo 07/13/2016 11:20AM She is nosediving, and I honestly, honestly feel it would have been better -- jdubforwahoowa 07/13/2016 11:27AM Yep. Seems to me, fwiw, the e-mail "outcome" has driven the fatal spike -- WaxHoo 07/13/2016 11:39AM The GOP needs to shelve the latest round of hearings about the e-mails. The -- Tuckahokie 07/13/2016 11:44AM They can't risk the story falling out of the news cycle. Long way to Nov. ** -- Toolie92 07/13/2016 6:59PM Correct, and correct. ** -- WaxHoo 07/13/2016 2:56PM +1000 ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/13/2016 12:08PM Absolutely! Just play the Comey vs Clinton version on a loop. ** -- Hoodafan 07/13/2016 11:46AM +1M Bunch of marooooons. ** -- GoochlandHoo 07/13/2016 2:25PM
OK, roll call. Were you a Greek at UVa or Tech? Simple yes or no suffices -- jdubforwahoowa 07/13/2016 08:39AM Yes ** -- CA Cav 07/13/2016 8:33PM Got a bid. Didn't feel right about asking my folks to pay for so declined. ** -- SixerHoo 07/13/2016 5:30PM Was it Groucho who saw no advantage to joining a group that would have him -- Shenhoo 07/13/2016 12:25PM No. ** -- Late 80s Hokie 07/13/2016 12:05PM Yes. ** -- EAPo 07/13/2016 11:23AM Yes, but at W&M before transferring. Didn't activate once on grounds. ** -- Hoodafan 07/13/2016 10:36AM No. ** -- Toolie92 07/13/2016 10:23AM Hope you are ok with the shout-out. :-) -- jdubforwahoowa 07/13/2016 10:34AM Yes Never intended to but classmates were forming a new house and pulled -- NJHoo 07/13/2016 10:17AM I entered UVa with NO intention of joining a Fraternity. -- jdubforwahoowa 07/13/2016 10:20AM We were chartered in 1959 as I recall... long time ago -- NJHoo 07/13/2016 10:26AM Think my fraternity came to exist on Grounds in the '40s** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/13/2016 10:29AM Nyet ** -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 07/13/2016 10:12AM Nope ** -- Seattle .Hoo 07/13/2016 09:42AM The Greeks don't want no Freaks :>) ** -- Tuckahokie 07/13/2016 10:22AM Ha. I got a couple of offers at Bama, but went to UVA and didn't rush. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 07/13/2016 10:50AM Dang! A guy from UVA getting frat offers at Bama is freakin' impressive. -- VAGentleman05 07/13/2016 10:43PM Good morning. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/13/2016 09:44AM Thanks, mornings are awesome. :) ** -- Seattle .Hoo 07/13/2016 09:47AM Especially when one is not being falsely accused of things. :-) ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/13/2016 10:30AM Yes, it was one of the anti-preppy houses ** -- Hoos Operator 07/13/2016 09:40AM Lasted two months and said this ain't for me. Lotta people in that house.. -- Northbomb 07/13/2016 09:38AM Yes, although house was shut down a few years ago ** -- Mad Bowl Hoo 07/13/2016 09:28AM Yes ** -- TpkeHoo 07/13/2016 09:20AM Was your pledge name "Armpit" or "Blanket"? :) ** -- WahooRQ 07/13/2016 11:04AM According to the master book of fraternities, Jeff Hall is a frat, so Yes. -- HowieT3 07/13/2016 09:10AM No, best friend was, so hang out there from time to time. ** -- JohnHoo2 07/13/2016 09:03AM Yes. Never popped my collar or wore ties to football game though. :) ** -- WahooRQ 07/13/2016 09:00AM Sorry RQ but I have to throw the BS card on this one! But what I didn't -- Hoodafan 07/13/2016 10:26AM LOL, that's been out there for a while. Not gonna say I don't own a pair -- WahooRQ 07/13/2016 11:02AM That was funny. Thanks for posting. Unawares. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/13/2016 11:16AM I am trying to resist responding, but I did do the Coat and Tie at FB games -- jdubforwahoowa 07/13/2016 09:02AM My class killed wearing a coat and tie to class. -- HowieT3 07/13/2016 09:13AM Wasn't that about the time the school fully integrated -- NJHoo 07/13/2016 10:29AM I was there in the mid/late 90's. We actually were good at football then -- WahooRQ 07/13/2016 09:17AM I remember that November 95 game. I'm surprised you have such -- hokeyhokie 07/13/2016 09:49AM During my years, our record was 6-37. We drank a lot. ** -- Hoos Operator 07/13/2016 09:47AM My 1st yr was Welsh's 1st year. Saw the program get built ** -- TpkeHoo 07/13/2016 09:54AM Probably saw some fantastic basketball too. -- WahooRQ 07/13/2016 11:18AM I was at the October NC State game '82 as a HS senior. -- jdubforwahoowa 07/13/2016 10:25AM I remember that. 2 years later they asked "Hey Chris Wasburn, how do you -- TpkeHoo 07/13/2016 10:30AM They were truly cooking in the '80s IIRC. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/13/2016 10:31AM My first year, it wasn't just an "Old-Boy School", -- HowieT3 07/13/2016 09:31AM Now its among the least state-supported public schools in the US** -- TpkeHoo 07/13/2016 09:56AM ...and now you're just an old boy. -- Hoos Operator 07/13/2016 09:42AM Nope, although hung out a lot with friends at one or two ** -- 111Balz 07/13/2016 08:55AM So you're the guy who mooched the grain-punch from our tent at Mad Bowl. ** -- Hoos Operator 07/13/2016 09:44AM That was me! ** -- 111Balz 07/13/2016 09:57AM Were you able to run away or did you have to crawl? :-) ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/13/2016 10:35AM I danced away! Or maybe that was an unintentional gator ** -- 111Balz 07/13/2016 10:56AM Haha, gotcha my man. Definitely remember some personal misadventures -- jdubforwahoowa 07/13/2016 11:00AM I was there for the 73,74,75,76, and came back for 77 Easters -- 111Balz 07/13/2016 11:05AM I was year after final restrained Easters '82 in Colonades. -- jdubforwahoowa 07/13/2016 11:19AM Nai ** -- Tuckahokie 07/13/2016 08:50AM ^^^Greek for Yes^^^ ** -- Tuckahokie 07/13/2016 10:22AM No. ** -- Hokie5150 07/13/2016 08:41AM Yes. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/13/2016 08:40AM "Tell us again about the days of wooden ships and iron men, Chief."** -- HowieT3 07/13/2016 09:06AM Time for "Italian War Hero's" jokes ** -- Hoogle.com 07/13/2016 08:28AM VP is an irrelevant distraction. They don't do anything ** -- hokeyhokie 07/13/2016 08:35AM Dick Cheney might disagree -- DanTheFan 07/13/2016 09:26AM Yep. Dubya was essentially "President Junior Soprano." ** -- WahooRQ 07/13/2016 09:32AM Considering that the VP could realistically become President at any time, -- Hokie5150 07/13/2016 09:15AM Exactly. Plus, the last 3 VPs have had considerable roles in the WH ** -- VAGentleman05 07/13/2016 09:24AM Cheney was the ipso facto POTUS from '00-'08. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/13/2016 09:26AM I will respectfully disagree for Trump in the campaign season. -- jdubforwahoowa 07/13/2016 08:42AM Any candidate who has to make a big deal about their VP or staff is a huge -- hokeyhokie 07/13/2016 08:55AM I respectully agree with your assertion, there. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/13/2016 08:57AM I agree especially with Trumps lack of any experience -- AlexHoo 07/13/2016 07:37AM I don't buy the story. Who pleads guilty to crack cocaine for bread crumbs? ** -- hokeyhokie 07/13/2016 08:04AM People have confessed to murders they could not have committed ** -- Toolie92 07/13/2016 10:19AM Even if it was crack cocaine, she shouldn't lose her life over it ** -- cvilleHOOrat 07/13/2016 07:06AM It really is tragic -- HoosGuy 07/12/2016 7:46PM Note to self. I better vacuum my vehicle this weekend ** -- TpkeHoo 07/12/2016 7:29PM We have a person here - last name is "Null" -- FfxStationHokie 07/13/2016 09:37AM Humor is a foreign concept to most on this board. -- jdubforwahoowa 07/12/2016 8:18PM Who's the asshole that built the table and set -- HokieDan95 07/12/2016 6:59PM Reminds me when we did all our work on Unix systems -- NJHoo 07/12/2016 8:12PM I worked for a company where the admin password on a major server was "1" ** -- HokieDan95 07/12/2016 9:13PM I've got the same combination on my luggage. ** -- Stimp 07/13/2016 08:23AM You worked for the Clinton Foundation? ** -- cvilleHOOrat 07/13/2016 07:32AM No, Virginia Teck. I'm just surprised it wasn't a 7 for their most notable -- WahooRQ 07/13/2016 08:13AM Obama in Dallas: “Pain comes at night. But joy comes in the morning. ** -- jackethoo 07/12/2016 5:26PM I thought GWB did a nice job. ** -- DanTheFan 07/12/2016 9:30PM Far better than nice. Eloquent, moving; W at his best. ** -- WaxHoo 07/13/2016 08:45AM Stop making me like you! ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/13/2016 09:29AM They both offered great words today. ** -- VAGentleman05 07/12/2016 9:50PM I won't go beyond this about W but to say -- jdubforwahoowa 07/13/2016 06:21AM Could this possibly be a turning point to the positive for the nation? -- WaxHoo 07/13/2016 08:47AM No. Bush and Obama aren't the problem. They've always been able to appear -- VAGentleman05 07/13/2016 09:23AM Actually I'm hopeful we've reached a point where they can drive the -- WaxHoo 07/13/2016 09:46AM You are the bucket of cold water on my post. That being said, you -- jdubforwahoowa 07/13/2016 09:25AM I'd like to be wrong, but HW and Clinton have worked together a lot in the -- VAGentleman05 07/13/2016 10:06AM Unfortunately. Having said that, notice the respectful tone and restraint -- WaxHoo 07/13/2016 09:50AM Yes. And btw, Col Mustard did it in the Conservatory with the Candlestick. -- jdubforwahoowa 07/13/2016 10:37AM Y'er not. Don't quit your day job, presuming you have one. -- WaxHoo 07/13/2016 11:23AM I post 90% of my Sabre and Soapbox posts whilst at work, so you -- jdubforwahoowa 07/13/2016 11:34AM So, hoo should hear those two Magic Words? ** -- WaxHoo 07/13/2016 11:42AM Me, Me, ME! ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/13/2016 12:14PM Nope ** -- cvilleHOOrat 07/13/2016 09:20AM That is my observation and hope. W said he retired from the public eye -- jdubforwahoowa 07/13/2016 08:56AM Psalm 30 ** -- VAGentleman05 07/12/2016 5:31PM TB used the same saying after the Elite 8 loss ** -- cvilleHOOrat 07/13/2016 07:33AM Yes, I noticed that as well. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/13/2016 07:59AM Trump's just annoyed. -- DanTheFan 07/12/2016 7:28PM Sanders knows this could turn into Weekend at Bernie's really quick -- ryno hoo 07/12/2016 5:59PM LOL! I actually thought that was pretty witty. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 07/12/2016 5:25PM Certainly one of his better lines. ** -- LAHOOters 07/12/2016 5:49PM I will say this. I am down 100% with Drudge's blurb -- jdubforwahoowa 07/13/2016 06:43AM I like your refreshing honesty. And just so you know, I'm not a Hillary -- Shenhoo 07/13/2016 09:00AM I am aware.I think(hope) you know I was picking back a little when you went -- jdubforwahoowa 07/13/2016 09:07AM Tell them to keep it up, because its working.......drudge reached billion -- TomKazanski 07/12/2016 4:53PM *** -- WaxHoo 07/12/2016 8:42PM My goto every morning. Before CNN or FoxNews if I go to either on of those -- jdubforwahoowa 07/12/2016 4:57PM Awwww, no. Really? ** -- WaxHoo 07/12/2016 8:44PM Good morning, Bees Knees, yes, faithfully -- jdubforwahoowa 07/13/2016 06:48AM Mostly -- WaxHoo 07/13/2016 11:26AM Top be sure---the Drudge, Hannity, and Breitbart wing dominates -- Shenhoo 07/12/2016 5:11PM Shen, you've got your head way out over the tips of your skis here. -- WaxHoo 07/13/2016 06:51AM Wax, please remove tongue from said cheek! -- jdubforwahoowa 07/13/2016 08:28AM But you just posted what appeared to be an article or quotes -- thor9hammer 07/12/2016 11:39PM Io, Thor. Good to see you posting again. ** -- WaxHoo 07/13/2016 11:24AM Keep telling yourself that, Mr. Clooney. -- jdubforwahoowa 07/12/2016 7:45PM Seriously? ** -- 111Balz 07/12/2016 9:56PM I mean you are aware that Hilary has not -- jdubforwahoowa 07/13/2016 06:29AM I am making no prediction about this election; just commenting -- 111Balz 07/13/2016 07:09AM Fair, I stand by that particular post 110%. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/13/2016 07:59AM .....sucker born every minute...** -- 111Balz 07/12/2016 6:29PM Buddy, you are hilarious -- hoothat 07/12/2016 7:54PM I'm not your buddy ** -- 111Balz 07/12/2016 9:53PM I'm not your buddy, pal! ** -- dajoka004 07/12/2016 10:58PM I'm just not that into ... -- WaxHoo 07/13/2016 11:31AM I'm not your guy, friend.** -- hoothat 07/13/2016 02:17AM OK thats twice today South Park has been referenced ** -- cvilleHOOrat 07/13/2016 07:35AM Seems dumb. they had those things long before the EU existed ** -- KCHoo 07/12/2016 3:31PM Getting very nervous at the Capital One HQ ** -- Tuckahokie 07/12/2016 3:27PM Twin Hickory real estate agents interested in outcome also** -- Mad Bowl Hoo 07/12/2016 5:15PM Ha. I worked for them when they were Signet Bank and they still have the -- hokeyhokie 07/12/2016 3:32PM What an anti-immigrant xenophobe -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 07/12/2016 2:03PM They aren't the right kind of immigrant -- WAH00WA 07/12/2016 3:57PM And aren't a reliable Democrat voting bloc ** -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 07/12/2016 3:59PM You want to improve the relationship between the police and the citizens -- hooshouse 07/12/2016 12:14PM If you were a cop policing a protest in which the protesters all had rifles -- bballbill 07/12/2016 3:22PM Right. That would offend the omniscient Murder Lobby. Wouldn't want to do -- WaxHoo 07/12/2016 3:30PM Planned Parenthood would be angry? ** -- Tuckahokie 07/12/2016 3:32PM Only if you spell their name N.R.A. ** -- WaxHoo 07/12/2016 4:46PM Dumbest post ever. ** -- Hokieesith 07/12/2016 7:03PM You mean because he stayed on point? ** -- 111Balz 07/12/2016 10:10PM Murder Lobby? That implies that the gun rights groups main objective is to -- Tuckahokie 07/13/2016 06:30AM PP does a lot of things, abortions being one small part -- 111Balz 07/13/2016 07:14AM "The NRA fights any effort to reduce murder by gun" -- Cold Hoober Hoo 07/13/2016 07:54AM Okay, there's one. Stronger determent seemed to have -- 111Balz 07/13/2016 08:39AM What is the purpose of a gun? ** -- Hoocinogenic 07/13/2016 06:46AM To put holes in human beings, as Vonnegut put it ** -- cvilleHOOrat 07/13/2016 08:34AM To murder people (with an emphasis on poor people) ** -- Tuckahokie 07/13/2016 07:07AM To kill...and it seems that more poor people get killed by guns -- 111Balz 07/13/2016 07:15AM How hokie. ** -- Hoocinogenic 07/12/2016 4:22PM How cavalier** -- Tuckahokie 07/12/2016 4:40PM How fucking pointless, just another attempted deflection ** -- 111Balz 07/12/2016 10:09PM That second point is a huge one. Both of the killed last week -- 111Balz 07/12/2016 2:04PM Nice try- The convicted felon in Baton Rouge had an illegal gun -- TpkeHoo 07/12/2016 3:23PM That being said, why didn't the 2 cops call for backup before taking him on ** -- WaxHoo 07/12/2016 6:22PM You know he was shot multiple times while pinned to the ground and lying on -- WahooRQ 07/12/2016 3:39PM Umm -- hoothat 07/12/2016 8:32PM Do you ever have a point? ** -- WahooRQ 07/13/2016 08:14AM ... ** -- hoothat 07/13/2016 11:06AM Did I say anything objectionable or untrue in response to a poster's claim -- TpkeHoo 07/12/2016 4:17PM "Probably why he resisted because he knew he was going back in" -- WahooRQ 07/12/2016 4:26PM RQ you might want to read this. Link inside -- Cold Hoober Hoo 07/13/2016 08:02AM Why is the reaction always to prove the shooting victim wasn't a saint? -- WahooRQ 07/13/2016 08:11AM My link wasn't to say this guy was or wasn't a saint. -- Cold Hoober Hoo 07/13/2016 10:12AM If he was "subdued", what why was the other officer (not the shooter) -- Hokie5150 07/12/2016 5:01PM It's amazing how quickly you guys turn from 2nd and 4th amendment advocates -- WahooRQ 07/12/2016 5:10PM If you were a game of thrones character (since I know you watch the show) -- HoosGuy 07/13/2016 09:55AM Looks like you know the whole story. ** -- Hokieesith 07/12/2016 7:01PM If I'm carrying and go for my gun, yeah...I expect to be shot. In the case -- Hokie5150 07/12/2016 5:56PM Did he resist? Or did he simply submit? Cmon. Facts matter -- TpkeHoo 07/12/2016 4:29PM Was he or was he not going for his gun? ** -- Hokie5150 07/12/2016 3:54PM Nothing I've seen or read indicates that he was and the gun was still in -- WahooRQ 07/12/2016 3:58PM Granted this is only the cops version. Link -- Cold Hoober Hoo 07/12/2016 4:04PM Balz said the gun was legal which is incorrect. -- 25Charlie 07/12/2016 3:48PM It wasn't in his hand and the cops had no idea if it was licensed or not. -- WahooRQ 07/12/2016 3:51PM Balz said he legally owned a gun. Not true. You can stand up for your boy -- TpkeHoo 07/12/2016 4:33PM I will submit that I was wrong. Did you see the fucking video? ** -- 111Balz 07/12/2016 6:23PM Yes. And did I offer any opinion one way or the other on the justification -- TpkeHoo 07/12/2016 7:08PM Yes maybe new facts or videos will merge which will again -- 111Balz 07/12/2016 10:00PM Let's submit that Balz was wrong. Did you see the fucking video? -- southdenverhoo 07/12/2016 6:17PM SDH you are probably the most reasonable lefty on this board. But like the -- TpkeHoo 07/12/2016 7:22PM " Probably why he resisted because he knew he was going back in " -- 111Balz 07/12/2016 10:02PM Total speculation. I can't imagine resisting arrest but that's on me** -- TpkeHoo 07/13/2016 01:12AM Good post. It really is amazing how people create facts to -- Hokie5150 07/12/2016 7:59PM Did you see in the video whether or not he was going for his gun? -- Hokie5150 07/12/2016 7:18PM A great big disenfranchised "+1" to that. -- WahooRQ 07/12/2016 6:55PM For christ sake RQ, you are a damn lawyer. You can't -- Cold Hoober Hoo 07/12/2016 7:42PM You're missing my point, probably his too ** -- 111Balz 07/12/2016 10:07PM You made your point very clear on this when you stated Darren Wilson wasn't -- Cold Hoober Hoo 07/12/2016 10:21PM Ya know, you almost got my point there; instead , whoooosh ** -- 111Balz 07/12/2016 10:25PM And let me add, what happened to Sterling was without a -- Cold Hoober Hoo 07/12/2016 8:00PM Guilty or innocent? That's for a jury. What was crystal clear from the -- WahooRQ 07/12/2016 7:56PM If a cop has to use lethal force, they shoot to kill in in order -- Hokie5150 07/13/2016 05:30AM One thing I'll disagree with is I don't think the cops had -- Cold Hoober Hoo 07/12/2016 8:16PM You feel the same way about guns as I do. To me, if a felon had a gun -- KCHoo 07/12/2016 8:15PM If he had been "waiving his gun around" while the cops were trying to -- WahooRQ 07/12/2016 8:38PM How many white guys can you name who have been shot by cops -- KCHoo 07/12/2016 8:45PM +1 ** -- Hokie5150 07/12/2016 7:52PM Was he going for his gun, though? ** -- Hokie5150 07/12/2016 3:58PM Which is why I cringe when I hear people say that "we could have -- HoosWillWin 07/12/2016 2:16PM The guy from Baton Rouge was a multi time -- Cold Hoober Hoo 07/12/2016 2:13PM I heard a number of news reports talking about open carry law and that -- LAHOOters 07/12/2016 2:18PM Did the officers know that when they engaged him? -- Fuzzy Dunlop 07/12/2016 2:18PM The reason for the call was a homeless man called 911 -- Cold Hoober Hoo 07/12/2016 2:34PM An illegal gun is a reason to arrest someone; not to shoot him -- 111Balz 07/12/2016 2:49PM Agree, but (and I think you will agree) fighting a cop when you have a gun -- KCHoo 07/12/2016 3:23PM I could not agree more. Possesing a gun may have killed him -- 111Balz 07/12/2016 10:05PM That case is going to hinge on details not yet confirmed ** -- Toolie92 07/12/2016 3:28PM I agree with everything in that post, always have. I was -- Cold Hoober Hoo 07/12/2016 3:11PM Transparency too. Studies of racial bias rely on voluntary data from PDs.. -- Toolie92 07/12/2016 1:37PM It's harder than ever to collect accurate data -- 757 07/12/2016 3:08PM Culpepper. 29. I will never spend another penny in that city. -- HoosWillWin 07/12/2016 12:43PM Slow down ** -- hokeyhokie 07/12/2016 12:45PM What...does...a...yellow....light....mean? ** -- Stimp 07/12/2016 2:50PM Slow Down! ** -- HowieT3 07/12/2016 4:49PM Exactly. I go 100 kph (62.5 mph) in the 55 zones and -- HowieT3 07/12/2016 1:12PM I was going 63 in a 55 when I got mine in Culpepper -- Faz d. Hoo 07/12/2016 1:49PM I'm hard-pressed to remember the last time we had 60 consecutive days ... -- HowieT3 07/12/2016 2:33PM 29 is odd. One min you feel like you're on an interstate. -- jackethoo 07/12/2016 2:58PM I always describe it to folks as you get to go 55 between the lights. -- HowieT3 07/12/2016 4:48PM My college roommate, one of my kids and I all got tickets in the -- HoosWillWin 07/12/2016 2:10PM I thought those were State Police that set up in Culpepper. ** -- LAHOOters 07/12/2016 2:25PM I've always seen the State Police near Culpepper and the Greene Sheriff ... -- HowieT3 07/12/2016 2:38PM Over 30 yrs driving and no speeding tickets here ** -- hokeyhokie 07/12/2016 1:16PM Get out of my way!! ** -- LAHOOters 07/12/2016 1:20PM It would probably help, also -- Beerman 07/12/2016 12:25PM Any idea how often unjustified shootings go unpunished? ** -- Hokie5150 07/12/2016 1:21PM Is hard to say. That's the point -- Beerman 07/12/2016 2:44PM The focus should be on unjustified shootings, not just shootings. more -- Mad Bowl Hoo 07/12/2016 1:40PM Interestingly, according to this NY Times article, police -- BocaHoo91 07/12/2016 2:25PM Study is based on a small set of depts that volunteered data, like Dallas -- Toolie92 07/12/2016 3:24PM It seems that problem policing may be localized -- NJHoo 07/12/2016 2:50PM True...it's on this point that I think the BLM movement muddies the -- Hokie5150 07/12/2016 1:59PM I got two things from the Ferguson DOJ report -- Toolie92 07/12/2016 3:41PM Wilson may well have been part of that system, but no evidence -- Hokie5150 07/12/2016 4:49PM Not sure his arrest data was ever disclosed -- Toolie92 07/12/2016 5:20PM Good point. ** -- hooshouse 07/12/2016 12:51PM Amateur video has really blown this aspect up -- Toolie92 07/12/2016 12:39PM Deleted** -- HokieDan95 07/12/2016 2:05PM What I often see in these videos is an officer trying to arrest someone and -- hokeyhokie 07/12/2016 12:46PM The perp shouldn't be shot unless the police are legitimately in fear of -- KCHoo 07/12/2016 12:53PM If a perp is fighting back, that is dangerous. What should happen? -- hokeyhokie 07/12/2016 1:08PM They are trained to subdue without killing. most of them do it routinely -- KCHoo 07/12/2016 1:14PM In a fight between an a "armed" person and an "unarmed" one, both must -- Hokie5150 07/12/2016 1:30PM This is circular. basically you are suggesting that anytime -- KCHoo 07/12/2016 3:14PM I'm simply saying the term "unarmed" is a misnomer if one is fighting a -- Hokie5150 07/12/2016 3:40PM Maybe we are looking at different videos ** -- Toolie92 07/12/2016 1:09PM Alright, I'm talking about a specific scenario. The police are trying to -- hokeyhokie 07/12/2016 1:14PM Follow their training. Do not lose their temper. Do not punish. ** -- Toolie92 07/12/2016 1:19PM I'm asking because I don't know, what does their training say to do -- hokeyhokie 07/12/2016 3:30PM Lethal force as the very last and beyond that course of action. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/12/2016 1:20PM I think you're being too kind WRT your point about there not seeming to -- BocaHoo91 07/12/2016 12:38PM That institutional stuff is institutional in so many professions, and even -- GoochlandHoo 07/12/2016 4:10PM TBH, I think it's well over 1% too. A lot of great public servants are -- WahooRQ 07/12/2016 1:14PM Fair enough and I agree. I do think you have a large number of police -- BocaHoo91 07/12/2016 1:39PM That's more a problem with initial reporting. The media goes full bore -- LAHOOters 07/12/2016 12:33PM Possible. But -- Beerman 07/12/2016 12:43PM Re: That's more a problem with initial reporting. The media goes full bore -- Beerman 07/12/2016 12:39PM Charleston cop was arrested. I think his -- Cold Hoober Hoo 07/12/2016 1:50PM Re: Charleston cop was arrested. I think his -- Beerman 07/12/2016 2:46PM It is both. no doubt it is very hard to prosecute a cop. ** -- KCHoo 07/12/2016 12:36PM I wont deny that fact either. ** -- LAHOOters 07/12/2016 12:37PM Any extenuating circumstances as it applies to the background of the perp -- jdubforwahoowa 07/12/2016 12:55PM Revenue generation has become too big a part of their job ** -- TpkeHoo 07/12/2016 12:24PM Especially in the waning days of a given month. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/12/2016 12:31PM That’s certainly not exclusive to black neighborhoods though. ** -- LAHOOters 07/12/2016 12:37PM True, but it reinforces a distrust that's been at play for decades. Police -- hooshouse 07/12/2016 12:56PM I don't think pretextual "DWB" stops have much to do with revenue. More -- WahooRQ 07/12/2016 1:24PM So what's the solution. If cops are stopping -- Cold Hoober Hoo 07/12/2016 1:59PM BLM and those groups don't want to solve -- Cold Hoober Hoo 07/12/2016 12:22PM Right. Black people want crime-ridden neighborhoods. -- SixerHoo 07/12/2016 1:41PM Perhaps you can give a reasonable explanation -- Cold Hoober Hoo 07/12/2016 2:09PM I can give a reasonable explanation for why you are posting this -- SixerHoo 07/12/2016 2:36PM Maybe that last part was unjust. Black leaders don't want -- Cold Hoober Hoo 07/12/2016 3:44PM Maybe they feel they stand a better chance of success if they try to -- HowieT3 07/12/2016 1:06PM Has anyone other than the girlfriend confirmed -- Cold Hoober Hoo 07/12/2016 1:40PM Minneapolis Star Tribune says so -- Fuzzy Dunlop 07/12/2016 1:44PM And honestly, unless he had the gun in his hand, it does not matter -- 111Balz 07/12/2016 2:06PM There have been reports and a still screen shot from the -- Cold Hoober Hoo 07/12/2016 2:21PM Maybe we can agree that the officer was, at the moment, fearful for his -- jdubforwahoowa 07/12/2016 2:47PM If Castile had his weapon holstered the entire time and -- Cold Hoober Hoo 07/12/2016 3:27PM Was that cop wearing a camera? ** -- LAHOOters 07/12/2016 2:13PM That's not their focus -- Fuzzy Dunlop 07/12/2016 12:41PM Mark is a very good writer... -- Moneyshot 07/12/2016 12:08PM The sad legacy of Johnson's Great Society. ** -- Tuckahokie 07/12/2016 1:31PM No. The projects go back much earlier. -- DanTheFan 07/12/2016 2:21PM I am referring to much more than just the projects ** -- Tuckahokie 07/12/2016 3:26PM Housing projects and welfare are designed to keep poor people subservient -- 25Charlie 07/12/2016 4:24PM And the Richmond government did abandon them -- Fuzzy Dunlop 07/12/2016 2:52PM Yes. It is a complex and sad history. ** -- DanTheFan 07/12/2016 6:30PM Donald will pick someone he likes; not out of political calculation -- Quaker 07/12/2016 12:11PM Dont sleep on Lt. General Flynn (link). Impressive. -- WaxHoo 07/12/2016 11:54AM Failed the litmus test. And Trump says he needs no help on military stuff. -- Toolie92 07/12/2016 12:05PM "I know ISIS better than the generals. Believe me." ** -- SixerHoo 07/12/2016 12:41PM Touche' ** -- WaxHoo 07/12/2016 1:11PM But wait! Ya never know what Trump's gonna do.** -- WaxHoo 07/12/2016 12:08PM Would LOVE to see him utter those magic words to you! -- jdubforwahoowa 07/12/2016 12:27PM You're fired! (?) -- WaxHoo 07/12/2016 12:39PM You got the magic words right and then you would say I would -- jdubforwahoowa 07/12/2016 12:41PM Brady. Tom Brady. ** -- SchmHoo 07/12/2016 11:53AM He would have to sit out the Inauguration until March 1st. -- jdubforwahoowa 07/12/2016 12:42PM He will try to double down on the anti BLM feelings among his audience -- KCHoo 07/12/2016 11:49AM Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! ** -- TpkeHoo 07/12/2016 12:18PM McChrystal issued a pre-emptive "no" today ** -- Fuzzy Dunlop 07/12/2016 11:27AM "Who am I? Why am I here?" -Ret. Adm. Stockdale, 1992 ** -- Toolie92 07/12/2016 12:15PM Didn't Ernst recently tell him no? The papers made it seem ... -- HowieT3 07/12/2016 11:02AM His good friend Oprah...just to shake things up even further ** -- Tuckahokie 07/12/2016 10:59AM Rosie O'Donnell! Trump the uniter. ** -- Hoodafan 07/12/2016 11:13AM Another candidate promising to hand out free stuff! ** -- Mad Bowl Hoo 07/12/2016 11:00AM As with Obama's SC pick, it should be someone with good credential but has -- JohnHoo2 07/12/2016 10:03AM Flava Flav. Tweet announcimg says "I love the blacks." ** -- WahooRQ 07/12/2016 09:49AM Michele Bachmann ** -- FfxStationHokie 07/12/2016 09:37AM That would at least get my sweetheart, Kirsten Wiig back on SNL -- jdubforwahoowa 07/12/2016 09:40AM I really don't care for Newt, but that would be a logical pick if you -- Hoodafan 07/12/2016 09:29AM Ernst has already said no thanks. ** -- SixerHoo 07/12/2016 09:23AM Ivanka ** -- hokeyhokie 07/12/2016 09:19AM I don't agree with you often, but I do here. -- jdubforwahoowa 07/12/2016 09:16AM Is "qualified" one of the criteria on Trump's list? -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 07/12/2016 09:18AM I believe, "believe" he understands that he needs a qualified individual -- jdubforwahoowa 07/12/2016 09:20AM Or if resigns one day after inauguration, having been able to now -- Mad Bowl Hoo 07/12/2016 09:22AM Come to think of it -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 07/12/2016 10:23AM True! But maybe not if he goes with Bachman or Flava Flav. ** -- Hoodafan 07/12/2016 10:33AM BOOOYYYEEEEE! ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/12/2016 10:42AM He's been championing small government since the days of "911 is a Joke." -- WahooRQ 07/12/2016 11:11AM Good Pull! I have Public Enemy in my Top 5 Echelon of Favorite Groups -- jdubforwahoowa 07/12/2016 11:28AM RQ's rap name...Flava-less Flav :>) ** -- Tuckahokie 07/12/2016 11:15AM No way, man. It's Wahoo RCube. ** -- WahooRQ 07/12/2016 11:18AM *edit* Must have been a Good Day** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/12/2016 11:28AM +1 :-) ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/12/2016 10:25AM I could see Trump going all Eric Cartman. -- Hoodafan 07/12/2016 09:38AM Or Kramer.....'That's it, I'M OUT!' ** -- Mad Bowl Hoo 07/12/2016 10:00AM Respect my authorataa ** -- cvilleHOOrat 07/12/2016 09:47AM And Ma, bake me a pie! ** -- Mad Bowl Hoo 07/12/2016 09:41AM And bring me some Cheesie Poofs! (The voice is in my head now.)** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/12/2016 09:42AM The day after he says,(with mirror shades on) Respect my Authority! ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/12/2016 09:39AM I'm sure China will care as much as the USA would ** -- hokeyhokie 07/12/2016 08:52AM They are in a tough solution -- Faz d. Hoo 07/12/2016 12:24PM Congress leaks classified data all the time -- Toolie92 07/12/2016 12:55PM Time to put Clapper in the dock. Clearly a menace to the country. -- Toolie92 07/12/2016 12:11PM Insanity reaches ever higher. Now Ryan flunks the sanity test. -- Lazarus 07/12/2016 08:59AM Sorry, Laz. Ryan has a point (& you know how much I luv Ryan). HRC has -- WaxHoo 07/12/2016 09:55AM Hillary did not commit perjury. ** -- DanTheFan 07/12/2016 6:29PM If only we could apply those standards to Congressmen themselves -- Toolie92 07/12/2016 12:18PM At least you, unlike the libertarians, acknowledge you're an anarchist. ** -- HowieT3 07/12/2016 11:00AM Violent agreement again, Candlestick? ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/12/2016 10:04AM This is happening much too often. -- WaxHoo 07/12/2016 10:32AM Whooooossssshhhh ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/12/2016 10:35AM I personally do not like Ryan or his daddy, Romney. -- jdubforwahoowa 07/12/2016 09:03AM Presume that's rhetorical. The answer to that question is self evident. -- WaxHoo 07/12/2016 08:49AM Hey, Waxie, looking forward to playing with you in the sandbox again today. -- jdubforwahoowa 07/12/2016 08:54AM When Lloyd met Harry. :) -- WahooRQ 07/12/2016 11:14AM Hair(or lack thereof) is wrong on at least one of them . . . ;-) -- jdubforwahoowa 07/12/2016 12:28PM :) ** -- Shenhoo 07/12/2016 09:10AM LOL! Really, LOL. ** -- WaxHoo 07/12/2016 09:00AM Live in Nola and occasionally drive out there -- TheBigEasy 07/11/2016 9:59PM Obama: “I think it’s very hard to untangle the motives of this shooter” -- HokieDan95 07/11/2016 7:40PM CNN seems to be struggling with the question also ** -- LAHOOters 07/11/2016 10:12PM His motives were demonstrated by his actions. ** -- Tuckahokie 07/11/2016 10:10PM Where is Sherlock Holmes when we need him? ** -- Mad Bowl Hoo 07/11/2016 8:59PM At one time there were a few good gobblers posting here. Now just idiots. ** -- Lazarus 07/11/2016 8:46PM Sixer, you're being paged. ** -- Hoodafan 07/11/2016 10:43PM Or you could just listen to the shooter's own words ** -- TpkeHoo 07/11/2016 8:06PM He was in a very stressful situation. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 8:36PM It's not hard to untangle the motives of this President who would prefer to -- Hoos Operator 07/11/2016 7:51PM So that's why he's going to the memorial service for the Dallas cops? ** -- SixerHoo 07/12/2016 09:25AM I do give him credit for attending the service as he should. ** -- Hoos Operator 07/12/2016 10:00AM Perhaps you heard his speech ** -- 111Balz 07/13/2016 07:17AM Anyone still doubt that conservatives control the voting? -- Fuzzy Dunlop 07/12/2016 09:16AM LOL, pathetic post Fuzzy. ** -- Hoos Operator 07/12/2016 10:03AM Let me guess. You believe Obama divided us on race, right?** -- Fuzzy Dunlop 07/12/2016 10:13AM Do you think racial divide is better, worse or the same as '08? I can -- Hoodafan 07/12/2016 10:30AM More in the open, I think. BLM doesn't really have anything to do with -- WahooRQ 07/12/2016 12:28PM Your Atlanta anecdote I think had an echo in Brexit -- Toolie92 07/12/2016 5:04PM The "people not like us" narrative is not owned solely by Trump's base -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 07/12/2016 2:02PM I don't see how the two are mutually exclusive. Skin color shouldn't and -- WahooRQ 07/12/2016 2:19PM Very solid post RQ. And I have to agree with pretty much every bit. Good -- Hoodafan 07/12/2016 1:03PM It's always been there ** -- cvilleHOOrat 07/12/2016 10:37AM Hoo claimed it wasn't? And how is that even relevant? ** -- Hoodafan 07/12/2016 10:59AM It's incredibly insulting to say that he's doing that instead of his job -- Fuzzy Dunlop 07/12/2016 10:33AM I believe Obama has done a poor job leading this country in race relations. -- Hoos Operator 07/12/2016 11:16AM Thank you for the examples -- Fuzzy Dunlop 07/12/2016 11:39AM "Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago." -- Hoos Operator 07/12/2016 12:36PM I see nothing wrong with either of those statements from Obama -- Fuzzy Dunlop 07/12/2016 12:51PM You may be reading too much into that post. I certainly didn't read it as -- Hoodafan 07/12/2016 10:46AM That said, there's a lot I agree with in your post, Hoodafan -- Fuzzy Dunlop 07/12/2016 10:37AM There is a balance -- HoosGuy 07/12/2016 11:05AM +1 from the bleachers, Fuzzy -- jdubforwahoowa 07/12/2016 11:00AM "Blame" is a charged word, but I get your point. Maybe his approach, and -- Hoodafan 07/12/2016 10:58AM Oh that is a stupid comment. Come on, man ** -- 111Balz 07/12/2016 07:47AM Sixer, hey Sixer. You out there buddy? ** -- Hoodafan 07/12/2016 08:03AM Uh, yeah. How may I be of service? ** -- SixerHoo 07/12/2016 08:24AM Oh, never mind. -- Hoodafan 07/12/2016 09:14AM He's just confused because it's okay to insult Hokies on the sports boards. -- SixerHoo 07/12/2016 09:21AM He seems to like you. Not that there is anything wrong with that ** -- 111Balz 07/12/2016 08:26AM Thanks for doubling down. You never disappoint. ** -- Hoodafan 07/12/2016 09:16AM You are welcome. What did i double down on? ** -- 111Balz 07/12/2016 09:54AM No accounting for taste. ** -- SixerHoo 07/12/2016 09:15AM Top of the morning to you, Balzie. -- Hoos Operator 07/12/2016 07:56AM Oh brother. Really??? ** -- Seattle .Hoo 07/11/2016 10:51PM He believes Black Lives Matter is justified in its tactics because, just -- Hoos Operator 07/11/2016 11:25PM Wow dude. That is a very narrow definition of what they do. Plus, they have -- Seattle .Hoo 07/12/2016 12:16PM More than 80% of white homicide victims are killed by whites. -- SixerHoo 07/12/2016 09:31AM Absolutely, all murders can and have been addressed as indicated by the -- Hoos Operator 07/12/2016 09:54AM The BLM movement is not delegitimized by the fact that most -- SixerHoo 07/12/2016 10:09AM The distinction there is that the AHA doesn't use a moniker which infers -- Hoos Operator 07/12/2016 10:16AM That's YOUR inference. You seem to be saying that blacks have no -- SixerHoo 07/12/2016 10:33AM I think most reasonable people would make the same inference about the name -- Hoos Operator 07/12/2016 10:46AM Then you would oppose clerk Kim Davis' decision not to issue same sex -- SixerHoo 07/12/2016 10:56AM LOL! Did she suggest we should fry gays like bacon? Or rise up against -- Hoodafan 07/12/2016 11:07AM No. She'd prefer to leave the frying to their Creator. -- SixerHoo 07/12/2016 11:32AM LOL! Well played! And an up vote to help make your day! ** -- Hoodafan 07/12/2016 11:53AM Only 495 more to go. Every journey begins with but a single step. ** -- SixerHoo 07/12/2016 12:40PM Her 'supporters' did ** -- Toolie92 07/12/2016 11:13AM You should better understand something before opining on it -- 111Balz 07/12/2016 08:01AM You should not ignore the message they are sending -- Hoos Operator 07/12/2016 08:15AM BLM is, quite literally, incapable of denying any rights to free speech ** -- Fuzzy Dunlop 07/12/2016 10:02AM Really? Then how would you describe their actions when they disrupted and -- Hoos Operator 07/12/2016 10:09AM Very rude; and then we never heard from Bernie again -- 111Balz 07/12/2016 2:33PM Non-governmental ** -- Fuzzy Dunlop 07/12/2016 10:18AM Extremely rude. ** -- SixerHoo 07/12/2016 10:11AM If your behavior leads to more arrests, you may want to alter the message ** -- Tuckahokie 07/12/2016 08:25AM Yeah I think Gandhi said that, right? Or was it MLK? ** -- 111Balz 07/12/2016 08:27AM Both...Gandhi and MLK were strong advocates for violent protests -- Tuckahokie 07/12/2016 08:30AM Check your history and your present (link) -- 111Balz 07/12/2016 09:00AM There's a very important difference -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 07/12/2016 09:15AM Oh there were riots across the land; maybe they were not directly -- 111Balz 07/12/2016 1:51PM You think if MLK were marching today there would be no opportunistic crime? -- Toolie92 07/12/2016 11:05AM That's a great post, Toolie ** -- 111Balz 07/12/2016 1:53PM Isn't that, in and of itself, a huge problem? -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 07/12/2016 1:30PM I agree with much of what you stated, but not necessarily the analysis -- Toolie92 07/12/2016 3:13PM I hope I didn't give the impression that the civil rights movement -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 07/12/2016 4:08PM On that I am in 100% agreement ** -- Toolie92 07/12/2016 4:15PM I am really not sure what distinction you are making -- 111Balz 07/12/2016 2:02PM OK, Samuel Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Malcolm X, Nelson Mandela, etc. ** -- WahooRQ 07/12/2016 08:42AM ...later today I will link all of their comments about justifiable violence ** -- Tuckahokie 07/12/2016 08:34AM I would like that as it applies to Gandhi. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/12/2016 08:37AM Why do those actions represent the movement as a whole? ** -- cvilleHOOrat 07/12/2016 08:33AM Speaking of MLK, do you think he would agree with the way in which BLM -- Hoos Operator 07/12/2016 08:29AM Their protests are non-violent, so maybe so. Unless of course -- 111Balz 07/12/2016 08:54AM So, the abused should just suck it up? I agree that they are -- 111Balz 07/12/2016 08:25AM Has it been determined if shootings were justified? If it turns out they -- Mad Bowl Hoo 07/12/2016 08:41AM In Minneapolis, I have read in the last day that the dreaded APB -- jdubforwahoowa 07/12/2016 09:01AM Armed robber driving with young female and 4-yo child? -- Toolie92 07/12/2016 11:26AM Fair counter, I just put a factoid out there without comment beyond. -- jdubforwahoowa 07/12/2016 12:31PM That is horrible ** -- Mad Bowl Hoo 07/12/2016 09:14AM Of course he believes they're justified in their 'tacticts' -- cvilleHOOrat 07/12/2016 07:00AM Not sure how you concluded that I blame the entire movement on the Dallas -- Hoos Operator 07/12/2016 07:34AM My mistake.. -- cvilleHOOrat 07/12/2016 07:43AM The Dallas protest was going peacefully and people were having their -- jdubforwahoowa 07/12/2016 08:35AM And he did continue to use the word ISIL in his Warsaw presser. -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 7:58PM He uses that acronym because the Intelligence Community uses that acronym . -- HowieT3 07/11/2016 10:41PM I don't possess a passport. I will stand down. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 11:47PM What, you on the no fly list? :) ** -- WaxHoo 07/12/2016 08:36AM I have actually only flown on a Cessna. No commercial flight. -- jdubforwahoowa 07/12/2016 08:38AM The wit and insight in your ruminations suggests maybe it's better not to -- WaxHoo 07/12/2016 08:51AM I work in the Hook and live about 30 minutes South of town. -- jdubforwahoowa 07/12/2016 08:58AM NIce. Im envious. Well, maybe not so much. We live in Blowing Rock -- WaxHoo 07/12/2016 10:33AM I would only live in Virginia or North Carolina in my life, so sweet! -- jdubforwahoowa 07/12/2016 10:41AM Call them Daesh/Daiish - that is the name the locals use -- Toolie92 07/11/2016 8:49PM The crap y'all complain about is embarrassing. And you wonder why DC gets -- hooshouse 07/11/2016 8:21PM You might be embarrased for me, which is your God given perrogative. But -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 8:29PM If I call basketball tiddlywinks will it have any effect on the game?** -- WaxHoo 07/11/2016 7:59PM While the left's PC activists tell us that words are extremely important ** -- HokieDan95 07/11/2016 8:18PM ISIS, ISIL - it makes a difference? Really? -- WaxHoo 07/11/2016 8:39PM No difference at all. The debate between the two is totally retarded OOPS -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 07/12/2016 08:57AM We agree. There should be no debate between these. It's a pointless -- WaxHoo 07/12/2016 09:59AM Sorry, Wax, but when it comes to getting uptight about what terms to use -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 07/12/2016 10:29AM Great. and since i'm not othe left I could give a rat's @$$ about terms -- WaxHoo 07/12/2016 11:31AM I think you meant "firmly" rather than "not". Good thing you don't care -- Hoodafan 07/12/2016 11:56AM *tsk*tsk*tsk* -- jdubforwahoowa 07/12/2016 09:06AM The words "disabled" and "crippled" mean the same things too but -- HokieDan95 07/12/2016 08:22AM PC society. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/12/2016 09:06AM About 23 posts difference apparently. -- Hoodafan 07/11/2016 11:01PM Voice of reason. Thank you. ** -- WaxHoo 07/11/2016 11:02PM Really? -- jdubforwahoowa 07/12/2016 09:08AM I don't know much about it personally, but so it goes -- HokieDan95 07/11/2016 10:53PM "Some" are influenced by that "some say" nonsense Fox uses to befuddle its -- WaxHoo 07/11/2016 11:09PM That is quite a broad stroke to apply, but, to your credit, you own. it. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/12/2016 08:32AM Actually its quite targeted, to the subset of some hoo are influenced and -- WaxHoo 07/12/2016 08:41AM Ok, ok, upon reread, I think I see what you did there. -- jdubforwahoowa 07/12/2016 09:18AM "some" is my word, because i'm not sure I'm on board with it ** -- HokieDan95 07/12/2016 07:10AM You called me out Wax. I am actually in your debt -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 8:15PM It is an inherent refusal to look Muslim violence towards Americans in the -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 8:10PM Seriously, couple of questions here: -- WaxHoo 07/11/2016 10:59PM OK JDub Trump will try to concisely answer your questions. -- jdubforwahoowa 07/12/2016 08:53AM "...the true danger Muslims pose to Americans?" Do tell. I suppose I should -- Seattle .Hoo 07/11/2016 10:53PM No, you are fine in the Northwest. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 11:43PM But then again you have called me an idiot across the -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 11:50PM Umm....no I haven't. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 07/12/2016 12:14PM I apologize to you out loud here on the board Seattle -- jdubforwahoowa 07/12/2016 12:40PM You know what? There is another Seattle Hoo that I see periodically on the -- Seattle .Hoo 07/12/2016 1:06PM If you haven't discussed UVa recruit Kyle Guy with me in the last two -- jdubforwahoowa 07/12/2016 1:27PM Well, I had never heard of Kyle Guy until today...so...:D ** -- Seattle .Hoo 07/12/2016 2:40PM He will be #5 in your program this upcoming year. Go 'HOOS! -- jdubforwahoowa 07/12/2016 2:58PM ISIS refers to them in Syria. ISIL is them once they spread back -- KCHoo 07/11/2016 10:46PM I was technically bitching about Obama -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 11:45PM At least you admit that it's minute ** -- cvilleHOOrat 07/12/2016 07:46AM It is an annoyance to me, obviously, but as stated in a variety -- jdubforwahoowa 07/12/2016 08:30AM 1 up vote from this Soapbox outcast** -- WaxHoo 07/11/2016 11:06PM The game still would be bsaketball, and everyone would know it. -- WaxHoo 07/11/2016 8:38PM I do like you on a personal level. :-) ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 8:46PM Dang. And we were getting on so well ... ** -- WaxHoo 07/11/2016 9:48PM I still have a postive feeling about our infrastructure ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 10:19PM Great. Now let's determine how many angels can dance on the head of a pin -- WaxHoo 07/12/2016 08:48AM * ** -- WaxHoo 07/12/2016 08:57AM Go post on the BB board about tiddlywinks and let us know how you are recd ** -- TpkeHoo 07/11/2016 8:08PM And call all everybody a Hokie instead of a Hoo. Doesn't affect the game.. ** -- ryno hoo 07/11/2016 8:22PM So the difference between ISIL & ISIS is that profound? Really? -- WaxHoo 07/11/2016 8:41PM No, whenever ISIL is used, it sounds stupid because no one uses it. -- ryno hoo 07/11/2016 10:15PM No, the correct analogy would be a Hoo vs a Cavalier. who gives a shit ** -- hooshouse 07/11/2016 8:30PM I defer to your wisdom, hooshouse. Much better example.** -- WaxHoo 07/11/2016 8:42PM No, but it'll make you look like an idiot.** -- LAHOOters 07/11/2016 8:06PM Bring back the Meese Commission. That worked so well. ;) ** -- Seattle .Hoo 07/11/2016 11:04PM As Dr. Cox once said on "Scrubs" - -- HowieT3 07/11/2016 10:45PM THAT's the quote I was trying to recall, below. Forgot it was Scrubs. ** -- EAPo 07/12/2016 02:57AM What does Dennis Hastert think about this? ** -- Hoocinogenic 07/11/2016 10:27PM If you got rid of all the porn on the internet, there would be one site.... -- EAPo 07/11/2016 10:17PM Well, there goes the Internet. ** -- Mad Bowl Hoo 07/11/2016 8:55PM You would still have the gambling sites. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 10:23PM Is that last sentence his conclusion, or his conclusion as to -- Cold Hoober Hoo 07/11/2016 7:26PM The whole thing is on the Redstate website. He joins with -- Shenhoo 07/11/2016 7:35PM The more I hear Dallas Police Chief David Brown, the more I am impressed -- CA Cav 07/11/2016 5:21PM He may be the replacement for John Cornyn -- rdm 07/11/2016 9:14PM Would you by any chance have an attorney in the Beeville -- Shenhoo 07/11/2016 9:36PM Yes, two -- rdm 07/12/2016 6:39PM That might be a terrible thing to happen to a guy doing good things -- NJHoo 07/11/2016 9:21PM Very deft with the press...and strikes just the right tone ** -- Tuckahokie 07/11/2016 6:32PM Have you heard much about his story? He has been through the wringer... -- Hokie5150 07/11/2016 5:28PM Son dead in a cop shooting, yes. Wicked stuff has transpired in his life. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 5:30PM +1 ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 5:25PM It showed up long before this tragedy by all accounts. -- hoolstoptheheels 07/11/2016 5:25PM I think the Mayor has been prescient in his comments as well. -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 5:28PM I like the spirit of that sentiment, but don't really agree with it -- KCHoo 07/11/2016 5:29PM Fair counter. He was also shouting down people that asked him -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 5:33PM And his response to a gun regulation question: "lawmakers, do your jobs** -- WaxHoo 07/11/2016 5:25PM As impressive as his interview with Jake Tapper was on Sun, that was -- Hoodafan 07/11/2016 5:47PM Suspect he might answer that in a dfferent time & place. Can understand -- WaxHoo 07/11/2016 6:00PM You're probably right. And I hope so. I would certainly much rather hear -- Hoodafan 07/11/2016 6:05PM Hear hear! ** -- WaxHoo 07/11/2016 7:51PM Police chiefs, even of Republican stripe, are surprising soft on guns -- Toolie92 07/11/2016 6:21PM It's difficult to take these climate change religion followers seriously. -- ryno hoo 07/11/2016 6:32PM At least this "religion" is based on evidence.** -- cvilleHOOrat 07/12/2016 07:03AM Well, the govt could just buy carbon credits to offset its operations :) -- Toolie92 07/11/2016 6:13PM From Bloomberg today reporting a finding in nature magazine. Of course, -- Shenhoo 07/11/2016 6:17PM And what is Cheney's military record again? ** -- Shenhoo 07/11/2016 4:53PM Did Cheney insist everyone else serve in the military -- BocaHoo91 07/12/2016 05:59AM What is Hillary's? -- Hokie5150 07/11/2016 5:16PM Like clockwork, the immediate defense of all gop. SMH. capwater -- AngusHoo 07/11/2016 5:38PM Yip, yip, yip. Simply pointing out the diversionary tactic. -- Hokie5150 07/11/2016 5:50PM About as pertinent as people flying in airplanes,l reckon. Or a student -- Shenhoo 07/11/2016 5:52PM Then, by all means, start a discussion about it. Why the need to hijack -- Hokie5150 07/11/2016 6:00PM I prefer to post it here. That's why. In the hypocrisy thread where it -- Shenhoo 07/11/2016 6:02PM LOL ** -- Hokie5150 07/11/2016 6:06PM SMH. -- Shenhoo 07/11/2016 6:09PM Given the current state of the nation, I'd say differing perceptions by -- Hokie5150 07/11/2016 8:05PM Um, not every email chain anecdote has relevance. ** -- Shenhoo 07/11/2016 8:28PM What chain email? I provided a link from a national television network. ** -- Hokie5150 07/11/2016 8:48PM Braved sniper fire in Bosnia -- AlexHoo 07/11/2016 5:31PM Braved enough to beat your guy in November. ** -- Shenhoo 07/11/2016 6:07PM That actually happened...there's video footage of it. -- Hokie5150 07/11/2016 6:02PM Oh my. That was priceless right there. :-) ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 6:07PM He threw that at me the other day out of context and I didn't get it. -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 5:29PM I'll put it this away. I'm far more concerned about the hypocrisy of -- Shenhoo 07/11/2016 5:40PM Appreciate the measured, intelligent response. We are cool. -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 5:44PM It's about what the original post merited. Gosh. Somebody is -- Shenhoo 07/11/2016 5:50PM I hear she throws a wicked lamp.... ** -- CA Cav 07/11/2016 5:23PM Spit take! That's a +1 ** -- Hokie5150 07/11/2016 5:27PM Prolly like most chickenhawks. ** -- Shenhoo 07/11/2016 5:19PM Buried somewhere in that piece there may be a valid criticism of McCarthy. -- SixerHoo 07/11/2016 4:51PM I'm outraged. It's all a conspiracy to keep us down. ;) ** -- Seattle .Hoo 07/11/2016 4:28PM The Alpha Plus group is allowed to emit some carbon in the pursuit of an -- Tuckahokie 07/11/2016 3:44PM What does the fact that she is a graduate of a 'historically black college' -- Mad Bowl Hoo 07/11/2016 5:05PM It suggests that there is racism involved -- Wahoo Ron 07/11/2016 6:39PM That was my thought the day it happened. The police most likely did -- Hokie5150 07/11/2016 8:08PM Nothing. its this posters and his fellow gop's conditioned instructions. -- AngusHoo 07/11/2016 5:42PM You truly are one clueless individual. ** -- Hokie5150 07/11/2016 8:09PM Or that she was an "honors graduate"... ** -- Hokie5150 07/11/2016 5:15PM Not if she was in fact clocked @ >90mph 3x in one hour! ** -- WaxHoo 07/11/2016 4:57PM There is no Dublin County in Virginia. ** -- SixerHoo 07/11/2016 4:39PM It doesn't seem truth was of much concern with that report. ** -- Hokie5150 07/11/2016 4:46PM They are all Reckless Driving charges -- 757 07/11/2016 3:31PM True. Seems to me that she was given extremely generous treatment all -- Hokie5150 07/11/2016 3:40PM So, she wasn't speeding? -- hoothat 07/11/2016 3:15PM Stopped on 81-S and then on 81-N. So it's not like the cop followed her -- Late 80s Hokie 07/11/2016 3:21PM This falls in the 1st time shame on you, 2nd time time shame on me, -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 3:25PM And the rest of the story... -- Hokie5150 07/11/2016 2:57PM Thanks for saving me the trouble of finding the truth. Because if it was -- Hoodafan 07/11/2016 3:35PM I found the various coverage and representations of the case -- Hokie5150 07/11/2016 3:44PM Somebody with an axe looking for a story to grind, or something like that ** -- hokeyhokie 07/11/2016 3:01PM The Turk ** -- KCHoo 07/11/2016 3:00PM Saw that too. How appropriate. ** -- graycalhoo 07/11/2016 4:11PM Random question...isn't Jimmy Turk the go-to lawyer for football Hokies? ** -- Fuzzy Dunlop 07/11/2016 3:00PM He's like the Hillbilly Saul Goodman. ** -- WahooRQ 07/12/2016 09:00AM One disadvantage of not having a Law School...no pro bono legal aid from -- Tuckahokie 07/11/2016 3:33PM LOL! Can't lie, that was the first thing that jumped out at me too! ** -- Hoodafan 07/11/2016 3:33PM Out of respect for Tuckahokie I won't say 'I think they need a whole law -- Mad Bowl Hoo 07/11/2016 3:10PM My Man! ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 4:22PM My experiment on bballbill,Beerman,hokeyhokie,JohnHoo2,KaHOOnah, & Warmhoo -- Toolie92 07/11/2016 1:46PM Well thanks for the effort, I was shocked to see myself back on the plus -- bballbill 07/11/2016 7:37PM Only explanation is crab people ** -- HoosGuy 07/11/2016 4:36PM Or ManBearPig ** -- hoolstoptheheels 07/11/2016 5:18PM Or the beastiest of them all! PuppyMonkeyBaby! -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 5:41PM Im afraid to point out my favorite left-leaning poster for fear he -- TpkeHoo 07/11/2016 4:25PM Don't worry, Tpke. I'm already buried on the list. :-) ** -- VAGentleman05 07/11/2016 9:26PM I wear my downvotes as a badge of honor -- Beerman 07/11/2016 4:02PM I do think you are spending an awful lot of time -- hoolstoptheheels 07/11/2016 3:33PM You can't pay any attention to the ranks. -- MBHoo 07/11/2016 3:18PM Exactly. What does voting get anybody? What extra power comes with it. ** -- hoolstoptheheels 07/11/2016 3:23PM The power to inspire threads whining about voting rights? ** -- Hoodafan 07/11/2016 3:26PM Well, that's easy for you and me to say. We can vote. -- hoolstoptheheels 07/11/2016 3:36PM You made me laugh with you last assertion there. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 4:40PM +1 ** -- Toolie92 07/11/2016 4:17PM We just need Sylvester McMonkey McBean to come by with -- BocaHoo91 07/11/2016 4:14PM Hey, no hold on just one minute! -- Hoodafan 07/11/2016 3:39PM Whenever I come up with a methodology, you can pretty much count -- hoolstoptheheels 07/11/2016 3:42PM As a self described newbie, one thing you're overlooking is that voting -- Hoodafan 07/11/2016 3:17PM You know, another runner in the night . . . -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 4:25PM Only 'cuz you too are a newbie. It's a common method of attacking -- Hoodafan 07/11/2016 5:05PM Use of Meathead does confuse me as applied to Righties being called that. -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 5:32PM Then feel free to explain why even lefties you call better and more -- SixerHoo 07/11/2016 5:14PM Oh that's an easy one Sixie. -- Hoodafan 07/11/2016 5:30PM If you're saying I'm incompetent at insulting and disrespecting, then -- SixerHoo 07/11/2016 5:38PM Another easy one Sixie. -- Hoodafan 07/11/2016 5:56PM +1 to the left winger on that one. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 5:39PM Let me jump in and summarize. Lefties don't believe in personal -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 5:37PM Double BS Hooda. You're saying that the leftie posters here -- SixerHoo 07/11/2016 3:41PM Simmer down and breath disenfranchised one. :-) And exactly how do you -- Hoodafan 07/11/2016 4:08PM You said it yourself. The propensity to DOWNvote was heavier, and -- SixerHoo 07/11/2016 4:31PM Easy there chief.that is attacking an ideology, not a person -- TomKazanski 07/11/2016 4:59PM I hate that expression TK, but of course you're absolutely right. If we're -- Hoodafan 07/11/2016 5:10PM Well, let's throw in the fetus murderers, transgender perverts, lazy teat -- SixerHoo 07/11/2016 5:33PM You see those often on this board? How about ever? ** -- Hoodafan 07/11/2016 5:58PM You don't? We clearly have differently tuned antennae. ** -- SixerHoo 07/11/2016 6:08PM I honestly don't recall ever seeing any of those on this board. Other than -- Hoodafan 07/11/2016 6:54PM I read most posts and haven't seen those phrases. Think he is taking -- ryno hoo 07/11/2016 7:16PM You're not looking for them. ** -- SixerHoo 07/11/2016 7:02PM Possible. So again, feel free to link to one. ** -- Hoodafan 07/11/2016 7:14PM Wow. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 5:35PM Dude, you don't have to respond to every post on this board. -- SixerHoo 07/11/2016 5:44PM Gotcha. That was a visceral reaction. I'll make a deal with you. -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 5:47PM Yes, I'm sure individual liberals aren't insulted by being told they -- SixerHoo 07/11/2016 5:10PM That absolutely cuts both ways. -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 5:39PM This could be rectified in a number of ways, including (1) When a poster -- hoollcry4thetoad 07/11/2016 3:15PM You're trying to silence them like Obama used the IRS to silence them. -- HowieT3 07/11/2016 4:10PM Are you defending using the IRS for political purposes? Or just in -- Hoodafan 07/11/2016 4:14PM How does disclosing your donor list silence you? -- HowieT3 07/11/2016 4:31PM The missouri board has a system where everyone can give 10 downvotes a day -- KCHoo 07/11/2016 3:24PM This whole metric is silly -- hoothat 07/11/2016 3:13PM I'm fairly certain it is not a bot. At least not a fully automated one. -- JohnHoo2 07/11/2016 3:21PM Plus the mass down voting instances I know of were in increments -- SixerHoo 07/11/2016 3:44PM You really spent that much time thinking about this. -- hoothat 07/12/2016 03:25AM Yes,it is malicious but as John said above you,we are pretty much aware -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 3:54PM Some people blow up mailboxes, some people spend all day downvoting ** -- hokeyhokie 07/11/2016 2:26PM Some men just want to watch the world burn -- TpkeHoo 07/11/2016 2:29PM My 13 year old boy has told me NO IF AND OR BUTS we are going -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 2:30PM Most of them are extremely liberal. ** -- ryno hoo 07/11/2016 2:24PM NJ hoo did something similar a couple months ago -- wahoo138 07/11/2016 2:24PM At least it doesn't correspond to the sports boards ** -- Fuzzy Dunlop 07/11/2016 2:18PM I kept my stars until I did what you did and enfranchised a couple of folks -- KCHoo 07/11/2016 2:15PM LOL! Wait, I thought all you MFers were Capwater? At least that's what -- Hoodafan 07/11/2016 2:47PM I think I was one of those you upvoted to stardom briefly. -- SixerHoo 07/11/2016 2:30PM There was some really screwy things going on with votes at times. KaHOOnah -- Hoodafan 07/11/2016 2:55PM Sounds like more ballot stuffing going on than downvoting ** -- TomKazanski 07/11/2016 3:03PM Maybe the Sabre should require photo ID's. :-) ** -- Hoodafan 07/11/2016 3:19PM OK I'll show you mine first. -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 3:22PM And here is mine... -- JohnHoo2 07/11/2016 3:35PM You free on Thursday? My wife has a business trip end of the week. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 3:37PM BTW, I am only joking if you are joking . . . ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 3:40PM With a body like that, what make you think I want be w/ a green ogre? ** -- JohnHoo2 07/11/2016 3:42PM My wife's name is Fiona and she is peach colored . . . ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 3:44PM And she sticks close(when she's not away on business . . . LOL) ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 3:55PM Some form of bot has crossed my mind, possible here? ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 2:56PM Hoo knows. But more importantly, hoo cares. ** -- Hoodafan 07/11/2016 3:20PM This more than anything else. I freely admit that will occasionally -- Hokie5150 07/11/2016 4:02PM True indeed, I am only here for the drinks and frivolity. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 3:56PM I am not sure you and I will ever agree on politics, but Yes YEs YES to -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 2:34PM I wanted to lift you KCHoo but you had too many posts -- Toolie92 07/11/2016 2:22PM +1 ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 2:27PM Oh I am way below that. I got dropped about 250 overnight -- KCHoo 07/11/2016 2:24PM That is such a good way to look at it. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 2:27PM Is Cap still here? With his muliple of names it is hard to tell. -- JohnHoo2 07/11/2016 2:17PM I assume he is doing it as a joke. But I aslo believe in ancient aliens ** -- KCHoo 07/11/2016 2:21PM Hee, you must love "History" Channel then. ** -- JohnHoo2 07/11/2016 2:35PM God, I loved ALL of those shows when I was a child in the '70s -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 2:22PM I do too. You and I are basically in the same position on both boards. -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 2:17PM He used to post on the corner a lot but less recently -- KCHoo 07/11/2016 2:23PM He is not an actual Hoo, but loves the teams and have a Hoo daughter. -- JohnHoo2 07/11/2016 2:47PM Well, I will say that I have gotten a totally different perspective on -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 2:26PM Well those are clearly far left leaning posters with the -- TomKazanski 07/11/2016 2:14PM I'm a pretty reasonable poster - I have no hope of EVER earning a star -- cvilleHOOrat 07/11/2016 2:11PM I swing the other way and got shouted down overnight after I arrived. -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 2:12PM That's hilarious (and honestly not terribly surprising.) ** -- EAPo 07/11/2016 2:09PM At this point my only goal in telling that story.... -- Toolie92 07/11/2016 3:15PM To have only been around here for three weeks you sure seem pretty -- TomKazanski 07/11/2016 5:09PM Been on sports boards for years, lurking here most of that time -- Toolie92 07/11/2016 6:26PM You and I have known each other for years on the Sportsboards. -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 2:05PM Despite my original post, this is still the best politics board around -- Toolie92 07/11/2016 5:20PM Oh yeah. I am truly having a blast on here. -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 5:43PM I enjoy your posts. Hope you stick around. -- JohnHoo2 07/11/2016 2:20PM I am a 50 year old 18 year old. I just go with how I feel. My -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 2:23PM Lol, so you are the one that been doing the up voting. -- JohnHoo2 07/11/2016 2:03PM Would be interesting to see a study that tried to measure only -- KCHoo 07/11/2016 1:50PM Great question. Could we just measure shootings where the [police initiated -- 111Balz 07/11/2016 5:34PM Do you think the cop that shot Michael Brown was justified, -- Cold Hoober Hoo 07/11/2016 7:22PM No, I don't. ** -- 111Balz 07/12/2016 07:59AM The grand jury did and that satisfies me but I would classify -- KCHoo 07/11/2016 10:53PM +1 KC -- jdubforwahoowa 07/12/2016 09:12AM There have been studies focused only on cases the policeman was charged -- Toolie92 07/11/2016 2:02PM Same article discussed 6 strings down (and you posted -- 111Balz 07/11/2016 1:44PM A couple of possible reasons for this result -- NJHoo 07/11/2016 1:39PM Would be really interested to see if there is a bias -- TpkeHoo 07/11/2016 1:16PM Seemed a bit ham-handed to me too -- Toolie92 07/11/2016 6:42PM Wonder how many places will lower starting salary and tell people 'plus you -- Mad Bowl Hoo 07/11/2016 2:52PM Yes they do ... they're greedy and must be controlled ** -- CharlestonSC 07/11/2016 4:17PM It is always the consultants who come out on top in an ever... -- hoolstoptheheels 07/11/2016 12:59PM Yeah, like you, I don't have as much of a problem with the burden created -- BocaHoo91 07/11/2016 3:06PM Well, I rthink you might even be giving the O admin too much credit. -- hoolstoptheheels 07/11/2016 3:41PM Umm... Johnson? Business owner, not named Trump. ** -- JohnHoo2 07/11/2016 3:48PM Hey I voted for him in 2012, so you are preaching to the choir. -- hoolstoptheheels 07/11/2016 5:20PM My wife is kicking the theory that she might just vote for Jill Stein. -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 6:09PM It is nuts for commission based work. ** -- Hokie5150 07/11/2016 11:41AM Insanely complex and needlessly burdensome for the employer. -- Hokie5150 07/11/2016 11:36AM They don't exactly have equal bargaining power in most cases. There have to -- SixerHoo 07/11/2016 1:10PM Definitely not in "most cases". For unskilled workers, that's the case. -- BocaHoo91 07/11/2016 4:39PM Dems legislating morality again. ** -- ryno hoo 07/11/2016 1:33PM Both parties try to legislate what they believe to be moral. ** -- SixerHoo 07/11/2016 2:20PM So, you have a minimum wage which a market oriented guy like me.. -- hoolstoptheheels 07/11/2016 1:25PM I don't think most people understand the regulatory costs associated -- Hokie5150 07/11/2016 2:00PM That's the problem with billing by the hour -- Faz d. Hoo 07/11/2016 11:34AM I recall, years ago, some friends fresh out of law school commenting that -- Mad Bowl Hoo 07/11/2016 12:02PM T of F. Either Trump or Clinton will likely make the country more divisive -- JohnHoo2 07/11/2016 09:58AM True ** -- WaxHoo 07/11/2016 2:21PM True - I see no real chance that either would be a uniter. -- hoolstoptheheels 07/11/2016 1:12PM Thanks for being the first one actually answer the question :). -- JohnHoo2 07/11/2016 2:11PM Honestly, I have no idea how it will happen. -- hoolstoptheheels 07/11/2016 6:52PM There seem to be more and more "true believers". -- HowieT3 07/11/2016 1:44PM Trump views the world in terms of winners and losers. For him to win there -- SixerHoo 07/11/2016 11:11AM Not a bad point. ** -- Hokie5150 07/11/2016 11:43AM +1. I actually agree with the point, too. As I have alluded to, sometimes -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 11:47AM +1 -- NJHoo 07/11/2016 11:34AM Hell, that is what the voting system is about on this very board! ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 11:23AM And a 1000 thanks to the person who immediately validated my post. :-) ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 11:27AM Don't you just luv the way some of these clowns behave?** -- WaxHoo 07/11/2016 12:01PM +1 and a lit Candle for you. Oh wait, that isn't good for you, is it? ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 12:12PM I'm melllting! -- WaxHoo 07/11/2016 12:29PM Ha! Well played, jdub! ** -- VAGentleman05 07/11/2016 12:13PM +1 ** -- NJHoo 07/11/2016 11:36AM I don't think the country can be more divided, and it isn't due to any -- HoosWillWin 07/11/2016 10:50AM I think the country can certainly be more divided. And the internet age -- JohnHoo2 07/11/2016 11:11AM If Johnson/Weld had a realistic chance of winning a state.... -- Toolie92 07/11/2016 1:26PM Sad... but probably true. ** -- JohnHoo2 07/11/2016 2:05PM Haven't you heard? If they're elected, we'll turn into the US of Anarchists ** -- HoosGuy 07/11/2016 12:03PM The grievance industry also thrives on the dissension. ** -- Tuckahokie 07/11/2016 11:07AM You mean like Faux News? ** -- SixerHoo 07/11/2016 1:12PM I am obviously on the Net alot and I try to go between Foxnews and CNN -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 11:02AM And of course the obligatory down votes to what's a pretty good analysis. -- WaxHoo 07/11/2016 10:36AM +1 ** -- NJHoo 07/11/2016 1:45PM Still haven't figured out why anyone would pay any attention to the up and -- Northbomb 07/11/2016 11:22AM Exactly. The hate wing meatheads here have downvoted most everyone with -- WaxHoo 07/11/2016 12:06PM Hatewing meatheads: there you go again ... ** -- WaxHoo 07/11/2016 5:23PM That's what KaHoo was saying until he got a taste of the power :) -- JohnHoo2 07/11/2016 11:32AM Their determined immaturity is kind of impressive. Got to be OCD for sure ** -- hokeyhokie 07/11/2016 10:42AM To be quite honest, I don't think the Republicans have any interest AT ALL -- WahooRQ 07/11/2016 10:24AM That could not have been said much better RQ. Chapeau. ** -- Lazarus 07/11/2016 11:50AM Have you ever attended a Tea Party rally...I'm guessing NO...so your -- Tuckahokie 07/11/2016 10:49AM RQ has a point. Have you listened to TP candidates or evaluated critically -- WaxHoo 07/11/2016 12:51PM Couldn't find my tri-cornered hat ** -- WaxHoo 07/11/2016 12:46PM Or through their candidates who have represented them ** -- 111Balz 07/11/2016 12:21PM Witnessed the 2009 rallies and the people going to them first hand. -- WahooRQ 07/11/2016 10:59AM Tea Party started as small gov debt hawks, but has 'evolved' much since -- Toolie92 07/11/2016 1:58PM You do realize so many of your posts seem to scream judgmental, intolerant -- TpkeHoo 07/11/2016 11:28AM A lecture from you on how to not be an asshole. That's adorable. -- WahooRQ 07/11/2016 11:53AM Lol. Its becoming more clear every day why you spend so much time on here ** -- TpkeHoo 07/11/2016 12:47PM Tpk is not an asshole. You, sadly, are, although I do enjoy reading your -- Northbomb 07/11/2016 12:41PM Not to other right wingers. He most certainly is otherwise. -- WahooRQ 07/11/2016 12:55PM Lol ** -- hoothat 07/11/2016 1:12PM Well, where I come from in NY asshole is sometimes considered.... -- Northbomb 07/11/2016 1:11PM That's a "+1" right there... ** -- Hokie5150 07/11/2016 11:45AM I have talked about my love for my Father-in-law, but severe -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 11:56AM I had a close family member (an uncle who was one of the few -- Hokie5150 07/11/2016 12:21PM Sorry to hear that, the relationship was poor with me and him the last -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 12:57PM LOL, for the record while I'm yet to find an issue that you're not at least -- WahooRQ 07/11/2016 12:52PM Appreciate it. I was accused of saying (well posting) things -- Hokie5150 07/11/2016 1:36PM Dude, he's a Hokie, for God's sake! -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 1:06PM +1 ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 11:31AM But you think the Democrats do want to unite everyone and -- Hokie5150 07/11/2016 10:41AM Donald Trump is not a professional wrestler. -- VAGentleman05 07/11/2016 10:35AM I can't vote, but if I could, I'd be mashing that +1 button ** -- Fuzzy Dunlop 07/11/2016 1:26PM I thought I was gonna see Carnival Barker when I opened your post. :-) -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 10:36AM Now I'm wasting my time watching The Donald challenge Vince McMahon to a -- VAGentleman05 07/11/2016 10:41AM It's proof that Mike Judge is a genius. This is Mt. Dew Camacho. ** -- WahooRQ 07/11/2016 10:53AM LOVE McMahon's entrance music. Absolutely, he modeled his public -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 10:44AM He was at my firm once for a mediation over the owen hart death. -- KCHoo 07/11/2016 11:29AM Wow, interesting post. That was a horrific live sporting event situation. -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 11:37AM The only change I could see this week make, and I am reaching, is that -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 10:11AM I guess I would ask what would make Clinton a devisive president? -- 111Balz 07/11/2016 10:09AM She may be historically middle of the road (for a democrat), but she -- BocaHoo91 07/11/2016 11:22AM Yeah usually she would be tacking to center about now -- Toolie92 07/11/2016 2:08PM LIke Obama, she is a disciple of the Alinsky tacitcs -- Wahoo Ron 07/11/2016 10:57AM Oh my god, the things that some people believe.... ** -- 111Balz 07/11/2016 11:52AM Aside from calling the Republican party THE ENEMY...not much. ** -- Tuckahokie 07/11/2016 10:50AM A President with a 55%+ disapproval rating is unlikely to unite people. -- Hokie5150 07/11/2016 10:18AM You could argue it is not her but the preception of her. -- JohnHoo2 07/11/2016 10:15AM No she will be hated by closer to 40%, since 90% of polled -- 111Balz 07/11/2016 10:27AM Based on the polling I linked above, it appears that most Democrats are -- Hokie5150 07/11/2016 10:30AM Edit? ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 10:35AM Done. Thx ** -- Hokie5150 07/11/2016 10:42AM No prob, just making sure. :-) -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 10:45AM LOL! I drop words and letters all the time when trying to type on -- Hokie5150 07/11/2016 11:08AM I just can't get used to tablet. Tried it twice, always go back to laptop. ** -- JohnHoo2 07/11/2016 11:13AM I love reading and surfing with the table...just hate typing on it. ** -- Hokie5150 07/11/2016 11:48AM I end up editing just about every post I send from my phone. -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 11:18AM She is just not the appropriate woman to be the first Female president in -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 10:22AM Could a non-power-hungry person, especially a women, become a nominee? -- Toolie92 07/11/2016 10:43AM Still think the main reason she has been so hated for the last 25 or so -- WahooRQ 07/11/2016 11:09AM Then you haven't been paying attention... -- Moneyshot 07/11/2016 12:44PM I tend to have more of a problem with her looking the other way as it -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 11:43AM What's weird is the people who hate her more for her husband getting blown -- WahooRQ 07/11/2016 12:20PM I don't necessarily disagree with your response, but hear me out. -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 12:36PM Very good point. Remember a poll few years back that most women don't think -- JohnHoo2 07/11/2016 11:06AM +1 ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 10:46AM It's not a Trump/Clinton issue. Nobody is going to solve that problem -- hokeyhokie 07/11/2016 10:06AM I see them making the problem worse. And I'm not just talking about racial -- JohnHoo2 07/11/2016 10:12AM Johnson/Weld also think the HRC email is a non-scandal -- Toolie92 07/11/2016 2:37PM Rhetoric is easy, governing requires alliances and compromise. -- hokeyhokie 07/11/2016 10:15AM US sending more troops to Iraq. We just can't help ourselves can we -- hokeyhokie 07/11/2016 09:49AM Salesman turned around said "boy, you break that thing you bought it" -- Late 80s Hokie 07/11/2016 3:16PM Not much to discuss except perhaps the need of better mental health support ** -- JohnHoo2 07/11/2016 10:02AM Well, let's see in a couple of days then. This might well become a major -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 10:47AM That poll is like a bad jury instruction. -- DanTheFan 07/11/2016 11:10AM Say "hello" to Clinton's 35% base... -- Hokie5150 07/11/2016 09:28AM That' seems about right. I think she's in deep poo, even v. Trump. ** -- WaxHoo 07/11/2016 10:32AM I still think Trump brings too many negatives to the table to win. I do -- Hokie5150 07/11/2016 10:47AM There is a glimmer of hope for Johnson/Weld; however, they need something -- JohnHoo2 07/11/2016 11:05AM What he'll bring to debate is a constant push back to the issues while -- Hokie5150 07/11/2016 11:11AM As a left leaning moderate, I was actually hoping for a Clinton indictment, -- JohnHoo2 07/11/2016 11:15AM As was I. Comey actually did Trump & the GOP a solid by enabling HRC -- WaxHoo 07/11/2016 12:09PM Wax, you and I agree on this to the utmost. -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 1:16PM In the words of Jim Ross, gonna be a Slobberknocker. -- jdubforwahoowa 07/11/2016 10:58AM