buddha

its amazing to me that someone who has been in radio for as long as i can remember still cant make a sentence without saying "uhhhh" every fourth or fifth word.

i remember being the only white kid in my grade school classes and having to be lincoln at every. school. play. so yes, i still recall four score and seven years ago our fathers set forth on this continent a new nation....

teachers usually get what they want in most suburban jurisdictions where people move there specifically for the good schools and pay extremely high property taxes. those jurisdictions also dont have the problems with poverty and crime that chicago has. but there are rarely strikes and labor strife in the suburbs. its a different dynamic in the city. the union is extremely political and throws its money around to a lot of local candidates and gets their support. they endorsed the current head of cook county (and the head of the cook county democratic party and the major insider in chicago) for mayor last time and she got destroyed in the mayoral election by the current mayor. as such, the teachers union has hated the current mayor since day one. the current mayor also ran as an outsider against the political machine, so the political machine (which the teachers union is a major benefactor for - and of) has been against her from day one. and the current mayor doesnt help because she is very acerbic and not a great politician. its all very interesting and frustrating at the same time.

chicago's teacher union is an extreme situation. this is the 4th strike/lockdown situation my 7th grader has been through. the last union leader was going to run for mayor until she got cancer. the new second in command is going to run for mayor next time. the city has good relations with every union (and there are lots of them) except the cops (who are run by trumpy idiots) and the teachers (who are run by limousine liberal fake marxists). the cops didnt have a contract for 5 years because they cant strike. the teachers strike every three years. its fun.

its chicago. the shootings are taking place all around them.

they already make them keep the windows open all day. in chicago. in january.

if you believe anything antonio brown says, i have a nice bridge in brooklyn to sell you.

you can mess with the settings on those pff mock drafts and get really stupid results, like the jags taking corral at 1 or the jets trading up into the top 2 to take kenny pickett. its fun because it lets you do a lot of stupid trades that would never happen, but its even more unrealistic than most mock draft sims, and that's saying something.

because all politics are national now thanks to the internet and social media. some house member in georgia or brooklyn affects how everyone sees the other party. i think that's one aspect to it.

nope.

not so long ago california was pretty republican. things change.

i think it will continue to be a reliable republican state for a while yet. but these things can change pretty quickly. hard to tell what will happen to republicans once trump dies or just how many northern and california folks can fit into harris and dallas counties and austin.

247 is already talking about harbaugh being in extension talks with michigan.

do you think texas will continue to "trend" democrat? i think the democrats are about to find out that the hispanic population of texas is moving to the republicans. i dont know if that offsets the huge migration to texas from the north, but i suspect it will. as for me, your state is BATSHIT CRAZY right now when it comes to jury verdicts. you guys are handing out hundreds of millions of dollars like its candy. complete craziness.

i was at the 2000 yard game too. the play he did it on was a real short gain, so nobody knew if he had actually broken the record or not, but they gave it to him anyway. and the next play he broke one 50 yards and removed all doubt.

i actually think zadina's overall game has improved a lot since he got here. his mistake against washington notwithstanding, i think he plays better defense now and is more aware of what he needs to do. but he was the 6th pick in the draft and taken to score goals. he doesnt score goals. before i thought he was slava kozlov. now i think that's giving him too much credit. he may be due for a change of scenery, especially after they doled out that contract to fabbri.

i agree with you about the electoral college and i think it should be discarded. not because it will enshrine a temporary democratic party majority as some here seem excited about, but because i dont see what purpose it really serves anymore. as for the comments on the south, i think there are just as many stupid people in the north and in big cities who vote democrat as there are rural white people in the south who vote republican. if you want to see a banana republic one party state full of fraud, dirty tricks, and corruption, led by people who arent very bright but think theyre better than you, look no further than the great city of chicago and the thousands of lemmings who line up and vote for the democrats every year and get nothing for it. i know, because i am one of them.

at long last, our nightmare of a season is over. let the real season begin! DRAFT SEASON! i look forward to 50 tater posts with all his mock drafts and fake trades! cruzer? where you at? its your time to shine. let's talk about speed!!!!! lol.

the more i hate the bears, the more i appreciate the packers. if i lived in wisconsin i would likely think differently. and eat more cheese.

not directed at 75% of this board that talks about any part of the country that isnt bright blue as a bunch of racist gun toting teeth missing uneducated white redneck hicks? 😉

a return to jim crow is an extreme exaggeration. and in another generation or two, population movements could turn a lot of the old industrial midwest into "consumer states," so be careful what you wish for.

my 13 year old was fine. but she wasnt learning as much and there were a ton of distractions. most of the boys in her class - being boys - werent paying much attention. then i make her read books outside of class and she hates me. the four hour napoleon documentary didnt go over well either. being in person provides them with socialization chances too. that's really important. we usually bring a couple of her classmates over for remote learning "pods" just so she can be with friends.

that's great! texas can be three states and florida two. we can make cali three states too since the valley js so different from the coasts. or better yet, combine the dakotas, montana, nebraska, idaho and western oregon/washington into one big state with only two senators! even better, let's keep dividing up territory until we get a temporary democrat super majority in the senate. and then when the population migration and party policies and demographics change again in 15 years we can split up the map again to make sure democrats have another majority. as much as i dont like the senate, i think getting rid of it and leaving things only to the house would be very scary. house members are nuts!

or we could just combine a bunch of tiny northeastern states like vermont, delaware, rhode island, maine. why do those tiny states get 2 senators where their population is so low?

i believe green bay clinched when the cowboys lost.