On June 1st, 2008 at 4:13 am, vatodio said:

Asian-Indians and Orientals are not considered as ethnic Minority as far as the college admissions in the USA go.

Absolutely correct and accurate (as correct and as accurate as Sameer Mishra’s spelling)!

I turned this on Friday night thinking my 8yo wouldn’t really be interested. He LOVED it! I even let him stay up late to watch the whole thing. I daresay he might even work harder on his spelling this week.

The “numnut” moment was hilarious.

but that is the liberal definition of mudslinging..

And?

plus, it helps them prepare for the fairness of real life as well..

I’ve always loved this argument… So we’re telling kids, “yeah, it’s something we could fix, but we’re either too lazy or too incompetent to do so. Maybe one day when you’re older…” Then they get older and say the same thing to their kids.
My question is with all of the “unfairness” in the world, why do we create or maintain arbitrary methods for proving this point for our kids? Instead, why don’t we teach our kids that when confronted with unfairness they try to fix it, rather than wimping out by saying, “woe is me, life’s unfair.”
Just a small way to help raise children of character rather than wusses.

On May 31st, 2008 at 1:42 pm, mjtyson said:
Shoot! Had no idea it was on. And how funny. We own a basenji!

How does it react to strangers, does it make any sound at all? What color?

Our neighbor insists her “baby” is one…just because of the curly tail. But it growls and yips when our cat takes her stroll atop the fence.

On June 1st, 2008 at 12:55 am, Send_Me said:

Playing “nice” does not imply a lack of boldness and passion in making our case for conservatism. It means to leave the name calling aside and stick to calling liberals out based upon what they say and do, using sound arguments without petty mudslinging.

but that is the liberal definition of mudslinging..

Anyway.. I like the current model of the spelling bee..

It means prep work.. one girl failed because a word with a russian orgin (ended in ‘yr’) was given and she spelled it out with an ‘er’.. (can’t remember the word off hand)

if she had thought the word through and realized that it was russian, then she could have spelled it right..

it’s prep and study of words..

plus, it helps them prepare for the fairness of real life as well..

On May 31st, 2008 at 2:04 pm, grumbles said:

Once again, how do you know?

Shruti is Asian-Indian.

Asian-Indians and Orientals are not considered as ethnic Minority as far as the college admissions in the USA go.

Right now, you know there’s some drunk guy sitting on a barstool in Philly, telling the bartender how he went to middle school with Michelle, and he kind of liked her but he didn’t want to take her to the dance because she was this horrible skinny ge…

playing nice with those who want to ruin conservatism and this country

Playing “nice” does not imply a lack of boldness and passion in making our case for conservatism. It means to leave the name calling aside and stick to calling liberals out based upon what they say and do, using sound arguments without petty mudslinging.

It is playing nice that is costing elections when surrendercrats are flinging poo from the sewer. Republicans who want to remain above the fray and refuse to fight back, lose.

So are you implying we should act as the “surrendercrats” do and resort to sheer name calling to state our case? Republicans who “remain above the fray,” like Bobby Jindal, as an example, fight back with reason, not name calling. They say, “I can do better, and here’s how…” Another way is by showing commercials that uses an opponent’s words against him, within the bounds of honesty and context. This is how Reagan won.

This is the second time you have used “rational discourse”, normally used by libs who want to sound soooo intellectual.
Are you sure you are not a lefty?

Are you implying that because I study philosophy that I must be a “lefty?”

That’s the word that ruined my chance to go to Washington when I was in eighth grade.

On May 31st, 2008 at 9:59 pm, Send_Me said:

I could give a damn what they “make up” about us. We can refute those things, which we do quite effectively. I, for one, will have no part in embarrassing the conservative cause by employing ad hominem or any other fallacies of relevance as they do nothing but detract from rational discourse.

And I could give a damn about playing nice with those who want to ruin conservatism and this country.

It is playing nice that is costing elections when surrendercrats are flinging poo from the sewer. Republicans who want to remain above the fray and refuse to fight back, lose.

It is this attitude of refusing to respond to lies, such as Pelosi giving credit to Iran for the success of the surge, that has turned many in the public against the war.

This is the second time you have used “rational discourse”, normally used by libs who want to sound soooo intellectual.

Are you sure you are not a lefty?

The problem with libs is that they’ll never understand humor or parody. Many of us aren’t willing to wait for them to catch up.