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pam4water

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90. So lays out our sad priorities. n/t

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Fri May 10, 2013, 06:51 PM

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Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. [View all] DonRedwood May 2013 OP

That is really sad. nt babylonsister May 2013 #1

I want a new law.... DonRedwood May 2013 #4

We need that for corps too bl968 May 2013 #64

Interesting that the governor is not the highest-paid public employee Art_from_Ark May 2013 #2

Obama Runs A Business a Million Times More Important Than Disney. . . ProfessorGAC May 2013 #9

Except for the part where the United States of America is not a business, but a nation Bluenorthwest May 2013 #10

Thank you! GoCubsGo May 2013 #58

Bush was paid too much. Anyway, ex-prez makes mega bucks in speeches, board directorships, etc. Bernardo de La Paz May 2013 #50

Presidents--good ones and lousy ones--get it on the back end. MADem May 2013 #51

Well yes, but Bush can teach them cui bono May 2013 #63

... and paint. As long as the painting doesn't have to be good. eom Blanks May 2013 #74

His talent and his IQ seem to both be at about the same level.... DonRedwood May 2013 #87

Yes he has the worlds first negative IQ. eom Blanks May 2013 #93

Is our children learning? He doesn't care! nt MADem May 2013 #76

I wonder what Jimmy Carter's net worth is.......... lastlib May 2013 #85

Carter has made a fortune, but I'll wager he hasn't made it for himself. MADem May 2013 #101

A business exists solely to make money. A government exists to govern a populace. LanternWaste May 2013 #59

Now a days, business exist to make money and government exists to make sure they do. RC May 2013 #66

The government is not a business Doctor_J May 2013 #80

Crazy Marrah_G May 2013 #3

I have always thought our Texan obsession with High School football out of proportion and still do arely staircase May 2013 #5

Well, it is not just texas from the looks of it! DonRedwood May 2013 #8

*groan* krispos42 May 2013 #6

+1000 n/t lumberjack_jeff May 2013 #7

Oregon pays the university football coach more than anyone when there is not even Bluenorthwest May 2013 #11

It's Nike owner Phil Knight's play thing. ErikJ May 2013 #14

One thing left off the map: It's coaches for MALE teams. nt Honeycombe8 May 2013 #12

Except for Connecticut. Brickbat May 2013 #21

But he's also a man -n/t ArtiChoke May 2013 #38

It's Geno Auriemma? Jennicut May 2013 #110

A rather relevant omission... LanternWaste May 2013 #60

So? Travis_0004 May 2013 #103

Of course you have no problem with it, TRAVIS. You LIKE the patriarchal society. Honeycombe8 May 2013 #111

Whats your solution? Travis_0004 May 2013 #112

The trouble is DFW May 2013 #13

Sad that a basketball coach makes more than a NASA scientist. Spitfire of ATJ May 2013 #15

we should be paying the people who make a better mankind more than a person DonRedwood May 2013 #28

Priorities of the elite,....use The Games to keep the people distracted.... Spitfire of ATJ May 2013 #44

+1 pam4water May 2013 #89

which state runs NASA? tomtharp May 2013 #83

One would think Florida would be producing some real rocket scientists. Spitfire of ATJ May 2013 #84

I Love Sports Liberal_Dog May 2013 #16

Certainly that characterizes the "circenses" part BadgerKid May 2013 #17

Holy. Fucking. Shit. Gidney N Cloyd May 2013 #18

Football = legal battery. Training our future wife beaters. L0oniX May 2013 #19

That's...well... not the most logical of arguments. DonRedwood May 2013 #32

I don't like your generalizaton. CRK7376 May 2013 #39

What does it train women to do? snooper2 May 2013 #43

About as valid as and truthful as "marching bands-- training kids how to be single for the rest of t LanternWaste May 2013 #61

I'm sure OJ would agree with you. n/t L0oniX May 2013 #69

Wow. you come up with one ex-football player who was also an ex-actor cali May 2013 #71

Yea ...I tend to piss off assholes. L0oniX May 2013 #72

No its not Travis_0004 May 2013 #104

Pathetic attempt to reframe. L0oniX May 2013 #113

Somehow I doubt you have much insight as to the problems young nonathletic boys face . . . radicalliberal May 2013 #82

I really wish that had been around when I was in high school. Occulus May 2013 #88

I've got tears in my eyes as I write this. radicalliberal May 2013 #94

I was one of those kids. NYC_SKP May 2013 #96

Needless to say, so was I. radicalliberal May 2013 #107

USA USA USA progressoid May 2013 #20

Rick Perry likes! Iris May 2013 #22

I get foamed up about this regularly upi402 May 2013 #23

That's beautiful. malthaussen May 2013 #24

78,000 plus benefits for a football coach in a small town near where i live madrchsod May 2013 #25

Wow... I wonder what a regular teacher makes there DonRedwood May 2013 #27

Add to this taxpayers money that goes to stadiums question everything May 2013 #26

We are Marching band parents CRK7376 May 2013 #40

Those are professional teams. WCGreen May 2013 #79

I don't believe CA and NY. tridim May 2013 #29

PUBLIC empolyees. DonRedwood May 2013 #30

Got it. nt tridim May 2013 #31

Wow and its not even cops or fireman. Thats huge...here in NY. Historic NY May 2013 #97

Panem et Circenses! Turborama May 2013 #33

The athletic directors at several of my area high schools... bobclark86 May 2013 #34

Our eldest son CRK7376 May 2013 #41

I love that image... kimmylavin May 2013 #48

I have to say Liberal1975 May 2013 #35

My Understanding is ccjlld May 2013 #42

An article in USA today,2 days ago Purplehazed May 2013 #49

Thanks! ccjlld May 2013 #54

Shows an egregious bias against hockey. hack89 May 2013 #36

at least it is represented... Blue_Tires May 2013 #46

I knew I should have paid more attention in PE liberal N proud May 2013 #37

Living in Oklahoma I am not surprised in the least. nt avebury May 2013 #45

Ditto. GoCubsGo May 2013 #55

But sports institutionalize "otherness" and without "otherness" indoctrination, rich ppl can't valerief May 2013 #47

Time to outlaw football. RoccoR5955 May 2013 #52

I almost didn't open this thread. I'm glad I did, in a train-wreckish kind of way... nt MADem May 2013 #53

Awesome line in there: Robb May 2013 #56

My state is college president. ZombieHorde May 2013 #57

As a Texan, I'm outraged... about the hockey thing Bucky May 2013 #62

when you have an anti-female jock society where men call the shots and intellect isn't valued librechik May 2013 #65

+10 RC May 2013 #68

OH, that is just disgusting. Zoeisright May 2013 #67

YEP. Rex May 2013 #70

You do realize college sports are usually profitable, right? Travis_0004 May 2013 #105

PROFITABLE? DonB May 2013 #109

It is a sad commentary about our education system. Rex May 2013 #116

Slight of Hand? Martak Sarno May 2013 #73

You say "respite", I say "distraction" Tom Ripley May 2013 #114

Only ONE hockey coach? The shame!!! Myrina May 2013 #75

Wonderful Bullwinkle episode about this back in the 1960s mucifer May 2013 #77

The football and basketball programs bring in millions of dollars of income from WCGreen May 2013 #78

Hockey coach?! Dammit Canada! Lookitwhatyadid! n/t Inkfreak May 2013 #81

Our priorities are so out of whack. smirkymonkey May 2013 #86

So lays out our sad priorities. n/t pam4water May 2013 #90

I'll probably get flamed but... Jasana May 2013 #91

I don't see anything wrong with this though (I'm not a sport fan). The free market ... JackN415 May 2013 #92

Massachusetts is 'blue' again! FailureToCommunicate May 2013 #95

I have no hope. I see no future. n/t Hotler May 2013 #98

You realize these sports are profitable, right? Travis_0004 May 2013 #106

Those pesky rape victims keep getting in the way of the program! radicalliberal May 2013 #108

The coaches are overpaid and the players are underpaid. jakefrep May 2013 #99

+1000 Tom Ripley May 2013 #115

it might just come down to the notion that winning Football or Basketball teams are thought to bring Douglas Carpenter May 2013 #100

In Oregon I'm sure the big college coaches are paid well davidpdx May 2013 #102