The babyjesuschristsuperstar on Board: filling the moral void of Clinton’s legacy

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Paul Tagliabue has announced his retirement in July.

Condoleezza Rice apparently wants that job. (More recent article)

I think her chances are about the same as mine. What's odd is that she's kept saying this is her dream job for what, 10 years? You'd think she'd leave herself an out when she doesn't get it.

The NFL is a business. She's not going to be Bart Giamatti coming in as commissioner of baseball (even he was president of teh NL for three years). Different time, different sport, different management. The NFL is much more of a corporation than MLB was then, and even is now. While she has some of the skills, I imagine her business acumen would be doubted by the owners--do she know the business of the league, the ins and outs, and so forth.

eta: BTW, we know where the league stands on this:

Ask her," Tagliabue said when quizzed about Rice's candidacy.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

A new study says that whiny kids tend to grow up conservative, and turn into rigid young adults who hew closely to traditional gender roles and are uncomfortable with ambiguity. Confident kids turn out liberal and hang loose, becoming into bright, non-conforming adults with wide interests.

[baltassoc]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
A new study says that whiny kids tend to grow up conservative, and turn into rigid young adults who hew closely to traditional gender roles and are uncomfortable with ambiguity. Confident kids turn out liberal and hang loose, becoming into bright, non-conforming adults with wide interests.

"The grown-up liberal men, on the other hand, with their introspection and recognition of complexity in the world, could be seen as self-indulgent and ineffectual."

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
A new study says that whiny kids tend to grow up conservative, and turn into rigid young adults who hew closely to traditional gender roles and are uncomfortable with ambiguity. Confident kids turn out liberal and hang loose, becoming into bright, non-conforming adults with wide interests.

don't you test out slightly right of center on all the scaling tests?

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
don't you test out slightly right of center on all the scaling tests?

I was actually a Goldwater Republican until I started reading Kos.

[Replaced_Texan]

Sioux nation not impressed with South Dakota:

The President of the Oglala Sioux Tribe on the Pine Ridge Reservation, Cecilia Fire Thunder, was incensed. A former nurse and healthcare giver she was very angry that a state body made up mostly of white males, would make such a stupid law against women.

“To me, it is now a question of sovereignty,” she said to me last week. “I will personally establish a Planned Parenthood clinic on my own land which is within the boundaries of the Pine Ridge Reservation where the State of South Dakota has absolutely no jurisdiction.”

Strong words from a very strong lady. I hope Ms. Fire Thunder challenges Gov. Rounds and the state legislators on this law that is an affront to all independent women."

Information if you want to mail donations to the tribe for the clinic.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
"I didn't vote for Mr. Bush -- let's just leave it at that."
-- Johnny Cash

Consistent with the votes of 92% of other drug addicted felons.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Consistent with the votes of 92% of other drug addicted felons.

One more reminder that libertarians who support Bush should have another thought coming.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
A new study says that whiny kids tend to grow up conservative, and turn into rigid young adults who hew closely to traditional gender roles and are uncomfortable with ambiguity. Confident kids turn out liberal and hang loose, becoming into bright, non-conforming adults with wide interests.

This was a pretty funny article. Utter bullshit, but pretty funny.

How do you really even define a conservative or liberal anymore? Most of us have so many cross-over positions. I was reading NR last nite at the gym and learned from Jonah Goldberg (who is a screaming asshole), that I am not a conservative because I am pro-choice. I'd say to Mr. Goldberg that he is not a conservative, since being pro-life is forcing more mouths to feed at the govt trough. I don't understand how any decent true conservative can be pro-life. That is a moral issue, and conservatives are supposed to keep govt out of the business of morality, aren't they?

Libertarian is the only true conservative, in my understanding of the terms. But I guess that aligns me with liberals on many allegedly conservative issues. So I guess, like most of America, I'll just have to settle for being an politically independent person who frustratingly must choose between cabals of idiots each election. Voting is kind of like getting cable. You can never get just what you want - you always get stuck paying a pile of shit you don't want. I just want lower taxes and less govt, but to get it, I have to align with noxious religious lunatics and regressive degenerate hypocrites. Not much different than those 15 home and garden channels I'm forced to pay for to get the Sopranos.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
This was a pretty funny article. Utter bullshit, but pretty funny.

Yes on both counts.

How do you really even define a conservative or liberal anymore? Most of us have so many cross-over positions. I was reading NR last nite at the gym and learned from Jonah Goldberg (who is a screaming asshole), that I am not a conservative because I am pro-choice. I'd say to Mr. Goldberg that he is not a conservative, since being pro-life is forcing more mouths to feed at the govt trough. I don't understand how any decent true conservative can be pro-life. That is a moral issue, and conservatives are supposed to keep govt out of the business of morality, aren't they?

Libertarian is the only true conservative, in my understanding of the terms. But I guess that aligns me with liberals on many allegedly conservative issues. So I guess, like most of America, I'll just have to settle for being an politically independent person who frustratingly must choose between cabals of idiots each election. Voting is kind of like getting cable. You can never get just what you want - you always get stuck paying a pile of shit you don't want. I just want lower taxes and less govt, but to get it, I have to align with noxious religious lunatics and regressive degenerate hypocrites. Not much different than those 15 home and garden channels I'm forced to pay for to get the Sopranos.

"Conservative" has no principled meaning from a policy standpoint, since conservatives have gone from (e.g.) shunning nation-building to rebuilding Iraq, touting states' rights to federalizing areas of law (hi Burger!), and fiscal responsiblity to budget busting in a few short years. Being a "conservative" is now defined by whether you are willing to follow George Bush's dance lead. If you don't, you are a "liberal."

[Sidd Finch]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
conservatives have gone from (e.g.) shunning nation-building to rebuilding Iraq

Who are you, and what have you done with Ty?

[Gattigap]

Originally posted by Sidd Finch
Who are you, and what have you done with Ty?

I suspect that the "attempting to" language was implied.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
federalizing areas of law (hi Burger!)

:hi:



they're also federalizing the GDP, btw.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Gattigap
I suspect that the "attempting to" language was implied.

Or "partially," or "destroying Iraq in order to rebuild it," or something. I was trying to make a point about principles, or lack thereof, not about execution, or lack thereof.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
:hi:



they're also federalizing the GDP, btw.

Federalizing the Gross Domestic Product? That'll take a lot of economists, no?