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It's almost as if some one some where is trying to make us hate our own team... "Please take them away, to a richer city."

I try to be optimistic, but this was the worst coaching I've ever seen. First, I don't know what happened to Schonert. His play calling went from inventive to predictable. He found something that worked, then stayed with it 3 times in a row until it didn't. How many times does he call that play with no one in the backfield on 3rd and short? What happened to him? I am looking forward to hearing Jauron's excuse for that last set of downs. Sure Edwards is having a slump, but he's not the problem. Having a coach without the guts to stick with the run is the problem. Please bring in someone who is tough. I'm tired of so-called smart and fast defenses. It's all about the trenches. The good news is I don't have to watch this sh-- anymore...

I agree. The team wins the next three, then wins 2 of 3 in a rematch with the division to make the playoffs.

Hmmm...the mechanics of the bailout as dicussed here...vs. the actual use of it....as if paulson is reading ppp....

I thought his list of economic advisors was pretty impressive. Who else should he have included to reassure Wall/Main Streets?

Shows where my mind is...

Neil in his Amish period more wine: Lying in a field of grass... This will be my ruin... animals Not obscure and the live version didn't work, but it's a great song: joni Neil again: For the Dean, the original: Donald, Walter, Denny, Skunk, J.Hodder, and even David Palmer from the first album. The Dan Ok, I'm done.

Great thread. this isn't obscure, but I never get tired of it... A hooker smoking caterpillar ok, now it's a contribution: I love wine... wine

A few more points (since my late night posts are typically "fueled" by alcohol). - As everyone knows, people go to college because there is a relationship between income and education which is large enough so that there is a "positive return on the investment." However, not everyone has the qualifications to get in, and not everyone wants a degree. But let's assume the supply of qualified students is large enough to meet your underlying assumption. - As for subsidizing education, the economic rational is that there are positive externalities. There are benefits from having a more educated populace that can't be measured in any cost-benefit analysis (imagine this site populated with nothing but "wackas"... ). - The most important assumption about the impact of an increased demand for education: is there excess capacity? I would argue that there is; and if there is, then the marginal cost of educating one more student is near zero. And in most cases, an increase in enrollment is met with hiring an "adjunct" at an extremely low rate per course. Currently, as institutions reach "physical classroom capacity constraints," there are many ways to create flexibility. Teaching more courses in the evening, weekends, and various forms of online teaching (for example, meet face-2-face one day/week instead two, or go completely online). In fact, online learning essentially eliminates the physical constraint. Online unis like Phoenix don't need physical space at all. Begs the question, what factors influence costs then? I've run out of time--it's happy hour, but, again, for state institutions, its really a function of state support. Pataki significantly cut SUNY, so tuition went up to cover the cuts. I think one thing that your specific question ignores, is that the largest part of college costs is "room and board," and those costs have gone up significantly. They represent 60% of total costs, whereas 30% is tuition (remainder is fees). More later if you're interested.

Speaking from my experience in going to a state uni and teaching at one: tuition is a function of state support, which is a function of the state budget. When I attended a UC, I paid $176 per quarter. State budgets were fat, and there was a commitment to higher ed. For the past 20 years, there have been more lean times for states than fat years, and one way to compensate is to cut allocations to the state uni systems and raise tuitions--it has nothing to do with with student loans. In fact, more than likely, student loan levels increased to keep up with rising tuition; not the other way around. My experience in SUNY is similar: whenever state budgets take a hit, they cut our funding, and we either have to cut costs, raise tuition, or both. Since NYS' budget is so closely tied to Wall Street, we are currently taking cuts (our largest increases since I've been here came in 2006 and 2007 because NYS tax revenues were flush from wall street's bubble). There is talk of a tuition increase, but this is because the state will cut its allocation to SUNY due to the cut in state revenues typically generated by Wall street. 18 years ago our state allocation was 50%, it dropped to a low of 30% about 4 years ago, and last year reached 40% again. We're starting another down cycle. Answer: if there is a relationship, student loans increase to keep pace with tuition increases.

Tuition costs are not driven by the amount a student can borrow, especially true for publicly funded institutions.

I thought about adding that I knew KD was being sarcastic, but since he included the little smilie thing, I accepted it for what it was. In fact, my open invitation to who was "dumb" vs. dumber was just that, open...not meant for KD.

I was wondering who was going to try and link today's market to the election...I expected dumber...err...wacka to do it...

He never said that. It is indeed an historic event for our country, that we elected for president, for the first time ever, someone who is not a white male.

Oh lord! Please, not buffalo...it's not big enough for the two of us...

I thought Americans were voting today? Or are we really just another version of Sunnis, Shiites, and Kurds?

Did they eliminate the veto back then?

Please! Bush2 is an extreme version of Reagan. After putting the country into a deep hole by increased spending and cutting taxes, leading to larger deficits, Bush1 had to raise taxes. Now, the budget situation is so extreme because of the republican's idiotic cut taxes and increase spending program2, no matter who is in there, someone has to clean this !@#$ing mess up--a mess that you wonderful conservatives caused. And now your so-called conservatives are acting like socialists bailing out their buddies on Wall Street. Sure, set up Obama as a straw man; but it's your conservative policies that are pushing US to 3rd world status. What a bunch of hypocrites. run up that credit card Georgie!

Here's a good article from Bloomberg.com today on the growth of securitized loans. I liken Wall Street to the plant Audrey in "The Little Shop of Horrors:" "Feed me, feed me!" Securitization Note, it mentions almost $3 trillion that the government has spent or guaranteed to help prevent the meltdown. Why is it that the possibility of Obama spending a few more hundred billion makes right-wing heads explode, but the Bush-Paulson $3 trillion doesn't? Hmmm...

That's the same interview. And if anyone watches it, you'd be hard-pressed to say he's angry--unless of course you're biased. He laughs at the marxist question, and says "is this a joke?" That entire interview was a joke. He asks her, "who's writing these questions for you?" That was one of the most pathetic pieces of "news" I've ever seen. The right wing nuts are acting like a pack of rabid dogs.

You'll need to come up with another word in #2, Bush-Paulson are already "ballooning the deficit." #3 will be done regardless who wins, and is necessary. Besides, what's another $300 bil on top of the $1.5 trillion your boys have already "ballooned"...uhhh...committed? #8 would be the most sensible thing anyone ever did wrt to relations with Cuba.

I have a difficult time getting this guy's CD off my player: Dean, the underlying guitar work reminds me of Steely Dan. Sorry, but he's spanish.

I have nothing to contribute, other than you two will appreciate my quote line.

Too much trouble, the lines already too long...

Looks like Scott had pretty good coverage on him as well.