This should be obvious to the GOP by these latest elections.

I asked a similar question (won’t give details) during a question and answer at a school presentation and assembly… but that was in Junior High. I don’t know if I would have in college or not, but I know the same sort of dynamic of asserting one’s self in the world is still there.

“I better review my company’s hiring policy…. “

At least you may want to ask them how many continents there are, or perhaps how to balance a checkbook.

Try asking a UCLA student those questions, and you may be dismayed by the responses you receive.

They are? – I better review my company’s hiring policy….

“Clinton was asked about his underwear.”

Yes, he was, and it was among the most blatant examples of insipid ignorance I’ve ever seen. No wonder most American college students are regarded as nothing more than spoiled fools.

I think Romney would be much better than Giuliani

Clinton was asked about his underwear. I wonder if they’ll ask the same question of Romney.

Some good friends of mine at HQ Strategic Command, which occupies the building that once housed HQ Strategic Air Command, said Bush went to Offutt on 9/11 not so much for geographic security as for the redundancy of the communications lines. No one was sure if the terrorist attacks ended with the crash of Flight 92 and once Bush was inside STRATCOM’s underground command post he was assured of communications with Washington and/or military commanders no matter what because of the redundant systems serving Offfutt.

After General Curt LeMay established SAC Headquarters at Offutt he insisted on communications that could survive almost anything. The old Northwestern Bell Telephone Company (which later became US West and is now Qwest) built systems and back-up systems second to none. (That’s one of the reasons Omaha is a major hotel reservations center and a hub for telemarketing.)

A year or two before SAC was deactivated, the phone company had to do some work on underground lines just north of Offutt. There were so many armed military police at that hole in the ground it was as secure as Fort Knox.

When New York and other large cities complained about the cuts they took in Homeland Security funds and chided Omaha for getting a large increase, Vice President Cheney cited the obvious: the communications grid centered in Omaha is vital to the country.

By the way, North Dallas 30, I want to correct an error you made about Offutt air Force Base. It is not IN Omaha. Omaha is eight or nine miles away. Offutt sits right in the middle of Bellevue, Nebraska, less than a mile from the high school that graduated me, my good buddy Jack Allen, who sometimes comments here, and Virginia’s U.S. Senator-elect Jim Webb (also Bob Hayes of “Airplane” fame).

Wasn’t my point, ian. Simply stating how completely deceptive you continue to be in trying to argue the merits of a Republican candidate. If you wish to debate THAT, then by all means please do so. Otherwise, quite trying to skirt the issue.

As for trying to have you banned, yes I would disagree with that decision, primarily because it’s ever so much fun watching you work. I’ve followed your comments closely here for the better part of a year now, and can safely say I know your strategy like the back of my hand. Why would I wish to deny myself that entertainment?

Although, I do admit I’d really love to read something from you that came from your intellect, rather than your emotions.

Would be refreshing, indeed.

I used to be a Republican

Actually, I was a registered Republican for several years in order to vote in the GOP primaries and try to help moderate repubs. Unfortunately, today, there are virtually no moderate Repubs here in Arizona.

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I’m trying to stifle free speech.

Really? Last I checked you weren’t listed as in a position of authority here. Even if you were, I suspect there’s still enough of a glimmer of the libertarian in you that you’d feel guilty banning someone you disagreed with.

However, for myself, having been born & raised in Chicago, more often than not, I ended up having to vote Democrat for city- and county-wide offices, as the GOP seldom, if ever, ran a candidate.

But more to the point, like ian, I have never voted outside my party line in state or national elections. Hence, you will NEVER find me engaged in discussion about Democrat candidates in terms of how they may best represent me and my family in Washington, Springfield or Sacramento. The DNC platform has never (at least so far) reflected my views nor represented my interests, nor have they shown any inclination to do so in the future. Consequently, I try to restrict me discussion of candidates to those in the GOP who may (or may not) best represent conservative thought and practice.

Ergo, for ian to (in the immortal words of the late John Houseman) “stand and fill this room with [his] intelligence” regarding Republican candidates, under the guise of determining their viability as candidates is folly at best, and sheer deceit at worst.

However, I admit to freely and gleefully engaging in ankle-biting punditry of ANY candidate, but at least I make it clear where my allegiances lay.

By the way, I bet dollars to donuts that the next response I get from the American Castrati here is some lame-assed attempt to convince us all that I’m trying to stifle free speech. Take it and run with it darlings, because everyone here knows that to the Fellowship Of Perpetual Victims & Guardians Of What’s Best For The World, having am “R” next to your name is tantamount to have the SS Death’s Head Skull firmly pinned to your chest.

Eric in Hollywood