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I love the uneducated. I love Hispanics, I employ Hispanics, **
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81_Hokie
02/25/2016 9:19PM
...and Senators Rubio and Cruz, you're no Hispanics. **
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Hoos Operator
02/25/2016 9:21PM
Too bad I can't upvote you. Well played! **
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Shenhoo
02/25/2016 9:40PM
This is such a Clusterfuck **
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hooshouse
02/25/2016 9:07PM
But the Leader will emerge unscathed -- our next lifetime President **
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icehokie
02/25/2016 11:49PM
Wow. Lowest common denominator.
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DanTheFan
02/25/2016 9:19PM
This is what happens when you cut all the good kids and just keep the ones
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VAGentleman05
02/25/2016 9:44PM
Ha! I've seen that game. ++ **
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DanTheFan
02/25/2016 9:52PM
It's like a bad reality tv show .... Only these fucking clowns are running
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WahooRQ
02/25/2016 9:10PM
When is Shrill and Shrivel's next softball-fielding event?**
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Hoos Operator
02/25/2016 9:16PM
What a pitiful response **
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cvilleHOOrat
02/25/2016 9:29PM
Have you actually watched one of their "debates"?
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Hoos Operator
02/25/2016 9:47PM
At least it doesn't look like a food fight between two weasels and an
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WahooRQ
02/25/2016 11:22PM
The Huge Weiner displayed in the background of this debate cracks me up**
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Mr Wahoo
02/25/2016 8:50PM
The weiners on the stage are in rare form tonight. These guys are desperate
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VAGentleman05
02/25/2016 9:37PM
Gotta admit. I never expected to see the gloves come off
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Shenhoo
02/25/2016 8:50PM
Anybody ever watched the movie "Network?" For some reason I had never seen
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Seattle .Hoo
02/25/2016 5:53PM
A terrific pairing of director and writer.
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DanTheFan
02/25/2016 6:43PM
An all time classic. And yes it all came true, except it did not predict
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111Balz
02/25/2016 5:55PM
It didn't just come true; it was more or less true then.
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hoolstoptheheels
02/25/2016 7:15PM
The media was what I was talking about. Had Walter retired
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111Balz
02/25/2016 8:51PM
I was talking more about the changes in media. At the time news programming
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Seattle .Hoo
02/25/2016 7:55PM
Our tv dials went from 3 to 6 depending on where you lived.
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hoolstoptheheels
02/25/2016 8:19PM
Yeah, but Beale was more Hannity, O'Reilley, et al. You are correct though.
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Seattle .Hoo
02/25/2016 5:59PM
Or Beck....or in a different job, without the religious context, Bernie **
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111Balz
02/25/2016 6:03PM
UVA students voting on change to Honor System:
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Hoogle.com
02/25/2016 5:43PM
What a joke **
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dajoka004
02/25/2016 10:44PM
Insanity **
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hoothat
02/25/2016 8:17PM
Ugh. It isn't that hard. It's a PRIVILEGE to be at the University.
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RML Hoos
02/25/2016 8:08PM
No privileges anymore ... everything is a right **
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CharlestonSC
02/25/2016 10:18PM
It would be a shame to see this respected system end... **
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Hokie5150
02/25/2016 7:25PM
I "tried" not to lie, cheat or steal. **
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LAHOOters
02/25/2016 5:58PM
Sort of honorish.
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DanTheFan
02/25/2016 9:14PM
Nice **
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HokieDan95
02/25/2016 6:54PM
Ex-KKK Leader Duke: Not Voting Trump Is 'Treason to Your Heritage' (link)
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WaxHoo
02/25/2016 5:35PM
Does the KKK even really EXIST anymore? - I dont think so **
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Mr Wahoo
02/25/2016 7:58PM
What -- did you guys rebrand or something? 😵 **
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WahooRQ
02/25/2016 8:59PM
I gather Senator Graham is not a fan.
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Shenhoo
02/25/2016 6:54PM
Graham is certainly a powerful voice in the GOP ........ **
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Mr Wahoo
02/25/2016 8:03PM
Vicente Fox- "were not paying for that f"in wall"
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TpkeHoo
02/25/2016 2:54PM
I cannot believe we are serious about a wall....
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hoothat
02/25/2016 8:15PM
Dont worry Fox - The drugs will still get thru and you'll get your tributes**
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Mr Wahoo
02/25/2016 7:39PM
Maybe a lazer-gun border. Huh, Capn Trump? **
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Hoogle.com
02/25/2016 5:45PM
I assume trump means he will put some type of tariff on Mexican goods
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KCHoo
02/25/2016 4:48PM
How 'bout we simply adopt Mexico's immigration policy with their southern
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Tuckahokie
02/25/2016 4:29PM
Carpet bomb them too! **
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81_Hokie
02/25/2016 4:28PM
And carpet bomb Agrabah **
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FfxStationHokie
02/25/2016 4:58PM
Democrats have voted to not bomb Agrabah and not surprisingly Trump
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81_Hokie
02/25/2016 6:09PM
Their sand can glow as well as any!**
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Hoodafan
02/25/2016 4:32PM
Are they tapped out from building wall on southern border? **
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LAHOOters
02/25/2016 4:19PM
I would simply put a hefty surcharge on money wire transfers from the US to
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Hokie5150
02/25/2016 3:53PM
One of many topics I can't believe Trump keeps getting a pass on. How
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Hoodafan
02/25/2016 3:42PM
Trump:" I have a lot of lovely friends in Mexico" **
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Hoogle.com
02/25/2016 5:50PM
And Salma Hayek's tits are YOOGE!**
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WahooRQ
02/25/2016 5:57PM
Many ways this can be done
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TomKazanski
02/25/2016 5:49PM
True, there are other ways. I was just focused on what seems to be Trump's
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Hoodafan
02/25/2016 6:00PM
I was thinking more of the folks we catch crossing the border
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TomKazanski
02/25/2016 6:14PM
Oh yes they are **
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FfxStationHokie
02/25/2016 3:10PM
So Sandoval doesnt want to be played by Obama? **
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TpkeHoo
02/25/2016 2:05PM
It is the president's responsibility to nominate replacements
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111Balz
02/25/2016 5:39PM
I dont know how you can say he was picked
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TomKazanski
02/25/2016 5:50PM
Try to keep up reb, it was a hypothetical response to the "game"
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111Balz
02/25/2016 5:52PM
You words "he picked"
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TomKazanski
02/25/2016 6:17PM
What the Republicans are hoping for with their little game is that all
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Seattle .Hoo
02/25/2016 3:57PM
If Im Obama, I go with a recess appointment of someone who is
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TpkeHoo
02/25/2016 4:50PM
Won't happen. No recess. **
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DanTheFan
02/25/2016 7:24PM
You're talking about William Brennan. Though Ike was running for
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Seattle .Hoo
02/25/2016 5:44PM
So Sandoval is a chickenshiite McConnell toady?**
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WaxHoo
02/25/2016 3:44PM
His one chance for the Supremes. Trump liked Scalia
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WarmHoo
02/25/2016 3:21PM
Trump? I thought Larry Tribe and his sister topped his list **
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TpkeHoo
02/25/2016 3:30PM
He'll appoint Judge Judy. Gonna be YOOGE. **
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WahooRQ
02/25/2016 3:46PM
Because Obama is the one who made the process awkward?
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SchmHoo
02/25/2016 2:17PM
You probably missed my posts slamming Mitch yesterday but yes Sandoval was
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TpkeHoo
02/25/2016 2:51PM
You don't think BOTH sides are playing politics here? **
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Hokie5150
02/25/2016 2:44PM
How can you even ask that with a straight face. The president
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111Balz
02/25/2016 5:42PM
Of course they are - both sides aim to make life difficult for the other
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CharlestonSC
02/25/2016 3:48PM
No, republicans are consistently the ones who started it.
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HoosGuy
02/25/2016 2:57PM
I think you forgot to add TIC. At least I hope sure hope so. **
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Hoodafan
02/25/2016 3:27PM
Obama only after the Republicans put their foot down. **
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cvilleHOOrat
02/25/2016 2:49PM
So, he's allowing his actions to be dictated by the pubs? **
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Hokie5150
02/25/2016 2:53PM
Dictated? C'mon. Of course not.
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SchmHoo
02/25/2016 3:27PM
I'm simply cracking on the notion that he's only playing politics because
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Hokie5150
02/25/2016 3:52PM
So, despite no one claiming that Obama wasn't "playing politics".....
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SchmHoo
02/25/2016 4:09PM
If playing politics is nominating someone from the opposite party
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111Balz
02/25/2016 5:48PM
It certainly appears that way. Though, I still think this is his attempt
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cvilleHOOrat
02/25/2016 2:59PM
I hope you're right. But I'm certainly skeptical. **
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Hoodafan
02/25/2016 3:29PM
It would be a nice change of pace... **
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Hokie5150
02/25/2016 3:34PM
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WaxHoo
02/25/2016 3:43PM
There was zero chance Obama was going to appoint a guy who was quoted as
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TpkeHoo
02/25/2016 3:32PM
How long before the Dems blame it on the GOP Senate? **
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Hoodafan
02/25/2016 3:37PM
Let me ask you something...would YOU want to go through
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111Balz
02/25/2016 5:51PM
A new poll out of Florida has Trump up 16, 44-28, over Rubio
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hooshouse
02/25/2016 2:03PM
Rubio's window is closing
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Stimp
02/25/2016 2:12PM
Yep. As is Cruz'. Could make for an interesting debate tonight. I'm
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Hoodafan
02/25/2016 3:25PM
A few polls I've seen out of Texas have Cruz leading. **
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hooshouse
02/25/2016 2:14PM
I find it interesting that Mitt is going all Harry Reid about Trump's tax
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Shenhoo
02/25/2016 1:47PM
On a lefty board somebody said "here's Mitt, above the fray, waiting to get
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southdenverhoo
02/25/2016 10:36PM
Mitt hopes for brokered convention in which he gets drafted **
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WarmHoo
02/25/2016 3:18PM
"We won." - Harry. **
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Hoodafan
02/25/2016 3:17PM
Would it help if election districts were drawn by computer?
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Late 80s Hokie
02/25/2016 12:59PM
Should be drawn by chimpanzees
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AlexHoo
02/25/2016 3:26PM
My first thought was that it makes sense for a Congressman to have
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81_Hokie
02/25/2016 2:04PM
Rest assured the fcc or whoever controls that would become politicized **
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HokieDan95
02/25/2016 1:40PM
OT: Not sure if it has been mentioned, but I can vote on this board now
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Chesapeake HOO
02/25/2016 1:24PM
Voting works now? Guess I'm sunk...
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Hokie5150
02/25/2016 1:37PM
Most of the folks who disagree with you wont be able to vote
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KCHoo
02/25/2016 2:02PM
You have no idea **
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AngusHoo
02/25/2016 2:01PM
Yip, yip, yip **
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Hokie5150
02/25/2016 2:13PM
Thanks. I discovered that the voting buttons work for me now as well
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Late 80s Hokie
02/25/2016 1:26PM
I like the shortest-splitline algorithm...(link)
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Hokie5150
02/25/2016 1:08PM
Works as well....but when you zoom in, where is the line?
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Late 80s Hokie
02/25/2016 1:15PM
I would think it would be rare for one to fall "on the line"
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Hokie5150
02/25/2016 1:35PM
Splitline is the best. But minorities will demand carveouts.
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Hoogle.com
02/25/2016 1:14PM
I think the zipcode idea addresses that concern fairly well
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Late 80s Hokie
02/25/2016 1:18PM
Are carve outs for racial-areas a form of gerrymandering? **
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Hoogle.com
02/25/2016 5:42PM
I have to defend Hillary on the "superpredator" comments...
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Hokie5150
02/25/2016 10:39AM
But it is funny to watch that monster turn on those that helped create it **
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HokieDan95
02/25/2016 11:23AM
Yep...1996 Hillary was correct, hopefully the 2016 Hillary will stand by
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Tuckahokie
02/25/2016 11:02AM
Ted Cruz now trails Joe Biden (who isn't running) in the British betting
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Shenhoo
02/25/2016 08:27AM
Really, British? **
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Hoogle.com
02/25/2016 1:15PM
OT -- I would like to see a study of whether there is a significant
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KCHoo
02/25/2016 4:42PM
It's a long tradition. Gambling was a huge preoccupation in
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Shenhoo
02/25/2016 5:24PM
Yeah. Intrade closed down. I found it to be generally
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Shenhoo
02/25/2016 1:17PM
Sounds right
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Stimp
02/25/2016 09:31AM
Question about Cruz's future.
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HowieT3
02/25/2016 10:42AM
No
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rdm
02/25/2016 5:25PM
I would LOVE to see him get Daschled. **
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WahooRQ
02/25/2016 1:31PM
Trump out-Christied Christie w/bluster & out-Cruzed Cruz on immigration
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TpkeHoo
02/25/2016 09:50AM
I'm thinking Cruz will be locked up in Texas for the next week.
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Shenhoo
02/25/2016 09:43AM
In a year of very strong anti-D.C. insider sentiment, a Biden bid would
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Tuckahokie
02/25/2016 08:31AM
VP odds? I'm hoping Trump picks Palin **
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FfxStationHokie
02/25/2016 08:28AM
Trump cabinet meeting:
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81_Hokie
02/25/2016 12:31PM
The VP Apprentice: "The Ultimate Job Interview"
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DanTheFan
02/25/2016 08:38AM
Spy agencies say Clinton emails closely matched top secret documents
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HokieDan95
02/25/2016 08:24AM
Now that it appears that Bernie will flame out...it is highly unlikely
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Tuckahokie
02/25/2016 09:23AM
Or there's nothing to go after. There's always that. **
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WahooRQ
02/25/2016 09:30AM
Doesn't everybody have beyond top secret emails on their home PC's? I'm
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81_Hokie
02/25/2016 09:48AM
Personal email server does not equal home PC, and by the way
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111Balz
02/25/2016 10:18AM
I can assure you it was
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hoothat
02/25/2016 7:25PM
And how is the server in her home different than "home PC"? **
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81_Hokie
02/25/2016 10:42AM
Well for one thing the email server was NOT in her home
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111Balz
02/25/2016 11:18AM
Correction: The server WAS in her home until 2013 when management
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Hokie5150
02/25/2016 11:37AM
No computer expert but that might actually be worse since it gave more
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81_Hokie
02/25/2016 11:26AM
Didn't Platte River say they had a backup of her wiped hard drive at one
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Hoodafan
02/25/2016 12:02PM
To paraphrase The English Beat..."Server in the Bathroom, you're my server
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Tuckahokie
02/25/2016 11:20AM
Irrelevant. SHe either handled the info in acoordance with the law or she
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TpkeHoo
02/25/2016 10:22AM
Or there is something about the law that is unclear or makes technical
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WahooRQ
02/25/2016 10:34AM
The regs on transferring classified info on an unsecure networm
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hoothat
02/25/2016 7:36PM
Or the regulations changed during that time and she knew about it...
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Hokie5150
02/25/2016 11:46AM
I'm not sure you read your own post.
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WahooRQ
02/25/2016 12:12PM
It is the issue I have been talking about all along. She did not
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Hokie5150
02/25/2016 12:54PM
Well it's not the issue for the investigation because she complied with
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WahooRQ
02/25/2016 2:27PM
I don't give a rat's arse about what the GOP talking points are.
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Hokie5150
02/25/2016 2:47PM
Sure you don't. You just parrot them, even when they're several months
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WahooRQ
02/25/2016 3:45PM
I've been speaking about this issue in terms of the creation
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Hokie5150
02/25/2016 5:02PM
Do you think we are talking about some highly technical aspect of the law
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81_Hokie
02/25/2016 10:54AM
The people saying Hillary did nothing
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hoothat
02/25/2016 7:47PM
So, "nobody has disputed" Powell assertion that no classified
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111Balz
02/25/2016 11:21AM
Ahhh, the "vast right wing conspiracy" defense. whatever.. **
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81_Hokie
02/25/2016 11:28AM
That's your response? nevermind then **
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111Balz
02/25/2016 5:54PM
Breaks the heart to see the poor Clintons victimized like that doesn't it? **
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Moneyshot
02/25/2016 11:58AM
"Victimized"? More just standard bullshit that looks like nothing but
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WahooRQ
02/25/2016 12:21PM
Queue the violin music...it's heart wrenching
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Moneyshot
02/25/2016 12:39PM
Didn't the McDougals do jail time over Whitewater? It's VERY hard to say
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81_Hokie
02/25/2016 12:35PM
Hillary Clinton believes she is a member of an aristocracy which exempts
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Hoos Operator
02/25/2016 09:22AM
For the love of Peter
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Wahoo Ron
02/25/2016 08:53AM
After the Wall is built what color should it be? **
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FfxStationHokie
02/25/2016 08:18AM
Pink, with Pink Floyd's "the Wall" on repeat.
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WahooRQ
02/25/2016 09:54AM
Winner! **
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FfxStationHokie
02/25/2016 10:10AM
Should blend in with terrain, with a picture of an open gate
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111Balz
02/25/2016 09:25AM
How about red,white and blue? **
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Wahoo Ron
02/25/2016 08:32AM
Amarillo on the south side... **
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Tuckahokie
02/25/2016 08:26AM
Rainbow. To get bi support! **
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Shenhoo
02/25/2016 08:18AM
This is why reasonable people roll their eyes about hate crimes laws
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CharlestonSC
02/24/2016 9:47PM
In need of education (shocking, I know)
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Stimp
02/25/2016 10:55AM
I understand the frustration, but I think you might be missing the point.
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Hoodafan
02/25/2016 08:20AM
I think that is right. Not really relevant in this serious a case **
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KCHoo
02/25/2016 11:12AM
Perfectly said.
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SchmHoo
02/25/2016 10:49AM
Not good. Blindfolded Lady Justice weeps. **
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ryno hoo
02/25/2016 10:14AM
I don't think that hooded figure is the blind justice lady. **
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Shenhoo
02/25/2016 10:30AM
I didn't say anything about a hood. Mentioned a blindfold, which is not
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ryno hoo
02/25/2016 10:34AM
I got your point and don't disagree once you get to a certain level of
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Hoodafan
02/25/2016 11:22AM
LOL on your last line.
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WahooRQ
02/25/2016 1:42PM
Haters gonna hate! It doesn't help, but sure makes some of your
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Hoodafan
02/25/2016 2:48PM
Terrific post. That is exactly right.
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Shenhoo
02/25/2016 10:03AM
I think it has improved. Look at the 60's and 70's. How many
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Cold Hoober Hoo
02/25/2016 10:40AM
Yes. And it's simply remarkable how many mixed racially couples there
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Shenhoo
02/25/2016 11:01AM
If I read your last paragraph the way you intended I believe you are
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81_Hokie
02/25/2016 10:02AM
No actually I think Hoodafan DOES have it right
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111Balz
02/25/2016 10:14AM
It's not that the law is narrowly applied at the discretion of prosecutors
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81_Hokie
02/25/2016 11:14AM
You are still not quite getting the distinction **
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111Balz
02/25/2016 11:23AM
I think he is. If I understand him correctly, his point is that there could
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Hoodafan
02/25/2016 11:33AM
Except it IS against the law to burn a cross on someone's property
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111Balz
02/25/2016 6:02PM
Yep, there is no history or prevalence of violence against tall people. Not
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Hoodafan
02/25/2016 11:03AM
Strike "much" from your last sentence and we agree. That's my entire point. **
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81_Hokie
02/25/2016 11:31AM
Keep it and I think we agree. It should matter in this case that this guy
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Hoodafan
02/25/2016 11:39AM
Although I would add it's not that different than what 81 Hokie is saying,
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Hoodafan
02/25/2016 11:08AM
OK -- who are you and what have you done with Hoodafan?
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WahooRQ
02/25/2016 09:03AM
I can see where you would be confused by anything other than partisan shill
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Hoodafan
02/25/2016 10:56AM
Really good post **
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111Balz
02/25/2016 08:48AM
Hate crimes laws make me a bit uneasy too but I dont
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WahooRQ
02/25/2016 07:29AM
I don't think they are necessary but can't bring myself to care much about
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KCHoo
02/25/2016 08:25AM
There may have been, but I can't recall any case of a black
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Cold Hoober Hoo
02/25/2016 07:55AM
According to the FBI, around 22% of hate crimes were anti-white.
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WahooRQ
02/25/2016 08:03AM
Thanks for the link. It may not be as one sided as some think
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Cold Hoober Hoo
02/25/2016 10:26AM
No, it's not. Oh and here's some more to the story - link
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111Balz
02/25/2016 07:14AM
Marquez may be the one charged with a hate crime **
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Tuckahokie
02/25/2016 07:37AM
It happened in D.C. **
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Hoogle.com
02/25/2016 12:10AM
Are you against the different degrees of murder also? **
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KCHoo
02/24/2016 10:01PM
They depend upon the actions of the offender, not his motivation. I am not
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81_Hokie
02/24/2016 10:13PM
They largely depend on intent. The victim is dead either way. **
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KCHoo
02/24/2016 10:29PM
Sure actions... is there a kidnapping, etc involved but also intent.. meant
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81_Hokie
02/24/2016 11:09PM
How about terrorism? Just murder or something else? **
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WahooRQ
02/25/2016 07:53AM
Hmm, interesting. After just a bit of thought
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81_Hokie
02/25/2016 09:40AM
An ISIS wannabe decides he's going to go out and randomly
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WahooRQ
02/25/2016 09:48AM
Under our present law it's a hate crime. Under the law as I would write it
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81_Hokie
02/25/2016 11:04AM
From a practical standpoint, I don't think it should really matter.
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BocaHoo91
02/25/2016 08:55AM
Fair points although I'd note that state laws don't always work that way.
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WahooRQ
02/25/2016 09:29AM
If you walk in on a guy sleeping with your wife and kill him on the spot
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KCHoo
02/24/2016 11:14PM
That's the difference between premeditated murder and 2nd degree
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BocaHoo91
02/25/2016 08:47AM
It really goes to intent/state of mind though (or can)
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KCHoo
02/25/2016 11:13AM
But what if you just happen to be a Grand Wizard and he is of an ethnic or
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TpkeHoo
02/25/2016 05:49AM
And the cops find a copy of David Allen Coe's "She Ran Off With a N---"
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WahooRQ
02/25/2016 07:06AM
That might be significant under hate crimes, but if she runs off with
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81_Hokie
02/25/2016 07:31AM
(sigh)**
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81_Hokie
02/25/2016 05:42AM
I wonder if the repubs aren't making a strategic mistake.
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hoolstoptheheels
02/24/2016 8:25PM
Of course they are. Had they kept their mouths shut, they could weigh
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TpkeHoo
02/25/2016 05:52AM
Mike Bloomberg to the rescue? **
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Hoogle.com
02/25/2016 12:11AM
But they are usually so savy **
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111Balz
02/24/2016 9:22PM
Fox doing a townhall they knew Trump couldn't make. lol **
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hooshouse
02/24/2016 9:04PM
Time for Bloomberg to jump in and send Trump to the White House**
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seanbryan
02/24/2016 6:32PM
All counts in Governor Perry's prosecution pitched by
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Doug
02/24/2016 3:23PM
How are you doing? **
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111Balz
02/24/2016 8:14PM
Pretty much back to normal. Are you and your sidekick
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Doug
02/24/2016 8:46PM
Yes to both! email me **
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111Balz
02/24/2016 8:47PM
You mean that was all politics too? **
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TpkeHoo
02/24/2016 3:24PM
Who was being political? The grand jury that indicted or the Republican
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81_Hokie
02/25/2016 08:16AM
In Texas, politics is a sport, second only to football in popularity. **
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Hoos Operator
02/24/2016 3:57PM
Judging by the Perry case, it's a blood sport. ;-) **
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Doug
02/24/2016 4:13PM
Governor Sandoval from Nevada--a Republican--may be the Scalia replacement
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southdenverhoo
02/24/2016 3:11PM
Could take out a great VP candidate **
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WarmHoo
02/25/2016 3:13PM
This is Obama attempting to cement his legacy and promises
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cvilleHOOrat
02/25/2016 08:39AM
Be careful, Denver, about posting anything remotely
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NJHoo
02/24/2016 9:59PM
Point proved **
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NJHoo
02/25/2016 1:35PM
Former federal judge and Hispanic. **
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seanbryan
02/24/2016 8:01PM
I can see a compromise that should be acceptable to both sides
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Wahoo Ron
02/24/2016 4:57PM
Well I'm concerned about some cases this term. For one, I think the
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southdenverhoo
02/24/2016 9:45PM
One thing: Republicans don't compromise **
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WaxHoo
02/24/2016 6:00PM
Some would argue that is EXACTLY what they do
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Wahoo Ron
02/24/2016 6:21PM
Doing their corporate sponsors' bidding is NOT compromising with the Dems.
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WahooRQ
02/25/2016 10:19AM
Unfortunately you're right **
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WaxHoo
02/24/2016 8:10PM
IMO he should nominate whoever he wants as that is his prerogative
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KCHoo
02/24/2016 5:03PM
In Sandoval he would have sent 1 of the 2 best candidates in the US, the
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seanbryan
02/24/2016 8:10PM
We know thats not going to happen without a compromise
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Wahoo Ron
02/24/2016 5:14PM
So, not knowing the history, how did Scalia get in there? Was he a known
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HoosWillWin
02/24/2016 6:38PM
Back in the day, clearly qualified jurists got confirmed
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KCHoo
02/24/2016 6:44PM
Thanks. **
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HoosWillWin
02/25/2016 11:50AM
98–0. And Reagan was a so-called lame duck.
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DanTheFan
02/24/2016 11:37PM
The Democrats used up all their capital fighting Rehnquist being made chief
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WahooRQ
02/24/2016 6:51PM
Typical Obama attempt to placate GOP that won't work **
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hokeyhokie
02/24/2016 3:20PM
Oh I think it's a typical Obama attempt to make the GOP reject a
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southdenverhoo
02/24/2016 3:25PM
This ain't to placate 'em. It's to hoist 'em on their own petard **
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seanbryan
02/24/2016 3:35PM
Easy to make the GOP look like fools. Of course, they don't seem to care **
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Beerman
02/24/2016 4:14PM
Yeh, sometimes a person has to wonder about that **
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seanbryan
02/24/2016 4:22PM
He's added Republicans to his staff his entire admininstration, to no avail **
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hokeyhokie
02/24/2016 3:30PM
The R's should call him on it. No way this nomination is ever made **
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TpkeHoo
02/24/2016 3:27PM
THey should call and raise **
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Wahoo Ron
02/24/2016 5:23PM
No way to stop him from making a nomination if he wants to **
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seanbryan
02/24/2016 4:33PM
They should have but they don't play poker as well as you do. **
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southdenverhoo
02/24/2016 3:28PM
Obama is under the gun with a short stack
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Wahoo Ron
02/24/2016 4:22PM
LMK when he sends the nomination to the Senate. This is just politics
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TpkeHoo
02/24/2016 3:23PM
Of course it is poilitics
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Wahoo Ron
02/24/2016 4:13PM
I don't think you guys know what "lame duck" means. **
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VAGentleman05
02/24/2016 4:21PM
MIght not be 100% lame but he's definitely on crutches **
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Wahoo Ron
02/24/2016 4:30PM
Well your party has been trying to take out his knees
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111Balz
02/24/2016 9:11PM
Yeh but 'twouldn't dumb politics, for reasons stated just above
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seanbryan
02/24/2016 3:30PM
You wont see me defend McConnell. The guy had a free option to let the
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TpkeHoo
02/24/2016 3:35PM
Now he doesn't have to; McConnell rejected it out of hand because he's a
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southdenverhoo
02/24/2016 3:27PM
He shouldn't have said that ... probably
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CharlestonSC
02/24/2016 3:52PM
Yep -- the Pres is just making McConnell look like the petty douchebag
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WahooRQ
02/24/2016 3:27PM
Agreed. McConnell should have kept his mouth shut, wait
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TpkeHoo
02/24/2016 3:29PM
Proposition: Christian Republican is an oxymoron
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WarmHoo
02/24/2016 2:55PM
Study religion = leave the Republican Party; a case study
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WarmHoo
02/25/2016 3:27PM
Recycled talking points by people that have yet to explain the rich liberal **
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HokieDan95
02/24/2016 7:15PM
Most liberals I know aren't against earning money, they just
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111Balz
02/24/2016 9:21PM
You just described most anyone. Where did I say they should
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HokieDan95
02/25/2016 09:21AM
Because liberals are most anyone. Some people like to attach labels
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111Balz
02/25/2016 6:07PM
And by anyone I mean those that don't share your political beliefs and...
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HokieDan95
02/25/2016 6:53PM
Yep, they are about legislating morality.
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ryno hoo
02/25/2016 10:20AM
That may be the dumbest thing I've ever read.
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WahooRQ
02/25/2016 2:14PM
Don't liberals consider greed immoral?
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HokieDan95
02/25/2016 7:56PM
Think that's Christians, actually. And who's banning greed?
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WahooRQ
02/25/2016 9:08PM
Yes social conservatives and liberals are out to punish immorality that
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HokieDan95
02/26/2016 08:36AM
Noooo, most of his posts are equally stupid **
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111Balz
02/25/2016 6:08PM
Re: That may be the dumbest thing I've ever read.
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SchmHoo
02/25/2016 4:26PM
Christ was pro choice **
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Tuckahokie
02/24/2016 5:03PM
More emportantly so was his mother!!!! **
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MSGHoofan
02/24/2016 5:19PM
I hate this kind of foolishness, these kind stupid statement are a hugh bar
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RML Hoos
02/24/2016 5:01PM
Pfft. Republicans invented Christianity, to hear them tell it.
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SixerHoo
02/24/2016 3:49PM
What applesauce (nod to Scalia)
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Doug
02/24/2016 3:33PM
Republicans, as a group, have more money than Democrats.
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SixerHoo
02/24/2016 3:52PM
So they are better at handling money!
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Hokie5150
02/24/2016 5:12PM
Ha! They're Rs cuz they have money. They don't have money cuz they're Rs. **
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SixerHoo
02/24/2016 5:54PM
Is that true or is it that they are overwhelmingly more religious and
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WahooRQ
02/24/2016 4:29PM
Good point on church giving. I was raised a Southern Baptist, and as far
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SixerHoo
02/24/2016 4:38PM
Don't know...but they are wealthy as a result of their Christianity so they
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Tuckahokie
02/24/2016 3:58PM
I would say they are wealthy because of race baiting
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KCHoo
02/24/2016 4:59PM
Oops...meant to be under KCHoo's question **
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Tuckahokie
02/24/2016 3:59PM
I wonder how Rev. Wright, Rev. Al, Rev. Jesse live, what they drive, and
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Tuckahokie
02/24/2016 3:33PM
Or Falwell, Graham, Shuster, etc., live and drive. Why list from one race? **
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seanbryan
02/24/2016 4:19PM
Not listing by race but by political affiliation...just as easy to claim
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Tuckahokie
02/24/2016 4:26PM
So dumb **
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KCHoo
02/24/2016 4:53PM
I guess some people can't see past race. **
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Hoodafan
02/24/2016 4:35PM
Well that's readily apparent for sure **
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111Balz
02/24/2016 8:17PM
Why? do you think they are good people? **
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KCHoo
02/24/2016 3:48PM
Matthew 20:1-16 would seem to indicate that Christ had no problem
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Hokie5150
02/24/2016 3:32PM
That Thor was some God **
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111Balz
02/24/2016 8:18PM
That interpretation is a stretch.
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DanTheFan
02/24/2016 4:22PM
It represents, at a minimum, an allowance for free exchange
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Hokie5150
02/24/2016 4:24PM
Go to Matthew 25 where broad duties toward the needy are laid out
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seanbryan
02/24/2016 4:14PM
Absolutely. What I'm missing in my reading of the text is
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Hokie5150
02/24/2016 4:18PM
He talks about eternal damnation if you don't perform these duties. If you
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seanbryan
02/24/2016 4:28PM
Again, though, the issue is personal. He does not once, that I'm
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Hokie5150
02/24/2016 4:52PM
Announces greatest force religious authority could apply. Says as to civil
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seanbryan
02/24/2016 6:08PM
The question becomes, then, what is Caesar's? Does the fruit
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Hokie5150
02/24/2016 7:44PM
We're back to tax cuts for the moneylenders
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WarmHoo
02/25/2016 3:01PM
Well I would quote two Corinthians **
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81_Hokie
02/24/2016 4:00PM
"Look at the rich Corinthian leather seats in my new car!" "Very nice!" **
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SixerHoo
02/24/2016 4:12PM
Nice pull...
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Hokie5150
02/24/2016 4:15PM
Nice pic! Ricardo could rock him a Chrysler. **
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SixerHoo
02/24/2016 4:30PM
CORINTH IS FAMOUS FOR ITS LEATHER! **
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Fuzzy Dunlop
02/24/2016 4:14PM
Those two?!? You can't believe anything they say! **
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Hokie5150
02/24/2016 4:05PM
More on this issue from Alan Watts
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cvilleHOOrat
02/24/2016 3:08PM
We finally have Trump's education plan-increase number of 'poorly educated'
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seanbryan
02/24/2016 1:39PM
Trump is the Happy Gilmore of politics. His fans might as well wear beer
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Hoo05Dave
02/24/2016 5:13PM
We do need ditch diggers and wall builders **
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FfxStationHokie
02/24/2016 2:08PM
Just had a crew of "ditch diggers" in our neighborhood last week
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NJHoo
02/24/2016 2:19PM
Google fiber has done almost the entire KC area
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KCHoo
02/24/2016 5:52PM
I hope you yelled "Speak American!" to them? **
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FfxStationHokie
02/24/2016 2:23PM
No, just buenos dÃas **
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NJHoo
02/24/2016 2:25PM
Well now see there, you're part of the problem! **
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seanbryan
02/24/2016 2:35PM
Losers. Criminals, rapists. Git 'em outa here. **
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seanbryan
02/24/2016 2:23PM
Indeed! Beloved ditch diggers and wall builders, at that -- except one
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seanbryan
02/24/2016 2:17PM
How would the poorly educated do with "free" college, when they and their
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Hoodafan
02/24/2016 2:03PM
Just keep 'em all barefoot & dumb, just shufflin' off to the next hatefest **
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seanbryan
02/24/2016 2:08PM
Well if they went to college, they wouldn't be poorly educated. Unless
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WahooRQ
02/24/2016 2:05PM
Are you going to mandate attendance like K-12 to ensure that? Are
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Hoodafan
02/24/2016 2:41PM
Honestly man, I was just poking fun at hoakies.
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WahooRQ
02/24/2016 2:48PM
Despite the "hoakies", I actually gave you a +1 on this...
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Hokie5150
02/24/2016 5:51PM
I suspected that was your main purpose, and btw I couldn't agree
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Hoodafan
02/24/2016 3:05PM
UNC athletes count **
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WarmHoo
02/24/2016 2:40PM
But only to 10.
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HowieT3
02/24/2016 3:02PM
Now watchit thar, pardner **
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seanbryan
02/24/2016 2:09PM
Yes... that's exactly what he said!**
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LAHOOters
02/24/2016 1:54PM
Could a Trump nomination or presidency be good for future of US politic?
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JohnHoo2
02/24/2016 10:37AM
Or it could be the prototype for new winning campagn strategy.**
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81_Hokie
02/24/2016 2:27PM
Trump is a celebrity candidate. Not the first time - see Ike (and even BO)
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Sabremetrician
02/24/2016 1:36PM
Ike? No.
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DanTheFan
02/24/2016 2:41PM
Postwar was also President of Columbia, I recall **
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seanbryan
02/24/2016 2:57PM
I like Ike
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NJHoo
02/24/2016 2:24PM
Take away that Supreme Commander of European Allied Forces gig and what did
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Hoos Operator
02/24/2016 4:02PM
Celebratory -- Trump celebrates himself **
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seanbryan
02/24/2016 1:51PM
After the new establishment seizes power, we'll see what is permitted
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seanbryan
02/24/2016 12:42PM
Sure it could; but could isn't usually the way to place bets **
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Quaker
02/24/2016 12:19PM
I guess it could give us some perspective in the future ?
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757
02/24/2016 12:07PM
At least, change the delegate selection system in US **
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Hoogle.com
02/24/2016 1:19PM
Who is this 'us?' I sure can't define it. There is no single 'us' in this
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seanbryan
02/24/2016 12:46PM
Ther needs to be an "us," or we're in trouble. **
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SixerHoo
02/24/2016 1:44PM
Well, looks to me like we're in trouble **
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seanbryan
02/24/2016 1:47PM
Yes, since the Great Wall of America will be seen from Space **
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FfxStationHokie
02/24/2016 11:15AM
Need one on the northern border too - damn Canucks **
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Mr Wahoo
02/24/2016 12:02PM
And on the East River in NYC **
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Hoogle.com
02/24/2016 1:19PM
There we need one to keep Americans in...according to many Dems Canada is a
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Tuckahokie
02/24/2016 12:13PM
We could do much worse than emulating Canada, widely considered to
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SixerHoo
02/24/2016 12:57PM
We were once the greatest nation on earth...sad to watch the accelerating
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Tuckahokie
02/24/2016 1:03PM
We're being Balkanized by cultural Luddites afraid of a more
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SixerHoo
02/24/2016 1:23PM
Decline, disintegration, whatever. It is sad. **
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seanbryan
02/24/2016 1:21PM
A Trump presidency makes a Canadian wall much more likely **
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81_Hokie
02/24/2016 12:41PM
But will they make us pay for it? **
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WahooRQ
02/24/2016 12:45PM
ICE WALL! **
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FfxStationHokie
02/24/2016 12:56PM
Winter is cooming! **
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SixerHoo
02/24/2016 7:01PM
If Mexico pays for it, we should at least let them name it. **
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VAGentleman05
02/24/2016 11:16AM
And lose all that potential sponsorship money? #RevenuePositive! **
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Hoodafan
02/24/2016 12:21PM
Save even more money and let Mexico pay for it and have Mexicans build it **
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Tuckahokie
02/24/2016 11:32AM
Of course they will. Remember Americans dont like that kind of work **
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TpkeHoo
02/24/2016 11:33AM
Call it a Stimulus and hire Unions to build it and watch the Dems rethink
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Tuckahokie
02/24/2016 11:41AM
Well it's a federal project--doesn't it HAVE to be union OR pay non-union
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southdenverhoo
02/24/2016 3:21PM
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna Memorial Wall **
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TpkeHoo
02/24/2016 11:22AM
Sponsored by Alamo Rental Car. **
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SixerHoo
02/24/2016 1:39PM
Trump plays to the basest instincts of the electorate and Bernie
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SixerHoo
02/24/2016 10:46AM
I told you guys to vote for Mitt! **
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Hoogle.com
02/24/2016 1:21PM
This, yes, but that oversimplifies it. There is a deep-seated anger
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EAPo
02/24/2016 11:42AM
That so-called anger against govt quickly transfers to hate of the 'others'
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seanbryan
02/24/2016 12:59PM
I think you're right and it is dangerous to assume otherwise. My question
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Seattle .Hoo
02/24/2016 12:05PM
I see term limits as little more than an extension of the
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Hokie5150
02/24/2016 10:59AM
Then of course we shouldn't have term limits for prez, either, right? **
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SixerHoo
02/24/2016 1:02PM
We'll see if we have that in 2024, i.e. it's allowed to take effect.
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seanbryan
02/24/2016 1:15PM
Agreed. If, for example, the voters wanted a 3rd Obama term, why should
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Hokie5150
02/24/2016 1:12PM
Yup, that 22nd Amendment is open to debate. Not that 2nd one, though. **
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SixerHoo
02/24/2016 1:29PM
No, both are open to repeal...provided that is what the people want. **
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Hokie5150
02/24/2016 1:43PM
Lets ban speed limits while we're at. We all know how fast we should drive. **
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SixerHoo
02/24/2016 11:48AM
Who needs food and drug safety laws either?
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WahooRQ
02/24/2016 1:11PM
And the only way to food and drug safety is the federal gov't? **
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Hokie5150
02/24/2016 1:19PM
Yes. How else? **
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Seattle .Hoo
02/24/2016 1:53PM
Derp. Freedom. Derp. **
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WahooRQ
02/24/2016 2:09PM
Well, everyone pretty much raised and made their own food in the 1780s.
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SixerHoo
02/24/2016 4:00PM
Let me ask you a question. If the department of agriculture and the FDA
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Hokie5150
02/24/2016 5:00PM
The latter of course. I'm a lousy farmer. But I would be quite concerned
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SixerHoo
02/24/2016 5:51PM
Private certification such UL. And yes, freedom does matter.
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Hokie5150
02/24/2016 3:54PM
First things first. I'm sorry about your mom. I lost my mother to cancer
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Seattle .Hoo
02/24/2016 4:22PM
It's not necessarily that regulatory control needs to be
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Hokie5150
02/24/2016 4:57PM
Yep...heaven knows it'll be nothing but death, destruction and mayhem
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Hokie5150
02/24/2016 1:03PM
Oh thought for a minute you were talking about the next Administration **
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seanbryan
02/24/2016 1:53PM
I've not typically been a fan of them, but it isn't a nanny state issue.
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Seattle .Hoo
02/24/2016 11:41AM
We get the government we deserve. Term limits simply limit voter choice. **
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Hokie5150
02/24/2016 1:00PM
Couldn't agree more. A simple minded unquestioning electorate can't be good **
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Hoodafan
02/24/2016 10:51AM
What about a mandatory government test for anyone to register?
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Wahoo Ron
02/24/2016 11:13AM
How about a mandatory government test for anyone running for President **
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seanbryan
02/24/2016 12:37PM
Best suggestion I've seen yet... **
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Hokie5150
02/24/2016 1:28PM
And a tax, say $1000 per year to weed out the economically inept **
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NJHoo
02/24/2016 11:17AM
Can't. Many of those are 'poorly educated' & Trump loves them because they
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seanbryan
02/24/2016 1:19PM
Poll taxes are unconstututional **
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Wahoo Ron
02/24/2016 11:23AM
Reflecting on Justice Scalia
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Hood
02/24/2016 10:16AM
Scalia's dissent in the "same sex marriage" decision was interesting
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NJHoo
02/24/2016 11:14AM
Nice post. It's a shame more people can't be as balanced in their opinions
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Hokie5150
02/24/2016 10:46AM
Gracious post, but I do think you have a bit of a soft spot.
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WahooRQ
02/24/2016 10:46AM
He was ultimately unsuccessful in turning the Court fully originalist
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Hood
02/24/2016 4:11PM
If your intent here is to indict him for having a
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SixerHoo
02/24/2016 10:38AM
I don't see him as a hero or villain. Just a unique, funny voice **
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Hood
02/24/2016 4:08PM
And he played a major role in fighting overbroad criminal statutes
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Fuzzy Dunlop
02/24/2016 10:37AM
Thx for posting that Hood **
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TpkeHoo
02/24/2016 10:27AM
Captain Obvious reporting in....but this time next week, the actual
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Shenhoo
02/24/2016 08:29AM
In a weird way, Rupert Murdoch has unwittingly been the Herr Goebbels
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WahooRQ
02/24/2016 09:24AM
Newt gingrich basically agrees with you
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KCHoo
02/24/2016 6:15PM
It is a good parallel, though you risk being shouted down
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HoosWillWin
02/24/2016 12:16PM
Fox and the right-wing media have spent 7 years in sheer outrage mode
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Fuzzy Dunlop
02/24/2016 10:25AM
Obama and the liberal media have contributed also. **
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Hoogle.com
02/24/2016 10:29AM
Right wing media evil... left wing media... doesn't exist to some **
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LAHOOters
02/24/2016 11:59AM
Oh? How? **
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WaxHoo
02/24/2016 10:51AM
Obama causes Obama Derangement Syndrome. Simple. **
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Shenhoo
02/24/2016 11:11AM
His actions (or inaction) does **
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Tuckahokie
02/24/2016 11:40AM
Nah. Hell, ya'll cheered and re-elected the man who spent
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Shenhoo
02/24/2016 1:26PM
Upvote: +1 **
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WaxHoo
02/24/2016 1:38PM
....if one already suffers from ODS **
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111Balz
02/24/2016 11:57AM
#PartyOfTolerance! **
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Hoodafan
02/24/2016 09:47AM
I won't pretend to be "tolerant" of what the Republican Party
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WahooRQ
02/24/2016 09:53AM
Half of the Dem voter base is similarly unwashed and uneducated **
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Tuckahokie
02/24/2016 09:36AM
One study found 73 percent of convicts who turn out for presidential
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HokieDan95
02/24/2016 10:03AM
Given the demographics of that group this ranks up there with dog bites man
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SixerHoo
02/24/2016 10:53AM
If rq wants to draw a cartoon of who votes R,why not draw a cartoon of who
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HokieDan95
02/24/2016 11:01AM
Is that supposed to be significant somehow? **
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Seattle .Hoo
02/24/2016 10:30AM
Was that a poll of hoakie football players? **
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WahooRQ
02/24/2016 10:13AM
More of RQ's thinly veiled racism **
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Tuckahokie
02/24/2016 10:16AM
It's racist to dislike emasculated turkeys? ;) **
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Seattle .Hoo
02/24/2016 12:07PM
Can you tone it down, PC Police? **
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SchmHoo
02/24/2016 11:12AM
Racism, eh? Your most notable alumnus is a convicted felon and since we
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WahooRQ
02/24/2016 10:18AM
Impressive hatred for such a tolerant person...congrats **
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Tuckahokie
02/24/2016 10:28AM
He expressed no hatred whatsoever, just some facts
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111Balz
02/24/2016 12:40PM
Bullshit Balz....pure holier than thou snarkiness **
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Tuckahokie
02/24/2016 3:28PM
Holier? can't say. That wasn't the question
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111Balz
02/24/2016 8:21PM
Since only Maine and Vermont allow convicts to vote, it's no big deal **
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NJHoo
02/24/2016 10:06AM
That a red herring since it still reflects poorly on who D's appeal to...
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HokieDan95
02/24/2016 10:26AM
You understand convicted felons generally can't even vote, right?
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WahooRQ
02/24/2016 11:29AM
Hey he's making a MAJOR point here. Really incisive and relevant
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111Balz
02/24/2016 12:42PM
The irony...wow. **
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HokieDan95
02/24/2016 2:25PM
There's another word you should look up **
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111Balz
02/24/2016 8:21PM
Already explained that, surprised that superior intellect didn't grasp it
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HokieDan95
02/24/2016 12:18PM
"Reflects poorly"? How do you figure?
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VAGentleman05
02/24/2016 11:20AM
Shouldn't you be pointing out to rq how he already lost the argument by
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HokieDan95
02/24/2016 12:07PM
I've almost accepted the fact that Trump will be the GOP nominee as
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BocaHoo91
02/24/2016 08:55AM
I'm begining to wonder too.
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Wahoo Ron
02/24/2016 10:01AM
Rubio's problem is he just isn't a very impressive candidate.
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WahooRQ
02/24/2016 10:08AM
Rubio is a Big Money Pinoccio?
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Wahoo Ron
02/24/2016 10:51AM
I tend to agree. All along I thought the ticket was going to be
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TpkeHoo
02/24/2016 09:22AM
Kasich finishes below Carson in Nevada.
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DanTheFan
02/24/2016 09:52AM
My Bernie campaign volunteer daughter is fairly adamant about staying home
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Tuckahokie
02/24/2016 09:02AM
I feel pretty confident that few Sanders supporters will opt not to vote...
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SchmHoo
02/24/2016 10:37AM
Most younger voters do not vote in the same numbers as older ones
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Wahoo Ron
02/24/2016 12:02PM
Yep...like I said, not a very scientific survey. Most of the Bernie folks
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Tuckahokie
02/24/2016 10:44AM
Yes plus "most " who will eventually stick Democrat could mean 50%+1 to 99% **
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Wahoo Ron
02/24/2016 12:09PM
To quote the Immortal Dylan (on the petulance of youth) -
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HowieT3
02/24/2016 09:46AM
As I've said before, I'd vote for Hillary over Cruz. But only over Cruz.
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Shenhoo
02/24/2016 09:00AM
He'll make America great again **
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FfxStationHokie
02/24/2016 08:59AM
Trump most important endorser, Drudge, has declared him the winner. **
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Shenhoo
02/24/2016 08:06AM
Hopefully, America can block the closing of Gitmo
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ryno hoo
02/24/2016 07:49AM
Colin Powell disagrees. Courrse you're smarter'n him **
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WaxHoo
02/24/2016 5:53PM
Are you really this much of a wimp? Or do you just enjoy
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WaxHoo
02/24/2016 10:55AM
Deleted**
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WaxHoo
02/24/2016 11:01AM
What's the problem with a super max where they are not allowed to mingle
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81_Hokie
02/24/2016 09:41AM
You really mean "Murrica needs some wins," don't you? **
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HowieT3
02/24/2016 09:11AM
Why do you want Gitmo to remain open? **
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111Balz
02/24/2016 09:01AM
Those detainees are going to be held somewhere. Is it not safer for
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Hokie5150
02/24/2016 09:18AM
No. **
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WaxHoo
02/24/2016 10:56AM
Fine. What is the advantage of keeping the detainees in the cont. U.S.? **
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Hokie5150
02/24/2016 11:05AM
Have I claimed there is one? I simply answered your binary question.**
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WaxHoo
02/24/2016 11:20AM
Political--more easily be covered by Constitution/Miranda, etc., treat as
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ryno hoo
02/24/2016 11:13AM
Are you worried about them escaping or somebody busting them out? If
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81_Hokie
02/24/2016 09:46AM
Escape? No. Presenting a target for terrorist activity? Absolutely. **
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Hokie5150
02/24/2016 09:47AM
How long have we held Kalid Mohammed and what's that caused? **
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WaxHoo
02/24/2016 2:07PM
I touched on that though. If I am ISIS and I want 50 guys back, it makes
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81_Hokie
02/24/2016 12:53PM
Then why don't we export all violent criminals?
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111Balz
02/24/2016 09:32AM
The criminals aren't the problem. The problem is the draw and the
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Hokie5150
02/24/2016 09:54AM
Look at the linked picture of Florence, CO, and tell me
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HowieT3
02/24/2016 10:42AM
OK. If that is your position, how is it any better to have them in Co than
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Hokie5150
02/24/2016 11:03AM
Cheaper. Cost per inmate is less in DoJ. Demonstrates a break ...
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HowieT3
02/24/2016 2:26PM
Can the ones at Gitmo be turned over to the DoJ while
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Hokie5150
02/24/2016 5:11PM
Huh? **
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111Balz
02/24/2016 10:37AM
Don't get sucked in **
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KaHOOnah
02/24/2016 10:51AM
:>) **
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111Balz
02/24/2016 8:23PM
No. Especially not after the SCOTUS Hamdan ruling.
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HowieT3
02/24/2016 09:32AM
Hamdan, Boumediene, and similar cases were all losses for America
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ryno hoo
02/24/2016 09:49AM
Then treat it seriously **
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WaxHoo
02/24/2016 10:58AM
Oh that pesky due process. How will we ever survive? **
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Seattle .Hoo
02/24/2016 10:32AM
Don't you realize giving them a lawyer and a hearing is a sign of weakness? **
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HowieT3
02/24/2016 10:55AM
Liberals fighting for terrorrists' rights. You all are so awesome. **
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ryno hoo
02/24/2016 11:02AM
And you know they're terrorists because...... **
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WahooRQ
02/24/2016 1:43PM
This is the correct question **
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cvilleHOOrat
02/24/2016 1:52PM
$455 Million dollars a year for 91 guys. Brilliant. **
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cvilleHOOrat
02/24/2016 08:04AM
Republicanism is a mental disorder! #fiscalgnats **
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WahooRQ
02/24/2016 09:09AM
And how much of that $455M will be saved if we move those guys to CO?
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Hoodafan
02/24/2016 09:16AM
Does the Atlantic Fleet actually still use it?
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HowieT3
02/24/2016 09:39AM
To clarify, I wasn't suggesting this was part of a plan to return GITMO
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Hoodafan
02/24/2016 09:43AM
There are hundreds of bases around the world.
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ryno hoo
02/24/2016 09:33AM
Fiscal gnat. **
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WaxHoo
02/24/2016 11:00AM
Yes there are...and we should close those too. **
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cvilleHOOrat
02/24/2016 09:34AM
If most of us had a choice between helping our fellow citizens have access
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WahooRQ
02/24/2016 10:02AM
There's another option. Close the Cold War era bases and
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Hokie5150
02/24/2016 10:09AM
WH says as much as $180mill a year in operating costs
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cvilleHOOrat
02/24/2016 09:31AM
And that would be "free" in CO or wherever? Again, I'm not even in a
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Hoodafan
02/24/2016 09:39AM
$75,000 per year for a supermax prisoner
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NJHoo
02/24/2016 10:01AM
Thanks for linking that. I guess that takes us back to my original question
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Hoodafan
02/24/2016 10:22AM
They may be transferred to other duties or their billet eliminated.
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HowieT3
02/24/2016 10:32AM
See, this rightie would happily up vote that if I wasn't suppressed. That
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Hoodafan
02/24/2016 10:42AM
Agreed...good post and good info. **
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Hokie5150
02/24/2016 11:11AM
I'm sorry you don't believe the WH numbers
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cvilleHOOrat
02/24/2016 09:48AM
I'm more worried about you buying whatever they give you hook, line and
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Hoodafan
02/24/2016 09:55AM
You just worry about yourself, thanks. And again...
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cvilleHOOrat
02/24/2016 09:57AM
Thank you for that reminder of why it's completely pointless to try
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Hoodafan
02/24/2016 10:27AM
That's different **
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FfxStationHokie
02/24/2016 08:35AM
Semi-serious suggestion...since we really do not want these turds
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Tuckahokie
02/24/2016 07:59AM
Do you think throwing them in max security in Colorado is a threat
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cvilleHOOrat
02/24/2016 08:18AM
As long as they have a Jihad wing...sounds fine. **
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Tuckahokie
02/24/2016 08:51AM
They're in solitary 23 hours a day. That other hour is ...
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HowieT3
02/24/2016 09:16AM
Don't you know how many prisoners escape from that prison EVERY DAY?!?!?!? **
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SixerHoo
02/24/2016 08:46AM
Just as I predicted China has completely militarized S.China Sea illegaly
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Charleston Cav
02/24/2016 07:46AM
It is as legal as US in Iraq or Russia in Crimea **
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JohnHoo2
02/24/2016 10:27AM
We annexed Iraq? Interesting point of view **
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Hoo05Dave
02/24/2016 4:07PM
Let's light 'em up!!! Who has the launch codes????**
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SixerHoo
02/24/2016 08:43AM
These actions should be condemned in the strongest language possible (per
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Tuckahokie
02/24/2016 08:07AM
So tell us Admiral Halsey, what exactly should we have done? **
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WaxHoo
02/24/2016 07:51AM
Brought in Greenpeace from the beginning
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Charleston Cav
02/24/2016 12:35PM
Perfect. You're hired! **
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WaxHoo
02/24/2016 2:09PM
I had another look and I had a cup of tea and butter pie
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111Balz
02/24/2016 08:17AM
The world wonders.... (Historical Halsey reference, for those curious)**
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81_Hokie
02/24/2016 08:01AM
I know that book,your conclusions are all wrong,Halsey acted stupidly.**
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Cold Hoober Hoo
02/24/2016 07:54AM
He was an aviator, so, of course he'd fall for that sucker play.
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HowieT3
02/24/2016 09:23AM
"I love the poorly educated." GOP nominee y'all **
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hooshouse
02/24/2016 01:00AM
With HRC the R's have a great shot at the White House and then this a-hole
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HokieDan95
02/24/2016 09:27AM
Wrong tack. It's time to focus on the non-nonsense. it's time
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Shenhoo
02/24/2016 08:14AM
This is surreal. Like watching Mussolini come to power... **
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81_Hokie
02/24/2016 07:47AM
Perhaps more like Silvio Berlusconi. **
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Seattle .Hoo
02/24/2016 09:42AM
And they love him **
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cvilleHOOrat
02/24/2016 07:41AM
As opposed to the other side that screws the poorly educated?
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Hoodafan
02/24/2016 07:39AM
He's your boy now
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WaxHoo
02/24/2016 07:45AM
He sure picked the right party. This is almost unbelievable. **
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WahooRQ
02/24/2016 07:32AM
It's almost noble that Trump would confess to appealing to the.....
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SchmHoo
02/24/2016 07:04AM
America is going to be grabbing money, more, more, more... **
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Seattle .Hoo
02/24/2016 01:02AM
Trump vs Shrillary - please wake me up in 2020.
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Hoos Operator
02/24/2016 12:27AM
I love it...
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Hokie5150
02/24/2016 08:44AM
You do realize John McAfee is running for the Libertarian nomination,right? **
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Hoodafan
02/24/2016 08:52AM
You wanna get nuts?
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SchmHoo
02/24/2016 10:13AM
You and I agree upon very little; but we agree vigorously on this.
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WaxHoo
02/24/2016 07:49AM
Hillary is only that bad in your bubble. Better than Kerry, Gore, or any
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WahooRQ
02/24/2016 07:49AM
Im struggling to find an area in which she is better than Gore.
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southdenverhoo
02/24/2016 08:18AM
That one's a close call but think back to how miserable and awkward a
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WahooRQ
02/24/2016 10:21AM
He got a massage after he was screwed :>) **
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Tuckahokie
02/24/2016 08:53AM
Well its only Nevada but he doubled up on Cruzio **
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111Balz
02/24/2016 07:22AM
KanyeWest2020 ! **
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Hoo05Dave
02/24/2016 01:04AM
RQ would probably be his campaign manager. **
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Hoos Operator
02/24/2016 01:08AM
It's a reality tv election. It's like the Schwarzenegger, Ventura, Franken
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VAGentleman05
02/24/2016 12:33AM
Any chance Rubio/Kasich break with tradition and ticket up together now?
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CharlestonSC
02/24/2016 12:20AM
I think that would be a winning ticket in November, but the farther this
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VAGentleman05
02/24/2016 12:24AM
Not every state is Nevada
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CharlestonSC
02/24/2016 12:26AM
Not according to the RCP data I'm seeing. Also, if you're giving all the
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VAGentleman05
02/24/2016 12:32AM
RCP polls on the general are worthless. This time in 2012 they had Romney
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WahooRQ
02/24/2016 07:38AM
If only that were the case...
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Stimp
02/24/2016 08:54AM
Ah, it wasn't until August/September according to that.
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WahooRQ
02/24/2016 09:08AM
It never occurs according to that
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Stimp
02/24/2016 09:59AM
That's the average. I must have been thinking about individual polls, but
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WahooRQ
02/24/2016 10:26AM
That's why RCP does averages... turns out they're pretty good pulse readers **
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CharlestonSC
02/24/2016 3:53PM
Sure, general election polls aren't "ripe." But State nominating polls are
--
southdenverhoo
02/24/2016 08:03AM
John Oliver's piece on abortion could not have been any better **
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dajoka004
02/23/2016 9:59PM
I'm pro-choice, but Oliver's piece misses the bigger picture debate
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Hoo05Dave
02/23/2016 10:24PM
Re: I'm pro-choice, I don't think you can disocunt that there ARE
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111Balz
02/24/2016 09:05AM
Pro-life groups don't understand that abortions are not going away
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dajoka004
02/24/2016 08:08AM
Kudos! Excellent post. **
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Hokie5150
02/24/2016 07:58AM
Didn't see the Oliver piece but that is a solid and fair post! **
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Hoodafan
02/24/2016 07:34AM
Mitch McConnell disagrees.
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DanTheFan
02/23/2016 10:06PM
One Castro down, two to go. Ramon dead, RIP. **
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bballbill
02/23/2016 9:13PM
There's only one Castro worth paying attention to (link)
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111Balz
02/23/2016 9:55PM
Holy crap, are they still doing gigs in the Hook? **
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Hoos Operator
02/24/2016 12:16AM
And elsewhere, a few times a year. I think Danny is back
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111Balz
02/24/2016 07:21AM
Take it to the Corner! **
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bballbill
02/23/2016 9:58PM
TITC? **
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Old Dorms Rule!
02/23/2016 10:29PM
Yep RPI He's the only "good Castro" for now. **
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Wahoo Ron
02/23/2016 9:26PM
Tonight Fox and Luntz will tell us 2nd or 3rd is the new 1st. **
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hooshouse
02/23/2016 9:02PM
And you & the lefty cabal on here will tell us why they are all so bad. **
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CA Cav
02/23/2016 10:28PM
Cabal: Secret political clique or faction. Don't think we're a secret here. **
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SixerHoo
02/24/2016 10:25AM
Marco's Number 2!! Marco's Number 2!! **
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VAGentleman05
02/24/2016 12:21AM
They seem really focused on making Cruz quit. **
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hooshouse
02/23/2016 11:25PM
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