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Name My (Sweet) Ride for a Chance to Win a HP Veer phone (Gadling)

Jun 14th 2011 8:01PM We had an Orange Pontiac Aztek that my kids named the Great Pumpkin. Seemed to fit nicely.

Ark Encounter Theme Park Announced (AOL Hot Searches)

Dec 3rd 2010 8:44AM What amazes me is that everyone believes there is separation between church and state. Nowhere in the constitution does it proclaim separation between church and state. The constitution prevents the state from forming a religion and protects the individuals from the state for practicing their religion, but does NOT require a separation of church and state. That said, tax incentives ie:tax breaks, is NOT the same as the state giving money to build this. I'm sure if we went through the books in Kentucky, we could find all sorts of tax incentives for different entities, religious or otherwise. The question should be is the park a feasable option with the theme it is providing. If it is it will do well, if not, it will fail and close. Either way, the ACLU should go find other things to worry about, aren't their some terrorists that need defending?

Kris Jenkins Lost For Second Straight Season With Torn ACL (Fanhouse NFL Blog)

Sep 14th 2010 3:28PM Yes the Jets have a great defense, but Super Bowl? Really? If the Colts played their starters the whole game in week 17 last year, the Jets don't even get into the playoffs. Mark Sanchez isn't even the 2nd best QB in his division. The Jets will win about 9 games maybe 10 with a little luck. Playoffs, maybe, Super Bowl, most definitely not!

When Push Comes to Bush, USC, Leave the Hardware Alone (Fanhouse NCAA Football Blog)

Sep 9th 2010 12:23AM You are an idiot. I could care less about Reggie Bush, but the one thing he DIDN'T do was CHEAT. He broke NCAA rules, those which pertain to accepting gifts, but that in no way allowed him to perform better. If you want to say he was ineligible, fine, if you want to take the Heisman, I wouldn't argue...but HE DIDN'T CHEAT.

Jim Bunning Thinks Stephen Strasburg Is a Wimp (Fanhouse MLB Blog)

Jul 29th 2010 12:07PM I guess the author really knows nothing about Jim Bunning, he of a perfect game, 224 wins over 2800 strikeouts, oh and a hall of famer.

Can You Actually Use Your Frequent Flyer Miles? (AOL Travel News)

Jun 15th 2010 12:29PM The problem is that as consumers, we do everything to adhere to the rules and policies of the frequent flier programs, but once the airlines begin losing money on the seats, they change the programs. At one time, your miles never expired. That changed. Then you had 5 years to continue to make flights to accumulate miles or you would lose them. That too changed. Ultimately though, today flying has become bus travel by air. Long gone are the days of meals, hell, I'd take a blanket that wasn't filthy from the prior people using it. If the airlines want to keep business growing, they should stop nickel and diming us for everything. Advertise a realistic price with all ammenities, meals, pillows, earphones, luggage, etc. and people WILL pay for quality. Travelers are tired of being herded like cattle, crammed in tiny seats. Of course many will be looking at the absolute lowest price, but more will pay for quality, to enjoy flying once again.

Bryce Harper's Many Gifts Partly a Curse (Fanhouse MLB Blog)

Jun 8th 2010 3:29PM If you read the article, you would understand he really HOPES the kid does well. All he is saying is that there is a world of pressure being thrust on this kid. And, by the way, as a baseball fan, a Yankee die-hard and a Mickey Mantle historian, you should know that when Mantle was brought up to the big leagues at the age of 19, he said to be Ruth, Gehrig Cobb and DiMaggio all rolled into one complete package. Mantle tried soooo hard to live up to the expectations that not only did he get sent down to the minors in 1951, he was about 1 hour from quitting baseball altogether. The ONLY reason he did not quit, was his father expected him to act like a man and not a quitter. His father drove 12 hours from Oklahoma to get him from his Triple A team in a hotel room to bring him home to work the coal mines. Only then, did Mickey BEG his father to let him stay and play.

Republicans Place Risky Bet on 1980 Economics to Win in 2010 (Politics Daily)

May 26th 2010 10:40AM Tom
1:33AM May 26th 2010
Let's see, Reagan raised taxes and created a huge deficit. That was good.
--Reagan inherited 18% inflation, 10% unemployment, 285 Democrats in the house that refused to lower spending as promised

Clinton balanced the budget and left a surplus. That was bad.
--Clinton did not balance anything until Republicans controlled Congress. The "surplus" was a figment of bookkeeping, not real at all

Bush took the Clinton surplus and spent it on no-bid contracts for war toys and killed off 4,000 U.S. troops, while creating a huge deficit where we had had a balanced budget. And that was good.
--Again, fake "surplus", 9/11 crippling the economy, most of the war "toys" used were developed during the Clinton administration. DID NOT agree with TARP bailouts, etc.

Am I on the right calendar? Seems more 1984 that 2010 to me. How Orwellian.
-- It should seem Orwellian, BIG BROTHER is in the house right now!

Oh, Oh, I understand. We just call Obama names, and that makes all the actual record disappear and become meaningless. Now I get the Republican platform!
--Obviously, you have read the huffington post. Maybe if you did ACTUAL RESEARCH and looked at history, you would understand the ACTUAL RECORD!!

Republicans Place Risky Bet on 1980 Economics to Win in 2010 (Politics Daily)

May 26th 2010 10:20AM Terri, do you really want ONLY what you paid into social security all these years? I'll tell you what. Go through your tax returns for the last 10 years. I GUARANTEE you that you MIGHT have paid a total of $13,000 in those 10 YEARS. Social Security is the biggest Ponzi Scheme in America. The benefits received FAR OUTWEIGH the money put into the system. Now, do I think that those that have been promised these benefitd should be shafted? No, BUT if you are 40-45 years old..you should be out of luck. I am 43 and if SS is there when I retire, I will be shocked. I do not expect it to be. How can it be? Oh yea, just write another 5 trillion in debt. This Government has 57 TRILLION DOLLARS of outstanding mandated obligations!!!! No matter, just print more money, borrow more money, soon the only thing the money will be good for will be toilet paper.

Republicans Place Risky Bet on 1980 Economics to Win in 2010 (Politics Daily)

May 26th 2010 10:12AM The writer needs to get many of her facts straight.

A. Mark Critz(D) won in the special election by ONLY 8 points in a district that is 68%/32% democrat v. republican.
B. in the last 30 years, the Republican party controlled the house of representatives from 1994-2006 (12 years, NOT a majority of 30. BTW the Democrats controlled the house of representatives for 40 CONSECUTIVE YEARS FROM 1954-1994)
C. Ronald Reagan NEVER had a congress that was republican controlled. The democrat controlled congress lied to Reagan when he agreed to increases in taxes by NOT following through with promised decreases in spending to reduce the deficit.
D. Wall Street is very regulated. If you want to see unregulated wall street, see 1928 and Joe Kennedy who made the equivalent of 300 MILLION dollars by using insider trading and shorting stock, driving the stock market into a nosedive it took a decade to recover from.
E. Oil drilling is the MOST REGULATED industry, short of the nuclear industry in America. Maybe if we were allowed to drill ON LAND or NEAR SHORE, if an accident were to occur, the chances of fixing the problem would be extremely successful. Trying to solve a problem over 1 MILE UNDERWATER isn't as easy as turning the spiquet off.