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Another float in the unending parade of PC outrage on our campuses -- HokieDan95 03/29/2016 5:23PM

The saddest part of this whole thread is the fact that you thought that was -- WahooRQ 03/30/2016 07:48AM

The fact that shenhoo lost his/her mind over it proves it's extremely r -- HokieDan95 03/30/2016 08:49AM

It must be hard being so beaten into submission by the -- WahooRQ 03/30/2016 10:16AM

Shen didn't lose his mind over anything ...he just commented -- 111Balz 03/30/2016 09:15AM

Try reading before posting. his outrage is over a youtube comments section -- HokieDan95 03/30/2016 10:09AM

Not outrage. Just an opinion about your character and where you spend your -- Shenhoo 03/30/2016 10:54AM

Guilty as charged...i go on youtube ** -- HokieDan95 03/30/2016 10:59AM

Yeah. That's it. Right. ** -- Shenhoo 03/30/2016 11:24AM

You got a long road ahead of you..sfgate.com,nbc, daily mail -- HokieDan95 03/30/2016 11:37AM

Weren't you the one that kept posting about Bristol Palin? ** -- Hoodafan 03/30/2016 10:57AM

It's a good window into the types of people who are sending that non-event -- WahooRQ 03/30/2016 10:33AM

Exactly. The irony is that someone who brings up such an obscure video -- NJHoo 03/30/2016 12:04PM

Obscure? no, the story is getting play ** -- HokieDan95 03/30/2016 12:22PM

Among people who need a life, a clue, a little sense of perspective ** -- 111Balz 03/30/2016 12:59PM

No it's not. You either missed his point or are in denial ** -- 111Balz 03/30/2016 10:14AM

Only Balz would claim something says other than what it clearly says -- HokieDan95 03/30/2016 10:30AM

Whoosh again. Stop digging ** -- 111Balz 03/30/2016 10:54AM

That video and the comments deserve being ignored. ** -- NJHoo 03/30/2016 10:12AM

Looks like she should be charged with battery. ** -- Hoos Operator 03/29/2016 7:14PM

Haha...well played ** -- Moneyshot 03/29/2016 7:35PM

Are you serious? ** -- 111Balz 03/29/2016 6:03PM

His book told him that people who object to calling black Americans -- Shenhoo 03/29/2016 6:23PM

Wow! ** -- Northbomb 03/29/2016 7:46PM

Yet the irony here is that you are proving my point ** -- HokieDan95 03/29/2016 7:03PM

And you mine. But it isn't irony really. It's something worse. -- Shenhoo 03/29/2016 7:10PM

Not to unruffle your wadded panties, but while you were reading the -- Hoodafan 03/29/2016 7:28PM

No.....for starters, you really had no point ** -- 111Balz 03/29/2016 7:08PM

I would be outraged by his hair style too. -- Hoodafan 03/29/2016 6:01PM

It only looks that way. I'm sure he washes his hair regularly ** -- cvilleHOOrat 03/30/2016 07:55AM

I would dread washing that hair. ** -- SixerHoo 03/30/2016 11:45AM

Pipe down Sir Punsalot ** -- cvilleHOOrat 03/30/2016 12:53PM

Meh, this is nothing. ** -- cvilleHOOrat 03/29/2016 5:48PM

I suspect it is simply a method of linking blatant racist shit here. The -- Shenhoo 03/29/2016 5:54PM

My, we have an active imagination ** -- HokieDan95 03/29/2016 6:09PM

In the first few comments, I noticed -- Shenhoo 03/29/2016 6:18PM

I ignore the comments section and you should too -- HokieDan95 03/29/2016 6:54PM

I don't find those kinds of comments on the sites I visit. I think -- Shenhoo 03/29/2016 6:57PM

You don't visit youtube? ** -- HokieDan95 03/29/2016 7:32PM

Of course. Different sites from yours though. Do all yours -- Shenhoo 03/29/2016 7:47PM

You have great insight, Shen ** -- NJHoo 04/01/2016 1:55PM

Nice comment section again. Seems to be a pattern with your links. -- Shenhoo 03/29/2016 5:25PM

Nice synthetic outrage play there,how bout throwing in a reference to -- HokieDan95 03/29/2016 5:41PM

I think your post is a great example of surfing the internet for a daily -- Shenhoo 03/29/2016 5:45PM

It hit home because I've been reading a book on the PC movement and the -- HokieDan95 03/29/2016 6:01PM

Plenty of dumb rednecks are the products of our university system. -- WahooRQ 03/30/2016 10:46AM

Curious to know what my betters thought of the movie The Big Short. -- Lazarus 03/29/2016 3:05PM

Is it still in Theatres ** -- NJHoo 04/02/2016 8:33PM

Look for the Union Label! -- aint2Hokie4me 03/29/2016 1:40PM

The way I understand it this was a suit by Calif teachers -- AlexHoo 03/29/2016 4:52PM

It is pretty interesting to think about the impact scalia's death has had -- KCHoo 03/29/2016 2:58PM

And in an interesting development in Zubik v. Burwell -- DanTheFan 03/29/2016 4:58PM

Forgive my ignorance but are the spouses trying to get out of the -- Hoodafan 03/29/2016 4:18PM

No. Under ECOA, a lender has to do certain things before asking a spouse -- KCHoo 03/29/2016 7:07PM

It's about whether a guarantor is an "applicant" under ECOA. -- WahooRQ 03/29/2016 7:51PM

Thanks for clarifying. Sounds like a mess but good for your business! :-) ** -- Hoodafan 03/29/2016 7:23PM

Trump's campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, arrested for battery. -- SchmHoo 03/29/2016 1:30PM

Trump: "Reporter's pen coulda been a bomb." So she's a double naught spy? ** -- SixerHoo 03/30/2016 10:24AM

It seems nothing is too bizarre for this crazy election. ** -- Joey Wahoo 03/29/2016 6:44PM

Assault on the media = more votes ** -- ESHooFan 03/29/2016 2:28PM

I've given up expecting each successive embarrassment from the Trump campai -- Hoo05Dave 03/29/2016 5:23PM

Wow overreact much? -- TomKazanski 03/29/2016 6:00PM

It surely shows what a scumbag organization Breitbart is to allow -- Shenhoo 03/29/2016 2:09PM

Attacked? really ** -- TomKazanski 03/29/2016 6:01PM

Attacked and then arrested. Yep. -- Shenhoo 03/29/2016 6:28PM

Exaggerate much? I totally blame Lewandowski and Trump here but -- Hoodafan 03/29/2016 6:49PM

Nah. As a Trumpie, he couldn't say that. Nor, apparently can you. -- Shenhoo 03/29/2016 6:52PM

Wasn't much of an attack. Still, can't put your hands on someone like that -- cvilleHOOrat 03/30/2016 09:21AM

My home page is MSN which read "Patty Duke Dies/ -- AlexHoo 03/29/2016 1:34PM

Hmmm. I read "An arrest report has been issued..." on a different site. -- SchmHoo 03/29/2016 1:41PM

Better Call Saul. The Trump thug spox is being represented by -- Shenhoo 03/29/2016 2:13PM

An Egyptian plane hijacked to Cyprus? Like I woke up in 1978. ;) ** -- Seattle .Hoo 03/29/2016 11:53AM

Love-sick...the dumbest things men ever do are over women. ** -- Hokie5150 03/29/2016 12:19PM

Come to NC, where you need an ID to Pee. -- Lazarus 03/29/2016 11:36AM

Can someone explain to me what this bill actually does? -- NeilPatrickHoo 03/29/2016 5:13PM

Basically, Charlotte's aniti-discrimination statute is interpreted as -- HowieT3 03/30/2016 09:35AM

You do realize your subject line has very little to do with all -- Hoodafan 03/29/2016 1:21PM

True & it wasn't a jobs bill either. Nor was it an anti-discrimination bill -- Lazarus 03/29/2016 2:07PM

I'll admit it is baffling how anyone thought that law was a good idea. ** -- Hoodafan 03/29/2016 2:12PM

If you haven't figured it out yet GOP lawmakers are meatheads. -- WaxHoo 03/29/2016 8:25PM

Go to the {fill in the blank} Baptist Church this Sunday and ask. -- HowieT3 03/29/2016 2:49PM

Mighty broad brush you paint with. ** -- Hoodafan 03/29/2016 4:13PM

Why do you think Wake is now non-sectarian? -- HowieT3 03/29/2016 4:43PM

Just the wrong canvas. Should be talking about a Nazarene church. -- SchmHoo 03/29/2016 4:31PM

Cut 'em some slack. After all this is about religious freedom. ;) ** -- Seattle .Hoo 03/29/2016 11:57AM

Actually it is a jobs bill. -- Lazarus 03/29/2016 12:40PM

But he was blind-sided by a question. About a bill..he signed. -- cvilleHOOrat 03/29/2016 12:41PM

McDuck said he hasn't heard from any businesses planning on leaving the -- Lazarus 03/29/2016 12:59PM

For those of you who use twitter, this reporter is an -- KCHoo 03/29/2016 10:48AM

Thanks for link. Just read her article on NYT. Very good (long) read. ** -- HokieDelNorte 03/29/2016 12:19PM

ACA up to its old tricks....thank you gruberites -- TomKazanski 03/28/2016 6:02PM

Jonathon Chait wants a word with you. -- Shenhoo 03/30/2016 05:52AM

You're a hoot, Tommy. -- DanTheFan 03/28/2016 9:35PM

To be fair, he's talking about employer provided healthcare declining -- NJHoo 03/28/2016 10:36PM

Is it "fair" to take things out of context to try to make -- SixerHoo 03/29/2016 08:40AM

True of false.....when Obama said you can keep your plan it was a lie -- TomKazanski 03/29/2016 09:33AM

That was not true. -- DanTheFan 03/29/2016 10:16AM

It was also a lie when President Obama said it was not a tax or that -- Hokie5150 03/29/2016 10:53AM

No it was not. The final bill was different than what he proposed -- 111Balz 03/29/2016 11:20AM

LOL. Pres. Obama specifically stated it was not a tax. -- Hokie5150 03/29/2016 11:53AM

Now you're just quibbling. -- DanTheFan 03/29/2016 12:50PM

Would the public have supported it if it were correctly called a tax? Not -- Hokie5150 03/29/2016 1:07PM

You are just making stuff up or repeating garbage blindly ** -- 111Balz 03/29/2016 6:07PM

Congress passed it by a substantial margin. -- DanTheFan 03/29/2016 1:16PM

They have all been voted out of office...lmao a little difficult ** -- TomKazanski 03/29/2016 1:29PM

Only to someone who just wants to criticize Obama no matter -- 111Balz 03/29/2016 1:13PM

And why did it catch people by surprise? ** -- Hokie5150 03/29/2016 1:45PM

Because they watch Fox News for 10, Alex. ** -- Shenhoo 03/29/2016 2:10PM

Or the President had been lying to public that it was not a tax. ** -- Hokie5150 03/29/2016 2:22PM

You are a sucker for any Republican meme. The penalty was presented -- Shenhoo 03/29/2016 4:30PM

And? I didn't support Romney either. The fact remains that it was not -- Hokie5150 03/29/2016 4:39PM

You just refuse to listen or acknowledge actual facts ** -- 111Balz 03/30/2016 09:42AM

Who did it catch by surprise? -- DanTheFan 03/29/2016 1:55PM

President Obama apparently...along with the general public. That -- Hokie5150 03/29/2016 2:21PM

What on earth are you babbling about? You seem -- 111Balz 03/29/2016 7:11PM

^mic drop^ ** -- HokieDan95 03/29/2016 2:47PM

Exactly ** -- 111Balz 03/29/2016 2:04PM

....and then the bill was challenged and the USSC ruled it was -- 111Balz 03/29/2016 12:47PM

I'll disagree there. -- DanTheFan 03/29/2016 11:09AM

Just having fun with words here -- Stimp 03/29/2016 11:24AM

At least you are honest Dan and admit it was sold on a pack of lies -- TomKazanski 03/29/2016 10:20AM

Not sure if it's me you're referring to as "mr rolling stone" but -- SixerHoo 03/29/2016 12:19PM

I get it you are not predisposed by your leanings when you -- TomKazanski 03/29/2016 1:28PM

Then I fail to understand why your man Trump, who makes demonstrably -- SixerHoo 03/29/2016 1:54PM

Way to change the subject -- TomKazanski 03/29/2016 2:39PM

The subject is whether lying is deserving of ridicule and disgust. -- SixerHoo 03/29/2016 2:59PM

Last I checked trump hasn't implemented anything that harms hard working -- TomKazanski 03/29/2016 3:57PM

His thugs beat up people though--particularly women, it appears. Trash. ** -- Shenhoo 03/29/2016 5:32PM

Beat up? -- TomKazanski 03/29/2016 6:03PM

If bruising women is your thing, go for it, I suppose. I was taught better ** -- Shenhoo 03/29/2016 6:34PM

It would be nice if you could read ** -- 111Balz 03/29/2016 10:28AM

False. The sooner you make an effort to actually understand the problem -- 111Balz 03/29/2016 09:42AM

Whoa Balzfirst you are implying I am racist. Secondly you imply that -- Tuckahokie 03/29/2016 10:12AM

No, he's saying Tommy is. Which is like saying the sky is blue. ** -- WahooRQ 03/29/2016 10:19AM

Is it? What exactly did TK say in that post that was racist? I guess -- Hoodafan 03/29/2016 10:25AM

More going for "rebel hoo" aka "jesse jackson" aka Tommy's decade-long BOW. -- WahooRQ 03/29/2016 11:58AM

I am a bit distracted today out here in Bronco country. 15 inches of snow -- Tuckahokie 03/29/2016 10:24AM

You're in Park City and you're posting on the Box? Maybe the libs are right -- Hoodafan 03/29/2016 10:28AM

Hey its only 8:30 out there. Sun probably just came up a little while ago ** -- 111Balz 03/29/2016 10:29AM

Still no excuse to be in this "cesspool" instead! :-) ** -- Hoodafan 03/29/2016 10:33AM

Some signficant late snow out there! ** -- 111Balz 03/29/2016 10:26AM

As soon as liberals stoop to the race card, you know the argument has been -- TomKazanski 03/29/2016 10:21AM

Sorry Balz...thought you were attacking my post. ** -- Tuckahokie 03/29/2016 10:17AM

He wasn't directly, but still couldn't resist playing the race card. That's -- Hoodafan 03/29/2016 10:21AM

I did NOT "play the race card" to support the ACA. I supported the ACA AND -- 111Balz 03/29/2016 10:27AM

What, then, was the point of this statement: "You'd rather be a whining -- Hokie5150 03/29/2016 11:13AM

A personal assessment of reb, aka TK. No one else. Just him ** -- 111Balz 03/29/2016 11:19AM

Sure you did. You explicitly linked the two in your post... -- Moneyshot 03/29/2016 10:34AM

Take a reading comprehension class. or don't. who really cares -- 111Balz 03/29/2016 11:21AM

Stop digging...or don't...who really cares. -- Moneyshot 03/29/2016 11:31AM

Or you called him a racist as your only defense for ACA. Since -- Hoodafan 03/29/2016 10:30AM

He says racist stuff here almost every day. wake up ** -- 111Balz 03/29/2016 11:19AM

Want to link just one racist comment ** -- TomKazanski 03/29/2016 12:06PM

That may well be, but it was you who injected race into this thread... ** -- Hokie5150 03/29/2016 11:21AM

Smh. I called an individual poster a racist. period ** -- 111Balz 03/29/2016 11:22AM

A lie told often enough becomes truth -- Wahoo Ron 03/29/2016 09:59AM

The insurance premiums at my company have doubled in four years, with -- Tuckahokie 03/29/2016 09:31AM

As have mine... -- Moneyshot 03/29/2016 10:06AM

Exactly. You can polish a turd, but it is still a turd. ** -- Hokie5150 03/29/2016 1:10PM

Sounds like you are beginning the education process Komrade! ** -- MBHoo 03/29/2016 10:26AM

"Beginning?". I'm well on my way to a Ph.D! ** -- Moneyshot 03/29/2016 10:57AM

MY son's insurance was canceled and he now pays 2X more for a lesser policy ** -- Wahoo Ron 03/29/2016 10:05AM

And mine have barely nudged the last 2-3 years, -- 111Balz 03/29/2016 09:52AM

Well, as long as you're happy with the results, I guess that's all that -- Hokie5150 03/29/2016 10:49AM

Nice passive aggressive change in context ** -- 111Balz 03/29/2016 12:49PM

I think your case is an exception, not the norm ** -- Cold Hoober Hoo 03/29/2016 10:07AM

Then mine is too, and I'm definitely what TK would call a " provider." ** -- SixerHoo 03/29/2016 12:21PM

Question for you and Balz: is the reason your insurance -- Cold Hoober Hoo 03/29/2016 12:40PM

There's been very little change in emploer cost either -- 111Balz 03/29/2016 12:52PM

Well before ACA the rate increases were very moderate -- Cold Hoober Hoo 03/29/2016 1:05PM

It's gone up, but in line with historical, pre-Obamacare increases. -- SixerHoo 03/29/2016 12:52PM

Those lucky enough to have employer plans haven't -- Cold Hoober Hoo 03/29/2016 12:57PM

Yeah there's where the big differences have occurred -- 111Balz 03/29/2016 1:17PM

Some of it is manditory coverages I don't need, like obgyn. -- Cold Hoober Hoo 03/29/2016 1:28PM

Exactly, which was not helping the problem. -- 111Balz 03/29/2016 1:32PM

Thats right if we can just trust the libs and continue to bend over -- TomKazanski 03/29/2016 10:04AM

Announcer Kevin Harland's call on Syracuse "coming back from the dead"..... -- Fairfaxhoofan 03/28/2016 4:25PM

Conan talked about it last night -- Fuzzy Dunlop 03/29/2016 08:56AM

Yeah I heard that. Ooops. I cringed a little and I'm not religious. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 03/28/2016 4:28PM

A victory for freedom FROM religion in Georgia (link) -- SixerHoo 03/28/2016 4:00PM

I disagree (inside) -- FfxStationHokie 03/28/2016 6:50PM

From a purely rhetorical standpoint, why shouldn't a private -- Hokie5150 03/28/2016 4:29PM

It's an important question -- CavMan1 03/29/2016 09:19AM

The way I see it, if a business is making its products or services -- SixerHoo 03/28/2016 4:53PM

I see a distinction between what one might call a general retail business -- 81_Hokie 03/29/2016 08:45AM

The situations you describe are interactions between individuals -- SixerHoo 03/29/2016 09:07AM

Could the male artist refuse to paint -- 81_Hokie 03/29/2016 10:19AM

Bakers don't refuse service to same sex couples because of aesthetics. -- SixerHoo 03/29/2016 1:26PM

But these laws don't allow "discrimination of many kinds" against LGBTQ any -- Hoodafan 03/29/2016 10:13AM

How can it possibly be right to protect a business owner's religious -- SixerHoo 03/29/2016 11:19AM

Equating this to refusing to serves blacks is not an equal comparison. -- Hoodafan 03/29/2016 12:37PM

No, it's exactly the same thing. Interracial couples would be an exact -- WahooRQ 03/29/2016 1:39PM

Where we differ is in our tolerance for what is a "legitimate" -- SixerHoo 03/29/2016 1:01PM

True. I don't personally think it is either, but I can respect someone that -- Hoodafan 03/29/2016 1:08PM

When I'm no longer 180 points in the hole here let's talk tolerance. :-) ** -- SixerHoo 03/29/2016 1:15PM

Oh, so now we do have to be tolerant of anyone that wants to be -- Hoodafan 03/29/2016 1:18PM

Thanks. That made my day! ** -- SixerHoo 03/29/2016 1:50PM

Ironically, that is the premise of these so-called "religious freedom" laws ** -- WahooRQ 03/29/2016 1:49PM

It is different. Your analogy only holds up if a tee shirt maker offers -- WahooRQ 03/29/2016 10:41AM

To me this is not an issue of religion at all. I also think your -- 81_Hokie 03/29/2016 1:08PM

Maybe I didn't do a great job of making the point I was trying to make. -- WahooRQ 03/29/2016 1:48PM

But you are talking about selling, stock tee shirts, which is more like the -- 81_Hokie 03/29/2016 2:46PM

I think you're splitting a hair that doesn't work. Using that example, if I -- Hoodafan 03/29/2016 4:12PM

Let me reiterate: For me the religion aspect is irrelevant. Would -- 81_Hokie 03/29/2016 7:52PM

How is not making a penis cake different than not making a cake with two -- Hoodafan 03/29/2016 12:21PM

No one here has yet presented a convincing argument as to why -- SixerHoo 03/29/2016 12:45PM

Because there are laws and court rulings preventing exactly that when it -- Hoodafan 03/29/2016 1:04PM

That's exactly what is happening in these instances. There isn't full blown -- WahooRQ 03/29/2016 1:54PM

Do you include churches/pastors performing marriage ceremonies as -- BocaHoo91 03/28/2016 9:33PM

A priest, pastor, minister etc does not have an OBLIGATION to marry anyone -- 111Balz 03/29/2016 08:29AM

Thats actually free exercise. A restaurant owner, OTOH, doesnt have a -- WahooRQ 03/29/2016 09:03AM

I think everyone here knows exactly where the line is -- SixerHoo 03/29/2016 08:50AM

Of course not. ** -- SixerHoo 03/29/2016 07:45AM

The answer to this is so obvious it almost doesn't deserve -- Seattle .Hoo 03/29/2016 12:18AM

10 years ago it was "obvious" to most people -- Wahoo Ron 03/29/2016 10:13AM

That's why I asked. I don't support the "religious freedom" -- BocaHoo91 03/29/2016 09:15AM

Blacks and Asians have no choice but to be Black or Asian. -- Cold Hoober Hoo 03/28/2016 5:07PM

When did you choose to be straight? Do you remember the exact moment? ** -- cvilleHOOrat 03/29/2016 07:54AM

I don't believe most of them choose to be gay. -- SixerHoo 03/28/2016 5:18PM

Is sexual orientation a protected civil right? Or is it still being -- Cold Hoober Hoo 03/28/2016 5:49PM

Ever hear of Obergefell? ** -- SixerHoo 03/28/2016 6:03PM

Didn't realize gay marriage decision was tied to the -- Cold Hoober Hoo 03/28/2016 6:57PM

That's my take as well. ** -- Hokie5150 03/28/2016 8:03PM

Are you kidding?!? It's based on nothing other than equal protection. -- SixerHoo 03/28/2016 7:01PM

I wasn't making a commentary, just relaying what I read on wiki. -- Cold Hoober Hoo 03/28/2016 7:42PM

You're not an ass. ** -- SixerHoo 03/28/2016 7:54PM

Technically it's not based on sexual orientation being afforded protected -- WahooRQ 03/28/2016 7:11PM

I'm not a lawyer, and I don't play one on TV. ** -- SixerHoo 03/28/2016 7:14PM

I think religious schools etc have the right to discriminate regardless of -- Wahoo Ron 03/28/2016 4:51PM

If you are going to engage in the flow of commerce, then you as a citizen -- Seattle .Hoo 03/28/2016 4:43PM

I would argue that equal protection (should) apply to functions of the -- Hokie5150 03/28/2016 4:50PM

If you don't think that regulation of commerce is a function of the state -- Seattle .Hoo 03/29/2016 12:03AM

I fully understand the government has imposed itself on commerce. -- Hokie5150 03/29/2016 07:06AM

Isn't it naive to think a society that's infinitely more complex -- SixerHoo 03/29/2016 08:02AM

I'd argue that it is more naive to think that government (particularly at -- Hokie5150 03/29/2016 08:53AM

And the failure of government to try would certainly result in chaos. ** -- SixerHoo 03/29/2016 1:21PM

Equal protection does apply to the state. An odd argument in the same vein -- Hoo05Dave 03/28/2016 7:26PM

I think the current situation is a natural response to what people -- Hokie5150 03/28/2016 8:09PM

What if all the grocery stores in town were owned by people -- SixerHoo 03/28/2016 5:08PM

Then protest, boycott, start your own store, whatever. I just don't -- Hokie5150 03/28/2016 5:27PM

It is complete nonsense to think that businesses will do the right thing -- Seattle .Hoo 03/29/2016 12:09AM

It is no more nonsense than the idea that government obtains some divine -- Hokie5150 03/29/2016 06:22AM

And they would still exist but for federal action. -- WahooRQ 03/29/2016 09:05AM

That is pure conjecture on your part. Nothing more, nothing less. ** -- Hokie5150 03/29/2016 12:03PM

You sure don't get there by facilitating the status quo, do you? ** -- SixerHoo 03/28/2016 5:44PM

Forcing it is what results in people supporting Trump. ** -- Hokie5150 03/28/2016 8:10PM

Of course. And George Wallace. There will always be bigots and ignorance. -- SixerHoo 03/29/2016 07:55AM

Not my point. My point is that bigotry and ignorance will not be eliminated -- Hokie5150 03/29/2016 08:56AM

That's the reaction of some people, for sure. But I believe -- SixerHoo 03/29/2016 09:14AM

What?!? Secret Service won’t allow guns at Republican National Convention -- WaxHoo 03/28/2016 3:15PM

Actually, most of the gun-owning delegates are btter off that way. -- HowieT3 03/28/2016 5:16PM

I think they should. There would be fewer Republicans at the end of the -- Seattle .Hoo 03/28/2016 3:52PM

You never know when you might need to off a RINO. ** -- SixerHoo 03/28/2016 4:00PM

Report of shooting at US Capitol -- s-hoo 03/28/2016 2:58PM

AP reporting Capital Police Officer shot, shooter in custody. -- Hokie5150 03/28/2016 3:13PM

Thanks for the assist. ** -- s-hoo 03/28/2016 3:44PM

Glad to help...wish I could find additional info. ** -- Hokie5150 03/28/2016 4:03PM

Gunman ended up being a liberal, bankrupt, religious nut who is fighting -- ryno hoo 03/28/2016 9:21PM

Sorry, link not working ** -- s-hoo 03/28/2016 3:01PM

Terrorism in western Europe -- NJHoo 03/28/2016 2:45PM

FBI to interview Clinton aides -- HokieDan95 03/28/2016 1:56PM

Careful with the timing. You'll want the indictments to come AFTER -- Seattle .Hoo 03/28/2016 3:55PM

I don't believe that this DoJ will ever indict HRC, but that would be -- Hokie5150 03/28/2016 4:17PM

Nothing she would never step down too much money to be made -- AlexHoo 03/28/2016 4:46PM

I don't have a clue. Might be the VP candidate? Would that be the case if -- Seattle .Hoo 03/28/2016 4:31PM

Re: FBI to interview Clinton aides -- Shenhoo 03/28/2016 3:01PM

LA Times sees nothing wrong here and their experts their -- AlexHoo 03/28/2016 3:55PM

At a minimum, she did not follow federal regulations concerning -- Hokie5150 03/28/2016 4:20PM

A lot of folks on this board who are in the know, have said she did -- AlexHoo 03/28/2016 5:06PM

Then you must prove gross negligence or illegal distribution. Good luck -- Seattle .Hoo 03/28/2016 3:58PM

I don't understand how given what we already know how gross -- HokieDan95 03/28/2016 11:38PM

Nothing to see here. All her supporters have assured me of that. ** -- Hoodafan 03/28/2016 2:58PM

Waste of time, money and effort. In the end, it won't matter. ** -- Hokie5150 03/28/2016 2:47PM

The Obama Justice Department will turn a blind eye. ** -- AlexHoo 03/28/2016 3:55PM

And not one super delegate will defect. ** -- PalmyraHoo 03/28/2016 2:25PM

Wouldn't be very thorough of them not to. ** -- SixerHoo 03/28/2016 2:07PM

Taliban group kills 60+ at Christian Easter gathering in Pakistan. -- SixerHoo 03/28/2016 10:10AM

I don't know where Pakistan is ** -- FfxStationHokie 03/28/2016 12:07PM

Really? The body count is 60+ and you breakout your Colbert schtick? -- Hoos Operator 03/28/2016 3:52PM

CNN website has it yesterday. But unfortuantely it is one of these things -- JohnHoo2 03/28/2016 12:03PM

Reminds me of the Russian jetliner 2 weeks before Paris. Yes it got some -- TpkeHoo 03/28/2016 11:33AM

There was a bombing in Beirut few days before Paris that's almost -- JohnHoo2 03/28/2016 12:04PM

It's looking at things through the American prism -- PalmyraHoo 03/28/2016 11:36AM

Large bombing in Istanbul 3 days before Belgium -- cvilleHOOrat 03/28/2016 10:43AM

White lives vs. Brown lives in the eyes of the world media -- PalmyraHoo 03/28/2016 11:29AM

Might take a lot of time to report all African atrocities. ** -- Hoogle.com 03/28/2016 3:09PM

Or its an attack on christians, and as we have seen time and -- TomKazanski 03/28/2016 11:55AM

Plenty of Christians in Paris and Brussels -- PalmyraHoo 03/28/2016 2:24PM

You should read your post carefully. I'm guessing you'll want to edit it. ** -- SixerHoo 03/28/2016 12:45PM

I guess their attitude is more along the lines -- Wahoo Ron 03/28/2016 12:25PM

Damn straight - liberals want to kill all christians -- FfxStationHokie 03/28/2016 12:11PM

I blame BLM ** -- cvilleHOOrat 03/28/2016 12:17PM

Never did trust the Bureau of Land Management ** -- FfxStationHokie 03/28/2016 12:23PM

Did you get shoved in a locker by a bunch of liberals when you were a kid?** -- cvilleHOOrat 03/28/2016 12:06PM

Whither the working class? -- Joey Wahoo 03/28/2016 09:58AM

Couldn't it be that demand for unskilled labor is gone and never coming -- WahooRQ 03/28/2016 11:10AM

I think he is talking more about lack of wage growth for working class jobs -- KCHoo 03/28/2016 7:52PM

Hmmm I wonder why millions of illegals pour in every year? -- TomKazanski 03/28/2016 11:43AM

You're not entitled to your own "facts." Millions are not pouring in. -- SixerHoo 03/28/2016 1:17PM

Why are the some 11-12 million here if there are no job opportunities for -- Hokie5150 03/28/2016 1:21PM

Who said they're not working? I said they're not pouring in. -- SixerHoo 03/28/2016 1:26PM

I did and is said nothing about the number pouring in or not -- AlexHoo 03/28/2016 1:31PM

And I don't recall responding to your post, much less contradicting it. -- SixerHoo 03/28/2016 1:45PM

What exactly are you touting? The bad economy or the flood that came in -- Hoodafan 03/28/2016 2:50PM

I'm not touting either. I took issue with the assertion -- SixerHoo 03/28/2016 3:39PM

I don't see where I talked about net levels in my post? -- TomKazanski 03/28/2016 3:53PM

And the fact you didn't talk about net levels is exactly my point. -- SixerHoo 03/28/2016 4:13PM

My anger is justified there are millions of people pouring in that we -- TomKazanski 03/28/2016 5:34PM

Okey doke. Be angry. it's your choice. ** -- SixerHoo 03/28/2016 6:58PM

I mean thousands are apprehended daily and this guy says none are coming in -- TomKazanski 03/28/2016 1:44PM

Why don't you make some attempt to educate yourself?** -- 111Balz 03/28/2016 1:52PM

This made me laugh. ** -- SixerHoo 03/28/2016 2:09PM

Apparently you don't understand arithmetic. There's been a net -- SixerHoo 03/28/2016 1:49PM

The point is that they are working. It goes to the question -- Hokie5150 03/28/2016 1:30PM

No, we're to assume that, regardless of their skill level, -- SixerHoo 03/28/2016 1:54PM

Sorry to be a buttinski but "pouring in" ... -- Stimp 03/28/2016 1:57PM

That was my point above but better stated ** -- AlexHoo 03/28/2016 2:26PM

Yes. But if the issue is how many unskilled jobs they are -- SixerHoo 03/28/2016 2:03PM

How many of the 11-12 million living and (assuming) working here are in -- Hokie5150 03/28/2016 2:23PM

Ask the fruit growers in the Yakima Valley. They need tens of thousands of -- Seattle .Hoo 03/28/2016 4:24PM

I'll take one more stab at this. -- SixerHoo 03/28/2016 3:27PM

The educators/government told everyone that college is required -- PalmyraHoo 03/28/2016 11:33AM

You can always bump up secretarial type jobs -- Wahoo Ron 03/28/2016 11:54AM

It is true that the demand for unskilled labor is falling -- AlexHoo 03/28/2016 11:21AM

I prefer the term "starting wage" versus "minimum wage" -- PalmyraHoo 03/28/2016 11:41AM

I don't believe there is any such thing as "unskilled" labor -- Joey Wahoo 03/28/2016 11:19AM

I don't know but it seems like most of our peer nations have done a better -- WahooRQ 03/28/2016 11:58AM

Germany has the highest median age of any country on the planet -- Joey Wahoo 03/28/2016 12:12PM

Thanks for that, Joey. Interesting and insighful as always. -- WahooRQ 03/28/2016 2:30PM

It's the mantra of both sides -- Joey Wahoo 03/28/2016 2:52PM

Heck one party has been established based on handouts -- TomKazanski 03/28/2016 11:01AM

Whether that's true or not, I agree that it is a commonly-held perception. ** -- Joey Wahoo 03/28/2016 11:04AM

Ask the average working person or someone on a fixed income -- Wahoo Ron 03/28/2016 10:51AM

Rigged monetary policy -- Joey Wahoo 03/28/2016 11:02AM

Haven't we had almost zero inflation since the mid 2000's? -- WahooRQ 03/28/2016 2:39PM

The Government seems to do a lot of things that -- AlexHoo 03/28/2016 10:25AM

And then there's this -- HowieT3 03/28/2016 10:38AM

Doesn't that support Alex's point? Low labor participation is a known -- Hoodafan 03/28/2016 10:56AM

Sorry, but it's just plain ignorant to say "Govco only creates Govco jobs." -- WahooRQ 03/28/2016 11:48AM

While on the subject of ignorant, to begin with you'll notice I did point -- Hoodafan 03/28/2016 12:13PM

What is "least efficient way to spend money" supposed to mean? -- WahooRQ 03/28/2016 3:25PM

But they're starting to return under the present conditions. -- HowieT3 03/28/2016 11:26AM

Wow it's clear you have never run a business or dealt with the govt -- TomKazanski 03/28/2016 5:45PM

Doesn't that work both ways? Why is it always black or white with -- Hoodafan 03/28/2016 11:45AM

I would guess that whatver drag coal has been, narural gas development has -- 111Balz 03/28/2016 1:04PM

Probably made up and then some, but not a quid pro quo. I don't think -- Hoodafan 03/28/2016 2:29PM

I think we're saying the same thing, or maybe two different things -- 111Balz 03/29/2016 07:52AM

Actually a lot of large companies and orginization love more regulation -- AlexHoo 03/28/2016 11:38AM

I was going to say you were right until I read your post.... -- WahooRQ 03/28/2016 12:09PM

I don't see that we disagree that much, I agree with your statemanent about -- AlexHoo 03/28/2016 1:12PM

I can't think of a way that Dodd frank helps big banks -- 111Balz 03/28/2016 2:20PM

Again I do not see where we disagree much -- AlexHoo 03/28/2016 1:53PM

I think midsized banks are hit the hardest -- but remember not all lenders -- WahooRQ 03/28/2016 1:58PM

That's where I thought you were going, but a few things I'd point out: -- WahooRQ 03/28/2016 1:39PM

Thank you for that question. I guess in general there are two types of regs -- 111Balz 03/28/2016 1:08PM

Re: Thank you for that question. I guess in general there are two types of regs -- AlexHoo 03/28/2016 1:19PM

I know that kind of thing does sort of happen -- 111Balz 03/28/2016 1:29PM

But at a higher marginal cost for the small guy -- AlexHoo 03/28/2016 1:32PM

Again, you picked a bad industry for your example -- 111Balz 03/28/2016 1:58PM

Exactly. Regulations are part of a barrier to entry. Big boys love them. ** -- Hoodafan 03/28/2016 11:46AM

On advanced interrogation techniques.... -- WahooRQ 03/28/2016 08:45AM

And I had such confidence in the team, even when Cuse got the lead back, I -- JohnHoo2 03/28/2016 09:15AM

Motherfucking motherfuckers ** -- MBHoo 03/27/2016 8:50PM

Trump and Syracuse - could this be the year of the orange men? ** -- Hoos Operator 03/28/2016 1:45PM

Thanks Tony, MB, Mike, AG etc, great ride London et al see ya next year ** -- AlexHoo 03/28/2016 07:56AM

My God that was excruciating. Hours later and I'm still pissed. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 03/28/2016 01:10AM

Tony's 2d half game plan was drawn up by the Jeb! Campaign. ** -- WahooRQ 03/27/2016 10:05PM

Thanks Obama. ** -- Hoos Operator 03/27/2016 9:37PM

It's Bush's fault :p. Ever since the 98 Peach Bowl, for next 10 years, -- JohnHoo2 03/28/2016 09:13AM

My friend bourbon isn't helping . . . ** -- Old Dorms Rule! 03/27/2016 8:55PM

Delayed reaction - working better now . . . ** -- Old Dorms Rule! 03/27/2016 9:23PM

FUCK FUCK FUCKITING FUCK!!!!!!!!! ** -- Cold Hoober Hoo 03/27/2016 8:54PM

Tell us how you really feel ** -- NJHoo 04/02/2016 3:58PM

POY ** -- 111Balz 03/27/2016 8:54PM

Cities Pay Felons $1000/month To Not Commit Crimes -- PalmyraHoo 03/27/2016 2:11PM

The Stones rock Cuba. This is cool on so many levels. ** -- SixerHoo 03/26/2016 08:21AM

They dedicated "I Can't Get No Satisfaction" to UVA basketball. -- WahooRQ 03/27/2016 10:14PM

Any chance they played "Street Fighting Man"? ** -- Hoos Operator 03/26/2016 2:26PM

"Who killed the Kennedys?" Well after all, it was you and me. ** -- Hoos Operator 03/26/2016 2:29PM

Umm Uh. That's from "Sympathy for the Devil." -- HowieT3 03/26/2016 8:13PM

LOL...Yes, I am aware. ** -- Hoos Operator 03/27/2016 10:13AM

Or: 'After all it was Fidel and Che' ** -- Old Dorms Rule! 03/26/2016 5:14PM

I just can't get no satisfaction from this thread .......... ** -- Mr Wahoo 03/26/2016 1:18PM

Greatest rock band in history and not even close. -- WahooRQ 03/26/2016 09:37AM

Go back and forth on it but the problem is that -- nyhoo 03/27/2016 04:13AM

Goat's Head Soup, Some Girls, and their early albums are good too but yeah -- WahooRQ 03/27/2016 09:56AM

+ High Tide and Green Grass - the best 'Best of' ever -- Old Dorms Rule! 03/27/2016 4:46PM

You grew up in a much better music era than I did... -- WahooRQ 03/27/2016 5:17PM

Re: You grew up in a much better music era than I did... -- Old Dorms Rule! 03/27/2016 5:49PM

Stones are great but Zeppelin holds the title ** -- HokieDan95 03/26/2016 10:03AM

Stones are basically history's best frat party band. Tons of -- SixerHoo 03/27/2016 12:56PM

Way more than that, IMHO. Rock pioneers, the original "bad boys" of rock, -- WahooRQ 03/27/2016 4:34PM

Zepplin is fantastic, but also the greatest "cover" band of all time. -- Seattle .Hoo 03/26/2016 4:48PM

Yeah there's a number of youtube videos pointing how much they -- HokieDan95 03/26/2016 5:14PM

Love Zeppelin but no, and it ain't close. -- WahooRQ 03/26/2016 12:31PM

The importance of a front guy -- Stimp 03/26/2016 8:38PM

Saying that Jagger is a better singer than Daltrey? ** -- HokieDan95 03/26/2016 8:43PM

Matter of personal taste but IMO Daltry ain't close to Mick -- 111Balz 03/27/2016 1:26PM

I'd have to go with the Beatlesmuch greater breadth and depth of music -- Hokie5150 03/26/2016 3:41PM

I came to appreciate the Beatles later in life. Great breadth -very true ** -- TpkeHoo 03/26/2016 5:12PM

Same here. It was only later that I began to appreciate just -- Hokie5150 03/26/2016 6:53PM

Abbey Road is basically a flawless album and theyre great no doubt. -- WahooRQ 03/26/2016 10:56PM

My love of R.E.M. steered me towards a late appreciation of The Beatles -- Stimp 03/26/2016 8:51PM

R.E.M. never really "spoke" to me as it were. I didn't -- Hokie5150 03/26/2016 10:25PM

Zep had ten good years that were not as good as the Stones best -- 111Balz 03/26/2016 12:55PM

Zep also lifted a great deal of their music from other sources. -- Hokie5150 03/26/2016 6:58PM

Share the view that they are best but to say -- TpkeHoo 03/26/2016 3:23PM

Their album in 2005 or so was terrific, but yeah there were some gaps -- 111Balz 03/26/2016 4:09PM

Except the RS's 50th best song is better than Zep's #1 best ** -- Wahoo Ron 03/26/2016 11:18AM

Zep = better musicians. Stones just have that swagger & attitude though. ** -- SixerHoo 03/26/2016 10:57AM

Stones hit all the marks more than Zep. Very long career, outrageous front -- Tuckahokie 03/26/2016 10:52AM

Really be cool if they did a prison show for all the political prisoners** -- HokieDan95 03/26/2016 09:10AM

About .5% of Cubans are imprisoned -- KCHoo 03/26/2016 2:12PM

Americans are incarcerated for committing crimes - now one could argue that -- CharlestonSC 03/26/2016 11:05PM

Maybe fewer Cubans are in jail for getting stoned?** -- WahooRQ 03/27/2016 4:00PM

So are Cubans. We just think that some things they consider crimes should -- KCHoo 03/27/2016 1:33PM

I wonder if MIck insisted on playing below a huge banner of Che Guivara? ** -- Wahoo Ron 03/26/2016 11:42AM

When they played Shanghai in 2014 did it even make your radar? -- SixerHoo 03/26/2016 10:50AM

Havana Prison Blues ** -- 81_Hokie 03/26/2016 09:39AM

De Juan Dinero. ** -- ryno hoo 03/26/2016 10:27AM

Gonna reach across the aisle and say GO HOOS!!!!** -- WahooRQ 03/25/2016 9:19PM

THE University ** -- dajoka004 03/25/2016 9:38PM

Boca, saw your note way below. I was actually looking for it. I want to -- Lazarus 03/25/2016 5:08PM

Thanks for the thoughts. It was the parent -- BocaHoo91 03/25/2016 6:17PM

No apology necessary. Hope you enjoyed tonight. I am so happy and hope -- Lazarus 03/25/2016 9:47PM

Classic Trump response to alleged Cruz sexual affairs... -- SixerHoo 03/25/2016 3:50PM

I don't believe it. Who would have an affair with Ted Cruz? ;)** -- Seattle .Hoo 03/25/2016 6:01PM

Grayson Allen's mom? ** -- 757 03/26/2016 8:34PM

Ted Cruz? ** -- FfxStationHokie 03/25/2016 7:00PM

You had to really search your soul for that one. -- Lazarus 03/25/2016 9:49PM

Attracts slum from this board too! ** -- MSGHoofan 03/25/2016 5:58PM

Hey no fair. Unless one of the clowns leaves, I won't have a chance -- Lazarus 03/25/2016 4:45PM

"....an by the way, I've banged out WAY more WHOO-ers than Lyin' Ted. I'm -- WahooRQ 03/25/2016 4:20PM

"...and this I can tell you: The sluts love me. Just like the blacks." ** -- SixerHoo 03/25/2016 4:31PM

One of the women is Trump's national spox ** -- wahoo138 03/25/2016 3:54PM

I can't believe it was able to fly (pic) -- FfxStationHokie 03/25/2016 3:47PM

A handy voter decision chart. purloined from professional snark merchant -- southdenverhoo 03/25/2016 3:28PM

Obama: there is little difference between socialism and capitalism -- TomKazanski 03/25/2016 1:24PM

Both his parents were Communists &the Acorn doesnt fall far from the tree ** -- Wahoo Ron 03/25/2016 3:44PM

Not to mention Frank Marshall Davis ** -- exit272hoo 03/26/2016 09:21AM

I'm guessing you also believe the moon is made of green cheese -- SixerHoo 03/25/2016 3:58PM

Another Drudge headline (have you listened to Savage yet today?) is that -- Shenhoo 03/25/2016 2:59PM

Don't give him any ideas! The world is safer if he stays in his basement.** -- HowieT3 03/25/2016 3:18PM

Tommy KKK is immune to ideas. He's a white power parrot. ** -- Shenhoo 03/25/2016 3:21PM

Deceit and power work in Hillary Clinton’s favor -- HokieDan95 03/25/2016 12:45PM

Some things never change ** -- Catcher95 04/03/2016 11:19PM

That's not the way politics works -- Beerman 03/25/2016 1:10PM

The framers knew this and designed our govt to be inefficient... -- HokieDan95 03/25/2016 3:31PM

Bottom line...who wants every facet of their lives examined under the harsh -- Tuckahokie 03/25/2016 1:08PM

A new WaPo poll shows Donald's unfavorabilty numbers with women -- Shenhoo 03/25/2016 11:20AM

And apparently Lyin' Ted is more favorable w/the ladies than we ever knew. -- VAGentleman05 03/25/2016 12:24PM

A poster on the Cuse politics board says it's a phony story because ... -- HowieT3 03/25/2016 3:27PM

Exactly what my wife said. ** -- RoanokeHoo 03/26/2016 09:45AM

Unreal video of out of control youth.where are the adults in this -- TomKazanski 03/25/2016 11:06AM

And what, exactly, does this have to do with BLM? ** -- VAGentleman05 03/25/2016 11:42AM

Nothing and that's the problem -- TomKazanski 03/25/2016 12:43PM

Why do you think it's more important to demand justice from street thugs -- VAGentleman05 03/25/2016 12:44PM

I never said that....I am saying if the goal if to prevent black people -- TomKazanski 03/25/2016 1:00PM

Maybe they believe they should be able to expect better -- 111Balz 03/25/2016 5:24PM

You said "If black lives truly did matter to the protesters then this -- VAGentleman05 03/25/2016 1:12PM

It really is an either/or. If you have a finite amount of resources do -- TomKazanski 03/25/2016 1:30PM

No...it really isn't. It's about citizens of color wanting -- 111Balz 03/26/2016 07:47AM

Political groups almost by definition want to improve something... -- SixerHoo 03/25/2016 1:04PM

Arizona Election -- NJHoo 03/25/2016 10:40AM

Hello Arizona...vote by mail! ** -- Seattle .Hoo 03/25/2016 11:29AM

Good point. I looked up the arrangement in AZ -- NJHoo 03/25/2016 3:13PM

Not really that much open to fraud. Washington and Oregon have done it for -- Seattle .Hoo 03/25/2016 5:54PM

Thanks, good insight -- NJHoo 03/25/2016 6:29PM

Taxpayers maybe? -- TomKazanski 03/25/2016 11:14AM

Your most moronic post. EVER. And that covers a whole lot of ground ** -- WaxHoo 03/25/2016 12:12PM

Of course it would never occur to you that this might actually -- SixerHoo 03/25/2016 11:24AM

Door #2, Alex, for $1Trillion ** -- WaxHoo 03/25/2016 1:31PM

I would like to know why we continue to use public resources for -- Hokie5150 03/25/2016 11:43AM

I have no beef with that in principle. It does bother me that -- SixerHoo 03/25/2016 12:01PM

Are you kidding? Personally I love the caucus. You're in there with -- Seattle .Hoo 03/25/2016 12:34PM

Oh I don't know; maybe because it is in the public interest to do so? Are -- Seattle .Hoo 03/25/2016 11:50AM

Which railroad tycoon was it that famously said, "the public be damned." -- WaxHoo 03/25/2016 1:36PM

C. Vanderbuilt, I think ** -- NJHoo 04/02/2016 3:54PM

If it is in the public interest to assist the DNC and GOP in selecting -- Hokie5150 03/25/2016 12:00PM

First of all, I don't know what assistance the state is giving us here in -- Seattle .Hoo 03/25/2016 12:19PM

Serious question: are they being excluded for primary ballots? If so where? -- SixerHoo 03/25/2016 12:04PM

Every state has their own hoops to jump through to gain ballot access. ** -- Hokie5150 03/25/2016 12:16PM

The segment of the population who are less likely to be employed full time? ** -- Tuckahokie 03/25/2016 10:50AM

I would think retirees and professionals ** -- Hfbyrd 03/25/2016 10:54AM

How about folks who have no cars? I imagine most of the -- SixerHoo 03/25/2016 11:30AM

Sorry your school is being re-named B-T-W ** -- Tuckahokie 03/25/2016 11:07AM

ISIS update. -- Lazarus 03/25/2016 09:47AM

Get with the program, son... -- exit272hoo 03/26/2016 09:34AM

Although we may be taking back ground in Syria.. -- GoochlandHoo 03/25/2016 12:31PM

Got to hand it to laz, he sticks by those talking points no matter what -- TomKazanski 03/25/2016 1:04PM

When did they put Obama in charge of Belgium? ** -- SixerHoo 03/25/2016 1:07PM

One of the comments raises a point I was wondering abuot -- cvilleHOOrat 03/25/2016 10:38AM

Exactly the question we should have asked before invading Iraq -- Late 80s Hokie 03/25/2016 12:26PM

I don't know I agree that winning this war is not going to be difficult -- cvilleHOOrat 03/25/2016 12:40PM

Post referred more to capturing Mosul, and how they "could take it next -- Late 80s Hokie 03/28/2016 11:31AM

If you don't figure out how to fix the root problem another snake will rise -- Beerman 03/25/2016 11:49AM

I agree. It's a sad situation ** -- NJHoo 04/02/2016 3:55PM

Author Richard North Patterson nails the reasons for GOP's failure (link) -- SixerHoo 03/25/2016 09:43AM

POTY to date. -- WaxHoo 03/25/2016 6:02PM

Basically, the GOP went from Boca to Tri-Kappa Tommy. ** -- WahooRQ 03/25/2016 11:39AM

+1 ** -- dmt3y 04/06/2016 9:08PM

And yet, they enjoy great success in local elections. I don't think -- HoosWillWin 03/25/2016 11:04AM

Because republicans are the only one who gerrymander? -- TomKazanski 03/25/2016 1:34PM

Republicans are sooo cleaver, Gerrymandering control of the Senate -- AlexHoo 03/25/2016 11:30AM

I said the House. But, I agree that the local election success -- HoosWillWin 03/25/2016 1:16PM

The Senate should be easy pickins for the Repubs considering red states -- WahooRQ 03/25/2016 11:50AM

Yep! ** -- dmt3y 04/06/2016 9:04PM

In the Senate there have been a number of small red states that sent Dems -- AlexHoo 03/25/2016 1:39PM

Certainly gerrymandered in 2012 when they won 51% of house seats -- Shenhoo 03/25/2016 11:40AM

Depends on Hoo is on top of the ticket -- AlexHoo 03/25/2016 11:49AM

I don't see the Dems not winning the popular vote for the House. -- Shenhoo 03/25/2016 11:55AM

I think maybe a 12-15 seat increase for the Dems, judging by the number of -- southdenverhoo 03/25/2016 7:01PM

I think they might, but yes they will keep control -- AlexHoo 03/25/2016 12:12PM

How is your mockery of the gerrymandering explanation valid -- Shenhoo 03/25/2016 12:17PM

Facts are facts, Republicans got 52% of the vote for the house in 2014 -- AlexHoo 03/25/2016 1:31PM

Pretty ironic autocorrect there Alex: "geographic disturbing of voters" :-) ** -- SixerHoo 03/25/2016 1:40PM

True ** -- AlexHoo 03/25/2016 2:01PM

Do the board Liberati really want the GOP to completely fail? In the -- Tuckahokie 03/25/2016 10:46AM

In its current form? Yes. I think party reformation is pending. We'll need -- Seattle .Hoo 03/25/2016 11:37AM

I'd like to see that GOP from the 70's and 80's replace whatever the hell -- WahooRQ 03/25/2016 11:23AM

You mean when they were the perminent minority party -- AlexHoo 03/25/2016 2:46PM

When they won national elections and weren't a batshit crazy -- WahooRQ 03/25/2016 3:01PM

+1 ** -- dmt3y 04/06/2016 9:08PM

Nm ** -- dmt3y 04/06/2016 11:55PM

+1 ** -- dmt3y 04/06/2016 9:08PM

You are dead right with that view ** -- NJHoo 04/02/2016 3:56PM

If you think where the Democratic Party is today is a good thing -- AlexHoo 03/25/2016 3:15PM

The Republican Party today is the party of Trump and his values. -- Shenhoo 03/25/2016 3:26PM

Just how clueless and "in the bubble" are you? -- WahooRQ 03/25/2016 3:21PM

+1 ** -- dmt3y 04/06/2016 9:04PM

They're not in the bubble though ** -- dmt3y 04/06/2016 9:07PM

Me too, RQ. I've voted in 12 prez elections. First seven times I voted R. -- SixerHoo 03/25/2016 4:10PM

We will see, but today it is the Democratic party that is fading away -- AlexHoo 03/25/2016 3:38PM

The Dems are about to win their third straight national election and retake -- WahooRQ 03/25/2016 4:14PM

Changing demographics say you're not just wrong, but laughably wrong. -- SixerHoo 03/25/2016 4:04PM

No, I do not understand willful ignorance either -- AlexHoo 03/25/2016 4:37PM

One popular vote victory since the 80's. Against John Kerry. -- WahooRQ 03/25/2016 5:37PM

Let's talk about arithmetic. Virginia has 99 counties. Bath County -- SixerHoo 03/25/2016 5:24PM

Actually I agree...RQ, there are times when you are not a member of -- Tuckahokie 03/25/2016 12:26PM

Nice Van Wilder pull! -- WahooRQ 03/25/2016 1:04PM

This one does. Then if there is blame to be had, let it fall where it may. -- SixerHoo 03/25/2016 11:02AM

Smh ** -- 111Balz 03/25/2016 10:51AM

Which GOP? The one that thinks their best candidates are Trump and Cruz? -- Shenhoo 03/25/2016 10:48AM

Shen...you are smart enough to realize that the Democrats need a -- Tuckahokie 03/25/2016 10:53AM

What are you talking about? ** -- 111Balz 03/25/2016 10:58AM

R's wonderful. D's bad. There's never anything else. ** -- Shenhoo 03/25/2016 11:00AM

"R"s do plenty of bad, and the Dems do plenty of good...and they keep each -- Tuckahokie 03/25/2016 11:06AM

And Hillary's too corrupt and compromised. ** -- Shenhoo 03/25/2016 11:08AM

Are you smart enough to realize how happy Hillary is that you guys -- Shenhoo 03/25/2016 10:56AM

For once I agree with you the only way she wins -- AlexHoo 03/25/2016 3:46PM

I have fully expected that Hillary in 2016 was inevitablejust ever -- Tuckahokie 03/25/2016 11:11AM

Inevitable why? The reactionary response is media, but it is wrong. -- Shenhoo 03/25/2016 11:18AM

Maybe the best thing I've ever read about all that is wrong with the GOP! -- Hoodafan 03/25/2016 10:15AM

Is the party that controls the House and Senate failing? ** -- hokeyhokie 03/25/2016 10:11AM

Yes. R's will control a lot of states--mostly in the Mormon West and the -- Shenhoo 03/25/2016 10:44AM

In this case yes, clearly. Read the article with an open mind. ** -- 81_Hokie 03/25/2016 10:17AM

And they have most state governors, can't forget that -- hokeyhokie 03/25/2016 10:37AM

He reached the conclusion (leaving the party) 12 or so years after I did.As -- 81_Hokie 03/25/2016 10:08AM

Love this quote... -- GoochlandHoo 03/25/2016 09:55AM

Re: Author Richard North Patterson nails the reasons for GOP's failure (link) -- cvilleHOOrat 03/25/2016 09:52AM

Warning: this is a book, not an article. ** -- Hoogle.com 03/25/2016 09:47AM

Yup. It is long, but well worth the time. ** -- SixerHoo 03/25/2016 09:59AM

Latest RCP polls, Clinton over Trump now double digits, over Cruz +3, -7 to -- 81_Hokie 03/25/2016 09:03AM

Cruz not well known. To know him is to loathe him for the normal ** -- WarmHoo 03/26/2016 2:22PM

Too late. The nut job wing has excommunicated the GOP. The divide -- SixerHoo 03/25/2016 11:09AM

Their problem is the "nutjob wing" is their support base. Take that away -- WahooRQ 03/25/2016 09:46AM

But it would never be Clinton vs Cruz or Clinton vs. Kasich -- 111Balz 03/25/2016 09:06AM

Lol. A mental picture I didn't need this morning. ** -- JohnHoo2 03/25/2016 09:12AM

Kasich is as immaterial in the general as Sander's is--or Rubio. ** -- Shenhoo 03/25/2016 09:10AM

Agree. Also seems like he's not as grandfatherly and loved as he is -- WahooRQ 03/25/2016 10:37AM

Interesting insight. Thanks. ** -- NJHoo 04/02/2016 3:59PM

Clintons Turning Against Obama -- PalmyraHoo 03/25/2016 06:51AM

Re: Clintons Turning Against Obama ... I heard they were against equal -- Lazarus 03/25/2016 09:02AM

That's a completely false premise -- DanTheFan 03/25/2016 08:28AM

He back stepped because of the reaction to his comments. Clinton testing -- ESHooFan 03/25/2016 10:22AM

There's no reason to think so. -- DanTheFan 03/25/2016 1:05PM

You know. I think you are correct. ** -- Shenhoo 03/25/2016 10:32AM

One would have to be delusional to believe he meant to criticize Obama. ** -- SixerHoo 03/25/2016 10:32AM

What in there does anything about healthcare costs? Sorry, but -- Hoodafan 03/25/2016 09:35AM

The primary benefits of the ACA was 1) to give millions of people access -- 111Balz 03/25/2016 10:10AM

Exactly ** -- NJHoo 04/02/2016 3:57PM

I totally agree with your point 1. But that could've been done for so much -- Hoodafan 03/25/2016 10:36AM

So...that's exactly what the bill attemtped to do (your first two -- 111Balz 03/25/2016 10:49AM

Not time to find it for you, but the GAO answered your ques yesterday. ** -- Lazarus 03/25/2016 09:48AM

The only way to control costs is to allow hookers and blow with healthcare -- Shenhoo 03/25/2016 09:38AM

That would certainly take a few more off the Gov't dole sooner for sure. ** -- Hoodafan 03/25/2016 09:41AM

You miss my (vague) point. We need to introduce shopping -- Shenhoo 03/25/2016 09:53AM

Besides, it wouldn't even make sense. Obama's popularity -- Shenhoo 03/25/2016 08:31AM

I noticed that, he might even get above 50% by the time he leaves office -- AlexHoo 03/25/2016 09:04AM

You've been pretty quiet lately about the R's deep bench. -- Shenhoo 03/25/2016 11:01AM

Rasmussen and Gallup are right around there. -- DanTheFan 03/25/2016 09:18AM

Yep. it's interesting how the more tv time Hillary and Trump and Cruz -- Shenhoo 03/25/2016 09:09AM

But boy some people just eat up misinformation, don't they ** -- 111Balz 03/25/2016 08:38AM

Read any good rolling stone articles recently? ** -- dajoka004 03/25/2016 08:52AM

One or two , why? ** -- 111Balz 03/25/2016 09:03AM

She has the diehard Dems all locked up -- 25Charlie 03/25/2016 07:33AM

She will also pull from a poll of centrist Independent voters and -- Shenhoo 03/25/2016 08:25AM

I look for the bulk of those voters to go to Johnson. He's -- Hokie5150 03/25/2016 09:08AM

More than fine by me. I won't vote for Hillary. ** -- Shenhoo 03/25/2016 09:32AM

I can certainly respect that. I wouldn't vote for her or Trump if you put -- Hokie5150 03/25/2016 09:39AM

A gun wouldn't do it for me either. Now Cruz, on the other hand... ** -- Shenhoo 03/25/2016 09:41AM

It looks like Cruz is finished if the rumors are true. ** -- Hokie5150 03/25/2016 09:55AM

Probing in the dark recesses of the interweb has me convinced -- Shenhoo 03/25/2016 12:14PM

You can say what you want about the National Enquirer, but -- Hokie5150 03/25/2016 12:27PM

However the polling data and her focus groups tell her to proceed ** -- Tuckahokie 03/25/2016 07:14AM

..instead of talk radio hosts. ** -- Shenhoo 03/25/2016 08:25AM

Went to bed laughing at Coach K and woke up to #tedcruzsexscandal trending -- hooshouse 03/25/2016 05:39AM

It would help explain the bizarre $500K contribution to Carly Fiorina -- VAGentleman05 03/25/2016 09:50AM

Apparently, Breitbart spiked the story. Or saved it to protect their -- Shenhoo 03/25/2016 08:32AM

An evangelical having a sex scandal? -- HoosWillWin 03/25/2016 08:26AM

Hoo ever heard of such a thing! ** -- NJHoo 04/02/2016 3:51PM

It would be if he remembered to use "protection." ** -- HowieT3 03/25/2016 08:47AM

Explains Grayson Allen. ** -- WahooRQ 03/25/2016 08:14AM

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