The late 70s and 80s weren't as racially charged as the 50s and 60s, and even then teens listened to plenty of black artists. You even saw them trying to dance to the music on old American Bandstand clips.

I'm not a big music person anyway, I guess the thing Michael Jackson did that I liked the most was the Thriller video. Mostly because of the horror elements, werewolves, zombies, etc..

My condolences to his children, I'm sure they loved him and are in a lot of pain right now. Still, I do hope that whoever gets custody won't make them wear those stupid masks Michael insisted on them wearing.

I think you clicked on the wrong topic. The article about republicans and their language is further down. This one is about Haley Barbour taking over the RGA leadership from Sanford.

O'Reilly is just too disgusting for words. Roger Ebert has an interesting blog post about O'Reilly and his tactics today.

http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/06/the_oreilly_procedure.html

Roger Ebert has a great blog post today about our favorite shameless fool, Bill O'Reilly.

http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/06/the_oreilly_procedure.html

Sarah Palin would have poisoned his metamucil by March. We would be living under the Palin/Wurzelbacher administration. David Souter wouldn't be retiring, but Scalia might have. If so, she probably would have nominated John Ashcroft, or perhaps Todd Palin. Bristol would have married and divorced Levi by now, and probably be knocked up by one of her secret service agents, she wouldn't be sure of which one of course.

But having an anonymous republican that does nothing but repeat the standard conservative talking points doesn't make much sense to me. I thought the idea was that since their identity is being kept a secret, they could be more honest about their ideology.

As it is, there's no reason for this person to be anonymous, all he/she is doing is regurgitating press releases from RNC headquarters. If the column is to continue, you should find a republican that is willing to anonymously talk about the issues as they relate to conservatives in an honest way. Or, just have this person write a column under their own name, because at this point, there is no reason for this person to be anonymous.

"I don't recall ever once hearing an anti choice advocate call for the prosecution for attempted murder of a woman who seeks an abortion. If anyone reading this is aware of such a call on the part of an anti choice advocate I would appreciate them posting evidence of such here on this thread."

I guess the closest anyone has come, outside of message board nuts, is Tom Coburn. One of the lunatic senators in Oklahoma. He has called for the death penalty for doctors that perform abortions. In the quote, he said the death penalty should apply to abortion providers and others that take life, some take that to mean the girl seeking an abortion as well.

He's also the whack job that was upset by the nudity portrayed in the concentration camp scenes in Schindler's List, and said there was "rampant lesbianism" in Oklahoma schools. He claimed the girls couldn't go to the girls bathroom without being hit on by lesbians, lol.

I guess he's not much more credible than your typical net nerd, but he is a U.S. Senator. What's really scary is that he almost seems moderate in comparison to Jim Inhofe, the other lunatic senator.

That was on election night, just so I could see their smug faces as they powerlessly watched a black, liberal, democrat elected president. They held it together better than I thought they would, but the long faces were worth it.

I'm not breaking my rule for your appearance, O'Reilly is just too disgusting. I'm sure you handled yourself well under the circumstances, but I still wish you hadn't entered that cess pool. Apparently, the O'Reilly noise machine has followed you back here, and they're even crazier than the republican whack jobs we normally have to put up with.

I guess it could happen, I hope so anyway. The memory of Hoover did keep them out of the whitehouse for 20 years. It might have been longer if Eisenhower hadn't agreed to run. Hopefully the spectre of Bush will haunt the republicans for years to come.

I'm not optimistic though, I figure in 8 to 12 years, some dipshit in a cowboy hat will show up and convince enough other dipshits that things will be even better if only we give massive tax cuts to his friends. If they can even make it close, they will figure out a way to steal it again.

That was the one casual dining chain that I really enjoyed. They went under last year, I guess since they never remodeled themselves to look like a glorified fast food joint. Just good, slightly overpriced, food. The Kensington Club is still the best steak I've ever had. I can make it at home, but it's never as good as it was at Steak and Ale.

I tried Friday's once, back in the late 90s. The place I just started working at had an employee discount there, so I gave it a try. It was ok I guess, but I never went back, so I guess not good enough.

I do agree with another poster, I really do like Chile's mushroom fajitas. Other than that, Texas Roadhouse is pretty good, but too loud, they blast the music like it's a dance club or something.

There is a local steakhouse I go to sometimes, Cimmaron Steakhouse. It's good, but still no match for Steak and Ale.

Bill Clinton was the public face of the Democratic party from 1992-2008. That had its advantages and disadvantages, but the general public had a mostly favorabl view of him.