Justin McMillan leaving LSU. Would be able to play immediately if I’m not mistaken. Would at least like to bring him in if he was interested.

@HighEliteMajor It wouldn’t matter if I showed you (let’s use a complete hypothetical here) that a banishment of guns resulted in 99% less murders. Of course that would never happen, but you would still argue that you have a right to bare arms.

To many on the right, and about 10% of the Country, it doesn’t matter that the Catholic Church actively shields Priests who abuse children (and have been doing this now for over 70 years), conservatives still vote the way the Church wants them to vote.

Even with factual evidence that Global Warming is an issue, Conservatives could honestly care less. They could give a flying crap about what the World will be like when they die, so why protect it? As far as the environment goes, all they care about is the price of gas and the mileage they get because of new technology. But if they could put a new cheaper chemical in their car that was 10x worse for the environment, you bet your ass they would do it! $5 is $5.

I support a lot Conservative ideas however. If I were to be polled on where I stand on all political issues we currently face, I would be on the conservative side. But I’m continually opening my mind to knew ideas. I do my own research. I come to my own conclusions. And I am realistic. I also know that there have to be times in my life where I should be the one who makes sacrifices for the good of others.

To me, when you say “Personal Responsibility” all I hear is “Selfishness.” YOU don’t want anything to change because YOU like your life the way it currently is. And that is a fair stance to take. I just wouldn’t call it a noble one. This country wan’t built on Conservative ideas. It was built on Progressive ones, at the time. It was built out of necessity, as are most great things. It was, most importantly, built with the ability to evolve over time with the needs of the Country as a whole. Something I think those on the Right often forget.

This is laughable, imo. Give one guy the most reps and build rapport with the rest of the offense. The decision should have been made before the season. It isn’t a tough decision. Either you air it out and (probably) Bender should start. Or you attack using the option and Kendrick is the choice.

But pick it already. If you are worried about gaining an advantage on Nichols state, you might as well already be fired.

From the perspective of my lifetime:

The problem is that, as data comes out, Conservatives ignore it. I don’t know that HEM is wrong in that the Republican party hasn’t changed since the 70s. Definitely seem to be preaching the same things since the 90s. That is the problem with the Republican party though. It is based around a certain group of people who like THEIR life the way it currently is. They do not embrace even the slightest change. Trump basically won from telling everyone that he could resurrect the U.S. of the mid-90s, and people ate that up like catnip.

However, the Democrats have changed a ton in my lifetime. Just since Clinton. Go look at Bill’s running points again and then compare them to a lot of points that Trump just ran on… One just said them with a silky smooth Southern Accent while the other said it with a stupid hair cut and goofy smile. Most of the liberal ideas that I am in favor of actually have a statistical element to them. We record data, the data says one thing, we should probably implement that thing. Gun violence would be one of the examples of that. However, I can’t get behind things that liberal’s have no true basis for. Things like their stance on abortion, where arbitrary lines are drawn in the sand, frustrate me.

To summarize, the right is purposefully ignorant, and use it like a defense mechanism a 4 year old would use. Basically plugging their ears and yelling “LA LA LA I CAN’T HEAR YOU”. Which is equally as bad as the left who change stances like they are trying whatever new diet Oprah is on that year. What we need is the right to become slightly, slightly, more accepting of change. And the Left needs to become more patient and slow down a bit. We don’t need to input free education, free healthcare, free transportation, free etc, immediately. We can’t fiscally afford to do so if we wanted to. Both sides need to simply quit promising pipe dreams and implementing half-assed policies every 4 years that end up sucking because they were too rushed.

So, do I like the terms? I guess I could care less.They mean nothing except for that I have to choose between whether I want innocent babies murdered each year, or innocent people shot and murdered each year. One side wants to destroy the economy while the other wants to destroy the planet. What “good side” is there? Who gives a shit if you are left or right? There is no “good side” in American Politics right now. Instead of Left or Right, one side might as well be called the Chicken F-ckers and the other side the Inbred Pig Sluts, because regardless of who you choose or how you are labeled, your “side” sucks.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-who-killed-florida-father-markeis-mcglockton-charged-manslaughter-n900181

About time they brought charges. Just hope that this man gets convicted. Some days it feels like we are closer to the Wild West than we are to a modern society.

Was a hell of a tournament.

@approxinfinity $170k is enough to not see what real peoples problems are. Especially when you can put a lot of your coat of living into your campaign. And add in that they get a VERY good retirement plan added into that.

They don’t live like normal people. Look at a lot of their net worths.

@mayjay note that I’m only in favor of campaign spending limits in combination with term limits. I don’t see a way to make one work without the other.

@mayjay what if you capped Campaign financing, reduced Congressional Salary, benefits and retirement? What if, and I know this is crazy, we made it so that only people who wanted to make a difference wanted to be Congressmen.

Get rid of Super PACs. Limit the amount you could accept in donations to a certain amount based on the population of your district. You would be paid the U.S. Median income. You would have Obamacare. You would have a simple 401k to contribute to. You serve your maximum 8 years, and then move on with your life.

I don’t know that I see more corruption from that scenario than I do anything else going on in Congress right now. Except that the people elected would have to see what it is truly like to live like a Middle-Class citizen.

@justanotherfan CFB, week 2. That is the best time to catch a bad line right now. Vegas uses data from the year before still to set their lines. So as long as you are paying attention just even a little bit, you can get some easy money.