Wasn't Inhofe the guy who brought a snowball to the Senate floor to -- Seattle .Hoo 06/07/2016 6:33PM Well 1 snowball really does prove that global warming is a sham -- FfxStationHokie 06/07/2016 8:27PM Smh ** -- cvilleHOOrat 06/08/2016 10:44AM
Soooo the law firm representing plaintiffs vs Trump donated 675,000 to -- Mr Wahoo 06/07/2016 5:18PM Hasn't Trump been donating to Clintons for years? -- JohnHoo2 06/07/2016 8:41PM He still is.*** ** -- WilliePegram 06/08/2016 07:19AM Defendants might be uncomfortable that the plaintiffs' lawyers -- KCHoo 06/07/2016 8:37PM LOL. Exactly. ** -- WahooRQ 06/07/2016 10:07PM It wasn't a donation. Paid for three speeches. -- DanTheFan 06/07/2016 6:37PM Speaking fee, donation, what's the difference? ** -- HokieDan95 06/07/2016 6:55PM Ever had a job? When you got paid for it, was it a donation? ** -- VAGentleman05 06/07/2016 9:42PM No, it was called a tip. ** -- WahooRQ 06/07/2016 10:21PM Major difference. -- DanTheFan 06/07/2016 7:05PM Only reason people would pay to hear her God awful voice is for a bribe ** -- HokieDan95 06/07/2016 7:16PM Her voice brings back memories of Mrs. Kravitz from Bewitched. ** -- Hoos Operator 06/07/2016 8:25PM WTF difference does it make who the plaintiff attorneys donate to? ** -- Seattle .Hoo 06/07/2016 5:25PM Clearly the poster is a Trumpeter, which is not surprising -- 111Balz 06/07/2016 6:48PM Not to get in an argument with you Balz, but the truth and -- Cold Hoober Hoo 06/07/2016 8:55PM Well, #1 we're talking about Trump, not Hilary -- 111Balz 06/07/2016 9:04PM I think its fair to call someone who tells the half-truth or worse 50% of -- Hokie5150 06/08/2016 07:23AM You have no grasp on reality ** -- 111Balz 06/08/2016 09:34AM I bet you also believe a Nigerian prince left you a large fortune ** -- Cold Hoober Hoo 06/08/2016 09:58AM Well #1 Hillary was mentioned by name or refered to in almost hallf -- Cold Hoober Hoo 06/07/2016 9:26PM If you are the defense -- it all matters -- It all looks too political IMO ** -- Mr Wahoo 06/07/2016 5:47PM Who the lawyers donate money to as pretty much zip to do with how impartial -- Seattle .Hoo 06/07/2016 6:30PM Most law firms of substance donate money. A bigger problem is -- Shenhoo 06/07/2016 6:04PM That's a bigger deal IMO than his statement ** -- Mr Wahoo 06/07/2016 6:19PM Two different La Raza groups. He is member of latino lawyer group. -- HokieDelNorte 06/07/2016 5:51PM You act like you've cracked the code on this one. Did anyone actually go -- ryno hoo 06/07/2016 7:39PM I would love it but I predict Hillary by 10. Even prior to yesterday most -- 81_Hokie 06/07/2016 6:42PM Sanders should win; it's the last chance to feel the Bern -- Quaker 06/07/2016 7:17PM Can't wait to read Crisis of Character and see Clinton Cash ** -- Mr Wahoo 06/07/2016 3:43PM These are the types of things that, absent Citizens United, could be banned -- ryno hoo 06/07/2016 4:29PM What is this La Raza group Trumps judge is affiliated with? - maybe thats -- Mr Wahoo 06/07/2016 1:11PM If Trump's lawyers have any credible evidence of bias why haven't they -- SixerHoo 06/08/2016 09:36AM This linked article has some interesting points. The Donald may not be -- ESHooFan 06/07/2016 3:12PM What would a "fair" judge look like? -- 757 06/07/2016 2:36PM This guy -- HokieDan95 06/07/2016 3:37PM Damn, dude. You nailed it! ** -- Shenhoo 06/07/2016 3:24PM Ding Ding Ding Ding ** -- HokieDelNorte 06/07/2016 3:37PM I just dont believe all judges are unbiased - ** -- Mr Wahoo 06/07/2016 3:06PM None of them are completely. surely none of them like murderers for -- KCHoo 06/07/2016 3:27PM But can you figure it out by looking at their skin? ** -- Shenhoo 06/07/2016 3:24PM Actually - Trump referenced his ties to La Raza - but not by name - he -- Mr Wahoo 06/07/2016 3:37PM From hokiedelnorte's post below -- KCHoo 06/07/2016 3:56PM I'm not surprised you are defending this sadly. -- Shenhoo 06/07/2016 3:49PM Not defending him - but it's always fair to try to see both sides IMO - my -- Mr Wahoo 06/07/2016 4:10PM Would she be offended if she were trying to do her job and -- KCHoo 06/07/2016 4:13PM Actually no . She knows her profession and makes jokes about being Mexican -- Mr Wahoo 06/07/2016 4:21PM There's no other side, because the Don keeps raising the ante. -- hoolstoptheheels 06/07/2016 2:34PM My expectations for The Don were never much above average -- Stimp 06/07/2016 3:04PM When he insulted a sitting Hispanic woman GOP Governor in her home State -- Tuckahokie 06/07/2016 3:10PM Or maybe he just is what he is: a psycho bully who can't help himself. -- WahooRQ 06/08/2016 09:00AM I've thought that at least a half dozen times in the last year ** -- TpkeHoo 06/07/2016 8:07PM See that's the problem the media is having with Donald. "Looking -- Lazarus 06/07/2016 2:01PM La Raza is kinda sorta like an NAACP for Latinos. -- HowieT3 06/07/2016 1:33PM On the surface no. But if I were a defense attorney and -- Cold Hoober Hoo 06/07/2016 1:43PM Would you? Or would you go on TV, claim racial bias and impugn the -- Seattle .Hoo 06/07/2016 1:55PM If SCJ Sotomayer has been quoted as saying ethnicity makes a difference on -- Mr Wahoo 06/07/2016 2:24PM Why do you think the Don even knew of the judge's affiliation with La Raza -- hoolstoptheheels 06/07/2016 2:45PM Maybe his lawyers? ** -- Mr Wahoo 06/07/2016 3:04PM FWIW I heard about and posted something about La Raza -- Cold Hoober Hoo 06/07/2016 2:57PM If he has a problem with the judge his lawyers can move to recuse (somebody -- Seattle .Hoo 06/07/2016 2:41PM They won't. would be unethical without more than etnicity to go on -- KCHoo 06/07/2016 4:07PM That wants to reclaim southwestern states ** -- HokieDan95 06/07/2016 1:37PM That's the Reconquista. I do not believe that is a goal of either La Raza -- southdenverhoo 06/08/2016 1:05PM Kalifornia from Marin County southward might be worth jettisoning ** -- Tuckahokie 06/07/2016 2:54PM Yep, and FWIW, the La Raza Lawyers of San Diego are not affiliated with -- Seattle .Hoo 06/07/2016 1:37PM Look at you all "fair and balanced." Yeah, that's right, the inevitible -- Seattle .Hoo 06/07/2016 1:29PM Literal translation? "The Race". Is that racist? ** -- TpkeHoo 06/07/2016 1:25PM If it starts to become Pacist, then we've REALLY got a problem. ** -- HowieT3 06/07/2016 3:15PM Embrace the Pace. Every team at their own speed ** -- TpkeHoo 06/07/2016 3:38PM Team USA will be the fastest team in the world under the Donald -- Fuzzy Dunlop 06/07/2016 3:58PM And don't forget the most important adjective - Classy. ** -- HowieT3 06/07/2016 4:13PM I thought it's kourage? ** -- JohnHoo2 06/07/2016 4:20PM And the daily parody just gets better ... -- Lazarus 06/07/2016 12:30PM In response to Ryan calling Donald a racist, Christie said It's refreshing -- Lazarus 06/07/2016 1:54PM He just got hired by the national enquirer to cover the campaign -- KCHoo 06/07/2016 12:50PM They were right about John Edwards ....... ** -- Mr Wahoo 06/07/2016 1:12PM Lewinsky as well... ** -- Hokie5150 06/07/2016 1:28PM Playbook is going to have a hundred million subscribers if this keeps up... -- Lazarus 06/07/2016 12:40PM Basically with Trump it's my way or the highway. He ought to run for Pope, -- bballbill 06/07/2016 12:57PM Apparently the reporters and others have never been to public schools -- Charleston Cav 06/07/2016 09:07AM From shen's quote below -- KCHoo 06/07/2016 09:46AM Dispute the facts, dont give me your opinion ** -- Charleston Cav 06/07/2016 10:14AM Isn't denying facts exactly what your original post did? ** -- hokie in cville 06/07/2016 11:05AM No, he basically implied that poorer blacks get in more trouble and perform -- 111Balz 06/07/2016 12:30PM What 'facts" do you imagine you offered? I'm curious. ** -- Shenhoo 06/07/2016 10:17AM I guess he has names of reporters who never went to public schools -- 111Balz 06/07/2016 10:47AM Bingo! Perfect response ** -- 111Balz 06/07/2016 10:06AM This particular pile is really baffling to me. -- hoolstoptheheels 06/07/2016 11:18AM He is not saying All Mexicans lack impartialality on all cases -- TomKazanski 06/07/2016 1:09PM La Raza? Which one? (inside): -- HokieDelNorte 06/07/2016 3:36PM Don't confuse Kazanski with the facts. ** -- SixerHoo 06/08/2016 1:46PM He said that no Muslim judge would give him a fair shake. -- hoolstoptheheels 06/07/2016 2:01PM Some of us think they both are unfit for this office. Worst election -- HoosWillWin 06/07/2016 12:56PM I think he is more of a bully than anything else. He would pick something -- KCHoo 06/07/2016 12:15PM It goes back to being incredibly juvenile and thin-skinned. Hillary has -- Shenhoo 06/07/2016 3:30PM Yeah, maybe, but that does not lessen his bigotry. -- hoolstoptheheels 06/07/2016 12:27PM Yeah, I agree ** -- KCHoo 06/07/2016 12:47PM Oh thats funny, He "knows" his Dad wouldn't either ** -- Charleston Cav 06/07/2016 08:53AM Attached below is a snippet from the WSJ op ed referenced below -- Shenhoo 06/07/2016 09:06AM Okay, but they all get one vote and dismissing them is just making them -- Faz d. Hoo 06/07/2016 1:45PM A lot of people are thinking that. In the WSJ today, Bret Stevens, -- Shenhoo 06/07/2016 08:58AM Reagan seemed like a good hearted man to me ** -- KCHoo 06/07/2016 10:38AM You can't be condemned for what you think, privately. ** -- Hoogle.com 06/07/2016 10:28AM Are you kidding? This is America...you can be condemned for anything! -- Hokie5150 06/07/2016 10:34AM So story comes out hours before voting in CA that Clinton has it clinched? -- CharlestonSC 06/06/2016 9:11PM True but I doubt that was her doing. -- hoolstoptheheels 06/07/2016 12:20PM Interesting indeed, will definitely suppress the Bernie turnout tomorrow ** -- Big Frank 06/06/2016 9:43PM Its been over for months ... they feel the bern and vote accordingly -- Quaker 06/06/2016 10:50PM Some of the "everybody gets a trophy" crowd will move to Hillary, some will -- Tuckahokie 06/07/2016 07:17AM It will be facinating to watch where the Bernie voters go -- Stimp 06/07/2016 08:49AM I can't see a bunch of rabid progressives who want to remake the country to -- WahooRQ 06/07/2016 09:41AM That's the reason why I think she'll select Warren as VP ** -- Stimp 06/07/2016 09:48AM The name I keep hearing is Sherrod Brown. I'd like to see Corey Booker -- WahooRQ 06/07/2016 09:49AM Booker is sort of like Rubio to me. Good looking, well spoken, etc, -- JohnHoo2 06/07/2016 10:17AM Clean and articulate? ** -- Tuckahokie 06/07/2016 11:13AM He didn't manage to turn Newark into Boston (impossible) but his record as -- WahooRQ 06/07/2016 10:27AM I seriously doubt she wanted that story to come out right now. -- VAGentleman05 06/06/2016 9:41PM She can't help it - yes she's going to lock it up tomorrow (absent some -- CharlestonSC 06/06/2016 9:53PM I wish they'd audit them all. The donation process is corrupt mostly -- Shenhoo 06/06/2016 10:44PM Agree. And IMHO any applicant who claims to NOT be -- 111Balz 06/07/2016 07:45AM Yep, using IRS to target political enemies + least transparent as it -- ryno hoo 06/06/2016 8:25PM As pathetic as job growth in Kansas under Brownback -- Hoocinogenic 06/06/2016 8:58PM Given your keen interest in states other than your own... -- Moneyshot 06/07/2016 09:18AM I see Kansas as different. Brownback has come in and brought -- Shenhoo 06/07/2016 10:11AM Admittedly, I haven't really studied it... -- Moneyshot 06/07/2016 11:19AM Neighboring states don't seem to be having the same issues and not sure how -- WahooRQ 06/07/2016 11:25AM There's Illinois and then there's every red state that has more than a -- WahooRQ 06/07/2016 09:28AM Job growth in Kansas, what about job growth nationallly -- AlexHoo 06/07/2016 08:24AM Re: Job growth in Kansas, what about job growth nationallly -- Shenhoo 06/07/2016 08:44AM Situational outrage. Brownback dared to attempt to make GOVCO smaller ** -- Tuckahokie 06/07/2016 08:33AM Actually he didn't -- at all. He cut taxes (mostly on the rich) -- KCHoo 06/07/2016 12:12PM Maybe it's a good example of why that little meme isn't good public policy. -- WahooRQ 06/07/2016 09:14AM A fair and balanced look from a Fox News site. -- Shenhoo 06/07/2016 08:48AM There's already a thread on that topic that no one cares about. -- ryno hoo 06/06/2016 11:24PM Too bad people in Kansas don't read the sabre, maybe his approval rating -- Hoocinogenic 06/07/2016 12:20AM I've seen as low as 18%. Latest I found was 21% although the net -- Shenhoo 06/07/2016 08:55AM I know bigtime liberal KCHoo lives there and has had a few choice things to -- WahooRQ 06/07/2016 09:37AM Nice deflection Saul ** -- Tuckahokie 06/06/2016 11:03PM After 35 audit free Tax returns... Dr. Carson dares to question the ACA in -- Tuckahokie 06/06/2016 8:09PM What? Bull crap. Nothing credible on the web either, other than Carson's -- Seattle .Hoo 06/07/2016 12:10PM Hell, they audited the Donald so bad that he can't even turn over a return. ** -- VAGentleman05 06/06/2016 10:34PM We know the details, how? -- DanTheFan 06/06/2016 10:16PM If it was a fabrication on Dr. Carson's part... it would be very easy for -- Tuckahokie 06/06/2016 11:00PM We have no independent details of Carson's story. -- DanTheFan 06/07/2016 09:09AM Why would they say anything publicly? ** -- 111Balz 06/07/2016 07:54AM Good point, not an organization that cares one iota about public -- Tuckahokie 06/07/2016 08:00AM Perhaps there are actually legal reasons why the IRS can -- 111Balz 06/07/2016 08:18AM Nothing new here. Political organizations applying for tax exempt status -- Hoocinogenic 06/06/2016 7:57PM Not just tax exempt, but tax exempt with complete donor anonymity. -- HowieT3 06/06/2016 10:14PM That story is a joke. -- DanTheFan 06/06/2016 7:47PM I think "wheels wobbling" is a bit of an understatment ** -- nyhoo 06/07/2016 10:32AM Mitch McConnell abdicated what, if any shred of dignity he was clinging to -- Hoocinogenic 06/06/2016 7:25PM Mitch did that on BO's 1st inauguration day by conspiring -- WarmHoo 06/08/2016 12:00PM Mitch is the epitome of "dishoest politican"; his dignity's long gone ** -- 111Balz 06/07/2016 07:46AM If Morning Joe is a bellwether -- DanTheFan 06/06/2016 7:11PM Gonna be a series of bad news stories. Now it's out that Donald -- Shenhoo 06/06/2016 10:39PM Attacking him for being thin skinned was brilliant. ** -- KCHoo 06/06/2016 10:47PM He has simultaneously run the most shockingly successful -- Stimp 06/06/2016 6:38PM Though I didn't know it, we have apparently seen something very similar -- KCHoo 06/06/2016 8:25PM A death of today's GOP and replacement with a sane conservative party would -- WahooRQ 06/07/2016 08:04AM No way - big wheel keeps on turning (inside) -- FfxStationHokie 06/06/2016 6:27PM Attila the Hun- 151%, Ghenghis Khan- 150%, Ronald Reagan- 125% -- ryno hoo 06/06/2016 9:16PM I doubt you would get close to that with Reagan. ** -- KCHoo 06/06/2016 11:06PM Johnson 86%, Trump 68%, Bernie 67%, Stein (who?) 63%, Hillary 58% ** -- BocaHoo91 06/06/2016 5:01PM HRC - 98%, Bern -91%, Stein -85%, Johnson -65%, Drumpf -5% ** -- WahooRQ 06/06/2016 4:52PM Good god man, I bet Balz isn't even 98% for HRC ; )** -- Cold Hoober Hoo 06/06/2016 7:18PM Bernie 95%, Jill Stein 93%, Hillary 92%, Gary Johnson 70%, Trump 36%. -- Seattle .Hoo 06/06/2016 4:29PM I'm pretty much the same - Bern 96, Stein 95, HRC 93, Johnson 75, Trump 33 ** -- VAGentleman05 06/06/2016 9:59PM Johnson 90, Stein 81, Bernie 81, Hillary 77, Trump 55 -- KCHoo 06/06/2016 4:42PM That's interesting KC, I got a very similar result as you -- HoosGuy 06/06/2016 4:52PM Johnson does indeed seem to approach things from a very pragmatic -- Hokie5150 06/06/2016 4:56PM I hope he gets in an early debate to see what happens ** -- KCHoo 06/06/2016 4:57PM Agreed. His polling numbers are coming up, so it is certainly -- Hokie5150 06/06/2016 4:59PM Don't tell Seattle Hoo ;) ** -- HoosGuy 06/06/2016 5:00PM Hehe....not gonna happen. ;) ** -- Seattle .Hoo 06/06/2016 5:16PM I almost certainly will vote johnson (I know nothing about stein) -- KCHoo 06/06/2016 4:56PM Johnson 81%, but I would not vote for 3rd party unless I thought chance win ** -- HokieDelNorte 06/06/2016 4:54PM Out of curiosity, who will you be voting for that you believe has a chance -- Hokie5150 06/06/2016 4:58PM Not sure yet; I do know I will not vote for Trump. #NeverTrump ** -- HokieDelNorte 06/06/2016 5:03PM The way I see it, my vote doesn't matter. The chances of my vote being the -- Hokie5150 06/06/2016 5:46PM Any goober that believes that they will in any shape or form -- Charleston Cav 06/06/2016 7:15PM Thanks obama ** -- FfxStationHokie 06/06/2016 2:39PM Yeah, I know. Substitute the word "Japan" for "China" -- hoolstoptheheels 06/06/2016 1:17PM So what? It is a huge country with tons of resources and a willingness. -- KCHoo 06/06/2016 1:01PM Also true. Biggest economy does not = best quality of life. -- hoolstoptheheels 06/06/2016 1:23PM Here's link on bank rankings. Top 4 in world are Chinese -- copenhoogan 06/06/2016 12:36PM Sure. That allows them to just kick the can over and over again. -- hoolstoptheheels 06/06/2016 1:35PM I'm typically the type that tries to err on the side of caution when come -- JohnHoo2 06/06/2016 11:17AM I actually do think there is a difference between a scene in a movie -- 111Balz 06/06/2016 2:00PM You do, Balz, in all honesty? Gotta disagree with you here. -- hoolstoptheheels 06/06/2016 2:41PM I agree. You can't have it both ways. There would be no controversy -- BocaHoo91 06/06/2016 3:16PM Of course you can. If the rules make sense those that want't be offended b -- RML Hoos 06/06/2016 3:25PM Ahh come on guys. First off this is self censorship -- 111Balz 06/06/2016 5:28PM Rape and childhood violence are different and go to turning off -- BocaHoo91 06/06/2016 6:54PM My POINT is about depicting VIOLENCE on a roadside billboard -- 111Balz 06/07/2016 07:52AM OK. It seems like you're making a different point than the people -- BocaHoo91 06/07/2016 10:47AM But to be fair, even the quotes from complainers in the article -- 111Balz 06/07/2016 12:27PM I'm STILL pissed about the Stark direwolves. ** -- WahooRQ 06/07/2016 1:25PM I dunno, Boca. You don't think violence against women (or children) is -- WahooRQ 06/07/2016 12:23PM Of course it is... in real life. Hoolstoptheheels' post -- BocaHoo91 06/07/2016 1:32PM Clearly I'm just procrastinating if I'm chiming back in here, but this.. -- hoolstoptheheels 06/07/2016 12:54PM Not disagreeing with you and don't think the billboard was a big deal. -- WahooRQ 06/07/2016 1:15PM Cool - I think we've beaten this horse pretty thoroughly. ** -- hoolstoptheheels 06/07/2016 2:03PM The people who worry about images like this are the other side of the coin -- KCHoo 06/06/2016 6:21PM Rolling Stone working on the story already ** -- Mad Bowl Hoo 06/06/2016 1:17PM Should have been titled "Is Apocalypse gonna have to choke a bitch?" -- WahooRQ 06/06/2016 11:47AM One of the funniest skids from Chappelle's Show ** -- JohnHoo2 06/06/2016 1:29PM A horror show. Imagine what the eastern front must have been like. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 06/06/2016 3:53PM The loss of life on the Eastern Front is so staggering it seems impossible. -- WahooRQ 06/06/2016 5:38PM I trust you saw the video one of our fellows posted a few weeks ago? -- Seattle .Hoo 06/06/2016 7:23PM Salute all - special thoughts toward The Bedford Boys too ** -- Mr Wahoo 06/06/2016 2:59PM And remember those in the Pacific and Italy. -- DanTheFan 06/06/2016 10:19AM There are some great movies about Americans fghting n the Pacific Theatre. -- JMHoo 06/06/2016 11:31AM Flags of our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima were both excellent. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 06/06/2016 7:15PM Was not a fan of Thin Red Line. Book was pretty good; movie "meh." ** -- WahooRQ 06/06/2016 4:05PM Me neither. Then again, I loved "The Pacific." ** -- Seattle .Hoo 06/06/2016 7:13PM Lots of classics: 30 Seconds Over Tokyo, Flying Leathernecks, Up Periscope -- 81_Hokie 06/06/2016 12:04PM "A Wing and a Prayer" -- DanTheFan 06/06/2016 12:57PM Somewhat thrown off by flag controversy. -- DanTheFan 06/06/2016 11:45AM The first real book I remember reading was -- Cold Hoober Hoo 06/06/2016 11:28AM Hats off to those men and their families, what a horrible day for all. ** -- bballbill 06/06/2016 09:02AM I can't imagine going through this.... -- HokieDan95 06/06/2016 08:59AM Only movie that ever made me cry. My dad was the radio -- SixerHoo 06/06/2016 12:10PM Re: I can't imagine going through this.... -- KCHoo 06/06/2016 11:13AM Interesting way to present the war. I hope people use that to learn about -- JohnHoo2 06/06/2016 11:26AM I have learned a tremendous amount about it from that account ** -- KCHoo 06/06/2016 11:59AM That scene really shook me when I watched it the first time. -- JohnHoo2 06/06/2016 11:00AM Not too many safe spaces on that beach. Bravery defined. ** -- Tuckahokie 06/06/2016 09:04AM Ain't that the truth. And nothing "micro" about the aggressions -- BocaHoo91 06/06/2016 09:33AM That's a good thing. War sucks. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 06/06/2016 3:52PM No doubt. I'd much rather continue to be annoyed by millennials -- BocaHoo91 06/06/2016 4:47PM We love to pick on the millennials, but they're probably much better human -- WahooRQ 06/06/2016 5:12PM Salute. -- Hokie5150 06/06/2016 08:09AM 4-4 Top 7 ** -- TpkeHoo 06/05/2016 1:13PM Jinxing us ** -- KCHoo 06/05/2016 1:30PM No joke. Down 5-4 in bottom 7 ** -- TpkeHoo 06/05/2016 1:34PM Way to go, Piker. 😣 ** -- WahooRQ 06/05/2016 2:00PM The best way to get voting privileges is to get a subscription ** -- Faz d. Hoo 06/06/2016 1:57PM I'm on the edge! ** -- MBHoo 06/06/2016 3:11PM Not on this site ** -- KCHoo 06/06/2016 2:57PM Wow, didn't realize that. It seems like an oversight. ** -- Faz d. Hoo 06/06/2016 4:36PM Different point total from main board. ** -- ESHooFan 06/06/2016 8:00PM Well, I guess it was worth a shot. ** -- VAGentleman05 06/06/2016 07:50AM Strange -- MBHoo 06/06/2016 12:17PM If I had a vote, I'd throw you a bone. The +/- system on here is the worst -- VAGentleman05 06/06/2016 11:11PM By someone who clearly has no life whatsoever, lol ** -- Bacon 06/06/2016 1:12PM What's wierd about it, is that it's not reflected in the current tally -- MBHoo 06/06/2016 3:14PM A couple of days ago someone here downvoted exactly 100 -- SixerHoo 06/07/2016 09:30AM I went about -250. It must take a lot of time. ** -- KCHoo 06/07/2016 09:50AM Lol, post like this typically earns you more down votes than up. ** -- JohnHoo2 06/05/2016 09:45AM Done ** -- Hokie5150 06/04/2016 11:02PM There ya go... ** -- Tuckahokie 06/04/2016 10:24PM Huh. 5 down votes and no responses? -- Hoocinogenic 06/06/2016 10:24AM I'll chime in, since thanks to Seattle I now feel guilty for wading into.. -- hoolstoptheheels 06/06/2016 12:51PM But look how long the thread is about bathrooms. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 06/06/2016 12:14PM And now they're after you. I can hear them tsk tsk-ing you non believers as -- 81_Hokie 06/06/2016 12:06PM But of course, the campaign has centered thus far on much more important -- Seattle .Hoo 06/04/2016 2:15PM Naturally -- Beerman 06/06/2016 1:54PM This op-ed piece on the transgender "locker room" question is spot on... -- SixerHoo 06/04/2016 12:28PM Just skimmed it but I think this kind of gets to the crux of it. -- hoolstoptheheels 06/06/2016 12:01PM It was never the transgender folks that concerned me it was about making -- ESHooFan 06/05/2016 09:45AM Yes, it essentially becomes a defense strategy to negate crimes. ** -- ryno hoo 06/05/2016 10:55AM This is nonsense. There is no otherwise criminal behavior -- Faz d. Hoo 06/05/2016 12:25PM Statistically Republican congressmen are more likely to sexually assault -- WahooRQ 06/05/2016 10:14AM Statically, Democrat Presidents are more likely to get hummers from interns ** -- WAH00WA 06/05/2016 10:18AM Statisically, you are more likely to die in the military with a Democrat -- ryno hoo 06/05/2016 10:51AM Yeah, World War II happened because FDR was a Dem -- got it. -- WahooRQ 06/05/2016 3:09PM Derp. ** -- WahooRQ 06/05/2016 10:34AM Another RTD transsexual piece by Mark Holmberg -- 221 Dabney 06/04/2016 7:01PM The point is that Roz won't know the transsexual next to her is in fact -- SixerHoo 06/04/2016 7:22PM If they're so discreet, why are we having this public discussion? ** -- TpkeHoo 06/05/2016 12:06PM Same reason we find ourselves debating voter impersonation. -- WahooRQ 06/05/2016 12:28PM Voter impersonation...it NEVER happens. -- Hokie5150 06/06/2016 07:01AM How many hours were you on the internet to find an unsubstantiated -- WahooRQ 06/06/2016 08:32AM Good to see you still supporting voter fraud. ** -- Hoodafan 06/06/2016 09:53AM Only in ...... Wait for it...... -- WahooRQ 06/06/2016 10:33AM LOL! A little voter fraud would probably be an improvement there! ** -- Hoodafan 06/06/2016 10:38AM Why do you want to disenfranchise dead people?!? -- Hokie5150 06/06/2016 10:32AM No hours at all. It was a current news story aired just over a week ago. ** -- Hokie5150 06/06/2016 09:31AM But RQ it's because the impersonators are so good they -- 111Balz 06/06/2016 09:24AM Security is much more blissful than wondering if you're -- 221 Dabney 06/04/2016 7:39PM So that's why the room smelled funny! :-) ** -- SixerHoo 06/04/2016 7:41PM Musta been my roomie, ** -- 221 Dabney 06/04/2016 7:55PM Couple things I want to bring up from that article. -- Cold Hoober Hoo 06/04/2016 4:24PM His point is he can deal with it, should we not have a choice -- AlexHoo 06/04/2016 6:14PM Are you haunted by other imaginary problems, or is this the only one? -- SixerHoo 06/04/2016 7:28PM Then why require that they can? -- AlexHoo 06/05/2016 2:16PM I think I pretty much agree with you. So then why do we need a law saying -- BocaHoo91 06/04/2016 7:54PM Apparently in NC we need a law saying he/she CAN'T.** -- SixerHoo 06/04/2016 8:30PM Maybe one of the reasons transgenders don't change and shower -- Cold Hoober Hoo 06/04/2016 9:47PM Like I said, both sides of the issue are being ridiculous ** -- BocaHoo91 06/04/2016 8:37PM Only one side seeks to discriminate. ** -- SixerHoo 06/04/2016 8:52PM Right one side says everyone should use the facilities -- AlexHoo 06/05/2016 2:00PM And Apparently one side wants a dude to be allowed to shower -- BocaHoo91 06/04/2016 9:00PM Do trannies get to jump in the sorrority house topless pillow fights too? -- WahooRQ 06/04/2016 11:36PM I think you're right. When I was in high school, the guys lockerroom -- BocaHoo91 06/05/2016 07:51AM My kid tells me that no one showers at his high school nowadays -- KCHoo 06/05/2016 11:47AM Don't think you are -- I just get the sense you keep fixating on a scenario -- WahooRQ 06/05/2016 09:00AM I'm not really fixating on that scenario and I agree it's unlikely -- BocaHoo91 06/05/2016 10:24AM It's more the making this into some big problem that must be addressed by -- WahooRQ 06/05/2016 10:40AM Neither do I, although apparently I've given that impression. -- SixerHoo 06/05/2016 10:46AM I'm 100% with you on the NC issue and the NC legislature -- BocaHoo91 06/05/2016 10:45AM I don't have an issue with the WH commenting on how ugly and stupid it is -- WahooRQ 06/05/2016 12:03PM Biggest issue with NC law is that they tacked on a bunch of stuff beyond -- KCHoo 06/05/2016 11:53AM You're misapprehending my position. What I react to -- SixerHoo 06/05/2016 10:57AM "To do so would undermine every other effort I make to be normal.” -- WAH00WA 06/04/2016 2:12PM Clearly, empathy is not your strong suit. ** -- SixerHoo 06/04/2016 3:06PM Please point out how you judged me and decided that I am not empathatic -- WAH00WA 06/04/2016 6:41PM The apparent difference between you and me is that I -- SixerHoo 06/04/2016 7:06PM Dwarfism naturally occures in nature yet that isn't considered normal. -- Cold Hoober Hoo 06/04/2016 10:17PM May want to rethink your wording there, Hoober. -- WahooRQ 06/05/2016 10:01AM What about affirmative action laws? Those are "special considerations" -- SixerHoo 06/05/2016 09:48AM Let's say we could efficiently set up a system whereby one could purchase -- CharlestonSC 06/03/2016 9:47PM What you are proposing would would help make people more financially secure -- ESHooFan 06/04/2016 10:46AM It would probably help those of us who don't need any help get more $$ but -- WahooRQ 06/04/2016 10:56AM There are already firms in the private marketplace who offer lower returns -- CharlestonSC 06/04/2016 12:19PM The "underbanked." Right. Not poor. Just lacking a bank account for some -- SixerHoo 06/04/2016 3:04PM You cheapen the validity of your arguments with the "ponzi scheme" comment. -- WahooRQ 06/04/2016 12:24PM Exactly. Hard to take seriously -- DanTheFan 06/04/2016 12:39PM "Rock solid". That's cute... ** -- Hokie5150 06/04/2016 3:10PM Social Security *is* a ponzi scheme in everything but name .. it's the same -- CharlestonSC 06/04/2016 1:41PM Of course it is a ponzi scheme. ** -- ryno hoo 06/04/2016 1:54PM It's really not a ponzi scheme. In a ponzi scheme, "investors" are not -- BocaHoo91 06/04/2016 3:43PM More of a pyramid scheme... ** -- Hokie5150 06/04/2016 11:07PM It's even less of a pyramid scheme. In a pyramid scheme, as it expands, -- BocaHoo91 06/04/2016 11:23PM Re: It's even less of a pyramid scheme. In a pyramid scheme, as it expands, -- Stimp 06/05/2016 07:38AM I'm speaking in the sense that it take a continually increasing pools of -- Hokie5150 06/06/2016 07:22AM But it really doesn't. And certainly not at an ever increasing rate like -- BocaHoo91 06/06/2016 09:37AM Not a ponzi scheme, but it does become full on "retirement welfare". ** -- BocaHoo91 06/05/2016 08:10AM There are several plans out there. -- DanTheFan 06/05/2016 09:14AM I don't like the idea of universal social security "b". Most people -- BocaHoo91 06/05/2016 10:42AM You're all wrong -- it's a Nigerian Prince email! 😩 ** -- WahooRQ 06/04/2016 11:32PM Exactly. tens of millions of citizens just shake their heads -- 111Balz 06/04/2016 11:30AM Problem is there is no lock box just IOU's. The government uses SS payroll -- ESHooFan 06/04/2016 10:36AM When you run annual deficits, what does a lock box even mean? -- BocaHoo91 06/04/2016 11:50AM Exactly, SS adds to the deficit at the same percentage as any other -- ryno hoo 06/04/2016 2:12PM So it HAS a funding source. That IS reality whether you -- 111Balz 06/05/2016 12:18PM But taking SS out of the gov't budget *would* allow for an actual lockbox -- CharlestonSC 06/05/2016 11:48AM What do you want to do with the money in the lockbox? ** -- Stimp 06/05/2016 12:46PM I suspect most working people other than those of us with high-dollar -- WahooRQ 06/03/2016 3:43PM You think most working people would support receiving -- BocaHoo91 06/04/2016 10:29AM Well of course many would. I would support taxing you more -- KCHoo 06/03/2016 3:51PM Sure -- I was talking about post-Reagan. Obviously the GOP was a much -- WahooRQ 06/03/2016 4:06PM Yes -- it changed about then ** -- KCHoo 06/03/2016 4:08PM And used those non-conservative issues to fire up the base and gotv. Sad. ** -- Hoodafan 06/03/2016 4:03PM "Wealthiest" needs to pay more than a little more just to keep SS as is. ** -- JohnHoo2 06/03/2016 1:37PM What he means by "wealthiest" is what concerns me -- Wahoo Ron 06/04/2016 11:20AM Don't think it's taxing receipts; it's no top cut-off anymore. -- HowieT3 06/04/2016 5:43PM Right. And then you turn social security into retirement welfare. -- BocaHoo91 06/04/2016 8:48PM There shouldn't be Social Security because (1) people aren't owed -- ryno hoo 06/03/2016 1:06PM It's only a "Ponzi scheme" if you don't know what one is. -- WahooRQ 06/04/2016 11:03AM Not explicitly, but I think society as a whole benefits from content -- JohnHoo2 06/03/2016 1:40PM I agree. But I don't see any reason to make it "more generous" -- BocaHoo91 06/04/2016 09:44AM But they spend, and cionsumer spending drives the economy -- 111Balz 06/03/2016 9:15PM If consumer spending alone drives the economy, why not simply give -- Hokie5150 06/04/2016 06:27AM If we didn't have it, poresumably we would be more like other countries -- KCHoo 06/03/2016 1:52PM Or we'd have what we had before it -- 35+% poverty rates among seniors. ** -- WahooRQ 06/03/2016 3:46PM Yep. As a wise man said, you can't put the poop back in the donkey. And in -- Hoodafan 06/03/2016 3:58PM The two aren't exclusive. I assume when seniors were at that poverty rate, -- KCHoo 06/03/2016 3:52PM Social Security was never intended to be a person's sole retirement plan... ** -- Hokie5150 06/03/2016 1:31PM Nor was it design to provide for 20+ years of retirement. ** -- JohnHoo2 06/03/2016 1:35PM Exactly. Avg lifespan was 68 when it started iirc. ** -- Hoodafan 06/03/2016 2:06PM That isn't the right number to look at because infant mortality -- KCHoo 06/03/2016 2:09PM A fair point, and good news I would think. But then why aren't we -- Hoodafan 06/03/2016 2:23PM I remember reading something to the effect of when SS started there were -- Tuckahokie 06/03/2016 2:29PM Presumably the payment demographics have changed also with women getting -- KCHoo 06/03/2016 2:33PM It isn't in terrible shape, but that is a huge percentage increase in -- KCHoo 06/03/2016 2:27PM The average person who qualified for it originally was expected to live btw -- KCHoo 06/03/2016 2:04PM Very true. ** -- Hokie5150 06/03/2016 1:51PM I am a retiree and live of investment income no pension. So the only -- ESHooFan 06/03/2016 11:52AM I suspect the 6% investment tax would only kick in at -- BocaHoo91 06/03/2016 1:01PM Wow, a 6% tax on investment income. That would bring the -- BocaHoo91 06/03/2016 11:46AM Shouldn't he be asking why the 12.4% being paid doesn't already do that? -- Hoodafan 06/03/2016 11:30AM Great! Glad that he came around -- DanTheFan 06/03/2016 11:21AM Dan, u take apple polishing to a whole new level ** -- TomKazanski 06/03/2016 12:11PM Had a good chuckle listening to Barry recently..."Trumps paulacies (spelled -- Tuckahokie 06/03/2016 11:06AM The endless "just a little bit more" strategy ** -- HokieDan95 06/03/2016 11:05AM Retirement welfare. Surprised it took 7.5 years. -- Stimp 06/03/2016 11:05AM It obviously isn't something he could expect to get done now** -- KCHoo 06/03/2016 11:15AM Why not? When did the ability to pay for something ever stop such -- Hokie5150 06/03/2016 11:22AM Not possible this late in his term. Would need to control congress and -- KCHoo 06/03/2016 11:25AM It's all good as long as someone else is paying for it... ** -- Hokie5150 06/03/2016 10:57AM Gimmie some cheese ** -- MBHoo 06/03/2016 3:14PM Why is this type of behavior acceptable and why is it viewed differently? -- thor9hammer 06/03/2016 10:01AM I find it disgusting behavior and don't believe any violent protest is -- JohnHoo2 06/03/2016 11:38AM And Id definitely have to draw the line wrt CPHA :)....bastards they are ** -- thor9hammer 06/03/2016 11:45AM A baby seal walked into a club............... ** -- Hoodafan 06/03/2016 11:55AM It isn't acceptable and it isn't viewed differently. -- Seattle .Hoo 06/03/2016 11:26AM First, I didnt establish an equivalence. What I did ask is why theres a -- thor9hammer 06/03/2016 11:43AM As he said, it is NOT viewed differently and it is NOT acceptable -- 111Balz 06/03/2016 1:13PM I dont believe Seattle nailed it and it is viewed differently ** -- thor9hammer 06/03/2016 2:44PM You are entitled to an opinion, but who is it you think -- 111Balz 06/03/2016 9:19PM I may have missed it, but I haven't heard one talking head -- Cold Hoober Hoo 06/03/2016 1:23PM What does Hillary have to do with this? ** -- 111Balz 06/03/2016 9:17PM And you think they are Hillary supporters because....? -- Seattle .Hoo 06/03/2016 3:30PM Not like they asked Trump to denounce his violent supporters. Oh wait...... ** -- Hoodafan 06/03/2016 2:09PM Come on. There is a difference btw people actually at his rallies and -- KCHoo 06/03/2016 2:16PM I don't think anyone said Hillary is responsible, Thor asked -- Cold Hoober Hoo 06/03/2016 2:31PM You sure seemed to say that. Why else would you demand she renounce -- 111Balz 06/03/2016 9:20PM Why don't you try and read these post again,not through -- Cold Hoober Hoo 06/03/2016 9:41PM Nice rant. The reason PEOPLE, including the media, -- 111Balz 06/04/2016 1:40PM Or more to that specific point the only name heard is Koch brothers -- thor9hammer 06/03/2016 2:50PM To be clear, I do not denounce billionaires. In fact I wish I was one -- 111Balz 06/03/2016 9:24PM Now that gets an upvote ** -- Cold Hoober Hoo 06/03/2016 9:44PM Anti-Trump doesn't necessarily means Clinton supporter. ** -- JohnHoo2 06/03/2016 1:45PM Well they sure as shit are not voting for Gary Johnson, -- Cold Hoober Hoo 06/03/2016 1:54PM Well virtually nobody if going to vote for Gary Johnson. ;) ** -- Seattle .Hoo 06/03/2016 3:32PM I still trying to figure out whether the current situation is good or bad -- JohnHoo2 06/03/2016 3:50PM Think it has to be good in non-swing states like the one I live in -- KCHoo 06/03/2016 4:32PM I think the latter is more likely to happen, and if I had to vote -- Cold Hoober Hoo 06/03/2016 3:56PM She is not going to denounce her voting bloc ** -- Tuckahokie 06/03/2016 1:27PM If there is a difference in coverage it is because Trump is different. -- Seattle .Hoo 06/03/2016 12:53PM Unquestionably helps him. you can't run an us against them campaign, if -- KCHoo 06/03/2016 11:37AM Trump IS the protest. The middle aged mostly white -- Cold Hoober Hoo 06/03/2016 10:37AM If one supports their cause, their actions are excused... ** -- Hokie5150 06/03/2016 10:18AM Why is it accepted, look below at Shen and 81 want to -- TomKazanski 06/03/2016 10:16AM Right... because all Trump has said is "America First"? This is one of -- 81_Hokie 06/03/2016 11:36AM America first pretty much sums up everything -- TomKazanski 06/03/2016 12:13PM Not my America ** -- 111Balz 06/03/2016 1:15PM Whoa! When did I turn into Nikky? ** -- Shenhoo 06/03/2016 10:19AM Uh Oh...Bathroom confusion for Shen :>) ** -- Tuckahokie 06/03/2016 10:23AM Not to defend it but you ask this as if Trump is just another candidate in -- 81_Hokie 06/03/2016 10:13AM Just noticed you are now disenfranchised too... ** -- JohnHoo2 06/03/2016 11:43AM I have been for a month or so. Point out why Hillary is unfit and get -- 81_Hokie 06/03/2016 3:03PM I think the theory is....you are politely pointing out Hillary's flaws, but -- Shenhoo 06/03/2016 4:48PM I dont see you as defending the action and Trump is very much -- thor9hammer 06/03/2016 10:28AM Nicky Haley says Donald needs to tone down his rhetoric. -- Shenhoo 06/03/2016 10:08AM Nikky is correct...he needs to soften a bit like he did for a few weeks -- Tuckahokie 06/03/2016 10:56AM Actually, as bad as Hillary is, I think she'll draw blood with her -- Shenhoo 06/03/2016 1:13PM Everyone assumes she's the worst possible candidate to face him -- Fuzzy Dunlop 06/03/2016 1:28PM The Clintons perch their edifices on top of the fray. ** -- Shenhoo 06/03/2016 2:49PM I thought he would be softening up already getting ready for General. -- JohnHoo2 06/03/2016 11:57AM My thoughts also. Hes even openly admitted he will be -- thor9hammer 06/03/2016 3:05PM I dont disagree with her. He is far more abrasive than Id prefer for sure -- thor9hammer 06/03/2016 10:48AM Is that what he is simp,ly doing? -- KCHoo 06/03/2016 11:23AM Theres no doubt hes using the media. Hes learned that you have to present -- thor9hammer 06/03/2016 2:43PM They would be called racists if they were attacking minorities and/or -- KCHoo 06/03/2016 2:54PM No. What I want is real reporting and real journalism, not taking sides -- thor9hammer 06/03/2016 3:31PM Do you really not have any qualms about the attack on the ethnicity -- Shenhoo 06/03/2016 3:46PM Didn't the judge belong to a La Raza group of some sorts. -- Cold Hoober Hoo 06/03/2016 4:57PM Well thanks and cheers to you also. I get that you sympathize -- KCHoo 06/03/2016 3:44PM I will admit I am only seeing the report on this as you mention it -- thor9hammer 06/03/2016 5:05PM Are you really saying clinton doesnt demagogue? -- TomKazanski 06/03/2016 12:00PM She isn't running as a demagogue ** -- KCHoo 06/03/2016 12:17PM Everybody runs with a demagogue strategy ** -- Tuckahokie 06/03/2016 2:05PM Saw one protestor holding a Flag of Mexico in one hand and a burning -- Tuckahokie 06/03/2016 10:07AM I find that really odd... Understand free speech and all that, but not sure -- JohnHoo2 06/03/2016 11:46AM A question for the board...aside from so-so economy what are the other main -- Tuckahokie 06/03/2016 10:01AM I am so old....when I was growing up, most of the moms I know -- Shenhoo 06/03/2016 10:34AM When you were growing up, the average American lifestyle was -- Hokie5150 06/03/2016 10:59AM I'm not so sure about that. But not in possession of facts with which to -- southdenverhoo 06/06/2016 12:41PM Boomers retiring; women exiting labor force ** -- Stimp 06/03/2016 10:17AM Also, teens not working. ** -- Hokie5150 06/03/2016 10:43AM What I don't understand is how stock market reacts to news now. -- JohnHoo2 06/03/2016 09:56AM The stock market has already anticipated the reports/news -- KCHoo 06/03/2016 11:57AM Market reaction my be tempered by the chance that aggressive interest -- ESHooFan 06/03/2016 10:19AM Spawned a thread with some good chuckles at least. ** -- bballbill 06/04/2016 12:03AM Just start posting the most ignorant, knuckle-dragging, right wing crap you -- WahooRQ 06/03/2016 08:09AM Wish I could upvote you ** -- WarmHoo 06/03/2016 5:02PM --** -- Joey Wahoo 06/03/2016 1:13PM Or just don't be a douche. ** -- Hoodafan 06/03/2016 09:44AM That clearly doesn't work, as you're ranked #5. :) ** -- WahooRQ 06/03/2016 09:58AM LOL! Touche douche. ** -- Hoodafan 06/03/2016 09:59AM I hear you, but how does that explain Boca as the top poster? -- HoosGuy 06/03/2016 09:02AM He's a good guy but no more respectful than DantheFan or JohnHoo. -- WahooRQ 06/03/2016 10:03AM Hee, for once I agree w/ TK, you are few steps above most posters at being -- JohnHoo2 06/03/2016 11:29AM I don't deny it -- I intentionally mess with the right wingers and openly -- WahooRQ 06/03/2016 11:36AM I think you underestimate your obnoxious level -- TomKazanski 06/03/2016 10:27AM Easy because he engages intelligently in the convo without being an ass ** -- DAMHoo 06/03/2016 09:37AM Details, details, details... ** -- Hokie5150 06/03/2016 09:14AM BCBS of Texas seeking a 60% raise in rates after going to HMO status -- -- Mr Wahoo 06/02/2016 9:07PM SOB should be ashamed, trying to get people health care like that! ** -- WarmHoo 06/03/2016 5:00PM Where do you suppose the premiums are landing? -- Shenhoo 06/03/2016 08:10AM My guess is bad risk pools. Young healthy people are opting out and -- BocaHoo91 06/03/2016 09:29AM I'm not really sure anybody is paying the penalty -- wahoo138 06/03/2016 10:34AM Exactly...If you read the earnings reports of the major health insurance -- Moneyshot 06/03/2016 09:44AM When you are living at home working part time...the penalties are fairly -- Tuckahokie 06/03/2016 09:36AM What penalties? -- Stimp 06/03/2016 09:45AM Exactly...but assuming these 20 somethings are completely honest here is an -- Tuckahokie 06/03/2016 09:50AM In Virginia at least, the option that premiums are too high -- wahoo138 06/03/2016 10:41AM The further along we go...the more it seems it was designed to fail ** -- Tuckahokie 06/03/2016 10:43AM I guess they are paying for laz and about half of mexico's population -- TomKazanski 06/03/2016 09:14AM Financing Obamaphones? ** -- Tuckahokie 06/03/2016 08:14AM If trump plays this correctly it's another gift from the left ** -- Hooda2 06/02/2016 10:41PM Ladies and gentlemen your Republican base. -- Hoocinogenic 06/02/2016 10:34PM ^^^Ladies and Gentlemen....^^^ -- Moneyshot 06/03/2016 09:24AM Classic...even better than the life of "Julia"...remember her? ** -- Tuckahokie 06/03/2016 09:38AM Nailed me so hard. I hate being in my twenties. -- Hoocinogenic 06/03/2016 11:15AM Explains the liberalism... ** -- Tuckahokie 06/03/2016 1:23PM Closed another deal for Trump University. -- DanTheFan 06/02/2016 6:37PM Objectively, Repubicans should endorse and back Trump. He won the -- WaxHoo 06/02/2016 6:13PM Not sure if thats TIC - But they DID all sign a pledge, (while hoping it -- Mr Wahoo 06/02/2016 9:14PM Not TIC at all. Standing back from it, I think it's the -- WaxHoo 06/02/2016 9:31PM That only applied to the candidates, not Ryan, Mitt, etc. So your -- Hoodafan 06/02/2016 9:28PM Actually I was thinking in terms of party leaders (see Paul Ryan) ... ** -- WaxHoo 06/02/2016 9:39PM I AM talking about the candidates. And several displayed their dishonesty -- Mr Wahoo 06/02/2016 9:37PM I cant imagine being a big $$ donor and watching Jeb get totall smushed -- Mr Wahoo 06/02/2016 9:40PM Jeb spent 81 million on advertising. Good for the economy. ** -- KCHoo 06/02/2016 10:09PM But will Trump still respect him in the morning? ** -- Shenhoo 06/02/2016 6:10PM Ryan complaining of liberal cronyism just a few years after Bush, Cheney -- 81_Hokie 06/02/2016 6:00PM Nothing of substance at all. Ryan is probably a bright guy, shame he has -- Hoocinogenic 06/02/2016 5:37PM Cue the Ozzy Osbourne walk off music ** -- 757 06/02/2016 4:40PM Hallelujah! The Republicans to the rescue! We're saved! Saved, I tell ya! -- SixerHoo 06/02/2016 4:04PM Well, he had to distinguish from GOP cronyism! ** -- Hoodafan 06/02/2016 4:15PM Exactly... ** -- Hokie5150 06/02/2016 4:40PM This election feels like a watching a figure 8 race. Waiting to see which -- JohnHoo2 06/02/2016 3:57PM Maybe like the old Hot Wheels race we used to set up in our rooms in 70's -- Mr Wahoo 06/02/2016 9:17PM Someone decided they don't like me today, knocked over 30 points off me -- JohnHoo2 06/02/2016 3:52PM Toughen up, bully victim ** -- Mr Wahoo 06/02/2016 9:09PM Wasn't CCD. We are on a union holiday. ** -- ryno hoo 06/02/2016 5:22PM 1st rule of Disenfranchised Soapboxer Club... -- SixerHoo 06/02/2016 4:14PM Yeah, I know. But there are people who thinks DSC are filled with jerks who -- JohnHoo2 06/02/2016 4:58PM In all seriousness, you are a model of decorum here, John. ** -- SixerHoo 06/03/2016 08:24AM Downvote your butts off. It matters not at this point. -- WaxHoo 06/02/2016 6:30PM You may have been unfairly blamed for kahoona's very brief flirtation with -- KCHoo 06/02/2016 5:10PM Lol. He got me. ** -- KCHoo 06/02/2016 7:49PM WTH? Well I still like you. An upvote to reverse the curse! ** -- Hoodafan 06/02/2016 3:57PM I hit it with a +1 as well just for sh*ts and giggles... ** -- Hokie5150 06/02/2016 4:15PM Humm... getting hit w/ +1 for sh*t and giggles... I feel dirty now :p ** -- JohnHoo2 06/02/2016 4:59PM Thanks! but getting associated w/ the untouchable might earn you the wrath ** -- JohnHoo2 06/02/2016 4:00PM I fear no wrath! Besides most of the wrath is already oppressed! ** -- Hoodafan 06/02/2016 4:02PM He needs to find an "Uncle Tomas" ** -- Tuckahokie 06/02/2016 3:12PM I feel bad for Uncle Tom. A good and holy figure in the original story but -- JohnHoo2 06/02/2016 4:06PM Sort of like Jesus in some circles ** -- Tuckahokie 06/02/2016 4:21PM What Trump is saying about the federal judge handling his fraud case is -- KCHoo 06/02/2016 2:28PM Like Brownback treats the KS judiciary?** -- WaxHoo 06/02/2016 3:09PM They are heading for a huge clash in next month. ** -- KCHoo 06/02/2016 3:27PM The "La Raza" judge? ** -- LAHOOters 06/02/2016 2:35PM Yes. Why? And Trump still has smaller hands than Hillary. ** -- Shenhoo 06/02/2016 6:11PM She might have a bigger dick though...... ** -- Mr Wahoo 06/02/2016 9:18PM Yet the '17 PGA Championship is still set for NC. I think you can safely -- Hoodafan 06/02/2016 2:34PM As it should be ** -- Mr Wahoo 06/02/2016 9:34PM He'll make the spectators pay for it though. ** -- Shenhoo 06/02/2016 2:20PM Anti Trump is just business ** -- KCHoo 06/02/2016 2:14PM Oops. She made Ms.Courtney-Evans mad. Never anger hyphens on social issues ** -- Tuckahokie 06/02/2016 2:23PM "The ACLU is supposed to stand up for everyones rights" -- Cold Hoober Hoo 06/02/2016 3:52PM Wonder how her daughter will feel when Chaz Bono walks in. ** -- Hoodafan 06/02/2016 12:25PM No worries. Chaz gets to use the men's room now. ** -- SixerHoo 06/02/2016 2:41PM Has Chaz indeed completed the deed? I don't know, or -- Hoodafan 06/02/2016 3:44PM Obviously she's an unenlightened hateful right winger ** -- HokieDan95 06/02/2016 12:35PM Lol. Scroll down hokie. ** -- Hoocinogenic 06/02/2016 1:35PM Georgia congressman quotes bible verse before key vote: -- Hoocinogenic 06/02/2016 1:10PM Wtf? -- HokieDan95 06/02/2016 1:17PM The link you posted. To the Georgia Voice website? -- Hoocinogenic 06/02/2016 1:33PM I grabbed it from the first site I found that was not politically -- HokieDan95 06/02/2016 1:42PM Interesting, so you admit you found this article somewhere... -- Hoocinogenic 06/02/2016 2:21PM How would you have reacted if it had come from Breitbart? ** -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 06/02/2016 2:37PM I would've pointed out the article on the same page that -- Hoocinogenic 06/02/2016 2:44PM He's got nothiing and he's trolling ** -- HokieDan95 06/02/2016 2:39PM Wow...you come up with that all by yourself? ** -- HokieDan95 06/02/2016 2:31PM Lol. An excellent rebuttal. ** -- Hoocinogenic 06/02/2016 2:40PM LOL yes it is ** -- HokieDan95 06/03/2016 07:59AM No she's a #T.E.R.F... -- Moneyshot 06/02/2016 12:42PM I love how she slams the ACLU for being a special interest group for not -- Hoodafan 06/02/2016 12:42PM Republican Congress: "Meh." ** -- SixerHoo 06/02/2016 11:33AM I wish we could make mosquitos extinct. ** -- ryno hoo 06/02/2016 11:14AM House Republicans are proposing a bill to give them easy access to guns and -- WahooRQ 06/03/2016 08:47AM Remember GWB looking into Putin's eyes and seeing someone he could work -- JMHoo 06/02/2016 11:11AM One thing's for sure. The Iraq quagmire has made Iran the dominate power -- Shenhoo 06/02/2016 2:08PM They are probably no 3, but killing saddam certainly helped them -- KCHoo 06/02/2016 2:32PM I still laugh when I think of A. Whitney Brown's definition of a "moderate -- Late 80s Hokie 06/02/2016 2:06PM Like everything in that region, it's complex. -- DanTheFan 06/02/2016 12:24PM Sounds like us. anybody remember a flirtation with "the good Taliban" -- southdenverhoo 06/02/2016 1:38PM Don't remember that but it wouldn't surprise me. Theres a reason no one -- WahooRQ 06/03/2016 08:50AM Maybe we should talk to them instead of them talking to our enemies. ** -- JohnHoo2 06/02/2016 09:27AM You think Iran is trustworthy on the nuke deal? ** -- HokieDan95 06/02/2016 10:49AM Better they just proceed, I guess. You trust them without a deal? ** -- Shenhoo 06/02/2016 11:08AM What a novel idea! ** -- 111Balz 06/02/2016 10:25AM Donald, if elected, will open talks with North Korea. Of course, they've -- Shenhoo 06/02/2016 10:27AM Clearly he would name Dennis Rodman to be the ambassdor to Korea. I wonder -- 111Balz 06/02/2016 10:48AM Ha, would be as dumb as using Sharpton as an ambassador on racial matters -- HokieDan95 06/02/2016 10:59AM Uh, no, not hardly. But not suprising you think so ** -- 111Balz 06/02/2016 11:36AM LOL wow, smh ** -- HokieDan95 06/02/2016 11:41AM So...it's been a failed policy since 2001. And you'd keep it? ** -- Shenhoo 06/02/2016 09:19AM 2nd Amendment!! ** -- WaxHoo 06/02/2016 08:52AM Maybe we should put a fund together to hand out guns, like, for protection? ** -- sss 06/01/2016 11:59PM More guns = a safer america ** -- FfxStationHokie 06/02/2016 09:07AM Or pass even more gun laws so us whiteys can feel we "did something"? ** -- Hoodafan 06/02/2016 07:34AM May be worth a try...since Chiraq's strict gun laws are not doing jack ** -- Tuckahokie 06/02/2016 06:14AM except making a fortune for gun store owners in Indiana.** -- HowieT3 06/02/2016 08:58AM So what does not work in Chicago will surely work in the nation as a whole? ** -- Tuckahokie 06/02/2016 09:09AM When no one can sell semi-autos or handguns nationwide, it will ... -- HowieT3 06/02/2016 09:50AM ...but Howie...on the scale of reason your position is probably one that -- Tuckahokie 06/02/2016 09:55AM Zealots regardless of the issue demand a perfect solution. -- HowieT3 06/02/2016 1:55PM And people who want to see nothing happen take advantage of the zealots -- KCHoo 06/02/2016 5:23PM One Size Fits All, baby! It's the America way... ** -- Hokie5150 06/02/2016 09:12AM You would support banning handguns? ** -- SixerHoo 06/02/2016 11:36AM Absolutely not. ** -- Hokie5150 06/02/2016 12:48PM Oops. Meant for Tuck above. ** -- SixerHoo 06/02/2016 12:55PM Its hard to fix a problem when you can't even admit what -- Cold Hoober Hoo 06/01/2016 8:47PM That is a large component. Ironically, both the NRA and Mafia -- HoosWillWin 06/02/2016 12:38PM Interesting take on 2 entities of diametrically opposed -- thor9hammer 06/03/2016 09:27AM Even greater irony: The suggestion here seems to be... -- hoolstoptheheels 06/02/2016 1:52PM Re your last question, I do think that more restrictive (some would say -- HoosWillWin 06/02/2016 3:26PM I agree. Maybe a little more skeptical than you.. -- hoolstoptheheels 06/02/2016 5:03PM No country on earth has eliminated drug use. Most have eliminated gun use. -- WahooRQ 06/02/2016 2:59PM Most countries are not the US. We do have an addiction to guns. -- hoolstoptheheels 06/02/2016 5:00PM Would you say the push for making pot legal is more of a -- Cold Hoober Hoo 06/02/2016 3:58PM Libertarian that liberals and many repubs support because they like to -- KCHoo 06/02/2016 7:52PM I don't smoke up but hate criminalization of a party drug that cant kill -- WahooRQ 06/02/2016 10:52PM It's more and deeper than that. There is a growing under culture -- 111Balz 06/02/2016 07:36AM Do you think decriminalizing and heavily regulating elicit -- Exhoolate 06/02/2016 08:18AM Well we can look at the experiences of those states who -- 111Balz 06/02/2016 09:20AM LA and SF are about as big as Chicago and DC. Do they have less gun -- JohnHoo2 06/02/2016 09:25AM LA v Chicago. Let's call it a tie -- Stimp 06/02/2016 1:06PM Per capita stats are more relevant and show neither even in the top 10. ** -- WahooRQ 06/04/2016 08:42AM LA does not quite have the inner city that Chicago has -- 111Balz 06/02/2016 10:00AM Treating the drug problem as a medical issue rather than a criminal one -- Hokie5150 06/02/2016 09:13AM Govco would heavily tax their drug sales...still leaving room for dealers ** -- Tuckahokie 06/02/2016 08:53AM Actually most cities are in far better shape than they were 20 years ago. -- WahooRQ 06/02/2016 08:14AM Seriously??? -- Moneyshot 06/02/2016 09:49AM Obsession with Chicago? Do you mean obsession with one of the most crime -- Hoodafan 06/02/2016 09:24AM Funny isn't it that no one ever mentioned Chicago until around 2008. -- WahooRQ 06/02/2016 09:38AM Those dastardly race conscious conservatives spewing actual -- Hoodafan 06/02/2016 10:28AM Those nosy conservatives need to stay the hell out of the Chicago -- Tuckahokie 06/02/2016 09:51AM Work on Louisiana. It's murder rate is twice that of Illinois. -- Shenhoo 06/02/2016 10:12AM Do you mean in heavily Dem and Dem run New Orleans? Yeah no -- Hoodafan 06/02/2016 10:32AM Mississippi is next in line. ** -- Shenhoo 06/02/2016 11:08AM Careful. RQ will surely call you a racist for pointing that out. ** -- Hoodafan 06/02/2016 11:20AM *Whiff* ** -- WahooRQ 06/02/2016 11:36AM Oh it's only racist if you bring up Chicago? Got it. ** -- Hoodafan 06/02/2016 11:53AM Strike 2. ** -- WahooRQ 06/02/2016 11:55AM Oh it's only racist if you dare to compare the outrage over a gorilla -- Hoodafan 06/02/2016 12:14PM Strike 3..... -- WahooRQ 06/02/2016 12:18PM "People say I'm xenophobic but I'm not... -- Hoocinogenic 06/02/2016 12:51PM What do you suggest the GOP do in Dem led Chicago & Illinois? ** -- Hoodafan 06/02/2016 1:18PM You seem to be implying the causes of gun problems in -- 111Balz 06/02/2016 5:59PM Not what they've done in Mississsippi--that's for damn sure. ** -- Shenhoo 06/02/2016 1:26PM Oh, so showing ineffectiveness in your supported gun laws or hypocrisy from -- Hoodafan 06/02/2016 12:36PM No, he won't. I'm quite sure of it. ** -- Shenhoo 06/02/2016 11:25AM That's the spirit. Maybe bring up Baltimore too. ** -- WahooRQ 06/02/2016 10:40AM Another place where we clearly need more gun laws. ** -- Hoodafan 06/02/2016 11:21AM This is uncalled for RQ... the shooting of the gorilla has been the -- JohnHoo2 06/02/2016 09:21AM Some people can only see things through the prism of race. ** -- Hokie5150 06/02/2016 09:40AM But....are Mexican judges racist? ** -- Shenhoo 06/02/2016 10:10AM ...when they were born in Indiana? ** -- SixerHoo 06/02/2016 12:57PM When your only tool is a hammer you think everything is a nail ** -- HokieDan95 06/02/2016 09:55AM Of course, when you're dealing with something as dense as a nail.... ** -- Shenhoo 06/02/2016 1:22PM ...but as sharp as a hammer. ** -- WahooRQ 06/02/2016 2:51PM A hammer? A...hammer? You mean a bag of 'em? ** -- Shenhoo 06/02/2016 6:09PM But a guy from Florida digging up a random Chicago Tribune article and -- WahooRQ 06/02/2016 09:24AM WTF is wrong with you? ** -- Hoos Operator 06/02/2016 09:02AM I guess you don't have an explanation re how you connected the two... -- WahooRQ 06/02/2016 09:13AM Your paranoid mind read way too much into the OP... -- Hoos Operator 06/02/2016 09:54AM My question was more what compelled you to go dig up some crime story from -- WahooRQ 06/02/2016 10:10AM I heard it mentioned on a talk radio station and googled the article. -- Hoos Operator 06/02/2016 10:21AM Got it. I forgot the fright wing talk show audience was so compassionate -- WahooRQ 06/02/2016 10:41AM Perhaps to mock the comparative outrage, or lack thereof? ** -- Hoodafan 06/02/2016 09:26AM
