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by GannonFan
Tue Aug 09, 2011 1:45 pm
Forum: Other Sports
Topic: Sox vs Yanks Boring? Maybe, But Ratings Huge
Replies: 8
Views: 217

Re: Sox vs Yanks Boring? Maybe, But Ratings Huge

Uh, the ratings were big because the game went on so long that they picked up the audience following the nightly news on the East Coast (once the news was over at 11:30 - sports that run past that time always post big numbers) and they picked up the West Coast audience. But as Verducci said in his a...
by GannonFan
Tue Aug 09, 2011 7:44 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Texas Town runs out of water
Replies: 47
Views: 2898

Re: Texas Town runs out of water

TM, I'll read your links when I have more time as they seem quite lengthy (working on a project right now), and I get that one thing like this drought doesn't mean a direct link to climate change, but my point is that the EPA study in 1993 was trying to help Texas prepare for an increasing amount o...
by GannonFan
Tue Aug 09, 2011 5:58 am
Forum: Championship Subdivision Football - FCS
Topic: The FCS Elimination Game
Replies: 12976
Views: 1193866

Re: The FCS Elimination Game

+ UD 865
- TU 129
by GannonFan
Tue Aug 09, 2011 5:07 am
Forum: Championship Subdivision Football - FCS
Topic: Official 2011 Old Dominion Football Thread
Replies: 115
Views: 13344

Re: FOOTBALL IS BACK AT ODU!!!!

Unfortunate news for the Monarchs. Will he get a 6th year of eligibility? Turner out for the '11 season Defensive lineman Andrew Turner is out for the season after suffering a setback in his recovery from a ruptured achilles tendon. Turner, who would have junior eligibility this season, was on crut...
by GannonFan
Tue Aug 09, 2011 5:03 am
Forum: Championship Subdivision Football - FCS
Topic: FBS transfer question
Replies: 7
Views: 2072

Re: FBS transfer question

Wow thats pretty lame. Can I get a link to the article? I'd like to e-mail the guy who wrote it (and many more should too) and see if we can't get some investigative reporting out of the Times on the NCAA regarding this crap. Yeah, people just swoon over stories of convicted criminals not getting f...
by GannonFan
Tue Aug 09, 2011 5:00 am
Forum: Other Sports
Topic: Phillies Parade
Replies: 1055
Views: 42389

Re: Phillies Parade

Ho hum, another win, another number lower in the magic number chase. Magic number for the Phils is now 39. :coffee:
by GannonFan
Tue Aug 09, 2011 4:58 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: The Stock Market... watch this (here it comes)
Replies: 426
Views: 43950

Re: The Stock Market... watch this (here it comes)

Ivytalk wrote:AZGF, best foreign exchange rates in Europe are through ATMs. Avoid those Arab exchange booths! :nod:
Seriously, who actually uses exchange booths - it's the equivalent of using a check cashing store in the US - you're just giving away money.
by GannonFan
Tue Aug 09, 2011 4:56 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: It's Real: Obama Admin To Scrap Mandatory K-12 Testing
Replies: 31
Views: 3035

Re: It's Real: Obama Admin To Scrap Mandatory K-12 Testing

IMO, this could be a chance for teacher's unions to get back in front of the issue of teacher assessment and finally start leading this issue again rather than fighting it. I come from a teaching background - parents were teachers, sister a teacher, and my wife is a teacher. Like any profession, the...
by GannonFan
Mon Aug 08, 2011 8:28 pm
Forum: Other Sports
Topic: Phillies Parade
Replies: 1055
Views: 42389

Re: Phillies Parade

So, pitcher throws at batter for no reason other than his team has been getting dominated throughout a series. Catcher steps between them and starts trying to tackle people. Batter gets three-game suspension. Pitcher and catcher get no games suspended. Nice. (Yes, I realize the suspension is more a...
by GannonFan
Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:13 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Breaking: 31 US troops killed in Afghanistan
Replies: 29
Views: 1849

Re: Breaking: 31 US troops killed in Afghanistan

The shithook was downed by fire, and the OBL one was a case of losing lift trying to hover in a tight area. Pilots, techs, and equipment all did their jobs. Yep. Unfortunately, this isn't COD-Black Ops.... :coffee: Agree about the OBL one - geez, we had helicopters that went hundreds of miles into ...
by GannonFan
Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:07 am
Forum: Championship Subdivision Football - FCS
Topic: The FCS Elimination Game
Replies: 12976
Views: 1193866

Re: The FCS Elimination Game

- TU 142
+ UD 854
by GannonFan
Mon Aug 08, 2011 8:51 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: POLL-Whose Responsible For "Creating Jobs?"
Replies: 43
Views: 2058

Re: POLL-Whose Responsible For "Creating Jobs?"

Where's the "everybody" button?
by GannonFan
Mon Aug 08, 2011 8:33 am
Forum: Championship Subdivision Football - FCS
Topic: FBS transfer question
Replies: 7
Views: 2072

Re: FBS transfer question

Wasn't this the guy who served six months in prison for assaulting another athlete? The year of residence requirement is real, however, it's often not something you see because there are exemptions to the rule. The exceptions are mainly for a one-time transfer (i.e. a guy who hasn't transferred bef...
by GannonFan
Mon Aug 08, 2011 6:38 am
Forum: Other Sports
Topic: Phillies Parade
Replies: 1055
Views: 42389

Re: Phillies Parade

Phils magic number is now 40.
by GannonFan
Fri Aug 05, 2011 1:43 pm
Forum: Championship Subdivision Football - FCS
Topic: 2013 Schedules
Replies: 26
Views: 4103

Re: 2013 Schedules

For UD

at Pitt
vs Del St
and no West Chester on the schedule! :thumb:
by GannonFan
Fri Aug 05, 2011 12:39 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: OK, who ordered the double dip??
Replies: 128
Views: 14364

Re: OK, who ordered the double dip??

I'm not sure that building roads and having a military is big government. He didn't claim that big oil was a victim, he responded to your implication that big oil is a victimizer. I was only partly speaking to Gannon there. If you were a fisherman in Alaska, Exxon is most certainly a victimizer. An...
by GannonFan
Fri Aug 05, 2011 12:24 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: The Morning After: US borrowing tops 100% of GDP: Treasury
Replies: 19
Views: 817

Re: The Morning After: US borrowing tops 100% of GDP: Treasu

Ok, so you complain about jobs being lost and then you smile at the fact that we don't fully exploit our natural resources that could provide 100s of thousands more jobs :roll: We don't exploit the resource advantage that we have. Shipping raw materials overseas to be manufactured into goods to be ...
by GannonFan
Fri Aug 05, 2011 12:07 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Black Mob attacking whites at Wisconsin State Fair
Replies: 37
Views: 2770

Re: Black Mob attacking whites at Wisconsin State Fair

I don't believe this article - when did Wisconsin get Black people?
by GannonFan
Fri Aug 05, 2011 12:06 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Chris Christie slams fearmongering over Sharia law
Replies: 25
Views: 1458

Re: Chris Christie slams fearmongering over Sharia law

It's also kind of unfortunate that it's come to this in our politics that you have to defend a perfectly qualified candidate for a position from this kind of hysteria. What do you mean "it's come to this"? There's always been biases and bigotry against members from countless groups and re...
by GannonFan
Fri Aug 05, 2011 12:01 pm
Forum: Championship Subdivision Football - FCS
Topic: FBS transfer question
Replies: 7
Views: 2072

Re: FBS transfer question

Wasn't this the guy who served six months in prison for assaulting another athlete? The year of residence requirement is real, however, it's often not something you see because there are exemptions to the rule. The exceptions are mainly for a one-time transfer (i.e. a guy who hasn't transferred befo...
by GannonFan
Fri Aug 05, 2011 10:21 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Chris Christie slams fearmongering over Sharia law
Replies: 25
Views: 1458

Re: Chris Christie slams fearmongering over Sharia law

anti-gay marriage is a Christian law? I'm pretty sure there is a raft of different religions that all have what would be considered negative views of homosexuality. Hard to single one out in that regard. Except that Christianity is the one that has the sway in this country. Example - Prop H8 in Cal...
by GannonFan
Fri Aug 05, 2011 9:57 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Chris Christie slams fearmongering over Sharia law
Replies: 25
Views: 1458

Re: Chris Christie slams fearmongering over Sharia law

Although the irony is that Christie has no problem with Christian Law being imposed - as he is anti-gay marriage. anti-gay marriage is a Christian law? I'm pretty sure there is a raft of different religions that all have what would be considered negative views of homosexuality. Hard to single one o...
by GannonFan
Fri Aug 05, 2011 8:08 am
Forum: Other Sports
Topic: Phillies Parade
Replies: 1055
Views: 42389

Re: Phillies Parade

Phillies magic number down to 43.
by GannonFan
Fri Aug 05, 2011 8:04 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: OK, who ordered the double dip??
Replies: 128
Views: 14364

Re: OK, who ordered the double dip??

THIS a thousand times over!!!!!!!! The media and liberal politicians use the "obscene profits" of the oil companies to impugn them in an attempt to a) create even more wealth envy that can be used to drive a overbearing job killing regulatory agenda, and b) further the class warfare theme...
by GannonFan
Fri Aug 05, 2011 7:38 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: The Morning After: US borrowing tops 100% of GDP: Treasury
Replies: 19
Views: 817

Re: The Morning After: US borrowing tops 100% of GDP: Treasu

You know, we are still the largest manufacturing country in the world (obviously China is about to overtake us - I'm sure we're in the gray area where they may have or may not have, depending on your source) so it's not like we aren't making things. We don't make zippers and those little umbrellas ...