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 | re: Cokie Roberts - political leanings? - lsuprof on 5/14/13 at 10:11 pm
She is not a raving lunatic left-winger nutcase (such as Elizabeth Warren), but she is on the left side of the ideological spectrum. I would consider her a moderate liberal. Describing her as an old-time Democrat is probably about right.
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O-T Lounge
| re: Statistics in the Work Field...Who uses them? - lsuprof on 5/9/13 at 12:07 am
Have used SPSS, SAS, and Stata, and Stata is the best program for most statistical applications. Easy to use, very powerful, and faster than other programs....
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Music Board
| re: Favorite Song With Album Matchng Title - lsuprof on 5/4/13 at 6:10 pm
Hotel California...
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Political Talk
| re: How long before the deviants want the "right" for - lsuprof on 4/30/13 at 8:43 am
George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley has already filed a complaint on behalf of the Brown family (from "Sister Wives" fame) to challenge Utah's criminal polygamy law. Much of the legal reasoning is very similar to the legal reasoning presented in the recent Supreme Court cases...
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Political Talk
| re: Fox News vs The Constitution - lsuprof on 4/28/13 at 5:30 pm
[quote]Many young people consider Daily Show a viable news source [/quote]
This is not a favorable comment on the news knowledge of young people....
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Tiger Rant
| re: Arizona DBs with LSU connects - lsuprof on 4/26/13 at 9:16 pm
In addition, Minter gets drafted by the Cardinals as well. That would be four LSU players in the Cardinals defense....
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Political Talk
| re: Professor O' The Day; News From The Revolution--Academia Edition. Forward ! - lsuprof on 4/11/13 at 12:19 pm
Look, the fact is that this is not a competent professional. Not only are his diatribes against republicans inappropriate, much of what he says is demonstrably wrong. Evenn putting aside the partisan bias, which is embarrassingly over the top, he should not be in the classroom based on the substance...
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Political Talk
| re: Chained CPI - Your thoughts? - lsuprof on 4/7/13 at 6:56 pm
The purpose of the inflation adjustment for federal benefits is to counter the effect of increasing prices on the purchasing power associated with the benefits. There are numerous studies showing that the current measure overestimates inflation, and the proposed alternatives revise the inflation adj...
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Political Talk
| re: "Our Transgender Daughter is just a little girl" - lsuprof on 4/5/13 at 11:06 pm
I, too, have sympathy for children in this situation. However, the key question is what genitalia the child has. If the child presents as a girl and/or parents consider the child to be a girl, but if the child has male genitals, the child should not be permitted to use a girls' restroom if girls or ...
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Political Talk
| re: Tony Perkins floated as possible candidate for Louisiana Senate seat - lsuprof on 4/5/13 at 9:27 am
I do not have the same intense negative feelings about Perkins that many posters here appear to have, but this is crazy. Perkins would not be a viable candidate to defeat Landrieu--indeed, having him run would give Landrieu a great chance of keeping the seat. Cassidy is a much stronger candidate to ...
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Political Talk
| re: What does Obama really think about gay marriage? - lsuprof on 3/30/13 at 4:03 pm
I doubt seriously that President Obama has "evolved" and that he was actually opposed to same-sex marriage when he ran for president in 2008. I was highly skeptical and said at the time that he was in favor but was holding back on that position for reasons of political expediency. Obama is an opport...
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 SEC Rant
| re: Recruiting Question for UK fans. - lsuprof on 3/19/13 at 11:09 pm
It is quite clear that several UK players are not UK quality. I suspect that Cal will recruit the players he wants this year and that they all know that they are not facing much competition for playing time next year. I suspect that several of the underachievers this year will be shown the writing o...
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Political Talk
| re: Senator Rob Portman: Reverses Decision on Gay Marriage - lsuprof on 3/15/13 at 9:23 am
[quote]I noticed Rob Portman was Catholic yesterday when everyone was making comments about Pope Francis. Then I saw a poll that has Catholics actually favoring gay marriage at a higher percentage than the rest of the country which I thought was really interesting. [/quote]
How the media covers C...
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Political Talk
| re: Racist, Xenophobic Texas Teen files lawsuit against School District - lsuprof on 3/9/13 at 1:26 pm
She should not have been required to recite the national anthem of another country against her objection. I would also hold this view if there were a student from another country studying in the United States--a foreign student should not be required to pledge allegiance to the United States against...
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Political Talk
| re: Escort admits she was paid to make up Menendez prostitution claims - lsuprof on 3/4/13 at 9:27 pm
At least as likely: someone paid the escort to say that she was paid to make up the prostitution claims....
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Political Talk
| re: Stymied by a GOP House, Obama looks ahead to 2014 to cement his legacy - lsuprof on 3/3/13 at 6:28 pm
Of course, anything can happen, but it is highly unlikely that Obama will have Democratic control of both house of Congress after the 2014 elections. His strategy is facing substantial headwinds. The president's party almost always loses House seats in the midterm election during the second term. It...
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Political Talk
| re: Scalia's racial entitlement remark - lsuprof on 3/1/13 at 11:03 pm
What strikes me about this point is that attributing motive without evidence is exactly what the VRA does. It attributes racist motives to the actions of officials in covered states without evidence of such motives. A city with a large minority population wants to annex an adjoining (white) communit...
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Political Talk
| re: 75 prominent Republicans sign amicus brief in support of gay marriage - lsuprof on 2/26/13 at 4:28 pm
While it is fun to talk about things like this, the fact is that both parties have pockets of members who are in the minority of their party and support policies that are part of the platform of the opposing party. One could certainly find 75 Democrats nationwide who are pro-life, opposed to gun con...
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| re: Obama reaches out to Boehner, McConnell as sequester cuts loom - lsuprof on 2/21/13 at 3:41 pm
Republicans should insist that the $85 billion cut go into effect. They should not negotiate with the President over tax increases to close this gap. The President has already gotten $600 billion plus in tax increases--that is more than sufficient until there are serious negotiations over debt reduc...
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Political Talk
| re: Do respected economists view Krugman as a hypocrite or a political hack? - lsuprof on 2/18/13 at 10:18 pm
Krugman made some major, outstanding contributions to economics earlier in his career that probably warranted the awarding of the Nobel Prize. Since then he has moved seriously into psycho-land and is viewed by many economists as a bufoon. He is not taken seriously as an academic economist in the sa...
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Political Talk
| re: Elizabeth Warren goes after Wall Street - lsuprof on 2/15/13 at 10:44 pm
It just goes to show that jack-booted thugery knows no gender, region, or profession. Even an ultra-liberal female college professor from lefty Massachusetts can practice demogoguery and thug it up with the best of them. ...
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SEC Rant
| re: What's the state of UK Basketball? - lsuprof on 2/14/13 at 3:47 pm
[quote]Yes, they need to, but they wont. [/quote]
I agree with CatFan81's take on this. They do need to come back but most (all) of them will take the money and run. Calipari encourages his players to get to the NBA as quickly as they reasonably can.
But there is another way of looking at th...
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SEC Rant
| re: What's the state of UK Basketball? - lsuprof on 2/14/13 at 3:34 pm
Like getmorewithless, I am an LSU fan in all sports, but I am also a rabid UK basketball fan. After watching UK play this season, I am astounded that anyone is talking about UK players as prospective first round picks. Noel is different, I suppose, given his extraordinary talent on the defensive end...
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Political Talk
| re: Fox News Criticizes Dr. Ben Carson - lsuprof on 2/12/13 at 1:51 pm
There is no doubt that Cal Thomas is a conservative, but he has often made an effort to reach across the political spectrum. This is one of those instances.
There is certainly logic to his argument that presidents will discontinue their participation in these nonpartisan events if they are to be...
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Political Talk
| re: Watch this great video with Walter Williams - lsuprof on 1/16/13 at 9:53 pm
Thanks for posting this. I have long admired Professor Williams as an insightful commentator on American economics and politics. This is a very interesting interview....
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Political Talk
| re: Colin Powell Accuses GOP Of Racism - lsuprof on 1/14/13 at 8:28 am
This is the same "racist" GOP that placed Colin Powell and Condi Rice into the highest positions of authority over foreign policy. If the GOP is racist, the party is not doing a very good job at it. Shame on Colin Powell for turning his back on those who supported him....
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Political Talk
| re: In support of Jindal---a new attitude - lsuprof on 1/11/13 at 9:40 am
[quote]The problem with the voucher system is it conveniently neglects special needs students. Private schools are not required to accept or appropriately educate special needs kids per IDEA. It leaves these kids at a serious disadvantage and with less and less money to access a free and appropriate...
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Tiger Rant
| Mark Bradley story on 2013 preseason rankings - lsuprof on 1/9/13 at 2:48 pm
[link=(http://blogs.ajc.com/mark-bradley-blog/2013/01/08/alabama-will-start-2013-as-no-1-but-wholl-give-chase/)]LINK[/link]
I came across this column by Mark Bradley, the sports writer for the Atlanta Journal Constitution, with his preseason rankings for 2013. He has LSU outside of the top 10, ra...
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Political Talk
| re: Krugman Joins the Loons and Kooks - lsuprof on 1/8/13 at 4:42 pm
What do you mean....joined? He has been a member in good standing for some time!...
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Political Talk
| re: Piers Morgan threatens to leave AmeriKKKA, ruins my Sunday. - lsuprof on 12/30/12 at 9:17 pm
[quote]The sad part is not that he's here, but the fact one of the major news organizations gave him a nightly platform to provide his opinion. [/quote]
Well stated...
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