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• “I still would like to know how the money was transferred from here to there.......... What was the mechanism?”
• “Does anyone know HOW the money got from here to there? What was the mechanism of transfer?”
• “Gary, would you support strict voter ID laws with #1?”
• “For me, the best reason Limbaugh should not have been inducted was given by Gov. Nixon: "...that only people who ...”
• “Well, my daughter's were Kewpies but........ GO RB soccer! and GO Hickman and RB tracksters at state!!!!!!!!! (PS: I ...”
• “BobB: "then why did he waste his time writing about it? If all he can launch are rhetorical parthian shots ...”
• “Jon: I could live with that, but why do you limit it only to couples?”
• “"...the origins of marriage probably have nothing to do with religion" _______________________ From a strictly academic POV, you're probably right ...”
• “Sandra: The state gets involved because society has decided there are legal obligations in a marriage....things like parental responsibilities ...”
• “Please, oh please, tell me you really didn't write: "Roth is congratulated by her teammates after hitting a home ...”
• “Justin Thomas: "Why would college students and retired residents not want to be neighbors?" _______________________ One word answer: Noise.”
• “It's hard to tease out all the contributing factors, especially when some of the contributing factors are illegal....things ...”
• “Dangit. "An opponent [who] is quietly confident is a dangerous opponent, indeed. My proofreader is late for work this morning.”
• “I'd be a little careful with the aggressive "predictions". Such words have a way of showing up on the ...”
• “Corey: That bothered me, also. One branch of government (Dept of Revenue) sends money to an apparently qualified citizen, and ...”
• “Gary, would you support strict voter ID laws with #1?”
• “Oh, and #10 is a winner, too, but the devil would be in the details.”
• “Gary: I think that's a good start for a whole lot of discussion; i.e., it's a decent ...”
• “Sorry about the double post. Note the time: 6 minute gap. I thought I posted it the first time, but ...”
• “It's called "iridescence without illumination."”
• “It's called "iridescence without illumination".”
• “Ellis: "...and for the writer actually stick his or her neck out." __________________ Precisely. While journalists SHOULD indeed stick to the ...”
• “Thank you, Gary, for validating my post. Rose's column is similar to the one Gene Robinson wrote the other ...”
• “This is just a continuation of a rather long legacy of missives that should be entitled: "Why can't everyone ...”
• “Louis says, "Not only that, he flunked out of SEMO, which is nearly impossible to do..." _____________________________ Let's consider this ...”
• “Don posts the CRS Report for Congress: _______________ Ouch.”
• “Well, I never!”
• “You can make the percentage living in poverty as high or low as you wish, depending upon where you set ...”
• “Sometimes folks adopt a "victimhood" posture, and it's so ingrained they don't even know it. To wit: "wolf ...”
• “Mark: Calls to raise taxes aren't necessarily about transferring wealth from the rich to the poor. ______________________ They are in ...”
• “Gary asks, "Just exactly where do you think the banks got the money to loan?" ______________________ As someone else posted above ...”
• “Greg Allen posted, (May 9, 2012 | 8:44 a.m.): "With capitalism as our economic base, of course we will ...”
• “Excellent column that sums things up quite nicely. And I'm the first commenter (yea for me) on a column ...”
• “Derrick: No, no lame excuses....just a restatement of something I've said before: I wish you had your....wish ...”
• “When you ask for and receive a job, you accept the responsibility of doing that job well. That responsibility includes ...”
• “First, I do not understand why public jobs should be evaluated any different than private jobs. I am in agreement ...”
• “JKarl opines on "wealth"? Oh lord. It's gonna be a new record.......”
• “Joy: The blue screen thingie has NOT been resolved. This article is deep into the blue...as was your comment ...”
• “Gosh, I'm really starting to like Merkel.”
• “Ellis: I just don't see Greece and France being priced into the financials correctly. A dump in the markets ...”
• “Ellis and France: I gotta bad feelin' 'bout all this. Look to your IRA.”
• “Mark: When will you guys get that it's not taxes that control the economy? __________________________ Has to be a break ...”
• “Mike Martin: Actually, there have been 23 male commenters (not 8-10) on this article, and 2 women. 'Tis true, tho ...”
• “Don Milsop: Thanks Michael. For some reason when I went to her op/ed, no comments were there. __________________ Don, that ...”
• “Don: Rose's commentary on SS generated ca. 16 comments.”
• “Tracy: Just wanted you to know we got your back.”
• “Tracy: "none of which appear to be from women, at least women with conventional female names." _______________ Already mentioned....twice.....by ...”
• “For Missouri Plan supporters, would you advocate that we select SCOTUS judges the same way? (SCOTUS judges are currently nominated ...”
• “JonH: And Michael, I never said anything about coercing anyone into any views. ____________________ I never said you did. I was ...”
• “Matt: Hanging onto a HEALTHY older tree is an OK thing. Hanging onto a tree showing, or starting to show ...”
• “JonH; The effort should not just be against neanderthals. Metrosexual/feminized is just as bad. Neither promotes a strong, nuclear ...”
• “Ellis: Lots of limestone in my creek. Never checked pH, tho. That's a good idea. I have pH paper ...”
• “We can argue all day, but the biggest "war on women" is their men. Everything else is second place. I ...”
• “Derrick: I agree. My only point was to poke fun at those who panic at an oil sheen without taking ...”
• “As JonH would say: Bleh! I need an edit button. Change the last sentence: "You have had a positive outcome ...”
• “Derrick: Your article states, "This experience indicates that chronic exposure of the whole body to low-dose-rate radiation, even accumulated to ...”
• “JKarl: "Real women discovered where to find the help." ________________________ Geez, I wish I'd said that, but I admit the ...”
• “Derrick: My farm has a creek with numerous coal outcroppings. It also has several seams of whitish clay. When I ...”
• “Jack: First, does the rest of Columbia get a say, or is this strictly between the developer and neighborhood? Second ...”
• “Speaking of evil rich people: http://www.incomediary.com/who-owns-facebook-the-10-richest-facebook-shareholders Those of you who hate corporations should ask yourself, "How ...”
• “Many folks think Columbia's forests are, and should remain, "natural". They aren't "natural" at all and haven't ...”
• “'Tis true, lack of communication was the first "event". It shouldn't have happened this way. Neighbors should have been ...”
• “One other thought: Is this issue strictly between the developer and the neighborhood association, or do other citizens of Columbia ...”
• “The developer may have approached the neighborhood association, but the real question is....who brought up the money issue first ...”
• “RayS: I had the same thought.....not a single woman discussing this topic on this forum. Just a bunch of ...”
• “MarkF: Thanks for the comments on the topic. The current state of the art for switching to a hydrogen/oxygen ...”
• “Ellis asks, "...but what about the cost and dangers in producing and handling hydrogen?" ___________________ I'd say...significant. How much ...”
• “Derrick: I assume by "Colonel Klink", you are referring to Colonel Miller?”
• “However, stoichiometry and I are good friends, so go for it.”
• “Ellis: You noted biomass was rather far down the list. Can you comment on the energetics of hydrogen plus oxygen ...”
• “Two members of the fed ain't happy......... http://www.cnbc.com/id/47246646”
• “And a lazy man's gotta be lazy.”
• “Rose said, "They will have sucked all the money out of the government during their younger years, so that when ...”
• “Ellis: I owe munis from several places within this state, too, mainly school districts. And I'm not rich, but ...”
• “Further, your comments about SS are about 30-40 years too late. Like you, many folks ignored the topic and available ...”
• “Rose says, "Continuing to give tax breaks to the rich is a luxury we haven't been able to afford ...”
• “Off topic, except here's a bit of fireworks for you: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2137636/SEALs-slam-Obama-using-ammunition-bid-credit-bin-Laden-killing-election-campaign.html ...”
• “Lol, I forgot. Disclosure: My farm sits on over $4M in high-sulfur coal, and a sizable aquifer of salty water ...”
• “Gary: Why does the hydrogen have to use salt water? _________________________ Fresh water is precious and in short supply worldwide. Using ...”
• “It is a bit perplexing to hear folks talk about coal mines and their destruction of lands, and why this ...”
• “Solar panels not so green or benign: http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2012/04/28/solyndra-not-dealing-with-toxic-waste-at-milpitas-facility/ Work with heavy metals, you ...”
• “Gary: couldn't be a better solution or the sun wouldn't exist. ______________________ I'm unsure what you mean. The ...”
• “Gary: Well, hydrogen gas won't be without problems. I'd hate to have a cylinder of the stuff sitting ...”
• “Gary: Most folks I know agree we should move away from coal/nat gas/oil; they are aware of the ...”
• “Delcia: "What I hope can happen as a result of this is that people see that Police Chief Ken Burton ...”
• “"...and steering the additional money to education and smoking prevention and cessation." ______________________ I do not believe this. I believe it ...”
• “MikeM and Dove chocolates. Gee, thanx a lot. Now I have to head for the convenience store for some dark ...”
• “Elaine: Are you against mines in general, or just coal mines? Or both.”
• “Who started this ethanol-from-grain push, anyway?”
• “Anyone know of a place I can purchase gasoline WITHOUT any ethanol? For my small engines..........”
• “Kevin: One negative aspect of my proposal is that loggers/sawyers do not like working with "yard" trees...which these ...”
• “Be sure and inspect the logs! If they are good and solid, make something from them for the neighborhood or ...”
• “Kevin: You are the one who posted, "It seemed to me that there was plenty of room and view for ...”
• “Gee whiz, JKarl....it's a wonder we've not run over one another. You hit all my fav places ...”
• “Kevin: You don't know the timeline. TV is reporting that the lady did not yield to oncoming traffic. No ...”
• “Derrick: On child care, if a parent (not necessarily the mother) took time off and had sick leave/vacation/comp-time ...”
• “Derrick: You should take a look at this source: http://www.regjeringen.no/en/dep/lmd/campain/svalbard-global-seed-vault.html?id ...”
• “I want to relate my own experience with hiring women for my company. It's a different perspective than most ...”
• “MarkF: "I understand the sentiment, but that's not in your best interest if you want to maximize your income ...”
• “Mark: It's entirely possible to have a war even when there is no opponent. All you have to do ...”
• “Thanks for the clarification, Kevin. Do editors generally collaborate on editorials....as in someone writes the original and others chime ...”
• “Derrick: Often, these "What Others Say" columns are unattributed. They are usually copyrighted. It is impossible to tell if they ...”
• “I'm just stunned by this policy. The Missourian is supposed to be a "news" organization. That means you report ...”
• “Derrick: I am curious about one thing. When I click on your "bush" video link, there is an opportunity to ...”
• “Thank you, Missourian, for NOT taking a picture of Earth Day activities like the Trib did a year-or-so ago: Two ...”
• “Burning the forest floor every year or so helps, but Columbia/neighbors will not allow that. Too bad...it's ...”
• “Derrick: It's definitely not an ash. There's lots of forest floor leafers this time of year, so not ...”
• “Derrick: The opposite leaves and grey-tan stems are good clues. The plant may flower soon; many of the bush honeysuckles ...”
• “Derrick: Unfortunately, I think you have documented the springtime leafing of the highly invasive bush honeysuckle that is taking over ...”
• “Dave: "To obtain a teaching degree, one must spend time in a classroom, part of the curriculum." ____________________ I'm unsure ...”
• “MattA: I remind you that you are the one who wrote: ""And as best as I can tell there are ...”
• “I found this: http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/list.php Click on the sort buttons for Republicans and Democrats. Kinda ...”
• “MarkA: Good. I'm glad you think ALL corporations, even those headed by folks similar to Soros, Winfrey, and the ...”
• “MattA: I don't know what word to use. You have to think it up for yourself. I have no ...”
• “MikeM: The open car door is a small deal someone could guess. Waiting for the red car to leave is ...”
• “MattA: You are quite welcome. ________________ I remind you again that you are one who posted: "And as best as I ...”
• “Denna: This is what the "other" newspaper had to say: "Although Erickson claims to have made the entire story up ...”
• “If Erickson did indeed expound on an exiting red car, and the existence of the red car was never made ...”
• “The other newspaper in town is reporting that Erickson, during his interrogation, was able to identify two things about the ...”
• “Ron: Exactly. Your point has been made many times in this place, but it's always good to see it ...”
• “Jimmy: I posted: "At the university level, if you want to be a teacher....voila....after 4 years there ya ...”
• “Jon: No need to round up. It is indeed ca. $200K. I have first-hand knowledge of this. This value would ...”
• “Here's another thought. For centuries, "teaching" has mainly been "women's work". No, that is NOT a sexist sentiment ...”
• “Frank: If nominated, I will not accept. If elected, I will not serve. The LAST thing I will EVER do ...”
• “I'm simply not going to support a "We need more money" approach. I've seen that strategy for 4 ...”
• “As a minor example, take this bit of testimony: "The only time I talked about this was when I was ...”
• “I think Erickson's testimony today is going to be a problem. I don't think he helped Ferguson at ...”
• “Well, at least I know how to spell "lobbyist". I seem to have problems with "ad hominem", tho. Haven't ...”
• “MikeB: I said no such thing. Read what I wrote. I said...and I quote..."I don't see how ...”
• “MikeB instructs: "please take a pencil and capitalize my letters" ____________________ Well, a pencil won't write on my monitor, and ...”
• “Jon: It's a "make hay while the sun shines" thingie. We saw the same sort of thing 3.5 ...”
• “MikeB: Take a breath...you're turnin' blue. I clearly see a scenario where CE's testimony didn't help ...”
• “Doo-Wop and shooby-doo. Oh lord. I'm so old.........”
• “Congrats to all, especially Rock Bridge. Times past, Hickman received the bulk of these awards hereabouts. (Disclosure: My 3 daughters ...”
• “Derrick: I can only respond to Erickson's testimony as described by the reporter. Once I finished the article, my ...”
• “Matt says, "Big difference between advocacy groups and lobbiest [sic]." ____________________ Yes, and the difference is you support one, but not ...”
• “I don't see how this testimony, if presented accurately in this article, helps anyone at all. Except those who ...”
• “"And as best as I can tell there are no lobbiest [sic] that work for anyone other than wealthy individuals ...”
• “I'm a huge fan of trees; I've personally planted and tended ca. 1000 of them at my farm ...”
• “Jon: Bull. Go back and read the intro. Look at the structure. In his first paragraph, he notes two "self-serving ...”
• “From my link: "Editors for the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times and the Chicago Tribune admitted to deliberately ...”
• “Brian: I may be wrong, but I think Frank has little inclination to convince you. He's probably content with ...”
• “Jon: Ultimately about race? Only because some folks want it to be. How do I know? Because no one is ...”
• “Jon: First, if memory serves from prior staff posts, authors do NOT pick the titles. The editorial staff or somesuch ...”
• “Jon: Mainly I think everyone needs a good intro on which to hang their hat and this was as good ...”
• “Jon outlines the reasons back then (so did SCOTUS), and says the situation has now changed. Ok. Then amend it.”
• “Why the argument about "hijacking"? Everyone needs an introductional paragraph in their writings. Hell, in his post, Jon hijacked Karl ...”
• “District of Columbia v. Heller http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/07pdf/07-290.pdf The entire document is a good read ...”
• “David, in his blog, says, "...In all cases, every able bodied man was required to take up arms as a ...”
• “Barbara: Do you know if the university can exercise editorial control (or other) over something distributed within its buildings/campus ...”
• “George says he hopes “Ann Coulter is NOT Mizzou.” That means he has something/someone in mind. He should identify ...”
• “Perhaps what the University needs is some sensitivity training.........to avoid offensive language on the part of The Maneater staff ...”
• “Ellis: I never saw the "newspaper" in question, nor do I know the contents except the "carpeteater" moniker. So, I ...”
• “"Of all institutions, the University of Missouri should be the last university in America to need reminding that even highly ...”
• “Derrick: But I don't, and never did, need any teachings from any specific religion for me to understand that ...”
• “Derrick: Even primates display care and empathy for one another. ________________________ I'd be careful with that analogy. Primates are opportunistic ...”
• “These words/statements disturb me: "...responsibility for the mistake...going to bear the consequences of my mistake." (A mistake? Is ...”
• “It's probably all Bush's fault, anyway.”
• “DerrickF asks, "And the definition of "crime" comes from... where?" __________________ Well, mine's mainly religious-based. I don't know about ...”
• “DerrickF asks, "I wonder where youth got the idea that using guns was the way to manage their problems?" _________________ I ...”
• “MikeM: Once it is legalized, the black market will disappear and kids will find it much more difficult to get ...”
• “RobertL: Is there a difference between motives for carjacking versus stealing a car when no one else is around?”
• “Also for perspective, 0.54 pCi is 1.2 disintegrations per minute (dpm). A sample containing 1.2 dpm more ...”
• “Gary: Nah, a virus will get us first, and those in cities will be the first to go.”
• “The word "rate" involves a unit of some type (in this case, births) and a time scalar. That is, births ...”
• “MikeM: I'll name one....the particularly disgusting guinea worm. Dracunculiasis I'm very anthropocentric regards that little critter. I ...”
• “A question: Can you think of one single species of life on this planet for which you would support extinction ...”
• “Gary: Let's discuss this from a theoretical, ivory-tower point of view. You said words like "cleaner planet", we are ...”
• “Take precautions? A true believer would be buying farmland in southern Canada or Russia.”
• “"online interference with ongoing cases could result in charges of witness tampering or harassment." _________________________ I hope that is considered and ...”
• “Derrick: I've never personally known potheads to be any lazier than the general population. _____________________ My experience is the opposite ...”
• “Derrick: I don't care much what a person ingests, inhales, injects, etc....so long as they don't adversely ...”
• “Derrick: I've already said I'm OK with legalization. I did not say we would then have to legalize ...”
• “Derrick: Expensive war...yes...but I don't think we'll spend any less than we do now if marijuana ...”
• “I'm ready to legalize and tax it. Two things, tho: (1) Anyone who thinks those who will find themselves ...”
• “GregA says, "this is info I've collected and observed as a substance abuse counselor for the last 25 years ...”
• “17 cents per pack to 90 cents per pack. That's a 529% increase. I'll go along with it ...”
• “Cheyenne Greene says, "I wonder how it would effect the price of tuition if the government never subsidized it." ____________________ Precisely ...”
• “Tracy, we could trade insults all night. Who wants to go to that place, particular if one of us has ...”
• “Tracy: I, too, often wish to post rants for which there is no related story in the Missourian. In fact ...”
• “Steep hill, indeed. In times past, incivility was arbitrated with a good left jab followed by a right cross, but ...”
• “I just spent 2 hours listing to SCOTUS arguments on mandated healthcare. Some folks think I need to get a ...”
• “Lots of conflicting info out there. Hard to know what to believe, at this point. Troubling, indeed.”
• “Frank and the punter on the goal line: One of my most memorable events at a Tiger's football game ...”
• “Oh, one more thing. I can only think of two politicians I have ever trusted to do a good job ...”
• “Rose: I lived through Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush I, Clinton, Bush II, and Obama. I ...”
• “JohnS: Yes, I've heard the same thing. My original criticism to this article was the statement: "Finally, gas station ...”
• “Unenforceable. And I wouldn't want to be anywhere near if someone tried to enforce it. Especially in a family-farm ...”
• “Daniel: So far as we know, the city had no opportunity to refrain, take action, lead, interact, or whatever....and ...”
• “Daniel: Yes. ________________________ Private entities should have NO right to negotiate a settlement for a city zoning violation independent of city ...”
• “Dave also missed "divine Providence" with a capitol "P" in the last line of the Declaration, to wit: "And for ...”
• “Don asks, "Anybody see anything dangerous in those comments?" _____________________ Apparently so. The generosity of the state can easily turn into ...”
• “Daniel says, "So you want the City to bring a suit to collect a civil fine?" __________________ Huh? Where'd I ...”
• “Tim: Yeah, you don't know who paid the money, either....which brands your comment "didn't want it to ...”
• “Good.”
• “Tim: Do we know WHO paid the money?”
• “Daniel: A prosecution? No, I don't think it rises to the level of criminality. This is a civil action ...”
• “Wayne: Yes, the architect violated code, and I guess the workers did, too. You didn't mention the city's ...”
• “Tim says, "Darn the neighborhood wanting to beauty their neighborhood to offset the awkwardly tall frat house." ___________________ Hey, it's ...”
• “Tim: No "person" profited, although whoever does the beautification will certainly profit. Hopefully, an outsider to the neighborhood will be ...”
• “Wayne: You are worried about developers taking advantage if they were rewarded for ill deeds with no punishment. That's ...”
• “I buy in Old Franklin going to-and-from the farm. Always cheaper, usually by several cents. I haven't bought gas ...”
• “The link for 1910-1960 does not work. Error message.”
• “The term payoff implies someone profited and was motivated by greed. ________________________ Yes, that's an accurate statement.”
• “Truth is, Daniel, I really don't care. I'm just trying to write exactly the same number of posts ...”
• “Daniel: I'm a retired businessman, so I have permission to talk about it. I understand confidentiality. I also understand ...”
• “Tim: Of course the neighborhood had the better case. Others screwed up. And, a payoff made the hurtie go away ...”
• “Tim: Maybe he didn't want it to get around they screwed up. ______________________ How'd that work out?”
• “Wayne: I re-read Hoppe's letter. She said the architect and the neighborhood association reached an agreement at a meeting ...”
• “Wayne: I did read them. I have no direct dog in this fight except insofar as the council composition makes ...”
• “Kevin: It is my understanding that the building height problem was the fault of the architect and city staff. I ...”
• “There is NO price competition for gasoline in Columbia, MO. I'd like to know why.”
• “Wayne: If Hoppe was acting in an official capacity, why is anything secret?”
• “The article says, "Finally, gas station owners set their own prices based on how much they paid for their last ...”
• “Look, I know folks are upset about this, but I sure would like to see a point-by-point rebuttal instead of ...”
• “Chris: I know you're trying to gig the pro-Constitution crowd with the Article VI, clause 2 bit, but you ...”
• “The result is that newspaper companies would have to pay sales tax both on the supplies used to produce their ...”
• “Do our local newspapers get this break? As a UMC newspaper, does the Missourian pay taxes on stuff it purchases ...”
• “I think this is the bill. If so, Dave, you left stuff out. Such as: We get to vote on ...”
• “Jon: I mentioned that because you're singling out the attack on Republicans as an unfair move on the part ...”
• “What tha............?????? You mean to tell me that newspapers all over this state that rail on about tax breaks for ...”
• “Question: Do (or should?) defense attorneys pay a price for such a failure? If a police officer violates the rights ...”
• “No one likes plea bargains anyway except those dealing with bloated dockets. Mainly the public doesn't like them. I ...”
• “The ACA goes to SCOTUS soon. Although I have a preference on the outcome, the main fun and education will ...”
• “Mark Twain and controversial words......... that would get you banned in this place.”
• “Mike and Natalie: Thanks. I was mainly responding to the article statement, "....says the longer suspensions are needed so that ...”
• “MarkF says, "Every large energy source has a cost." ____________________ Yes, and it baffles me folks think they can get "big ...”
• “Holly: I agree. I would not want to live in a place able to do what Ms Rose is proposing ...”
• “Missourian: When a hunter accidentally kills someone, is there no manslaughter or negligent homicide charge or somesuch? How is this ...”
• “Gary Straub: However, I do agree with Ms. Nolen, there is definitely a preponderance of incivility lately. ____________________ I also agree ...”
• “I'd take Rose's yearnings more seriously if she had taken keyboard-in-hand when Bill Maher called Sarah Palin two ...”
• “Jon: If you were reading my posts, you wouldn't be regurgitating the same nonsense I already addressed earlier. ________________________ You ...”
• “Jon, if I took your approach and addressed everything you posted, we'd be in fractal-land. I have to pick ...”
• “Jon: I think most anyone can do better too, if we help them. ______________________ Why should you help? Those folks are ...”
• “Jon: No more strange than believing luck always applies, and then stating you have the ability to "make dumb decisions ...”
• “Jon: There is no such thing as "making dumb decisions" (your words) if luck dictates outcomes, as you believe. You ...”
• “Jon, if you believe in "luck" and "predestination", there is no such thing as a stupid decision. Or a good ...”
• “A wonderful story with a wonderful message ALL kids need to hear....over and over and over and over again ...”
• “I also guess that Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch's advice (in a companion Missourian article today) to all those kids was ...”
• “Jon, You said, "Those who "choose" to make chronic bad decisions are not responsible for that, just as you don ...”
• “Mark: Thanx, I will take a look. Wind turbines contain substantial rare earths. Right now, China possesses 97% of the ...”
• “Taylor: My point was this....if I take my shotgun, go outside, and shoot a raptor, I'm gonna pay ...”
• “Defense stayed home. You won't win many with the other guys scoring 80+. Too bad. I'm sorry this ...”
• “How much blame to they deserve for being dropped into a game they have no idea how to play? ____________________ No ...”
• “Jon, my question "How can you prevent or cause 'luck'?" is answered.....You can't. Your example of professional pokers ...”
• “Jon, you said, "Most of our life is dictated by circumstances beyond our control, and free will is an illusion ...”
• “Frank: Jon ascribed "aversion to change" to conservatives, and then said such an aversion was situational. The same is true ...”
• “Indeed, I think liberals have conservatives beat when it comes to resistance to change. PS: If life is dictated by ...”
• “Wind energy? Take a look at this: http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jun/06/local/la-me-adv-wind-eagles-20110606 I'm wondering if ...”
• “"Hey, honey! Did you read about this 'pink slime' crap they are forcing down our kids' throats at school? How ...”
• “Defined-benefit plans should be verboten for all public entities. The plans should be funded by taxpayers AND employees in a ...”
• “I will be voting "no". Our school system is not making the changes in educational strategies I wish to see ...”
• “MikeMentor: I'm still laughing at your "class project" concept. But if the "free cruise" contest is real, I'm ...”
• “I should point out one additional thing from the link I provided. Edamame (which I really like) contains 280 mg ...”
• “"I don't think a highly processed slurry of meat scraps mixed with ammonia is what most families would think ...”
• “Ellis: My comment on the canoe was a tongue-in-cheek example to show I didn't *have* to pay someone else ...”
• “Jon: I guess I wasn't reading you correctly. All I really needed to know from your response was the ...”
• “Jon, if I'm reading you correctly, you're saying that salary should (eventually) not be proportional to productivity (wish ...”
• “Hmmmm.....having trouble with this site dropping comments; let's try again...... You can also get involved here (trading one ...”
• “Or, get involved here: http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/cbo-obamacare-cost-176-trillion-over-10-yrs/425831 Or even here (trading one dependency for another ...”
• “Here's a place where citizens can get involved: http://www.sodahead.com/united-states/is-biden-out-of-touch-with-reality/question-2516033/ You can't make ...”
• “The state of Illinois covered more than $17 million, or well over half of the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District’s ...”
• “MarkF: Unfortunately, entertainment makes ratings more than intelligent, thoughtful commentary or dry, neutral news. ________________________ As with all entities, follow the ...”
• “Ellis and "Raleigh": Ummm....let's see.....ok, I got it: "i" before "e" except after....."L". PS: I can ...”
• “Jon, read the entire thread first: _____________________ Gary's post: "Michael, So you are saying, that you like war, and spending ...”
• “Are you saying that citizens should not participate in their government? ________________________ No Justin. I'm saying talk is cheap. It ...”
• “The article title is a bit misleading, at least for me. To me, "car theft" means stealing a car. Not ...”
• “Mizzou is ranked #3 in the AP poll, yet draw a 2nd seed in the big dance???????? Sum-one wanna 'splain ...”
• “Gary...You missed the point. But, my answers to your questions are no, no, no, no, no, no, and no ...”
• “Re: Diminishing returns: Such as the 80:20 or 95:5 rules when applied to decision-making: Spending 80% or 95 ...”
• “Gary re: Your post. See? You agree with Gene's missive, bemoaning that we can't all get along, then ...”
• “Well, Gene....those are fine words, and mainly I agree. The problem is that you are quite comfortable watching my ...”
• “Ellis: I don't think it was humor or sarcasm. I think it was just a statement of fact that ...”
• “Baylor 81 KU 72 Lawrence, KS burns again. PS: Baylor's hungry and out for revenge. MU better be on ...”
• “Kansas folks are concerned about their fate once Texas and Oklahoma leave, which they eventually will. Missouri got out while ...”
• “I wonder if Dave knows if those 20 "lost" advertisers are national? Or local among the various affiliates? A bit ...”
• “I'm a huge supporter of CPD and the Boone County sheriff's dept, but what follows is a discussion ...”
• “Ms Palin brought it upon herself? "Slut" is an OK word when a woman fails at foreign events? Sometimes women ...”
• “As for, "the great hunting philosopher Elmer Fudd, of the Missouri Republican party, one should be afraid, wery wery afraid ...”
• “There's quite a bit of misogyny from liberals in spite of their say-so support. I still remember the comments ...”
• “Limbaugh's comments were about as useful as a local talkshow host's "Mayor Hind-end" and "Steam Pile of Pelosi ...”
• “Jon: Ok, we'll keep it shorter.”
• “The "better job of educating people" is a good one. Is there one single human being in this nation who ...”
• “Jon, try and isolate one or two of the more important ideas in a post and respond to those. I ...”
• “Jon: "wanting to control women's reproductive freedoms is an equally strange posture." ________________________ Conservatives don't want to control women ...”
• “Shelly: As I posted on another thread, I wish farmers would organize and simply NOT plant 10% of their acres ...”
• “Gary: I personally know of NO conservatives wishing for an elimination of birth control, although a scientific case can be ...”
• “Ellis: I had a cousin from Mississippi who was an avid fisherman. He taught me that you could keep worms ...”
• “PS: Maybe Columbia/Boone County just found a solution......... From Switzerland, of all places.”
• “Swiss citizenship process: http://switzerland.isyours.com/e/immigration/citizenship/index.html I like this part: "You are accustomed to ...”
• “Damn. To read all the doom and gloom about inequality in the US, I'm shocked the we don't ...”
• “I went with grandkids in tow. Enjoyed it, but the concept of paying to gain entry to folks who want ...”
• “Given my past anti-union stance in this place, please lay down. I don't y'all ta fall over an ...”
• “MarkS: "I'll probably ignore him because that's the one thing that will turn me into troll." _______________ I chuckled ...”
• “Mark: I think several are back on the street from what I hear. I, too, applaud CPD, but I have ...”
• “Back to JKarl's topic: There are gunfights in Columbia. What are y'all gonna do about it? Propose something..........”
• “Frank: "and has now advised that he quits! Why don't you?" ___________________ He can't.”
• “Please excuse this short interruption between warring parties. _____________________ There is a question initially raised by JohnS and eventually by others ...”
• “As for his article, JKarl, as a Caucasian, makes only one mistake: He has hope he can contribute to a ...”
• “Jon, I won't address most of your comments because I'm mainly disengaged on this topic. Nothing I say ...”
• “Jimmy and Bill Cosby's byline: Probably. It only took 15 posts for the playing of the race card and ...”
• “Derrick: I would be disappointed. I would mourn the loss of her child and my grandchild. I would also still ...”
• “Jon and Rambo: But I HAVE lived similar events. Several times. I know exactly how I will behave because I ...”
• “Step 1: A woman should have NOTHING to do with a man who shows chronic, uncivilized behavior of any sort ...”
• “MikeM: ;^) Women are the great civilizers; always have been and always will be. Only they can smear a thin veneer ...”
• “Codes of silence extend to doctors, lawyers, politicians, unions, journalists, organized crime, kids on a playground, and you and the ...”
• “JohnS: Sure, the radio is fine if you know how to use it. By all means.....if you have the ...”
• “Chris: Distasteful? Sure, I can see that perspective. I had my own reasons for asking the original question, but your ...”
• “I have no other place to post this, but Jimmy said the word "snow", and that's close enough. Yesterday ...”
• “Above and beyond? How so? The hypothetical is this: You are an American reporter embedded with American enemies. You see ...”
• “Jon: "Speaking of Monsanto, I've yet to meet a single person who has anything good to say about that ...”
• “The most recent Science News, February 25, 2012, page 9, has a story written by Bruce Bower. It discusses a ...”
• “Daniel: "He doesn't have to take your quiz." ______________________ You're right. How 'bout you?”
• “Jon, no I wasn't being sarcastic or critical. More light-hearted than anything else and certainly not antagonistic. I was ...”
• “Ok Tom. Given the hypothetical, the fact you are a journalist, and that you wrote, "...providing a little context to ...”
• “Jon says, "I happen to think that majority rule is also a terrible idea." Me: Agree, although we tolerate it ...”
• “Tim: "You have to be the lowest of the low to demonize the Humane Society." ______________________ Nah. Supporting an organization that ...”
• “frank christian says, "Don't know if Ellis and Mike are such great Big 12 fans. It is clear however ...”
• “Tom, do you have an opinion on the hypothetical? How would you have behaved?”
• “JohnS: The bullet was there when I posted. But there is no mention of who may have authorized it. To ...”
• “Don: Next thing you know you'll be advocating that children be allowed to pray in school? And you know ...”
• “Whoa! Where is Occupy-MEM when you need them? This article doesn't mention it (it avoids it entirely), but another ...”
• “Don: The punishment is the disenfranchisement by self...without remedy once the ballot is in the box. There is ample ...”
• “Matthew: Obviously you are set in your beliefs that we are not now, nor will ever be, up to the ...”
• “I said, "I want to get that confidence back." I fear that will not be possible in this age of ...”
• “John Schultz asks, "And how should the Missourian not carry water for an activist?" Me: By being damned careful, going ...”
• “Ellis: I heard they closed the KU football field in fear of a terror plot when they found white powder ...”
• “A journalist, by my definition, cannot be an activist. And an activist can never be considered a journalist. For the ...”
• “Derrick: Does google's recent policy changes concern you?”
• “Derrick: You're welcome. I'd vote for you over any of the current conservatives. You have to decide if ...”
• “Ellis: Yes, I've seen Cerenkov radiation; my wifey used to work in the drafting room of the UMC reactor ...”
• “Further, Fedor, I think Mark Foecking got it exactly right, in a way I could not articulate, in his post ...”
• “Fedor: (1) What criteria would you use to determine whether an independent news source is credible and trustworthy? Me: A ...”
• “Jimmy: The lack of a response to something so obviously incorrect, or at least highly suspect and questionable, is very ...”
• “Jon, they were out of time. A total state recount, including scrutiny and legal opportunity for challenge, simply wasn't ...”
• “Finally, this is my opinion: If you and I cannot follow directions for voting, and we screw up.....tough. Your ...”
• “A further SCOTUS slapdown copied directly from the decision: "The record provides some examples [of changing standards, brackets are MWs ...”
• “Uh-oh. We're getting the blues again. Does anyone know what causes this? Is the Missourian web site, or my ...”
• “All of this is moot, anyway. There were 4 hidden trump cards, and the last 1 would have been devastating ...”
• “Gore and his attorneys made several serious mistakes, but the main one was requesting selective counties for a recount. That ...”
• “"...we reverse the judgment of the Supreme Court of Florida ordering a recount to proceed. Seven Justices of the Court ...”
• “Chris: The dissents were about the remedy, not the constitutionality. Of course, the dissents required breaking at least one federal ...”
• “http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/00-949.ZPC.html You'll have to search elsewhere for the dissents, but ...”
• “Well, gee whiz, Chris. Which one of the following words are difficult for you math-wise (Taken directly from the last ...”
• “Tim says, "Acting...like a rich conservative will not make you rich." ___________________ Perhaps. Perhaps not. But acting like a rich ...”
• “Oops, my next-to-last line should read, "Also, I read reporter reactions to inhumanity in Syria, including the last line in ...”
• “Tom: Part of what this article is about is, in your words, "...providing a little context to journalism." I asked ...”
• “Tom: I'd be interested in your position on this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGg_dpGhlf0”
• “Matthew: You're right. I don't challenge the Tribune's or Missourian's existence because they are true journalists ...”
• “While Missourian reporters (Trib, too) do reply at times to our comments, mainly it's only for clarification purposes when ...”
• “Matthew: LOL, sorry for the mistake you corrected; these comments AREN'T reviewed by an editor. _______________ You missed the point ...”
• “Critics said they can't stomach the idea of horses being processed for meat. ________________________ Yeah, a quick stun gun between ...”
• “"If I was Kansas, I wouldn't want to have a discussion about calling a truce, because they are perceived ...”
• “A "home base" is certainly comforting, but that "comfort" can easily become "complacency". Having your own cave is a fine ...”
• “MarkF: I think the entirety of your last post is exactly why I do not think of CFJ as journalists ...”
• “Ellis strangely wishes to know, "Where do I apply for the job of conducting the strip search?" ___________________ Boone County jail?”
• “Mark: My cell phone takes videos. Does that count?”
• “Was this the actual letter or did the newspaper mess up the English during the printing process? The letter started ...”
• “Don: The reason they went behind closed doors was because the Republican operatives were rioting by chanting "Let us in ...”
• “Matthew: Did I complain about lack of press coverage for positive encounters with the police? PS: My encounters with the ...”
• “Derrick: I have no ulterior motives. You said, "Are you seriously going to get caught up in an accounting debate ...”
• “And before anyone says, "It was 5-4", be advised I'm loaded and cocked with the final paragraph of the ...”
• “Frank: Yeah, there's that. But I'm talking about the FINAL decision. The one everyone insists was 5-4.”
• “Hell, Frank....just ask what was the SCOTUS vote on whether what was happening in Florida was a violation of ...”
• “Matthew asks, "What exactly do you think we personally gain from CFJ...." _____________________ Juvenile gotcha's?”
• “Matthew asks, "Which officers have influenced your perspective or are you just saying that since you've personally never had ...”
• “Tom: Until we get a thread (a Missourian story), discussing this topic will be difficult, and I won't do ...”
• “Ellis: You don't have to convince me. But, before any discussion of evolution can proceed, the age of the ...”
• “Matthew: Actually, I've not commented at all on your organization. I just commented on your comment. You wrote the ...”
• “On evolution: First, you have to agree on the age of the universe, and then you have to agree on ...”
• “Jon: Yes, current theory has empty space as not empty at all, but at the tiniest of levels is a ...”
• “aww, heck....I wish I could stay around for this. I'm an ardent evolutionist AND a Christian. No problems ...”
• “Jon: Yes, both books I mentioned are tough reads, making us think in ways to which we are not accustomed ...”
• “Jon, no use continuing...time for sleep anyway. I suggest A Brief History of Time by Steven Hawking or The ...”
• “And, no....it wasn't sarcasm. We may still disagree, but I'm mainly concerned with the logic and consistency ...”
• “Jon: No, you're still wrong. Facts quite often depend on the observer. There are situations where we will both ...”
• “Jon, Very good. You get an A for consistency.”
• “Jon: OK. For the third time, you refuse to answer. The answer is no. Your statement, that knowledge does not ...”
• “Jon, so a woman standing at the door of an abortion clinic, about to have an abortion, is shot and ...”
• “Tony asks, "How do Christophobes know what year it is?" _______________________ Gee, way to go. Someone will get the idea to ...”
• “Jon: You said knowledge does not depend upon the observer. Hence, if it does not hinge upon the observer, then ...”
• “Matthew says, "Not saying that it's not happening, but if the people who are so satisfied with the CPD ...”
• “Ken: Why do you ask? Who knows? Who cares? Why is the answer to that question germane to the issue ...”
• “JohnS: Good point. No...correct that. Excellent point.”
• “I saw the headline and thought, "Oh no....not *him* in the library again." Different guy.”
• “jon says, "You're splitting hairs." ________________ No, I'm not. You said facts never depend upon the observer. You have ...”
• “Harold: Mothers and grandmothers are the origin of a solution yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Always will be. They are the ...”
• “Bond noted in the article was a mistake. Only 25K, not 250K. He's already back on the street.”
• “Ellis: lol. Yes, the first females that follow males spearheading a new region generally have financial gains in mind. The ...”
• “Ray: I think a group of honest Guardian Angel-types is a good thing. Any type of neighborhood watch group, especially ...”
• “Ray: The book Freakonomics says Roe v. Wade has sure saved us a buncha crime trouble. Probably right, too. Really ...”
• “MikeM: "The Supreme Court "erroneously" concluded in Roe that the unborn have no rights as "persons," but since 1973, mounds ...”
• “"There were times when the money was really rolling in...[b[ut somehow retirement wasn't really in the forefront ...”
• “Whatever happened to fun? Well, for today, it was reading your column. I agree completely with you and enjoyed doing ...”
• “Note to Mike and Elaine: You changed my wording to read "relative thingie". I deliberately wrote "relativity thingie." There's ...”
• “Jon says again, "Facts are facts, and once again, facts do not depend on the observer." __________________ I take it, then ...”
• “Ah, Elaine, There are situations where you would insist upon torturing another human being, perhaps even helping do it.”
• “And people wonder why otherwise civilized folks resort to water-boarding and electroshock to get information. "Fed-up" means different things to ...”
• “Derrick: Then you are not a pure moral relativist. You're just like me. You think some things are good ...”
• “Knowledge does not depend on the observer. ________________ Sure it does. I gave you two exceptions where knowledge does indeed depend ...”
• “Derrick: And yet you refuse to weigh in on the "double homicide" question. I'm also confident that you, as ...”
• “As for my take on "determinism", I'm fine with it when launching satellites and sticking my finger into a ...”
• “Jon: "I never claimed that there's one perfect solution for everyone." ____________________ Sure you did. You wrote, ""I don't ...”
• “Don....post of the day. congrats.......”
• “There is no solution for this problem within the law...within this community. I'm glad I do not live ...”
• “"Best as determined by how your thoughts and actions affect your brain." ______________________ A non-answer. Because you yourself said "...we'll ...”
• “Also re: "I don't doubt we'll be able to hook people up to an fMRI and tell them ...”
• “JonH: "...but at some point I don't doubt we'll be able to hook people up to an fMRI ...”
• “Jimmy B: So the people who wrote U.S. and Missouri law over the past 150-plus years got that "information ...”
• “We have such laws because it makes sense to have them. _____________________ Why does it make sense? Defend that statement. Further ...”
• “Gregg: You missed the point.”
• “Gregg should be forced to become a physician.”
• “J Karl says, "...compelling a church or other religious organization to compromise its practiced doctrine violates the First Amendment of ...”
• “Ellis and the engineering problem: I have an LC/MS sitting in my basement....reel cheep. It might help.”
• “Everybody has a fingerprint. And they're FREE!!!!!”
• “Let's do fingerprints. Yea.........”
• “GaryS says, "...in China, Iran, and most oppressive societies you can and will be stopped at any time and required ...”
• “Johann: Actually, I don't doubt you for a minute regarding whether truffles will become a noxious pest. I don ...”
• “Thanks Joy. When we give private, required information during signup, it's important the newspaper maintains an implied trust.”
• “JimmyB: I note that you got the same email from the Missourian as I did, along with others. I think ...”
• “Insignificant?????? He used a gun!!!!!!!! PS: Lot's of farmland between KCMO and Lawrence. Using your geography, I guess we ...”
• “And would someone PLEASE tell me if the phrase "someone elses taxes" has an apostrophe in "elses" and, if so ...”
• “Best my adviser can do is 25%. The fed tax after standard deduction and personal exemption is 14.6%. Missouri ...”
• “I shot an email off to my accountant, too.”
• “?????????????????????? Whined a lot, tho.”
• “What are our priorities? Helping our fellow humans or beer? __________________ Ummmm, don't rush me....I'm thinking...... ___________________ Not that ...”
• “"Take a canoe trip together" is good advice, so long as you're not in the same canoe. Hire out ...”
• “Jimmy: Perhaps Joseph was using self-employed folks as his example which, of course, would be a hidden article bias if ...”
• “Jimmy: It's been a while since I've had to calc FICA, FUTA, and medicare. Since you are still ...”
• “HaroldS and 20 million gallons: To put this into perspective, 20 million gallons is represented by a cube only 138 ...”
• “MarkF: "...Storing water from the spring rains..." _________________ Columbia needs a lake, but we'll not get one. A lake 2 ...”
• “Re: Free rides at taxpayer expense. The best get scholarships at taxpayer expense anyway. Communities/districts can tax themselves and ...”
• “Many rural communities do the same thing for doctors. I like this concept....communities deciding on what types/levels of ...”
• “Jeez, thank gawd Monsanto isn't starting this. Talk about a non-starter!!!!!!!!!”
• “Hey, not to rain on any parades but something needs to be asked here: There's lots of controversy about ...”
• “Thanks, Frank.”
• “no, Chris. The consumer. For both. You really think neither will raise prices, don't you.... Price follows money. Always ...”
• “Chris: I asked first.”
• “Marysa: Link to your original story?”
• “If Joe Doaks gets more money, who gets less money?”
• “I'll support the additional cigarette tax if accompanied by an equal-percentage increase in taxes for ALL forms of alcohol ...”
• “Jimmy says, "If you don't want to take on debt, start saving for college as soon as your child ...”
• “I was fired once and almost fired a second time. For the first, I was responsible for pouring bushel baskets ...”
• “Hmmmm. With your own words and example, it sounds to me like you were paying more attention to being a ...”
• “ELLIS DID IT! HE REALLY DID IT! THE FIRST ON THESE PAGES TO LEAVE THE "L" OUT OF "PUBLIC"!!!!!!!! hahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahaha ...”
• “What do you mean by "Partisan state university curators aren't non-partisan Federal Supreme Court Justices?" i.e., the definition ...”
• “Freedom of speech means a lot of things, including that people should be free of official retaliation for what they ...”
• “Jimmy: Me, too. I still don't believe it.”
• “MikeMentor gives you 6 commandments. Ummm...sumbody's been watchin' "The History of the World" with good ol' MelB.”
• “Dadgummed Christian zealot politicians. Were some of his words legal for a President? First Amendment stuff? http://www.buzzfeed.com ...”
• “No zealots in the White House. Of any stripe. Secular zealotry is just as bad as religious zealotry.”
• “susan e: You are required to identify yourself fully in this place. Your full name, please. Otherwise, we'll have ...”
• “I wondered what was growing between my toes.....”
• “DG asks, "Question - Is it time to discard the Electoral College for of Presidential election?" _____________________ (1) Only if you never ...”
• “I understand we have a wonderful new professor that just arrived on campus. No one came, tho. No tweets, either ...”
• “Well Dave, my favorite radical liberal, I'm always trying to help. Really. Thanks.”
• “TonyB: Do you believe unions should be considered people in the same way corporations are? How about Move-On.org? Just ...”
• “Don: Well, there's a thought! :^)”
• “Natural toxins and modification of the human gene pool: http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199709183371205”
• “MarkF: Personally, I'd like to see a good Missourian article on cosmetics. What's in them, how much, chronic ...”
• “President Newt? President Salamander? Kinda like Shrub? Or Nobama?”
• “JimmyB: And signage companies, and writers, and those who put podiums together, and janitors, and hotels, and event coordinators, and ...”
• “Out of sight. Out of mind. Great philosophy. But...hey...I do it, too. I only made it through 4 ...”
• “We spend more money on chewing gum than presidential elections. How's that for assigning priorities for national problems? Next ...”
• “Tony: Regarding money spent in an election, who gets it?”
• “Tony: Yes. One person's "rational" is another person's "irrational", not only with identification of the problem but especially ...”
• “TonyB says, "...while the real issues languish is not "working"" _________________ You miss the point. *THE* reason for partisanship, gridlock, more-than-one ...”
• “Derrick: Cause is hard to identify by correlation, but the latter does offer hints. Here's an interesting correlation: Lower ...”
• “David: I believe you missed the point from many of us. Rose is one-sided. That means she has an underlying ...”
• “Hey, Rose. Here's a few other names to add to your "rich" list. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories ...”
• “Kevin says, "It's difficult to imagine a sane defense for the persistent use of endocrine disrupters in everyday products ...”
• “Chris: Perhaps you can tell us how a person earning $60K pays 33-41% in federal taxes. For now, I don ...”
• “Headline: MU's Frederick vom Saal wants FDA to ban...endocrine disruptors _________________ Well, there went ethinyl estradiol and estrone. Lots ...”
• “Jimmy: Ofttimes, a Missourian author will respond at least once to we misguided posters on a point of clarification. Hope ...”
• “Rose: We (you, me, everyone else) apparently pay a couple of billion each year on chewing gum. Far exceeding any ...”
• “Joe states, "His employees paid taxes at rates from 33 percent to 41 percent on salaries around $60,000." This ...”
• “50 highway is gonna get a workout.”
• “Tim says, "Are you suggesting the methodology of the scholars whose work is cited in the LiveScience article is as ...”
• “JohnS: For now, I simply do not believe a 33-41% tax rate on a person making 60 grand. I will ...”
• “Ray: I would opt out of cell phone nuisance calls. I like the idea proposed in the article. But I ...”
• “When Missouri lawmakers start discussing restrictions on their OWN nuisance calls to me, I'll pay more attention.”
• “Let's go back to shirts-and-skins.”
• “JoeS says, "His employees paid taxes at rates from 33 percent to 41 percent on salaries around $60,000." _____________________ Defend ...”
• “Derrick: The Yahoo article you posted, versus "The Bell Curve" by Richard J. Herrnstein and Charles Murray. One ok, the ...”
• “Jon, except in games of equal chance, I do not believe in luck. I do not say "Good luck" to ...”
• “I don't know if or what politics are involved, but separating a district by a big river with no ...”
• “Tim: And soon.”
• “Delcia: I completely agree. If only all those yard signs saying "We support our troops!" had instead said "We're ...”
• “Wonderful! Kids have the marvelous ability to reach for metaphorical stars, only this time it's not so metaphorical. Thank ...”
• “Geez, Mr. President....Whatever are you thinking? What do your construction union folks think about this decision?”
• “Jon: Oh, for heaven's sake. Running away is NOT an option for me. That option is too horrible for ...”
• “Jon: But, like the author said, if you only have those two options (not including fighting for the sake of ...”
• “Jon: Rather, leaving your child behind, as horrible as that would be, is STILL better than acceding to their demands ...”
• “You do realize that theft and homicide have been around for a lot longer than communism, right? _____________________ Hmmmm. On second ...”
• “Frank: Cool. I might just go. They can cinch the deal if I can drive a tank thru downtown.”
• “Don: Sorry to be brief with my last post, but I wasn't sure it was legal for me to ...”
• “Don: You are correct.”
• “Derrick: That's what 22-250s are for.”
• “No one is saying "Don't talk" or that there will be no differing perspectives. Opinions can be valued. You ...”
• “Frank: By his failure to bemoan ALL group sources of political money (not individuals), I conclude that Dave favors the ...”
• “Greg: In the same way J.Karl did not say "shut up" to Kevin (1/25/2012, 3:45 pm ...”
• “Chris: I noted long ago that if you believe warming will persist and even grow, you should be buying land ...”
• “For the fun of it, I changed one portion of Wendy's letter; changes are in brackets: "The corrupting influence ...”
• “Allan: I assume from your question that you think I believe test results should be THE criteria for evaluating a ...”
• “Jon: Ok. I just wanted to know if there was a situation where you would run towards danger or run ...”
• “Jon says, "You don't barricade yourself behind the couch and stand your ground out of some misguided sense of ...”
• “Don: You got deleted, but the original post with virtually identical words is still there from 7:54pm last night ...”
• “Don: Lol. No, but it is true that many of their songs are about the trials/tribulations/love of relational ...”
• “JohnS: Yep. I am in agreement with your 11:09 post completely. For most of us, running away is the ...”
• “Don, I wonder if you'd like something a bit more contemporary. The Civil Wars. He's a hillybilly Johnny ...”
• “JohnS: Many folks subscribe to the "flee" instinct as a first resort. Only half of the fight/flight genes are ...”
• “Well, I guess yer right, Jon. I've destroyed all my plans in the event of a house fire. The ...”
• “No sale, Allan. We're not just comparing assembly-line workers and teachers. There are thousands of private jobs out here ...”
• “Frank: Bald Eagles”
• “Ray, they taste like whooping cranes.”
• “Mark: Damn. I did ALL those. AND played in the crick. I even climbed trees and my playground in elementary ...”
• “Don says, "Most I might give them is a good butt chewing about letting somebody take pictures." _____________________ There oughta be ...”
• “Kevin: I'm still searching for where J. Karl said "shut up." Can you point it out? Opinions are not ...”
• “Ellis says, "I am wondering how you or I or any of us now senior citizens ever managed to reach ...”
• “Jon: No, I don't agree that many people live in a fantasy world when it comes to this stuff ...”
• “The biology teacher in the photo says, ""There's nobody in this building that doesn't understand it could be ...”
• “Joy asks, "Would a second destination make you more likely to use it?" ______________________ Unlikely. For me, the "second destination" question ...”
• “Dave, you concentrate on corporations and say nothing about unions. Why?”
• “I think the most important phrase in J Karl's missive is "...is not that stress equally acute during or ...”
• “Jon: It's ok to criticize those who think that owning a gun makes them superheroes; however, I believe you ...”
• “Sounds like deer hunters in MO should instigate a class-action against Heartland. This is not good. Game ranches should be ...”
• “Children go through all sorts of battles in their lives, but the war is won or lost by parents. Virtually ...”
• “Maybe the ladies will get to hear the Prez's explanation for THIS: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/treasury-okd-big-bailed-out-firm-ceo-pay-2012-01-24?siteid ...”
• “Jon says, "...decorating your living room with someone else's body parts will traumatize any sane person." _____________________ Well, decorating my ...”
• “Frank: I think the Mississippi is/was "wider" than the Missouri at their junction north of St. Louis. Hence, the ...”
• “Ellis: It seems clear from some statements made by demonstrators in 2011 that they have little or no understanding about ...”
• “Daniel: An absolutely excellent response. I hope I'm up to the task with mine. (1) Your first paragraph is ...”
• “SteveJ: Your amendment says, "Artificial entities, such as corporations, limited liability companies, and other entities..." ____________________ Interestingly, the amendment specifies corporations ...”
• “JohnS: I agree. I've marveled that folks don't care for "corporate" contributions, but unions and favored non-profits/PACs ...”
• “Besides, I can see no reason why teachers should have any greater job security than the rest of us Joe ...”
• “Daniel: OR, make it more difficult to train as a teacher (higher college entry standards), make it more difficult to ...”
• “Daniel: The problem isn't the "value" we ascribe. The problem is that too many people can and want to ...”
• “Scouts is such a great organization and I'm happy they have been in the Missourian news twice recently. Hopefully ...”
• “Article title: "Two years later, Citizens United case causes a stir." _____________________ A "stir"?”
• “If the point is that BSA has been under attack by left-wingers for years because of their philosophies, teachings, activities ...”
• “Louis asks, "As to this un-named Brasilian ecologist -- what's his name?" _____________________ Beats me; there's a bunch of them ...”
• “Elizabeth: I wasn't going to comment on this thread until you posted the snopes link. The plagiarism charges are ...”
• “Louis: I dunno. Do you know what you get when you combust hydrogen and oxygen gases originally made from seawater ...”
• “Louis asks: Where does this fertilizer come from? Is it in the form of chemicals (derived from other terrestrial locations ...”
• “Louis says, "Certainly, I understand that nutrients will be removed from the system and that if we deplete the system ...”
• “Louis: Not without input for all elements taken from the soil over time. Some elements will give out earlier than ...”
• “Louis: The part you do NOT understand is that biomass IS renewable with respect to carbon....but NOT for any ...”
• “Louis: Yes, let's jump from the frying pan into the fire. Did your comment help anything?”
• “Richard: Until we figure out a way to harness sunlight energy with a cheap and readily-available catalyst for the purpose ...”
• “Biomass: We're gonna get into trouble with this. You simply cannot take biomass from one place and transport it ...”
• “Is there such a thing as "diplomatic etiquette?"”
• “R_{\mu \nu} - {1 \over 2}g_{\mu \nu}\,R + g_{\mu \nu} \Lambda = {8 \pi G \over c^4 ...”
• “Jon: I'll take a stab at the part where you said, "Why are we not up in arms arms ...”
• “JohnS: You didn't say much, either.”
• “Frank, you extrapolate too far. Why are you making it your mission to P.O. every liberal AND conservative in ...”
• “J. Karl: I understand completely. I'm a track/field guy myself...going on 48 years of participation (long ago ...”
• “GaryS says, "...However, the most disturbing thing is that often those that have a strong grasp of finances take advantage ...”
• “Corey: "but man oh man so many red flags in the description of this family." __________________ Or, to extend the statement ...”
• “I wish Columbia downtown buildings would decide if they want to maintain an older flavor, or a newer one. The ...”
• “JackHamm: Excellent post. There are many others more worthy when it comes to "icons". These others, in addition to those ...”
• “How many are one percenters?”
• “Tom Warhover: Having participated in clinical trials personally, I know that such trials are extraordinarily expensive. They can easily approach ...”
• “Ellis: I'm especially sensitive to use of commas. Consider the following difference: "Let's eat, grandpa!" versus "Lets eat ...”
• “Ellis: Glad to see you're on the hunt for errors. As for me, I'm holding out for the ...”
• “Further, for anyone reading this, what do the words "promoting their drugs" mean to you? For me, it means that ...”
• “This article says, "...The records: ProPublica, a nonprofit investigative journalism organization, tracks, by state, the payments that 12 drug companies ...”
• “Don Milsop advises, "Michael, break down and replace that Atari 64. You should see some improvement. ____________________________ I can upgrade to ...”
• “I've solved the blue screen mystery. Seems the only time we get a blue screen is when the colonel ...”
• “Other characteristics of a leader: (1) The ability to recognize what he/she is good at, (2) The ability to ...”
• “Racecard card. Reminds me of Niles Crane (Frasier) bemoaning that his son would never learn to throw a football ball.”
• “Don initiates corrective action and says, "...There is no such thing as an ex Marine." __________________ I knew that and flubbed ...”
• “Jon, If memory serves, Don is an ex-Marine currently living in Hawaii. I think he noted that in past posts ...”
• “"...never fess up to such a thing because they're afraid of all the "backlash," right?" ____________________ Well, it's not ...”
• “Don says, "I am sure at some point liberals will attempt to have this stamp removed from the blades of ...”
• “"...I am genuinely sorry that my columns don't meet your standards of "a mature discussion of political issues....Perhaps ...”
• “Don says, "The basic philosophy of conservatives I have known is: You can. The basic philosophy of liberals I have ...”
• “As for Columbia's growth, I first admit I am NOT a real estate agent. I'm just a citizen ...”
• “Louis: Yes, sometimes you have to put money in to get money out. Businesses do this all the time. If ...”
• “The airport will remain under-utilized, cumbersome, and costly until industry requiring aircraft is allowed around it. And that won't ...”
• “Two things: Dave says, "Next time the economy goes bad, when sales drop off and property value and personal income ...”
• “John: I don't know about Boone County, but when I put up a 20x20' metal shed on my farm ...”
• “JohnS: You need to tear down the house and barns.”
• “MikeM: Ok. Never mind.”
• “The problem is: When the race card is played, conversation stops. Which, of course, is why the card is played ...”
• “MikeM: I'm not inclined to read your volumes; I figure if an opinion can't be explained in a ...”
• “The KC Star says: "Iowa, after all, is a place of sodbusters in a nation increasingly defined by urban bustle ...”
• “Gary: This sentence needs clarification: "The reason the solidly democratic south - who hated republicans because of the race issue - have ...”
• “MikeM: I didn't convey my question correctly. I want to know what you think should happen tax-wise to two ...”
• “Is this really a good thing? Heck...why not just sell naming rights to the schools? We could have: Tostitos ...”
• “I wonder how often "paperwork" just causes folks to not even try. Happened to me once when I was trying ...”
• “MikeM: I know one of your concerns is the low taxes paid by some on their ag land that happens ...”
• “"...are choosing to balance budgets on the backs of children." ________________________ When I see words that use "on the backs of ...”
• “JohnS: Yeah, there is prolly a court case somewhere. For me, whether or not there is mandatory attendance is important ...”
• “JohnS: Is there a distinction between various religious advocates speaking at public high schools versus...say...public universities like UMC?”
• “Well, the dog next door thought the cicada invasion was the top news story; he didn't eat dog food ...”
• “Frank: I doubt if anyone here saves their posts. Consequently, it's hard to discern where one goes awry, especially ...”
• “Corey: I'm lost, too. Hopefully an email will clarify things re: me. Obviously I went awry of the policy ...”
• “Whoa! I go to the farm for a few hours to work on trees and tractor only to find we ...”
• “Corey: I had the same thought. Nature always has a strong poker hand. Just ask any bacterium, cockleburr, or waterhemp ...”
• “DK: I'd like to know what chemicals, if any, local "organic" producers are using for insect, fungi, and plant ...”
• “Mr Heifner: Your dreams and thoughts of "space" resonated with me. I remember an ad in the Columbia Tribune long ...”
• “Ellis says, "I too must once have been 62, but damned if I can remember when I WAS 62!" _______________ I ...”
• “DK: PS: As for the Mennonite produce auctions, you'd be absolutely shocked....shocked, I tells ya....at how much ...”
• “DK: excellent post and an extension of my own thoughts. The old timers knew certain plants were toxic, and through ...”
• “Matt: You said, "What about the quality of food, the sustainability of the crop, the nutrients that it provides, the ...”
• “I have no problems (scientific or otherwise) if folks want to go "organic" with their food consumption. People of this ...”
• “matt: There are differences between natural defenses and chemicals cooked up in labs that cause all kinds of cancers. ____________________ Really ...”
• “Corn yields since 1866: Don't know if placing this link will work or not. http://2.bp.blogspot.com ...”
• “Matt: My opinion is based upon 20+ years of environmental research with insecticides, herbicides, plant growth regulators, fungicides, mitocides, etc ...”
• “JohnS: No, I'm not 80. I'm 62. Agricultural yield history was certainly happening before I was born. It ...”
• “Matt: Funny how NO use of pesticides results in as much as 80% yield losses. The agricultural world did not ...”
• “Oops: I said, "To say herbicide resistance has "failed" is plain incorrect at best, and a fraud at worst." Please ...”
• “Further, sometimes I wish there would be a 5 year moratorium on ANY chemical use in the field. Steel blades ...”
• “Derrick: Let's take one example sentence from a "Grist" link embedded in your first "Grist" link: "Tom Philpott has ...”
• “MarkF says, "Cooking and storing foods properly will eliminate virtually all risk of disease from modern American food." ______________________ Precisely. Having ...”
• “Don says, "...Shading the news by selective presentation of information is just as dishonest as lying about the story, and ...”
• “Donald says, "...I was born on Christmas Day into a family of nonbelievers..." ____________________ God has a sense of humor.”
• “The Missourian doesn't pay its local columnists?? Wow. That's called "taking advantage". Or "unprofessional". Take your pick. PS ...”
• “Derrick: Y'all just keep cheering the "job creators" that are failing, dismally, to create any jobs, and insist that ...”
• “Jon, now you're posting like a child. The "free will" debate may be settled in your mind and in ...”
• “MikeM: The underlying difficulty with this debate concerns "free will" or the non-existence thereof. You see, if you do not ...”
• “I believe lobbyists are essential; after all, what legislator can be expected to know everything there is to know? As ...”
• “Derrick says, "It's also a brilliant coup for corporate lobbying efforts." ______________________ Don't you mean, "It's also a ...”
• “Four soldiers killed 4 and wounded 2 Crips? Something happened before this, methinks. Sounds like a bit of Oklahoma vigilante ...”
• “Jon: There's really no reason to continue this. Your words show that you believe no one is responsible for ...”
• “Jon says, "...but I found it really odd nonetheless that you think telling them "it's not your fault" would ...”
• “OK JohnS. Let's do an experiment. You go out and find 10 poor folks. Tell them you do not ...”
• “Jon, I guess you're right on all counts. DNA is definitely the culprit. Some folks are just plain stupid ...”
• “Gregg: Your own words accurately tell much. That's what words do. If you are being accurate.”
• “Jimmy: I know.”
• “Jon says, "What kind of good strategy did the heir to his parents' fortune employ in order to amass that ...”
• “Jimmy: Gregg will not believe that a distinction is made between those in ill health due (truly) to no fault ...”
• “Jon: Do you have any numbers on that? ___________________ Yeah, starting with the 2 "adults" in this article. And supplemented by ...”
• “Derrick: I had no idea condoms were in such short supply.”
• “Jon: I read back through all the comments, and I can't find a single poster who inferred such a ...”
• “Fries and a shake come with that?”
• “Tim: It's "political correctness", but not civility, when legal penalties are exacted for not doing the former. You've ...”
• “Missouri University of Science and Technology: The nerd of the family......... __________________________ Uh oh. I heard Ellis stirrin' in his den ...”
• “Joy Mayer says, "Michael — if you have any info to share about your browser and operating system, it would help ...”
• “The article says, "About 97.3 million Americans fall into a low-income category, commonly defined as those earning between 100 ...”
• “Elizabeth: Thanks. I agree...something doesn't add up. Hopefully this is a definition problem that the article never discusses ...”
• “On my computers, "blue screen" has only happened with articles having large poster interest. The more the number of posts ...”
• “Joy: The problem could be with the definition of "working families". If "working families" is defined as two or more ...”
• “Somebody help me out with this sentence from the story: Following the recession that began in late 2007, the share ...”
• “Greg: Good decision-making is not wedded to a calendar.”
• “Greg also says, "...his electrician job was lost due to the economy, not through his poor choices or behaviors..." ______________________ I ...”
• “Greg Allen says, "...It's frustrating and sad when people imply that if you're poor it's your own ...”
• “"Zenobia Bechtol, 18, and her seven-month-old baby girl Cassandra, live in the dining room of her mother's apartment in ...”
• “Tim: But I never said the sky was falling. If I'm in the US, I'm probably gonna say ...”
• “It would be interesting to see the change in our lives (and the things around us) if all of a ...”
• “Kevin discusses "speaker's concern for the other." ________________________ But...but...but...how come no one seems concerned about a Christian ...”
• “Corey: Just a quick note to say that CRP and WHIP are national programs administered by the USDA. CRP originally ...”
• “Elaine: I think the main concern is the trillions of dollars spent on education over the last 40 years with ...”
• “J Karl Miller says, "I was never hired by anyone poorer than me." ______________________ For some reason, this is not understood ...”
• “Ellis: I'm playing it as if I'm NOT wrong. This EU debt crisis is spreading like a pox.”
• “Looks like the EU crisis isn't gonna wait for Santa Claus to come and go. It's picking up ...”
• “Europe is in control of this thing now...to hell with inequality and who makes how much; that's an ...”
• “Corey: Well, since my CRP contract is a 10 year one...no, the payments did not go up. But deer ...”
• “Oh, I forgot, John. MTBE in gasoline was generally more than 10%....a bit more than your "bit". Otherwise it ...”
• “OK, John....I just guess you don't know who started it. I don't like the ethanol thingie either ...”
• “You're about to see another Unintended Consequences-R-Us with the so-called "sustainable" use of biofuels for energy...you know, stuff ...”
• “JohnS: But I didn't ask if you will attack ethanol regardless of who started it. I asked if you ...”
• “JohnS: I believe an employee should receive a check for EVERY single dime owed him/her...including the employer's ...”
• “Jack: I think you are arguing the wrong argument about SS, at least you are with me and, perhaps, other ...”
• “What? No Winfrey, Gore, Kennedy, Moore, or Heinz on the list? Whoda thunk it? PS: Well, there's always that ...”
• “JohnS: The only reason the farmers are experiencing a good year..... ____________ The ONLY reason? Careful. Your farm economics "slip" is ...”
• “I'm happy at this. After decades of $2.50 corn and 6-buck soy, it's about time. Many of ...”
• “Good lord...it took "Love it or leave it" 40 years to get back around to me. But there it ...”
• “Well, let's see. Frugaldad.com or walmartstores.com Who do I believe? That's for me to decide. You ...”
• “Ellis and Macon: but it sure would be nice if they'd bypass Macon. _______________________ Absolutely! If ever there was a ...”
• “Ellis and Truman State: I agree. Two of my daughters attended Truman State; I was impressed with the quality of ...”
• “Missourian: Here is a excellent, and newsworthy, opportunity for you to educate a lot of folks about this thing called ...”
• “Jonathan: Anyone who advocates taxing the "rich" needs to be ready, willing and able to define "rich". With a value ...”
• “Well, I just lost my second post in as many minutes on this site....flaky as all get-out. I'm ...”
• “I guess I'm not too worried about all this. After all, 3 years into the Obama presidency, we've ...”
• “Jonathan: I guess I'm not surprised you wouldn't hazard a guess. Not a single "progressive" has ever done ...”
• “Jon, Care to hazard a claim on just how much wealth a person should possess? I'm curious.”
• “Jonathan: You made the point that a 90% top tax rate did not hurt economies, as if a sane person ...”
• “Jonathan: No one paid 90%. There were too many ways not to.”
• “Ray opines: "Our churches and nonprofit agencies failed to help the lower income residents which included children, the elderly and ...”
• “Derrick: You left out one number. The number of people who gave up hit a new high. 300+K just ...”
• “Chris wants input on, "The essence of any struggle for healthy liberty has always been, and must always be, to ...”
• “Ellis says, "...One of my favorite experiences was talking with HS students in another state and having one of them ...”
• “Gary Straub: Nice, flowery prose supporting the bastion of a core group facing outwards against the forces of evil...but ...”
• “Frank: Mr Ellis did not streak because he was concerned about his physical shortcomings. I was reasonably sure he was ...”
• “Besides, capturing the bird saved college students the trauma of finding a few scattered bantam feathers in lieu of a ...”
• “Derrick: The rooster is lucky hawks and owls consider Peace Park rather barren as a food outlet.”
• “Ellis says, "I was never interested in becoming a "streaker," because I didn't want to expose my physical shortcomings ...”
• “Speaking of special gifts, here's part of the 1% you never hear about from the Occupiers: http://www.nbclosangeles ...”
• “Jonathan says, "...You know what it took to make it in your world, but alas, no one else lives in ...”
• “Jonathan: You're right. I misused the word. My discussion on the number of REALLY important life-decisions is based upon ...”
• “Jonathan says, "I'll respond to your post, Michael, but first I thought........." ______________________ But, you didn't.”
• “Jonathan says, "We don't choose our genetics or our upbringing, and those two things alone largely determine the type ...”
• “A month ago, my wife and I ate at a restaurant in Louisiana, MO. The waitress, a fellow caucasian, gave ...”
• “Re: choices. _____________________ It's this strong belief in "luck" that gets folks in financial trouble, either in thinking (falsely) something ...”
• “No doubt the sovereign citizens thingie is full of loons. You said KCMO used to be safe, then you said ...”
• “Elise Moser says, "...You all say that [Kelsi] isn't taking responsibility for her actions. I'd just like to ...”
• “The kids are sayin' they're damned glad the tofu lobby didn't prevail.”
• “Ellis: And the two groups to which you refer utterly fail to police themselves adequately.”
• “Ellis Smith: I again assert that of the various recognized professions in this country there only seem to be TWO ...”
• “Journalists look for hidden "agendas"; that's where the main story is. But they never acknowledge the value of a ...”
• “A state or national sales tax in lieu of income taxes will NEVER happen. Such a thing puts tax revenues ...”
• “Good news. My comment mentioning the pejorative alteration of "teapartier" has been deleted. I received an email from the Missourian ...”
• “Does anyone else have a blue screen in this thread? I do. I can't read your stuff.”
• “Derrick says, "I'm not letting individuals off the hook. Nobody is. People who took out mortgages they couldn't ...”
• “Derrick: "Occupy" is concerned ONLY with being a victim. Until it also engages in self-reflection and acknowledges/addresses the citizens ...”
• “Further, tomorrow we could throw every involved banker/investment firm in the world in jail and hide the key, and ...”
• “Re-Rail Katy Trail! (Ozark Haiku)”
• “Matt: Sorry I did not respond earlier. I was teaching an adult ed class. Thank you for your kind words ...”
• “Matt: You are correct. The market would have been sustained. It eventually would have burst, most likely from a supply ...”
• “MikeM: It's the former. But I sure had one helluva laff about the latter. I turned off the program ...”
• “MikeM and Siga Now, Mike...have a heart about SIGA. This is a company in need of a huge bailout ...”
• “Kaul says, "They want the kind of society they were promised, one that gives people an equal chance at success ...”
• “MikeM says, "This was the first domino that started it all." ________________ Actually, I say it may be the second, but ...”
• “Matt: You assume far too much about my beliefs about banks and what happened. And you failed to answer my ...”
• “If we play the Alaska team, we should win handily. Right now, they don't know what a sun is ...”
• “Matt says, "The real estate collapse was created by banks and Republicans". _____________________ Question: If folks had paid their mortgages, would ...”
• “mike mentor and the Jiffy Lube Bowl: Took me a second, but I finally remembered SC's mascot name. And ...”
• “Jimmy says, "Regardless of whether you're saving or borrowing, choose your career path with eyes wide open." ___________________ Exactly right ...”
• “Ellis and hawg jowls: The day we have the Scrapple Bowl or Souse Bowl is the day I quit watching ...”
• “Meineke Car Care Bowl, New Era Pinstripe Bowl, Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl and TicketCity Bowl ________________________ Ugh. What ugly names for ...”
• “Good. Loser pays all fees.”
• “Ellis asks, "If the situation I've noted is legally okay for the private sector, why should universities be treated ...”
• “Ellis: 'Tis true, the legitimacy of "Holy Cow!" depends upon the originating perspective. Raise gasoline to $3.29 from $0 ...”
• “Jimmy: Expenditures of money expands to fit the availability of money. I do not agree that patent money slows increases ...”
• “Just for grins, I'd like to see a good discussion on why a public university should be able to ...”
• “I have this farm that could use a rather large hunting blind with sleeping quarters. I already have the site ...”
• “Jimmy: I remember my father-in-law buying the small machinist company he worked for (after the owner died) during the Carter ...”
• “EddieA says, "We would have no renewable income, and to spend savings is to eat the seed corn of the ...”
• “Now we get to see who's the best poker player. Did you bluff, Columbia? Or are you holdin' the ...”
• “Gary: In a community of Columbia's size, the word "dozens" and the number "1200" do not necessarily reflect the ...”
• “MitchellMoore states, "First, "extending time for metabolism of alcohol" by delaying the test will cause a higher blood alcohol content ...”
• “Derrick Fogle says, ""I'll have to think on it" usually means, "I think you're full of it." ___________________ Bit ...”
• “Derrick: Entertainment and ego stroking. If you're here for any other reason, you're nuts. ______________________ I don't think ...”
• “The Times plays SCOTUS with the comment: "The reform law and a provision requiring most people to obtain health insurance ...”
• “Ellis: Generally, with few exceptions, I believe every person makes decisions perceived to be in their own self-interest. That is ...”
• “Sally Willis says, "I just feel like he shouldn't be punished more because he is in the eye of ...”
• “Ellis: I sure hope there are not many folks posting under assumed names. Especially multiple assumed names. It would make ...”
• “Ellis: Yep, yer right. It's Paul Can you say "pathology"? (PS: I'm curious as hell about who could ...”
• “Sally asks, "Do you speak this way of all of them or is it just because he's the M ...”
• “Sally: Yes, he made a mistake and got caught. Yes, he "maned-up" to it. Accepting responsibility for such a thing ...”
• “Oh good grief! What's next in this "Wide World of MU Sports." In the past, he's suspending players ...”
• “Well, isn't that special. An article about alcohol on campus....and Pinkel gets arrested for DWI.”
• “Sally: I agree. I've enjoyed dining at 63-Diner for a long time. I really like this style of cooking ...”
• “Jimmy: Well, yes....concessions are a huge money maker. Why, I could invite you over to see the entire video ...”
• “Jimmy: I don't go to MU football games unless someone gives me a freebie ticket. I'm mainly a ...”
• “I read this article multiple times. Each time I came away with some sort of reader's discomfort, the source ...”
• “Barbara Schmitz says, in response to the increase in fees, "Shelters and rescue groups are nonprofit organizations." _______________________ Yeah, so what ...”
• “JKarl says, "I grew up so far out in the sticks that we did not get the Grand Ol Opry ...”
• “Occupy's preoccupation with corporations is a class-warfare smokescreen. Every nation going to war first requires dehumanization of the enemy ...”
• “.....why those comprising that 99 percent are entitled to any portion of that wealth. _____________________ Just...because. Or "cause I say ...”
• “Derrick: Sorry I didn't respond earlier. I was at, as someone else posted, OccupyDeerCamp. My discussion about single versus ...”
• “Derrick: The element of responsibility appears to be what sticks in people's craw. While religion and responsibility are tightly ...”
• “MikeM: I'm not.”
• “Finally, while bars, convenient stores, restaurants, gas stations, and hotels are wonderful service businesses, they are no way to build ...”
• “George Kennedy says, "Without scandal, journalism would be pretty dull stuff." ________________________ True. In your opinion, how often do journalists make ...”
• “Ellis and Appleby's Thanks for that tidbit of info.”
• “Derrick: I agree with much of what you say. Is there a difference between a "natural" miscarriage versus one performed ...”
• “mike mentor: I bet I can hit a 7 iron farther... _________________ Big deal. I once missed a 6 inch putt ...”
• “I woulda been more fun if they guarded the keyhole at city hall.”
• “I don't understand the gripe that only 25 people determined what taxes the rest of us pay when we ...”
• “Joanne: Dave won't declare if the death of a pregnant woman and her fetus by another's hand is ...”
• “John Schultz points out: "And yet, none of this hullabaloo arose when the University's contractors used that parking lot ...”
• “Aw geez. Italian stock market now down 5%, bond yields to 7%. EU is in serious trouble, and it's ...”
• “Why don't the Mennonites in Clark and Versailles, MO have these problems with their vending facilities? Financed by selling ...”
• “I looked at the accompanying picture and heartily agreed. How dare someone park that brick-red and white edifice with rocket ...”
• “"Sixty-five percent of the country's population works in the public sector, Diplas said, and the crisis has had a ...”
• “Thomas Chonge: Well....hi Paul Allaire!”
• “Ellis: Thanks for the compliment, but I think John and I are too wired. Either that, or our wires are ...”
• “Ellis: I said nothing about the cost of parts when trading in. Only gasoline. I think you need a Volt ...”
• “Remember the $8K stimulus for buying a new home? Well, let's look how that worked out financially for those ...”
• “Laura: Thanks for taking it out. However, it's kinda hard to misunderstand the word "no".”
• “You sent me a *private* email asking if I would agree to inclusion in a mini-profile of poetry writers. I ...”
• “The disparity is mainly (I said "mainly", not "all") the fault of the middle class. What the hell did you ...”
• “A bit of history on how we got here from there. Hope the video is still there....... http://www.youtube ...”
• “I know very little about all this but I suspect that when folks bought land, they assumed they owned down ...”
• “Frank asks (via Yahoo), "What do you think of a 25 year old graduate working at marshalls? Is it a ...”
• “Jimmy: I would say the head of the China Investment Corporation pretty much nailed things right on the head. I ...”
• “Jimmy: Wish I could disagree with you, but I can't. Nonetheless, my Sympathy-O-Meter for fellow baby-boomer grasshoppers who screwed ...”
• “Several points: (1) The article says your house is an asset. No, it isn't. Anything that costs you 2 ...”
• “Corey: Hmmmm....if "Bite Me" is good enuf for a city bus, is it good enuf for the Missourian rules ...”
• “Corey and the newly painted buses: The other day, did I really see a bus with the words "Bite Me ...”
• “Mark: Rumor has it 17 people moved their entire life's savings from BofA. It totaled $89.13. Some folks ...”
• “FactChecker: The Missourian requires, and we all like, that you use your real name here.”
• “Gerald says: Maybe all you "can't give up my college days" people ought to find some REAL problem and ...”
• “Oh.....and crab cakes. Real, honest-to-goodness, lots-of-crab-chunks-and-not-so-much-breading-seasoned-to-perfection crab cakes. The "seasoned" part is the hard part. Many try, but no ...”
• “If ONLY this city could make North Carolina-style pulled pork barbeque....then and only then would I consider we have ...”
• “Well.....someone's lookin' to grow! I guess when you are a huge tax sink with health care, universities and ...”
• “A fellow on the "other" board (I do not remember who it was) posted a few years ago to the ...”
• “Well, here comes the spam again......”
• “When discussing natural changes in CO2 levels, let's remember the biggest (by far) carbon sink in the world is ...”
• “With all these spam attacks, it just isn't worth posting here. Threads and trains-of-thought are destroyed, as is the ...”
• “Yeah, that damned Oprah and Teressa Heinz. Parasites all. (Either that, or "good rich" and "bad rich")”
• “I dunno. The 2nd Amendment...."A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right ...”
• “I'm ok with what you are currently doing. I've been yanked a few times and all were deserved ...”
• “John Belushi advocating one of my favorite breakfast items. __________________- Cheeseburger?...Cheeseburger?...Cheeseburger?... No coke...pepsi.”
• “Frank: Careful, dude. Peggy is my brother. An identical twin to Phyllis.”
• “MarkF: Thanx. This is an arena I know little about. Oh, btw, I've been taskedd with geting 5 quadrillion ...”
• “MarkF: What's the probability it's someone posting herein?...getting angry and posting spam from a public portal in ...”
• “A population sets up a retirement program paid for by it's descendants, then decides the earth is overpopulated and ...”
• “Hello? Missourian? "knock...knock.....knock" Sumbody got mad again and barfed spam all over the place. Now we're all ...”
• “Not bad, Abby. Not bad at all. You've officially joined the poets among us. Anyone that calls their document ...”
• “No John. I make it a strict policy to NOT help with bail when any type of signage is involved ...”
• “Gary says, "I can guarantee I would be better off, how about you." __________________ Each of us should hope for that ...”
• “Well, MikeM...A fine counter argument you have there. Follows all the rules of logic. I expected better. And I ...”
• “Corey: Yep. Good rich. Bad rich. The recipe for turning the latter into the former is a simple 1/4th ...”
• “Or a "motto": Be repaired. Or a "slogan": Do a good pe-ed daily. I'm still trying get "gravitas" in ...”
• “They need a "Pledge" (Apologies to the Boy Scouts) On my honor I will do my best to do my ...”
• “MikeM: So the recall was just a bluff? Something to be pursued only as a form of pressure and lobbying ...”
• “Derrick says, "But... "Us" can change to make "them" less important in our lives." ____________________ And here's a starter list ...”
• “Corey: Go north on Rangeline (old 63) until you hit the Great Northern Parliament/Big Ben Hindman Circle. Go around ...”
• “Actually, I'd like to see the petition continue. I want to see if they can accumulate the additional 600 ...”
• “I wuz gonna write sumpin', but I can't see through my tears laffin' at "Ganja Carta". One word missing ...”
• “Derrick states, "I'm not letting the financial "industry" off the hook though". Me says, "And you shouldn't. The ...”
• “"...and they still can't get their act together." (Some words bear repeating)”
• “Yvette: I used to give to charities. A lot. But, the gov't decided it was better at the charity ...”
• “MikeMartin: Funny how that mission statement is lost in the real rhetoric from participants. Or perhaps the media is misleading ...”
• “Mike Martin says, "the movement as I understand it is driven by a simple desire: get the dam- crooks out ...”
• “Robin: There are many pieces of this puzzle that have not been discussed for public benefit...at least to my ...”
• “Derrick: I channel no one but myself. If you happen to agree with someone else on this forum, are you ...”
• “Well, since we are nitpicking, 5K is NOT exactly 3.1 miles. It is 3.106855961 miles, which is approximately ...”
• “Followup: I checked with several of my SETAC friends (Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry) about Dr. Hayes. The comments ...”
• “Derrick asks, "Just today GS CEO Blankfein was barking at the Feds to fire up another massive round of QE-X ...”
• “Columbia has virtually all elected offices as democrats. Yet I've seen Columbia evolve its voting patterns over the 40 ...”
• “People move in, people move out, teenagers grow up, universities mainly expand, businesses start, businesses leave, health care and insurance ...”
• “Looking at the maps above, Trial D sure looks a whole lot more compact than Trial E. The latter is ...”
• “Well, I saw Lyndon Johnson as President and a bunch of disappointed liberals protesting in the streets. I think I ...”
• “[Hoppe] also said, "I think it's a not-so-disguised move to fundamentally change the composition and voting patterns of several ...”
• “JimmyB: How dare you ask a difficult question!”
• “MarkF: "It does make one wonder about what might happen to unreproduceable or contradictory results in the journey from bench ...”
• “Jack: Yeah, I know...history started yesterday or maybe last week. I might remind you that liberal baby boomers of ...”
• “Ed: What's interesting to me is that folks think things will always stay the same. This is an argument ...”
• “Missourian: Thanx for the email. I'll repost, as follows: Mark says, "Just from the emails, it doesn't sound ...”
• “Mark: In your link, see the caption for Figure 2. It's a relatively good paper. I wish they had ...”
• “George says, "....would have the effect of assuring a conservative majority on the City Council for the next decade." _________________________ I ...”
• “John: The focus of the story was the campus visit rather than digging into the dispute itself... Me: Well, the ...”
• “Jack says, "The scale of destruction of the actual Tea Party was monumental compared to anything we have seen from ...”
• “Missourian: I clicked and explored your Syngenta link to find the page discrediting Dr. Hayes. After much searching, I found ...”
• “There are many, many chemicals (man-made and natural) that cause feminization. Atrazine may indeed be one of them. But what ...”
• “Jim: PS: When I clicked that link, I just KNEW I'd seen that pic before. It was only when ...”
• “Dang, Jim: You beat me by only a couple of seconds! Maybe Jack can clarify this..........”
• “Jack: In your 9:23 am post, you linked to a picture that you infer was trash left over from ...”
• “Allan says, "...because the Highway Patrol only uses one car" __________________ You are accurate in the outcome, but incorrect in the ...”
• “MarkF: Your 4:34 am post is spot-on. It's all about sentiment. Always has been, always will be. As ...”
• “"It appears to be largely intelligible anyway. Did you write that mess so that none of the readers could see ...”
• “Peaceful protests are a time-honored tradition and are a good thing. Hopefully, everyone will remember it's all fun and ...”
• “Hilliary writes twice: "...Dudley could not specify any names." ______________________ Could not? Or would not? Big difference. I wasn't there ...”
• “Joy, You must be doing something right with the policy....it's pretty much the same folks over and over ...”
• “Frank: When I wrote, "borrow more than they make", I should have included modifiers such as the following: "...borrow more ...”
• “Most progressives I either know or have communicated with are extraordinarily regressive when it comes to the biggest personal freedom ...”
• “Gregg: Gene said, "...none of us..." I wanted him to know the word "none" is inaccurate. And I have no ...”
• “Gene says, "We are all aware of the havoc that results from excessive consumerism, poor spending and borrowing. Yet none ...”
• “Greg: If innocence makes a difference, should we outlaw war? _________________________ Beats me. I'm still trying to find out if ...”
• “Well, Dave...your last missive is a complete series of intellectual dishonesties and cop-outs. Here's why: (1) Cop-out #1 ...”
• “No answers from Gregg. I guess he has his individual thoughts in order about abortion, but the societal implications remain ...”
• “OK, Gregg, Since you are on a roll, riddle me these: (1) If a pregnant woman is killed by a ...”
• “Isn’t the innocent life of the unborn equal to the known life of a person wrongly accused? ________________________ For me ...”
• “'Appeal to the ridiculous': a common logic error in which stating that something is ridiculous is not proof that it ...”
• “Derrick: The word "organic" has been corrupted from its original meanings, to wit: (1) Anything containing carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen ...”
• “Jimmy: Yes, 10K would be a buy-op. Unless to goes to 8K. Then, not so much.....”
• “And then there are graphs like this one: AMR, the American Airlines owner. http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=AMR”
• “JimmyB: Great link. I'm still trying to understand why a President of the US would demonize job-creators and reduce ...”
• “Mark: Thanx for info on the product liability insurance. I'm unsure about your statement "it affects fewer people". Take ...”
• “Derrick says, "More". _________________________ I was afraid I would not have my laugh of the day, but Derrick came through just ...”
• “"That has driven some consumers to seek out farmers markets and locally grown produce. Supermarkets now highlight food grown nearby ...”
• “Missourian posters like haiku Although writing a sentence is not new. On the bandwagon they jumped but their writings could ...”
• “or Whiteman AFB”
• “Jimmy: Don't forget #4: No whining when Ft. Leonard Wood is closed.”
• “However, there is no bias in the media. Nope. Not a bit. PS: The Jefferson City newspaper's spokesman, Knott ...”
• “Corey: Yep, it's too bad Jefferson City doesn't know ol' Ted was the Senate leader pushing NCLB. It ...”
• “Derrick: 45% is a reasonable average for payroll/benefits as a percent of gross revenues. For specific business types, this ...”
• “Don, Your two questions for Paul and Corey were not in the form of a haiku. Go sit in the ...”
• “Mark Foecking (September 27, 2011 | 10:41 a.m.) says, "Say you decrease your income from $114,000 to $67 ...”
• “Derrick says, "I think corporate taxes should be half the ratio of the bottom 95% of their domestic payroll over ...”
• “Tony: Yeah, upon my return to these pages after vacation, I note Gregg has discovered haiku. And discovered it...and ...”
• “Mark F: "However, consumerism and immediate gratification has been the scourge of the middle class for decades now, so these ...”
• “MarkF says, "if some of them figure out they really don't need all that crap." ___________________ I agree completely. Imagine ...”
• “Jimmy says, "Reporters don't write headlines. Their editors do." _______________________ I guess I just thought it was a collaborative effort ...”
• “Katherine: You addressed your comments to me, but they should be addressed to Mr. Valora. I am not involved in ...”
• “Mr Valora: As the father of 3 daughters, I am unable to comprehend what you and your wife are going ...”
• “I'm curious, Tim. Do you support what he said and the way he said it?”
• “Now, now Hank. All cultures are created equal, dontcha know? Who are you to define...fine?”
• “Here's more recent "toned down" union history; http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/09/05/jimmy_hoffa_at_obama_event_on_gop_lets_take_these_son_of_bitches_out.html”
• “Mr Ottinger opines: "And perhaps Mr. Shapiro would have volunteered to clean up the streets." _____________________ Perhaps. But it woulda been ...”
• “Ellis: I believe the REAL tragedy of those old westerns (Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Cisco Kid, Lone Ranger) is that ...”
• “MattA says, "Mike Williams, I am disappointed to see that you ran outta steam." ___________________________ Nah. I didn't run out ...”
• “Gregg Bush: I stand by my statement, "Conversely, specialty careers pay the big bucks because few are willing to put ...”
• “I understand changing the topic to Reagan and his deficits. Reagan's deficits make better arguing points while ignoring the ...”
• “From Derrick: "...and I was, inexplicably, driving just below the limit, too." _______________________ I laffed out loud at this dry and ...”
• “Oh, and Derrick: I see NO Reagans out there. Not a one. (PS: A little not-so-secret secret. If Democrats want ...”
• “Derrick: You know that I am a firm believer in this thing called "sentiment". I mainly stress investor and entrepreneurial ...”
• “Can commas cause comas? I don't know. But leave an "L" out of "public" and you can sure cause ...”
• “Tweet us at @CoMoSports using the hashtag #captioncontest. ______________________ I have NO idea what you just said. You'll have to ...”
• “Ahhhhhhhh....I can't help myself! What is the difference between a cow and GWB? (Geez, 7 more years)”
• “You can add another one: ABC Labs just lost a CEO. We don't know why. Doesn't matter why ...”
• “Wow, this thread got as far from the original topic as call centers are from Columbia.”
• “Everyone's laying down. I entitle this: "Team nap, and I just woke up. Stretchhhhhhhh."”
• “JackH: The President claimed in townhall speech, ""We had reversed the recession, avoided a depression, gotten the economy moving again ...”
• “Missourian: According to some posters (well, actually, only one), you should not be publishing such news. It harms and creates ...”
• “Fearing terrorism, Lawrence, KS police closed Kansas' football practice and evacuated the area because a white powdery substance was found ...”
• “This link should help with the unemployment numbers argument. Set the start year at whatever you think best supports your ...”
• “I noticed the feds are going to sue a bunch of banks for the mortgage debacle. Fair enuf. The banks ...”
• “JackH: Excellent post...equally presenting both sides of the issue. I also doubt the value of education for this issue ...”
• “MarkF: August jobs report just came out this morning. Zero. Zip. Nada. That'll help get the country working again ...”
• “Nuclear weapons are absolutely required for world protection from space aliens.”
• “Brian: There is no fallacy. My comments on this initiative are simply my opinion. My opinion is that it is ...”
• “Matt says, "Again, you are not a profit." ______________________ This is correct. I am not, and have never been to my ...”
• “Brian: Such a discussion *must* include...time and wise use, neither of which have been brought up yet. But, here ...”
• “Mr Mentor: Good post. I lived through much of that. A pure democracy where majority rules is a truly horrible ...”
• “Matt: It always benefits you if it is in your best interest. _____________________ Nope. Either you understand that fact, or you ...”
• “Matt: Hey. I'm on your side. I hoping like hell you get what you want. As a chemist, I ...”
• “Matt: In your 11:31 post, you equate "best interests of ALL citizens in this state" with the notion that ...”
• “OK, Matt. I hope you get what you want...a 75% majority. I look forward to several conservative initiatives that ...”
• “JohnS: Certainly something to think about. Our US Constitution requires a 3/4's affirmative vote by the states before ...”
• “I'd like to know the chemical composition of the spilled water. That means chemical identification and concentrations. I don ...”
• “Ellis says, "In the present case one "limit" would be to disband the legislature and accomplish "legislation" by petition initiative ...”
• “matt arnall pleads, "Please educate me." ______________________ I'll try. With an example. I support a taxpayer right to direct where ...”
• “Supporters of this initiative: Now wait a minute. Are you telling me that a citizens initiative that draws less than ...”
• “Col. Miller: I remain puzzled that there are some folks who think we are a democracy, but even more puzzled ...”
• “Would y'all settle for.....6/10th's? _________________________ We wouldn't even be having this discussion if the current MO ...”
• “Allan Sharrock asks: "How many people even know how big a acre is?" ______________________ I know! I know! Pick me! Pick ...”
• “JimmyB says, "The more desirable their skills are -- such as engineering and medicine -- the better able they are to negotiate ...”
• “Gary: Nice start on a manifesto. What's in store for Chapter 2?”
• “jack: Chuckle. Somehow I don't think "and apologies to Burton and his gang" will be interpreted as much of ...”
• “Jack Hamm: Another armed home invasion by Cowboy Burton and his crew...have a gang problem here in CoMo...colors ...”
• “MarkF: It's confusing to sort out where each health care dollar goes. Of course, EVERY health care dollar eventually ...”
• “MarkF: The cost of health care is largely independent of how it is paid for. ______________________ It's been my observation ...”
• “TimT: But believe me, there are *plenty* of liberals who are quite disillusioned with Obama. _____________________ Indeed, I do see clear ...”
• “Further.... From a political POV, I've seen intellectual corruption of this magnitude only one other time in my life ...”
• “Don: Agreed. And, as I've stated before, if you worry about collateral damage but your opponent doesn't, you ...”
• “I must have been teleported to another world...either that, or my head is about to explode. Some folks (Kennedy ...”
• “The USGS has determined that the epicenter of the earthquake was in a cemetery just outside of DC. The cause ...”
• “Newzflash: In a major speech today from the safety of Martha's Vineyard, President Obama declared this fault was inherited ...”
• “This quake took place along a well-known fault: Bush's Fault”
• “I find it absolutely fascinating that I can find all sorts of *very* recent references (predating GK's current missive ...”
• “Nick: Thanks.”
• “"Well, George. I don't know if this was your best missive or not since my history of reading your ...”
• “Nick: Well, at least send my post to my email so I can fix whatever was wrong with it. I ...”
• “I think there is a bill advocating a tax on all bank and finance transactions somewhere out there. i.e ...”
• “Mark: Ever spill lithium aluminum hydride onto the lip of a fume hood with an outside air draft (in Florida ...”
• “Ellis: Aged 22 hours? Why so long? You tryin' for a vintage product or sumpin'?”
• “Ellis: Chemistry is interesting but it's actually rather tame. ____________________________ Yeah, that lump of sodium hidden in the flask at ...”
• “Mark and Chris: Top 10 things I heard/did in grad school: (1) Most panicky: "Hey, why won't this ...”
• “Mark asks, "...is it assualt from the spill or assault from the bicarbonate?" _________________________ Neither. Back then we called it an ...”
• “Oh, btw Paul. Thanks so much for believing in me. I had no idea my words were spread so far ...”
• “Ok Paul. Just for you, I'll be an optimist. Start spending money; it will help the economy. Go into ...”
• “Paul: I'm shocked that you would think information about what is happening has erosive powers. Do you just pay ...”
• “Emily: email on its way.”
• “Somebody else agrees sentiment (i.e., confidence) is the key: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/confidence-is-collapsing-around-us-2011-08-18?siteid=bigcharts&dist=bigcharts”
• “Joy: Your article says, "Several common cleaning compounds (methanol, acetone and isopropyl alcohol) were found, in addition to potassium hydroxide ...”
• “Oh lawdy. The iPads were purchased by a PTSA. Now we're gonna have arguments about whether PTSA money earned ...”
• “Joy Mayer: The new story is not-at-all clear. The other rag in town is reporting that the ruptured bottle contained ...”
• “oops: pile on, not pile onl. Spasm in right ring finger...what can I say?”
• “Tracy: Every description of Kahler's defense strategy needs to explicitly acknowledge that it depends on appeal to jurors' potential ...”
• “PS: Inferring the Missourian is homophobic or engages in homophobic reporting is like..... saying Idi Amin was mainly a nice ...”
• “KatherineR: I agree with you and believe Tracy is the overly sensitive one here, looking at things that "are there ...”
• “ChrisCady: Yes, I'm surprised there is no identification of the "hazard". Certainly there are chemicals that warrant evacuation: ether ...”
• “Jimmy: I think it was the Intellect Bowl.”
• “Hopefully it wasn't a bottle of hydrogen hydroxide, another name for the insidious poison dihydrogen oxide.”
• “A few questions, which first assume the Yahoo investigation is factual (big if): The NCAA is NOT a law-enforcement organization ...”
• “TimD puzzles, "I still don't get people that don't have any true wealth, talk and act like they ...”
• “I'm gonna put the Blazing Saddles DVD on RIGHT NOW!”
• “Miller ponders, "Envision...an old-fashioned cat roundup on the Katy Trail, wherein the prospective caretakers of feral cats gather their ...”
• “Jimmy: 'Tis true, but can you comment, post, and discuss national/world topics from those other sources as is available ...”
• “Corey: "...get paid to write about everything BUT the important things." __________________________ I'm aware the Missourian considers itself a "local ...”
• “MarkF: "The automobile is a tremendously inefficient form of personal transport..." ________________________ I'll agree with this..... Are their efficient alternatives ...”
• “The accusation I was addressing was, "I guess since there was no money they could seize and keep for themselves ...”
• “Yes, I have batteries, but no fuel cell. So, you think there will be no more need for mines? That ...”
• “Paul: Yes, batteries are great. If you like lead mining. Or nickel mining. Or zinc mining. Or cadmium mining. Especially ...”
• “Creating jobs: New President, someone with strong character who can communicate that strength. Stability in Congress; one part conservative and ...”
• “Oh, and I haven't been whining about the economy. I've been trying to predict where it's headed ...”
• “Paul: Can you read this chart? Hope it links ok. Set it on 3 years and hit "update". You and ...”
• “Paul also mumbles, "The largest fundamental change that has transpired in the recent past is that an office is currently ...”
• “OK, Paul. You keep on believing whatever you wish. I'll keep on posting whatever I wish. Folks can make ...”
• “Eric: Big deal...your link is from Kentucky. Your suppositions and imagination extrapolated to Columbia based upon an incident in ...”
• “Paul: I have no problem if you wish to keep your head in the clouds...or sand, as the case ...”
• “Eric: No money they could seize and keep for themselves? If you intend to be taken seriously, you probably should ...”
• “This just ain't good news for the job searches. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-12/u-s-consumer-sentiment-falls-more-than-expected-to-54-9-in-michigan-index.html ______________________ Companies will ...”
• “In a sense, SS can be called "welfare" since there is no involvement of the worker (i.e., something for ...”
• “Brian asks, "So, if I asked the government to take the percentage of my taxes that go to the military ...”
• “Paul: My "logic" was that there was a dichotomy between types of rich among liberals. You commented negatively on my ...”
• “Sometimes I find it constructive to think about "might have beens". INO, take all the conflicts of the world in ...”
• “Paul Allaire says, "And Mike is someone who must believe that I am stupider than he." __________________ I don't think ...”
• “Paul: Nah, I no longer own a business. I retired at age 52. I'm absolutely positive Arianna did not ...”
• “JimmyBearfield: Now *that's* funny! Arianna is a fat cat in denial. PS: Liberals believe there is OK-rich, and not ...”
• “Jimmy: Hell, the dividend is a good hedge from higher gas prices. Here's a stock selling for 72 bucks ...”
• “This may be of interest to all you Exxon haters: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_APPLE_VALUE?SITE=AP ...”
• “Don: We are about to see unprecedented volatility. There is no cohesive leadership. Those who hire see significant risk to ...”
• “Ellis: My Volgadeutsch came here in the mid-1850s. Caught a ship on the Black Sea for steerage passage thinking they ...”
• “Somebody needs to take Kurt's run-on post outside and shoot it. I think it moved!”
• “Ellis: If you look at phone directories in Hays and Russell KS, you can see pages and pages of folks ...”
• “frank: I wuz fishin' off Tampa many years ago and....count 'em....we saw 5 waterspouts all going at the ...”
• “Corey: Wanna bet? The article said these words: "At the urging of an environmental group, they were hired by Attorney ...”
• “Harold: Exactly correct. It boggles my mind that someone would knee jerk this and say a lobbyist killed the jobs ...”
• “I don't know the author of this article, but I would like to tell him/her that weather did ...”
• “(Sigh) And I had hoped we left this nationwide jury-tainting exercise behind at the Trib when we posters came here ...”
• “....like closing taxpayer-funded giveaways to billionaires, oil companies and corporate jet owners ________________________ Yeah, take that Carl Edwards!!!!!!!!! (PS: Of all ...”
• “jn: That's ok. I reported yours, too. You didn't use your real name, which is in violation of ...”
• “Business and corporations are servants of "people" not the other way around. ___________________________ Huh? Personally, I'd say, "Neither". The only ...”
• “Justus: You should post under your real name. Also, do you know who the senate co-sponsor for NCLB was???? You ...”
• “Mack: Can you come get the muskrats and otters out of my pond? You can use any techniques deemed feasible.”
• “Tim....One person's "decimation" is another's "proportional adjustment. ______________________ Well, not quite. Depends upon whether a bad outcome after ...”
• “Frank says, "...that the time for mathematical thought problems is past." _____________________ Yep. Throw out all the graphs and charts from ...”
• “Read this story from an "investor sentiment" view: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/geithner-stays-and-the-market-tanks-2011-08-04?siteid=bigcharts&dist=bigcharts The article ...”
• “What happened today was positively surreal. The global financial markets sold off hard and...what the hell?...gold and silver ...”
• “Chris: I wish I had a source (link), but I read the other day that the number of planned layoffs ...”
• “Chris: Glad to see yer back, even if it took a case of mistaken identity to do it.... I'd ...”
• “Well, Brian...Don is certainly NOT incoherent, and a reading of his posts bear no image of "sputtering" outrage. I ...”
• “Speaking of the "mood of the electorate"...... Lots of new fear. We are on the verge of a market crash ...”
• “Mr Miller: I doubt Mr Foote will worry about it too much. Even though I don't often agree with ...”
• “TimT says, "it's time for a sustained, hard look at military spending". ________________________ Actually, I agree with this. We should ...”
• “"I find it incredibly pathetic that people of modest means keep defending the fraudulent rich." _____________________ That's ok. I find ...”
• “Don: Gregg Bush wrote the comment. It is still there (11:42 am). I think Mr. Miller just wrote the ...”
• “Well, I sure hope this was tongue-in-cheek for the ma'am/sir part, and the doctor part. I'm fairly ...”
• “I don't know what it is about that short stretch of ol' business 63. I've been in Columbia ...”
• “Mr Miller: You attributed Gregg Bush's comment to Mr Foote (Chris?). Was this simply an error on your part ...”
• “The Dow dropped below the 200 day moving average, and the 50 day moving average is about to cross the ...”
• “Looks like the tea party is the boogymen of the day, week, month, and year 'til the election. A focal ...”
• “DonM: Remember Mike Wallace and Peter Jennings saying they would not warn American soldiers of an impending ambush just so ...”
• “The fairgrounds have been a lost cause since it moved to its current location. It will remain a lost cause ...”
• “Tim: Odd they did not include specific events that had such dramatic effects on economies. 9-11 tech bubble housing bubble ...”
• “Well. We're skroowed. Can you say "double dip"? BenB now has no choice....Here comes QE3.”
• “Ellis: Either you are from Brazil, Portugal, Poland, or someplace in the low countries. Where vowels are in short supply.”
• “Ellis: lol Some folks call me &%@#$%!^$* It's a nickname, I think.”
• “JohnQwerty: At least have the guts to use your real name like most here. The left-to-right six letters typed with ...”
• “If you want to answer the question, "How bad is it?", then this link is worth a close read: http ...”
• “JohnS: Well, that's interesting. If that's him, he certainly should have stated as such. Nonetheless, I have NO ...”
• “As near as I can tell, the USDA report did NOT include energy input costs for equipment and maintenance. I ...”
• “Troy: Here's a USDA report from 2002 that says the energy output/energy input for ethanol production from corn ...”
• “Troy: Ethanol thermodynamics is certainly difficult, but your numbers are undoubtedly too low. I don't know how low, tho ...”
• “Tony Black July 29, 2011 | 7:19 p.m. Oh and the we didn't create jobs but neither did ...”
• “TonyB: You were screwed out of your social security and medicare LONG before the activities of this past decade. Blaming ...”
• “Tony: Who's talking about the poor? I didn't. I'm talking about the middle class. The poor are ...”
• “Folks bemoan that the middle class has lost ground to the rich. Well, why did the middle class lose ground ...”
• “Ellis: I don't like infinitives much. Using too many is evidence of weak writing (see my sentence above). But ...”
• “Tony: So you think the additional 3% will fix things and make everything hunky-dory? The budget will be fixed and ...”
• “J Karl Miller asks, "Who is empowered to determine how much wealth is too much? _____________________________ Me! Me! Pick me! Pick ...”
• “Money paid in taxes does not disappear from the economy. ___________________________ This is true. If I have the money, I get ...”
• “But Gregg, you didn't answer the questions: You don't spend your money until you want to....do you ...”
• “Holy crap! Popup T-storm. Tree down in front yard from what had to be 60 mph straight wind and torrential ...”
• “Gregg says, "The definition of blackmail" Nope. Reality. You don't spend your money until you want to....do you ...”
• “Well, having no good plan for future space exploration hasn't helped the situation very much. My guess is that ...”
• “Ellis: Actually, I checked out on this article when Rosman made the "funny name" comment. Told me more than David ...”
• “As to "where are the jobs?"....there will be no significant enhancement of jobs growth (on the order of 350K ...”
• “What "obligations" will not be paid if no deal is reached.”
• “Tim: Indeed, it is a complex topic. Your comments about there being little evidence that bombing in WWII had little ...”
• “Charles: No one HAS to accept it. Folks can continue to believe politicians who tell them "I'll bring jobs ...”
• “Charles: I agree completely. Folks who say "I want cheap goods", "I want more wages", and "Damn jobs are going ...”
• “Mark: I agree with your comments about the heft of bank loans and derivatives. I also agree with your chagrin ...”
• “Tim: No "strawman" argument was intended or advanced. The history of mankind simply shows that if you decide to go ...”
• “Tim: A fact of war. No one EVER won a war worrying about collateral damage. If you worry about it ...”
• “Speaking of financials. Just saw this graph: http://images.moneyandmarkets.com/2094/chart3m.gif What do you think?”
• “JimmyB says, "...That's one reason why I'd rather have the option of investing that money on my own ...”
• “MarkF: Maybe he's gonna use CMRL-1066 as a steak marinade? Italian salad dressing is cheaper, tho. People Eating Tasty ...”
• “Ellis and the remaining 59 minutes _________________ Good point.”
• “Pitfalls facing practicing engineers? Perhaps there wouldn't be so many pitfalls if you did it for real. (Sure, I ...”
• “Yeeeehawwwww. Grandkids are here. Later.”
• “Park University. I was going to say that......”
• “Delcia: Yeah, Ellis noz stuff. An' he's a nice guy...or so I hear from those he pays to ...”
• “Delcia: I understand Ellis's game now. Ya see, he's filthy rich and owns a cyberspace university in KCMO ...”
• “Ah, I got it. The Henry J. Waters Institute for Artificial Journalism. I shoulda got it the first time.....”
• “Well heck, Ellis...why should I even try if there is no prize? I'm too old to participate just ...”
• “It might be good if folks would actually read the link posted in the article about vesicular exanthema in swine ...”
• “David and Ellis: Watch this and see who has our troops' backs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGg_dpGhlf0”
• “Ellis says, "Sorry, I side with the ladies." ___________________ Me, too. Perhaps if I keep doing what I've been doing ...”
• “...and a boss that doesn't make 500 times than I do when 25 times is still plenty wealthy. ________________________ And ...”
• “The seeds for our current pension woes were sowed by the prior generation with their union-driven defined benefit retirement plans ...”
• “Frank: No, I have no further comments on your punctuation. I have enuf trouble of my own; semicolons and colons ...”
• “Frank: Protesting is a time-honored activity. I have no problems with it, including this one. I also have no philosophical ...”
• “JohnS...."Guests who require special assistance are required to inform the reservation or ticket agent at time of reservation." ________________________ I ...”
• “JimmyB: Well, the scalar value of "some" is certainly open to interpretation; Over 3 trillion dollars was spent on the ...”
• “The stimulus didn't work because it did not get to the root of the problem: Spending sentiment did not ...”
• “Jimmy: 'Tis true, single sentence paragraphs highlight individual thoughts by isolating them from other themes. And newspapers are in the ...”
• “This is generally a good article with good thoughts, but I quibble on two points: (1) This is NOT a ...”
• “Gary says, "Unless we can become a truly democratic society, where the needs of the people are determined by the ...”
• “Its so hot, the squirrels are handling their nuts with potholders. (not an original from me...but don't know ...”
• “Aw gee, MikeM. Harold's "give 'em the finger" finger prolly just had multiple temporary spasms on the "d". Hhappenss ...”
• “MikeM: As I asked, "Why is Columbia in the train business in the first place?" "Why is Columbia in the ...”
• “Good gawd, Ellis. I had no idea...not one iota. Rolla??? Geez, I'm setting here trying to figure out ...”
• “MikeMartin: We all understand your comments about the propriety of the city giving money to a private business. I guess ...”
• “Ellis: What I find absolutely fascinating is that NEITHER newspaper in town saw fit to put a reporter on board ...”
• “Ellis: lol to the mating of elephants. I heartily agree. Harold: I understand about the restroom deal. About a decade ...”
• “Does anyone know if the train pays any rent to the city for use of rail and facilities????? Or is ...”
• “In the interest of accuracy, I wanted to point out that the 20 grand was spent by the city to ...”
• “Tony: Our laws are seriously conflicted when it comes to fetuses. 'Tis true fetuses are not a tax deduction before ...”
• “Mark: The overwhelming risk of disease from food is microbiological, not chemical. Me: I completely agree. Having worked in the ...”
• “Gregg: You said even a little bit of poison is still poison. I simply wanted you to understand that your ...”
• “<crickets chirping>”
• “Tony Black says, "In my experience, I have never met someone who is against abortion, but scripture doesn't ever ...”
• “Charles leverett: It's like saying slavery is a moral choice between the master and their God. You forget about ...”
• “Gregg says, "Even a little bit of poison is still poison." _________________________ I'm going to nitpick just a little bit ...”
• “Well, first of all, I think your article is extraordinarily offensive. You ask, "If you care about black babies, why ...”
• “The "attire" question is a huge reason I spend as much time on my farm as possible. So far, the ...”
• “There is something horribly unsettling about all this, and I'm trying to figure out what it is. Much less ...”
• “JimmyB: I've heard numbers as high as 23,000 layoffs in Florida, Huntsville, and Houston once the space shuttle ...”
• “Paul, Except for Reagan, no President has ever been reelected since F. Roosevelt with unemployment numbers greater than 6%. To ...”
• “These unemployment numbers just sunk a presidency. He's out of time.”
• “Heck, Ellis....the only things harder than getting a dam built are opening a nuke or new coal mine.”
• “Ok, Ellis. Michael Williams XLVII is disappointed there will be no tax deduction.”
• “I'll take it ONLY if I can spend it in the braille section of the...... Otherwise, you have my ...”
• “Ellis: Less than 1% Nitrogen Has commercial value if you reduce it. I'll take my prize in $20's ...”
• “Allan/Mark: Limestone is the largest carbon sink in the world. Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) may only be 12% carbon, but ...”
• “Mark: Yep, they are tough. But not as tough as pigweed once it matures. I've helped hoe pigweed from ...”
• “That's quite a harvest of Queen Anne's Lace....”
• “Frank: I swear to you cross-my-heart-hope-to-die that I had no idea this column was gonna be printed when I comma ...”
• “Delcia: As for dealing with non-child support, I can assure you that the single most worthless agency in the State ...”
• “Delcia: I'm more in agreement with you than you think. I was simply pointing out 2 things: (1) When ...”
• “Delcia, you left out part of that sentence: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created ...”
• “Frank: lol. Nah, it isn't a matter of "like". You can take care of yourself. Only thing I hate ...”
• “Frank says, "Birth control programs that treat sex drive as a basic biological function that can neither be controlled nor ...”
• “Derrick asks, "...Do you think these are high enough penalties for this specific uncivilized behavior?" __________________________ Hell if I know. I ...”
• “Time for working out, so I'll check in later. Only two things I'm sure of in this debate ...”
• “Derrick Fogle: How do human beings become "civilized?" _______________________ Big brains. But mainly wimmin.”
• “Derrick: "...would be something I would need to consider case-by-case." ___________________________ Exactly. And therein lies the rub. You (with your wisdom ...”
• “Derrick: I think the whole notion of "being civilized" is simply one huge fight against human nature. Males have a ...”
• “Derrick Fogle: "...the pregnant woman has control. It doesn't matter whether you think this is *right* or not. It ...”
• “JohnS, In your calculations, please don't forget all the other things that train riders will probably do to generate ...”
• “Does this ruling obliterate the movie ratings system?”
• “Allan: Native grasses DO make good wildlife habitat provided (1) they are not a monoculture and (2) they are not ...”
• “John Schultz: Frank, and what of the business owner who didn't get subsidized by the CVB? Are you OK ...”
• “I'd sure like to see discussion on this. So far, I'm mixed in my opinion. On the one ...”
• “Delcia says, "Again, unnamed heroes - just "doing their job" - our police. Thank you, officers, for all you do each day ...”
• “Mark: "It DOES tend to keep the rate of spontaneous combustion down..." _________________________ Well...yer right. A whole new meaning for ...”
• “My point is that the automobile gives folks the most choices and versatility. 'Tis true, planes, trains, cycling, ships and ...”
• “Ellis, No, I haven't been to The Fort, although I've shared many good meals in the area. I ...”
• “Yes, a quickie might help. Nothing else is working.”
• “Hell, Paul. Why fly? All I did was describe last year's trip with 2 grandsons. They liked the Durango-Silverton ...”
• “Ellis: Chemists gripe, too, but only when attempting a thermodynamically impossible reaction....repeatedly, with much head banging, expecting a different ...”
• “Ellis: Correct. I've ridden the higher speed rail in the eastern US where it DOES work well. The reason ...”
• “No, no, no, Ellis. I did not inquire about an advanced degree in Solider. I inquired about an advanced degree ...”
• “Paul: I support high-speed rail for getting from a single origination point to a single destination....i.e., not vacations ...”
• “Delcia says, "...those who would oppose disabled people being kept off the Dinner Train - or should I say "forced off ...”
• “Any estimate on how much the city spent on these guys playing solider (sic)? Probably not much at all, except ...”
• “Columbia has rocks in it's head if it doesn't figure out a way to help this railroad start ...”
• “Paul: So I take it you do not believe the train will generate at least $620,689.66 in taxable ...”
• “Delcia: "The option/choice should be open to ride for all, if it is to fairly serve the public." ____________________________ "Should ...”
• “What everyone forgets is the visceral and long-lasting reaction that comes from being forced to do something you do not ...”
• “Delcia says, "Your resistance to their being allowed access to be on board is questionable, at best." _______________________ Questionable? How? Please ...”
• “Tim: As stated, I believe no person has an inalienable right to enter an establishment just because a door is ...”
• “Delcia: "It is practical, in every business sense of the word, to include the disabled, therfore providing customer service in ...”
• “Delcia: "However, I also consider my fellowman and have compassion and consideration for all concerned." __________________ Me: As are most of ...”
• “Ellis: As I envision it, the braille section at the local gentleman's club would have nothing to do with ...”
• “I tend to discount the griping to envy more than anything else. Why are you picking on the train? Can ...”
• “Most taxpaying citizens would say, "Try not to close down streets too often. Every once-in-a-while is ok." Those who are ...”
• “Paul, the number of times you and those of your ilk have dismissed info from Fox...just because they lean ...”
• “The article says, "The real issue is how often and why a private, for-profit business uses public property for private ...”
• “"but Fox News is a conservative news show." Who ho. A damm conservative sed it so it must be rong ...”
• “Everyone seeks a bargain...i.e., cheaper goods. And annual salary increases to which they are accustomed. And jobs to ...”
• “For some reason, I'm enjoying this controversy waaaaaaay to much. Perhaps it's because both sides of this issue ...”
• “Hank says, "since when are personal savings taxed? And what percentage of the citizenry has any "personal savings"" _________________________ If you ...”
• “Ellis: One at UMKC, 2 at MU in Columbia. I'm more of an "Honorary Night of St. Doofus" kinda ...”
• “Gregg: Actually, I agree with you about taxing the assets of churches. Especially real estate. Now, how many of your ...”
• “Ellis: The particular passage I quoted from Rose's column was one of the more offensive ones she has written ...”
• “Since one horrific generalization deserves another, Rose....... Perhaps these young soldiers wouldn't be dying at their own hands if ...”
• “Rose said, "It is true that we have a segment of our population that is composed of serious warmongers. Just ...”
• “I caught a bunch of cicadas for fish bait and put them in an empty ice cream container in the ...”
• “What evil lurks on my front porch? It's me, trying to figure a cheap-and-readily-available method to assassinate these noisy ...”
• “Cicadas make great fish bait, but they need to be kept warm and moist. Inside your lower lip or cheek ...”
• “Brad Naksuthin: If a Thai doctor got his/her medical education in the US, how long would it take for ...”
• “Good, humorous article I can identify with....oops, with which I can identify (damned end-of-sentence prepositions). As for your drama ...”
• “Rose says, "They find themselves wandering from place to place, looking for somewhere to call home." ______________________ I agree. Some folks ...”
• “To heck with the songs. I want to find a cropduster pilot that will overfly my neighborhood with a synthetic ...”
• “George says, "...(Admittedly, the stage isn’t really all that big. The series is being played in Oklahoma City, which ...”
• “Jack: Mr. Miller is simply using the clown as an example of interference in private affairs, something liberals accuse conservatives ...”
• “Too bad Stanford didn't make it to the WCWS. The potential pitcher/hitter contests would have been rather remarkable ...”
• “Jack: I, too, completely disagree with your assessment of Mr. Miller. I see NO evidence whatsoever that he mindlessly repeats ...”
• “Jack: My point is that you come on here and accuse Mr Miller of being a shill and you provide ...”
• “Sorry, Jack.....I put no words in your mouth. You wrote them, not me. Your words have that "shareholder" implication ...”
• “Jack Hamm "...Corporate Accountability International is not seeking Federal involvement in this matter..." Me: Your 11:41 am post; Do ...”
• “When I was in high school, the only female sports were volleyball and field hockey, the latter being a game ...”
• “Karl: How to stop these intrusions? Simple. Christians need to take up these ideas and promote them. With the current ...”
• “Katy: Sounds like you know what you're talking about. The ranges didn't overlap? Or dear....! And I thought ...”
• “Margaret: Wasn't that last cicada outburst the product of THREE broods of varying incubation lengths that happened in the ...”
• “Delcia says, "...If you have lived through the experience of one group of our American culture slanting the purpose of ...”
• “The article contains these sentences: "Public schools in the U.S. were designed and run by middle- and upper-class whites ...”
• “I don't see much "reining in" regardless of the political party in power. You see....if you can't ...”
• “frank: short memory about some things, I guess. I kept hoping others would chime in on this topic of "conservation ...”
• “Paul: Your next to last paragraph is intolerable. I've reported it. Stay away from me. Done with you.”
• “Paul says, "please find one instance where I cited a cost per unit reduction as a motivating factor to do ...”
• “Paul: Sigh. I talk about the lie that conservation will cause rates to go down. You think I dissed conservation ...”
• “Mark: I agree, especially with the "risk" part. Humans are notoriously poor risk assessors. And a few of us who ...”
• “Correction: I stated, "[save] 40-45% of total expenses" by firing 25% of the employees. Not true. The implication is if ...”
• “Paul. For heaven's sake. You...again...totally missed the point. I made NO comments, good or bad, on the ...”
• “Oh, and Paul.....thanks for the "brilliant" comment. I actually blushed and dragged my toe in the dirt.”
• “Paul...you've shown a decided inability to understand the workings of businesses, ...you know, those nasty corporations that make ...”
• “More: I hear folks, all the time, speaking about how "conservation" will make power cheaper. Cheaper than....what? Let's ...”
• “Christopher says private entities should finance Ameren.... __________________ Actually I agree. So why don't private entities step up to the ...”
• “More: It's tough to get into med school, law school, vet school, the best business and engineering schools. Why ...”
• “Andrew: Thank you for commenting on my missive. You mentioned the possibility of "awful" schools. I have little confidence my ...”
• “Article: "We’ve got to educate the public." ______________________ Me: That already happened for many of us. _______________________ Article: "Jan Mees, a ...”
• “Jimmy, Your addition to my list sums things up rather nicely. Accountability for all. Without a bailout. If you are ...”
• “I've heard the educational adage "More money fixes all" many times over my 62 years, and I've yet ...”
• “Paul: That may have been YOUR point, but YOUR point was completely irrelevant to the conversation. You went....tangentially....totally ...”
• “JohnS: lol...on where the 4 went. I'm astonished at the lack of understanding of this thing called a ...”
• “Paul: Lol. You've been trying to find out which of the many Michael Williams' there are in this county ...”
• “Paul says, "Oh Mike, good luck with that." ________________ I assume you are referring to borrowing money. Been there, done that ...”
• “Gregg: dividends are divisions of profit - not divisions of liability _________________________ This is just plain incorrect. In a corporation, profits are ...”
• “Paul Allaire says, "Mike, if you invent a "widget" aren't you also going to need to invent some money ...”
• “Hank: I reiterate again..... If I invented a widget for which there was significant demand, and I hired a CEO ...”
• “From several of the comments, it is apparent to me that many folks have no idea...whatsoever...what it is ...”
• “Gregg Bush: You'll have to further explain your "class" comment because, for now, I'm missing your point. It ...”
• “As soon as y'all start gripin' about the "obscene" salaries of professional sports athletes, Hollywood movie stars, recording stars ...”
• “hank: Don't forget contemplating the virtues of high-quality toilet paper. Hey, sum thangs are important!”
• “Ellis: Further, my argument shows that the title of Colonel Miller's article is fallacious.....being civilized is in the ...”
• “Ellis: I think "being civilized" is a thin veneer of human behavior originating the day we decided to live in ...”
• “Why do I get this vague, uneasy emotion when looking at the picture accompanying this article? One woman holding her ...”
• “Well, you fixed the spelling error with "occur"....now where's my gift certificate!!!!! lol”
• “Colonel Miller: I agree. But I do so with the very real wish that I knew all the information that ...”
• “Some errors, unfortunately, occurr when the copy editing software we use makes it easy to skip or create an extra ...”
• “I don't buy the "poor quality of work" notion either. Look....you spend your 20s getting used to this ...”
• “Ellis: I think you are right on all points.”
• “Word is they found computers in the compound. I'm bettin' there's lots of folks on the run right ...”
• “Hank: I've never played the "conspiracy theory" game, but this seems like a good time to play. Who says ...”
• “Brian says, "all of which occurred under the previous administration" _______________________ True. With a genesis in the PRIOR administration. Dominos-R-Us. PS ...”
• “If information from "Fox News" is a talking point, is claiming over-and-over that it's a talking point....someone's ...”
• “frank: Yeah, things bubble over after standing onna track watchin' runners and arguin' with coaches and meet managers for 3 ...”
• “PS: Officiating the KU Relays was great! The quality of high school runners is going up rapidly.”
• “Further, those of you griping "Where are the jobs?" are ignoring history. That's short for "Quit being impatient!" When ...”
• “Jack says, "Every decade has bubbles, recessions, wars, and foreign policy issues. It is a lame excuse." ________________________ No, it's ...”
• “Hey wait a minute. Why did the author (and those posting) making this an issue of sexual identity? There are ...”
• “Jack, Many of those investments described by Derrick are simply "pass through" of money. An investor buying gold may indeed ...”
• “Jack: To side with Mr Miller for a moment.... Just because a person agrees with Fox News, CNN, Senator Pelosi ...”
• “Good responses all, but I do have a few points: Derrick: Let's take two of your examples, gold and ...”
• “Jack Hamm says, "Currently, most of this country’s wealth is pooled into a few hands and is sitting there ...”
• “Further, Mark adds, "Neither tax increases nor spending cuts are being proposed that will make any difference in our situation ...”
• “Mark advises, "...and make sure everything you own is paid for." _______________________ Yep. I checked that off my "to-do" list 8 ...”
• “Derrick: Since you've commented on "money" and how/where it's spent, I thought you might like to read ...”
• “Nice job, young lady! That headline picture is stunning, reminding me of the youthful smiles of my own 3 daughters ...”
• “Tom: True, stone doesn't fold well. And can you imagine the chiropractor bills for our little rugrats carrying around ...”
• “Derrick Fogle: Earth Day! Time to break out the plastic water bottles! (I still remember the Trib photo of two ...”
• “Ah, at 4:40. Yes, it's still there. But you are too young to know.”
• “Gregg Bush: I'm sorry, dude....you must be a young guy. "Rube" is an old pejorative for jewish folks ...”
• “Gregg: Sure I described "cost externalization". Your link's definition was, "Cost externalizing is a socio-economical term describing how a ...”
• “Kathy: Yeah, I bet you could walk outside after dark. Heck, everyone has an automatic rifle! Mandatory! If memory serves ...”
• “Ellis Smith pleads, "Expand that into a novel and you'll be up there with Hemingway and Salinger." _____________________ Nah. I ...”
• “Gregg says, "I'll stay off your lawn. ____________________ Probably should. I use pesticides. But, anyway. As for me, I never ...”
• “Gregg: Cost externalization. Is that like when a person jacks around in school, doesn't know his asset from a ...”
• “Ellis: As for folks speaking funny, get me around someone from the deep South and...voila...3 minutes later my ...”
• “Kathy: Be careful of Switzerland. I understand they are quite careful about who becomes a citizen or stays very long ...”
• “Coupla' points. Just WHO was it anyway who originally promoted ethanol as the GREEN way to go? But have now ...”
• “Ellis: I could never move to Canada. They talk funny. Good fishin', tho. :^)”
• “KathyS: One of the reasons the "regulars" don't comment a lot is because there are some rather obtuse sharks ...”
• “A few more thoughts....... There is no doubt that digitization of information allows soooo much more than we had before ...”
• “Interesting to compare the gist of this article to how long the Dead Sea scrolls lasted. Or Egyptian/Mayan hieroglyphics ...”
• “J. Sparks: You have any confidence intervals on the number of deaths due to uninsurance? The paper by Wilper does ...”
• “Yeah, the Missouri and Federal insurance pools for those who cannot get insurance are sooooooo much better. Check out: http ...”
• “There are 6 people I can think of off the top of my head that I simply do not trust ...”
• “Also, given the headline of this column, I'd like Mr. Kennedy to weigh in on the political activities of ...”
• “Tim Dance: The statement, “What has Ehrhardt promised the firefighters?”, is an innuendo...kinda like "What did George Kennedy offer ...”
• “George says, "Ms. Anthony asked in a campaign mailer, “What has Ehrhardt promised the firefighters?”...To me, [this question] seems ...”
• “Tony Black says, "...just carpet bomb the whole area." ____________________________ Unfortunately, you may be closer to the truth than you know ...”
• “Mark: 'Tis true that "we haven't been doing a lot of that." Of late. Well, at least what we ...”
• “For those of you who think gov't can provide affordable medical plans for those who cannot get insurance, you ...”
• “MarkF posts, "Terrorism cannot be stopped by conventional military action." _______________________ Heck, terrorism cannot be stopped.....period. Especially the suicide variety ...”
• “Derrick wrote: "I find it highly ironic that many of the people who are so against Sharia are actively trying ...”
• “Derrick: You can find the story about the Nicorette in the Tribune a day-or-so ago. We sent our Japanese sister ...”
• “Derrick: "...to advance a draconian social / moralistic agenda. It's not smaller government they want, it's just different government ...”
• “Hank: The author of this article could answer that question better than any of us, but I'll put my ...”
• “Yeah, those songs were from an era where unions were sorely needed. Some great songs came outa that misery. I ...”
• “Actually, I think the goals "objective, unity of command and simplicity" were met at the start of the Bush wars ...”
• “Jack: It's my long-term hope that rail will find ways to improve efficiency such that interstate trucks go the ...”
• “Ellis: I wonder how many rail rights-of-way have been abandoned, never to return? My guess is that new rights-of-way would ...”
• “Jack: Of course, time-spent-by-truck-drivers-at-the-gentlemen's-club-and/or-bar does tend to favor rail.”
• “Jack: Yes, as stated in my original post, some products simply are not conducive to shipment by trucks. "Bulk raw ...”
• “Jack: I accept your correction about my statement that rail has decreased, but I really don't think all those ...”
• “The big problem with freight-by-rail is "time". Freight must be loaded into a rail-car (not a big deal...same with ...”
• “oops.....the 4th one.”
• “Rick, you're gonna do what you're gonna do. You neither want nor need my permission. The important points ...”
• “Excellent column...with which I agree completely. I've often marveled at how we got from the twin beds in ...”
• “Yeah, Rick. Yer prolly right. There was no request for "poison" identification, there was no visit to my office to ...”
• “Geez, you still raggin' on this? Heck, I destroyed that stuff long ago.. After all, the results, data, and notes ...”
• “Ellis: Yep.”
• “Ellis, I like candles, too. I don't like breathing soot. Anyone who has ever been in an intact kiva ...”
• “I see little use in this stuff. Folks participate and feel good about themselves, then go back to what they ...”
• “I noted that Caterpillar Tractor is talking about moving from Illinois due to the recent increase in state taxes. Apparently ...”
• “Rick: Yeah, it's just such great form to hire someone to identify a poison, then conveniently forget to tell ...”
• “Rick says, "I asked you a long time ago if you wanted $200.00 for looking at some Garlic Seeds ...”
• “The Missourian asks, "Will Mike Anderson be Missouri's basketball coach next season?" ______________________ I know! I know! Pick me! Pick ...”
• “The foreign words I was referring to, Rick, were "honor" and "loyalty". It is not unreasonable folks are expected to ...”
• “Rick says, "But you just won't get a lot of support for doing so. Especially not from me...." _________________________ I ...”
• “Good grief, Rick. Did you not pay attention to all the things Anderson said to the university, the public, and ...”
• “Rick: You still are missing the point. Coaches Stewart and McGuire got it, tho.”
• “Rick: Me not know about contracts? After what I did for a living? Funny stuff. But, you missed my whole ...”
• “Rick: I disagree with all your points. There is dishonor on all fronts, but mainly with the former coach. I ...”
• “Whatever happened to "honor"? Whatever happened to "truth"? Whatever happened to both sides of a contract keeping their word? Whatever ...”
• “Derrick Fogle says, "The size of the labor pool dictates collective bargaining needs." ___________________________ The supply of the labor pool directly ...”
• “hank ottinger says, "Could you explain exactly how that works?" _____________________________ When you enter into employment, you enter into a bargain ...”
• “The real problem is: We are quickly getting to the point where we can't afford public employees any more ...”
• “Well, one good thing to come out of this is a new word that socially counters the perjorative "tea baggers ...”
• “derrick: works for me. Now, for the regulation part. Set limits on profits? Set limits on the number/amount of ...”
• “Robin, I wrote a quattro-pro program years ago...it's simply a spreadsheet...that keeps track of things for me ...”
• “Derrick: I agree with you that speculators are driving this current oil bubble. I also agree with your general synopsis ...”
• “Gary: Name dropping? Well, I guess I did drop my own name in here...after all, it's required. But ...”
• “Robin says, "But knowing how many calories you have burned, how much to consume to safely lose weight without decreasing ...”
• “A republic is indeed a form of democracy. But in a TRUE democracy, you have NO rights other than those ...”
• “Gary: I take it you really like allegories.”
• “Corey: Right! When folks read the Bill of Rights, they generally fail to ask the question, "Who is this amendment ...”
• “Ellis: I don't think you are splitting hairs at all. Every notion in Ms Nolen's article stems from ...”
• “Also, Derrick: take a look at this chart. http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=XOM Only thing bad about the ...”
• “Hamsters inna wheel? I dunno, Derrick. 100 shares of Exxon stock generates, right now, $176 in dividends each year. 100 ...”
• “Perhaps your 401K should own a bunch of oil stocks.......”
• “FChristian: "Why has politics gotten so nasty?" _____________________ I dunno. All I'm sure of is that I didn't start ...”
• “Shelley says, "...you're making an assumption that we're commenting to convince each other to the other side. Of ...”
• “Shelley: "...not sure there's anything new to add to the discussion." _______________________ I think that's correct. I also think ...”
• “Shelley: While I do not agree with you on this topic, and while I do think your defense of the ...”
• “Chris: While I agree with the SCOTUS decision, in your condemnation of Alito I presume you have read the dissent ...”
• “My initial reaction to Barbara's comment was "no way!" But, then I thought about it. One positive (a HUGE ...”
• “Doris: I didn't finish your missive because you were shouting. There's this thingie called "caps lock" you should ...”
• “Ellis: I'm disappointed. You didn't tackle Ox.Vawsey.”
• “Yeah, Paul. I was pretty sure you would chime in given your prior and public history of "wrestling" with a ...”
• “Michael Schoelz asks: What is inappropriate about the girl such that this guy can't wrestle her? Me: Nothing. MS ...”
• “MSchoelz says, (1) What is deficient about a girl such that a male cannot wrestle her?, (2) To suggest that ...”
• “MSchoelz: Or perhaps you just like the idea of a high school male taking one of the very few legal ...”
• “Male chauvinist? You either don't know me, or you're just guessing. Yes to both, right? Perhaps you are ...”
• “John: Well, this is gonna be totally misinterpreted by those who did NOT read your question, but: Shut up. :^)”
• “Mr Foote: Have you heard me...even once...argue whether public or private employees make more money? Check out the ...”
• “Gregg.....oh, for heaven's sake.”
• “James: Each of your links illustrates that cows indeed can get out of their pastures and be hit by a ...”
• “AFAIK??????”
• “Derrick: I agree on all points. I once heard a rumor that Truman Reservoir power goes to someplace other than ...”
• “I gots just one word for ya. Otters Nice to have them back in the environment; not so nice what ...”
• “TODAY'S QUESTION: Would you wrestle someone of the opposite sex? ________________________ Well, my initial reaction was.......DUH! WHICH WAY TO ...”
• “PS: Wisconsin Democrats (and other runners) need to remember that leaving the state to avoid a vote....is a two-way ...”
• “Personally, I do not believe public employees should have (1) bargaining powers, or (2) the ability to strike. Why? Because ...”
• “One problem is....not all cultures are created equal. If they were, what would be the purpose of Amnesty International ...”
• “Mark Foecking and twitter: I see where U-tube, twitter, and facebook are going to combine forces into one entity. It ...”
• “Derrick says, "...it didn't happen *quite* like that..." ____________________ which is, of course, not a "denial". We haven't heard ...”
• “ok, derrick and ida. You both posted under pseudonyms on the Trib forum. Inquiring minds wanna know if you ever ...”
• “BrianW: True, I don't like basing public policy on "polls" either. Oh, don't get me wrong...I trust ...”
• “BrianW: "In any event, the fact that a majority of people support a policy is hardly the best justification for ...”
• “Mark says, "Miscanthus giganteus is a sterile hybrid, so it only propagates vegetatively (root division or possibly cuttings)." ___________________ Good to ...”
• “Oh, and on a more humorous side....can you say "snake city"? Just ask a sugar cane grower.”
• “A couple of points: I sure hope this grass isn't aggressive and becomes another Johnson grass...both are C4 ...”
• “Chris: Of course those were disenfranchisements of the most awful sorts! Did you think I believe otherwise? They were specifically ...”
• “Yeah, I certainly remember being that age and drinking. And, of course, it was always an accepted part of the ...”
• “"900 people were disenfranchised." _______________________ A definition of the word "disenfranchised" is: "1. Deprive (someone) of the right to vote." Who ...”
• “It's been my opinion that most folks disenfranchise themselves; the government has nothing to do with it. I can ...”
• “Hank says, "...many other countries, notably in Asia, take education far more seriously than most schools in the US." __________________ Agree ...”
• “hank ottinger: You may be the person who can answer this question: Many say that the US lags other countries ...”
• “I have no idea why the word "nekelturny" comes to mind. Perhaps I've been reading too much Tom Clancy.”
• “ok. you win.”
• “Derrick: Politicians already make me miserable. I don't need any more of it by becoming one. But, I'd ...”
• “As to the topic at hand, a good thing is that this kind of knucklehead(s) generally CAN'T keep ...”
• “Derrick: Not gonna happen. I ain't much of a compromiser. I would be unwilling to vote for something stupid ...”
• “Ricky Gurley says, "...Mike Williams advocated that we should know personal details about people's lives that are on public ...”
• “Yeah, I remember Hank Waters (in an editorial) bemoaning that students were listening to too much Rush Limbaugh. Given that ...”
• “John Schultz: The following is my understanding of the matter: Yes, an amendment to the Constitution is automatically constitutional. SCOTUS ...”
• “SandraH: Note that the first paragraph says "several complaints lodged..." Those "several" complaints came from many sources, including comments in ...”
• “"But shouting "Nazi" every time someone disagrees with you ..." ___________________________ Good article. Now, if we could just convince some folks that ...”
• “Heck, I can't think of many (any?) foreign aid dollars I support.”
• “Tim: Well, as a rural citizen, I sure had problems with the earnings tax thingie. I thought it was a ...”
• “Tim: I thought one of the main features of the earnings taxes thingie was it simply gave the citizens of ...”
• “David says, "We elect people to represent us...." ______________________________ Circular argument. Because then there is no room for initiatives. Which Prop ...”
• “Chris: Your solution merits discussion, but I have a fundamental question: Why not elevate individual counties in this matter? If ...”
• “Makes me sick thinking how miserable the [deer] are right now.”
• “Courtney... I have no doubt j-school is hard. So is law school, medical school, biochemistry, physics, engineering, biology, philosophy, business ...”
• “I guess I would have appreciated Ms Nolan's comments on verbal civility if she had been as critical of ...”
• “Derrick: Problems with H2? That's why I said 100-150 years.........We can do anything we want in 100-150 years ...”
• “Those who came before just had it too easy, I guess. The topic of "difficulty" has never come up before ...”
• “Derrick: CO2 in volcanic gases. http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/Volcanic_gases.html http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/hazards/gas/index ...”
• “Derrick: I do think we agree on this: The sun or a fusion facsimile are our only ultimate source of ...”
• “Derrick: Your original paragraph implied that the earth cooled solely because carbon was removed from the environment and converted into ...”
• “Mark: I don't deny that burning sequestered biomass puts CO2 into the atmosphere...CO2 that hasn't been there ...”
• “Derrick wrote: "Then, you've got to counter the evidence of CO2's role in global temperatures...Do you believe ...”
• “David asks that I tell him about my "myth". It's not a conspiracy...the words are there for everyone ...”
• “And I'm buyin' farmland in Saskatchewan an' Siberia. Gonna be the breadbaskets of the world, ah tells ya! (I ...”
• “Shelley: YOU may think the argument is about dogs when it comes to Prop B, but to your opponents....it ...”
• “(Yawn) Nytol.”
• “Terry: Hey, a couple of posts long ago meets my definition of "refraining". You should be blessed with such a ...”
• “Terry: No. There are nine last time I checked.”
• “Terry: It may or may not be transparent, but it's the game you are playing. Or, you can remain ...”
• “Shelley says, "This is no threat to farmers." __________________________ I have no idea if this is true or not, which is ...”
• “Don: Lol. Last thing I want is my surgeon's education limited to a computerized slide show. I'd rather ...”
• “why not edit the scenario to disarm the varmints through dialogue and diplomacy? _______________________________ I'm still laffin' at this statement ...”
• “This is a good, clarifying paragraph, too. December 12 is the date to keep in mind. "The Supreme Court of ...”
• “I dunno, Chris. Which part of the following paragraph is unclear? "Seven Justices of the Court agree that there are ...”
• “BR says, "......since Al Gore was elected president. You remember; that was the election where the loser won the contest ...”
• “I wonder if Mr Rosman's plan requiring folks to take classes on gun use (before they can buy a ...”
• “The article says, ""There is a peace of mind that comes with the comfort of tenure that allows teachers to ...”
• “Dave R says, "I am more scared about the person who has never shot his or her weapon." Me: Really ...”
• “I will be blunt. It is ok, if not fashionable, for many American citizens to ignore the sensitivities of Christian ...”
• “Thank gawd it was only Good Friday. Lord knows what kinda stink we woulda had if the only date left ...”
• “Ellis: Lol! And to think I actually thought the decorations on the basketball hoops were waaaaaay cool. What a maroon ...”
• “What an odd summary of this article on the "News" page. It's not just an important day for Catholics ...”
• “I think if you read any guest columnist in the Missourian, there will be a "trailer" that identifies the author ...”
• “Yes, Kevin, the following is "paltry in severity and miniscule." _______________________________ “Rush Limbaugh is beginning to look more and more like ...”
• “Kevin says, "He, through simply pointing a finger to other examples which somehow seem to let the pervasively violent rhetoric ...”
• “I do like the idea of instructors being able to make decisions about whether to give a diploma or not ...”
• “I also maintain that, once again, only law-abiding citizens would participate. J Karl: Such a program seems a good way ...”
• “There's a lot to discuss in this article; I'll start with 2: (1) DR: "Nothing is absolute, except ...”
• “Well, Kevin, how do you feel about these comments? Are they ok? http://cnsnews.com/news/article/media-research-center-documents-liberal”
• “frank: The discourse here is much better than "over yonder." I've become a convinced convert on "using your own ...”
• “Jimmy D. I'm a chemist. Yes, you have to have the core plus a whole bunch of specialized classes ...”
• “Mr. Dick is not a real name? Wow. I sure hope Richard Head of Toyota fame doesn't try to ...”
• “Someone with a hoop-house chime in. I want to know how you deal with fungi in a warm, high-humidity environment.”
• “Oh, Chris....so you will know where I'm coming from: I'm a Christian, ardent evolutionist, big-bang enthusiast, don ...”
• “Chris: Your first reference will be an interesting read, which I will do this evening. I've started it, but ...”
• “Jimmy: I submit that "general knowledge" is THE measure. I admit that the above statement is based upon (1) my ...”
• “BOOM! That's the sound of Bob Hill hitting a nail right smack on the head.”
• “"Arum and Roksa spread the blame, pointing to...a culture at colleges and universities that values research over good teaching ...”
• “Frank: To this point, I've deliberately avoided choosing any particular "referee". Partly that was to avoid any debate about ...”
• “Mark and exercise calories: Exactly right. Weight gain/loss is a simple exercise (pun intended) in addition/subtraction. If your ...”
• “Christopher: My list was not comprehensive. It was a start. I'm of the belief that we have abandoned many ...”
• “Rose: Two comments; one is corrective. _____________________ (1) The shooter in AZ did not have an automatic. He had a semi-automatic ...”
• “Well, Terry: In your 12:49 post, you showed why you are not worth engaging in a discussion. You just ...”
• “Shelley: No, I've committed no logical fallacy. I simply entered this conversation by saying no activist group EVER achieves ...”
• “Terry says, "May we assume that Michael is a psychoanalyst?" ________________________ You can assume any damnphool thing you wish. But I ...”
• “Terry says, "Do you feel that psychoanalyzing the supporters of Proposition B will in any way help to solve the ...”
• “No Shelley. I simply do not believe HSUS or you or anyone else truly believed this battle would be over ...”
• “Terry: The point? You were the one who said, "Does not the pixilated puppy-mill hugger understand that doing so would ...”
• “Terry, Shelley jumped in, saved the day, and supported my point. She stated, "As we can see, even after a ...”
• “Maria: I agree. I learned long ago as a parent (and now a grandparent) that kids will eat when they ...”
• “Terry, Provide examples? I've never known an activist organization to go out of business, regardless of their "political" affiliation ...”
• “Terry says, "Does not the pixilated puppy-mill hugger understand that doing so would eliminate HSUS salaries and legislate HSUS out ...”
• “Those lunch calorie values for the 9-12 age group seem quite small. Especially for those who are very, very active ...”
• “For those looking for death wishes for conservatives from liberals, here ya go..... From CBS, no less. Obviously the source ...”
• “Natural fluoride everywhere. USDA data in 2004. I doubt plants, wells, and animals have changed their biochemistry much in the ...”
• “Getting a dose of fluoride in your water and food IS the default state.”
• “Since when is not wanting to say the pledge more courageous than wanting to say it? Are we creating faux ...”
• “Wouldn't it be prudent to see if we have a problem before changing? After all, we have one heckuva ...”
• “JKarlMiller asks, "Is the Columbia City Council somehow on a higher plane of political correctness than is the U S ...”
• “Chip says, "I consider it to be a lost cause......." ____________________________ You are right. The basic outlines for differences of thought ...”
• “Well, if y'all are gonna gripe about the "under God" business, you need to tell Congress AND the President ...”
• “David: Well, there's a simple solution. When we come to "under God", just don't say the words at ...”
• “Chip: You prefaced your 10:07 am post with "So as I understand it...." Well, I guess that qualifier at ...”
• “My initial reaction when this came up was, "Well, perhaps you should pick your battles more carefully." But, then I ...”
• “Chip says, "...the majority of you here do not think that it is wrong to consistantly [sic] incite violence against ...”
• “Chip says, "So you feel really insulted by that, but you cannot see how I might feel insulted by continual ...”
• “Tony R says, "...subliminal messages (or overt ones, for that matter) urging me to commit mass murder?" ____________________ No, but I ...”
• “By the way, Chip....you neglected violent video games and movies. You want something PROVEN to have an adverse effect ...”
• “Chip: I'm 61. And if you've read my prior posts, you know I hold a deep grudge against ...”
• “Hey Chip: You say "hyperbole", I say "anecdotal". Nice backpedaling, tho....translating a frequently voiced "sneer" into an innocent hyperbole ...”
• “For my own edification, I took a look at the claim for veracity purposes. I didn't find any verification ...”
• “Chip: And you don't think bloody movies, racy or emasculating sitcoms, dramas, porn, violent video games and the like ...”
• “I didn't find one on the fairness doctrine, but this should scare the bejesus outa ya. http://www.cnsnews ...”
• “Chip: I read your link of 3:39pm...you know, the one where you said, "This guy pretty much sums ...”
• “Is it rational to think conservatives are influenced by right-leaning extremists, but liberals are not influenced by left-leaning extremists? No ...”
• “From my perspective, I think they did absolutely GREAT!!!!!!!!”
• “Chip says, "....would say, thanks but no thanks! It is from a far right leaning author, with a right wing ...”
• “Robert Kimsey says, "People stampeding toward political gain on the backs of the people who were killed Saturday are sick ...”
• “John Schultz: Ah, yes. Teabaggers. That party may indeed have used it at first, but only because they didn't ...”
• “Jack, I've already acknowledged the wackos from both sides. I also explained to you that the likes of Limbaugh ...”
• “Jack says, "The way you two are speaking down on liberals of the past will be how your grandkids speak ...”
• “Jack: That's it? No comments on what I posted at all?”
• “You throw race bombs indiscriminately, when there is NO indication of racial thought except in your own mind (or because ...”
• “Jack: I doubt a threat of you losing respect for me is gonna change my mind. If it happens, so ...”
• “hank wants word-for-word "resort to violence" from Olbermann....from a lackey, which I guess means me: OK. Glad to oblige ...”
• “oh, and hank: http://my.firedoglake.com/kgosztola/2011/01/09/shooting-of-congresswoman-giffords-and-death-of-others-violence-has-no-place-in-a-democracy/ ______________________________ “Violence, or the threat of violence, has no ...”
• “Paul: Sorry, I have limited membership in my personal pig sty with whom I wallow. You ain't on the ...”
• “hank: Nice of you to limit the conversation to a threat of violence. As if Olbermann or Matthews or Maddox ...”
• “Gregg Bush says, "The profanity of the "your side is worse" discussion by repeating the violent rhetoric is like a ...”
• “Jack: Oh, and on that Palin story I linked....I really liked the reason there was no hate-crime...... It was ...”
• “Corey says, "I am not saying you are wrong I am just saying to stop being so one sided." ______________________________ Good ...”
• “Jack: OK. I have two words for you: Sarah Palin http://articles.latimes.com/2008/oct/28/local/me-palineffigy28 I ...”
• “Jack: Sorry, dude. No sale. I've heard hate speech from both sides for the many, many years of my ...”
• “How much did confrontational politics play a role in the Arizona shooting? _________________________ I'd say about as much as the ...”
• “And let's not forget the Daily Kos repetitive use of the word "target" when it came to candidates in ...”
• “Jack: I wonder if the Prez ever sic'ed those Predator Drones on the Jonas Brothers? A joke at a ...”
• “frank: Yeah, I remember the love riots of the flower children. Quite well.”
• “Bring a gun to a knife fight, Called me an "enemy" Get in their face Palin hanged in effigy All ...”
• “No, my perception has not changed. But, it wasn't a very good perception in the first place, either. I ...”
• “A "lesson" must be learned; otherwise there is no use for the "lesson". I doubt it has been learned; there ...”
• “I've experienced the same thing on my own farm in Howard County, MO. MDC personnel have told me that ...”
• “Derrick and 10 buck gas: Hope not. There are lots of other nasty ramifications. Transportation of goods by truck being ...”
• “Don says, "...and belief in the validity of their mission." ___________________________ Precisely. This is why knowing the definition of "support" is ...”
• “I'd like to know the author's definition of "serious" in his phrase, "And for some communities, they are ...”
• “Jack: "I say to them; “you reap what you sow”." Me: Agree. I'm just glad I figured this out ...”
• “Author: "He expects the economy to generate 100,000 to 150,000 jobs a month by spring, up from an ...”
• “On a related note, most baby boomers have IRAs or equivalent. I do not know the average value of those ...”
• “Jack says, "If he was acting like you he would blame the car instead of his daughter." _________________________ Absolutely incorrect. I ...”
• “But, I have to I was a mite taken aback by "they don't really smell". ___________________ Oh, for heaven's ...”
• “Good writing....enjoyed it. But, I have to I was a mite taken aback by "they don't really smell ...”
• “John Schultz: I checked out your missive from the provided link. I liked it. I also liked Ellis's subsequent ...”
• “Jack says, "If you are going to argue against these then you’re not worth debating as you are not ...”
• “Jack: The very fact that the SS system involves politicians IS the reason it is broken. That is, if the ...”
• “"I — we — are doing little to help." __________________________ That's why it is incumbent for each of us to define what ...”
• “Rick says, "I'll make a note to simplify my answers to you in the future, Mike" _____________________________ That would be ...”
• “Well, we didn't get the job done, I'm sorry to say. There were soooo many momentum stoppers. I ...”
• “Rick says, "...I'll imagine the reason no Journalist waded in on that question is because the answer is obvious ...”
• “rick: lol...well, if I was grading your answers, I'd give you an "A" for obfuscation and an "F ...”
• “No, Rick: I just wanted to know if...as a journalist...you would warn the Americans under the circumstances described ...”
• “Jack says, "Social security is not a retirement plan or a pension....." _________________________ MW: Unfortunately, that's how folks think of ...”
• “Rick: Well, if I'm as intelligent as you say I am, then you know I'm capable of expanding ...”
• “Derrick: It's true that my use of the word "save" was incorrect in the paragraph where my REAL point ...”
• “Rick: No, the current conversation is about Jennings and Wallace. That is why I joined, and it's the only ...”
• “Rick: I entered this conversation in response to Don Milsop's comment about Jennings and Wallace, and subsequent comments have ...”
• “Rick: I'm glad Jennings and Wallace said what they said; it's important to know the journalists' priorities so ...”
• “Paul: There's nothing wrong with thinking about hypothetical situations. That's one way a male helps determine what kind ...”
• “Paul: In extreme circumstances where lives are in a clear and immediate risk, you can be a journalist first, or ...”
• “Here ya go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGg_dpGhlf0”
• “Paul: For heaven's sake. Google it. It happened. Here's a snippet from a Colonel that was on the ...”
• “Don says, "...agreeing they'd let American troops be ambushed just to get a story." ______________________________ Well, I guess that answers ...”
• “Rose: Many of us, like you, bemoan the education of our youth. But few are willing to change the 50 ...”
• “But my-oh-my do they produce great....um.....produce.”
• “Oh, and by the way....they are no longer the Bush tax cuts. They are the "Obama tax cuts". You ...”
• “The author says, "They'll sock that money away for the kids' inheritance." ___________________________ I love meaningless hyperbole like this because ...”
• “""You're talking about the beginning of the end for Social Security." ________________________________ We can only hope. Privatize the damn thing ...”
• “Derrick says, "...banker-crooks, the ones that were the deepest into the derivatives meltdown, the ones that kept getting huge bonuses ...”
• “Geez, I go work out and things go to hell inna handbasket. That's ok, I'm done.”
• “Don says, "I'd bet Mr. Pierce would not only have not reported it, but would have published an article ...”
• “One more thing: If I accept the fact that we have a right to know about a public servant's ...”
• “Rick says, "I don't understand how you are missing these concepts.... ____________________________ I know. And I don't understand why ...”
• “Jack, I guess my question to you is just how much info do you want to know? You know of ...”
• “Rick says, "I have no obligation to "ethically report" anything." ____________________________ Yeah, you do. It's called "being a human being ...”
• “Tony Robertson says, "...the "Bush Tax Cuts" were just extended." ______________________________ Which is why they are officially now called the "Obama ...”
• “Derrick: But, back to the matter at hand, an American company will stay in America IF AND ONLY IF they ...”
• “No Rick, once again you've expanded my thoughts beyond the limits of your standard curve. I'm saying there ...”
• “Derrick: Better be careful. With all that talk about "investing domestically and insulating ourselves from global energy dependence", someone is ...”
• “I agree with Mr. Miller on this. We, the taxpayers, hired and pay Chief Burton to manage the police department ...”
• “Derrick: What we REALLY need is to convince each and every one of those 12000 folks to donate 1 billion ...”
• “Derrick: Good thoughtful piece at 11:59 last night. I'm unable to answer many of your questions about "What ...”
• “Hey, this guy might make a good Prez! http://www.answers.com/topic/herman-cain now I'm really "nytol" if ...”
• “nytol”
• “Derrick: Your 4 examples in your last paragraph pretty much sums things up. I'd throw in "a sound foundation ...”
• “Derrick comments, "Who doesn't believe our national representatives are basically bought and sold by monied interests?" ______________________________ I heartily agree ...”
• “Derrick: What is Soros's status? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Soros (caution....wikipedia) ______________________ I think GE also owns NBC ...”
• “Derrick: OK, I'm not speechless. I said earlier my generation skrood the pooch. One way we did this is ...”
• “Derrick says, "If we want to keep the rich from getting any richer, all we have to do is stop ...”
• “Rick: I think it means a bunch of them changed their base of operation. They still want to be millionaires ...”
• “frank: Actually, not too many transferred of either stripe. But, the balance of liberal and conservative is, so far, quite ...”
• “Derrick: We are in complete agreement that those who screwed up, including CEOs and crooked financial traders, should pay a ...”
• “Derrick comments, "If you want to talk about hard work and risk, how about the 10 truly most dangerous jobs ...”
• “Derrick: I would also throw in "Hollywood" and "Singer" types with your athlete thoughts. Except for hurdlers. I like hurdlers ...”
• “Derrick: Then why didn't their fortunes crash as hard as the rest of the economy? _____________________________ Because, through prudent long-term ...”
• “Derrick says, "The rest of us have worked harder, worked smarter, worked more, but haven't gotten to keep any ...”
• “Derrick: It's important that you define "super wealthy" and "super rich". You and I would likely agree that the ...”
• “"The GOP has gone as far as declaring that New START can wait, putting every person on the planet in ...”
• “Why is everyone going south and west? If you believe in global warming, you oughta be buying acres in south-central ...”
• “Justin: I'm usually in the Bob Hunt group where Whittaker drops his tools.”
• “So I took their advice, and cheered up; sure enough, things got worse! _____________________________ I blew cola all over my screen ...”
• “One thing I DO know......they are the Obama Tax Cuts now. You can check it out....it's his ...”
• “I'm kinda proud of the creators/managers of the socially-responsible funds. They see a market...even if it doesn ...”
• “As I said, if Steelman had ordered and purchased shares of the individual stocks in question, then that act would ...”
• “Laura: The article is petty. It shows a lack of knowledge about mutual funds, what they are, how many stocks ...”
• “Justin: You know John Whittaker? Good friend of mine. He attends the local flintknapping thingie twice each year. Do you ...”
• “Rick: This isn't about me or my beliefs and hopes and aspirations for a great, viable, and properly-behaving CPD ...”
• “Rick: Your memory is faulty. First, I have not mentioned Tom Dressner in this thread. Not once. I haven't ...”
• “Rick asks, "...are you afraid to speak out about these wrongdoings by the Police because doing so may have an ...”
• “Geez, Rick. What the hell are you doing???????? Never mind. I already learned too much.”
• “Yves: The article was simply an effort to repudiate Mr. Miller's positions and...to an extent...his credibility. That ...”
• “Rick: By the way, regarding your comment: "Now, I know that you would excuse every Police Officer for any and ...”
• “My only purpose in raising this topic with you was to let you know how at least one reader interpreted ...”
• “I'm very familiar with atlatl's because of my hobby: flintknapping. I've been doing it for about 26 ...”
• “Rick: IMO, I think the problem is the "way" in which you chose to tip off the reporter. You chose ...”
• “Rick: You really can't speak for anyone else about how they felt about the post other than yourself, right ...”
• “Rick, again with respect, if you had juicy info like that, you could also have made the phone call to ...”
• “Rick, with respect, your original missive on this topic came across as a self-serving, tabloid-like, journalistic "gotcha!" of the worst ...”
• “Rick, you may have overestimated our collective gut response to your "prediction" and the manner in which it was presented.”
• “Gerald: I'm fearful of 2011. Not for me....Me and mine are gonna be ok. This isn't over ...”
• “Too bad they never answered the article title's question.”
• “Terry: I think Mark was asking "'...what YOU think are "animal rights'", not Merriam Webster. It's important to have ...”
• “Well, gee. Case in point: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-1218-pakistan-cia-20101218,0,6538606.story It happens, folks.”
• “It's interesting to see the evolution of liberal thought: For a long time, it was "Fox is biased" with ...”
• “Jack: So far, I've only heard stuff embarrassing to diplomats that all countries do to each other as a ...”
• “Christopher Foote asks: "What do you think of the Pentagon papers...should Ellsberg have been shot for treason?" ___________________________ In the ...”
• “This very newspaper recently (yesterday?) published a fine article on the Grant farm. The article included 3 maps of Columbia ...”
• “No, sweetie, I won't win the nomination in the primary. The vote is in and the job has already ...”
• “I agree. Center-city Columbia derives no benefit whatsoever from an increased city population, increased taxes, increased shopping, increased services, increased ...”
• “No, you ladies always get it wrong. It's Cro-Magnon, not neanderthal. But, I admit I'm unsure what to ...”
• “Well, that explains the "Neanderthal" comment.........”
• “Ellis: I think your 6:29am post is spot-on. None of us can accurately define "news" and "sensationalism", but we ...”
• “David, in your last column you wrote, "There is a growing distrust in our news services by the public, government ...”
• “David: In my 61 years (well, ok, only 41 of those count since that's when I started paying attention ...”
• “John Schultz: For many years, I've been in favor of privatizing social security, but here's the biggest reason ...”
• “Careful, Paul.....you're too excited, and your finger is getting "twitchy" with multiple posts. You, sir, are simply not ...”
• “The title of this article will soon be incorrect. If the President signs the bill, it will officially be the ...”
• “Well, Paul....if you would re-read my missive, you would discover that the reason I do not have the ability ...”
• “I've seen only a smattering of the leaked information, and that has been solely from news sources. So far ...”
• “When reading the Bill of Rights, I think it's important to ask, "To whom is this document talking?" That ...”
• “Well, hell, if it's good enough for the US Congress and the Boy Scouts, then it's good enough ...”
• “Geez, build a lake. And call it HERB* * HERB = huge-effective-rain-barrel.”
• “Paul says, "How about an oath to uphold the constitution instead?" _________________________ Well, we've tried that, but it doesn't ...”
• “Derrick: Was this judge shopping, or is this the federal judge with jurisdiction over this region and nobody had a ...”
• “Well, when I wuz growin' up, we sed the Pledge at the start of each school day. I guess I ...”
• “There is a good chance this is going to be an extraordinary case for the SCOTUS. Why extraordinary? Because it ...”
• “I've been gone all day. What the hell happened? Why is Bill Clinton standing at the President's podium ...”
• “J Karl Miller says, "Neither Hannity, nor Beck, nor O'Reilly nor comic Jon Stewart pass muster as reporters." __________________________ Absolutely ...”
• “Mickey: I think you are correct that if the Missourian allowed anonymous posts, the number would click up rapidly. For ...”
• “Gwendy: If it's his real name, I hope he comes back. If it's not his real name, I ...”
• “Jack's posts have been removed. ____________________ I DIDN'T DO IT!!!!!!!!!”
• “Well, Christopher...the whole thing might be extraordinarily distasteful, but do you REALLY want someone making those kinds of decisions ...”
• “Mickey: I've gone to the Tibs webpage just to check "how many comments" on the various stories...I wuz ...”
• “Mickey: I know little about how advertisements are paid for....how or whether a "click" generates revenue. I am willing ...”
• “The good news is....... These are no longer the "Bush Tax Cuts". They are now the "Obama Tax Cuts".”
• “Jack says, "What if a comment on the Missourians board leads to someone looking up that person and getting sensitive ...”
• “Jack said, "It makes no sense for the Missourian to cut service and ask for more funding like they have ...”
• “Jack, I am insufficiently versed in computers and the internet, so I'm unable to say whether there will ever ...”
• “Missourian: Question....what is the reason we are unable to comment on AP stories and the like? Are there "copyright ...”
• “Jack: Re: the poll. It's an OK suggestion, but I would point out that this forum is not a ...”
• “dang fat fingers........ complement = compliment. (Do I get points in the contest for pointing out my own spelling and grammatical ...”
• “Jamie says, "I notice that while Michael Williams objected to my nameless post, he did not object to any of ...”
• “Derrick!!!!!!!!! Ol' h4......good to see ya, bud! honk, honk!!!!!! ;^)”
• “Patrick Sweet: I support your rules and agree with the rationale behind them. If someone wants to "expose" something (yet ...”
• “Paul: Lol. I left out a word: Corrected, "I will not "again" participate in a clone of the anonymous trash ...”
• “Paul: The unknown poster broke the rules. This site does not belong to us. We are expected to follow the ...”
• “Everyone has an agenda. Me, too. The question is whether the agenda is open....or hidden. Bias in the media ...”
• “Putrid Pundits: You need to post under your real name. This isn't a Trib refugee forum where you can ...”
• “Ellis Smith says, "I'd sooner spend my leisure time drinking at one of the Boone county roadhouses..." _________________________ I so ...”
• “Geez, I'm starting to like this President. He keeps all the programs and policies that I like.”
• “Finally....a popular press article on ethinyl estradiol, estrone, and other hormonal replacements. I was beginning to feel like a ...”
• “Well, Rose. This 61 y/o agrees with you. That's the good news. The bad news is that you ...”
• “Ellis: Thanks for your example. I did not remember the incident you described. I certainly applaud the "honor" in what ...”
• “Just a couple of nonsensical questions: (1) Has anyone....ever....turned down a so-so bowl invitation inconsistent with the team ...”
• “Trib refugee trying to post on the Missourian's webpage. test, test.”