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Where had he previously committed?

I'm probably the only one who knows where you get your handle from--well played, sir...

Nah, it cancels out because I’ve often heard that left handed people are more intelligent.

https://mises.org/mises-wire/cowardice-not-courage-led-house-republicans-side-democrats Speaker Johnson took a similar tone, framing himself as a courageous and selfless public servant willing to “do the right thing,” regardless of the personal consequences. But Johnson didn’t do the right thing. And he certainly didn’t do the courageous thing. America is a global empire that’s spread too thin. Washington could have used its unipolar moment following the fall of the Soviet Union to relax the totalitarian military bureaucracy built up during the Cold War. Instead, the United States government launched multiple unnecessary wars in the Middle East, needlessly expanded the anti-Russian military alliance in Europe, and helped militarize the waters and neighboring governments that surround China’s coast. The US’s meddling in the Middle East inadvertently swung the balance of power way in Iran’s favor. In Europe, NATO’s eastward expansion turned the Russian regime back into an enemy and eventually provoked Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. All the while China has maneuvered and worked to gain control of its own near-abroad and to build up military forces strong enough to back that effort up. Officials in Washington have decided that they are the ones who should be in charge of the entire Middle East, all of Eastern Europe, and the East Pacific. The American people have already been forced to pay trillions of dollars and to sacrifice thousands of their sons, daughters, and siblings for this project. And Washington exerts even less control over those three regions than it did three decades ago. But money and lives are not the only things Americans have been forced to give up. In the name of fending off the foreign enemies that they helped create, US officials have trampled on privacy rights here at home. Thanks to courageous journalists and whistleblowers like Edward Snowden, we know that the government uses the existence of foreign adversaries to sidestep the right to due process and violate the rights of Americans. At home, the federal government spends trillions of dollars every year, either taxed directly out of our pockets or less directly through borrowing and money printing. That spending fuels interventions in the economy that nearly anyone who has taken an introductory economics class could tell you have bad consequences. But those bad consequences are used to justify more interventions, which themselves have bad consequences that are then used to justify more interventions. It’s an interventionist death spiral. Life becomes less affordable, important goods become harder to acquire, and the government has to tax, borrow, and print more and more every year to fund it all. These are all serious and significant problems. But they’re also not insurmountable. Government spending needs to be cut substantially. Not only to ease the burden of high federal taxes and the permanent price inflation that accompanies permanent money printing but also to put an end to all the destruction that spending has wrought. From its beginning, the federal government has used its ability to protect our rights to justify its very existence. As long as the political class keeps up that story, it’s reasonable to demand that they stop violating our rights themselves with intrusive and unconstitutional programs like warrantless surveillance. And the political establishment’s fantasy about controlling every inch of the globe needs to be put to rest, especially while parts of this country remain so unsafe and the situation at the border grows even more chaotic. Washington’s imperial ambitions cost a lot of money and create unnecessary enemies. It’s clear many Republican voters understand, at least at a high level, what needs to happen. Every Republican candidate claims to support spending cuts. And recently, Republicans have had to navigate their base growing more skeptical of Washington’s hyperactive foreign policy. And when FISA was due to be renewed, numerous Republicans worked to implement restrictions on warrantless surveillance. To their credit, some Republicans were serious enough to try to use their small House majority to make as big a dent in the above problems as possible. They kicked out a Speaker for not sticking with an agreed-upon change to the government spending appropriations process, tried to impose FISA restrictions, and froze funding for Washington’s foreign interventions for months. For that, they were disparaged daily in the establishment-friendly media. But in the end, Mike Johnson and the so-called moderate Republicans gave in on all three fronts. They greenlit another increase in government spending, reauthorized warrantless surveillance, and agreed to force Americans to fork over another $95 billion for foreign interventions. For that, Johnson and his Republican allies are celebrated in the New York Times and other “respectable” outlets. There are policy changes that can solve many of the biggest problems facing Americans. But the changes won’t be easy or pleasant for the politicians who enact them. They must stop kicking the can down the road and face the economic destruction brought on by past interventions—not to cover up, delay, and amplify the reckoning. And they require politicians with the courage and wherewithal to stay committed, even when New York Times columnists and MSNBC hosts say mean things about them. Speaker Mike Johnson and his Republican allies are clearly not those politicians. Uni-party to the max. Again.

We'll never know.

I say this was the inevitable result of the NCAA’s stupid policies over the years — which have been replaced by NIL & the transfer portal. This is like a state legalizing cannabis. Do you let the people out of jail who broke the law when it was illegal? Do you automatically expunge their convictions?

OMG you guys!!!! 🤗 It's happening tomorrow and I'm sOoOoOoOoOoOooo EXCITED to find out where my son's team will end up!!!! 💪 🏈 🏉 ❤️ 🔥 🤡 🤡

No, I didn't. When I read the word "lefty" I automatically think about handedness, not political ideology. So if I'm left handed and lean "left" politically then I'm pretty much bullet proof in some industries?

what say everyone? Wonder if we will see Reg as part of the Heisman House commercials?? https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/40014492/reggie-bush-heisman-trophy-returned

I don' believe his reference was to left-handed people....then again, I think you knew that.......

this coming Monday, they met last Monday or what he said

I weep for these poverty programs.

“as usual if you take me seriously it is your own damn fault.”

https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/high-school/2024/04/23/flory-bidunga-of-kokomo-a-kansas-recruited-is-voted-indiana-mr-basketball-2024/73431185007/ A worthy achievement. Congratulations to young Mr. Bidunga, and good luck at Kansas.

Advocating for gambling on a game played by children is tasteless.

Money talks. It always has and always will. And we always being told how most parochial schools are running on a shoestring budget, almost always on the cusp of having to close their doors due to lack of funds. Is Roncalli any different?

Yeah, seems administration is the common denominator here.

You have to admit, suggesting - even tongue in cheek - that a rich donor ran the coach off isn’t exactly flattering the program.

Damnit Rodney, you are going to upset all the Karens on this site!!! Also, you forgot the biggest rule of all, always bet against Merrillville when they have at least 45 D1 players!!!

This is probably going to upset Cody. No representation from The Region.

Is it? My mind would go there with any school that is on their 4th HC in 7 years. Especially with the one they just ran off having won Marion County Coach of the Year the year before. I would hope the Administration realizes that they will be losing talent to the new top program in the south (Center Grove) now so this may not be the prime opportunity they think it is. Unless LH is returning from college to carry the ball 40+ times a game I don’t think the Admin will be happy with anyone. Do you have any thoughts that would be constructive to this topic?

In 2022, the Executive Meeting was held May 3rd, with the alignments being announced later that day. The next executive meeting is scheduled for next Tuesday. Look for them to be announced later that day.

Can you edit the thread title to say “how to pick the whiners” instead?

people calling you non neutral are in fact non neutral themselves... honestly u can take the line out of the equation and just stick a dot on ec if u want

But I’m not neutral according to some..