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Can we just vote already?

Its funny because as I try to get a grip on what irks me about her, I realized that its that she reminds me of Bush before his fall from grace. Arrogant and belligerent without a lick of substance, and people are loving it. What was that Bushism? "Fool me once, won't get fooled again"?

Wow, I could have written this same thing almost word for word.

Hats off to the Bobcats. I still have yet to see a single play of Buckeye football this year--was coaching my daughter's soccer team this afternoon and that's going to be a major scheduling conflict all season--might finally have to break down and get a DVR. Don't know what was up with tOSU today--looking ahead, not really expecting a fight out of OU--but it sounds like they deserved to have a little scare put into them and they're lucky to get out of there with the W. In other news, damn those refs for screwing up my Washington over BYU upset pick. I actually wanted to pick E. Carolina a

Ditto. I really never dreamed this silliness would go on so long. My bad. Carry on......this is actually a great thread and we should probably get back to the topic at hand...

Heh, I've been thinking about that song throughout this discussion, too. Tell Al I'm all about the bear-spray...honest!

See, I think the "what if civilization broke down?" argument is one that gets most people to stare at them like they are space aliens. I think most people would be envisioning this post-apocalyptic type landscape and in the back of their minds thinking "Wow.....psycho." On the other hand, the example of supply lines breaking down is entirely reasonable. Katrina did a great job at showing how fragile the infrastructure can be. Being able to raise/catch/whatever your own food is potentially a pretty useful skill to have, I guess.

The cucumbers I grew in my backyard this summer tasted like crap, so dressed up in full camo and blasted the crap out of them in the dead of night from the safety of my neighbor's yard.

I'm in agreement with this. I'm not a hunter, but do spend a decent amount of time doing "outdoorsy" stuff. I don't own a gun, but could possibly see the use for one in the rare example of the bear attack (and yes there are sprays--I have never had occasion to use it, so cannot vouch for its effectiveness). But I'm not really against hunting, I just don't find it an attractive way to spend my time. I do not at all have a problem with hunting for food. (FWIW, I know a guy who makes a mean venison chili.) Hunting for "sport" is less appealing to me. But I also contradict myself in that I

I have to admit, I don't have much of an opinion about Carson Palmer's comments about OSU. I'd probably get sick of hearing it, too, but he's a moron for voicing it publicly...considering he is only the less-than-superstar QB of the 3rd most popular football team in the state.

I was correct with my East Carolina over VT pick last week. This week? Uhh. Washington over BYU?

Heh. Yeah, even Clarett stopped short of murder. Just barely, but still.

Thank goodness! Unrequited love is a bitch.

Of all the many things I disagreed with my wife's dad about, I always appreciated his approach to "hunting". Oh sure, he'd go out in the woods with a gun alright, but it was never loaded. Too dangerous. For him, holding a shotgun was merely a way of enjoying nature without looking like a wuss.

Tranquilizers definitely would be a more humane way of dealing with the rather unlikely event of a bear attack. Do they sell bear-tranquilizers over the counter? Something tells me they don't. The best I can do is to keep Twinkies laced with Xanax with me at all times and hope I can outrun him long enough for him to get too mellow to eat me. Edit: You know I'm just having fun with this, right?

I'm not convinced. Keep trying.

I just found out about the Columbus show. I may have to try to catch this one.

Hockey fans (and moms) are clearly out of touch with mainstream America.

I have nothing to add to the Olberman/O'Reilly discussion since I don't watch either of them. But with the NHL season almost upon us, I'd like send out a big FU to Ms. Palin for politicizing the sport of hockey. Yeah, I know. Pretty weak, but its all I got today.

Amen to that. I was hiking in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee last weekend and had to concede this one universal truth: In a wooded area known for bears, its a lot harder to be anti-gun.

Jobless rate soars to 6.1% Record 1.2 million homes hit by foreclosure Sure it is, pal.

I can't even read that, but I'll still go ahead and give it a thumbs up. true

I can think of some people who came here on boats that didn't get forced into the 'white' generalization. Just sayin'. And according to the all-knowing Wikipedia, Heart was only briefly based out of Canada because the male members of the band didn't want to go to Vietnam. Draft-dodging hippes!

Meh. The GOP will just use this as further proof that the entire entertainment industry is out to get them, yada yada. I mean, even Heart hates them! Wait, isn't Heart a Canadian band? Or am I confusing them with somebody?