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Maybe this fall...
… he’ll go see the Bears when they play at Lambert Field. I hear John Kerry has season tickets.
by Steven Andrew Miller on Jul 15, 2009 4:24 PM CDT reply actions
Come on, Pete, be his apologist.
“At least he didn’t refer to it as Wrigley Field. And he’s a stand-up guy – he could’ve decided to not refer to the Sox at all. True Sox fan. And a busy guy. He was NOT loaded – he was tired. And excited.”
We’re a pack of a-holes.
by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
I think it shows his character
being able to just move on through that interview as though it didnt happen . . . character.
"I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it."
Sorry to disabuse you who have hope of "audacity
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by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
of change,
but he is a machine politician, with a great presentaion, nothing more.
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by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
These events have me frightened and on the verge of evacuating my bowels.
by thatshortkid on Jul 15, 2009 7:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Look, he's better than McCain. The best guy won. No sour grapes.
I am disappointed in him, though. The old AFL-CIO schtick he’s throwing down is beneath him. He can do great things. Instead, he’s style, not substance, playing to his base. I was hoping for more.
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by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
old AFL-CIO schtick?
These events have me frightened and on the verge of evacuating my bowels.
by thatshortkid on Jul 15, 2009 7:46 PM CDT up reply actions
It's all an illusion
He’s much more neo-liberal anti-union than you’d think. He’s pushing charter schools even though all of the data suggests that charters actually cost more, select kids and do LESS for them than neighborhood schools.
School reform needs to happen, but this is hurting kids just to get rid of the union.
No, it isn't.
Kids’ education is getting worse, not better. The unions need help but are like the NRA in their inflexibility (“once the nose is in the tent, the whole camel follows!!!” BS). Good for him. And what I do respect is he’s not being hypocritical – his own kids go to private school. He knows kids need help and few can afford THAT kind of cost/benefit ratio.
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by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
by winningugly on Jul 16, 2009 11:00 AM CDT up reply actions
so it's "unions uber alles" when we're talking about detroit. "good for him" when we're talking about teachers
wow. there might actually be nuance in a person’s opinion. both yours and the president’s.
and c’mon, wu. i think we all know the “all style, no substance” BS meme is played out by now.
These events have me frightened and on the verge of evacuating my bowels.
by thatshortkid on Jul 16, 2009 2:30 PM CDT up reply actions
You are right
the ‘all style’ part is only when he has a scheduled event and teleprompters in place. Otherwise, you end up with "cominskey field’ type remarks . . . and I would not call it no substance . . . but certainly less substance than one was led to believe prior to January.
"I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it."
It's only played out if it isn't exhibited any more.
When it is, it’s fair game. Bush was dumb for 8 years, and we heard about it for 8 years. It was deserved. It is deserved when the smooth bro is less than smooth. Gotta back it up.
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by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
thank gawd baseball returns today. i hate the ASB
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by thatshortkid on Jul 17, 2009 6:16 AM CDT up reply actions
yeah, when will the media stop picking on obama? will he ever get a fair shake?
Cashing checks and having sex.
Yes, Copperfield
has nothing on Obama
"I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it."
I let go of nothing.
Today’s WSJ about Illinois schools in a national context:
And speaking of charters, the Chicago study says they “provide one bright spot in the generally disappointing performance of Chicago’s public schools.” The city has 30 charters with 67 campuses serving 30,000 students out of a total public school population of 408,000. Another 13,000 kids are on wait lists because the charters are at capacity, and it’s no mystery why. Last year 91% of charter elementary schools and 88% of charter high schools had a higher percentage of students meeting or exceeding state standards than the neighborhood schools that the students otherwise would have attended.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124786847585659969.html#mod=todays_us_opinion
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by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
by winningugly on Jul 18, 2009 10:32 AM CDT up reply actions
Sure it is,
because kids’ behavior is so predictible.
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by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
Did they provide the stats that charter schools have bad retention rates
Oh wait, since they are privatized, they dont need to provide those stats with the other public schools.
They cannot seem to keep teachers for any longer than 5 years maximum at a time. They think teachers can just be substituted in and out to deliver effective curriculum. Their goal is to get “fresh” teachers and burn them out within a few years. This “Chicago” model is to try and recruit the best and the brightest and if that doesnt work, get rid of them.
You can try and skew the stats,
but it’s disingenuous. Tell me schools don’t need help. Then tell me charter schools don’t help. Please. Keep it simple.
And who doesn’t want to burn out the best and the brightest young kids? Law firms, brokerages, accountants, and the freaking Peace Corps do the same. So do schools. Take that idealistic energy. Is yours still apparent? If you’ve taught for 20 years, I bet not.
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by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
hey, i'm all for union uber alles
but you’re crazy if that’s you’re take on obama, xian is correct, he is much more liberal and anti-union than he let’s on.
Always bet on black!
by onlysoxfaninboston on Jul 16, 2009 1:56 PM CDT up reply actions
The best guy won.
you mean due to the fact he won he’s the best guy?
The greatest trick the White Sox ever pulled was convincing their fan base that "Ozzieball" ever existed.
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Hey, Pres. Obama, maybe now that Sears Tower has been remaned you can upgrade your information re: The Cell:
It’s become common for professional sports teams to sell the naming rights of their stadiums and arenas, as Chicago White Sox fans can attest, when their team’s stadium, Comiskey Park, renamed U.S. Cellular Field in 2003.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,532960,00.html?test=latestnews
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by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
And, as an aside,
what you talkin’ about, Willis?
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by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
He's a basketball man, leave the Commie alone
This must be like what Republicans felt like when Reagan was President in the 80s. No matter what goes wrong, continue to hype the myth to god-like proportions. In a decade or so, everyone will actually believe nonsensical bullshit.
The Chicago Bulls.....the more profitable Los Angeles Clippers.
Reagan had his haters, always.
“Bonzo” stuff. Too old. Dumb. Etc. Most of it justified, some not. I don’t listen to the pundits, so I don’t hear the hating. I will say, suprisingly, my wife and mother-in-law don’t like him (the Israel thing, maybe) and don’t “trust” him.
But I hear you. But, like Q, every Deity other than the True One, gets taken down eventually.
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by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
by winningugly on Jul 16, 2009 11:53 AM CDT up reply actions
Anyone remember Ald. Burton Natarus?
He called it Cominskey Field/Park all the time. Soldier’s Field too. There were TV stations in town that spelled it “Comisky.”
Here’s the funny thing about John Kerry and “Lambert Field” – that is a big screwup. Especially when you say it in Green Bay. During a Bush campaign appearance several days later, Tommy Thompson gave him all sorts of shit.
Tommy Thompson, of course, hosted the Packers in Madison after their Super Bowl win, and kept calling Mike Holmgren “Steve Holmgren” to his face.
If you would have kept writing your comment, would you have ended up at Kevin Bacon?
...take your hobbit circle jerk to another thread
by larry on May 18, 2009 8:58 PM PDT
I wonder how Obama would take being compared to the
great Burton Natarus?
But as a loyal Democrat, Natarus avoided challenging then-Mayor Richard J. Daley and the Party organization on issues such as corruption, favoritism, racism, and police brutality. He was a reliable vote in favor of the Mayor’s budget, and of any zoning changes requested by other Aldermen. The ordinances he crafted often included language that allowed the Mayor to give tax breaks, subsidies, and sweetheart deals to favored business interests. He was consistently supportive of property developers in his ward, and pointed to the vast array of big new buildings there as his accomplishment. In turn developers donated heavily to his campaign fund.
Maybe he’d be pleased…
BWAHAHAHAHA!
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by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
He also sponsored legislation to cover up the lingerie models at the Victoria's Secret on Mich. Ave.
BURN HIM AT THE STAKE!!!
Seriously, do you realize how many 11-14 year-old boys (and perhaps girls as well), whose parents don’t receive the Victoria’s secret catalog at home, burn those images in their brains so that they can rub one out before they go to bed??
Depriving even one of those young minds the chance to fantasize about banging a Victoria’s Secret model, while he/she lay in bed at night pleasuring thyself, should be a Federal crime.
...take your hobbit circle jerk to another thread
by larry on May 18, 2009 8:58 PM PDT
times have changed, rhythm. the kids don't have it as tough as we did. the cpu has given these little shits access to everything. they'll never know the feeling of sneaking off to the bathroom with your aunt's copy of redbook at age 12.
Cashing checks and having sex.
Or scouring the back of TV Week to find out which movies had Adult Situations AND Nudity.
“The Bikini Car Wash Company” is my generation’s version of the Farrah Fawcett poster.
exactly. and i didn't even have any premium channels. i was watching the scrambled playboy channel hoping to spot a boob at an opportune time.
Cashing checks and having sex.
Picasso boobs.
Fwap, fwap, fwap. (Wait! I see a nipple! I think!)
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by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
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