OT's GONE WILD!

[UncleLar]

A side note came up from a conversation at the office.  If a 'recruit' visits a compus on his own, or for an unofficial visit, is he allowed to stay overnight with any of the current players?

Only if he compensates the University the going rate for the room.

[UncleLar]

In case anyone ever wonders where I got the UncleLar name from.  It was a nickname given to me by a guy in Chicago about 20 years ago and comes from this guy, Larry Lujack.

I listen to the spots and discovered that several of them end with a PSU Lion like roar.

Pet Safety Spot

[mjg]

Cuban wants players to stay in school for 3 years:

http://espn.go.com/dallas/nba/story/_/id/7778070/dallas-mavericks-mark-cuban-make-players-stay-3-years-ncaa

[tjb]

God has given Pennsylvania the rare opportunity to vindicate itself twice for the same colossal error, and it looks like my home state is going to take it up.

[MarkH]

God has given Pennsylvania the rare opportunity to vindicate itself twice for the same colossal error, and it looks like my home state is going to take it up.

A little bit dated of a view , but I'm hoping that the numbers move and PA has the opportunity to vindicate itself for another colossal error 4 years ago   

[mjg]

God has given Pennsylvania the rare opportunity to vindicate itself twice for the same colossal error, and it looks like my home state is going to take it up.

A little bit dated of a view , but I'm hoping that the numbers move and PA has the opportunity to vindicate itself for another colossal error 4 years ago   

20 years from now, what will people be saying about Obama's presidency?  What will his legacy be (other than the obvious of being the first African American President)?

[tjb]

1. Universal health care
2. Out of Iraq and Afghanistan
3. Stemmed (along with late W. actions, such as the auto bailout) the biggest economic recession/depression since the Great Depression.

Of course, if you're religious beliefs are Hayekian, three cannot possibly be true. And we are currently suffering runaway hyperinflation.

[mjg]

1. Universal health care
2. Out of Iraq and Afghanistan
3. Stemmed (along with late W. actions, such as the auto bailout) the biggest economic recession/depression since the Great Depression.

Of course, if you're religious beliefs are Hayekian, three cannot possibly be true. And we are currently suffering runaway hyperinflation.

Will #1 hold up in court?  We should know soon.
#2, we are still in Afghanistan.
#3, okay, I'll go along with that.

[kidcoyote]

1. Universal health care
2. Out of Iraq and Afghanistan
3. Stemmed (along with late W. actions, such as the auto bailout) the biggest economic recession/depression since the Great Depression.

Of course, if you're religious beliefs are Hayekian, three cannot possibly be true. And we are currently suffering runaway hyperinflation.

Will #1 hold up in court?  We should know soon.
#2, we are still in Afghanistan.
#3, okay, I'll go along with that.

On #3, yeah that Chevy Volt is a real killer.

#4 And the worst ever economic recovery out of a deep recession. The Great Depression recovery was far superior.
#5 a complete ignoramus on the topic of judicial review and the Constitution. Oh, that pesky Constitution.
#6 highest gas prices in history at this time of year.
#7 throws money at "green energy" sinkhole to his friends, like $1.6 billion to RFK jr., and $500 million to Al Gore's Fisker Auto, which makes the cars in Finland, while restricting US fossil fuel development on Federal lands, and Keystone pipeline stupidity. Due to private development, with no help from the administration, evil E&P companies have found so much natural gas, prices are down 75% since '08. North Dakota, which has the Bakken Shale(oil), has 200+ oil wells, and is producing more than 700,000 bopd. Montana, which has the Bakken formation in its state as well, but on Federal lands, has less than 10 wells, due to Federal withholding of permits and bureaucracy. Oil and gas production is up despite him, not because of him.
#8 President teleprompter. (see video). At least he's saving on speechwriter fees.
#9 more interested in NCAA basketball bracket than Iranian nuclear program. Abandonment of Israel.

Of course, if you're religious beliefs are that the government is all good and all knowing and benevolent, and don't mind running the printing presses 24/7, like Zimbabwe, the Weimar Republic, Serbia, etc., you may like what's going on.

Same Tired Rhetoric

[tjb]

Tribalism. Love me some E.O.

[UncleLar]

Penn State ASME Rube Goldberg Machine 2011

[tjb]

NYC kid first in his family to college - and it's alma mater.

[psuarva]

1. Universal health care
2. Out of Iraq and Afghanistan
3. Stemmed (along with late W. actions, such as the auto bailout) the biggest economic recession/depression since the Great Depression.

Of course, if you're religious beliefs are Hayekian, three cannot possibly be true. And we are currently suffering runaway hyperinflation.

 on #3 I think that history is going to say that Bernanke was very bold when he needed to be bold, and kept us from a depression.  Whoever wins the next election will be remembered as a great president, because there is a pretty low chance that we will be seeing anything but strong growth by 2015.

[tjb]

1. Universal health care
2. Out of Iraq and Afghanistan
3. Stemmed (along with late W. actions, such as the auto bailout) the biggest economic recession/depression since the Great Depression.

Of course, if you're religious beliefs are Hayekian, three cannot possibly be true. And we are currently suffering runaway hyperinflation.

 on #3 I think that history is going to say that Bernanke was very bold when he needed to be bold, and kept us from a depression.  Whoever wins the next election will be remembered as a great president, because there is a pretty low chance that we will be seeing anything but strong growth by 2015.

Yes, it was a combination of the Fed and the stimulus. Brave action by Bush and Bernanke, and Treasury under Paulson -- all of whom had at least proclaimed different religious beliefs in their political lives -- and Obama, who got stuck with a larded-up stimulus bill but knew he had to act before we plunged into Depression. It was all out of the Keynes handbook, with the exception of the stimulus, which was too small.

[MarkH]

1. Universal health care
2. Out of Iraq and Afghanistan
3. Stemmed (along with late W. actions, such as the auto bailout) the biggest economic recession/depression since the Great Depression.

Of course, if you're religious beliefs are Hayekian, three cannot possibly be true. And we are currently suffering runaway hyperinflation.

 on #3 I think that history is going to say that Bernanke was very bold when he needed to be bold, and kept us from a depression.  Whoever wins the next election will be remembered as a great president, because there is a pretty low chance that we will be seeing anything but strong growth by 2015.

Yes, it was a combination of the Fed and the stimulus. Brave action by Bush and Bernanke, and Treasury under Paulson -- all of whom had at least proclaimed different religious beliefs in their political lives -- and Obama, who got stuck with a larded-up stimulus bill but knew he had to act before we plunged into Depression. It was all out of the Keynes handbook, with the exception of the stimulus, which was too small.

Am I the only only one here (besides Kid) who feels like the Stimulus was too big?   Well, not necessarily too big, but too wasteful...  The point of the stimulus was supposed to be quick (like the old carb spray for your engine... just enough to get the engines running again)  A LOT of that money was wasted becuase, to borrow a phrase, enough of it wasn't "Shovel ready" and wasn't focued on getting the economy kick-started.   Making the stimulus bigger, in my mind, would be a net drag on the economy because it would take more private equity out of the market and saddle us with an even larger debt, for incrementaly less economic "stimulus effect".