The Hall of Fire

And yet that never defined who he was. Oy. :P Don't get me started. I like John. A lot. He is a favorite of mine and has been for decades. That doesn't mean I agree with everything he has ever said or done. Regardless of what lyrics he wrote. Sure wealth didn't define him, neither did addictions or...

John Lennon was filthy rich.

Economic Left/Right: 0.50 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.77 I was surprised by that so I took it again. Economic Left/Right: -1.00 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.26 Meh. I guess it is somewhat accurate. I rarely chose "strongly" as an option. I thought some of the questions mad...

doesn't begin to describe it.

It is so wrong and sad in so many ways and on so many levels that I ...I don't even know what.

We've all seen physical comedy. The hammer to the head or the guy doing a faceplant after trying to jump over something on a bike. Those things are funny to the people who aren't being injured. One thing that can ruin a good "hammer to the head" gag is knowing that, say, the blow lead to ...

I guess I have even more trouble understanding interest in the sex lives of people I do know. . . . :P (I think there's a general fascination with powerful people screwing up.) I think that is true. The media can be rightfully accused of delightfully building people up and delightfully tearing them...

Yeah but how many of them are leaked on an anniversary or other important date? Along with all of the other issues, this happened to become known on election night and several days prior to a testimony by the chief witness? I don't possess any facts, but damn this is one of the most coincidental thi...

Yeah I'm not buying into the conspiracy thing at this
point either, but it is messy and something doesn't jive.

I suspect that the awkward timing has a lot to do with it.
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Rule #1 of comedy: Know your audience. Rule #2 of comedy: Never let the facts get in the way of a good (or bad) joke. Personally, I choose not to be offended by any jokes, however distasteful. I just tune them and the teller out if I find them annoying enough. NONE of this belongs in this thread. Ca...

And yet by all accounts that I have ever heard, Petraeus was a well respected leader and had all the bipartisan support anyone could ever hope for. I guess it makes sense that a 4 star General who was so involved with our operations in South East Asia would be a good pick for Director of the CIA, bu...

It really is difficult for me to fathom this sort of thing. How many people over how many years have left an electronic trail that has ultimately led to their demise or an uncovering of aberrant behavior? There are so many examples, it is mind boggling. And yet we have the Director of the CIA who ap...

So Petraeus won't be testifying about the Benghazi attacks? If that is true, that seems strange to me. This investigation took the FBI 4 months? The President wasn't notified until election night? Congress wasn't notified until Friday? Reps from both sides of the aisle are shocked and up in arms. I ...

Frelga wrote:Has a VP of a losing candidate ever run successfully?

Too lazy to look up.

Since the 12th Amendment was passed, FDR was the only unsuccessful VP to win a presidential election. I think he was the only one anyway.

I did say individuals, not personality. I can see how people vote based on perceived ideologies, but not every republican or democrat is created with a cloning device. Is it really sound to vote for someone who has an "r" or a "d" next to their name, or to vote strictly on party ...

My dream election would be Condoleezza Rice vs Hillary Clinton.
It won't ever happen, but it would potentially rid us of so many stereotypes and create the perfect storm of elections, that maybe, just maybe, we could grow into the realm of voting for individuals rather than ideological perceptions.

Well, the right thing, IMO, would have been not having an affair. Certainly a man in his position is expected to exercise sufficient judgment and self control. Eta: NYT is saying that this came to light when FBI was checking his computer to see if it was compromised. The head of the CIA could not h...

"Thrown for a loop"? No. This isn't surprising. My idea of a Hobbit movie died long ago. What we are going to have is a prequel series of movies. I guess that makes sense and I guess that is okay. I think it would be difficult to present three movies that were vastly different in scope, th...

He handled the situation correctly imo.
Without possessing any facts, it seems like he headed the situation off at the pass before it became an issue. It's fairly likely that this story was coming out one way or another, and he did the right thing by stopping the firestorm before it started.

Lol.

The companies that opt to pay the fine and save themselves money while forcing employees to pick other options that cost them money is a good thing why?

Cut your pay by 10k and then ask who cares?

I'm not repeating anything from Romney. I know what I know at work, and I know what I've read from the CBO. And from your own link; The CBO study was undertaken to estimate the impact of the health care law on the number of people obtaining health care coverage from their employer. CBO came up with ...