Headline News 2012

by **Tee09** » Mon 7/16/12 4:06 pm

Chris Eckes wrote:JOB CREATORS! RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE!

I'll tell my old man he should fire those 80 people he currently employs in positions that didn't exist 10 years ago. Somebody else made his business anyway.

by **team22tank** » Mon 7/16/12 4:07 pm

Armadillo wrote:
phish wrote:Its not just about spending, its also about increasing revenue.

OK, I'm all ears. How do we go about raising enough revenue to have an impact on the debt without stifling entrepreneurship and innovation?

What is really amazing is the amount of waste there is yet people want to continue to feed the beast. As if the state would say OK now we have enough lets spend responsibly and pay down the debt. They are always going to spend more than they take in that goes for any administration.

by **Chris Eckes** » Mon 7/16/12 4:17 pm

Tee09 wrote:
Chris Eckes wrote:JOB CREATORS! RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE!

I'll tell my old man he should fire those 80 people he currently employs in positions that didn't exist 10 years ago. Somebody else made his business anyway.

Because the President was DEFINITELY trying to say that in that quote that got lambasted by so many people this weekend. That is EXACTLY what he was trying to get at. :roll:

Come on.

by **Armadillo** » Mon 7/16/12 4:19 pm

Chris Eckes wrote:
Tee09 wrote:
Chris Eckes wrote:JOB CREATORS! RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE!

I'll tell my old man he should fire those 80 people he currently employs in positions that didn't exist 10 years ago. Somebody else made his business anyway.

Because the President was DEFINITELY trying to say that in that quote that got lambasted by so many people this weekend. That is EXACTLY what he was trying to get at.

Come on.

Well then, what was he getting at?

If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business — you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen. The Internet didn’t get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet.

by **team22tank** » Mon 7/16/12 4:19 pm

Chris Eckes wrote:
Tee09 wrote:
Chris Eckes wrote:JOB CREATORS! RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE!

I'll tell my old man he should fire those 80 people he currently employs in positions that didn't exist 10 years ago. Somebody else made his business anyway.

Because the President was DEFINITELY trying to say that in that quote that got lambasted by so many people this weekend. That is EXACTLY what he was trying to get at.

Come on.

What was he trying to get at?

by **Chris Eckes** » Mon 7/16/12 4:31 pm

I'm pretty sure he was attempting to convey the point that nobody is an island. Every person is a conglomoration of the people, ideas and events surrounding them. I don't know why it is such a radical notion to say that success can never be truly, fully, completely self-made in this day and age - whoever you are, you've gotten help from a teacher, or from a parent, or from a friend, or you've grown up in a country that affords you the opportunity to succeed. Of course it is up to the individual to make the choices necessary to be successful. But for anyone to say that they themselves are the sole arbiter of their own success is (in my personal opinion) one of the most selfish and egotistical things anyone can say.

Long story short, I think the Prez was attempting to put a point out for discussion that success is definitely something to be celebrated, but when someone is successful it is something for everyone and everything involved in that person's success to champion, not just the individual.

My $.02

by **Zwak** » Mon 7/16/12 4:34 pm

Seriously people. Consider the following.

1. Ground rule of this board is no politics or religion
2. This thread has been shut down at least 5 times in the last year because people kept talking politics
3. A separate section of the board was created for political talk.
4. A Google search for "Political Message Boards" gives 8.09 MILLION results.

Why is it so hard to understand this?

p.s No...I will not move to a different thread as I happen to like headline news and this thread is typically very interesting, when the no politics rules is followed.

by **Jupiter** » Mon 7/16/12 4:37 pm

Zwak wrote:3. A separate section of the board was created for political talk.

I had this up as a joke for about a week.....

I am getting sick of this crap. I am even thinking about having the auto censor replace certain works just to F things up for all of you.

by **Chris Eckes** » Mon 7/16/12 4:40 pm

Lol please do it! I know I'm an instigator but it would be hilarious

by **Zwak** » Mon 7/16/12 4:42 pm

Jupiter wrote:
Zwak wrote:3. A separate section of the board was created for political talk.

I had this up as a joke for about a week.....

Shows how much I went looking for it :oops:

My rant still stands though!

by **trixR4kids** » Mon 7/16/12 4:42 pm

team22tank wrote:
Armadillo wrote:
phish wrote:Its not just about spending, its also about increasing revenue.

OK, I'm all ears. How do we go about raising enough revenue to have an impact on the debt without stifling entrepreneurship and innovation?

What is really amazing is the amount of waste there is yet people want to continue to feed the beast. As if the state would say OK now we have enough lets spend responsibly and pay down the debt. They are always going to spend more than they take in that goes for any administration.

:shrug:

Chris Eckes wrote:Lol please do it! I know I'm an instigator but it would be hilarious

This sums it up for me as well

by **Tee09** » Mon 7/16/12 4:44 pm

Obama Romney DUMBACRAT REBUMBLICAN

by **Tee09** » Mon 7/16/12 4:47 pm

He's still working on it I guess.

by **Chris Eckes** » Mon 7/16/12 4:48 pm

lol dumbacrat rebumblican. Awesome Jup!

by **phish** » Mon 7/16/12 5:10 pm

I blame Armadillo. Not sure why, just do.

by **thinkbui** » Mon 7/16/12 5:16 pm

If you're going to do something like beat a disabled man to death, please boast about it on Facebook or otherwise make it easy for the cops to catch you.

http://www.kare11.com/news/national/art ... n-Facebook

by **Slap Shot** » Mon 7/16/12 5:21 pm

Jupitor.

[edit] Hmph, why didn't that change?

by **Kelor** » Mon 7/16/12 5:30 pm

Now the Government will decide who will get a loan.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/ ... 6-14-39-45

by **Superstar** » Mon 7/16/12 5:46 pm

Zwak wrote:Seriously people. Consider the following.

1. Ground rule of this board is no politics or religion
2. This thread has been shut down at least 5 times in the last year because people kept talking politics
3. A separate section of the board was created for political talk.
4. A Google search for "Political Message Boards" gives 8.09 MILLION results.

Why is it so hard to understand this?

p.s No...I will not move to a different thread as I happen to like headline news and this thread is typically very interesting, when the no politics rules is followed.

by **bonesaw** » Mon 7/16/12 5:49 pm

Kelor wrote:Now the Government will decide who will get a loan.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/ ... 6-14-39-45

Where in the article does it say that? :confused2:

Manufactroversy much? Or are you also upset how the government decides who gets a house by enforcing building codes?

by **Kelor** » Mon 7/16/12 5:57 pm

bonesaw wrote:
Kelor wrote:Now the Government will decide who will get a loan.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/ ... 6-14-39-45

Where in the article does it say that? Manufactroversy much? Or are you also upset how the government decides who gets a house by enforcing building codes?

Building codes? That analogy isn't even relevant.

If the government controls the credit reporting bureaus, its not a leap to say they control who gets good ratings and who doesn't. I didn't even think my comment could be controversial. Nothing should surprise me.

by **bonesaw** » Mon 7/16/12 6:32 pm

Kelor wrote:
bonesaw wrote:
Kelor wrote:Now the Government will decide who will get a loan.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/ ... 6-14-39-45

Where in the article does it say that? Manufactroversy much? Or are you also upset how the government decides who gets a house by enforcing building codes?

Building codes? That analogy isn't even relevant.

If the government controls the credit reporting bureaus, its not a leap to say they control who gets good ratings and who doesn't. I didn't even think my comment could be controversial. Nothing should surprise me.

Regulating =/= "control". The government controls building inspectors, yes? By your logic, it's not a leap to say they control who gets good ratings and who doesn't. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slippery_slope

by **Kelor** » Mon 7/16/12 6:53 pm

Thank you for agreeing with me bone. By government controlling building inspectors, they can control who builds houses, (not who buys them).

By such logic, it's even more clear that if they control personal credit ratings, they absolutely control who can buy a home.

by **trixR4kids** » Mon 7/16/12 7:16 pm

by **bonesaw** » Mon 7/16/12 7:23 pm

Kelor wrote:Thank you for agreeing with me bone. By government controlling building inspectors, they can control who builds houses, (not who buys them).

By such logic, it's even more clear that if they control personal credit ratings, they absolutely control who can buy a home.

I'm still not sure how you get "the Government will control your credit rating" out of that article. In fact, it seems the credit agencies themselves don't seem too worried about it.

by **jallengarry** » Mon 7/16/12 7:27 pm

Kelor wrote: I didn't even think my comment could be controversial. Nothing should surprise me.....they absolutely control who can buy a home

This is what I meant with my post yesterday. How can you post something like this, use the phrase"absolutely control" and be "surprised" at the fact it's controversial? Did you read the article? In this very article you have the spokesman for Equifax saying they've already been regulated for 40 years and he had "no concerns" about the agency's oversight of their operation, a head of a consumer education site and former Equifax employee saying it will help clarify things, and a senior policy advocate for Consumer Reports saying "it's a wonderful thing". That in no way means they are right and you're wrong. But it should clue you in so as not to be flabbergasted that someone might see it different and leave you surprised by "nothing" in this instance; with that being said with a straight face rather than sarcasm.

We all bitch about gridlock and polemics...but when you are so wed to your own view that you accept it as a forgone conclusion and forget the other even exists...it suggests a lack of true critical thinking and as a result compromise has a snowballs chance in hell. Counter attitudinal advocacy/arguments are a a good thing, even if only employed as a personal mental exercise, and they are the only reason I sill read...hell even enjoy...this thread.

by **bonesaw** » Mon 7/16/12 7:33 pm

jallengarry wrote:
Kelor wrote: I didn't even think my comment could be controversial. Nothing should surprise me.....they absolutely control who can buy a home

This is what I meant with my post yesterday. How can you post something like this, use the phrase"absolutely control" and be "surprised" at the fact it's controversial? Did you read the article? In this very article you have the spokesman for Equifax saying they've already been regulated for 40 years and he had "no concerns" about the agency's oversight of their operation, a head of a consumer education site and former Equifax employee saying it will help clarify things, and a senior policy advocate for Consumer Reports saying "it's a wonderful thing". That in no way means they are right and you're wrong. But it should clue you in so as not to be flabbergasted that someone might see it different and leave you surprised by "nothing" in this instance; with that being said with a straight face rather than sarcasm.

DingDingDing.

by **Armadillo** » Mon 7/16/12 7:38 pm

phish wrote:I blame Armadillo. Not sure why, just do.

And I hereby turn myself over to the League of Twentysomething Swedish Virgins to decide an appropriate punishment. It's the right thing to do.

by **jallengarry** » Mon 7/16/12 7:44 pm

Armadillo wrote:
phish wrote:I blame Armadillo. Not sure why, just do.

And I hereby turn myself over to the League of Twentysomething Swedish Virgins to decide an appropriate punishment. It's the right thing to do.

Merging it with a more lighthearted thread..."I banish you to one week in the Olympic village!"

by **Golden FE Ranger** » Mon 7/16/12 7:47 pm

jallengarry wrote:
Armadillo wrote:
phish wrote:I blame Armadillo. Not sure why, just do.

And I hereby turn myself over to the League of Twentysomething Swedish Virgins to decide an appropriate punishment. It's the right thing to do.

Merging it with a more lighthearted thread..."I banish you to one week in the Olympic village!"

Would he be a pole vaulter or pole vaultie? :shock:

by **Armadillo** » Mon 7/16/12 7:55 pm

Golden FE Ranger wrote:
jallengarry wrote:
Armadillo wrote:
phish wrote:I blame Armadillo. Not sure why, just do.

And I hereby turn myself over to the League of Twentysomething Swedish Virgins to decide an appropriate punishment. It's the right thing to do.

Merging it with a more lighthearted thread..."I banish you to one week in the Olympic village!"

Would he be a pole vaulter or pole vaultie?

Yes.

Now if this happens, not so good:

by **Zwak** » Mon 7/16/12 8:39 pm

Man killed in car accident on Hastings bridge because of too many mayflies on the bridge.

http://www.hastingsstargazette.com/even ... /id/27750/

by **HockeyBum** » Mon 7/16/12 9:19 pm

Zwak wrote:Man killed in car accident on Hastings bridge because of too many mayflies on the bridge.

http://www.hastingsstargazette.com/even ... /id/27750/

The article doesn't mention anything about a fatality. :confused2:

Speaking of mayflies... I was at my in-laws cabin on the Mississippi river near Prairie Du Chien, WI a few weeks ago. A bumper crop of mayflies hatched sometime overnight on Friday. By Saturday morning, they were so thick you could hardly stand to be outside. The entire cabin and property were covered with them. :puke:

by **Beauner** » Mon 7/16/12 11:05 pm

Ohio's Marijuana Distribution took a major hit

Some of the numbers in that article are staggering :shock:

by **gopher6** » Tue 7/17/12 7:52 am

JAWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_t2#/vi ... attack.cnn

by **sunbone** » Tue 7/17/12 8:58 am

Zwak wrote:Seriously people. Consider the following.

1. Ground rule of this board is no politics or religion
2. This thread has been shut down at least 5 times in the last year because people kept talking politics
3. A separate section of the board was created for political talk.
4. A Google search for "Political Message Boards" gives 8.09 MILLION results.

Why is it so hard to understand this?

p.s No...I will not move to a different thread as I happen to like headline news and this thread is typically very interesting, when the no politics rules is followed.

Agree 100%. It really shouldn't be that difficult for people over the age of 5 to follow just a couple of rules.

by **Zwak** » Tue 7/17/12 9:25 am

Needles found in Delta Airline sandwiches.

http://www.startribune.com/local/162636226.html

by **5 O.T.** » Tue 7/17/12 10:45 am

Flash mob takes over Jacksonville Wal-Mart: :chainsaw:

http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2012 ... e-wal-mart

Flash mob targets Troutdale Albertsons: :censored:

http://www.kgw.com/news/Flash-mob-targe ... 63245.html

by **g_manpucker** » Tue 7/17/12 12:24 pm

Zwak wrote:Needles found in Delta Airline sandwiches.

http://www.startribune.com/local/162636226.html

I wonder if they can PINpoint the problem...

by **Zwak** » Tue 7/17/12 12:30 pm

g_manpucker wrote:
Zwak wrote:Needles found in Delta Airline sandwiches.

http://www.startribune.com/local/162636226.html

I wonder if they can PINpoint the problem...

Is this the right thread for a needle pun?

by **Tee09** » Tue 7/17/12 12:32 pm

I just hope we can appreciate the sharp commentary without some prick injecting politics into the discussion.

by **davescharf** » Tue 7/17/12 12:34 pm

Superstar wrote:
Zwak wrote:Seriously people. Consider the following.

1. Ground rule of this board is no politics or religion
2. This thread has been shut down at least 5 times in the last year because people kept talking politics
3. A separate section of the board was created for political talk.
4. A Google search for "Political Message Boards" gives 8.09 MILLION results.

Why is it so hard to understand this?

p.s No...I will not move to a different thread as I happen to like headline news and this thread is typically very interesting, when the no politics rules is followed.

Thank you. :dup:

by **davescharf** » Tue 7/17/12 12:36 pm

Zwak wrote:
g_manpucker wrote:
Zwak wrote:Needles found in Delta Airline sandwiches.

http://www.startribune.com/local/162636226.html

I wonder if they can PINpoint the problem...

Is this the right thread for a needle pun?

I don't think you should be saying sew :wink:

by **team22tank** » Tue 7/17/12 2:19 pm

5 O.T. wrote:Flash mob takes over Jacksonville Wal-Mart:
http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2012 ... e-wal-mart

Flash mob targets Troutdale Albertsons:
http://www.kgw.com/news/Flash-mob-targe ... 63245.html

http://lewrockwell.com/sowell/sowell102.html

by **george** » Tue 7/17/12 2:45 pm

team22tank wrote:
5 O.T. wrote:Flash mob takes over Jacksonville Wal-Mart:
http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2012 ... e-wal-mart

Flash mob targets Troutdale Albertsons:
http://www.kgw.com/news/Flash-mob-targe ... 63245.html

http://lewrockwell.com/sowell/sowell102.html

Didn't anyone build them any roads?

by **dxmnkd316** » Tue 7/17/12 6:21 pm

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-574 ... ills-self/

My coworker brought this story to my attention. This is his former class president. :lol:

by **GrandForksGopher** » Tue 7/17/12 6:40 pm

This speaks for itself

by **GopherFan85** » Tue 7/17/12 6:50 pm

GrandForksGopher wrote:This speaks for itself

by **Armadillo** » Tue 7/17/12 7:17 pm

by **dxmnkd316** » Tue 7/17/12 11:02 pm

GPL just came back online. I need a cigarette.

(Not really, I don't smoke)

by **Beauner** » Tue 7/17/12 11:05 pm

Armadillo wrote:

I knew I didn't want to watch that GF video. I knew it. I watched it anyways. I hate myself.

by **solar** » Wed 7/18/12 8:32 am

That just made me glad...real glad...that I never went (or never was even tempted) to go to Grand Forks.

:dance:

by **Jupiter** » Wed 7/18/12 10:21 am

AT&T jumps on board with shared data plans along with Verizon.

Now I have never had a smartphone, my wife and I have always just had cheap LG flip phones. I have wanted one for quite some time, but it wasn't THAT important for me. I figured that I would just wait until one of these companies came up with a shared data plan that had been rumored for a few years.

But now it seems like I have waited too long to jump on the bandwagon. The prices just seem a bit outrageous to me. The new per phone monthly charge and the shared data rates are not what I was looking for...

We are on Verizon and when I saw their new rates I was not happy. I was really hoping the AT&T would come in with a much more competitive shared plan that would force Verizon to be more competitive. Then AT&T comes out with something that does not compete at all. It's almost the same plan. You would think that one of them would want to undercut the other just to pull customers away. But that is just not the case... It's all about profit.

Heck if I just want to get a smart phone and keep my wife on a flip phone, the "new" plan would be a lot more expensive than it would have been to add a smart phone on the old plan.

Under my current plan it's $50 for the first phone and $9 for the second. We get 500 minutes. With taxes it comes to about $73 a month. Before the changes, replacing my phone with a smart phone would have just added $30 for the 2GB data plan, for a total of just over $100.... If I want to make that change now, I will be forced in to the new shared plan. So now it's $40 for the smart phone, $30 for the regular phone and $60 for 2GB of data for a total of $130 before taxes.

Sure I get unlimited minutes and texts, but we rarely even come close to using our 500 minutes and only text a few times a month. So... These new shared plans just seem to suck in my world.

I guess I will wait to see what Sprint comes up with...

by **Hammy** » Wed 7/18/12 10:33 am

People in Grand Forks (and North Dakota in general) seem desperate to make their locale appear interesting... :oops:

by **Blueliner** » Wed 7/18/12 11:19 am

Jupiter wrote:AT&T jumps on board with shared data plans along with Verizon.

Now I have never had a smartphone, my wife and I have always just had cheap LG flip phones. I have wanted one for quite some time, but it wasn't THAT important for me. I figured that I would just wait until one of these companies came up with a shared data plan that had been rumored for a few years.

But now it seems like I have waited too long to jump on the bandwagon. The prices just seem a bit outrageous to me. The new per phone monthly charge and the shared data rates are not what I was looking for...

We are on Verizon and when I saw their new rates I was not happy. I was really hoping the AT&T would come in with a much more competitive shared plan that would force Verizon to be more competitive. Then AT&T comes out with something that does not compete at all. It's almost the same plan. You would think that one of them would want to undercut the other just to pull customers away. But that is just not the case... It's all about profit.

Heck if I just want to get a smart phone and keep my wife on a flip phone, the "new" plan would be a lot more expensive than it would have been to add a smart phone on the old plan.

Under my current plan it's $50 for the first phone and $9 for the second. We get 500 minutes. With taxes it comes to about $73 a month. Before the changes, replacing my phone with a smart phone would have just added $30 for the 2GB data plan, for a total of just over $100.... If I want to make that change now, I will be forced in to the new shared plan. So now it's $40 for the smart phone, $30 for the regular phone and $60 for 2GB of data for a total of $130 before taxes.

Sure I get unlimited minutes and texts, but we rarely even come close to using our 500 minutes and only text a few times a month. So... These new shared plans just seem to suck in my world.

I guess I will wait to see what Sprint comes up with...

I don't know about verizon but on ATT you can get the 550 min. Family plan 59.99 (2nd line is $0), then just add the $30 for a 3GB smart phone data plan/ So it's $89.99 + taxes + whatever you do for txt plan or pay per txt.

Your best bet is to go into the store though and price out the plans as opposed to trying to navigate their websites. You can also possibly negotiate waiving the activation fees.

by **Gopherguy05** » Wed 7/18/12 11:36 am

GrandForksGopher wrote:This speaks for itself

That can't really be Grand Forks. There was no lawnmower throwing, elevator golden showering, shoeless golf course strolls, or underage drinking at all in the video. FAKE!

by **5 O.T.** » Wed 7/18/12 12:43 pm

Weiner pulling out....

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162- ... e-for-now/

Greg Gutfeld and Red Eye panel comments: :lol:

http://www.thehopeforamerica.com/play.php?id=12506

by **WPoS** » Wed 7/18/12 2:00 pm

Gopherguy05 wrote:
GrandForksGopher wrote:This speaks for itself

That can't really be Grand Forks. There was no lawnmower throwing, elevator golden showering, shoeless golf course strolls, or underage drinking at all in the video. FAKE!

did you notice the lack of/reduction of "sioux" in the "college" parts of teh video?

W

by **gopher6** » Wed 7/18/12 4:18 pm

happy I do not live in Detroit!!

http://www.wnem.com/story/19044233/2-bo ... hands-feet

by **ex_goldy** » Wed 7/18/12 4:18 pm

Netanyaho said -" "Israel will react strongly to Iran's terror."

I don't think the Israelis are going to sit back this time. The next sound you'll hear at the border between Iran and Israel will be the bombs from Israel targeting every military installation they have. Even the Arabs diverted the oil out of the strait to a southern port to avoid Iranian blockades and attacks on the flow.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/ ... 8-13-03-56

by **team22tank** » Wed 7/18/12 4:25 pm

ex_goldy wrote:Netanyaho said -" "Israel will react strongly to Iran's terror."

I don't think the Israelis are going to sit back this time. The next sound you'll hear at the border between Iran and Israel will be the bombs from Israel targeting every military installation they have. Even the Arabs diverted the oil out of the strait to a southern port to avoid Iranian blockades and attacks on the flow.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/ ... 8-13-03-56

They don't share a border.

by **ex_goldy** » Wed 7/18/12 4:35 pm

team22tank wrote:
ex_goldy wrote:Netanyaho said -" "Israel will react strongly to Iran's terror."

I don't think the Israelis are going to sit back this time. The next sound you'll hear at the border between Iran and Israel will be the bombs from Israel targeting every military installation they have. Even the Arabs diverted the oil out of the strait to a southern port to avoid Iranian blockades and attacks on the flow.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/ ... 8-13-03-56

They don't share a border.

right. thanks. I'll clarify for you - the border closest to israel, planes can carry bombs a long ways.

by **trixR4kids** » Wed 7/18/12 5:04 pm

Pitbull gets sent to perform in Alaska as part of a prank.

Pitbull, aka Armando Christian Perez, in a promotion with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Sheets Energy Strips, agreed to visit whichever Walmart got the most "likes" on its Facebook page.
David Thorpe, a writer for The Boston Phoenix, thought it would be funny to exile the "Give Me Everything" rapper to the most remote Walmart possible, and encouraged people to "like" the Walmart in Kodiak.
The store in a city with a population of about 6,100 wound up with more than 70,000 "likes." The surrounding borough, which Alaska has rather than counties, has about 14,000 people.

http://music.yahoo.com/news/pitbull-hea ... 22477.html

by **thinkbui** » Wed 7/18/12 6:06 pm

PSU to decide fate of Paterno statue inside of 2 weeks as allegations and reports continue to make late coach look less like a man who just didn't do enough and more like someone who helped cover up abuse through inaction.

http://www.kare11.com/news/national/art ... -7-10-days

by **trixR4kids** » Wed 7/18/12 6:36 pm

Imo it would be a step in the right direction for Penn State if they took the statue down.

by **Superstar** » Wed 7/18/12 7:09 pm

trixR4kids wrote:Imo it would be a step in the right direction for Penn State if they took the statue down.

THIS JUST IN: Penn State going to keep Paterno statue, however they are going to turn it so it's facing the other way. :wink:

by **Golden FE Ranger** » Wed 7/18/12 7:50 pm

trixR4kids wrote:Pitbull gets sent to perform in Alaska as part of a prank.

Pitbull, aka Armando Christian Perez, in a promotion with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Sheets Energy Strips, agreed to visit whichever Walmart got the most "likes" on its Facebook page.
David Thorpe, a writer for The Boston Phoenix, thought it would be funny to exile the "Give Me Everything" rapper to the most remote Walmart possible, and encouraged people to "like" the Walmart in Kodiak.
The store in a city with a population of about 6,100 wound up with more than 70,000 "likes." The surrounding borough, which Alaska has rather than counties, has about 14,000 people.

http://music.yahoo.com/news/pitbull-hea ... 22477.html

I wish we could send the rest of the rap "stars" with him.

by **trixR4kids** » Wed 7/18/12 8:14 pm

Superstar wrote:
trixR4kids wrote:Imo it would be a step in the right direction for Penn State if they took the statue down.

THIS JUST IN: Penn State going to keep Paterno statue, however they are going to turn it so it's facing the other way.

That one doesn't get old

by **GrandForksGopher** » Wed 7/18/12 8:37 pm

I thought they were just relocating the statue to the library to be a reminder for students to keep quiet

by **Kelor** » Wed 7/18/12 9:01 pm

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/ ... story.html

Mr Paul Aint's instead of the St Paul Saints. I think its kind of stupid, but I sure won't get worked up about it.

by **dxmnkd316** » Wed 7/18/12 9:03 pm

I think it's hilarious.

by **Kelor** » Wed 7/18/12 9:04 pm

thinkbui wrote:PSU to decide fate of Paterno statue inside of 2 weeks as allegations and reports continue to make late coach look less like a man who just didn't do enough and more like someone who helped cover up abuse through inaction.

http://www.kare11.com/news/national/art ... -7-10-days

If it's not removed today, it sure as hell will be removed some time down the road. This statue is a symbol of a pathetic piece of crap who allowed a child molester to destroy children's' lives freely.

by **Kelor** » Wed 7/18/12 9:05 pm

dxmnkd316 wrote:I think it's hilarious.

I'm pretty sure I can speak for everyone when I say I'm not surprised. :mrgreen:

by **Superstar** » Wed 7/18/12 9:09 pm

Kelor wrote:http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/st-paul-saints-baseball-team-to-become-mr-paul-aints-on-atheist-night/2012/07/17/gJQAdo7arW_story.html

Mr Paul Aint's instead of the St Paul Saints. I think its kind of stupid, but I sure won't get worked up about it.

I'm planning on going. No more stupid than any of their other promotions. It's gonna be fun!

by **dxmnkd316** » Wed 7/18/12 9:09 pm

Kelor wrote:
dxmnkd316 wrote:I think it's hilarious.

I'm pretty sure I can speak for everyone when I say I'm not surprised.

why is that?

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