Miscellaneous And Off Topic Subjects

[AlabamAlum]

Da geezer:

I had an account in 2006 or so. That was during the great Florida-or-M in the title game argument. I re-enrolled in 2014 and have been on-and-off dormant up until 6 months ago.

I take people to task. I have hurt feelings. I have even had a poster who threatened to call my "boss AND the American Hospital Association" (lmao). That guy posts here. Or did.

But I am never, ever, that serious on boards even if I pretend to be at times. I assumed that you (and everyone else) were that way, too (for the most part) until your forum admin post and then the one here looking for Hoss' occupation.

In the end, anytime I get too serious about the opinion of Sk8terBoi1993 (thanks, Hack), I think about this cartoon:




I mean reconstructing posts or coming up with a "fix" so that posts can be numbered so any deletions can be researched is....well, this is like Jim Garrison from the movie "JFK" looking to reconstruct the president's assassination ("back and to the left...back and to the left") EXCEPT this is a message board and your name here isn't Jim Garrison or even Kevin Costner. It's "da geezer".

Just tell Sk8terBoi1993 to fuck off and move on. Or argue forever, whichever, but never forget that this isn't real. In fact, I'm not real. I'm just an AI project at MIT trying to pass the Turing Test.


By the way, yes (of course), I remember your post and my response, you toothless moron.

[froot loops]

The Plouffe piece was good and there will be a lot of analysis on this but I think what I said earlier was close. Clintons campaign had the look of a football team trying to win a blowout and stumbled into a close game and didn't know what to do.

They rarely came to Michigan and Trump was here all the time. Neither spent any money until the end. Way too complacent about Michigan and Wisconsin.

[hack]

Say what you will about Geezer, but he is thoughtful.

On the whole, in the specific context of a sports-forum politics thread I think it's good policy to expect a higher standard than sticks/stones, since things can certainly unravel fast. As a rule, I look the other way. Note multiple times when Hannibal has called me something just in the aftermath of my proving his information to be wildly incorrect. You haven't heard me whining about that. I get that to an extent that comes with the territory. Yesterday was an exception in which a pattern was confirmed.

[AlabamAlum]

...... and talent's wild ass guess sport's picks here trending to 50/50.

"Talent" is a poltroon and is only "broken-clock-right" on sports (or anything else). I won his picks contest at Wxing more than he did. I only finished in the money on the office pool thing once, though. He sent me a contract that was enacted if I cashed the check. Now THAT was great. His one shining moment. All lost now. Like tears in the rain.

[hack]

Talent,
I see where you are coming from and you are right. The dems should do a better job focusing people on the big picture. IMO there are a number of systemic issues that impede the ability to do that (not the least of which is the vast complexity of issues like
Heroin and poops dependence), but that's clearly an issue.

Maybe it all just seems so simple in the aftermath and it'll be unclear in the future, but right now it's totally obvious how you win an election: find the problem, tag the villain, rant on. Brief interludes for vague and hopeful solutions, then back to ranting. It's that simple.

[iam416]

SLF

Agreed. I do think giving voice to the issue costs little and provides benefit that leads to political capital. Ultimately, you have actually address the problem and that's a tough, tough deal for reasons you state.

The Ds are big tent, and I like that. They shouldn't change that, but they should remember all groups including a group that has been a core constituency for decades. Progressivism is probably the way...Sanders-esque. He talked class, not race. His principle concern were poor folks and it came through in his message. JMO.

[Da Geezer]

Hey Coop, you are obviously a bully.

Our fathers stormed the beaches of Normandy when they were 20. These spoiled brats couldn't even storm the beaches of Malibu.

[iam416]

Heh. I forgot about the contract, AA. Did I send the Buckeyes with it or were those separate?

[froot loops]

Maybe it all just seems so simple in the aftermath and it'll be unclear in the future, but right now it's totally obvious how you win an election: find the problem, tag the villain, rant on. Brief interludes for vague and hopeful solutions, then back to ranting. It's that simple.

It is for this guy, I'm not sure it is a winning formula for anyone else. It is funny about the ranting and vague solutions. Maybe you don't ha e to have any real solutions. I get that Trump told rural America that he felt their pain but any of his prescriptions will worsen the pain. Gabriel Sherman is reporting that inside the Trump camp the agenda for his administration is unknown because even his staffers think it is a blank slate.

[AlabamAlum]

Heh. I forgot about the contract, AA. Did I send the Buckeyes with it or were those separate?

The buckeyes were seperate. Heh. Still have them on my desk.

I think I sent you an old Bama ticket stub to ward away the evil spirits. I know I sent RU4FSU one, too.

[Jeff Buchanan]

Blank Slate ...... unfortunately for America, I fear Trump's brain when it comes to sound economic policy (fiscal and monetary) and affairs of state are a blank slate.

Jamie Diamond, Newt Gingrich? Cmong, man.

[iam416]

It's as if politics is new to so many of you. 8 years ago Obama ran on hope and change and railed against GWB.

Trump's message isn't new or groundbreaking...it's nearly as old as this country. Andrew Jackson would be proud. What was earth-shattering is that he won states where he was massively outspent and had, apparently, a bad ground game. He shattered conventional election SOP.

[hack]

Look at Bernie. He was almost there -- had the problem, knew the villains, and was somewhat vague on policy. I thought at the time that his problem was that he needed better soundbites on the solutions, but I think that is wrong now. If he just warmed up the base with more Jamie Dimon/Lloyd Blankfine hatred? It's a ton easier to hate a person than it is an institution. He always talked about Goldman Sachs, but I bet the message would be much more powerful if he talked about ``Lloyd Blankfein and his greedy henchman foreclosed on your house...''. Carry on a little bit like that, really warm up the crowd, and then there will be less bother with the details on how you're going to fix it. The details were the first bit of skepticism about Bernie amongst Democrats -- Hillary got him on how she knew the process and he didn't.

[entropy]

I don't think Trump thought he'd win.. and I don't think he has the energy (ie, patience and work effort) to do the job. I think it's most likely not much will be done. The wild card in this is his staff. Do they bust their butts and Donald sits around nodding? maybe.. But if it's up to Trump to drive, I would guess not much happens.

[hack]

I don't think Trump thought he'd win.. and I don't think he has the energy (ie, patience and work effort) to do the job. I think it's most likely not much will be done. The wild card in this is his staff. Do they bust their butts and Donald sits around nodding? maybe.. But if it's up to Trump to drive, I would guess not much happens.

He had a profit motive to start. Safe to assume he still has one.