Louis Schneebaum's Profile

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“Obviously Hamoodi is a local small business owner that many people have grown fond of -- Who is Mubarak Hamad? Are ...”
“Jonathan, It should also be included: 1)largely unregulated capitalism has been tried and proven to fail when it is ...”
“Please take this news with the knowledge that gun targets were placed on Democrat's office doors and no suspect ...”
“I agree with Mr. Hamm. Correct me if I'm mistaken, but isn't the Missourian owned and operated by ...”
“I'm confused as to why the Missourian allows this guy to contribute so regularly to their publication and places ...”
“Yawn.”
“Even this article's title is inherently misleading - "A question of jobs vs. neighborhood values". Pitting two things that almost ...”
“Don in a flowing gown, Frank in his finest powder blue tux, and Ellis, holding his finest antique shotgun and ...”
“It's a shame to see our buses underutilized. As Bandari mentioned, it is puzzling.”
“The reaction to Barney's interview is unfortunate (albeit predictable)-- most people aren't willing to question things that they ...”
““They’re losing their pocket money and also the entire country’s natural resources,” Bandari said. “If we save 5 ...”
“Our country imposes sanctions that harm innocent people abroad, and then punishes those who try to help them. Merkuh!”
“I think you and Don should get married.”
“Religion, of any kind, should be entirely separate from government, always.”
“Yes.”
“Bashing the story is necessary. Miller makes it a point to pepper his very base, historically revisionist musings with political ...”
“You "obviously overlooked or ignored" everything that I said. I am "pro-violence" -- but only when it serves some legitimate purpose ...”
“Even if the 95% figure wasn't simply a fabrication, the logic wouldn't hold...”
“You don't actually believe in the separation of church and state? Sad and ridiculous.”
“Right, this is something you need to work on -- our government has nothing to do with 'god' (which one?) or ...”
“Jonathan -- you forgot to include "mainstream media" and "gay agenda".”
“I'm going to try to avoid being cynical by choosing to think that Frank is a very successful troll ...”
“Frank -- You're boring, let's never talk to one another.”
“Frank -- good to know that my 'attempts at intellectualism ain't working'. You've been most insightful. I've noticed ...”
“Don -- Gregg wins.”
“Clearly, I'm not chanting "war bad". I'm chanting "pointless, trillion dollar quasi-wars bad" / "perpetual pseudo-war bad". We have ...”
“"Socialism doesn't work. Capitalism does work." Oh, my dear, dim-witted Don--what a silly thing to say. Unbridled capitalism doesn ...”
“Sounds like Tea Partiers rallying against the Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act.”
“Voluntary participation in a war of aggression isn't inherently honorable. Some go into these wars with good, albeit misguided ...”
“You do realize that so-called 'conservatives' bring up the second World War EVERY time they are in a debate about ...”
“Every week you prove that you are literally incapable of considering any ideas that do not align with your warped ...”
“D'oh!”
“"To Rose, "working together" is unidirectional." It may appear contrary to your beliefs because "conservative" philosophy is fundamentally individualistic--whereas true ...”
“Cheyenne, you continually betray the fact that your taking your 'news' from some totally illegitimate sources. Barack Obama is no ...”
“So what alternative sources of media do you look to for your news?”
“Rush Limbaugh is an 'American Exceptionalist' -- hold everyone accountable, except him. Harsh treatment for drug offenders, except him. There is ...”
“Obviously it's "possible" to fail at SEMO but it's 'extremely unlikely'. Chris Matthews and David Letterman do not ...”
“Brilliant logic Cheyenne... Something you consider absurd occurred, so fix it by doing something even more absurd... God Bless the ...”
“Limbaugh has done nothing to advance humanity. He deserves no honor of any kind. Not only that, he flunked out ...”
“Rush Limbaugh is scum and he doesn't deserve to be honored in any way.”
“What do you even mean 'judging by her dreadlocks'? Your words betray the fact that your mind is sealed tightly ...”
“Our country is a mixed bag. Sure, we can argue freely about our political views--but, at the same time, 'conservatives ...”
“I gather that Miller served in some branch of the armed forces, achieving the rank of colonel. Therefore, he's ...”
“Don, please add something to the conversation other than abject banality. Just because someone is compassionate, rather than miserly, doesn ...”
“"Oh, and why have food and fuel gone up so much in the last ten years? Ever increasing levels of ...”
“"Class warfare"... What an asinine phrase to throw around. The capital gains tax needs to go up. At around 15 ...”
“@ Brendon -- a wonderful piece. Don Milsop opens a poultry farm, he treats the confined hens with antibiotics, steroids, and chemicals ...”
“A haiku: miller, a fossil myopic, unwavering in his diatribes”
“Sounds like Burton is in the right -- correct me if I'm wrong...”
“matt arnall is on point here. My immediate reaction to this story is... What about slavery, the eradication/subjugation of ...”
“Wow 'J. Karl Miller', you're trying to establish a correlation between WW1, WW2, The Korean War, The Vietnam War ...”
“Gerald Numbnutt -- I'm a "liberal"; if by "liberal" you mean someone who wants a millionaire's income and capital ...”
“Is this not an editorial? Keith, your ad hominem attack here seems baseless and unwarranted. What does Roger Wilson have ...”
“This is ludicrous. I picked up a copy of the 'Carpeteater' on campus when it came out and wasn't ...”
“Very cool!”
“AUTOCRACY at work -- and you thought this was a democracy? No.”
“I've walked across those bridges regularly for the past 5 years and I too have noticed that they are ...”
“Too many bumpkins voting in their worst interest for the last 30 years. We can thank religiousness and ignorance for ...”
“Darwin Hindman was a great mayor -- I'd love to see someone like him take office. People take for granted ...”
“I am dismayed to hear about Miss Cheng's bad luck, first being robbed, then losing her business to a ...”
“Good to see Mr. Rowland is focused on the REAL important issues that the world faces.”
“If you report a loose dog, Animal Control specifically makes you give them your name, address, telephone number, etc. Then ...”
“We all obviously know that the problem is with the dog-owner, rather than the dog itself. The issue is that ...”
“In the past couple of years, I've had three different neighbors who were pit-bull owners. All three of them ...”
“John McClure, I don't see how someone spouting ignorant rhetoric in the form of an online comment rife with ...”
“And you've highlighted this relatively insignificant crime why? The 'Missouri Man' was from Belton, MO, which is just across ...”
“"If I make $100,000 in investment income, the companies that I have invested in have already paid the income ...”
“Cast YOUR symbolic vote on Feb. 7..?”
“I made a pledge last year, never to drive through TX again!”
“@ Jonathan Well said. Lot's of self-assured, gun-wielding heroes around these parts. They've all got the fantasy scenario worked ...”
“As we can see, conservatives are the real job-creators...”
“"liberal lawyers are attempting to make perpetrators the new victims" Just like them darn liberal lawyers that wanted slavery abolished ...”
“I might be a bleeding heart, but complaining about heated bathrooms in ANY park makes us all look bad...”
“If I had to live in Waco, I'd go wacko as well.”
“Wrong is a question of morality. I'm talking about correctness -- i.e. what is necessary to sustain human existence ...”
““Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torment of man”...”
“Society wastes enough every day to easily compensate for anything that might be lost -- we simply need to manage more ...”
“So, you dump fertilizer on your lawn? Where does this fertilizer come from? Is it in the form of chemicals ...”
“So you're arguing that plants will not regrow in a biomass plantation?”
“Renewable vs. non-renewable -- see the difference? The appropriate cliche would be "choose the lesser of two evils". Did yours?”
“Richard, please allow me to translate what you've just said: 1) "I'm a big Glen Beck fan."”
“This story, which struck me as quite positive, is strangely controversial... Sad.”
“"Virtually every human civilization in history has created a God, or Gods. This consistently observed historical evidence leaves little doubt ...”
“"Biomass: We're gonna get into trouble with this." "Coal/Oil/Natural Gas: We're in trouble with this..."”
“Luvs me a person who points at two days of WEATHER and confuses them with CLIMATE, all the while failing ...”
“Sadly, Onofrio, you live smack in the middle of a rapidly growing small city, things are "gonna" change.”
“Sometimes, we have to put money into something in order to draw users. The typical, single-minded logic that the conservative ...”
“You can bet that those who can least afford it are those who are least able to have a fine ...”
“No skateboarder ever tried to ride on the right side of the road wearing reflectors of no less than 2in ...”
“We, as a society, have a right to want our communities to thrive in a functional, meaningful way.”
“Jimmy, Interesting article. So Kroenke bought the property and made it impossible to negotiate a lease, which shouldn't be ...”
“"Some say it's an eyesore" That seems inaccurate, who would NOT say it's an eyesore? It makes our ...”
“But what these people are doing, with food, transit, etc is great. Population is going to hit 9 billion soon ...”
“All of the buses already had bike racks. This has been the case for a number of years, not just ...”
“Speaking of "fair and balanced", haven't you ever noticed the conservative attitude towards poverty and discrimination is "Life ain ...”
“"Which campus is closest to a whole lot of trees?" The BIOMASS burnt for power is often in the form ...”
“Progressive buzz words == any word with more than one syllable.”
“I agree with McDavid 100% -- as I ride/walk past this site, especially after having read about what was going ...”
“What a yawn, you loosely cited an Obama-ism -- let's not pretend it was anything but that. We should point ...”
“"Wow, and we are nearly three years deep into The Era of Hope and Change. I'd say the gap ...”
“Man, the "downtown parking = the Trials of Job" crowd is going to have a field day with the brick streets!”
“I'm just bummed out that I didn't think of it first and will thus have to work tirelessly ...”
“Why even waste a dollar on it? There are hundreds of possible permutations of the name: missouritigers.xxx, mu.xxx ...”
“Seriously? What is this doing in the newspaper?”
“Oh yes, that area was extensively logged and, being atop the Ozark Plateau (Salem area), that would make it a ...”
“Regarding the trees: There are no native spruce in Missouri. Yes, The pines south of Vichy were probably planted but ...”
“There are too many teams we should obviously be playing that we do not. There ought to be a conference ...”
“They should have increased the fare and increased the service to 9:30PM MON - SAT. Also, the bus needs to ...”
“People that live in these subdivisions aren't 'rich folk'. They're rubes with no taste.”
“People that cruise in massive SUVs through their winding, soulless planned subdivisions, can barely be bothered to wait for a ...”
“As a small business owner*,* why would I want to hire someone that has been out of work for a ...”
“I wanted to buy a cheeseburger, but they're only selling a bun with cheese on it.”
“I'm a student and a citizen, we need to be paying at least 50 cents a ride. Anything less ...”
“I love it when people point to the liberation of Europe in WWII as an example of why today's ...”
“It's too early for Monsanto to tell if these root-worms' evolution has any implications in the field. Because, as ...”
“The fact that you recall, and await responses to, online newspaper threads is terribly disheartening...”
“School population and population are correlated... Your logic is flawed.”
“Sorry about riding through your wet yard Vinnie, I was only trying to avoid your wife in her Lincoln Navigator ...”
“I share the same feelings as Rebecca. I would also contend that the number (something to the tune of 74 ...”
“As yet ANOTHER full-time cyclist, I can agree that the money hasn't been used very effectively. There are two ...”
“I'm not arguing with you; I think that Columbia has over 100K residents 365 days a year...”
“Life in Kansas = 1000 deaths.”
“If you've ever gone to Mizzou, you know a vast majority of these people claim an allegiance to whatever ...”
“Some people hate being wrong. I happen to work in demographics. Jimmy, you are incorrect and that's basically all ...”
“Columbia has over 100,000 permanent residents, easily... Our population has been over Ray's figure since the mid 90s...”
“@Ray Don't know where you invented your numbers from -- Columbia has over 108,000 residents, not including students. That ...”
“Sorry about the math gaffe, I was upset and the price was so cheap that I never gave it much ...”
“I'm primarily a bike-rider, but the bus system has improved to a point that would best be described as ...”
“@ Jimmy If your statistic is correct, the reason for that number is the fact that the city buses are used ...”
“I agree wholeheartedly. Furthermore, any 'real' municipality has a bus system that runs until 10pm. How can Columbia charge more ...”
“We live in a country where we have many homeless, poor, citizens who cannot afford a place to stay. At ...”
“Looks terrible...”
“Slaughterhouse 5 is a great book. The other two? Not really... Should they be banned? Probably not. Is the country ...”
“If I'm downtown (always on my bike) and I want to buy some groceries or a snack, I have ...”
“Every time I go to the theater (one of the corporate theaters, specifically), there are police officers present. Does the ...”
“As a native Missourian, I look forward to the construction of the Islamic Center and welcome all of its visitors ...”
“Wow look at him, swingin' his dukes in every direction and sayin' like stupid stuff...!”
“I could tell you were the anal-retentive type!”
“The fact that you think Norfolk / VA Beach is a good place is proof of your aesthetic bankruptcy. Your idea ...”
“I mean, technically, the justice SYSTEM worked. Ethically, justice was not served. They system isn't perfect, some slip through ...”
“As you can see, BIKE-RIDERS do not care for this improvement. This is not part of the federal grant for ...”
“Who's the super spandex jock with connections @ MoDOT? I've ridden my bike to the same destination, using the ...”
“But they have money to tear down the perfectly fine bridge over Providence and ADD ANOTHER LIGHT! I read that ...”
“Let's expect Jay Nixon to make the same vote a Republican would. He's shown us time and time ...”
“Wow, how embarrassing. It's like that one time I freaked out over that insignificant thing, just because it in ...”
“Um, hello? That drawing sucks.”
“This is ludicrous! Next thing you know, biology teachers will be in court defending themselves for assigning F's to ...”
“Michael Williams, It's just like when everyone came out to see the hanging. Or during the Inquisition, when they ...”
“Because, for all MU students, the world is not 'real' until they graduate. The $h1t was real for me...”
“It also causes us to appear like, under-educated, blindly patriotic, sloppy goons. These are supposed to be our educated people ...”
“Corey Parks: You are a moron. Good day.”
“Hey Steve, You've got some very deeply rooted emotional problems. The Bible ain't gonna help you. Good luck ...”
“This disgusts me... Isn't it funny how "Greeks" are rarely more insightful or educated than the trailer trash they ...”
“I gotta say, this rampant display of overt jingoism both disgusts and troubles me...”
“Fermi's paradox...”
“I like to ride my bicycle; I've been doing it in mid-Missouri since I was about 7 years old ...”
“No one minds that Jay is a fake Dem who blatantly (as well as frequently) ignores the will of the ...”
“Yes Ellis, but your words convey profound ignorance with a tinge of ostentatious narcissism...”
“You made the choice to take a job working for 'corporate America', which entailed ferrying yourself about in a Crown ...”
“Ellis Smith, What, precisely, is the point of your inane little diatribe? I found it neither relevant, nor funny.”
“Man, these guys worry about the least important things... Big shocker that it's a Repug. These are the kind ...”
“Lots of crazies from Sturgeon lately; must be something in the water up there...”
“Monsanto -- thanks for Agent Orange, Prosilac, Growth Hormones, Genetically modified corn, and all of that other unnecessary (usually dangerous stuff ...”
“Yeah, internet searches will fix our massive disaster. In a totally capitalist society without restrictions (i.e. what Repugs want ...”
“What happened to this man? This is tragic. They don't know how he ended up dead in a car ...”
“"This year, they pledged to give $400,000 annually to four different organizations relating to young people’s involvement in ...”
“The Tigers choked on every big game this season. They were only in the top 20 when they were playing ...”
“"But, St. Louis is not that far away, and growing rapidly" Linda, just because you say words doesn't mean ...”
“This bill is racist. If you lived in China, which do you think would take longer: learning fluent Mandarin or ...”
“Having Lynyrd Skynrd appear before this many hicks is tantamount to an appearance by God.”
“I watched this right before "Burger for the King". I liked it a lot, very touching piece.”
“I wholeheartedly support this: better transit system = better community in the long run.”
“The more convenient they make the bus system, the more likely it is to turn a profit. I like the ...”
“A Repug from Taint Charles doesn't want inflation-adjusted minimum wage because it doesn't keep us competitive with our ...”
“I ride my bike on the sidewalk outside of downtown... Only illegal in the CBD. Bike parking? Cool, whatever. I ...”
“Also it made a lot of people feel important, getting to take a 'stand' against some graffiti... Go look on ...”
“Every time I read anything that Jay Nixon does or says, I get agitated about having a Republican governor... But ...”
“In the case of the Natural Resources degree at MU, all those classes were already (and still will be) offered ...”
“frank christian says: "He stopped monitorizing (print press)of the debt"... LOL.”
“@ Corey, Way to miraculously come up w/ a negative comment for an absurdly charming story!”
“Mizzou Vs Nebraska: Football / B-Ball Double-choke!!! And reamed by Iowa in the bowl-game -- Never cease to fail!”
“Seems like a fair price for the work they have to do given a town of > 100K inhabitants.”
“In the USA, common sense fails unfailingly!”
“One obvious reason we lag is because we are not compelled to learn other languages for job opportunity (for the ...”
“Good 'Ol coward Jay Nixon, swings and misses again... Or did he even swing?”
“Unfortunately, Mark, the sprawling characteristic of our United States has rendered us more dependent than Europe, which isn't as ...”
“Show me how this affects anyone other than vile dog torturers?”
“Jay Nixon sucks so much that I might actually vote for Mickey Mouse next time.”
“Wow, that's a stupid name for the newspaper.”
“In a lot of places, graffiti is free and looks a lot better than the paintings on these boxes. Just ...”
“"Another group of researchers discovered a microbe can live on arsenic, expanding our understanding of how life can thrive under ...”
“Just as I suspected, the HICKS ruined it for the people that actually matter.”
“Do you even know what 'Free Trade' is, John?”
“You lose!”
“What does "potential bomb threat" mean? I thought there were "bomb threats" and then.. not bomb threats.”
“Yet another bit of proof that Nixon has no cojones. Taiwan and South Korea are our allies. China is an ...”
“Amazing, so far they've used it to diffuse a tense soda bottle in the yard situation in an affluent ...”
“So yeah, Phoenix AZ is a pile. Why would anyone pay holiday season airline prices to go to the sprawliest ...”
“What IS this absurd Tea Bagger nonsense?”
“Meh... if he's a retarded psychopath, what is the point in keeping him alive anyway? Does society win if ...”
“Here's an even wilder thought, maybe the city transit system should be subsidized in order to help shape a ...”
“It's hard to convince people around here that there is any alternative to their reality of ferrying around their ...”
“Cool!”
“Woops, apologize for my misinterpretation.”
“Join the 21st century, exercise some reason, have some compassion, and give the man his benefits!”
“It's not "IF", it's a fact. They did a similar program near the Buffalo River in AR already.”
“I miss wandering into the cramped confines of Acorn Books and wading through a sea of books, eventually taking with ...”
“Most people don't realize that the cougar, puma, panther, mountain lion has one of the greatest ranges of any ...”
“I was just 30 minutes south of Missouri, and saw elk. They've already been reintroduced. So lame to see ...”
“I know a white guy who was born in Morocco. African-American? What about black people from places other than Africa ...”
“Another example of something that could have been handled w/o a tazer, thus not threatening a man's life ...”