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I nominate this post of the Post of the Day Award!

I pointed this out in a thread last year. After the 1929 crash Congress passed the Glass-Stengal Act to seperate investment banks from traditional banks so as to prevent that very thing from happening. Carter, Clinton, and GWB all signed bills that repealed Glass Stengal bit by bit, and all the protections were gone. It seems we as a people learn nothing from history. Back when I was involved in politics I worked for the Florida Republican Party for two years. The lack of understanding of history and economics among professional politicians was astounding. After my own run for office a became friends with a few Democrats and found most of them are even worse. They view everything through an ideological prisim and thnk only of now. The truth is, laws have long term consequnces that those who write them seldom understand and never appreciate. The government created the banking crisis, it cannot simply walk away from it. But taking ownership of everything is sight is far worse than doing nothing. As we will all soon see. The other shoe has yet to fall. Enoch and I both warned everyone it's coming and all this talk of eliminating the dollar at the international currency standard will be the first slip down into a deep hole.

I think I'd have liked it better had the show ended with them finding the ruined "earth". There was a certain irony to that. Artisticly it would have reminded of Old Man and the Sea. To come all that way with nothing to show in the end.

Surpisingly the President's Trophy winner has only gone on to win the Stanley Cup six times in the last 22 seasons. I thought it would be more than that.

The cast came off today! Yea! I'm free... FREE! Finally! I've got a full leg soft splint I can taqke on and off now. This first thing I did when I got home was take a shower. A very long hot shower. I'm clean for the first time in months! Now I can finally get my teeth fixed, my appointment with the dentist is on Monday. Going to spend this afternoon car shopping online. I think things are finally turning around!

Now reading There is a God: How the worlds most notorious athiest changed his mind by Anthony Flew. I'm sending taks a copy I'd send one to Sand too but there's no pictures.

Are you enjoying socialism yet? When do you think you'll take up arms in response to Obama's obvious communist tendencies? Socialisim is what we are getting too. The treasury secretary is asking congress for the authority to seize private businsess. Several banks and companies have already been nationalized. However there is no need to fight, they way the wind is blowing Congress will change hands next year. I'll only fight when they show up at my door wanting to seize my property, arms, dogs, or person. But this is OT to the discussion here. The Brits are already seeing their freedom, sovreignty, economy, and future flushed down the drain by an incompetent government.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-...d--laughed.html Next time Brown should just unzip Obamas fly first. How the heck did this guy ascend to the head of his party. Come to that, I have the same qustions about Obama.

Don't ever underestimate the value of completely avoiding (meaning forgetting) all of your problems for a few hours. Plus I have had the the worst headaches and insomnia lately and a few tall glasses of whisky sour does seem to help.

Volo, the lack of maturity comes from complaing about the team to the press. IMHO employment and contract matters are between the employee and employer. It should become press fodder only after the situation is settled. Having your agent talk to the media about how unhappy you are or lamenting to ESPN on how badly you have been treated IS immature and inappropriate. I remember someone on ESPN asking Bernie Kosar about his ouster from Cleveland back in the 90's. The reporter seemed to be begging him to give a soundbite. Kosar simply replied "I've been doing it right for 15 years, I'm not going to start doing it wrong now". That was class. Cutlers whining, not so much.

I agree with Enoch (figure that one!). While I think Cutler would look great in a Bucs uniform, his public fit demonstrates a certain lack of maturity that gives me pause. He would still be a considerable upgrade over the three QBs we have now and drafting so low in the first round makes it unlikely a better one could be had in the draft. And the Bucs are looking for a QB in the first round, no doubt there. I'd as soon give up that first rounder for a proven commdity.

I used to think the folks who were protesting at these meetings against some phantom "one world government" were a little nutty. They are starting to make a little more sense after the events of the last six months.

Today the lawyer came over to talk about a settlement offer from the accident. After he left I just sat on the porch and drank. Once I get out of this situation I'm going to quit drinking forever. But right now when I think about it all it just gets me so damned depressed I don't know what to do. But, at least the dogs find ways to cheer me up.

My favorite was the news story that Obama was ordering Chevy and Dodge out of NASCAR. When I first heard it I actually believed it because it would not even be the most insane thing he's done since taking office.

That would make an excellent conspiracy theory.

If you go to Battlestar Wiki's forum, there are lots of dissatisfaction with the ending as well (despite the fact that the poll indicated that most people are happy with it). The God factor is indeed a big turn off because one of the main appeals of the show is that a lot of ridiculously weird things (i.e. head characters, Starbuck's resurrection, the Music) have occurred and that we 'had' a feeling that it would not be explained by Deux Ex Machina. And so part of the anticipation of the show would be to get a plausible explanation behind all the crazy things. But ultimately, the writers were incapable of wrapping things up without using God as the plot device. Even worse, a lot of elements that were so hyped up turned out to be so... inadequately handled, i.e.: * The Opera House - What's so special about it? Why are those visions even important? * Hera - By chance, she turned out to be the Mitochondrial Eve. Her existence was not essential at all * Final Five - After all five were revealed, things went on as usual. No extra scenes to show how they interact with their children * Head Characters - OMG they are angels! * Lords of Kobol - Totally become forgotten * Starbuck - She is also an angel! OMG! * The Music - God played it! The Cylons may have had a plan but Moore and the writers did not it seems. It was no secret they were making it all up as they went along and some plot twists were employed for pure "shock" value. In the end they painted themselves into a corner and there was no way out. There were two other endings they were toying with. In my opinion they chose the best of the three. And that is saying something about how bad the other two were. http://io9.com/5191097/ron-moore-throws-ou...nate-bsg-ending

I finally broke down and ordered Fallout 3. It just got here today. Installing it now. Hopefully this will rekindle my dying interest in gaming.

I heard a story once about a man who was driving along a cliffside highway. His car blew out a tire and his car went sprawling over the cliff. He said a quick prayer for help then he narrowly jumped free just as it went over. He walked over to the edge to look at the flaming wreckage of his car, far below when the cliff crumbles and he nearly falls. He says another quick prayer, begging God for help, then he jumps back just making it to solid ground. As he is looking at where the cliff broke a huge gust of wind blows up and pushes him over again. This time he manages to grab a small tree branch as he goes over but he feels it breaking with his weight. The man prayed out loud again "God please help me". God finally answered him ans said "You know, I don't know what it is exactly, but... I just don't like you boy." Sounds like the day YOU are having Slug.

I'm more of an Indycar fan (prediction: one of the Andretti Green drivers will win it all this season!) but I do follow F1 a little, particularly the Jaguar/Red Bull Renault team. Ever since they dropped the Ferrari engine for the Renault RS27 they have been fading. What does everyone think of the rule changes this season? Restricting RPMs to save fuel (I guess), increasing downforce to open up passing? I think speed is the attraction here. Detracting from it seems wrong. BTW, I've only attended one NASCAR race in my life, it was the Die Hard 500 in Talladega in 1993. We had infield tickets and I was wearing a Florida Gators ballcap which apperently is a crime ranking above spitting on the rebel flag and just below murder in Alabama. We got into a fight with the good ole boys in the next spot because I wouldn't take it off. We were almost all kicked out. I find that sport boring, like someone else said, one endless left turn.

Here you go: http://www.nbc.com/Kings/video/episodes/

Has your work changed much with the new admin in town?

I agree with Taks, it really does not matter where you went to school so long as it is accredited. After attending Miami-Dade Community College at night for almost four years I graduated from Florida Atlantic, a small state university in Boca Raton. Very small. My graduating class from the college of engineering was only 37. It has actually gotten a bit bigger since. Unless you are a lawyer or doctor (professions where there I've found there is a certain snobiness and institutional bias) where you got your degree does not matter nearly so much as how well you did academically if you have no other experience or what you have done with your career if you do.

It's not so bad. It only hurts when I move. My teeth are what bothers me more than anything, but I can't get them fixed until the leg cast comes off. But I am going to have a very cool scar from my ear to jaw that I will of couse lie about how I got it.

Very cool.

Making coffee, reading news on internet, doing physical therapy in a bit, feeding dogs, sitting on porch throwing ball to dogs, working on laptop. Just another day.