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Comment on Turning back the clock by Marcel

Marcel — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:33:13 +0000

I’d rather have had the Olympics.

Comment on Turning back the clock by Benjamin

Benjamin — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:34:40 +0000

That’s the pork barrel for Illinois, huh?

Comment on Hasan’s nightmare by Foxfier

Foxfier — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:36:28 +0000

Given the antics the SOB apparently got up to, the “harassment” he was pissed about was probably things like him being counseled for trying to get folks to convert when he was supposed to be doing his job, etc.

He was shot…by a TINY woman. Even better!

Comment on And the Russians are right… by John

John — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:25:21 +0000

1. The Russians are right.

2. The Russians want Iran to get the bomb. So why are we trying to use them as leverage? These are our strategic opponents.

Comment on Conservatives by foxfier

foxfier — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:40:58 +0000

An embarrassment of riches!

Thank you greatly. ^.^ Kind of nice to see someone else try to offer a bunch of possible different sources for research.

Comment on Conservatives by Marcel

Marcel — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:34:41 +0000

The pdf linked in New Report Sheds Light on Trends and Patterns in Marriage, Divorce, and Cohabitation has a lot of data, but only a little on rural vs. urban people. Here's a table showing divorce rates by state. It supports the idea that divorce rates are higher in rural areas, but I don't know how reliable it is - I couldn't track down their source. Some material from a college class on the American Family: Change and Diversity looks useful. The Family Research Council looks like it has a lot of material. Finally, if you have access at home or from the library, CQ Researcher seems to have some good, though long, summaries. And, this post does show up in my feedreader (Google reader). That's probably a more thorough reply than warranted. Sometimes I get carried away.

Comment on Conservatives by foxfier

foxfier — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:47:51 +0000

Huh… I think the RSS feed is funky, I never got this on my reader!

I would kind of like to see the stats on rural white community’s divorce rates, though– it doesn’t seem to jive with what I’ve seen, unless urban populations are simply more likely to have children without getting married at all?

Comment on Stargate Universe by John

John — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:00:07 +0000

I’m still working my way through season 1 of Atlantis and season 9 of SG-1. I’ll wait until I’m done with those two shows before tackling Universe.

Comment on Stargate Universe by Aurelia

Aurelia — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:11:08 +0000

And of course their own Jack O’Neill, John Shepard, and even Cameron Mitchell, to an extent. I guess you just can’t have a main character without having an unpleasant past.

Comment on For effort by Marcel

Marcel — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:58:13 +0000

The thing is, I don’t dislike Obama. His politics are way more liberal than mine, and he’s an Illinois politician. But he seems like a decent guy trying to make the best of the circumstances in which he finds himself. I wonder if he really thought he would win the nomination, let alone the election. But now he’s in the White house, and his party controls the legislature. His biggest challenge is not people like me who disagree with his policies, or vicious lunatics who disagree with his race. It’s his sycophantic supporters. They’ve re-channeled (some of) their hatred of Bush, into worship of Obama. That’s not going to end well.