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  11. Posted

    No fuck that!

     

    Resign Matt Hasselbeck, wait for next year. The future will take care of itself. There will be plenty of opportunities to over pay for a quarterback. Swap draft picks next year instead and get your guy. We won't get ANYbody worthy of the job this year. I don't see potential in any trade bait, draft pick, or free agent. Cold hard truth.

    re-sign*, I usually don't get one people for grammar but it changes the meaning form keep Hasselbeck to release him.

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  12. Posted

    The Fate of Non-Conformists

     

    If you suggest a doubt as to the morality of these institutions, it is boldly said that "You are a dangerous innovator, a utopian, a theorist, a subversive; you would shatter the foundation upon which society rests." If you lecture upon morality or upon political science, there will be found official organizations petitioning the government in this vein of thought: "That science no longer be taught exclusively from the point of view of free trade (of liberty, of property, and of justice) as has been the case until now, but also, in the future, science is to be especially taught from the viewpoint of the facts and laws that regulate French industry (facts and laws which are contrary to liberty, to property, and to justice). That, in government-endowed teaching positions, the professor rigorously refrain from endangering in the slightest degree the respect due to the laws now in force." [1]

     

    Thus, if there exists a law which sanctions slavery or monopoly, oppression or robbery, in any form whatever, it must not even be mentioned. For how can it be mentioned without damaging the respect which it inspires? Still further, morality and political economy must be taught from the point of view of this law; from the supposition that it must be a just law merely because it is a law.

     

    Another effect of this tragic perversion of the law is that it gives an exaggerated importance to political passions and conflicts, and to politics in general.

     

    I could prove this assertion in a thousand ways. But, by way of illustration, I shall limit myself to a subject that has lately occupied the minds of everyone: universal suffrage.

  13. Posted · Edited by seanijuana

    The St. Louis Rams select Nate Irving

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    Hard to believe Nate Irving slipped so far, The Rams are happy to make this addition to their defense. He has a great story too. Early in his career as a freshman and Sophmore Irving looked like a play maker and a leader on the Wolfpack defense, but in '09 he had a terrible car accident that left him out of football for a year. The accident resulted in a compound fracture, a collapsed lung, a broken rib and a separated shoulder. He battled back though and in 2010 he was again one of the better LB's in the country only a very short time after his horrific car accident. This guy is going to put the work in to become a very good player in the NFL.

  15. Posted · Edited by seanijuana

    :Giants:

    6 - Justin Tuck

    5 - Chris Snee

    4 - Rich Seubert

    3 - Ahmad Bradshaw

    2 - Osi Umenyiora

    1 - Barry Cofield

     

    :Redskins:

    6 - Brian Orakpo

    5 - London Fletcher

    4 - Santana Moss

    3 - Brian Orakpo

    2 - Ryan Torrain

    1 - LaRon Landry

     

    :Cowboys:

    6 - DeMarcus Ware

    5 - Jason Witten

    4 - Tony Romo

    3 - Andre Gurode

    2 - Jay Ratliff

    1 - Dez Bryant

     

    :Eagles:

    6 - Trent Cole

    5 - Asante Samuel

    4 - Quintin Mikell

    3 - Michael Vick

    2 - Shady McCoy

    1 - DeSean Jackson

  17. Posted

    Victims of Lawful Plunder

     

    Men naturally rebel against the injustice of which they are victims. Thus, when plunder is organized by law for the profit of those who make the law, all the plundered classes try somehow to enter — by peaceful or revolutionary means — into the making of laws. According to their degree of enlightenment, these plundered classes may propose one of two entirely different purposes when they attempt to attain political power: Either they may wish to stop lawful plunder, or they may wish to share in it.

     

    Woe to the nation when this latter purpose prevails among the mass victims of lawful plunder when they, in turn, seize the power to make laws! Until that happens, the few practice lawful plunder upon the many, a common practice where the right to participate in the making of law is limited to a few persons. But then, participation in the making of law becomes universal. And then, men seek to balance their conflicting interests by universal plunder. Instead of rooting out the injustices found in society, they make these injustices general. As soon as the plundered classes gain political power, they establish a system of reprisals against other classes. They do not abolish legal plunder. (This objective would demand more enlightenment than they possess.) Instead, they emulate their evil predecessors by participating in this legal plunder, even though it is against their own interests.

     

    It is as if it were necessary, before a reign of justice appears, for everyone to suffer a cruel retribution — some for their evilness, and some for their lack of understanding.

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    Property and Plunder

     

    "Man can live and satisfy his wants only by ceaseless labor; by the ceaseless application of his faculties to natural resources. This process is the origin of property.

     

    But it is also true that a man may live and satisfy his wants by seizing and consuming the products of the labor of others. This process is the origin of plunder.

     

    Now since man is naturally inclined to avoid pain — and since labor is pain in itself — it follows that men will resort to plunder whenever plunder is easier than work. History shows this quite clearly. And under these conditions, neither religion nor morality can stop it.

     

    When, then, does plunder stop? It stops when it becomes more painful and more dangerous than labor.

     

    It is evident, then, that the proper purpose of law is to use the power of its collective force to stop this fatal tendency to plunder instead of to work. All the measures of the law should protect property and punish plunder.

     

    But, generally, the law is made by one man or one class of men. And since law cannot operate without the sanction and support of a dominating force, this force must be entrusted to those who make the laws.

     

    This fact, combined with the fatal tendency that exists in the heart of man to satisfy his wants with the least possible effort, explains the almost universal perversion of the law. Thus it is easy to understand how law, instead of checking injustice, becomes the invincible weapon of injustice. It is easy to understand why the law is used by the legislator to destroy in varying degrees among the rest of the people, their personal independence by slavery, their liberty by oppression, and their property by plunder. This is done for the benefit of the person who makes the law, and in proportion to the power that he holds."

     

     

    More to come later, this is just a bunch of really awesome little short passages that have blown my mind in their conciseness but at the same time their totality and I figured I'd share them with you guys.

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  19. Posted

    Worst Opening Day ever.

     

    1. The defending champions don't even get a home game to raise the banner and accept rings.

    2. The weather blows. Whoever scheduled the locations should be put on probation.

    3. The Cardinals game is blacked out. I can't even watch every game playing.

     

    Fuck you baseball. There's two times I give a damn about you; Opening Day and after 100+ games when the playoffs begin. You've fucked up one, and I wouldn't be surprised if you closed on the same foot.

    and to top it all off the Skankees AND the Braves won. Bullshit.

  21. Posted · Edited by seanbrock

    I mean, this guy is killing his own people. Do we have to spend Billions or Trillions of dollars? No, but can we help them? I think so, I think we can recognize the rebels and work with the UN to try to help these people and with the UN we could send advisors and consultants to help them rebuild, but like Ron Paul said, the chances of our government going in there for humanitarian reasons are slim to none. We're after oil, money, and power.

     

    Not understanding why we're even over there. Gadaffi vs the Al Qaeda? Let em destroy each other I say...why would we want either side to win?

     

    Scratch that, I know why, oil....if Mexico were rich in any resource besides cheap labor, we'd send troops down there to "regulate"....

     

    Our OWN borders are under attack, our OWN citizens are in danger along border towns, our OWN law enforcement is powerless against the Cartels....but it's more important to secure more foreign oil, apparently.

     

    Oh, I couldn't see the video, just figured this was an appropriate thread to rant in.

    The reason why our border is under attack is because our government in involved with the Mexican drug cartels. They WANT drugs and illegals to come accross the boarder.

     

    If he wants to go to war he needs approval from congress. He knows that the UN doesn't cut it!

     

    Also, I'd consider myself pretty conservative, but I am willing to criticize other conservatives on this:

     

    When a GOP President wants to go to war, the left becomes the party standing against all war! But all of a sudden, now that a Democratic President wants to go to war, conservatives are suddenly against war and liberals are pro-war. I hate this poliical system. Why can't people choose a stance and stand firm on the issue no matter what party is for or against it?

    The two party system is a farce. There's only one party and that's the corporate party. Obama caters to the corporations who funded his campaign just like every other president has for a long long time.

  23. Posted · Edited by seanbrock

    AL East

     

    1. Red Sox

    2. Yankees

    3. Rays

    4. Orioles

    5. Blue Jays

     

    AL Central:

     

    1. Twins

    2. Tigers

    3. White Sox

    4. Royals

    5. Indians

     

    AL West:

     

    1. Rangers

    2. Mariners

    3. Angels

    4. A's

     

    NL East:

     

    1. Phillies

    2. Braves

    3. Marlins

    4. Mets

    5. Nationals

     

    NL Central:

     

    1. Brewers

    2. Reds

    3. Cardinals

    4. Pirates

    5. Astros

    6. Cubs

     

    NL West:

     

    1. Giants

    2. Rockies*

    3. Dodgers

    4. Padres

    5. Diamondbacks

     

    Rangers > Tigers

    Red Sox > Twins

     

    Phillies > Rockies

    Giants < Brewers

     

    Red Sox > Rangers

    Phillies > Brewers

     

    Phillies > Red Sox

     

     

    Can't bet against my Phils. Especially not this year. Call me a homer if you will.

  24. Posted

    Just because I think Kolb is a better prospect than Locker or Mallett does not mean I'm waffling and it does not mean that I think he's a great player. I just think those two are going to be monumental busts if taken in the first round

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