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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.......

     

On Jun 13, 2019:

  • wkfan replied to "2020 Presidential Election thread" at 11:31 am
  • posted by like_that

    Also, I know the men's team is pretty trash right now (hopefully the right the ship soon smh), but they would be able to name their score against the USWMNT.  The USWMNT knows it too.  

    The fact that the USMNT could beat the USWNT is irrelevant.

    What would be relevant to this discussion is to see the profit generated by the USMNT (tickets, merch, expenses, etc.) versus that generated by the USWNT....THAT would determine if the USWNT should be paid the same...or more or less than the USMNT.

    Sam process as in the real world....

     

     

On May 7, 2019:

  • wkfan replied to "Impressed by the Trump administration part II" at 08:16 am
  • posted by gut

    He'd be a lot higher if he didn't constantly act like a 3rd grade on Twitter.

    posted by QuakerOats

    And that is with non-stop bashing from the MSM, 24/7/365.  He’d be at 70% if not for the media carrying the water of the democrat party.  Sickening.

     

     

     

    You are both right.....

On May 3, 2019:

  • wkfan replied to "Uranium One / Clinton Foundation / obama DoJ corruption" at 11:15 am
  • posted by Spock

    I just want to see the raid on the Clintons and them being walked out in handcuffs......that will be good TV

    Don't hold your breath....they are the 'Royal Family' of the United States and nothing sticks to them.

On Apr 30, 2019:

  • wkfan replied to "What's outraging you today?" at 03:37 pm
  • posted by geeblock

    I’m not disagreeing with otrap and some of what u say.  just pointing out the irony of wanting more children in the world but not wanting to fund programs to help them. Even more irony to base that belief on a religion that also mandates you help those same children. The whole govt forcing you to do it is a completely separate argument.

    There is a very easy and inexpensive way to solve this issue......keep it in your pants and don't procreate! 

    Don't forget that part of this problem here is that social programs pay by the kid....the more kids you have the more welfare you get.  Revamp some of these programs and....viola!...there is more money to go around if we aren't expanding the base with more children.

    Before you go off.....I am a proponent of welfare for those that need it.  However, it should be a temporary helping hand and not be a lifestyle.

On Apr 19, 2019:

  • wkfan replied to "CNN.. Fake News or lazy?" at 11:57 am
  • posted by geeblock

    Meanwhile Fox News spends 5 hours a day covering AOC. 

    So, while Notre Dame was burning, I was at the gym.  Fox News was covering that epic event, while CNN paraded a series of Trump bashers...one after the other......offering that they all believe that Trump was guilty.  90 minutes of this.

    Stark contrast, even though I don't think either is a 'news network'.  Both offer opinion as fact and therefore, IMHO, disqualify themselves as news networks.  CNN is just worse because they never try to hide their agenda.