miragesmack

I just watched it delayed, and was very impressed. I'm glad they showed the religious importance to each school as well, especially my Tigers. I was hoping political correctness wouldn't affect that.

This has to be great for parochial school students, to get a real glimpse of each school.

Horrible 3rd and 1 playcall. Good job Joke.

Ugggh.

As an outsider, who didn't pay attention prior to the game, my question is: "what did they have to lose?" I could see it possibly giving them (Lafayette) some enthusiasm.

 

Just a thought/question.

Respect maybe?

Mercy volleyball was ranked #1 in the US by prepvolleyball.com, up from 3rd in the last ranking. That site is the most respected in terms of VB rankings. ESPN has them at #3 for the moment, but that could still change.

With several 1 loss teams at the top, it came down to SOS and quality of the team that provided the loss. Mercy's only loss was to Assumption, a loss it avenged twice later in the season.

I can't post a link to the rankings because that is premium, but I got a text from a player with the details re: Mercy as she learned them from her coach. The free headline however is on the link below.

http://prepvolleyball.yuku.com/topic/4049/t/Mercy-Academy-No-1-as-new-National-Rankings-now-up.html

I was under the impression he said if the coal companies don't follow the environmental rules, they will be bankrupted by the fines. So if they play by the rules (which will be hard for the coal companies), they should have no problem.

But he said they would make the restrictions so tough that they couldn't afford to pay all the fines. He's also against clean coal, which may be the wave of the future. Supposedly, it is much lower emission. We knows Biden is against clean coal, cause he said he wants the Chinese to have all the coal companies. I hate the coal companies too, because they are so destructive, but don't think they should be legistlated out of business this quickly. They should be allowed to develop the clean coal procedure.

Honestly, if they would just allow me to install a windmill in my front yard (or back) like I want, I wouldn't have any issues with this. But my neighborhood assoc is freaking out because it's twice the size of my house. I'm trying to be green, and sell power back to LG&E. Maybe Obama can nuke my association for me.

We can debate it in the coal thread, if you want.

I'll take a raincheck, I'll just go back and listen to it again. I'm only in this thread tonight, then adios. It's a fairly depressing board, either way you look at it. Too many chiefs, not enough indians.

The freakout from conservatives is funny and sad at the same time, because it was exactly how I felt in 2004.

 

Get over it, suck it up.

I was doomed this election, being neither truly liberal or conservative, and voting for a third party, who could not have won. Oh well, maybe next time.

you are actually currently punished for being married as far as taxes go.

Seriously? I haven't been married in 15 years, but your deduction was always bigger for married vs single I thought? Plus car insurance rates are cheaper if married too. Supposedly you are more responsible. I guess they don't look at the fact that 50% cheat on spouses, which isn't very responsible.

I don't think we are that divided. It's not like this election was close :lol:.

I don't either, but he isn't president yet. Also, he will get a free ride from major media, so even if he screws up, we'll never know about it.

Honestly, I don't think he even attempts half the stuff he has talked about over the years, at until his second term. Some of that stuff is too radical for moderate Dems. And I think he gets a second term, as long as the economy is good. That's the way it always happens. Good economy = incumbents win.

I'm very anti abortion, but that has already devided those who care one way or the other. As for gays, I could care less. I seriously doubt my God has any issues with them. And I think all marrital benefits should be eliminated anyway, straight or gay. Why reward people just for getting married with tax breaks or whatever?

I disagree when you say his economic beliefs won't devide the nation. Wealth re-distribution could very well do that. Even though I'm on the low end, and could very well benefit from his plan, I don't wan't any part of his Robin Hood plan of financing. I prefer to get by on my own. Until poor people start providing jobs, I'm against that plan.

He also has expressed interest in changing the constitution (saying our forefathers got it wrong), but that was as a professor. Sometimes professors just think all kinds of crazy stuff to make themselves seem important. I hope/assume that's the case here. I think if he did that, we would be seriously divided.

I listened to the whole "Coal" interview. Those statements, though posted in a forum, were NOT what he said. However, I guess now is not the time to go through all of that.

Were my ears lying? I listened to his own words, what did I miss? Plus Biden said the same thing. How did I misunderstand both of them?

And yes, his acceptance speech was very eloquent.

:thumb:

A lot of Palin supporters here it seems, but all the repubs I know had huge probelms with her magically appearing out of nowhere. Some changed their votes because of her. She is even more unknown that Obama.

They said something interesting on CNN. The man running with the best military record lost the last 4 elections.

I don't know either. But he was only running against Bush, and it looked liked he pulled some serious strings to stay out of harms way, not it may not take much to beat that.

I think he ran a very poor campaign, but there is no denying he is a great American. I thank him for his service to our country, and his pure love of being an American...

Poor in terms of a chance to win - yes I agree. But I was speaking merely of being classy and decent.

^ To answer that, let me tell you about myself. My current TV is 22 years old, and only the 3rd TV in my lieftime of 43 years. We had a B&W unitl I was in high school, in the 80's. I am only getting a new one due to the change, and moving this one (with a convertor) to another room. I also have never had cable or dish, and still use an antenna. I also have never played a video game that didn't require a quarter, and I was a master back then.

We just flat out don't watch much TV. Even my teen daughter only watches an hour a week, two hours tops. We're too busy with sports right now. I'm already fat, and can't imagine how I'd look if I watched more TV.

5 minutes, only because the poll worker was absolutely blind. She must have been 100 years old, and could not find my name, even when I pointed it out to her. Should have been 2 minutes.

Turns out, it was all hype about huge numbers voting this year. Trey Grayson said the same percent voted in KY as the last election, 65%. In Jefferson County, it was the same as well, 71%. This may have been another media induced hype.

I thought he ran a very classy campaign, as far as campaigns go. He defended Obama on many occassion, and his attacks were minor. Many of his so called "attacks" were merely McCain pointing out Obama's own words and using them against him. How that can be an attack....ehh?

As far as his concession, I think it is the best I've ever heard. When folks booed Obama (like happens in every election when the opponent is mentioned since I've been alive), McCain told them to stop, and stood up for "his president" again. There's no way he can be called aything but classy. Just look at Bush's elections to see what the opposite of classy is.

Potential Spoiler Alert

 

 

I hope the GOP nominee is Ron Paul...

Winna Winna!!! That's who my write in vote was today....Ron Paul!

It is sad that his grandma did not make it to this day.

True. It's hard to believe the timing of her death.

I don't understand the guilty until proven innocent mindset I'm seeing from so many people.

 

His slate is clean... We should judge him when he takes office in January, and not minutes after he is elected.

 

I'm open to explanations, though.

I guess I'm taking him at his word, the words he spoke as a lawyer and a professor and a senator over the past 15 years. He has said some very scary things, things he'd like to do. His desire to "bankrupt the coal industry" will have a very negative affect on KY, and my electric bill.

So his slate is not entirely clean in my eyes, but I can overlook those words, and long as he does not follow through with them.

As far as Nixon goes, don't forget his 1st two elections, especially the one against Voorhis. He accused him (and the next woman he defeated, name?) of being communist. It almost killed Voorhis, who was bitter to the day he died.

Oh, the kicker? Nixon admitted later that he made it all up, that he lied, but he had to do anything to win. "Anything to win" were his exact words..

So please don't make him out to be a saint.

Edited after reading a clarification from the Deuce!

I'm Dem for the most part, but wanted McCain or Powell instead of Bush years ago. McCain just got to bat too late in life I think.

I will say I respect everyone who has voiced their support for Obama. :thumb:

Why don't you support those who didn't support Obama? That sounds kinda petty. That's not what Obama is about, is it?

One reason ... no one can dispute the legitimacy of Obama's victory.

You seem to have a fascination with this subject, still holding a grudge after 8 years?!? Look, I didn't want Bush in office any more than you did, but he still won according to the system we have. Gore (whom I voted for) didn't even win his own state, that should tell you something about him.