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Essentially Flyertalk / Commuting

« on: May 17, 2015, 02:14:08 PM »

Got a job offer in Topeka that I accepted so I'm gonna be commuting from MHK until my lease is up this summer. After that I'm not sure what I'll do. I want to move to Kansas City where all my friends and family are, but that's like an hour drive each way. Anyone else do this or know anyone who does? Does it suck ass? What are the costs etc? TIA for any input.

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Christie

« on: January 09, 2014, 10:46:10 PM »

I said this dude was a POS like 20 years ago. What a sack of crap tho, amirite?

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Essentially Flyertalk / Bunny Ears Thread (TV antenna)

« on: January 01, 2014, 12:11:40 PM »

All right, here's the deal. I want to get rid of cox cable because it's way too expensive and sucks balls/taints. I mean there is nothing ever on TV worth watching that I can't get with netflix or hulu or something much cheaper.

But. . .

I want to be able to pick up the local stations just for sports games and stuff. My issue is that the bunny ears that I bought don't hardly pick up crap. Has anyone else tried this? I live in MHK. Maybe there is just super poor signal here   

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Kansas State Football / Official LHC Bill Snyder Retirement Thread

« on: September 22, 2013, 12:24:09 AM »

Bill,

We love you. Thanks for everything. But. . . it may be time. . .

Thanks again,

Catdom

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Is Seff pulling the ol' Josh Selby trick on Macklemore?

« on: March 24, 2013, 11:05:29 PM »

Same old song and dance I suppose.

Bill realized the potential he has with Macklemoore, and is now having him play horrible by design in order to get him to come back next year. Pulling the ol' Josh Selby trick. Oldest one in the book, as far as Massa goes.

Poor Ben

 

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Rand

« on: March 06, 2013, 06:48:43 PM »

 

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Essentially Flyertalk / Adorable KSU Cats

« on: February 02, 2013, 12:58:04 PM »

 

http://www.wimp.com/collegecouch/

Sorry if luked

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Kansas State Football / Why does Snyder suck in the post season?

« on: January 03, 2013, 11:51:19 PM »

Not melting down....seriously. but...

I mean wow, we're the Champs of the best league in football. I had a rough ridin' blast this year. A rough ridin' blast. But we have to admit that Bill's post season record is sub par. Something is wrong here, and I think most rational Cat fans would agree that there's more to it than "well we lost today...."

What gives?

Is it that opposing teams have almost a month to figure out how to stop Klein(a huge % of our offense?)

Talent? Do more talented teams have a major advantage with an entire month of prep? Probably...right?

During the regular season Bill has a plan week in and week out for the players, coaches, the entire program, etc. Does the 4 or 5 week brake affect this?

I mean we were competitive in the Cotton Bowl last year and almost crawled our way back into the Fiesta tonight, but honestly we looked like dog crap in both games and i bet most neutral observers would say we got rolled in both.

 There has to be something there, right? What is the deal? Why can't we win??

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Michigan

« on: December 11, 2012, 07:16:13 PM »

 

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / FEMA

« on: November 09, 2012, 11:53:13 AM »

but I thought it's the governments job to save meeeee?!

 

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Kansas State Football / Milo

« on: November 04, 2012, 11:32:52 PM »

Seems like he's dropped 5 INTs the last couple games. Hopefully he will finally cash in in the coming weeks. OSU is lucky they didn't have 7 turnovers

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Five good reason NOT to VOTE!

« on: November 02, 2012, 03:50:46 PM »

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-10-22/doug-caseys-top-five-reasons-not-vote

Cliffs:

1. Voting is unethical.
2. Voting compromises privacy
3. Voting is a waste of time
4. Voting just encourages, them
5. Your vote doesn't count



I realize this is half way tongue in cheek, but the guy has a point. The outcome of the election doesn't matter. Romney will continue the same Bush era foreign policy as Obama has, and continue to legislate away economic and social freedoms just as Barry and George did all the while the Federal Reserve takes LOL craps on the economy

Just face it. We bought into the political freak show once again, and it barfed out these two idiots. Why even waste my time?

Back to Cat football, imo

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Kansas State Football / Snyder and running up the score

« on: October 09, 2012, 11:24:17 AM »

 

http://boards.kusports.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=2336625&an=0&page=0#2336625

  Is so far in their heads its just sad, really

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Kansas State Football / God Damn it...

« on: October 03, 2012, 04:26:57 PM »

Who are the rough ridin' squawks that coordinated all this?

http://cityofmhk.com/CivicAlerts.aspx?aid=1215&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Posted on: October 3, 2012
K-State Home Game Day Weekend Travel Update From KDOT

For K-State fans heading to Manhattan for this Saturday’s (October 6) Home Football Game, please take note of the following construction projects and traffic impacts that may impact your game day commute. Drivers should expect significant delays through the active project work zones and should allow plenty of extra time for game day commutes.

I-70
•From Topeka west to Manhattan:
24/7 WEEKEND LANE CLOSURES: Eastbound I-70 over five bridges including MacVicar Avenue, MoPac Railroad (between 10th Street and Adams Street interchanges), Washington Street and Deer Creek/Carnahan Avenue (in downtown Topeka) will be reduced to one lane though three separate work zones beginning at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, October 5 and reopening to all traffic at 6:00 a.m. on Monday, October 8. The 10th Street to eastbound I-70 entrance ramp will be closed during this same timeframe. All westbound I-70 ramps will remain open. Project work is scheduled to be completed on Monday, October 8.

Westbound I-70 will be open to two lanes of traffic except for the 1/2-mile Dry Creek Bridge closure (noted below) on Saturday, October 6 Game Day! 24/7 LANE CLOSURE: Westbound I-70 right lane from Valencia Road to K-30 will be closed for pavement repair work, 24/7 round the clock, beginning early on Sunday, September 16. Project work is scheduled to be completed in late October 2012.

Westbound I-70 over the Dry Creek Bridge will be reduced to one lane for approximately 1/2-mile on Saturday, October 6 Game Day! EXPECT MINOR DELAYS! 24/7 LANE CLOSURE: Westbound I-70 over the Dry Creek bridge will be reduced to one lane for concrete pavement approach replacement work, 24/7 round the clock, beginning on Wednesday, September 19 and reopening to all traffic on Monday, October 8. Also, the Keene Road to westbound I-70 entrance ramp will be closed during the same timeframe. A marked detour will be provided. Project work is scheduled to be completed on Monday, October 8.


I-470
•From Topeka west to Manhattan:
Westbound right lane from Gage Boulevard to the KTA Toll Gate (in west Topeka) will be closed (one lane open each direction), 24/7 round the clock, beginning at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, October 5 and reopening to all traffic at 6:00 a.m. on Monday, October 8 for pavement repair work. Traffic will be directed through the work zone via signage and cones. Project work is scheduled to be completed in late November 2012.


K-18
•From the west to Manhattan:
Eastbound and westbound K-18 from Ogden to Manhattan (Riley County) is reduced to one lane in each direction, 24/7 round the clock, for ongoing widening work. Traffic is directed through the project work zone via concrete barrier, signage and cones. Project work is scheduled to be completed in late fall 2013.

•From the east to Manhattan:
Eastbound and westbound K-18 from approximately one mile east of the city of Wabaunsee to K-99 will be closed to replace the two bridges closest to K-99. The K-18 full closure over the two bridges will be 24/7 round the clock, beginning on Monday, September 10. A marked detour will be provided. Traffic will detour north on K-99, then west on US-24 and then back on K-18. Project work is scheduled to be completed in late fall 2013.


US-24
•From Topeka west to Manhattan:
Eastbound and westbound US-24 from Grantville Road to K-237 (Shawnee & Jefferson Counties) will be reduced to one lane each direction for pavement reconstruction work, 24/7 round the clock, throughout the project duration. Traffic is directed through the project work zone via concrete barrier, signage and cones. Project work is scheduled to be completed in late July 2013.

Eastbound and westbound US-24 left lanes over the railroad track bridges (east of Goodyear Plant in north Topeka) will be closed (one lane open) each direction from approximately .5 mile on either side of both bridges, 24/7 round the clock, throughout the project duration for bridge repair work. Traffic is directed across the bridge via cones and signage. Project work is scheduled to be completed in late October 2012.

Eastbound and westbound US-24 over the Bourbanis Creek and Ensign Creek bridges (located between Silver Lake and west of Rossville in Shawnee County) will be reduced to one lane for both directions, 24/7 round the clock, this weekend. Traffic is directed across both bridges via traffic signals at either end of the bridges. Project work is scheduled to be completed in late November 2012.

EXPECT DELAYS! Westbound US-24 over the Big Blue River Bridge at the east city limits of Manhattan (Pottawatomie County) will be reduced to one lane of traffic across the bridge for repair work. Traffic is directed across the bridge via cones and signage. Project work is scheduled to be completed in late October 2012.


US-75
NO WORK SCHEDULED for Saturday, October 6 Game Day! EXPECT DELAYS! LANE CLOSURES: Northbound and southbound from Soldier Creek to I-70 (north of Topeka) will be reduced to one lane for milling then paving work on Monday-Friday, October 1-19. Work hours are as follows: Northbound US-75 will be reduced to one lane from 7:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. the following day and all northbound lanes will be open to unrestricted traffic from 3:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. each day. Southbound US-75 will be reduced to one lane from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. the following day and all southbound lanes will be open to unrestricted traffic from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. each day. Project work is scheduled to be completed on Friday, October 19.

24/7 LANE CLOSURE: Northbound US-75 over the railroad bridge located between 77th Street and 85th Street (south of Topeka) will be reduced to one lane for concrete pavement bridge approach repair work, 24/7 round the clock, beginning on Monday, September 17 through mid-October 2012. Traffic will be directed through the work zone via concrete barrier and signage. Project work is scheduled to be completed in mid-October 2012.

The Kansas Department of Transportation urges all motorists to be alert, obey the warning signs, and “Give ‘Em a Brake!” when approaching and driving through the project work zone. Updated traffic information for these projects can be viewed online: www.ksdot.org/topekametro/laneclose.asp.

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Why libertarians won't vote for Romney

« on: September 24, 2012, 10:24:10 PM »

Excellent article:



http://www.mediaite.com/online/breitbart-writer-begs-libertarians-to-vote-romney-sorry-it-aint-going-to-work/


Breitbart Writer Begs Libertarians To Vote Romney — Sorry, It Ain’t Going To Work
by Andrew Kirell | 12:49 pm, September 24th, 2012
» 190 comments

In a two-part column over at Breitbart’s Big Government, Kurt Schlichter practically begs libertarians to “support our Constitution” and vote for Mitt Romney this November in order to avoid not only the “destruction of this country” by way of a second Obama term, but also to avoid the destruction of libertarianism by way of the Libertarian Party becoming a pariah.

The begging will not work, especially when it comes with the usual platitudinous overtures to America and the Constitution being at stake; and the suggestion that not supporting Romney is to selfishly disregard of the Constitution in the name of ideology. No matter how you dice the logic, a committed Republican accusing libertarians of not supporting the Constitution is nothing short of laughable.

Schlichter’s misunderstanding of the libertarian mentality doesn’t help, either. The first and most obvious mistake he makes is to conveniently overlook the fact that small-L libertarians are truly unconcerned with the Libertarian Party. “Remember the Greens?” he ominously asks libertarians, alluding to the fact that following the Green Party’s role as “spoiler” in Al Gore‘s 2000 presidential bid, the “Greens” died off and became a punchline.

He naively assumes libertarians actually care what happens to the party that, for years, has been mismanaged and run by glibertarians like Wayne Allyn Root, a birther who only recently realized it’s time to give up the act and join the GOP. For many libertarians, the party already is a punchline. And looking at this year’s “none of the above” incident at the Libertarian National Convention, can you blame them?

Schlichter makes the case that libertarians will sure-as-Hell never find a home in the Democratic Party, what with the party’s “free this, free that, bailouts this, bailouts that” spectacle at the 2012 DNC. He rightfully points out that the Dems only occasionally make attempts to reach out to libertarians, but are happy to eliminate that support at the drop of a hat. This is probably true. But dedicated libertarians find themselves politically homeless mostly because the corrupting forces of party politics are inherently in conflict with remaining ideologically principled. For many libertarians, a functioning political party to call home is not the desired end-game.

Schlichter’s blind partisanship is unlikely to convince libertarians either. What’s most insulting about the column is how he lectures libertarians about how President Obama is on an unstoppable path of “trampling” the Constitution and Bill of Rights, one amendment at a time. He notes in terribly overwrought language that “Obama’s spent nearly four years trampling the First Amendment,” and that the Second Amendment is “just one Supreme Court vote from being snatched away.” Look, it’s no secret that the Obama administration has a seeming disregard for the Constitution. Schlichter suggests that, therefore, libertarians who are truly dedicated to the age-old document need to support Romney and the Republican Party because they are different — they will save the Constitution and end the madness.

But hey, guess what? Many of President Obama’s constitutional abuses are simply extensions of the ones initiated under President George W. Bush — you know, that other unsupportable Republican that we libertarians were all told to shut up and vote for in 2004.

It was the Republican Party that rammed through the PATRIOT Act that Obama reauthorized last year. It was the Republican Party that set the precedent for the use of indefinite detention, torture, executive overreach, and the crackdowns on government whistleblowers. It was the Republican Party that heightened the crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries operating legally under their states’ laws. It was the Republican Party that voted for Bush’s spending spree and expansion of federal powers under Medicare Part D, the No Child Left Behind Act, etc.

Schlichter points to the administration’s recent “rousting” of the Innocence of Muslims filmmaker as an Obama First Amendment abuse. The president’s handling of this entire “movie-causing-riots” debacle was, indeed, frustrating to libertarians. And so we libertarians should support Romney because he’s dedicated to the First Amendment, right?

Not quite. This is the same candidate who pledged to “vigorously” fight the scourge that is all forms of adult pornography. Oh, and under the last Republican president, we saw an increase of pointless federal prosecutions of porn-makers like John Stagliano, who film consenting adults doing consensual things — you know, the kind of stuff Republicans hate when it involves sex, drugs, or gambling.

Sure, this current presidency has some constitutional abuses you wouldn’t have seen under Bush, but that’s because this is precisely how our two-party system works: When Democrats are in power, they abuse the Constitution by lighting the metaphorical candle at one end; and when the Republicans are in power, they abuse it by lighting the other end.

A Romney presidency would surely not be exempt from this natural process.

And so it is truly backwards for Schlichter to implore libertarians to “support the Constitution” by casting a vote for the Republican Party. Here’s a better idea:

How about you start supporting the Constitution? And how about you actually make an effort to incorporate libertarians by, for starters, not dismissing them only until it becomes politically necessary to beg for their support?

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Kansas State Football / "THIS AIN'T HAPPENIN AGAIN!!!"

« on: September 18, 2012, 10:53:47 AM »

confidence rising

 

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Good thing the government gets to LIE about INFLATION

« on: September 13, 2012, 05:21:34 PM »

otherwise people would be going nuts...


Since September 11th, 2001:



now . . . a brand new $40 billion more per month and if it doesn't work...then more billions. If it does work, more billions!

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Kansas State Football / bitb

« on: September 11, 2012, 02:29:54 PM »

wow. That part about fitz was funny.

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Kansas State Football / 2014

« on: August 30, 2012, 02:53:32 PM »

Auburn
UTSA
Stephen F Austin

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Essentially Flyertalk / Crime is up in the negrohood

« on: August 26, 2012, 09:00:37 PM »

 

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/ny-dem-assembly-candidate-says-crime-is-up-in-negrohood/

 

New York assembly candidate Ben Akselrod has reportedly distributed campaign literature to thousands of likely voters with a pretty appalling typo– the man replaced “neighborhood” with “negrohood” when discussing high crime rates.

“I am running for Assembly because I believe the number one job of that office is to keep the community safe. The current assemblyman has allowed crime to go up over 50% in our negrohood so far this year. I am fighting for video cameras throughout our community to protect our seniors who are the most vulnerable; and cut down on anti-Semitic attacks in our community. I will also make sure the mayor gives our community more police to patrol our streets” [Emphasis added].
New York Assembly Candidate Ben Akselrod Says Crime Up in Negrohood in Campaign Literature

(Photo: Sheepshead Bites)

Akselrod has not yet issued a public clarification, despite the growing controversy.

According to his website, Akselrod is an immigrant from the former Soviet Union running partially on a platform of public safety.  He is also passionate about the economy, stating that “our economy will not grow unless the government creates jobs.”

Akselrod will be challenging the incumbent, Steven Cymbrowitz, in the upcoming Democratic Primary in the 45th Assembly District.

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / R's desperate for votes. Provide lip service to RP supporters. Only get LOLs

« on: August 24, 2012, 03:18:31 PM »

Well, uh guys. We're having trouble shutting Ron Paul up and we really need his supporters. So uh lets like act like we give a crap about what he says so the 'bots come and vote for Romneycrat in November! But really we can keep being our same bigoted racist not very different than Democrats selves! Great Idea!!



Won't work



http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2012/08/24/Republicans-eye-return-to-gold-standard/UPI-15171345795200/

TAMPA, Fla., Aug. 24 (UPI) -- The Republican Party intends to call for a commission to study returning the United States to the gold standard, the party's platform committee chief said.

The proposed Gold Commission -- expected to be approved next week as part of the party platform at the Republican National Convention -- would peg the U.S. dollar to gold instead of to other currencies and interest rates as it is today, Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., the platform committee co-chair, told the Financial Times.

The gold standard was abandoned by Republican President Richard Nixon in 1971.

The platform expected to be voted on in Tampa, Fla., would also call for an audit of Federal Reserve System's monetary policy, Blackburn told the newspaper.

These manifesto points were not adopted to appease formerly active libertarian-leaning GOP presidential hopeful Ron Paul, R-Texas, and the convention delegates he won during the primaries and caucuses, she said.

 

"These were adopted because they are things that Republicans agree on ( )," Blackburn told the Times. "The House recently passed a bill on this, and this is something that we think needs to be done."

Paul, who ended active campaigning May 14, says he wants a prominent convention role.

Party economists argue a return to the gold standard would stabilize the dollar by discouraging hefty fiscal spending as well as preventing the Federal Reserve from creating excess money.

Ronald Reagan's successful Republican presidential campaign in 1980 included a pledge to study restoring the dollar to the gold standard.

A Gold Commission he created in 1981 ultimately supported the maintaining status quo.

The last time a GOP platform mentioned linking the dollar to gold was in 1984, when the platform said "the gold standard may be a useful mechanism."

The proposed new commission would have no power except to make recommendations, the Times said.

The RNC had no immediate comment on the report.

Read more: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2012/08/24/Republicans-eye-return-to-gold-standard/UPI-15171345795200/#ixzz24UqzlHpa

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Republicans hate playing by the rules, try and silence RP - still expect votes

« on: August 22, 2012, 08:51:47 PM »

Pathetic crooks, criminals, and liars. The Republicans are trying to sweep Ron Paul under the rug and then still expect his supporters to bow down and lick Romney's toes. GMAFB. Yet another reason to stay home in November and not worry about the election.







http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/22/republican-convention-ron-paul_n_1822985.html?utm_hp_ref=elections-2012


TAMPA, Fla. -- A Republican Party procedural committee on Wednesday moved to ensure that supporters of Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) would be unable to nominate the congressman from the floor of the GOP convention next week, but ultimately backed away from the measure.

Nonetheless, the deliberations signaled that the Republican Party and Mitt Romney's presidential campaign remain nervous to some degree about the potential for Paul supporters to disrupt the carefully scripted program for the four-day convention next week.

The Republican National Committee Rules Committee considered a motion to change the number of states a candidate needs to nominate him from the floor from five to 10. Paul supporters have captured a large number of delegate seats -- in a few cases the majority -- in at least seven states: Maine, Iowa, Minnesota, Nevada, Louisiana, Massachusetts, and Oregon.

However, a Paul insider told The Huffington Post that they have a majority of delegates only in three states.

The Paul campaign told CNN that its count indicates that 373 of the 2,286 delegates support Paul. Some of those delegates are bound by state rules to vote for Romney. However, the state rules binding delegates to the presidential nominee do not apply to vice president, leaving open the possibility that Paul delegates could nominate an alternative to Romney's running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) from the floor.

But the Paul insider said that the Texas congressman does not want to be nominated for vice president.

The Romney campaign reached an agreement with the Paul campaign to seat contested delegates in Massachusetts and Louisiana this week, but delegates in Oregon remain contested.

John Ryder, an RNC committeeman from Tennessee, proposed the threshold change from five states to 10 to nominate a candidate from the floor. But Morton Blackwell, a committeeman from Virginia, rose and spoke vigorously in opposition to the measure.

"Increasing it to 10 is I think a choke operation," Blackwell said. "And would discourage people from participating within our Republican Party."

"All we are talking about here -– let's put it frankly -- is the possibility that somebody like Ron Paul would be denied the possibility, after he carried five states, to have his name placed into nomination," Blackwell said. "This is a very bad idea. And we have got to, in this party, treat newcomers fairly."

"This would be taken as a slap in the face to grassroots people," he said.

Ryder agreed to change the number back to five states, but the amendment passed with one change intact: delegates must indicate in writing at least one hour before the vote who they intend to nominate.

That requirement ensures that if delegates who support Paul plan to vote for the Texas congressman -- either for president or vice president -- in the roll call vote of the states, they will have to give the Romney campaign and the RNC advance notice.

Blackwell told The Huffington Post afterward that he felt "very strongly" that the Paul supporters who "play by the rules" need to be treated fairly. He said his own experience as a supporter of Sen. Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.) in the 1964 presidential election informed this view.

"I've been through this before," the 72-year old Blackwell said. "I was Goldwater's youngest elected delegate in the nation. And people said we were extremists and racists and we could never be incorporated into the party. Wrong."

Ryder said he proposed the rule change because "the function of a convention now is much more about the party expressing its vision for the country."

"So the focus is to get away from some of the residue of the 19 century," he said.

"We're way past the time when you had uncommitted delegates and favored sons and smoke-filled backrooms. So with virtually the delegates coming to the convention bound by state law through either a primary or a caucus, the result is a foregone conclusion," he said.

"If you've got somebody who has five states or six states, and that's all they've got, you know, and the result is a foregone conclusion, and you know who's got a majority because you've counted the votes. ... We already know what the vote count's going to be, so unless you've got a real contest, where you've got two candidates or three candidates who really have a chance of winning, then why do we want to go through the exercise?"

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Romney advisor loves Bernanke, Same guy Obama loves. Your vote doesn't count etc

« on: August 22, 2012, 07:09:17 PM »

Don't expect any change in monetary policy after January. Another reason to stay home and not vote this November.







http://www.huffingtonpost.com//2012/08/21/glenn-hubbard-ben-bernanke_n_1820362.html

Glenn Hubbard Ben Bernanke


* Current Fed chief should get 'every consideration' for third term -Hubbard

* Unlikely defense of Bernanke's work from within Romney's camp

* Hubbard sees little use in Fed bond buys, little chance of QE3

By Jonathan Spicer and Chrystia Freeland

NEW YORK, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Ben Bernanke received an unlikely defense of his work at the U.S. Federal Reserve by a top Mitt Romney adviser, who said on Tuesday that he should be considered for a third term as chairman.

Glenn Hubbard, economic adviser to the Republican presidential candidate, said he would advise a possible President Romney that Bernanke should "get every consideration" to stay on beyond January 2014, when the chairman's current term expires.

The comments may come as a surprise given Romney has said he would not reappoint Bernanke beyond 2014. Further, many top Republicans have blasted the Fed's aggressive policies since the Great Recession as overreaching and reckless.

"Ben is a model technocrat. He gets paid nothing for getting kicked around all the time. I think they ought to pat him on the back," Hubbard said in an interview, adding he has known Bernanke since they were "practically kids" and regularly speaks to him.

"I may or may not agree with him, but that's very different from saying I question his motives. I wish politicians would stop doing that," Hubbard told Reuters TV. (Reuters TV interview: http://reut.rs/SPSy4f )

The comments from Hubbard - who himself was considered for the Fed chairmanship under former President George W. Bush, who ultimately picked Bernanke - suggests there is at least some support for the head of the U.S. central bank within the Romney camp as it battles to unseat President Barack Obama.

Hubbard was quick to note his opposition to some Fed policies, including the large-scale bond buying programs known as quantitative easing, or QE. He said a third round of buying (QE3) is unlikely to happen and would have little effect on either the economy or the bruising election campaign.

QE3 would probably only slightly lower Treasury yields, which are already very low, Hubbard said. "I don't think that's what the doctor ordered for the recovery," he said at the Columbia Business School in New York, where he is dean.

Yet with U.S. economic growth stalling and unemployment stubbornly high at 8.3 percent, some economists expect the Fed to launch QE3 as soon as its next policy meeting on Sept. 12-13. Bernanke could set the stage for a new purchase program at a speech in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Aug. 31.

But on the eve of the Nov. 6 presidential election, such a controversial move to boost the economy would almost certainly draw criticism from conservatives who already feel the central bank is an overly powerful agency that lacks transparency.

Paul Ryan, Romney's vice presidential running mate and a harsh critic of the Fed's ultra loose monetary policy, backs exposing those policy decisions to a congressional audit, and he supported legislation that would strip the Fed of its mission to seek maximum employment.

Romney has said QE3 would not do much economic good, and he too backed an audit of the Fed, though it is unclear whether he would want to extend that to monetary policy - as Ryan does - which could be seen as undermining the central bank's independence.

Hubbard, who was chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers under Bush, said Congress is right to consider forcing the Fed to explain policy decisions. But "the idea of putting them more under the microscope of literally auditing decisions - I don't think so," he said. (Reporting by Jonathan Spicer and Chrystia Freeland; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)

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Kansas State Football / Upper deck of LHOFHCBSFS (section 420-430) Thoughts?

« on: August 16, 2012, 12:27:04 PM »

Never sat there. I kind of want to sit there but i've heard mixed reviews. Seems like better seats than the bowl and the corners of the bowl, but what about sound and crowd noise and stuff like that?

Please hurry the eff up and respond so I can buy some tickets. TIA.

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Executive Privilege

« on: June 20, 2012, 02:32:05 PM »

Welp it's official folks. Barry is the worst president in American history.