Comments on: CURIOUS INDEX, 6/19/2008

By: kleph

kleph — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:16:23 +0000

By: blon57

blon57 — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:53:26 +0000

#35

I find it amazing that just a few states produce a lot of the top prospects each year. I believe it is Florida, Texas and maybe California? Is it diet? Environment? Heredity? Or is it those million dollar high school athletic facilities? Someone should do a study.

By: oc phil

oc phil — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:04:37 +0000

#34 But as a USC fan the one I REALLY wish you hadn’t given us is Vince Young.

By: blon57

blon57 — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:27:57 +0000

#33

If you haven’t picked this up from previous posts, I am from and currently still reside in Texas. We have given the U.S. George W, Enron, Haliburton, Albert Gonzalez, Karl Rove….I could go on and on.

I have to keep a sense of humor.

By: sb

sb — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:16:30 +0000

blon57 @ #29…wouldn’t a memo or the need for one obviate the “thinking for themselves” characteristic?

Regarding the previous mention of the need for a sense of humor when observing politics, I agree whole-heartedly…the fiasco that is our current political system is nothing like the representative republic envisioned by our founding fathers (and they were/are not just dead white guys), but rather a finely tuned effort to reward the greatest investor and assure ego gratification. Kinda sucks in its current state, but if it can create laughs, then at least something positive comes out of it.

Yeah, I’m gonna get a martini and not watch the news…

By: Brian O'Blivion

Brian O'Blivion — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:24:40 +0000

Of course they have a sense of humor. After all, this guy is running for the Senate.

By: blon57

blon57 — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:40:07 +0000

#28

Unfortunately, most democrats I know depress the beegeebers out of me, too. They never get the memos. If I don’t keep a sense of humor about politics, I would have to move to a very small, deserted island and never, ever read another newspaper.

By: Because They Can

Because They Can — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:31:09 +0000

“Democrats have a sense of humor…”

I guess most of the ones I know forgot to check the fax cartridge before that memo went out…

By: Dumpster Kitty

Dumpster Kitty — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:08:11 +0000

y’all lay off my sister ya’ hear –

she just ain’t been right since daddy locked her in the basement after she spent the night out with the Milam twins. One week down there with the grow lights on 24/7 and that stinkin’ meth boilin in the corner… that’ll get to anybody

By: Trashcan Danish

Trashcan Danish — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:46:54 +0000

That slut Dumpter Muffin stole my thunder.

By: OaklandBear

OaklandBear — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:12:44 +0000

It looks like we’re going to be able to build the Student Athlete High Performance Center (and cut down the tree’s) fairly soon. The $64,000 ($600 million) question revolves around around phase 2 and 3 in which the stadium is retrofitted to make it safe to sit in when the big one hit’s and the land I own in Nevada becomes beach front property (fingers crossed!).

If your eye’s have not glazed over yet the crux of the issue is what is the value of the stadium and/or the land that it encompasses. California law states you can’t retrofit buildings on a fault over 50% of its established value. The University will argue for a high number while the Mayor of Berkeley Comrade Tom Bates (Order of Lenin recipient i believe), the tree tard lawyers and lawyers for the homeowner/NIMBY’s near the stadium will argue for a lower number.

For the record the stadium and the land it sits on is worth 10 bazillion trillion million Euros (I believe that’s the currency in Berkeley, not sure though) so we shouldn’t have any problems.

By: Coop

Coop — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:39:22 +0000

Dumpster Muffin = George Bluth’s illegitimate child?

By: Vandy J

Vandy J — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:32:55 +0000

My wife’s on her way to Berkeley. She took a tire iron and a rake. And until about 18 hours ago, she swore she was a pacifist…

By: Out of Conference

Out of Conference — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:28:49 +0000

Orcs and Wolves knew how to get the Dumnpster Muffins out of trees in The Hobbit. Damn eagles.

By: sb

sb — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:58:29 +0000

blon57 @ #19…ok…thanks…and pressured post-adolescent athletes are indeed entertaining.

raider @ #20…seems to me that Ms. Muffin, with her dumpster diet, limited in its variety and desireability, may very well only provide a limited caloric intake which would minimize her ability to pack on pounds…also the exercise involved in scaling the sycamores around the stadium can burn a high volume of calories…sooo, weight wouldn’t appear to be an issue.