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I'm pretty sure my disdain for Pete Carroll was clarified in previous posts. But I'll say it again................he's a cheater and he let his players run amok. No respect for him as a college coach. He's more suited for the NFL.

What I heard was blah blah blah, Pete Carroll was caught cheating, blah blah blah, Reggie Bush had to give his Heismann trophy back, blah blah blah. 😊

All I heard when I read this aloud was “blah, blah, blah ...”

Notre Dame behind USC? You’re dead to me.

Oh, my bad ... you're not as entertaining as @Impartial_Observer.

I don’t like 10-school leagues, it all but eliminates any out of conference games.

As long as conferences are based primarily on scheduling convenience and geographic proximity, rather than competitive reasons, I think conferences in general - and especially 10 school conferences — are bad for football. The inability to schedule out of conference games that might be more competitive detracts from the quality of football generally, a cause that I thought you were championing.

https://reason.com/2020/01/02/military-intellectual-complex-expects-more-war-in-2020/ "Until the latest of our world conflicts, the United States had no armaments industry. American makers of plowshares could, with time and as required, make swords as well. But we can no longer risk emergency improvisation of national defense. We have been compelled to create a permanent armaments industry of vast proportions. Added to this, three and a half million men and women are directly engaged in the defense establishment. We annually spend on military security alone more than the net income of all United States corporations. Now this conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence—economic, political, even spiritual—is felt in every city, every Statehouse, every office of the Federal government. We recognize the imperative need for this development. Yet, we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications. Our toil, resources, and livelihood are all involved. So is the very structure of our society. In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together." - Dwight D. Eisenhower, January 17, 1961

https://reason.com/2020/01/02/3-new-years-resolutions-the-government-should-adopt/ Once can only hope. Too bad most members of Congress can only look ahead to their next election cycle, and don't really give a rat's ass about the future of this country and what their irresponsible actions and inaction means for our children and grandchildren.

Also bonafide liberal city-states like Los Angeles, Chicago and New York City tend to suck their home states of resources, just ask my downstate Illinois in-laws. No, these metropolises need to be 'cut loose' and become the 51, 52, and 53 states.

You probably need to go somewhere more highbrow than the GID then. Perhaps a message board for MENSA members.................

Razor thin....

Not in Indiana but asset forfeiture madness: https://reason.com/2019/12/30/missouri-cops-used-federal-loophole-to-seize-2-6-million-from-drivers-who-they-never-charged-with-crimes/

Thank you. But you are still the second smartest individual on the GID.

Bernie Sanders Wants to Kill Pro Baseball: https://mises.org/wire/bernie-sanders-wants-kill-pro-baseball More big government, more taxpayers funds wasted, that is the "solution" to everything the Mr. Sanders and all other liberals view as a problem.

Not always.

Castro drops out of 2020 U.S. presidential race: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-castro/castro-drops-out-of-2020-u-s-presidential-race-idUSKBN1Z10ZE And another one bites the dust.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/12/31/790261705/farmers-got-billions-from-taxpayers-in-2019-and-hardly-anyone-objected Still marching towards a debt crisis, and these handouts to farmers in exchange for votes only adds fuel to the fire. Sickening.

R.I.P. jazz trumpeter and Schoolhouse Rock! singer Jack Sheldon: https://www.avclub.com/r-i-p-jazz-trumpeter-and-schoolhouse-rock-singer-jack-1840773880 How sad. I can still hear the music and recite the lyrics to both of those Schoolhouse Rock! segments.

? If you are going to sling insults and/or snide remarks at least have the courage to actually say it to that person's "face".