MoreheadEagle

I think I agree with you on this particular issue. If we can find a way to store the nuclear waste safely then great but as of right now we don't. I also think clean coal is going to be something that can only help our energy independence and will help KY.

Gotcha. I agree that as supply dwindles the alternatives will be more practical. But, in the present I firmly believe that people want to switch to alternatives quickly. Look at how well Toyota has done with their hybrids and they're on the verge of introducing plug-ins that will get double the mileage. American auto makers, for some reason, aren't catching on. I am just concerned about running out of things like medicine, fertilizer, plastics, and everything else. Getting off of oil for energy purposes needs to be priority #1 for security and environmental reasons.

If we don't conserve then the oil will run out quicker and all the other things we make from it (basically everything we use) will be gone before we find an alternative source. If we conserve and switch to alternate fuel/energy then we can use the remaining time to find other ways of producing all the other stuff we make from oil.

The wife and I stayed in a little cabin just outside of Gatlinburg over spring break. Fontaine Cabin rentals was the company. It wasn't very expensive and I'm probably going to use them from now on.

I'm sorry.

You present the OPINION that black liberation theology is racist as fact. I've never seen you qualify your description of black liberation theology as "In my opinion it's racist." There are hundreds of thousands of people who subscribe to that particular theology, are they all racist? No. Not all people who are religious conservatives are bigots. The point of the thread IMO, is that Wright is from the same mold as Falwell, Robertson, Hagee, Parsley, and a long list of wackos with a pulpit.

You should really take the time to do some hiking while you're there if you're physically able. There are lots of great trails and waterfalls that you can see and still have plenty of time in the evening to do other things. Also, Cherokee NC has a casino and a couple good museums.

In your opinion. I can find lots of hate speech from Hagee, Parsley, Robertson the late Falwell, Ted "I'm not gay" Haggard. They all IMO are part of a bigoted political movement that is full of hatred. I can also find lots of examples of such pastors basically saying the same as Wright b/c the government doesn't do something that we want.

I asked my farmer father in law this question. His answer was "No". I'll stick with that.

Both are bad and both have basically said the same thing.

In newspapers it is the case, I should have qualified that. You're right about cable news and Fox is the worst. I agree.

I rented it and I love it. The graphics are awesome and the gameplay easy to learn. It's a lot more graphic than the previous versions.

Usually that is the case. NPR is still the best and most fair reporting you're going to get in US broadcasts and in this story they did a great job.

Don't bother looking for airbrushed T-shirts...you won't find any. (sarcasm off)

Good for him. I can't imagine how tough it would be to have to go through all college athletes have to deal with and have cancer added to that.

In political coverage the burden is on the candidate to pitch their policy, not the candidate's economic advisors. I don't know how clearer I can be and some are going to see a "liberal bias" anyway so I don't know why I bother. McCain made the pitch and the economist was the opposition opinion. What do you do then? Do you have someone else defend McCain's policy and leave it at that? That would be 2 McCain 1 opposition and biased. If they had interviewed Clinton and Obama and left out the economists then that would still be 2 pro 1 con. I would wager that if this was a global climate change story and the reporter didn't cited three opposing opinions you would be nominating it for a peabody. NPR did a very good job and once again showed why they are the best broadcast news in the US.

I really don't have an answer to that. IMO the amendment is discriminatory and there could be some loophole that allows this since to my knowledge the amendment only defines marriage. If this is a new policy that allows partners to receive benefits regardless of marital status then I don't see how the amendment applies. It's a new company policy allowing customers to purchase insurance for whomever they please.

If someone is working for the university and getting their money taken out for benefits it should go to whomever they see fit, it's their money. This doesn't just mean homosexual employees but also heterosexual employees who aren't married.

:lol: Oh now that's funny. :lol::lol: We've had probably a total for 4 weeks where the media can't go 30 minutes without talking about it. Thanks though. You gave me a good laugh for the day.

I certainly hope he stays but he has to do what makes him happy.

Will just have to agree to disagree. I'm coming at this from my education in journalism and from what I see, it's a fair story.

No. NPR did one story. A very fair one. The difference with NPR is that they give you a news show, no info-tainment, and they only have an hour to do it. Fox gives 24 hour "coverage" to something and usually only presents one side of the argument. As I stated before if Fox did a story on Clinton's helthcare plan and didn't editorialize it, and showed someone who disagreed and left it at that then that would be great. What all cable news does is give us some information and then has post-game analysis to tell us what to think. The problem with Fox, and to a lesser extent the other cable news programs, is they frame the interview to one side. Hannity is well-known for not letting guests answer questions and then shouting them down when they give an answer he doesn't like. Add that to Fox's 24 hour Rev Wright insanity coverage, panel discussions that are made up of just conservatives, and inserting editorial comments into the text of what is supposed to be a news story and you have the US version of Pravda.

McCain is giving his pitch and the media was showing one opposing view. It's fair. If you had McCain, opposition, pro-McCain then it would require yet another opposition.

If Fox did a story on the Clinton healthcare plan and not thrown in editorial comments during the text of the story (something Fox is bad about doing) and then said "some economists disagree" and showed a quote from an economist I would have no problem. That's fair journalism.

Active duty troops aren't supposed to give political opinions. It's an ethical issue.