Rubio's window is closing -- Stimp 02/25/2016 2:12PM Yep. As is Cruz'. Could make for an interesting debate tonight. I'm -- Hoodafan 02/25/2016 3:25PM A few polls I've seen out of Texas have Cruz leading. ** -- hooshouse 02/25/2016 2:14PMThe Soapbox
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Rubio's window is closing -- Stimp 02/25/2016 2:12PM Yep. As is Cruz'. Could make for an interesting debate tonight. I'm -- Hoodafan 02/25/2016 3:25PM A few polls I've seen out of Texas have Cruz leading. ** -- hooshouse 02/25/2016 2:14PM
I find it interesting that Mitt is going all Harry Reid about Trump's tax -- Shenhoo 02/25/2016 1:47PM On a lefty board somebody said "here's Mitt, above the fray, waiting to get -- southdenverhoo 02/25/2016 10:36PM Mitt hopes for brokered convention in which he gets drafted ** -- WarmHoo 02/25/2016 3:18PM "We won." - Harry. ** -- Hoodafan 02/25/2016 3:17PM Should be drawn by chimpanzees -- AlexHoo 02/25/2016 3:26PM My first thought was that it makes sense for a Congressman to have -- 81_Hokie 02/25/2016 2:04PM Rest assured the fcc or whoever controls that would become politicized ** -- HokieDan95 02/25/2016 1:40PM OT: Not sure if it has been mentioned, but I can vote on this board now -- Chesapeake HOO 02/25/2016 1:24PM Voting works now? Guess I'm sunk... -- Hokie5150 02/25/2016 1:37PM Most of the folks who disagree with you wont be able to vote -- KCHoo 02/25/2016 2:02PM You have no idea ** -- AngusHoo 02/25/2016 2:01PM Yip, yip, yip ** -- Hokie5150 02/25/2016 2:13PM Thanks. I discovered that the voting buttons work for me now as well -- Late 80s Hokie 02/25/2016 1:26PM I like the shortest-splitline algorithm...(link) -- Hokie5150 02/25/2016 1:08PM Works as well....but when you zoom in, where is the line? -- Late 80s Hokie 02/25/2016 1:15PM I would think it would be rare for one to fall "on the line" -- Hokie5150 02/25/2016 1:35PM Splitline is the best. But minorities will demand carveouts. -- Hoogle.com 02/25/2016 1:14PM I think the zipcode idea addresses that concern fairly well -- Late 80s Hokie 02/25/2016 1:18PM Are carve outs for racial-areas a form of gerrymandering? ** -- Hoogle.com 02/25/2016 5:42PM But it is funny to watch that monster turn on those that helped create it ** -- HokieDan95 02/25/2016 11:23AM Yep...1996 Hillary was correct, hopefully the 2016 Hillary will stand by -- Tuckahokie 02/25/2016 11:02AM Ted Cruz now trails Joe Biden (who isn't running) in the British betting -- Shenhoo 02/25/2016 08:27AM Really, British? ** -- Hoogle.com 02/25/2016 1:15PM OT -- I would like to see a study of whether there is a significant -- KCHoo 02/25/2016 4:42PM It's a long tradition. Gambling was a huge preoccupation in -- Shenhoo 02/25/2016 5:24PM Yeah. Intrade closed down. I found it to be generally -- Shenhoo 02/25/2016 1:17PM Sounds right -- Stimp 02/25/2016 09:31AM Question about Cruz's future. -- HowieT3 02/25/2016 10:42AM No -- rdm 02/25/2016 5:25PM I would LOVE to see him get Daschled. ** -- WahooRQ 02/25/2016 1:31PM Trump out-Christied Christie w/bluster & out-Cruzed Cruz on immigration -- TpkeHoo 02/25/2016 09:50AM I'm thinking Cruz will be locked up in Texas for the next week. -- Shenhoo 02/25/2016 09:43AM In a year of very strong anti-D.C. insider sentiment, a Biden bid would -- Tuckahokie 02/25/2016 08:31AM VP odds? I'm hoping Trump picks Palin ** -- FfxStationHokie 02/25/2016 08:28AM Trump cabinet meeting: -- 81_Hokie 02/25/2016 12:31PM The VP Apprentice: "The Ultimate Job Interview" -- DanTheFan 02/25/2016 08:38AM Spy agencies say Clinton emails closely matched top secret documents -- HokieDan95 02/25/2016 08:24AM Now that it appears that Bernie will flame out...it is highly unlikely -- Tuckahokie 02/25/2016 09:23AM Or there's nothing to go after. There's always that. ** -- WahooRQ 02/25/2016 09:30AM Doesn't everybody have beyond top secret emails on their home PC's? I'm -- 81_Hokie 02/25/2016 09:48AM Personal email server does not equal home PC, and by the way -- 111Balz 02/25/2016 10:18AM I can assure you it was -- hoothat 02/25/2016 7:25PM And how is the server in her home different than "home PC"? ** -- 81_Hokie 02/25/2016 10:42AM Well for one thing the email server was NOT in her home -- 111Balz 02/25/2016 11:18AM Correction: The server WAS in her home until 2013 when management -- Hokie5150 02/25/2016 11:37AM No computer expert but that might actually be worse since it gave more -- 81_Hokie 02/25/2016 11:26AM Didn't Platte River say they had a backup of her wiped hard drive at one -- Hoodafan 02/25/2016 12:02PM To paraphrase The English Beat..."Server in the Bathroom, you're my server -- Tuckahokie 02/25/2016 11:20AM Irrelevant. SHe either handled the info in acoordance with the law or she -- TpkeHoo 02/25/2016 10:22AM Or there is something about the law that is unclear or makes technical -- WahooRQ 02/25/2016 10:34AM The regs on transferring classified info on an unsecure networm -- hoothat 02/25/2016 7:36PM Or the regulations changed during that time and she knew about it... -- Hokie5150 02/25/2016 11:46AM I'm not sure you read your own post. -- WahooRQ 02/25/2016 12:12PM It is the issue I have been talking about all along. She did not -- Hokie5150 02/25/2016 12:54PM Well it's not the issue for the investigation because she complied with -- WahooRQ 02/25/2016 2:27PM I don't give a rat's arse about what the GOP talking points are. -- Hokie5150 02/25/2016 2:47PM Sure you don't. You just parrot them, even when they're several months -- WahooRQ 02/25/2016 3:45PM I've been speaking about this issue in terms of the creation -- Hokie5150 02/25/2016 5:02PM Do you think we are talking about some highly technical aspect of the law -- 81_Hokie 02/25/2016 10:54AM The people saying Hillary did nothing -- hoothat 02/25/2016 7:47PM So, "nobody has disputed" Powell assertion that no classified -- 111Balz 02/25/2016 11:21AM Ahhh, the "vast right wing conspiracy" defense. whatever.. ** -- 81_Hokie 02/25/2016 11:28AM That's your response? nevermind then ** -- 111Balz 02/25/2016 5:54PM Breaks the heart to see the poor Clintons victimized like that doesn't it? ** -- Moneyshot 02/25/2016 11:58AM "Victimized"? More just standard bullshit that looks like nothing but -- WahooRQ 02/25/2016 12:21PM Queue the violin music...it's heart wrenching -- Moneyshot 02/25/2016 12:39PM Didn't the McDougals do jail time over Whitewater? It's VERY hard to say -- 81_Hokie 02/25/2016 12:35PM Hillary Clinton believes she is a member of an aristocracy which exempts -- Hoos Operator 02/25/2016 09:22AM For the love of Peter -- Wahoo Ron 02/25/2016 08:53AM Pink, with Pink Floyd's "the Wall" on repeat. -- WahooRQ 02/25/2016 09:54AM Winner! ** -- FfxStationHokie 02/25/2016 10:10AM Should blend in with terrain, with a picture of an open gate -- 111Balz 02/25/2016 09:25AM How about red,white and blue? ** -- Wahoo Ron 02/25/2016 08:32AM Amarillo on the south side... ** -- Tuckahokie 02/25/2016 08:26AM Rainbow. To get bi support! ** -- Shenhoo 02/25/2016 08:18AM This is why reasonable people roll their eyes about hate crimes laws -- CharlestonSC 02/24/2016 9:47PM In need of education (shocking, I know) -- Stimp 02/25/2016 10:55AM I understand the frustration, but I think you might be missing the point. -- Hoodafan 02/25/2016 08:20AM I think that is right. Not really relevant in this serious a case ** -- KCHoo 02/25/2016 11:12AM Perfectly said. -- SchmHoo 02/25/2016 10:49AM Not good. Blindfolded Lady Justice weeps. ** -- ryno hoo 02/25/2016 10:14AM I don't think that hooded figure is the blind justice lady. ** -- Shenhoo 02/25/2016 10:30AM I didn't say anything about a hood. Mentioned a blindfold, which is not -- ryno hoo 02/25/2016 10:34AM I got your point and don't disagree once you get to a certain level of -- Hoodafan 02/25/2016 11:22AM LOL on your last line. -- WahooRQ 02/25/2016 1:42PM Haters gonna hate! It doesn't help, but sure makes some of your -- Hoodafan 02/25/2016 2:48PM Terrific post. That is exactly right. -- Shenhoo 02/25/2016 10:03AM I think it has improved. Look at the 60's and 70's. How many -- Cold Hoober Hoo 02/25/2016 10:40AM Yes. And it's simply remarkable how many mixed racially couples there -- Shenhoo 02/25/2016 11:01AM If I read your last paragraph the way you intended I believe you are -- 81_Hokie 02/25/2016 10:02AM No actually I think Hoodafan DOES have it right -- 111Balz 02/25/2016 10:14AM It's not that the law is narrowly applied at the discretion of prosecutors -- 81_Hokie 02/25/2016 11:14AM You are still not quite getting the distinction ** -- 111Balz 02/25/2016 11:23AM I think he is. If I understand him correctly, his point is that there could -- Hoodafan 02/25/2016 11:33AM Except it IS against the law to burn a cross on someone's property -- 111Balz 02/25/2016 6:02PM Yep, there is no history or prevalence of violence against tall people. Not -- Hoodafan 02/25/2016 11:03AM Strike "much" from your last sentence and we agree. That's my entire point. ** -- 81_Hokie 02/25/2016 11:31AM Keep it and I think we agree. It should matter in this case that this guy -- Hoodafan 02/25/2016 11:39AM Although I would add it's not that different than what 81 Hokie is saying, -- Hoodafan 02/25/2016 11:08AM OK -- who are you and what have you done with Hoodafan? -- WahooRQ 02/25/2016 09:03AM I can see where you would be confused by anything other than partisan shill -- Hoodafan 02/25/2016 10:56AM Really good post ** -- 111Balz 02/25/2016 08:48AM Hate crimes laws make me a bit uneasy too but I dont -- WahooRQ 02/25/2016 07:29AM I don't think they are necessary but can't bring myself to care much about -- KCHoo 02/25/2016 08:25AM There may have been, but I can't recall any case of a black -- Cold Hoober Hoo 02/25/2016 07:55AM According to the FBI, around 22% of hate crimes were anti-white. -- WahooRQ 02/25/2016 08:03AM Thanks for the link. It may not be as one sided as some think -- Cold Hoober Hoo 02/25/2016 10:26AM No, it's not. Oh and here's some more to the story - link -- 111Balz 02/25/2016 07:14AM Marquez may be the one charged with a hate crime ** -- Tuckahokie 02/25/2016 07:37AM It happened in D.C. ** -- Hoogle.com 02/25/2016 12:10AM Are you against the different degrees of murder also? ** -- KCHoo 02/24/2016 10:01PM They depend upon the actions of the offender, not his motivation. I am not -- 81_Hokie 02/24/2016 10:13PM They largely depend on intent. The victim is dead either way. ** -- KCHoo 02/24/2016 10:29PM Sure actions... is there a kidnapping, etc involved but also intent.. meant -- 81_Hokie 02/24/2016 11:09PM How about terrorism? Just murder or something else? ** -- WahooRQ 02/25/2016 07:53AM Hmm, interesting. After just a bit of thought -- 81_Hokie 02/25/2016 09:40AM An ISIS wannabe decides he's going to go out and randomly -- WahooRQ 02/25/2016 09:48AM Under our present law it's a hate crime. Under the law as I would write it -- 81_Hokie 02/25/2016 11:04AM From a practical standpoint, I don't think it should really matter. -- BocaHoo91 02/25/2016 08:55AM Fair points although I'd note that state laws don't always work that way. -- WahooRQ 02/25/2016 09:29AM If you walk in on a guy sleeping with your wife and kill him on the spot -- KCHoo 02/24/2016 11:14PM That's the difference between premeditated murder and 2nd degree -- BocaHoo91 02/25/2016 08:47AM It really goes to intent/state of mind though (or can) -- KCHoo 02/25/2016 11:13AM But what if you just happen to be a Grand Wizard and he is of an ethnic or -- TpkeHoo 02/25/2016 05:49AM And the cops find a copy of David Allen Coe's "She Ran Off With a N---" -- WahooRQ 02/25/2016 07:06AM That might be significant under hate crimes, but if she runs off with -- 81_Hokie 02/25/2016 07:31AM (sigh)** -- 81_Hokie 02/25/2016 05:42AM Of course they are. Had they kept their mouths shut, they could weigh -- TpkeHoo 02/25/2016 05:52AM Mike Bloomberg to the rescue? ** -- Hoogle.com 02/25/2016 12:11AM But they are usually so savy ** -- 111Balz 02/24/2016 9:22PM Fox doing a townhall they knew Trump couldn't make. lol ** -- hooshouse 02/24/2016 9:04PM How are you doing? ** -- 111Balz 02/24/2016 8:14PM Pretty much back to normal. Are you and your sidekick -- Doug 02/24/2016 8:46PM Yes to both! email me ** -- 111Balz 02/24/2016 8:47PM You mean that was all politics too? ** -- TpkeHoo 02/24/2016 3:24PM Who was being political? The grand jury that indicted or the Republican -- 81_Hokie 02/25/2016 08:16AM In Texas, politics is a sport, second only to football in popularity. ** -- Hoos Operator 02/24/2016 3:57PM Judging by the Perry case, it's a blood sport. ;-) ** -- Doug 02/24/2016 4:13PM Governor Sandoval from Nevada--a Republican--may be the Scalia replacement -- southdenverhoo 02/24/2016 3:11PM Could take out a great VP candidate ** -- WarmHoo 02/25/2016 3:13PM This is Obama attempting to cement his legacy and promises -- cvilleHOOrat 02/25/2016 08:39AM Be careful, Denver, about posting anything remotely -- NJHoo 02/24/2016 9:59PM Point proved ** -- NJHoo 02/25/2016 1:35PM Former federal judge and Hispanic. ** -- seanbryan 02/24/2016 8:01PM I can see a compromise that should be acceptable to both sides -- Wahoo Ron 02/24/2016 4:57PM Well I'm concerned about some cases this term. For one, I think the -- southdenverhoo 02/24/2016 9:45PM One thing: Republicans don't compromise ** -- WaxHoo 02/24/2016 6:00PM Some would argue that is EXACTLY what they do -- Wahoo Ron 02/24/2016 6:21PM Doing their corporate sponsors' bidding is NOT compromising with the Dems. -- WahooRQ 02/25/2016 10:19AM Unfortunately you're right ** -- WaxHoo 02/24/2016 8:10PM IMO he should nominate whoever he wants as that is his prerogative -- KCHoo 02/24/2016 5:03PM In Sandoval he would have sent 1 of the 2 best candidates in the US, the -- seanbryan 02/24/2016 8:10PM We know thats not going to happen without a compromise -- Wahoo Ron 02/24/2016 5:14PM So, not knowing the history, how did Scalia get in there? Was he a known -- HoosWillWin 02/24/2016 6:38PM Back in the day, clearly qualified jurists got confirmed -- KCHoo 02/24/2016 6:44PM Thanks. ** -- HoosWillWin 02/25/2016 11:50AM 98–0. And Reagan was a so-called lame duck. -- DanTheFan 02/24/2016 11:37PM The Democrats used up all their capital fighting Rehnquist being made chief -- WahooRQ 02/24/2016 6:51PM Typical Obama attempt to placate GOP that won't work ** -- hokeyhokie 02/24/2016 3:20PM Oh I think it's a typical Obama attempt to make the GOP reject a -- southdenverhoo 02/24/2016 3:25PM This ain't to placate 'em. It's to hoist 'em on their own petard ** -- seanbryan 02/24/2016 3:35PM Easy to make the GOP look like fools. Of course, they don't seem to care ** -- Beerman 02/24/2016 4:14PM Yeh, sometimes a person has to wonder about that ** -- seanbryan 02/24/2016 4:22PM He's added Republicans to his staff his entire admininstration, to no avail ** -- hokeyhokie 02/24/2016 3:30PM The R's should call him on it. No way this nomination is ever made ** -- TpkeHoo 02/24/2016 3:27PM THey should call and raise ** -- Wahoo Ron 02/24/2016 5:23PM No way to stop him from making a nomination if he wants to ** -- seanbryan 02/24/2016 4:33PM They should have but they don't play poker as well as you do. ** -- southdenverhoo 02/24/2016 3:28PM Obama is under the gun with a short stack -- Wahoo Ron 02/24/2016 4:22PM LMK when he sends the nomination to the Senate. This is just politics -- TpkeHoo 02/24/2016 3:23PM Of course it is poilitics -- Wahoo Ron 02/24/2016 4:13PM I don't think you guys know what "lame duck" means. ** -- VAGentleman05 02/24/2016 4:21PM MIght not be 100% lame but he's definitely on crutches ** -- Wahoo Ron 02/24/2016 4:30PM Well your party has been trying to take out his knees -- 111Balz 02/24/2016 9:11PM Yeh but 'twouldn't dumb politics, for reasons stated just above -- seanbryan 02/24/2016 3:30PM You wont see me defend McConnell. The guy had a free option to let the -- TpkeHoo 02/24/2016 3:35PM Now he doesn't have to; McConnell rejected it out of hand because he's a -- southdenverhoo 02/24/2016 3:27PM He shouldn't have said that ... probably -- CharlestonSC 02/24/2016 3:52PM Yep -- the Pres is just making McConnell look like the petty douchebag -- WahooRQ 02/24/2016 3:27PM Agreed. McConnell should have kept his mouth shut, wait -- TpkeHoo 02/24/2016 3:29PM Study religion = leave the Republican Party; a case study -- WarmHoo 02/25/2016 3:27PM Recycled talking points by people that have yet to explain the rich liberal ** -- HokieDan95 02/24/2016 7:15PM Most liberals I know aren't against earning money, they just -- 111Balz 02/24/2016 9:21PM You just described most anyone. Where did I say they should -- HokieDan95 02/25/2016 09:21AM Because liberals are most anyone. Some people like to attach labels -- 111Balz 02/25/2016 6:07PM And by anyone I mean those that don't share your political beliefs and... -- HokieDan95 02/25/2016 6:53PM Yep, they are about legislating morality. -- ryno hoo 02/25/2016 10:20AM That may be the dumbest thing I've ever read. -- WahooRQ 02/25/2016 2:14PM Don't liberals consider greed immoral? -- HokieDan95 02/25/2016 7:56PM Think that's Christians, actually. And who's banning greed? -- WahooRQ 02/25/2016 9:08PM Yes social conservatives and liberals are out to punish immorality that -- HokieDan95 02/26/2016 08:36AM Noooo, most of his posts are equally stupid ** -- 111Balz 02/25/2016 6:08PM Re: That may be the dumbest thing I've ever read. -- SchmHoo 02/25/2016 4:26PM Christ was pro choice ** -- Tuckahokie 02/24/2016 5:03PM More emportantly so was his mother!!!! ** -- MSGHoofan 02/24/2016 5:19PM I hate this kind of foolishness, these kind stupid statement are a hugh bar -- RML Hoos 02/24/2016 5:01PM Pfft. Republicans invented Christianity, to hear them tell it. -- SixerHoo 02/24/2016 3:49PM What applesauce (nod to Scalia) -- Doug 02/24/2016 3:33PM Republicans, as a group, have more money than Democrats. -- SixerHoo 02/24/2016 3:52PM So they are better at handling money! -- Hokie5150 02/24/2016 5:12PM Ha! They're Rs cuz they have money. They don't have money cuz they're Rs. ** -- SixerHoo 02/24/2016 5:54PM Is that true or is it that they are overwhelmingly more religious and -- WahooRQ 02/24/2016 4:29PM Good point on church giving. I was raised a Southern Baptist, and as far -- SixerHoo 02/24/2016 4:38PM Don't know...but they are wealthy as a result of their Christianity so they -- Tuckahokie 02/24/2016 3:58PM I would say they are wealthy because of race baiting -- KCHoo 02/24/2016 4:59PM Oops...meant to be under KCHoo's question ** -- Tuckahokie 02/24/2016 3:59PM I wonder how Rev. Wright, Rev. Al, Rev. Jesse live, what they drive, and -- Tuckahokie 02/24/2016 3:33PM Or Falwell, Graham, Shuster, etc., live and drive. Why list from one race? ** -- seanbryan 02/24/2016 4:19PM Not listing by race but by political affiliation...just as easy to claim -- Tuckahokie 02/24/2016 4:26PM So dumb ** -- KCHoo 02/24/2016 4:53PM I guess some people can't see past race. ** -- Hoodafan 02/24/2016 4:35PM Well that's readily apparent for sure ** -- 111Balz 02/24/2016 8:17PM Why? do you think they are good people? ** -- KCHoo 02/24/2016 3:48PM Matthew 20:1-16 would seem to indicate that Christ had no problem -- Hokie5150 02/24/2016 3:32PM That Thor was some God ** -- 111Balz 02/24/2016 8:18PM That interpretation is a stretch. -- DanTheFan 02/24/2016 4:22PM It represents, at a minimum, an allowance for free exchange -- Hokie5150 02/24/2016 4:24PM Go to Matthew 25 where broad duties toward the needy are laid out -- seanbryan 02/24/2016 4:14PM Absolutely. What I'm missing in my reading of the text is -- Hokie5150 02/24/2016 4:18PM He talks about eternal damnation if you don't perform these duties. If you -- seanbryan 02/24/2016 4:28PM Again, though, the issue is personal. He does not once, that I'm -- Hokie5150 02/24/2016 4:52PM Announces greatest force religious authority could apply. Says as to civil -- seanbryan 02/24/2016 6:08PM The question becomes, then, what is Caesar's? Does the fruit -- Hokie5150 02/24/2016 7:44PM We're back to tax cuts for the moneylenders -- WarmHoo 02/25/2016 3:01PM Well I would quote two Corinthians ** -- 81_Hokie 02/24/2016 4:00PM "Look at the rich Corinthian leather seats in my new car!" "Very nice!" ** -- SixerHoo 02/24/2016 4:12PM Nice pull... -- Hokie5150 02/24/2016 4:15PM Nice pic! Ricardo could rock him a Chrysler. ** -- SixerHoo 02/24/2016 4:30PM CORINTH IS FAMOUS FOR ITS LEATHER! ** -- Fuzzy Dunlop 02/24/2016 4:14PM Those two?!? You can't believe anything they say! ** -- Hokie5150 02/24/2016 4:05PM More on this issue from Alan Watts -- cvilleHOOrat 02/24/2016 3:08PM We finally have Trump's education plan-increase number of 'poorly educated' -- seanbryan 02/24/2016 1:39PM Trump is the Happy Gilmore of politics. His fans might as well wear beer -- Hoo05Dave 02/24/2016 5:13PM We do need ditch diggers and wall builders ** -- FfxStationHokie 02/24/2016 2:08PM Just had a crew of "ditch diggers" in our neighborhood last week -- NJHoo 02/24/2016 2:19PM Google fiber has done almost the entire KC area -- KCHoo 02/24/2016 5:52PM I hope you yelled "Speak American!" to them? ** -- FfxStationHokie 02/24/2016 2:23PM No, just buenos dÃas ** -- NJHoo 02/24/2016 2:25PM Well now see there, you're part of the problem! ** -- seanbryan 02/24/2016 2:35PM Losers. Criminals, rapists. Git 'em outa here. ** -- seanbryan 02/24/2016 2:23PM Indeed! Beloved ditch diggers and wall builders, at that -- except one -- seanbryan 02/24/2016 2:17PM How would the poorly educated do with "free" college, when they and their -- Hoodafan 02/24/2016 2:03PM Just keep 'em all barefoot & dumb, just shufflin' off to the next hatefest ** -- seanbryan 02/24/2016 2:08PM Well if they went to college, they wouldn't be poorly educated. Unless -- WahooRQ 02/24/2016 2:05PM Are you going to mandate attendance like K-12 to ensure that? Are -- Hoodafan 02/24/2016 2:41PM Honestly man, I was just poking fun at hoakies. -- WahooRQ 02/24/2016 2:48PM Despite the "hoakies", I actually gave you a +1 on this... -- Hokie5150 02/24/2016 5:51PM I suspected that was your main purpose, and btw I couldn't agree -- Hoodafan 02/24/2016 3:05PM UNC athletes count ** -- WarmHoo 02/24/2016 2:40PM But only to 10. -- HowieT3 02/24/2016 3:02PM Now watchit thar, pardner ** -- seanbryan 02/24/2016 2:09PM Yes... that's exactly what he said!** -- LAHOOters 02/24/2016 1:54PM Could a Trump nomination or presidency be good for future of US politic? -- JohnHoo2 02/24/2016 10:37AM Or it could be the prototype for new winning campagn strategy.** -- 81_Hokie 02/24/2016 2:27PM Trump is a celebrity candidate. Not the first time - see Ike (and even BO) -- Sabremetrician 02/24/2016 1:36PM Ike? No. -- DanTheFan 02/24/2016 2:41PM Postwar was also President of Columbia, I recall ** -- seanbryan 02/24/2016 2:57PM I like Ike -- NJHoo 02/24/2016 2:24PM Take away that Supreme Commander of European Allied Forces gig and what did -- Hoos Operator 02/24/2016 4:02PM Celebratory -- Trump celebrates himself ** -- seanbryan 02/24/2016 1:51PM After the new establishment seizes power, we'll see what is permitted -- seanbryan 02/24/2016 12:42PM Sure it could; but could isn't usually the way to place bets ** -- Quaker 02/24/2016 12:19PM I guess it could give us some perspective in the future ? -- 757 02/24/2016 12:07PM At least, change the delegate selection system in US ** -- Hoogle.com 02/24/2016 1:19PM Who is this 'us?' I sure can't define it. There is no single 'us' in this -- seanbryan 02/24/2016 12:46PM Ther needs to be an "us," or we're in trouble. ** -- SixerHoo 02/24/2016 1:44PM Well, looks to me like we're in trouble ** -- seanbryan 02/24/2016 1:47PM Yes, since the Great Wall of America will be seen from Space ** -- FfxStationHokie 02/24/2016 11:15AM Need one on the northern border too - damn Canucks ** -- Mr Wahoo 02/24/2016 12:02PM And on the East River in NYC ** -- Hoogle.com 02/24/2016 1:19PM There we need one to keep Americans in...according to many Dems Canada is a -- Tuckahokie 02/24/2016 12:13PM We could do much worse than emulating Canada, widely considered to -- SixerHoo 02/24/2016 12:57PM We were once the greatest nation on earth...sad to watch the accelerating -- Tuckahokie 02/24/2016 1:03PM We're being Balkanized by cultural Luddites afraid of a more -- SixerHoo 02/24/2016 1:23PM Decline, disintegration, whatever. It is sad. ** -- seanbryan 02/24/2016 1:21PM A Trump presidency makes a Canadian wall much more likely ** -- 81_Hokie 02/24/2016 12:41PM But will they make us pay for it? ** -- WahooRQ 02/24/2016 12:45PM ICE WALL! ** -- FfxStationHokie 02/24/2016 12:56PM Winter is cooming! ** -- SixerHoo 02/24/2016 7:01PM If Mexico pays for it, we should at least let them name it. ** -- VAGentleman05 02/24/2016 11:16AM And lose all that potential sponsorship money? #RevenuePositive! ** -- Hoodafan 02/24/2016 12:21PM Save even more money and let Mexico pay for it and have Mexicans build it ** -- Tuckahokie 02/24/2016 11:32AM Of course they will. Remember Americans dont like that kind of work ** -- TpkeHoo 02/24/2016 11:33AM Call it a Stimulus and hire Unions to build it and watch the Dems rethink -- Tuckahokie 02/24/2016 11:41AM Well it's a federal project--doesn't it HAVE to be union OR pay non-union -- southdenverhoo 02/24/2016 3:21PM Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna Memorial Wall ** -- TpkeHoo 02/24/2016 11:22AM Sponsored by Alamo Rental Car. ** -- SixerHoo 02/24/2016 1:39PM Trump plays to the basest instincts of the electorate and Bernie -- SixerHoo 02/24/2016 10:46AM I told you guys to vote for Mitt! ** -- Hoogle.com 02/24/2016 1:21PM This, yes, but that oversimplifies it. There is a deep-seated anger -- EAPo 02/24/2016 11:42AM That so-called anger against govt quickly transfers to hate of the 'others' -- seanbryan 02/24/2016 12:59PM I think you're right and it is dangerous to assume otherwise. My question -- Seattle .Hoo 02/24/2016 12:05PM I see term limits as little more than an extension of the -- Hokie5150 02/24/2016 10:59AM Then of course we shouldn't have term limits for prez, either, right? ** -- SixerHoo 02/24/2016 1:02PM We'll see if we have that in 2024, i.e. it's allowed to take effect. -- seanbryan 02/24/2016 1:15PM Agreed. If, for example, the voters wanted a 3rd Obama term, why should -- Hokie5150 02/24/2016 1:12PM Yup, that 22nd Amendment is open to debate. Not that 2nd one, though. ** -- SixerHoo 02/24/2016 1:29PM No, both are open to repeal...provided that is what the people want. ** -- Hokie5150 02/24/2016 1:43PM Lets ban speed limits while we're at. We all know how fast we should drive. ** -- SixerHoo 02/24/2016 11:48AM Who needs food and drug safety laws either? -- WahooRQ 02/24/2016 1:11PM And the only way to food and drug safety is the federal gov't? ** -- Hokie5150 02/24/2016 1:19PM Yes. How else? ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/24/2016 1:53PM Derp. Freedom. Derp. ** -- WahooRQ 02/24/2016 2:09PM Well, everyone pretty much raised and made their own food in the 1780s. -- SixerHoo 02/24/2016 4:00PM Let me ask you a question. If the department of agriculture and the FDA -- Hokie5150 02/24/2016 5:00PM The latter of course. I'm a lousy farmer. But I would be quite concerned -- SixerHoo 02/24/2016 5:51PM Private certification such UL. And yes, freedom does matter. -- Hokie5150 02/24/2016 3:54PM First things first. I'm sorry about your mom. I lost my mother to cancer -- Seattle .Hoo 02/24/2016 4:22PM It's not necessarily that regulatory control needs to be -- Hokie5150 02/24/2016 4:57PM Yep...heaven knows it'll be nothing but death, destruction and mayhem -- Hokie5150 02/24/2016 1:03PM Oh thought for a minute you were talking about the next Administration ** -- seanbryan 02/24/2016 1:53PM I've not typically been a fan of them, but it isn't a nanny state issue. -- Seattle .Hoo 02/24/2016 11:41AM We get the government we deserve. Term limits simply limit voter choice. ** -- Hokie5150 02/24/2016 1:00PM Couldn't agree more. A simple minded unquestioning electorate can't be good ** -- Hoodafan 02/24/2016 10:51AM What about a mandatory government test for anyone to register? -- Wahoo Ron 02/24/2016 11:13AM How about a mandatory government test for anyone running for President ** -- seanbryan 02/24/2016 12:37PM Best suggestion I've seen yet... ** -- Hokie5150 02/24/2016 1:28PM And a tax, say $1000 per year to weed out the economically inept ** -- NJHoo 02/24/2016 11:17AM Can't. Many of those are 'poorly educated' & Trump loves them because they -- seanbryan 02/24/2016 1:19PM Poll taxes are unconstututional ** -- Wahoo Ron 02/24/2016 11:23AM Scalia's dissent in the "same sex marriage" decision was interesting -- NJHoo 02/24/2016 11:14AM Nice post. It's a shame more people can't be as balanced in their opinions -- Hokie5150 02/24/2016 10:46AM Gracious post, but I do think you have a bit of a soft spot. -- WahooRQ 02/24/2016 10:46AM He was ultimately unsuccessful in turning the Court fully originalist -- Hood 02/24/2016 4:11PM If your intent here is to indict him for having a -- SixerHoo 02/24/2016 10:38AM I don't see him as a hero or villain. Just a unique, funny voice ** -- Hood 02/24/2016 4:08PM And he played a major role in fighting overbroad criminal statutes -- Fuzzy Dunlop 02/24/2016 10:37AM Thx for posting that Hood ** -- TpkeHoo 02/24/2016 10:27AM In a weird way, Rupert Murdoch has unwittingly been the Herr Goebbels -- WahooRQ 02/24/2016 09:24AM Newt gingrich basically agrees with you -- KCHoo 02/24/2016 6:15PM It is a good parallel, though you risk being shouted down -- HoosWillWin 02/24/2016 12:16PM Fox and the right-wing media have spent 7 years in sheer outrage mode -- Fuzzy Dunlop 02/24/2016 10:25AM Obama and the liberal media have contributed also. ** -- Hoogle.com 02/24/2016 10:29AM Right wing media evil... left wing media... doesn't exist to some ** -- LAHOOters 02/24/2016 11:59AM Oh? How? ** -- WaxHoo 02/24/2016 10:51AM Obama causes Obama Derangement Syndrome. Simple. ** -- Shenhoo 02/24/2016 11:11AM His actions (or inaction) does ** -- Tuckahokie 02/24/2016 11:40AM Nah. Hell, ya'll cheered and re-elected the man who spent -- Shenhoo 02/24/2016 1:26PM Upvote: +1 ** -- WaxHoo 02/24/2016 1:38PM ....if one already suffers from ODS ** -- 111Balz 02/24/2016 11:57AM #PartyOfTolerance! ** -- Hoodafan 02/24/2016 09:47AM I won't pretend to be "tolerant" of what the Republican Party -- WahooRQ 02/24/2016 09:53AM Half of the Dem voter base is similarly unwashed and uneducated ** -- Tuckahokie 02/24/2016 09:36AM One study found 73 percent of convicts who turn out for presidential -- HokieDan95 02/24/2016 10:03AM Given the demographics of that group this ranks up there with dog bites man -- SixerHoo 02/24/2016 10:53AM If rq wants to draw a cartoon of who votes R,why not draw a cartoon of who -- HokieDan95 02/24/2016 11:01AM Is that supposed to be significant somehow? ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/24/2016 10:30AM Was that a poll of hoakie football players? ** -- WahooRQ 02/24/2016 10:13AM More of RQ's thinly veiled racism ** -- Tuckahokie 02/24/2016 10:16AM It's racist to dislike emasculated turkeys? ;) ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/24/2016 12:07PM Can you tone it down, PC Police? ** -- SchmHoo 02/24/2016 11:12AM Racism, eh? Your most notable alumnus is a convicted felon and since we -- WahooRQ 02/24/2016 10:18AM Impressive hatred for such a tolerant person...congrats ** -- Tuckahokie 02/24/2016 10:28AM He expressed no hatred whatsoever, just some facts -- 111Balz 02/24/2016 12:40PM Bullshit Balz....pure holier than thou snarkiness ** -- Tuckahokie 02/24/2016 3:28PM Holier? can't say. That wasn't the question -- 111Balz 02/24/2016 8:21PM Since only Maine and Vermont allow convicts to vote, it's no big deal ** -- NJHoo 02/24/2016 10:06AM That a red herring since it still reflects poorly on who D's appeal to... -- HokieDan95 02/24/2016 10:26AM You understand convicted felons generally can't even vote, right? -- WahooRQ 02/24/2016 11:29AM Hey he's making a MAJOR point here. Really incisive and relevant -- 111Balz 02/24/2016 12:42PM The irony...wow. ** -- HokieDan95 02/24/2016 2:25PM There's another word you should look up ** -- 111Balz 02/24/2016 8:21PM Already explained that, surprised that superior intellect didn't grasp it -- HokieDan95 02/24/2016 12:18PM "Reflects poorly"? How do you figure? -- VAGentleman05 02/24/2016 11:20AM Shouldn't you be pointing out to rq how he already lost the argument by -- HokieDan95 02/24/2016 12:07PM I've almost accepted the fact that Trump will be the GOP nominee as -- BocaHoo91 02/24/2016 08:55AM I'm begining to wonder too. -- Wahoo Ron 02/24/2016 10:01AM Rubio's problem is he just isn't a very impressive candidate. -- WahooRQ 02/24/2016 10:08AM Rubio is a Big Money Pinoccio? -- Wahoo Ron 02/24/2016 10:51AM I tend to agree. All along I thought the ticket was going to be -- TpkeHoo 02/24/2016 09:22AM Kasich finishes below Carson in Nevada. -- DanTheFan 02/24/2016 09:52AM My Bernie campaign volunteer daughter is fairly adamant about staying home -- Tuckahokie 02/24/2016 09:02AM I feel pretty confident that few Sanders supporters will opt not to vote... -- SchmHoo 02/24/2016 10:37AM Most younger voters do not vote in the same numbers as older ones -- Wahoo Ron 02/24/2016 12:02PM Yep...like I said, not a very scientific survey. Most of the Bernie folks -- Tuckahokie 02/24/2016 10:44AM Yes plus "most " who will eventually stick Democrat could mean 50%+1 to 99% ** -- Wahoo Ron 02/24/2016 12:09PM To quote the Immortal Dylan (on the petulance of youth) - -- HowieT3 02/24/2016 09:46AM As I've said before, I'd vote for Hillary over Cruz. But only over Cruz. -- Shenhoo 02/24/2016 09:00AM He'll make America great again ** -- FfxStationHokie 02/24/2016 08:59AM Trump most important endorser, Drudge, has declared him the winner. ** -- Shenhoo 02/24/2016 08:06AM Colin Powell disagrees. Courrse you're smarter'n him ** -- WaxHoo 02/24/2016 5:53PM Are you really this much of a wimp? Or do you just enjoy -- WaxHoo 02/24/2016 10:55AM Deleted** -- WaxHoo 02/24/2016 11:01AM What's the problem with a super max where they are not allowed to mingle -- 81_Hokie 02/24/2016 09:41AM You really mean "Murrica needs some wins," don't you? ** -- HowieT3 02/24/2016 09:11AM Why do you want Gitmo to remain open? ** -- 111Balz 02/24/2016 09:01AM Those detainees are going to be held somewhere. Is it not safer for -- Hokie5150 02/24/2016 09:18AM No. ** -- WaxHoo 02/24/2016 10:56AM Fine. What is the advantage of keeping the detainees in the cont. U.S.? ** -- Hokie5150 02/24/2016 11:05AM Have I claimed there is one? I simply answered your binary question.** -- WaxHoo 02/24/2016 11:20AM Political--more easily be covered by Constitution/Miranda, etc., treat as -- ryno hoo 02/24/2016 11:13AM Are you worried about them escaping or somebody busting them out? If -- 81_Hokie 02/24/2016 09:46AM Escape? No. Presenting a target for terrorist activity? Absolutely. ** -- Hokie5150 02/24/2016 09:47AM How long have we held Kalid Mohammed and what's that caused? ** -- WaxHoo 02/24/2016 2:07PM I touched on that though. If I am ISIS and I want 50 guys back, it makes -- 81_Hokie 02/24/2016 12:53PM Then why don't we export all violent criminals? -- 111Balz 02/24/2016 09:32AM The criminals aren't the problem. The problem is the draw and the -- Hokie5150 02/24/2016 09:54AM Look at the linked picture of Florence, CO, and tell me -- HowieT3 02/24/2016 10:42AM OK. If that is your position, how is it any better to have them in Co than -- Hokie5150 02/24/2016 11:03AM Cheaper. Cost per inmate is less in DoJ. Demonstrates a break ... -- HowieT3 02/24/2016 2:26PM Can the ones at Gitmo be turned over to the DoJ while -- Hokie5150 02/24/2016 5:11PM Huh? ** -- 111Balz 02/24/2016 10:37AM Don't get sucked in ** -- KaHOOnah 02/24/2016 10:51AM :>) ** -- 111Balz 02/24/2016 8:23PM No. Especially not after the SCOTUS Hamdan ruling. -- HowieT3 02/24/2016 09:32AM Hamdan, Boumediene, and similar cases were all losses for America -- ryno hoo 02/24/2016 09:49AM Then treat it seriously ** -- WaxHoo 02/24/2016 10:58AM Oh that pesky due process. How will we ever survive? ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/24/2016 10:32AM Don't you realize giving them a lawyer and a hearing is a sign of weakness? ** -- HowieT3 02/24/2016 10:55AM Liberals fighting for terrorrists' rights. You all are so awesome. ** -- ryno hoo 02/24/2016 11:02AM And you know they're terrorists because...... ** -- WahooRQ 02/24/2016 1:43PM This is the correct question ** -- cvilleHOOrat 02/24/2016 1:52PM $455 Million dollars a year for 91 guys. Brilliant. ** -- cvilleHOOrat 02/24/2016 08:04AM Republicanism is a mental disorder! #fiscalgnats ** -- WahooRQ 02/24/2016 09:09AM And how much of that $455M will be saved if we move those guys to CO? -- Hoodafan 02/24/2016 09:16AM Does the Atlantic Fleet actually still use it? -- HowieT3 02/24/2016 09:39AM To clarify, I wasn't suggesting this was part of a plan to return GITMO -- Hoodafan 02/24/2016 09:43AM There are hundreds of bases around the world. -- ryno hoo 02/24/2016 09:33AM Fiscal gnat. ** -- WaxHoo 02/24/2016 11:00AM Yes there are...and we should close those too. ** -- cvilleHOOrat 02/24/2016 09:34AM If most of us had a choice between helping our fellow citizens have access -- WahooRQ 02/24/2016 10:02AM There's another option. Close the Cold War era bases and -- Hokie5150 02/24/2016 10:09AM WH says as much as $180mill a year in operating costs -- cvilleHOOrat 02/24/2016 09:31AM And that would be "free" in CO or wherever? Again, I'm not even in a -- Hoodafan 02/24/2016 09:39AM $75,000 per year for a supermax prisoner -- NJHoo 02/24/2016 10:01AM Thanks for linking that. I guess that takes us back to my original question -- Hoodafan 02/24/2016 10:22AM They may be transferred to other duties or their billet eliminated. -- HowieT3 02/24/2016 10:32AM See, this rightie would happily up vote that if I wasn't suppressed. That -- Hoodafan 02/24/2016 10:42AM Agreed...good post and good info. ** -- Hokie5150 02/24/2016 11:11AM I'm sorry you don't believe the WH numbers -- cvilleHOOrat 02/24/2016 09:48AM I'm more worried about you buying whatever they give you hook, line and -- Hoodafan 02/24/2016 09:55AM You just worry about yourself, thanks. And again... -- cvilleHOOrat 02/24/2016 09:57AM Thank you for that reminder of why it's completely pointless to try -- Hoodafan 02/24/2016 10:27AM That's different ** -- FfxStationHokie 02/24/2016 08:35AM Semi-serious suggestion...since we really do not want these turds -- Tuckahokie 02/24/2016 07:59AM Do you think throwing them in max security in Colorado is a threat -- cvilleHOOrat 02/24/2016 08:18AM As long as they have a Jihad wing...sounds fine. ** -- Tuckahokie 02/24/2016 08:51AM They're in solitary 23 hours a day. That other hour is ... -- HowieT3 02/24/2016 09:16AM Don't you know how many prisoners escape from that prison EVERY DAY?!?!?!? ** -- SixerHoo 02/24/2016 08:46AM Just as I predicted China has completely militarized S.China Sea illegaly -- Charleston Cav 02/24/2016 07:46AM It is as legal as US in Iraq or Russia in Crimea ** -- JohnHoo2 02/24/2016 10:27AM We annexed Iraq? Interesting point of view ** -- Hoo05Dave 02/24/2016 4:07PM Let's light 'em up!!! Who has the launch codes????** -- SixerHoo 02/24/2016 08:43AM These actions should be condemned in the strongest language possible (per -- Tuckahokie 02/24/2016 08:07AM So tell us Admiral Halsey, what exactly should we have done? ** -- WaxHoo 02/24/2016 07:51AM Brought in Greenpeace from the beginning -- Charleston Cav 02/24/2016 12:35PM Perfect. You're hired! ** -- WaxHoo 02/24/2016 2:09PM I had another look and I had a cup of tea and butter pie -- 111Balz 02/24/2016 08:17AM The world wonders.... (Historical Halsey reference, for those curious)** -- 81_Hokie 02/24/2016 08:01AM I know that book,your conclusions are all wrong,Halsey acted stupidly.** -- Cold Hoober Hoo 02/24/2016 07:54AM He was an aviator, so, of course he'd fall for that sucker play. -- HowieT3 02/24/2016 09:23AM With HRC the R's have a great shot at the White House and then this a-hole -- HokieDan95 02/24/2016 09:27AM Wrong tack. It's time to focus on the non-nonsense. it's time -- Shenhoo 02/24/2016 08:14AM This is surreal. Like watching Mussolini come to power... ** -- 81_Hokie 02/24/2016 07:47AM Perhaps more like Silvio Berlusconi. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/24/2016 09:42AM And they love him ** -- cvilleHOOrat 02/24/2016 07:41AM As opposed to the other side that screws the poorly educated? -- Hoodafan 02/24/2016 07:39AM He's your boy now -- WaxHoo 02/24/2016 07:45AM He sure picked the right party. This is almost unbelievable. ** -- WahooRQ 02/24/2016 07:32AM It's almost noble that Trump would confess to appealing to the..... -- SchmHoo 02/24/2016 07:04AM America is going to be grabbing money, more, more, more... ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/24/2016 01:02AM I love it... -- Hokie5150 02/24/2016 08:44AM You do realize John McAfee is running for the Libertarian nomination,right? ** -- Hoodafan 02/24/2016 08:52AM You wanna get nuts? -- SchmHoo 02/24/2016 10:13AM You and I agree upon very little; but we agree vigorously on this. -- WaxHoo 02/24/2016 07:49AM Hillary is only that bad in your bubble. Better than Kerry, Gore, or any -- WahooRQ 02/24/2016 07:49AM Im struggling to find an area in which she is better than Gore. -- southdenverhoo 02/24/2016 08:18AM That one's a close call but think back to how miserable and awkward a -- WahooRQ 02/24/2016 10:21AM He got a massage after he was screwed :>) ** -- Tuckahokie 02/24/2016 08:53AM Well its only Nevada but he doubled up on Cruzio ** -- 111Balz 02/24/2016 07:22AM KanyeWest2020 ! ** -- Hoo05Dave 02/24/2016 01:04AM RQ would probably be his campaign manager. ** -- Hoos Operator 02/24/2016 01:08AM It's a reality tv election. It's like the Schwarzenegger, Ventura, Franken -- VAGentleman05 02/24/2016 12:33AM Any chance Rubio/Kasich break with tradition and ticket up together now? -- CharlestonSC 02/24/2016 12:20AM I think that would be a winning ticket in November, but the farther this -- VAGentleman05 02/24/2016 12:24AM Not every state is Nevada -- CharlestonSC 02/24/2016 12:26AM Not according to the RCP data I'm seeing. Also, if you're giving all the -- VAGentleman05 02/24/2016 12:32AM RCP polls on the general are worthless. This time in 2012 they had Romney -- WahooRQ 02/24/2016 07:38AM If only that were the case... -- Stimp 02/24/2016 08:54AM Ah, it wasn't until August/September according to that. -- WahooRQ 02/24/2016 09:08AM It never occurs according to that -- Stimp 02/24/2016 09:59AM That's the average. I must have been thinking about individual polls, but -- WahooRQ 02/24/2016 10:26AM That's why RCP does averages... turns out they're pretty good pulse readers ** -- CharlestonSC 02/24/2016 3:53PM Sure, general election polls aren't "ripe." But State nominating polls are -- southdenverhoo 02/24/2016 08:03AM I'm pro-choice, but Oliver's piece misses the bigger picture debate -- Hoo05Dave 02/23/2016 10:24PM Re: I'm pro-choice, I don't think you can disocunt that there ARE -- 111Balz 02/24/2016 09:05AM Pro-life groups don't understand that abortions are not going away -- dajoka004 02/24/2016 08:08AM Kudos! Excellent post. ** -- Hokie5150 02/24/2016 07:58AM Didn't see the Oliver piece but that is a solid and fair post! ** -- Hoodafan 02/24/2016 07:34AM Mitch McConnell disagrees. -- DanTheFan 02/23/2016 10:06PM There's only one Castro worth paying attention to (link) -- 111Balz 02/23/2016 9:55PM Holy crap, are they still doing gigs in the Hook? ** -- Hoos Operator 02/24/2016 12:16AM And elsewhere, a few times a year. I think Danny is back -- 111Balz 02/24/2016 07:21AM Take it to the Corner! ** -- bballbill 02/23/2016 9:58PM TITC? ** -- Old Dorms Rule! 02/23/2016 10:29PM Yep RPI He's the only "good Castro" for now. ** -- Wahoo Ron 02/23/2016 9:26PM And you & the lefty cabal on here will tell us why they are all so bad. ** -- CA Cav 02/23/2016 10:28PM Cabal: Secret political clique or faction. Don't think we're a secret here. ** -- SixerHoo 02/24/2016 10:25AM Marco's Number 2!! Marco's Number 2!! ** -- VAGentleman05 02/24/2016 12:21AM They seem really focused on making Cruz quit. ** -- hooshouse 02/23/2016 11:25PM We can only hope ** -- FfxStationHokie 02/23/2016 8:45PM Odds of Gary Busey getting a cabinent post?** -- 111Balz 02/23/2016 9:38PM Sec. of Transportation ** -- Cold Hoober Hoo 02/23/2016 11:15PM Slick Willy in RVA tomorrow. Rally at Hippodrome. VIP party at Paper Moon** -- jackethoo 02/23/2016 7:56PM He's forfeited any standing to question constitutionality of BO's actions. ** -- SixerHoo 02/24/2016 08:59AM Dereliction of duty isn't an impeachable offense ** -- WaxHoo 02/23/2016 9:08PM Of course, just a rant at all the Impeach Obama for Obamacare or whatever -- 81_Hokie 02/24/2016 07:45AM Nope...you get a nice ceremony in The Rose Garden instead. ** -- Tuckahokie 02/24/2016 06:56AM That's different ** -- FfxStationHokie 02/23/2016 8:23PM It's a game. I think now McConnell and others are beating this drum to try -- Seattle .Hoo 02/23/2016 7:25PM How is that really different than Harry Reid not letting countless bills -- Hoodafan 02/23/2016 7:23PM Its the Supreme Court; it's not another defund ACA bill -- 111Balz 02/23/2016 9:32PM THe political price to be paid -- Wahoo Ron 02/23/2016 9:02PM Yeah. Screw the national interest. Party first. -- WaxHoo 02/23/2016 9:19PM Maybe the party's interest and the national interest coincide on this -- Wahoo Ron 02/23/2016 9:31PM How is a gridlocked SCOTUS in the nation's best interest? ** -- SixerHoo 02/24/2016 09:04AM No hearing, no vote, no consideration. ** -- ryno hoo 02/23/2016 7:00PM So you are demanding that Obama be impeached? ** -- Wahoo Ron 02/23/2016 6:59PM No. why do you ask? ** -- 111Balz 02/23/2016 9:33PM So you post under two usernames? 81_Hokie AND 111Balz? ** -- Wahoo Ron 02/23/2016 9:36PM DAMN. yes, great detective work Ron. ** -- 111Balz 02/23/2016 9:40PM Woof White House or big house? ** -- AlexHoo 02/23/2016 6:27PM What is with this Woofing? Am i missing something? ** -- AngusHoo 02/23/2016 8:26PM Oh, it's hilarious. To 12 year old boys. ** -- SixerHoo 02/24/2016 09:20AM Here ya go Angus. Play it low so you don't scare the other mental patients. -- Hoos Operator 02/23/2016 8:43PM You should do the same. Wouldnt want your boys at the NAAWP rally to think -- WahooRQ 02/23/2016 9:22PM What is with your mental patients? Am i missing something? ** -- AngusHoo 02/23/2016 9:16PM Long shot- Anyone have experience with global food safety initiative? -- Cold Hoober Hoo 02/23/2016 3:29PM U.S. judge orders discovery to go forward over Clinton private email system -- WaxHoo 02/23/2016 3:10PM What's going to come of this? -- 757 02/23/2016 5:37PM What's going to come of this ... -- WaxHoo 02/23/2016 9:05PM That may be the likely (and terrible for the nation) outcome. ** -- TpkeHoo 02/23/2016 6:33PM That is certainly not out of the realm of possibility ** -- 81_Hokie 02/23/2016 6:25PM Otoh I can't see her being sloppy enough to have incriminating emails. Otoh -- TpkeHoo 02/23/2016 3:43PM CNN non pay link -- HokieDan95 02/23/2016 3:28PM Taking off from the thread below, there are many signs this will be a good -- AlexHoo 02/23/2016 2:37PM The things you believe....IMO Cruz is the worst candidate left -- 111Balz 02/23/2016 5:25PM Given the liklihood of a GOP congress do you really think Kasich would get -- 81_Hokie 02/23/2016 6:28PM "getting something done" is overrated, when the "something" is bad. ** -- southdenverhoo 02/23/2016 7:09PM Exactly. "effective" IMO has a strong quality of output component ** -- 111Balz 02/23/2016 9:37PM Woof Hillary a dishonest kleptokrat, with a long record of incometence -- AlexHoo 02/23/2016 5:43PM That was almost coherent ** -- 111Balz 02/23/2016 9:35PM Dogg is better than Doggshit, which is what you're proposing. -- WaxHoo 02/23/2016 9:12PM I guess you missed the series of articles that said GOP leaders ... -- HowieT3 02/23/2016 3:18PM Right I am no Cruz supporter but the dog is worse -- AlexHoo 02/23/2016 7:05PM Its a Hobbsian choice. No good choices; only bad and worse -- WaxHoo 02/23/2016 9:14PM There is no way in hell that theocrat Cruz wins this election. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/23/2016 3:17PM The dog trails every Republican in latest polls Wooof -- AlexHoo 02/23/2016 4:48PM Oh and latest polls show Sanders creaming both Trump and Cruz. -- Seattle .Hoo 02/23/2016 7:21PM I do but unfortunately ~55% of Dems don't seem to agree with me. ** -- southdenverhoo 02/23/2016 9:04PM Talk to me in November. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/23/2016 7:09PM Bad timing for you, Romney might have won in a walk. Problem is Cruz and -- southdenverhoo 02/23/2016 3:17PM Romney theory: if he has not endorsed, waiting for brokered convention. ** -- WarmHoo 02/23/2016 5:20PM