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On Nov 25, 2019:

  • wkfan replied to "What was the last movie you watched?" at 12:03 pm
  • posted by jmog

    If anyone actually read DVC book, and has not read Angels and Demons (it came out before DVC) I would highly recommend it.

    The book is ALWAYS better than the movie......

On Nov 12, 2019:

On Nov 8, 2019:

  • wkfan replied to "OSU Football 2019" at 09:11 am
  • posted by Ironman92

    Chase Young...see ya

    National Championship....see ya...all due to one selfish player.

On Oct 21, 2019:

  • wkfan replied to "2020 Presidential Election thread" at 08:01 am
  • posted by gut

    Could this be an elaborate scheme to give Tulsi a bump?  This little tift is getting her a lot of attention, mostly positive.

    Do you really think that anyone named Clinton would do anything at all that would benefit anyone besides someone named Clinton?

    No way, no how.

    They don't do anything altruistic or to help anyone or anything beside themselves.

On Oct 18, 2019:

  • wkfan replied to "OSU Football 2019" at 02:40 pm
  • posted by iclfan2

    Lot of people butt hurt that the game is on a Friday night bc of high school football, as if OSU scheduled the game

    I'd love to see the reaction from the NCAA if the NFL scheduled their games on a Saturday.

On Oct 14, 2019:

  • wkfan replied to "Progressives, part 3..." at 09:01 am
  • posted by Dr Winston O'Boogie

    I don't doubt your father's experience or perspective. 

     

    But you can go back to the country's founding or the Civil War era or reconstruction or the Depression. Newspapers, which were the main news media channels, were not only blatantly biased in their news reporting, but at times downright viscious. Not in editorials, but in news stories .

    May be so...but I believe that we got it right in the last 90 years or so and evolved to a journalistic philosophy that included a much more non-partisan, fact based reporting of the events of the day.  Unfortunately, the media has abandoned that philosophy and now spins the news to whatever lean they have.

    Many politicians state that a free media is essential in our country...and I agree with that.  Unfortunately, there is no free media today as none of them report the news that is 'free' from opinion.

     

On Oct 11, 2019:

  • wkfan replied to "Progressives, part 3..." at 08:59 am
  • posted by Dr Winston O'Boogie

    This isn't accurate.  Going back to founding days of the country, politics has always been part of what's reported.  During the 1700s nad 1800s, many major newspapers were more resembling of what we call tabloids.  Every city had multiple papers that reported from different political perspectives.  Usually the publisher's politics are what the paper pursued.  The idea that there was every this time of objective news journalism is just not so.  The difference today is that news media is so prevelant and unavoidable, so we all think about it a lot more.  

    Totally disagree with your point of view here.

    My Father was a 50+ year newspaper reporter and editor who retired in 1977.  He worked for local newspapers as well as 'conglomerates' that owned several newspapers where his by-lines appeared in several cities.  He railed against what he called 'yellow journalism'...which is what is prevalent today.  His point of view, and those of the industry was that a newspaper was to report the news, while opinions were for the Op/Ed pages only.  IMO, newspapers are not nearly as bad as the television media where the political lean has gone to full tilt to one side or the other with absolutely no room to report what is not in keeping with the networks politics.  It doesn't matter if you are talking about CNN, Fox, PMSNBC or any of them....you get no factual and unbiased news reporting from any of them.

On Oct 9, 2019:

  • wkfan replied to "Live Sporting Events" at 11:11 am

  • Really enjoy attending Ohio State games of several varieties.....football, basketball, volleyball, hockey, baseball, etc.  Also local high school events.

    Absolutely could not care less about most professional sports.  Baseball, hockey and soccer are the exceptions. 

    I've been to two NFL games....one in Cleveland and one in Cincinnati.  Experience in Cleveland was the worst..and I was a fan of the Browns since 1964, but you really can't call me a fan any more.

On Sep 26, 2019:

  • wkfan replied to "Progressives, part 3..." at 02:46 pm
  • posted by iclfan2

    Matt Walsh made a good point on twitter yesterday. It's amazing seeing all of the old videos from the 90s of prominent people talking about impeachment, and these same ass clowns are still in power! Bunch of the same people have been running this country for 20+ years. How depressing.

    Term limits.......Congress was not meant to be a career path

On Sep 10, 2019:

On Sep 6, 2019:

  • wkfan replied to "Impressed by the Trump administration part II" at 09:10 am
  • posted by Spock

    How could Ohio vote for a Democrat?

    Ohio doesn't.....3 cities do.  In 2016, urban Cleveland, Cincinnati and Columbus were blue and the rest of the state was red.

On Aug 16, 2019:

  • wkfan replied to "Progressives, part 3..." at 10:22 am
  • posted by gut

    I tend to think it shouldn't be allowed.  But there are so many ways around campaign donation laws, from the $250k per plate dinner to the Super PACs...

    But mostly I think the laws are what they are because that is how the Dems and Repubs keep most of their party in line.  Because the normal procedure would be for the party to throw $3M at your challenger to primary you.

    Except money wouldn't really matter if most voters weren't lazy and uninformed.

    And we all know that those in power in the WH, House, Senate, etc are all about staying there...not doing what is in the best interests of the citizens of the United States of America.

On Aug 13, 2019:

  • wkfan replied to "Progressives, part 3..." at 09:06 am

  • Why take a low paying, menial, manual labor job when you can make a better living on welfare...which is now a lifestyle rather than a temporary measure.

    Welfare reform will help this out....

  • wkfan replied to "Ohhhh FFS" at 09:01 am

  • I don't think the time and money commitment to travel ball, be it soccer, baseball, basketball, etc is as much a reason as being made here.  Sure, it does take time and money, but it isn't a deal breaker in most cases.

    IMO, the real culprit is that kids stay in the house more and don't congregate in the summer at the baseball fields, basketball courts and just play!  Be it due to kids being at a daycare as both parents (if there are 2 in the home) are working, not allowing the kids to run their neighborhood or just staying in the house playing video games.  I truly think this is why participation in sports is down.

    Sports are accessible to play....all of the schools that I know of have baseball fields, basketball courts and greenspace that kids can congregate on.  No need to have sponsors, schedules or team booster clubs..just kids who want to play.

On Aug 12, 2019:

  • wkfan replied to "Whitewater Rafting" at 10:27 am

  • HIGHLY recommend 'Adventures on the Gorge' as an outfitter.

    Great equipment and guides.......make the trip very enjoyable for experienced and non-experienced.

On Aug 7, 2019:

  • wkfan replied to "Progressives, part 3..." at 12:41 pm
  • posted by Spock

     Never understood Why Bernie just keeps letting the Dems shit on him

    Not the brightest bulb in the chandelier.....

On Jul 22, 2019:

On Jul 8, 2019:

  • wkfan replied to "Census citizenship question" at 12:28 pm
  • posted by gut

    Stopping appointing SJW's to the bench.

    From the looks of things so far, Gorsuch and Kavanaugh appear to rule based on the law and not political agendas.  I always laugh when people say the court has a conservative majority when Roberts has for years voted with the liberals on most social issues.

    Please tell me WTF ANY of the SCOTUS justices have ANY 'leanings' either conservative or liberal?!?!

    They were appointed to uphold the Constitution of The United States.......