Chilly

I thought we lived in a Republic.

yup

http://www.somethingawful.com/d/comedy-gol...ence-plates.php

Good God, he wants people in Alaska dead like us Texans.

If it is combined with a bunch of other stuff (the bandwidth from netflix streaming wouldn't even be close to enough to bottleneck it), and you're using cable internet on the same node as them, yeah.

Similar, yes. The real bottleneck would be the cable infrastructure in residential areas (where bandwidth is shared). Cable companies haven't done much upgrading of the infrastructure used in these areas, and as a result, those areas could suffer. Cable internet is the place where there is a potential for issues. http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/15/224258

True dat, hopefully this year will add a secondary incentive.

This is what happens on a team full of young guys - players improve and get more money. The Bills are going to have to open the checkbook for all the young guys who are turning into the players that we envision - its part of building a good football team.

Public opinion is only useful to a certain extent.

I'm sure there are lots of people here that have spent a long number of years in evangelical churches. I spent my first 18 years in them as well. Quite frankly, I felt this was much more of a commentary on Hagee's church than a judging of any of the people attending it, outside of them being broken and looking for an improvement in their life (which in itself isn't a judgment, more of an observation about the state that they are in). The real judging was of Fortenberry and the other life coaches, taking advantage of broken people in alarming ways. Which is all well and good, but one would think there should be a movement within the evangelical churches to get rid of churches like Hagee who seemingly pounce on people and take advantage of them.

Ahahahah. I won't say who it is since I cheated, but damn, that is funny.

Perhaps to us - but I know several fans of Hagee who refuse to believe anything bad about the guy (or would think that there would be vomiting rituals, such as was in the article).

No sh--? It does? I threw that in there to show Hagee's supreme sense of business. Way to take advantage of your members. You expected something that was published in Rolling Stone to be anything but? The real value here, at least to me, was shedding a light on Hagee's practices and the way his church operates (as well as some humor involved). Yes, he does wrongly try to spread it to all Christianity, when that obviously isn't the case.

Don't believe I've seen this article here. Its about a journalist who joined John Hagee's church and went to a retreat put on by them. http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story...e_me_puke/print Quite a well-written piece. Oh, and the story he makes up, nothing short of awesome. By the way, next to Hagee's church in San Antonio, is a place called Tom's Ribs. Each Sunday, lots of his church members go to eat at Tom's Ribs. Who owns Tom's Ribs? You guessed it, Hagee.

Academics also consider it soft news.

Prove it.

oh dear, I edited

OOPS SORRY

That was the response I was looking for. "Human interest" is considered "soft news", but still "news". Therefore, it is proper to call it a "news story".

Nothing, but I suspect Automatic Transmissions would be preferred in a 78-hp car that can only be used for city driving...

So, what do you call something that is part of the "local news broadcast" and "coverage you can count on"? Compare this to the rest of the news media's stories, is there a significant difference?

I don't know, but I've never seen a story that is such a perfect reflection of the news media.

http://www.wral.com/lifestyles/travel/video/2934944/ Not only does it show just how crappy the news media is, but it also confirms accepted stereotypes in society.

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