KevinG

No apples. I was eating one and it tasted good.

I just want to say I really love afternoon baseball. Listening to games at work is a joy. I know it will never happen but I would love more day games, and Twi-night doubleheaders.

I like apples

Another fine example of George Lucas' prowess a writer. You actually remind me of a bit Stewart did a few days back on the NRA convention where the speakers complained that the anti-gun groups used emotions for their arguments instead of facts and then proceeded to show the very same speakers uses fear as their pro gun arguments. I would have more respect for the NRA if they were more honest with their members.

Rose: if you're an alien how come you sound like you are from the north? Doctor: Lots of planets have a north.

But you are leaving out a specific thing here, Glen Beck was a speaker at the convention, thus the NRA is endorsing his views (and accepting of his imagery), unless they say otherwise. If they have backed off from what Beck said, please let me know. There are liberals who have done the same thing with people on the right, I do not doubt that. But I don't know of a major liberal group who have let something like that fly. So I guess I get to your googling and find a major liberal lobbying organization, that has condoned or accepted such imagery.

The set up with the kids at the end seemed very forced, but I like the fact they are in the next episode (with Warrick Davis and The Cybermen, written by Neil Gaiman). If there is one thing that Matt Smith does really really well is act with children. This is the one episode I have been really looking forward to.

I think presidential speculation at this point is pretty silly, though I did bring it up because Ted Cruz because his presidential aspirations were in the news and wanted to get others (ie Texans, etc.) thoughts on the man. But yet you decided to post in it. You have the power to change the conversation. If you look back over the 600 odd posts I think a relatively small amount has been focused on 2016 presidential race. So I guess we have to live without your insightful comments, which I am sad about. Hmmm, I would have pegged you as a libertarian rather than having libera

Well it is, the African American votes for a Democrat has been above 80% since 1976 and the Hispanic vote has been above 60% and steadily increasing. Now to imply that all of a sudden a minority will flip its vote solely based upon the race of the candidate is offensive. It says that the minority is more interested in the color of the candidate then their politics. It is not say that there would be no "race bump" but to the level of 95%? The GOP candidate would have to get 70% more of the Hispanic vote to get to that level. If the GOP wants the Hispanic vote they will need change their po

I think the 95% of the Latino vote is a huge stretch. Considering Obama won the Latino vote with 70% and the African American vote by 93%. Yes more Latinos will probably vote for a fellow Latino, but 95% is a huge number. It is bordering on offense to suggest that the reason someone will vote for someone else based upon race. Minorities have been voting Democratic for decades and now it is gonna change because of the color of candidate's skin, ridiculous. Maybe if the GOP embraced policies that are close to the heart's of minorities they will have a chance, but for all their outreach t

I like Joe Biden, under his folkise charm and missteps there is a a very shrewd politician. Never underestimate Joe Biden Why do you like him? Ha! But in 2004 Obama was the darling of the party establishment. Ted Cruz is only liked by the TEA party wing of party.

Hey whatcha all think about Ted Cruz exploring a presidential bid in 2016? http://www.nationalreview.com/article/347052/cruz-2016 The way he has conducted himself in the senate is an embarrassment, IMHO. But then again I have only seen clips of him from the recent months (notably his exchange with Diane Feinstein). He seems to be hated by the old guard of his party and not surprisingly many on the left. And of course there is the Canada thing. There was such an uproar over Obama wonders if this will rear its ugly head as well (but of course it shouldn't but it will because the media is

I am certainly glad we are busy trying to find blame for things, instead of trying fix what is wrong (note: this is pointed towards LouieB as well and Mr. Heartbreak). You all sound like my kids. It drives me nuts when they do it and more so when adults do it. This is exactly what is wrong with our country. One person blames someone for something, then another blames the other guy. It is political one upsmanship that is ridiculous. It is all about keeping score, rather then fixing things. It is madding, and ridiculous. Bad shit happens, it always will. After shit happens why do w

Regardless of how you feel about gun control to not vote for the measure because you didn't want to seem like you were helping the President is a pretty shitty thing to do. Vote for a measure or don't because of merits of the law, but vote out shear party politics, that is inexcusable. http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/05/01/18001650-toomeys-candor-sheds-light-on-post-policy-party?lite The disfunction we have in our political system is so great it is really sad. Truly incredibly sad. There is no governing body in US that is looking out for the people of US, just the pure party p

I still feel you failed to answer my question. You said it was a farce that out of 80K 44 were prosecuted for lying on the federal background check application. So that seems to be a problem for you. The agency responsible for enforcement of that law is the ATF. The ATF has been effectively neutered by the results of the NRA lobby. So either it is a farce and problem that needs to be dealt with, or it is just something you are saying just to say. I think it is common courtesy to provide links, it not only can bolster your opinion, but provides clarification. Believe it or not I do wo

I have not read the form, other than the bit you posted, you are the "expert" with this form so I was looking for you for clarification. Simple as that don't get pissy on me now. You stated that, "tens of thousands of people fail existing background checks every year. How many are prosecuted? Forty or 50. It's a farce." I actually found an article and facts to back that up. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/14/us/politics/us-may-focus-more-on-gun-background-checks.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&. It would have been so much easier if you would have link to an article to back up your stat

So it is illegal to lie on a federal background check (apparently not to simply fail one). I am trying to figure out your point. So did tens of thousands lie on a background check and were not prosecuted? Or did tens of thousands simply fail? Yes it is a farce that a small number were prosecuted but with the NRA taking most of the teeth out of any AFT enforcement you can see where I lay the blame. So I suggest if you have a problem with how current gun laws are enforced you should look at the organization you support. I guess you are ok with guns falling into the hands of criminals

I am not sure what you are trying to get at. If tens of thousands people fail existing background checks, did they still get guns? If not then the background checks worked didn't they? So that is a good thing. If these tens of thousands of people got guns after failing background checks maybe the NRA should stop actively weakening the laws we currently have. So yeah it is a farce, but look at what organization is making it a farce. Also is it illegal to fail a background check? I wasn't aware of that. Your statement is confusing. Ok whatever helps you sleep at night. Myself, k

You keep saying that like it means something. That is great, I am glad every new gun sale requires a background check. But every "used" gun sale does not. Now I am not a gun owner, but if I was, I would want to know the person I sold my gun to is not a criminal or mentally ill. Why wouldn't you want to know that? For your own safety if nothing else. It boggles my mind. You do know how polls work, right? 1,772 is a very common sample size for all polls and a good predictor of the nation as a whole. Just because you don't like the results of a poll you don't need to attack

I would like to applaud the strength and courage of the US Senate not to cow-tow to the 90% of the American people who wanted background checks, but rather listen to the NRA, because we all know that they are looking out for Americans and their rights. I say good job to you US Senate, you are a governmental body that is truly the envy of the rest of the world.

Of course it is natural to be curious, hell I wonder who would do something like this and why, to me that is important conversation to have. But to point a finger a group (ie TEA party or the hard conservative right) is just not right. To me speculating that it was a member of the TEA party is the same as speculating that it was someone from the Middle East, or it was a member of Occupy Wall Street, or that this was the first in a line of Alien attacks. All of those are just as likely from the information we now know. Why don't you think it was a member of Occupy movement? You might

I think you know I am far from right wing, but do we really think we should be playing armchair detectives here? Maybe harm is not the right word, but kinda of pointless. This story is 48 hours old, and now we have already moved from the grief process to the pointing fingers part.

I think speculating on the who and why does more harm then good.

Since Massachusetts doesn't have the death penalty I doubt they will do that and IMHO it would serve no purpose (but that is another debate for another time). I hope the person(s) responsible are found and brought to justice.

Super cool. Keith is quite good but he will never replace Ronnie. A true fan in the booth is always fun. For my money there is no better play by play man in all of sports then Pat Hughes. He makes even the worse games bearable.