Neo

I had the same impression during his rookie year and second years. I don't yet have an impression regarding falling this year.

I don't know whether the CNBC crew is biased, or not. I do think their competence was criticized left and right. So when you're on the right, you call it liberal media bias. When you're on the left, you call it a vast right wing conspiracy or a Fox News talking point. Complaining is weak. It applies to both sides of the aisle.

Go Gators !! Now, partisanship aside .... are / were you a Bulldog? I'm a Gator Dad, a couple of times over. I attended the FL GA game in, oh, 2004 ish. Ga over Fl that day.

Black people, white people, rich people, poor people ... people. Now, to be fair to Hoss, I will acknowledge there is a race/class element in play in addition to the concept of "majority" simply as a proportion. My humble opinion.

Worth thinking about and I'm glad you posted. I think the majority's opinion on anything changes when it's affected. In other words, yes, we learn. This is a good development if you don't think the criminal justice system is the best remedy for users. Any single person's opinion changes when that person's affected, I believe. Every day brings me "another example" in my life. I don't know if you were cynical in your post, truly. I am gratified when we all see users compassionately. If the path to enlightenment is slow, that's a shame. I'm glad we're getting there.

I left "where your party is on the org chart" out when writing about organization, focusing only on human beings. I believe you added an important element. Most certainly, I believe it affected the shift you described and I remember.

Man, seems like just yesterday you were announcing his arrival ... most awesome.

For clarity - I agree with you totally. Better if I'd said "Little things don't usually bother me but this little thing does bother me... a little. Best reply was "#firstworldproblems" I am in total smile/chuckle/smh mode with my hero, RJ.

The TON of pressure is insight.

I don't think your critique is partisan. Yes, yes, yes. I find the Democrats to be more organized despite the fact that their big house has many, many, rooms. Edit: I hope this leads me somewhere. Twenty five minutes of rumination. "Why is one group of many rooms more organized than another group of many rooms?" Initial thought outline - what principle is common to the human beings in one set of rooms that causes them to organize better than the common principle among the human beings in the other set of rooms? Principle 1 vs Principle A. Approach 1 vs Approach A. Human characteristic 1 vs Human characteristic A. Hurry all, with your "ignore buttons".

I agree with the format observation regarding the parties, and in this case the Republican Party in particular. I understand the CNBC criticism as coming from the right and left. I'm correctable.

No argument from me!

The Federal Highway System you describe is wonderful. I'm glad government does that and agree with your assessment. If you ever want to read a wonderful book on people and government, real and theory, read Robert Caro's biography of Robert Moses. It's not for everybody, but the inquiring minds in this thread would enjoy it. It's not left or right. The philosophies and their daily application are everywhere. I've read Caro's biographies of Moses and Lyndon Johnson. Reading took me years. I read slowly and Johnson alone is a four volume, nearly 3,000 page, epic. Most interesting to me is the humanity on display with all its good and bad. Personal epiphanies: all History is Humanity; some human beings have capacity so large I can only glimpse it from afar. Moses: particularly interesting in that his fingerprints are all over New York State. Johnson: particularly interesting in that his fingerprints are all over Civil Rights and The Great Society's social programs.

Little things don't bother me. "Yeichel" drives me nuts.

I had the same feeling watching last night. I'm prepared to be schooled if the following observation isn't shared by others. That is, I see ROR playing a game and bringing a dimension similar to that which Toews plays and brings in Chicago. They're different players, of course. Would anyone spit a beer out if I said that in a bar?

Grateful for the Eichel stick comments. I'll have to see if I can determine the lie of the stick next time I watch. I considered the reach and backcheck aspects, and the in tight aspects. Special insight award to the extra stride vs. reach comment. I had not considered torque and the relation of the puck to his feet. My mind's eye sees a lower lie and the puck further away, deminishing the torque. Perhaps it's a higher lie, closer puck, and more torque. Second nature to some, something to find for me. 3Putt's Delta Chi nickname shall be Zdeno.

I read this post and never acknowledged it. Grateful. I agree to a great extent. I stop short, though, of calling legitimate government interest in, say, roads (a shared belief of mine), socialism. Socialism is a bridge too far. OK, a couple of bridges. The semantics are mine and they frame my thought more narrowly. If a businessperson tells me he or she doesn't need government, I'll scoff as loudly as I did when I heard "you didn't build it" yourself. Neither's wholly true. What are some important a governmental gift to business? I'd say orderly free markets, public safety and a court system where less regulated people settle disputes under the rule of law. None of the three happens under a no-government scenario. Are we agreeing, at least to some extent? Not me! I recognize the world we live in, but professional governors is near the top of my list of "what's broken". I will take the average citizen, doing service for a brief period, over the man or woman whose adult life is comprised solely of legislating others. There's tons of writing on the topic. Most of the readers are wearing white wigs, I confess. Not me, though. Shaved is beautiful. Thank you for your service. I'd advise basing decisions on what you see to anyone. I generally find them sound. Tell us what you see.

I missed the game. Seems from reading here and on NHL.com that I missed a barn burner. Eichel's stick selection intrigues me. I'd be interested in the learned view of what it brings him, and what it costs. Trade-offs, everywhere. Neo ... Former Leisure Rinks house league third liner.

I was fiddling with wordplay to see how people think and how it's reflected in word choices. This will have me going all day. To your second sentence: if we were debating onstage, I'd respond with "other than the two century long sustained economic success of the United States, never seen before". Complete respect - it's most interesting to me to see that connotation of the word "success". I'm not challenging or ceding a point. I'm just interested. Do you want to be a success? I do. Now, I have to run along. I have a long day ahead of me and I'm late. I'm spending the day in a conference room with ten or so wonderful human beings, wives and husbands, sons and daughters, each of whom is looking out for number one. We work together. PS: I thought of you yesterday. I was reading old Peggy Noonan columns (among my favorites and I think everyone would enjoy her) and she wrote somethin along these lines. "Some people want us to be Denmark". I remembered an exchange of ours some weeks ago.

Oh, you got it right. Your language is tighter and more accurate than mine, which makes me mad at myself because my ears often flag the difference, just like yours did. I usually use deficit and ACCUMULATED deficits, because I like the picture it paints. Grateful ... I asked my question not in a partisan way. I have a real interest in the young voter and their understanding of the implications. I get a sense it's not "real" in terms of consequences for their lives. When I muse, I think of accumulated deficits, or debt, as the "global warming" they're ignoring. I can picture a young economist saying its real, it's huge, and it has deniers in the same way I see young environmentalists using the phrase in a climate change debate. Lastly, it's an issue for all, of course, and not just the young.

No Exit John-Paul Sartre. Short, dark, deliciously absurd. Source of the phrase "Hell is other people".

Valid criticism.

Rand Paul, interestingly enough, just addressed your question to Fiorina. He substituted "out of money", or unfunded obligations, for "make it worse".

Christy, my non-favorite, is among my favorites tonight. Kasich Rubio, Christy.

. . ( o ) My lame attempt at a laughing face.