Chilly

SNR defending the media? Never thought I'd see the day.

Haha. Are you a Tim & Eric fan? I haven't seen much, myself.

One of your points was relating to money, and thats all I was commenting on.

Yeah, but did you see it set to the song Closer?

Sure I can, you said: I provided examples of teams where two receivers are making decent money.

Not sure I'm buying this argument either. Pittsburgh has Ward and Holmes, Indy has Wayne and Harrison (and Gonzalez), the Chargers would have paid that much last year, Cowboys had TO and Glenn, Packers had Driver and Jennings.

Here's a letter to TIME magazine about the speech, from Larry Sabato (University of Virginia Political Science), who saw the speech similarly to the way I did:

You also receive an A+. <3 SYL. Micha Moor - Space

RE: Obama's speech First of all, the speech is the same old campaign strategy (I'm a uniter, not a divider), but applied to race instead of other issues. He also hits on the tried and true American/patriotic themes. Now, to point out some parts of the speech which I caught were worded such a way for political reasons: I love this quote from a political stand-point. The politically safe thing to do is to come out and strongly condemn the remarks, and explain your relationship with him, in order to get it picked up in the media. He's asserting he's NOT a typical politician, while doing EXACTLY what a smart politician would do. And here we see one of Obama's strong suggestions in this speech to get people to vote for him: "I can bring people together on race, so I can make these other issues work too." Again, typical political speech, dressed up in a new way. Great statement politically. Reinforces the idea that he's a uniter, and asserts that he, not Hillary, has the largest coalition and can win the swing states. Of course, it starts and ends with a nod to the founding fathers, another typical and good political move. I found the speech to be well-written, but what I want to know is, if he feels that this is such a big problem, what in the hell is HE going to do about it as President? Give these speeches that only a small segment of society will even pay attention to? Okay, Obama, you've established that we need to move past race. How are you going to get that done?

:'(

I agree, but I think that is a flaw in the judgment of the people picking the candidates. False virtue != virtue.

So we should not require more virtue to be a politician than it we do for other public figure? And if this is correct, why not?

I'd imagine that she would say: !@#$ off. Not quite sure what your point here is, other than it being illegal isn't working. Blame prostitution instead of yourself. Nice. Lets see, which one am I going to believe: - Your posts, which are nothing more than speculation, anecdotal evidence, and avoidance of responsibility - Studies, done by people who are aware of these issues and take that into account when estimating numbers for an entire population, all of which are based off of actual, hard data Hard choice.

Assuming that this statement is true, what do you believe led him to be in this state?

While I too don't feel that it is that big of a deal, this argument is lacking. Do you not hold the leaders of society to a higher standard than any normal individual?

Trying to stop recruitment by attacking the way they recruit is simply a band-aid, but there are other ways to make it work. You stop recruitment by taking away the reasons they would want to start recruiting in the first place.

While it is a stated reason, most of what I have read indicates that the use of culture is more of a recruiting tactic than a reason for war. The big motivations behind OBL, Zawahiri, and others is the US presence and policies in the middle east.

Sounds sweet.

Picky, picky. Changed. I'm curious to know which teams are holding all of the debt.

He's also right about not having beaten anyone since December, which is a little worrisome. Lots of other teams in the South are all battle tested and have some good wins since then, such as: Texas Pitt Stanford Michigan State Marquette Miami St. Marys All of these teams have beaten a top 25 team since the start of the new year. Memphis has not. This isn't to say that Memphis isn't a good basketball team, but rather that they really aren't battle tested, and lots of times that poses a problem in the tourney when they are faced with a little adversity.

Do you think that this does not already happen? Do you think this does not already happen? It is up to the individuals involved to say no and find other work. By the way, according to the academic studies I've found on JSTOR and others, prostitution rates have actually decreased or remained the same when its been made legal in developed countries.

I've read several papers/books analyzing the motives behind it, and none have mentioned hating us for our culture. I'll check out what you said, thanks.

I don't mean this in a way that is calling you out, but, link? All of the serious material that I've read on the issue does not point to this being the case.

You worded it poorly then.

Lets see, detailed study, or the terminator? Gee, I wonder who I'll believe.