Since I no longer can upvote I'll post this instead. -- WaxHoo 02/20/2016 10:50AMThe Soapbox
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Since I no longer can upvote I'll post this instead. -- WaxHoo 02/20/2016 10:50AM It's also a shrewd move by Apple, and others like Facebook, Google, etc. -- ryno hoo 02/20/2016 10:32AM You lump Apple into that group based on what? ** -- dajoka004 02/20/2016 10:52AM Be it data collection or security problems, they are no saint. -- ryno hoo 02/20/2016 11:26AM Worthless generic statement ** -- dajoka004 02/20/2016 3:51PM Please. Search apple privacy issues and be prepared to read for days.** -- ryno hoo 02/20/2016 4:43PM So what if the Feds found the phone BEFORE the shootings -- 111Balz 02/20/2016 07:05AM Cheney would waterboard Apple ** -- WaxHoo 02/20/2016 11:25AM This is not about email and text messages -- dajoka004 02/20/2016 08:04AM As a retired R&D engineer, I fully agree ** -- NJHoo 02/19/2016 8:07PM It's an overreach by the government. Software backdoors are bad news -- Hoo05Dave 02/19/2016 6:56PM The government owns the phone. -- DanTheFan 02/20/2016 10:08AM Doesn't matter. My opposition is not based on the legal underpinnings of th -- Hoo05Dave 02/20/2016 5:33PM Yep...it's like the gubmint having the combo to my gun safe ** -- Tuckahokie 02/19/2016 7:36PM Trust me, it's much worse than that ** -- NJHoo 02/19/2016 8:08PM Yep...more like the gov't having the key to your home. ** -- Hokie5150 02/19/2016 9:42PM Not at all.. more like the gov't asking your landlord to make a copy of a -- 81_Hokie 02/20/2016 08:29AM Gov acquiring a key that could unlock any door, a key that could -- Hoo05Dave 02/20/2016 6:32PM No it's more like the government can read your phone -- 111Balz 02/20/2016 07:19AM No doubt... ** -- Tuckahokie 02/19/2016 8:35PM Deleted** -- 757 02/19/2016 6:55PM Just trying to stop sharia law from coming to America -- FfxStationHokie 02/20/2016 08:31AM Thanks for destroying all my "Soccer Mom" fantasies forever ** -- 757 02/19/2016 5:57PM I think she must have played the part of the ball! Yeesh. ** -- DoubleHooinFL 02/19/2016 10:28PM Soccer moms sure are a violent lot. ;) Actually this is appalling. -- Seattle .Hoo 02/19/2016 5:26PM Probably the Popes worst moment as Pope. Stupid on so many levels ** -- nyhoo 02/19/2016 9:06PM I see nothing wrong with what he said ** -- 111Balz 02/20/2016 09:13AM That job is reserved only for Bibi. ;) ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/19/2016 5:16PM It has been an odd fixation of hooshouse's. Specious comparison, however, -- Hoo05Dave 02/19/2016 6:39PM Everybody is in favor of legal, orderly immigration ** -- Wahoo Ron 02/19/2016 8:25PM I'd like to believe that, but I'm highly skeptical. The rhetoric surroundin -- Hoo05Dave 02/19/2016 10:05PM That is the establishment position -- Wahoo Ron 02/20/2016 10:38AM Oh so you think I support the Pope? I was joking. -- Seattle .Hoo 02/19/2016 7:05PM Should foreign leaders not be able to disagree with US policy? -- Hoo05Dave 02/19/2016 7:29PM Part of it is I just think Bibi is an asshole, tis true. -- Seattle .Hoo 02/19/2016 8:45PM So now it really comes down to dislike of the man -- Hoo05Dave 02/19/2016 9:17PM Fixated on hypocrisy and the first time was shameful politics using the -- hooshouse 02/19/2016 6:57PM Yeah, ok. Keep on keepin' on. ** -- Hoo05Dave 02/19/2016 7:01PM I hope you're not implying I'm anti-semitic ** -- hooshouse 02/19/2016 7:08PM No idea why you say that. I'm simply saying your outrage is ridiculous, and -- Hoo05Dave 02/19/2016 7:13PM Wait...I thought Bibi made you guys mad ** -- Tuckahokie 02/19/2016 6:38PM You sprung my trap dammit. ** -- hooshouse 02/19/2016 5:23PM Sorry, man. No star for me....again. :( ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/19/2016 5:27PM I'd give you one if I could. ** -- hooshouse 02/19/2016 5:31PM Its not so much that your posts irritate anyone... -- WahooRQ 02/20/2016 12:05PM Let me get this straight. -- DanTheFan 02/19/2016 6:38PM What do the sins of that dude have to do with Chelsea or Hillary? ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/19/2016 3:59PM Yep...like blaming JEB! for the sins of GWB, and that never happens :>) ** -- Tuckahokie 02/19/2016 4:03PM See the responses below. Those are relevant. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/19/2016 5:13PM Jeb said that he thought junior did a good job. -- KCHoo 02/19/2016 4:09PM Much more relevant than that IMO is his tapping Wolfowitz.. -- SchmHoo 02/19/2016 4:50PM In other news: dog bites man ** -- WaxHoo 02/19/2016 1:52PM Speaking of dogs -- Wahoo Ron 02/19/2016 2:39PM Hooo let the dogs out -- AlexHoo 02/19/2016 2:53PM Doesn't she have an approx 481-55 delegate lead due to superdelegates?** -- Hoos Operator 02/19/2016 2:51PM Not going to look good if she loses most of the primary's & gets the -- ESHooFan 02/19/2016 3:42PM Chicago, '68 ** -- WaxHoo 02/19/2016 4:18PM Mutiny in Philadelphia...riots and nobody notices ** -- Tuckahokie 02/19/2016 3:53PM When is the drop dead date for somebody else to join the race? ** -- Wahoo Ron 02/19/2016 4:29PM I just heard someone float the idea of Biden getting in, and naming -- Hoodafan 02/19/2016 5:14PM Not sure..perhaps if the possibility of a brokered convention were to -- Tuckahokie 02/19/2016 4:39PM What a historic election no matter what -- Wahoo Ron 02/19/2016 5:57PM
I can't wait until Sunday, when the SC primary is history. My phone has -- SouthernHoo 02/19/2016 1:29PM I'm getting 12+ a day and mailbox full! ** -- MBHoo 02/19/2016 2:28PM 16 calls today, ans machine full- Shitters full!!!!!!!!!!! ** -- MBHoo 02/19/2016 4:05PM You must be an R. Dems get to live with this til the 27th ** -- WaxHoo 02/19/2016 1:58PM D's will have it easy. 2 candidates means the volume won't be as high. ** -- SouthernHoo 02/19/2016 4:59PM There's a bigger problem here -- 757 02/19/2016 5:50PM Seems a bit over the top, but really hard to judge without knowing -- RML Hoos 02/19/2016 12:14PM Agree re: the community leaders. It would seem the threat posed -- Hokie5150 02/19/2016 12:17PM The fact that he is a Sheriff's Capt. and not a Police Capt. is important -- 757 02/19/2016 12:13PM That actually is a good point. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/19/2016 1:05PM His words aren't that bad, but the rest is self aggrandizing paramilitary -- Seattle .Hoo 02/19/2016 11:49AM Careful; you'll lose your stars 😐 ** -- NJHoo 02/19/2016 3:56PM Are you ever going instill trust in the types being targeted? ** -- Hokie5150 02/19/2016 12:15PM Are you kidding me? The message was directed at everybody. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/19/2016 1:04PM It was? We must not have watched the same video... ** -- Hokie5150 02/19/2016 1:21PM Speaking of campaign videos.... -- Seattle .Hoo 02/19/2016 3:25PM Exactly my thought -- NJHoo 02/19/2016 3:58PM You're safe...no body can vote! ** -- Hokie5150 02/19/2016 4:58PM Whew! ;) ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/19/2016 5:14PM Otherwise I'd be heading for the hills ** -- NJHoo 02/19/2016 5:04PM Right. That's why his macho show is out there. I think 757 nailed it. -- Seattle .Hoo 02/19/2016 1:29PM I like the inclusion of community leaders and the call for -- Hokie5150 02/19/2016 11:24AM A dummy trying to become famous. Encourages violence on both sides. ** -- KCHoo 02/19/2016 10:50AM Candidates have plenty of time to prove/disprove their substantive mettls -- Hood 02/19/2016 5:25PM Shit I don't care about a Presidential candidate for $100 Alex. ** -- bballbill 02/19/2016 12:23PM Did you actually watch them? I ask because, while I agree with you that -- Hoodafan 02/19/2016 11:51AM He's a decent journalist/host - he was absolutely fair to everybody in the -- CharlestonSC 02/19/2016 10:57AM Good summary, but don't exaggerate. 3 seconds would've been plenty. ** -- Hoodafan 02/19/2016 11:52AM Sadly, you're right. We're largely a nation of low information voters. -- SixerHoo 02/19/2016 11:07AM And the media has no role to play in that? ** -- cvilleHOOrat 02/19/2016 11:10AM Lack of civics classes in school -- Oregon Hoo 02/19/2016 4:38PM Of course. They are often shallow and almost always sensational. -- SixerHoo 02/19/2016 11:16AM Cable news networks don't exist to inform, but to make money -- StLouHoo 02/19/2016 11:52AM It's the age where nuance is considered "untrustworthy" or "DC speak." -- WahooRQ 02/19/2016 11:26AM You had me nodding and planning a +1 until the last line. ** -- 81_Hokie 02/19/2016 12:12PM You and I are not only the same page, but the same paragraph and sentence.** -- SixerHoo 02/19/2016 11:33AM For SDH and SchmHoo, this article hits really close to home and sums up my -- WahooRQ 02/19/2016 10:15AM The actual policy differences between Sanders and HRC are relatively small -- Fuzzy Dunlop 02/19/2016 2:37PM What I find fascinating about this post -- fishhoo 02/19/2016 11:44AM You view Sanders like many viewed Obama. I guess it depends on your -- Sabremetrician 02/19/2016 11:32AM Obama showed a lot of pragmatism when he ran and has as POTUS too. -- WahooRQ 02/19/2016 11:38AM Like I said - perspective. For you BS crosses the line. For others BO did. ** -- Sabremetrician 02/19/2016 11:43AM I get (and respect) that. I was talking about BS being full of, well, BS -- WahooRQ 02/19/2016 11:52AM Here's a question. If you're a Dem in this election, what do you run on? -- cvilleHOOrat 02/19/2016 12:13PM Hard to blame Bush, but they still try. -- ChickenAndWaffles 02/19/2016 12:35PM Smh. Embarrassingly stupid ** -- 111Balz 02/20/2016 07:37AM BO touted a healthcare plan that many thought was "pie in the sky" -- Sabremetrician 02/19/2016 12:01PM Ok, but for me, when voting for the lesser of multiple evils: -- HoosWillWin 02/19/2016 10:31AM Honestly curious what about Sanders makes him a "decent guy" in -- Hokie5150 02/19/2016 10:51AM For me it's that he seems to have a core set of beliefs that he -- BocaHoo91 02/19/2016 12:44PM I'm more curious how a supposed fiscal conservative could think Bernie is -- Hoodafan 02/19/2016 11:30AM Do you consider Jeb, Rubio or Kadich to be right wing -- 111Balz 02/20/2016 07:43AM Socially liberal and fiscally conservative is the biggest political lie -- ryno hoo 02/19/2016 11:42AM It is? Because you just described me, so I don't see how those two are -- Hoodafan 02/19/2016 12:03PM The biggest lie comes from most people who purport to be fiscal cons, -- WahooRQ 02/19/2016 12:46PM Has Ryno ever taken the positions you described, being the charlatan? If he -- Hoodafan 02/19/2016 1:01PM I think he just says shit to try and make people mad. No idea if he means -- WahooRQ 02/19/2016 1:04PM Consistent (if incorrect) policy positions relative to most politicians ** -- Tuckahokie 02/19/2016 10:54AM That is it. He believes what he says. Seems genuine. ** -- HoosWillWin 02/19/2016 10:56AM He is certainly driven by principle, which is laudable and unique to very -- Hoodafan 02/19/2016 11:34AM If he really believes what he says then he's more clueless than anything. -- WahooRQ 02/19/2016 11:30AM It's a Christmas miracle...I actually agree with you on something! :) ** -- Hokie5150 02/19/2016 11:57AM No kidding! Just a shame we can't up vote his post! :-) ** -- Hoodafan 02/19/2016 12:08PM Yeah, and this time all three of you are wrong! :>) ** -- southdenverhoo 02/19/2016 2:32PM Honestly wouldn't be surprised if you and I agree more than we disagree on -- WahooRQ 02/19/2016 1:03PM I'd honestly be curious as to where you see the authority for federal -- Hokie5150 02/19/2016 1:20PM Implied powers derived from NPC, GW, Tax, ICC, and others. If I recall -- WahooRQ 02/19/2016 3:10PM I'm certainly not a lawyer (just a lowly engineer) and I didn't -- Hokie5150 02/19/2016 6:13PM Ol' lefty sdh here once wrote a paper for Alphabet Howard on how the 10th -- southdenverhoo 02/19/2016 2:36PM I'd give you a +1 if I could. Damn disenfranchisement! ** -- Hokie5150 02/19/2016 2:43PM Man I'm getting old. It was primarily the 9th, thinking back. -- southdenverhoo 02/19/2016 3:10PM I'm sure that was an interesting read. Would love to know how you pulled -- WahooRQ 02/19/2016 4:16PM Interesting treatment of it in Goldberg's concurrence to Douglas's majority -- southdenverhoo 02/20/2016 3:09PM That is certainly understandable...a Triumph is huge temptation. ** -- Hokie5150 02/19/2016 3:52PM HA! ** -- Hokie5150 02/19/2016 12:50PM Bernie. Trump. By comparison Marco ain't quite such an empty suit? :-) ** -- Hoodafan 02/19/2016 11:38AM Marco's lighter than helium. He and Nikki make a cute couple though :-) ** -- WaxHoo 02/19/2016 12:53PM Marco's suit couldn't get any emptier. I just see Trump and Bernie more as -- WahooRQ 02/19/2016 11:40AM To quote Bobby Knight, "just lay back and enjoy", because -- Hoodafan 02/19/2016 11:55AM That was the view back then, but times have changed -- AlexHoo 02/19/2016 09:56AM Bork! Bork! Bork! You sound like a seal in heat. Here's why the Bork -- SixerHoo 02/19/2016 10:55AM Careful, you might summon him. ** -- cvilleHOOrat 02/19/2016 11:11AM If so, he would no doubt quickly accumulate 4 stars here. ** -- SixerHoo 02/19/2016 11:17AM Or 4 pentagrams. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/19/2016 1:10PM "Bork!" 3 times make for a powerful argument, but as this writer points out -- HokieDan95 02/19/2016 11:05AM Repeating Bork ad nauseam is indeed a poor argument yet Alex persists in it -- SixerHoo 02/19/2016 11:13AM "previously unforeseen levels of hypocrisy"? -- HokieDan95 02/19/2016 11:25AM I'm sure if we continue to trade posts on this we'll eventually agree -- SixerHoo 02/19/2016 11:31AM Who exactly is saying that? sounds like a straw man -- HokieDan95 02/19/2016 11:36AM I have never heard anyone say he sould not nominate someone -- AlexHoo 02/19/2016 12:09PM Some Rs have said he should not nominate anyone. Glad you disagree. ** -- SixerHoo 02/19/2016 12:24PM You called BO a hypocrite. I called Rs hypocrites. You changing your tune? ** -- SixerHoo 02/19/2016 11:40AM I think you got that straw man from a Hillary stump speech..but both are -- HokieDan95 02/19/2016 12:28PM So Ds can't change their stripes on SCOTUS nomination process but Rs can? -- SixerHoo 02/19/2016 3:59PM You need to work on your reading comprehension skills -- HokieDan95 02/20/2016 10:54AM So is it your proposition that it is in fact all the Dems' doing? ** -- WaxHoo 02/19/2016 11:09AM I think it was started by Dems but Republicans have -- AlexHoo 02/19/2016 12:10PM You trace it back to the Dem Senate and the blocking of highly qualified -- WaxHoo 02/19/2016 12:22PM He was rated Highly Qualified by the ABA -- AlexHoo 02/19/2016 1:17PM In 1970 an avowed Marxist would't get into the WH even witn a visitors pass -- Wahoo Ron 02/19/2016 10:19AM Avowed Marxist? No wonder reasonable discussion isn't possible here.** -- WaxHoo 02/19/2016 11:11AM Yeah, everything is traceable to the Dems. Obama is to blame. -- WaxHoo 02/19/2016 10:01AM Claims re Bork aside, the fact that O said just the opposite in 2005 means? ** -- HokieDan95 02/19/2016 10:08AM It means he, like about everyone else it seems, has conveniently -- WaxHoo 02/19/2016 12:51PM Did you read Alex's post? ** -- WaxHoo 02/19/2016 10:13AM Yes..did you read mine? -- HokieDan95 02/19/2016 10:23AM Re: " ... the fact that both parties claim just the opposite when it suits -- WaxHoo 02/19/2016 11:06AM deleted** -- WaxHoo 02/19/2016 12:14PM My point was the judicial confirmation process has changed -- AlexHoo 02/19/2016 12:03PM You did indeed say -- WaxHoo 02/19/2016 12:49PM Yes that was my point, thank you ** -- AlexHoo 02/19/2016 1:30PM Exactly. Listening to either side blame the other for making it political -- Hoodafan 02/19/2016 11:23AM Damn. Seems none of you righties comprehend written English. Not Alex, -- WaxHoo 02/19/2016 12:20PM Ummm, Waxie, you might need a Snickers there buddy. -- Hoodafan 02/19/2016 12:51PM There you (second person singular) go again putting words -- WaxHoo 02/19/2016 1:00PM Just bustin' your balz a little Waxie. Because, like basically this entire -- Hoodafan 02/19/2016 1:07PM Well, at least it appears you didn't add to my down vote count. -- WaxHoo 02/19/2016 1:56PM And there you go assuming what fits your narrative best. -- SchmHoo 02/19/2016 1:23PM OK, my apology. In that case you were just being dishonest or -- Hoodafan 02/19/2016 1:32PM Special kind of disregard for logic and the written word. -- SchmHoo 02/19/2016 4:39PM OK a sincere apology this time. You make a good point about that -- Hoodafan 02/19/2016 5:07PM I'll take it. High five. Have a great weekend. ** -- SchmHoo 02/19/2016 5:40PM And Obama said just the opposite in 2005video -- HokieDan95 02/19/2016 09:30AM Every GOP Senator should just use that same speech verbatim -- Wahoo Ron 02/19/2016 5:50PM "That's different -- FfxStation" ** -- Hoodafan 02/19/2016 11:17AM That's different. His views have evolved since then. ** -- Hokie5150 02/19/2016 10:07AM 1970 Mitch McConnell was correct...just like 1964 Hillary was correct ** -- Tuckahokie 02/19/2016 08:57AM About Goldwater, generally, or the Civil Rights Act, specifically? -- SchmHoo 02/19/2016 09:16AM Nice retort :>) Chapeau ** -- Tuckahokie 02/19/2016 09:26AM There was a GOP Prez in 1970. When we get another one -- hokeyhokie 02/19/2016 08:55AM Channel surfed to MSNBC and some shrew was screaming at a Townhall meeting. ** -- Hoos Operator 02/18/2016 10:31PM Scream...cough...scream...cough? ** -- Tuckahokie 02/19/2016 06:46AM Doubtful. According to the article the districts were drawn without regard -- 81_Hokie 02/19/2016 07:04AM I can't vote here but I sure as hell can in November! ** -- bballbill 02/18/2016 11:57PM I'm at a loss ** -- TpkeHoo 02/18/2016 7:22PM I think voting is just disabled here now -- wahoo138 02/19/2016 07:59AM Points!?! I don't need no stinkin' points!!!! (And it's a good thing....) -- aint2Hokie4me 02/19/2016 09:13AM Even for those who payed the poll tax? ** -- Wahoo Ron 02/19/2016 08:12AM Seems a bunch of us got the poll ax. ** -- SixerHoo 02/19/2016 10:59AM Here's another stat for you -- Wahoo Ron 02/18/2016 9:39PM Now that Sportswar owns both this and TSL, the stats include posting there. -- 26.2Hoo 02/19/2016 1:02PM I'm disenfranchised too ** -- NJHoo 02/18/2016 9:24PM Lol. I may have points but I can't vote either ** -- TpkeHoo 02/18/2016 7:15PM To me, it all seems so ... pointless ** -- NJHoo 02/18/2016 9:35PM Yup I'm in the negative here but I've got two stars on the "real" Sabre. -- Seattle .Hoo 02/18/2016 7:10PM Something's wrong. You are one of the better posters here... -- Hoos Operator 02/18/2016 8:40PM It's obvious what's wrong. Check the point totals of various posters and -- WaxHoo 02/19/2016 09:40AM Gee thanks! ;) ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/18/2016 9:44PM I'm top 5 on the real Sabre but probably right under Balz for DFL here. -- WahooRQ 02/18/2016 7:34PM Exhibit A in response to HO's observation, above, that something is wrong** -- WaxHoo 02/19/2016 09:46AM I think you found the key to the I phone -- NJHoo 02/18/2016 9:52PM I've got 4 points baby! ** -- MBHoo 02/18/2016 6:56PM You can't vote on the soapbox so people are locked in for now -- KCHoo 02/18/2016 6:20PM That's pretty clear from the star allocation too; The Trumps of the Soapbox ** -- NJHoo 02/18/2016 9:26PM Boca is the one notable exception. -- WahooRQ 02/19/2016 09:42AM Down with Boca! Down with Tpke! We need a political revolution. -- SixerHoo 02/18/2016 6:15PM Y'all are not silent ** -- Tuckahokie 02/18/2016 7:13PM Evidently we ain't a majority, either... ** -- southdenverhoo 02/19/2016 01:16AM Always laugh when our righties claim this is somehow a liberal forum. -- WahooRQ 02/19/2016 08:02AM Yep. No left-wing bias in this post...none at all. ** -- Hokie5150 02/19/2016 08:30AM Here's a recent example. Just a few days ago -- NJHoo 02/19/2016 08:13AM The "silent majority"= the well over 1/2 who read ,dont post much but vote ** -- Wahoo Ron 02/18/2016 9:47PM The Zan master ** -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/18/2016 5:36PM You have 534 points? :-) ** -- Hoodafan 02/18/2016 4:59PM Camblos lost the CA race in 2007. He is in private practice. ** -- HooB7 02/19/2016 10:35AM Feeling the Bern yet, Hill?RCP: 20+pt NV lead to virtually tied in 2 months -- 81_Hokie 02/18/2016 1:53PM At lest Sanders is a Socialist who is willing to admit it -- Wahoo Ron 02/18/2016 10:32PM True. As much as I dislike his political ideology, I do respect` -- Hokie5150 02/19/2016 06:43AM She has actually widened her lead in the British markets. -- Shenhoo 02/18/2016 3:30PM Well, considering she has 394 delegates to Bernie's 44, I'd say -- Exhoolate 02/18/2016 2:48PM That's not how super delegates work, but ok. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/18/2016 6:13PM I understand they can change their vote, but it does look very skewed. -- Exhoolate 02/19/2016 09:13AM If supers trump a Bern majority huge numbers of Dems sit out the general -- WaxHoo 02/18/2016 3:18PM Nope...but The Hyphen may be ** -- Tuckahokie 02/18/2016 3:37PM No question ** -- WaxHoo 02/18/2016 3:40PM And behind every major Republican in natioanl polling -- AlexHoo 02/18/2016 2:10PM Those are nonsense at this point. Sanders with 10 point leads? -- Shenhoo 02/18/2016 3:32PM Seriously...this is so depressing ** -- nyhoo 02/18/2016 2:10PM I prefer to call it "bittersweet" -- Moneyshot 02/18/2016 2:31PM Our fellings re the Clintons are identical. And I can only imagine -- WaxHoo 02/18/2016 3:21PM Would you take great pleasure in seeing Donald Trump or Ted Cruz be our -- WahooRQ 02/18/2016 2:33PM I'd vote for Bernie over Hillary because ethics counts for something and a -- 81_Hokie 02/18/2016 2:41PM Not to worry. w/Bernie as POTUS & a GOP Senate it's checkmate. Nothing at -- WaxHoo 02/18/2016 3:24PM Its also a stalemate with Obama, and it would be equally a stalemate w/ HRC -- southdenverhoo 02/19/2016 01:29AM Agree, and I don't think that's a bad scenario at all ** -- 81_Hokie 02/18/2016 3:47PM I used to take that position, but we have some real entitlement problems -- BocaHoo91 02/18/2016 4:26PM I agree with that too... My biggest disappointment with Obama is forming -- 81_Hokie 02/18/2016 6:07PM I agree with you under that scenario. But my fear, per my post below, -- BocaHoo91 02/18/2016 3:37PM Yep...at least with Bernie the socialism is right out front in plain -- Tuckahokie 02/18/2016 2:47PM LOL, my guess is your taxes wouldn't get raised even under a Sanders -- WahooRQ 02/18/2016 3:03PM I'm fairly certain they'd go up under Sanders. Now probably not to the -- BocaHoo91 02/18/2016 3:34PM Some people's would, sure. I doubt Tuck's would though. -- WahooRQ 02/18/2016 3:43PM Negative -- Stimp 02/18/2016 4:24PM Sure but that would never happen. I mean what he could actually do -- WahooRQ 02/18/2016 4:42PM Correct. Addl 8.4% (2.2EE + 6.2 via ER) on top of the 15.3% already being -- Hoodafan 02/18/2016 4:34PM Top 5% start at $188K though. I don't know anything about Tuck's -- BocaHoo91 02/18/2016 4:09PM Just to finance single payer... -- Stimp 02/18/2016 4:27PM Right, I doubt he could get that through even a democratically controlled -- BocaHoo91 02/18/2016 4:37PM Actually, I think that's the increase that had the best chance of passing.. -- Stimp 02/18/2016 5:41PM My bet is they would be more likely to implement his plan but would -- BocaHoo91 02/18/2016 7:04PM To play the devil's advocate a bit, why would that be such a bad thing? I -- Hoodafan 02/18/2016 4:52PM Because the entire social security system is predicated on people -- BocaHoo91 02/18/2016 6:59PM Thanks as always for the education. BTW my thought was that the Cap Gains -- Hoodafan 02/18/2016 8:08PM I would be ok with that as long as contributions vs. benefits stay -- BocaHoo91 02/18/2016 10:00PM Screwed...oh well. Still beats Europe. ** -- Tuckahokie 02/18/2016 4:18PM That is the source of my depression -- nyhoo 02/18/2016 2:39PM Doubt either would be worse, Cruz maybe better -- AlexHoo 02/18/2016 2:37PM I would vote for Cruz over Hillary/Bernie...and I'm no Cruz fan. -- Moneyshot 02/18/2016 2:36PM Cruz, really? Welcome to Christian Dominionism. -- Seattle .Hoo 02/18/2016 4:38PM Cruz will be the only possible reason I will vote for Hillary. -- Shenhoo 02/18/2016 3:19PM That's pretty sad. Cruz would be an unmitigated disaster as POTUS and -- WahooRQ 02/18/2016 2:53PM Or maybe the dishonesty narrative has been played so long you are immune to -- 81_Hokie 02/18/2016 3:17PM May be sad to you...but the Clintons have earned every bit of contempt -- Moneyshot 02/18/2016 3:09PM Yeah, we all know how disastrous the 1990's were for the country. -- WahooRQ 02/18/2016 3:13PM I would argue that Clinton benefited more from the 90 than shaped them -- Moneyshot 02/18/2016 3:22PM OK. Do you honestly believe Ted fucking Cruz has more? -- WahooRQ 02/18/2016 3:27PM Truth is Cruz is the secret love child of Hillary and Nixion -- Cold Hoober Hoo 02/18/2016 3:38PM He reminds me most of Joe McCarthy. The guy is pure scum. ** -- WahooRQ 02/18/2016 3:49PM I don't know much about him but the hate shown here -- AlexHoo 02/18/2016 4:45PM Hmm, you may have a point. I've long joked that if there is anything that -- Hoodafan 02/18/2016 4:55PM For the record pro choice non gun owning conservative ** -- AlexHoo 02/18/2016 5:48PM More than Bill and Hillary...yes. That doesn't mean I don't think -- Moneyshot 02/18/2016 3:37PM That plus Hillary has a well established record of incompetence -- AlexHoo 02/18/2016 3:43PM Same here -- AlexHoo 02/18/2016 2:40PM And Baby Falwell announces that one should not mix religion & politics. -- VAGentleman05 02/18/2016 11:03PM That's hysterical! I'm sure Pat Robertson agrees. ** -- Hoodafan 02/19/2016 11:13AM "I'm gonna get you a better Pope. He's gonna be the best Pope you've ever -- Hoodafan 02/18/2016 4:22PM My Pope is gonna be able to do deals like you've never seen -- Hood 02/18/2016 4:33PM He's gonna convert the whole Middle East to Christianity and make ISIS pay -- WahooRQ 02/19/2016 07:53AM Or those raping and murdering Catholics in Mexico! ** -- Hoodafan 02/18/2016 4:35PM Are they priests? ** -- cvilleHOOrat 02/19/2016 11:13AM A Gold Star to who can tell us how Syrian refugees the Vatican will take ** -- Tuckahokie 02/18/2016 2:36PM I suggested before that Trump ought to fly in thousands of -- HokieDan95 02/18/2016 2:48PM Don't Cruz and Rubio fit the description as well? -- DanTheFan 02/18/2016 2:11PM Not to mention every Christian who is for border security. I'm surprised -- HoosWillWin 02/19/2016 08:49AM The most surreal thing is I'm actually on Trump's side more on this. -- JohnHoo2 02/18/2016 2:52PM Better for the Pope to have said: -- Hood 02/18/2016 4:35PM Or just say what the Christian outlook would be (according to his branch of -- KCHoo 02/18/2016 6:13PM Serious question, what do you suggest for securing the southern border? Do -- Hoodafan 02/18/2016 2:39PM Vatican city has an interesting feature -- HokieDan95 02/18/2016 2:08PM Yep, but who wins in an arm wrestling competition? ** -- FfxStationHokie 02/18/2016 1:50PM Has Star guilt >>>>>>>>>>>>** -- Tuckahokie 02/18/2016 2:33PM You need to recognize your star privilege -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/18/2016 2:45PM Gotta have a star to vote. We libs are disenfranchised here by cons -- SixerHoo 02/18/2016 11:05AM I got stars on Sabre. Nothing here tho. Hey -- Lazarus 02/18/2016 1:37PM ***evil laugh***Bwahaaahaaaahaaaa! This one really was a vast right wing -- ryno hoo 02/18/2016 12:51PM I KNEW it!!! ** -- SixerHoo 02/18/2016 3:37PM The only star I need is this one: -- WahooRQ 02/18/2016 1:08PM I have a star and can't vote if it makes you feel better ** -- Chesapeake HOO 02/18/2016 12:25PM That's probably true, but more important, who cares? ** -- bob1314 02/18/2016 11:57AM Easy for you to say, STAR man. :-) ** -- SixerHoo 02/18/2016 12:05PM Oh that'll probably change. Have no idea how or why it even got there ** -- bob1314 02/18/2016 12:32PM #LIBBRULPOSTSMATTER ** -- WahooRQ 02/18/2016 11:55AM Voter suppression! :-) I don't think anyone can vote on the new format. ** -- Hoodafan 02/18/2016 11:27AM That's hilarious. They need thicker skin. ** -- hooshouse 02/18/2016 11:21AM The man just keeping you down, baby ** -- MBHoo 02/18/2016 11:16AM New URL. Retype it in your browser and replace "townhall" with "virginia". ** -- JMHoo 02/18/2016 10:06AM I have the new URL. hmmm ** -- hooshouse 02/18/2016 10:09AM I'm able to reply but not vote... ** -- Hokie5150 02/18/2016 10:25AM Re: I'm able to reply but not vote... ** -- Lazarus 02/18/2016 11:00AM Re: I'm able to reply but not vote... Same here. using the new URL ** -- Lazarus 02/18/2016 11:01AM I can reply when I turn my phone sideways and return to the classic look. ** -- hooshouse 02/18/2016 10:01AM Glenn Beck: God took Scalia to give America Ted Cruz as president ** -- FfxStationHokie 02/18/2016 09:47AM Had the radio on scan the other day. Stopped it when I heard Scalia's name. -- 81_Hokie 02/18/2016 11:55AM I am amused you couldn't tell if it was Fox or a religious station ** -- cvilleHOOrat 02/18/2016 12:37PM Incredible how frightening all this is becoming. Hard to explain ** -- bob1314 02/18/2016 12:00PM The guy is worth $250 million. Limbaugh $400 million. -- SchmHoo 02/18/2016 10:57AM Beck didn't really say that, did he? ** -- bob1314 02/18/2016 10:24AM Couldn't believe it either so I googled (link) -- icehokie 02/18/2016 10:33AM Lord in heaven above. Save us from ourselves ** -- bob1314 02/18/2016 10:41AM Amen ** -- Cold Hoober Hoo 02/18/2016 11:00AM Well, it is more comfortable than to suppose She had come around to support -- Shenhoo 02/18/2016 09:50AM Little known fact: Scalia & Ruth Ginsburg performed *onstage* in an opera -- bob1314 02/18/2016 09:44AM I take it you like opera ** -- seanbryan 02/18/2016 10:02AM Tickets to ... Lay Boheem? "La Boheme...it's an opera." ** -- WahooRQ 02/18/2016 11:57AM Did you know that's Frank Oz? Voice of Yoda ** -- cvilleHOOrat 02/18/2016 12:38PM I had forgotten that but thanks for reminding. Highly underrated movie. ** -- WahooRQ 02/18/2016 1:06PM One of my favorite flicks period. Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche -- Seattle .Hoo 02/18/2016 1:24PM Best scene is Beaks in the phone booth. LOL, awesome movie. -- WahooRQ 02/18/2016 1:31PM Nobody wants to buy your drugs here, Louie! ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/18/2016 12:19PM Yep & I like those 2 also, forget the liberal/conservative crap. BTW Scalia -- bob1314 02/18/2016 10:08AM Yeah definitely having this issue ... 8/10 posts seem to not work -- CharlestonSC 02/17/2016 11:35PM From ryno hoo below, replace "townhall" with "virginia" in the URL (link) -- Hoo05Dave 02/17/2016 9:33PM That solved the problem for me also. ** -- ESHooFan 02/18/2016 08:54AM Are you able to vote using that link or is that function still not working? ** -- Hokie5150 02/18/2016 07:27AM I still can't vote with that link. ** -- JohnHoo2 02/18/2016 10:04AM Thanks, I just saw that and it works for me ** -- NJHoo 02/17/2016 9:34PM He is neck and neck with Warren Harding and wants first place ** -- NewBernHoo 02/18/2016 10:30PM And more -- FfxStationHokie 02/18/2016 12:44PM Off your anti-panty-wad meds again? ** -- Shenhoo 02/18/2016 09:53AM I don't know what your issue is w/me, but you're just an asshole sometimes ** -- CA Cav 02/18/2016 5:35PM So you know BO's golf schedule? Where's he playing? -- SixerHoo 02/18/2016 09:20AM Cuba...with the Black Lives Matter crew? ** -- Tuckahokie 02/18/2016 09:43AM Probably trade GITMO for a '57 Ford Fairlane. ** -- ryno hoo 02/18/2016 12:53PM Might have an important meeting with Jay Z ** -- HokieDan95 02/18/2016 09:42AM There it is. Knew you boys could do it. ** -- WahooRQ 02/18/2016 10:16AM I'm just curious. Do you claim to know the reasons he isn't attending or -- Seattle .Hoo 02/18/2016 09:16AM Earnest was asked at yesterdaqy's press conference3. Avoided answering. -- CA Cav 02/18/2016 12:23PM There has only been 1 other sitting justice died in past 60 years. -- JohnHoo2 02/18/2016 5:11PM OK so you don't know the reason. Just taking a moment to vent I guess. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/18/2016 12:27PM I would expect him to be there and am surprised he wont be -- cvilleHOOrat 02/18/2016 08:25AM I actually am not up in arms over him skipping the funeral -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/18/2016 10:12AM I don't understand where this sudden importance of divider/uniter -- cvilleHOOrat 02/18/2016 10:38AM The fact that he's liberal and a Democrat makes him a divider today. -- Seattle .Hoo 02/18/2016 11:51AM No, of course not. But because he is from a minority -- 111Balz 02/18/2016 11:29AM Issues re race, gender, sexual preference go straight to the spinal chord-- -- bob1314 02/18/2016 11:44AM In other words, all this is much more than 1 man being a unifier or divider -- bob1314 02/18/2016 11:53AM There's the race card defense. Time to transition to the sexist card. Crazy -- Hoodafan 02/18/2016 11:42AM Here's a thought for folks on the right, then; keep the focus on -- Seattle .Hoo 02/18/2016 12:17PM Absolutely right. Denial is more than a river in that thar condiment where -- WahooRQ 02/18/2016 1:40PM Nobody is denying racism exists. When have you ever heard me, or even the -- Hoodafan 02/18/2016 12:39PM But calling out racism when one sees it is divisive and reverse racist, -- 111Balz 02/18/2016 12:19PM Speaking of weak minded, was that supposed to mean -- 111Balz 02/18/2016 11:45AM Try to keep up Balzie. Is it possible that you and others opposed Mitt -- Hoodafan 02/18/2016 12:05PM Clown post ** -- 111Balz 02/18/2016 12:12PM When you turn to insults.........you got nothing. ** -- Hoodafan 02/18/2016 12:20PM Try staying on topic for a change, and try not digging deeper -- 111Balz 02/18/2016 12:30PM Says the king of strawmen. Be sure to let us know how you oppose Dr. Ben -- Hoodafan 02/18/2016 12:42PM Well, there you go again.You'd be much better off if you'd just -- 111Balz 02/18/2016 12:46PM WTF are you babbling about now? Just stick to calling those you disagree -- Hoodafan 02/18/2016 12:52PM LOL, you should go back and re-read this thread when your blood -- WahooRQ 02/18/2016 1:10PM No, just typical Balzian approach of claims of weak minded and implied -- Hoodafan 02/18/2016 1:23PM Your characterization of Balz's post is predictably inaccurate. -- SchmHoo 02/18/2016 1:30PM You just will not learn, or read for meaning apparently. -- 111Balz 02/18/2016 1:28PM "But because he is from a minority" Ummm, then WTF was that supposed -- Hoodafan 02/18/2016 1:38PM Oh, which minority were you referring to then that Obama is a member of? ** -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/18/2016 1:38PM I don't think you're quite there yet. Maybe try yoga. ** -- WahooRQ 02/18/2016 1:27PM Namaste. :-) But why are you anti-transcendental meditation? ** -- Hoodafan 02/18/2016 1:42PM I've always been a bit more partial to strip clubs and liquor. :) -- WahooRQ 02/18/2016 1:43PM You really just kinda pick out the little bits you want, huh? -- SchmHoo 02/18/2016 1:00PM You didn't say why you thought he was not a divisive president -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/18/2016 11:54AM Any division because Obama is black isn't from Obama's 'side.' It's from -- bob1314 02/18/2016 12:20PM But who here ever brought up the issue of Obama being black? -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/18/2016 1:36PM You'll never convince anyone of that who doesn't already realize it. -- SchmHoo 02/18/2016 12:30PM I also did not sya why he is not kenyan, communist, or martian -- 111Balz 02/18/2016 12:12PM Yes, he is. ** -- Hoodafan 02/18/2016 11:21AM I do think he is a bit of a dividing force, yes -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/18/2016 11:17AM And to be fair, the 'just say no' stuff on the other side has seldom been -- bob1314 02/18/2016 11:32AM Certainly, it takes two to tango -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/18/2016 11:49AM Where did that come from? Obama himself ** -- HokieDan95 02/18/2016 11:07AM Of course, but I think if we're being fair.. -- cvilleHOOrat 02/18/2016 11:13AM Small but important distinction -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/18/2016 11:36AM Criticizing him for calling attention to problem as if he is trying to fix -- HokieDan95 02/18/2016 11:26AM So you don't think he tried? Do you expect him to bend over -- cvilleHOOrat 02/18/2016 11:30AM I'm referring to a simple funeral attendance ** -- HokieDan95 02/18/2016 11:33AM He's not going. Big deal. People are reading their own shit into it. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/18/2016 11:56AM Wow, in the age of PC where liberals self righteously -- HokieDan95 02/18/2016 12:56PM Would this be a dividing issue if the media didn't focus on it? Would most -- JohnHoo2 02/18/2016 11:47AM Blaming the media for reporting the actions of the president? -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/18/2016 11:51AM Whooosh ** -- 111Balz 02/18/2016 12:14PM Enlighten me, O Enlightened one, or keep your pitiful attempts at improving -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/18/2016 1:27PM Don't bother ** -- HokieDan95 02/18/2016 3:21PM Made a fine statement after Scalia's death. Oughta be there to say it again ** -- seanbryan 02/18/2016 09:13AM Agree. He missed Margaret Thatcher's, Sharon's & some others that surprised -- bob1314 02/18/2016 09:03AM That's where I am with this, too. Don't know if they've said the reason. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/18/2016 08:59AM Yeah, I am surprised he is not going but I don't see this as more evidence -- 111Balz 02/18/2016 08:37AM Black Robes Matter? ** -- Tuckahokie 02/18/2016 08:17AM That's funny! ** -- MBHoo 02/18/2016 11:14AM He's a uniter, not a divider. Way to stay classy Barry. #SnubberInChief. ** -- Hoodafan 02/18/2016 08:15AM This pretty much sums up the liberal sentiment about Scalia's death (link) -- Exhoolate 02/18/2016 07:56AM I'm impressed that so many of you cons know BOs golf schedule. -- SixerHoo 02/18/2016 11:01AM Strange. Some guys here who don't seem conservative think Obama -- icehokie 02/18/2016 09:21AM In the military, one salutes the rank out of respect ... -- 25Charlie 02/18/2016 07:32AM I agree with this. I like Obama, but I think this was a mistake. ** -- HoosWillWin 02/18/2016 08:33AM Too much is made of funerals imo. Let people mourn in their own way -- Chesapeake HOO 02/18/2016 07:53AM If it was Ruth. Elena, or Sonia he would be there...and giving the eulogy -- Tuckahokie 02/18/2016 07:14AM Obama has Scalia killed, then skips the funeral? This proves he's a muslim ** -- Bacon 02/18/2016 04:49AM I seen this on that thar Homeland show. ** -- WahooRQ 02/18/2016 11:54AM Exactly - clear cut as ever ** -- FfxStationHokie 02/18/2016 08:27AM ROFL-what a sad & pathetic party/clan you belong to? SMH ** -- AngusHoo 02/18/2016 12:46AM Serious question, would Scalia's family want the president to be there? -- JohnHoo2 02/18/2016 12:34AM Not much point in asking serious questions here. ** -- SixerHoo 02/18/2016 09:28AM Start the impeachment hearings! (If anyone's available from the Benghazi & -- bballbill 02/18/2016 12:25AM Disrespect like this deserves to be treated likewise. Sending the "B" team -- Exhoolate 02/17/2016 11:46PM I would be more surprised if he attended ** -- Tuckahokie 02/17/2016 11:16PM Based on his SOTU plea about 'mending' DC, I would not have -- CA Cav 02/17/2016 11:30PM The SOTU that Scalia skipped? ** -- DanTheFan 02/18/2016 12:02AM You seriously support that petty justification? ** -- HokieDan95 02/18/2016 08:14AM The 19th "childish spectacle” that he's skipped? ** -- Hokie5150 02/18/2016 07:32AM Juvenile response. Scalia would be at Barry's funeral. -- CA Cav 02/18/2016 12:18AM It doesn't matter if you support Obama or not, the optics of -- Cold Hoober Hoo 02/17/2016 9:39PM I'll be curious to see what the cool aid drinkers come up with to excuse -- HokieDan95 02/17/2016 10:17PM CA Cav's article says exactly the opposite. Pesky facts. ** -- SixerHoo 02/18/2016 09:25AM Outrage of the day! -- DanTheFan 02/17/2016 10:43PM That's different ** -- FfxStationHokie 02/18/2016 08:18AM Still shows a lack of decorum not to go. what's the source on your info? ** -- HokieDan95 02/17/2016 11:15PM NBC News, Baltimore Sun -- DanTheFan 02/17/2016 11:28PM So, President Obama can't interupt his busy Saturday to go to a funeral in -- CA Cav 02/17/2016 11:37PM LOL. Don't let facts ruin their SVU. ** -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 10:48PM I guess I should have said most reasonable people would think this -- Cold Hoober Hoo 02/17/2016 11:11PM OR maybe there's a reason he can't go to the service. He is going to the -- WahooRQ 02/18/2016 08:43AM I don't care if he goes or not. I pretty much don't care what any -- Cold Hoober Hoo 02/18/2016 10:56AM When people make the claim that presidents never miss SCOTUS judge's -- WahooRQ 02/18/2016 11:51AM I just wish Dan had let more come out to wail. ** -- SchmHoo 02/17/2016 10:54PM Why? so that you all could pile on more? (and look even more like hacks?) ** -- CA Cav 02/17/2016 11:06PM So the question is "Who's doing the piling on now?" -- SchmHoo 02/17/2016 11:14PM You obviously just want to pick a fight -- CA Cav 02/17/2016 11:27PM So you start this string, but everyone who disagrees with you is just -- 111Balz 02/18/2016 08:30AM It's fascinating. ** -- SchmHoo 02/18/2016 08:32AM Really? -- DanTheFan 02/17/2016 11:46PM Bullshit, Dan. Obama preaches about how bad DC is, then acts poorly -- CA Cav 02/18/2016 12:33AM You're pretty worked up. Try Massengill. ** -- WahooRQ 02/18/2016 08:48AM Don't you have an ambulance to chase? ** -- CA Cav 02/18/2016 2:36PM Y'all are the ones politicizing Scalia's funeral. -- SchmHoo 02/18/2016 08:31AM Looking forward to his next sermon on how polarized politics has become ** -- HokieDan95 02/17/2016 9:38PM So the rank and file Republicans aren't as dumb as the party leaders? -- Quaker 02/17/2016 9:00PM Clinton email chain discussed Afghan national's CIA ties, official says -- HokieDan95 02/17/2016 7:17PM Interesting article -- Quaker 02/17/2016 8:51PM Unsourced from Fox News. Right. -- DanTheFan 02/17/2016 7:44PM Don't you ever tire of having to come up with ways to defend her, besides -- Hoodafan 02/17/2016 8:21PM Let me get this right. -- DanTheFan 02/17/2016 8:38PM LOL...and of course on the report that cost him his job -- 111Balz 02/18/2016 08:40AM Make of it what you will, I just think your faith in HRC's integrity is -- HokieDan95 02/17/2016 8:03PM In the world of liars, Faux News leaves HRC in the dust. ** -- SixerHoo 02/18/2016 10:54AM Admirable. Your a devoted GOP foot soldier whom has received his weekley -- AngusHoo 02/17/2016 8:17PM Your willingness to accept an unnamed Fox source -- DanTheFan 02/17/2016 8:12PM Last time I posted a story that fox broke the board went -- HokieDan95 02/17/2016 8:46PM You just totally mischaraterized that story, because fox totally -- 111Balz 02/18/2016 08:35AM You were the only one that claimed that, the rest just went berserk -- HokieDan95 02/18/2016 10:32AM Nah, no one goes berserk over Fox, its just that some here -- 111Balz 02/18/2016 10:50AM He is a GOP foot solidier. Receive daily instructions. Become -- AngusHoo 02/17/2016 8:23PM And to think I was about to get away with tipping the entire political -- HokieDan95 02/17/2016 9:14PM Now confirmed by Drudge's unnamed source. Checking Bretbart. ** -- Shenhoo 02/17/2016 8:02PM Was it Valerie Plame by any chance? ** -- Shenhoo 02/17/2016 7:20PM WaPost on 5 SCOTUS nominees that would present GOP with a few problems-- -- bob1314 02/17/2016 5:47PM I'll be surprised if McConnell actually prevents a vote on a confirmation -- HokieDan95 02/17/2016 6:43PM Link -- bob1314 02/17/2016 5:52PM I suspect we'll see it in an anti Hillary commercial, stitched in so it -- 81_Hokie 02/17/2016 6:16PM Ya think? I would only be surprised if it hasn't already been produced. ** -- Hoodafan 02/17/2016 8:14PM Not sure what you mean by"like'" ** -- Northbomb 02/17/2016 5:27PM I'm confused. I thought ya'll called Chelsea the White House dog. ** -- Shenhoo 02/17/2016 6:46PM A true caddyshack moment. ** -- TpkeHoo 02/17/2016 5:23PM I was thinking more Porky's. -- SchmHoo 02/17/2016 7:45PM LoL. Good call. I immediately went here -- TpkeHoo 02/17/2016 8:14PM Of the major changes under this Presidency, one was because of the SC -- CharlestonSC 02/17/2016 3:47PM Saved the Car Industry that Romney wanted to let die ** -- WarmHoo 02/20/2016 4:40PM Yes because he had such a cooperative Congress. smh ** -- 111Balz 02/18/2016 08:42AM And that, through Obama, is what the American people want. ** -- cvilleHOOrat 02/18/2016 08:20AM I hate to argue with a 4 star, but ACA was one of the largest -- HoosWillWin 02/17/2016 5:56PM That's what I said ... and it almost died in the SC -- CharlestonSC 02/17/2016 11:37PM It almost died in the SC because the GOP were trying every angle to -- 111Balz 02/18/2016 12:16PM I see now. ** -- HoosWillWin 02/18/2016 08:31AM I think Obama's presidental legacy really took a hit in his 2nd term. -- JohnHoo2 02/17/2016 4:54PM Maybe. He's the only real two-termer in ages that hasn't had -- Shenhoo 02/17/2016 6:41PM Dodd-Frank and the PPACA are two of the biggest legislative achievements -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 4:09PM Clean Power Plan -- DanTheFan 02/17/2016 5:00PM Doesn't "achievement" connote something positive? -- nyhoo 02/17/2016 4:57PM Not only this, but it's basically been a disaster for the underbanked since -- CharlestonSC 02/17/2016 11:59PM Please explain that point. -- WahooRQ 02/18/2016 08:45AM Yes it is. There are some reporting burdens on small banks that need -- 111Balz 02/18/2016 08:55AM And I dont think Dodd-Frank is to blame for low interest rates either. 😩 -- WahooRQ 02/18/2016 09:04AM Fair points (and much more informed than Matt Taibbi). -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 5:19PM I thought the GOP amended Dodd-Frank down to near insignificance. -- southdenverhoo 02/17/2016 4:46PM I don't have time to go through that whole screed, but can tell you -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 5:29PM ADA, Medicare part D, Gulf I, welfare reform come to mind as significant.Of -- 81_Hokie 02/17/2016 4:38PM ADA is the only one of those that holds a candle to DFA or PPACA. -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 4:45PM In my opinion you overstate the importance of the other two. PPACA is the -- 81_Hokie 02/17/2016 5:49PM Not getting US involved in another war, given plenty of opportunity, was -- hokeyhokie 02/17/2016 4:04PM Now queries on Scalia's free stay at & charter plane to resort owned by -- seanbryan 02/17/2016 2:43PM 13 Hours Part Deux: Scalia's Secret Assassin ** -- SixerHoo 02/18/2016 09:36AM Should have been an autopsy ** -- FfxStationHokie 02/17/2016 3:11PM Will they hide the long form death certificate? ** -- Shenhoo 02/17/2016 4:06PM Yeppers ** -- FfxStationHokie 02/17/2016 4:21PM Local Sheriff has already complained about things being handled too loosely ** -- seanbryan 02/17/2016 3:13PM He must have said, "No." ** -- Shenhoo 02/17/2016 3:08PM That depends on how they're gonna write the script ** -- seanbryan 02/17/2016 3:11PM Can they at least throw dirt on the casket before they throw it on the man? ** -- Tuckahokie 02/17/2016 3:08PM Judges shouldn't take free anything from anyone IMO ** -- KCHoo 02/17/2016 4:44PM Gee, that seems kinda old fashioned ** -- icehokie 02/17/2016 5:11PM This is different ** -- WaxHoo 02/17/2016 7:02PM Why? ** -- WaxHoo 02/17/2016 3:14PM If he is worthy of flags at half-mast...he is worthy of a little restraint -- Tuckahokie 02/17/2016 3:35PM But how do we judge so quickly what rises to the level of sensationalism? -- SchmHoo 02/17/2016 4:30PM Too juicy to let sit. Tell Trump to shut up, too, BTW ** -- seanbryan 02/17/2016 3:10PM This is about to get interesting -- WaxHoo 02/17/2016 3:02PM Count on our entertainment industry to fill in gaps to make it moreso ** -- seanbryan 02/17/2016 3:05PM When you say "Entertainment Industry" ... -- Beerman 02/17/2016 3:30PM Donald and Hillary ** -- 81_Hokie 02/17/2016 3:54PM Agree. That's where we're headed ** -- seanbryan 02/17/2016 4:12PM Hollywood, HBO & rest of channel TV, any producer with innovative writers -- seanbryan 02/17/2016 3:42PM I agree with Cook on this stance. About to get interesting. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/17/2016 2:59PM Hold the line Apple. To do otherwise ushers in the age of Big Brother. -- WaxHoo 02/17/2016 2:57PM TC is 100% in the right here ** -- dajoka004 02/17/2016 2:50PM I have a hard time believing that the FBI and its counterparts in the law -- RML Hoos 02/17/2016 2:44PM Requiring any company to create something for the Govt. is a bad idea -- 757 02/17/2016 2:19PM Must not have a proper I.D. ** -- bballbill 02/17/2016 4:43PM Why no pink stars? There is a special place in hell for those hoo exclude -- Hoos Operator 02/17/2016 7:07PM I am generally not a fan of redistribution plans -- 757 02/17/2016 2:32PM Can I at least merit a participation trophy? ** -- Shenhoo 02/17/2016 3:09PM Someone give me 2 upvotes so I can upvote this. Very funny. ** -- Late 80s Hokie 02/17/2016 1:07PM Wait, I thought votes were disabled. Voter Fraud! Voter Fraud! ** -- Hoodafan 02/17/2016 1:12PM You mean I made a good post and can't even reap the benefits? I claim to -- 81_Hokie 02/17/2016 3:18PM Voting works fine on normal boards. I demand a special commission to -- JohnHoo2 02/17/2016 2:32PM Disenfranchisement! ** -- Hokie5150 02/17/2016 2:19PM Could be. I just thought I couldn't because I was at 3 pts. ** -- Late 80s Hokie 02/17/2016 1:50PM Lol... although in a way what you said is very true. -- JohnHoo2 02/17/2016 1:03PM I am willing to give up a star to a star starved fellow poster, even a -- Tuckahokie 02/17/2016 1:01PM No doubt you'll be using your considerable influence to lobby Kris for -- bballbill 02/17/2016 12:58PM Can we at least require a photo ID? Wouldn't want to get rid of -- Hoodafan 02/17/2016 12:49PM That is.........that is.........that.........is.........disgusting ** -- icehokie 02/17/2016 1:16PM Just your typical good ol' christian conservatives. Fighen for dem whites! ** -- AngusHoo 02/17/2016 12:37PM No, he'll pick a liberal who he'll call a "moderate", probably a minority. -- JMHoo 02/17/2016 11:38AM As he should; as he should -- Quaker 02/17/2016 2:00PM On your last sentence.... -- SchmHoo 02/17/2016 12:38PM I'm curious - can you point to a time when Pres. Obama has blamed -- VAGentleman05 02/17/2016 12:05PM He doesnt have to say it. His goons say it for him ** -- Wahoo Ron 02/17/2016 1:21PM Name one of these "goons" ** -- WaxHoo 02/17/2016 1:55PM Hillary Clinton (text + link). -- JMHoo 02/17/2016 2:12PM Never heard Obama say anything, but regarding that quote, -- HoosWillWin 02/17/2016 2:53PM Just google " obama+ opposition + racism" -- Wahoo Ron 02/17/2016 2:11PM They can take the day off, too. -- SchmHoo 02/17/2016 1:55PM I'm thinking at least 3 oppressed groups represented in one person...i.e. -- Tuckahokie 02/17/2016 11:48AM An old Bush administration trick, huh? -- Shenhoo 02/17/2016 11:46AM So in your opinion, a predominant reason -- fishhoo 02/17/2016 11:57AM This is an excellent question but I think the answer is "mostly yes" but I -- southdenverhoo 02/17/2016 1:23PM The Senate says they won't act. What's news about that?!? ** -- aint2Hokie4me 02/17/2016 11:16AM To quote the great Yogi Berra -- Wahoo Ron 02/17/2016 11:29AM In the end, a nominee that meets his standards. -- DanTheFan 02/17/2016 11:05AM I have seen nothing to indicate that Sotomayor or Kagan are "moderate" in -- JMHoo 02/17/2016 11:31AM That's because you're so far to the right that you think the center is left -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 11:48AM They are centerest to those who think MSNBC is centrest -- AlexHoo 02/17/2016 12:56PM Whatever "centrist" means -- Wahoo Ron 02/17/2016 3:40PM Ooooo, your freedoms have been severely curtailed. Err, if only you could -- WaxHoo 02/17/2016 1:08PM Look, he's got a good point. There aren't any signature left opinions -- southdenverhoo 02/17/2016 1:36PM 1972? RvW was 1973, man. Not to mention Lawrence, Grutter, the VMI case, -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 2:12PM Centrist. The word is centrist. ** -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 12:59PM Devastating to freedom? Perhaps a wee bit of overstatement? ** -- Hoodafan 02/17/2016 12:59PM It would be the straw that broke the camel's back on the road to -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 1:02PM Are you sure you're not so far to the left that you think the left is -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/17/2016 12:48PM Jeffrey Toobin diagrees with you. I saw him speak recently. He said -- Sabremetrician 02/17/2016 12:08PM That's true but doesn't address the point I made. -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 12:20PM So you're OK with the left wing voting bloc because you agree with them ** -- Sabremetrician 02/17/2016 12:46PM I think they tend to be on defense and actually acting as the -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 12:51PM I honestly don't know how you define judicial conservatism -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/17/2016 5:05PM Try googling the term "judicial restraint." ** -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 5:39PM I asked for your definition, not Google's -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/17/2016 6:43PM Sorry but I'm just not interested in discussing the SCOTUS with someone who -- WahooRQ 02/18/2016 08:50AM I know what judicial restraint is and I didn't ask about it. I asked about -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/18/2016 09:27AM Nope. If you don't know the connection between the two, also not worth it. -- WahooRQ 02/18/2016 10:19AM Sotomayor and Kagan always vote the left way -- AlexHoo 02/17/2016 11:34AM I beleive one of the purpose of the SC is have an arm of government that is -- JohnHoo2 02/17/2016 10:48AM Their job is to interpret laws and the Constitution. Popular opinion may -- bballbill 02/17/2016 12:55PM So you are saying that the SCOTUS doesnt read the polling data? -- Wahoo Ron 02/17/2016 11:02AM Here's one scenario -- Wahoo Ron 02/17/2016 10:47AM That's certainly a possibility. ** -- DanTheFan 02/17/2016 11:07AM Re: That's certainly a possibility. -- DanTheFan 02/17/2016 11:10AM I may be reading too much into it but sure seems he'll go political -- Hoodafan 02/17/2016 10:45AM Suppose you wait until we see who he nominates? ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/17/2016 3:05PM Nope ** -- Tuckahokie 02/17/2016 10:44AM Yes ** -- WaxHoo 02/17/2016 10:41AM Bernie honeymooned in that hot vacation spot known as the Soviet Union ** -- HokieDan95 02/17/2016 10:46AM Went to Burlington's sister city in Russia. 90 or so US cities have Russian -- bob1314 02/17/2016 1:08PM BTW, that was when Gorbachev's perestroika & glasnost was in full swing ** -- icehokie 02/17/2016 1:23PM Also went to Israeli kibbutz. Weird thing for leftwing Jew to do-I did that -- seanbryan 02/17/2016 12:40PM And Nixon went there in 1972 to negotiate detente with USSR ** -- bob1314 02/17/2016 11:12AM Don't see the difference between honeymoon and diplomatic mission? ** -- HokieDan95 02/17/2016 11:18AM Point is many go there for many reasons. Our pastor & I went to the Russia -- bob1314 02/17/2016 11:36AM Here ya go... -- HokieDan95 02/17/2016 12:00PM So? Some of our politicians & American Big Money cozied up to Nazi Germany. -- bob1314 02/17/2016 12:13PM Where did i suggest that Bernie go to jail over it? ** -- HokieDan95 02/17/2016 12:15PM That's a figure of speech & you know it. Don't like his approach don't vote -- bob1314 02/17/2016 12:25PM Bernie admires that form of government.. -- HokieDan95 02/17/2016 1:34PM Bernie went to Burlington's sister city when perestroika & glasnost were in -- bob1314 02/17/2016 2:12PM Generally...someone gets screwed in both cases ** -- Tuckahokie 02/17/2016 11:30AM And W slurpy kissed bin laden shieks. ** -- Shenhoo 02/17/2016 11:07AM Thanks for the image, right before lunch out here. Did you need that -- southdenverhoo 02/17/2016 1:37PM And wasn't that cause to question W's credibility? -- HokieDan95 02/17/2016 11:16AM You voted for Kerry? ** -- Shenhoo 02/17/2016 11:23AM So you wouldn't vote for Bernie if he were to win the nomination? -- HokieDan95 02/17/2016 11:48AM Are you going to vote for Trump? ** -- bob1314 02/17/2016 11:51AM If it came down to Trump vs Bernie -- HokieDan95 02/17/2016 12:04PM Answered above in the thread ** -- bob1314 02/17/2016 12:27PM That's the more likely question. Trump's a likely nominee. Bernie isn't. ** -- seanbryan 02/17/2016 11:53AM Bill Clinton was in Moscow in 1969 chanting -- Wahoo Ron 02/17/2016 10:57AM Who doesn't like a good Danish? ** -- SixerHoo 02/17/2016 10:32AM Especially the women....Holy Moly ** -- nyhoo 02/17/2016 10:40AM Talll blondes? Meh. ;-) ** -- SixerHoo 02/17/2016 11:02AM Iceland, man. Iceland. ** -- HowieT3 02/17/2016 11:01AM For Europe, I'd probably have to go with Espana. ** -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 12:36PM Been there. They didn't live up to the hype, but the country is gorgeous. ** -- SixerHoo 02/17/2016 11:04AM Denmark is better than Yugoslavia -- Wahoo Ron 02/17/2016 10:26AM So creepy that you would actually say and believe that. -- WahooRQ 02/17/2016 10:45AM One of the odder comparisons I've seen ** -- bob1314 02/17/2016 11:46AM Denmark is also better than Venezuela, which seems to me to be Bernie's -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 02/17/2016 10:40AM It's gonna be great. People will love a strong man. (Or woman). ** -- Shenhoo 02/17/2016 10:28AM