Max Fischer

You do realize that Meg White has serious anxiety issues that forced them to suspend their tour schedule? Despite that fact, I really don't understand your hangup. Many musicians have more than one project and I'm not sure why exploring your range of talents would be considered a negative. A rose by any other name . . . Let's hope he stops acting and for God-sake let's pray he doesn't have literary talent.

I seriously can't tell if you're joking. Hope not.

Link please. More than one would be nice.

I'm fairly convinced that Owens is a fraud. If not, he's just more evidence that the Republican Party really is in deep trouble.

"Strawman?" So I guess jumping all over his sh-- without an once of substance is a productive? Thanks for the enlightening policy debate.

Just as many academics thought Sotomayor was as qualified or more qualified. But that's like fighting about who's a better painter: Van Gough, Monet or Rembrandt? If picking a name out of a hat made no difference, why not have ethnicity play a part in the decision making process? You have a low shock threshold to think Obama, or any president, is "very conscience" of their decision making isn't the norm. I'm sure Reagan picked O'Conner and Bush I picked Thomas because they were far and away the most "qualified."

Please provide us your course of public and private action over the past two days and go forward for the next six months, year, etc. I'm sure we'd all be interested.

Can you please explain the context of the speech? I wouldn't think you like to simply give the impression that Sotomayor was suggesting that Latina women are right and white males are wrong but that this statement, like most plucked out of a long speech, is a bit more nuanced.

Don't get me wrong, I think Jay was brilliant but that was a far as they were going with him and needed to move in a different direction. The post-Bennett stuff is different, which was not bad thing or disparaging of AM, Summerteeth and the awesome HYF. We'll just have to disagree that A Ghost is Born or Sky Blue Sky are a "bore," especially if you haven't seen them in concert lately - or listened to the ripping Kicking Television.

I know, I know, it's Wikipedia but the thoughts of other drummers is a start. It's harder to find evidence to the contrary: Drumming ability and appreciation Lennon said of Starr: “ Ringo was a star in his own right in Liverpool before we even met. Ringo was a professional drummer who sang and performed and was in one of the top groups in Britain [Rory Storm and the Hurricanes] but especially in Liverpool. ... Ringo's a damn good drummer.[24] ” Drummer Steve Smith said: “ Before Ringo, drum stars were measured by their soloing ability and virtuosity. Ringo's popularity brought forth a new paradigm in how the public saw drummers. We started to see the drummer as an equal participant in the compositional aspect. One of Ringo's great qualities was that he composed unique, stylistic drum parts for The Beatles songs. His parts are so signature to the songs that you can listen to a Ringo drum part without the rest of the music and still identify the song.[25] ” Many drummers list Starr as an influence, including Dave Grohl of Nirvana/Foo Fighters, Orri Páll Dýrason of Sigur Rós,[26] Max Weinberg of the E Street Band, Danny Carey of Tool, Liberty DeVitto of Billy Joel's band, Nicko McBrain of Iron Maiden, Eric Carr of Kiss, Phil Rudd of AC/DC, Phil Collins, Mike Portnoy from Dream Theater, Pedro Andreu of Heroes del Silencio and others.[27] According to Collins, "Starr is vastly underrated. The drum fills on the song "A Day in the Life" are very complex things. You could take a great drummer today and say, 'I want it like that.' He wouldn't know what to do."[28] In his extensive survey of The Beatles' recording sessions, Mark Lewisohn confirmed that Starr was both proficient and remarkably reliable and consistent. According to Lewisohn, there were fewer than a dozen occasions in The Beatles' eight-year recording career where session 'breakdowns' were caused by Starr making a mistake, while the vast majority of takes were stopped owing to mistakes by the other three members.[27] Starr is considered to have advanced various modern drumming techniques, such as the matched grip, placing the drums on high risers for visibility as part of the band, tuning the drums lower, and using muffling devices on tonal rings, along with his general contributions to The Beatles as a whole.[25] Specific drum parts executed by Starr in notably signature fashion include the fill that brings the drums and bass guitar into "Hey Jude", the steady rock beats in "Please Please Me" and other early Beatles recordings, the drum kit pattern through the bridge of "Hello Goodbye", the drums and hi-hat rolls on "Come Together", and the driving bass drum notes found in "Lady Madonna", underlying the more intricate, double-tracked snare drum. His use of a 'sizzle' cymbal (a cymbal incorporated with rivets that vibrate) would bring a much fuller sound than standard 'ride' cymbals. Starr comments that his best drumming is on the 1966 single B-side "Rain". McCartney sent Starr a postcard on 31 January 1969 (the day after the band's performance on the roof of Apple Studios) stating: 'You are the greatest drummer in the world. Really.' This postcard is included in Starr's book Postcards From The Boys.[29] There are five occasions on which the drummer on a Beatles track is someone other than Starr. For the band's second recording session with Starr as a member on 11 September 1962, producer George Martin replaced the studio-inexperienced Starr with session drummer Andy White to record takes for what would be the two sides of The Beatles' first single, "Love Me Do" backed with "P.S. I Love You". Starr played tambourine on "Love Me Do" and maracas on "P.S. I Love You" for this date.[30] Initial pressings of the single used the 4 September recording with Starr on drums; subsequent pressings and the Please Please Me LP used the White sessions. McCartney took over the drums on "Back in the U.S.S.R." and "Dear Prudence" from the White Album (1968) after Starr had walked out. McCartney also played the drums on "Ballad of John and Yoko", recorded on 14 April 1969, since only Lennon and McCartney were immediately available to record the song.[31] Starr commented that he was lucky in being 'surrounded by three frustrated drummers' who could only drum in one style.[32]

Good trivia, but I don't think many professional drummers would agree with your friend. Starr was/is revered by many "superstar" drummers who followed. As a matter of fact, Starr may be the first true superstar drummer.

Outstanding musician. Radioactive personality.

Outstanding musician. Radioactive personality.

Look, I know your completely mental and I will kick myself for responding to your immaturity, but what part of not agreeing with the other schools don't you understand? Sorry if I missed those stories but I have not read them and don't know the circumstances. I'm sure you'll kindly link credible sources like NewsMax.

Read it again, genius.

Behold the logic of an extremist. You erect straw-men faster than you can rip up the Constitution. 1. I am not for "banning" any group, religious, political or military. As long as everyone follows the same pragmatic rules then they should all have the opportunity to peaceably assembly. 2. Why do they call it "Liberty University" when they are afraid of free speech, the right to assembly and equal protection? Pretty Ironic. 3. You are right, they CAN ban the group, not recognize it or cut off it's funding. The question is: should they? 4. If you believe that what other institutions allegedly did is wrong (and after umpteen thousand posts you have established a poor record of credibility), why would you endorse "Liberty" for, in your words, "infringing public rights?" That's a good definition of selective outrage. I guess your hypocrisy knows no bounds. Bottomline: even McDonnell disagrees with school's decision. They have the "right" to do it, but perhaps they should finally change the name to more appropriately reflect its beliefs - VA Bills University?

Ironically named university deletes a few Constitutional Amendments Discuss.

Thanks, Rush.

"Libtards." That's funny. Did your kids teach you that?

Democracy is a B word . . .

I'm (almost) with you on the Pakistani issue, military force may be necessary to secure the nukes and possibly stabilize the entire nation (how to get out is another issue), but . . . Why didn't GHWB take out Saddam - while we where in his front yard? What would have been Clinton's justification for attacking Iraq and overthrowing Saddam? It's easy to say that we'd be "better off" if we did, but there are just as many scenarios that could suggest that it'd be an even bigger mess now.

Yeah, the liberal Washington Times and Fox News, too. For shame, for shame.

Um, thanks. I'm choked up . . .

See #3.

I would have assumed that, too - but Fox says: In December 2002, neighbors complained of loud construction work being done at the Naval Observatory, which has been used as a residence by vice presidents since 1974. The upset neighbors were sent a letter by the observatory's superintendent, calling the work "sensitive in nature" and "classified" and that it was urgent it be completed "on a highly accelerated schedule." Residents said they believed workers were digging deep into the ground, which would support Biden's report of a secret bunker, but officials never confirmed the purpose of the work performed.