ivan

i think you've misquoted/misinterpreted me, but am not quite enough an internet-psycho to go searching through 100,000 posts to get to the heart of it actually, page 1 of all my class syllabi states my official role as "devil's advocate," to tell them they're wrong no matter what they think - it also says that, while i set myself the goal of being as neutral as i can see to be (and our opinion of what is "unbiased" is just that, afterall, an opinion, and to say hitler was an asshole is certainly a biased statement, but one few would believe to be), any student with half a brain and a bit of interest will be able to see exactly what my true political opinions are after a few weeks of close observation, and that they'd be as wrong to swallow my true opinions hook and all as those of their friends, parents n' priests. at any rate, the role of a public teacher is of necessity different from a newsman. i have a choice to not watch an admittedly conservative talking tv-head, my kids don't get a choice about showing up for class though.

ha!!! put "walter cronkite bias" into The Google and see what you get - there's no small # of folks who are convinced he was an evil liberal biased minion of the donkeys here's one of the gems: http://www.mrc.org/Profiles/cronkite/welcome.asp the news is oft called "the first draft of history" - so if history is inevitably biased, then so too must be its rough draft. again, bias is natural and not to be feared, especially when it's confronted up front. nothing is what it is, it is what we want and make it to be.

pretty sure sarah palin needs no help in that regard i'm all for civility in politcs, but jesus christ, not calling a true asshole an asshole just muddies the water...

basic social studies - there is no such thing as an "unbiased" history. better to have your bias up front and center so everyone can take that into consideration when sorting out their own personal version of "truth."

trying to appeal to assholes (the republican base) = being an asshole yourself ow's spot-on.

Acting is a great qualifying skill for politicians, Ivan! And Ronnie did a few things between the first and running for prez. Jon Stewart, OTOH... comedians aren't actors? just shooting the shit, mind you. politicians usually spend most of their lives being politicians, but there's alwasy room for gifted amateurs? populists sure don't like the status quo. shit, forgot this guy! and another republicant to boot!

wazzzzzzup?

dood, if you're not already a lawyer, you oughta look into it - you'd be a stone-cold killer at delivering the chewbacca defense! [video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1QI4P0YqtM&feature=related

Who's "McSame" now? if nothing else, i'm glad "don't ask, don't tell" has gone away, and grandpa sure as hell wouldn't have let that happen.

midget wrestling - so hot now!

things would be BETTER if bible spice and grandpa had won in '08?

good lord, does this look like the kinda shit a man might see after eating too many of them thare funny mushrooms?

every time i spend a night on the lolp i seem to get rained on - i'm heading outta town thursday night for adventure - you even gonna be back in town on a regular basis?

don't know which i'm more jealous of, the climbing or the wife!

oddly, i can't remember being born - i suspect it occured during one of my usual blackouts

holy shit, the past is still part of the present!

let me screw the bull?

meh. they'll just invest in papyrus futures, multiply beyond count, and eat your omelet for you anyway

one might say, as this week's egyptian clusterfuck shows, that having boiled everything down to one goal hardly ensured success in the long-term? what should OWS' goal be? if the solution to the american problem was a simple one, it seems it woulda happened a long time ago.

You know you self-righteous prick, you are just like any fucking commie- I think russia would be a wonderful place for assholes like you.... "it's medication time, it's medication time"

i heard wall street originally started as a buncha guys trading stocks in a field under a tree don't forget to burn the fields n' trees then

haikus are so easy the potato chip of poems read, smile & forget

making fun of the dipshit is like clubbing a baby-seal though - too easy and too degrading to all invovled in the end that said, here's another fun shot of him blowing his own horn (and don't he know he's gonna break his neck doing that someday!?!) http://www.topix.com/forum/portland/T1TUR437IRGIQ9094

shame i don't live in seattle as solo-aiding pisses me off most days will be happy to overlook the curse of your volunteer blood this summer, when i'm apt to be up your ways a bunch - in the meantime, if you have a hankering to wander down the portland way i'll be happy to take you out to beacon or hood or the like...

the rock will never dry in winter - sell me your rope and your rack - i have 5$ and several ungrateful children to offer in trade.