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I mean, honestly, Dave did just about everything you could do to F up that game. Kudos to the players. If they keep him, I’m fine considering the buy out. If he’s gone, I’m fine. Should be an intriguing week or so.
He stoked a little bit of that wonderful emotion called hope. I can hear the “what ifs” wafting out of Raleigh all the way down here in Georgia. I’m sure the glass half full crowd is counting the near wins and dreaming of next year.
False gold my friend, I’d sooner order the unpronounceable “chicken” dish at the local Asian restaurant (in the old Hardee’s building) and hope it not feline in nature than buy anything State College is selling.
But anything that brings pain to the heals ain’t all bad. This is the antithesis of eating those tasty hotdogs at the Chuckwagon in Carthage only to notice the kitchen staff barehanding orders after you’ve downed the 3rd one.
McCallum
Immigration to the Western Hemisphere appears to be the sticking point.
I contend that the land mass of South and North America was void of human life at some point. Since group time here does not have value except for one group, they migrated often within the continent and had no concept of the nation state, then it is all about being first.
But if it’s about being first then the notion of a nation of immigrants is turned on its head as well because someone has a more valid claim than the next group of losers the federal government seeks to import.
Reduction to the absurd.
McCallum
The country was built on regional cores of identity. There have been long periods of limited to no immigrantion where those regional identities deepened and the national identity became more established. The great middle class rose in this nation during a time period OF NO IMMIGRANTION. The constant “flux” sought by the open borders advocates ONLY DEEPENS THE POWER OF THE CENTRAL STATE. Odd you are indeed to care for strangers more than your own yet I would not question that position if it had ANY Christian underpinnings.
Again, the people here before the Europeans arrived were immigrants as well. If a connection to the past is the requirement for immigrant status then nobody can lay claim to the lands in the Western Hemisphere.
And there you are advocating not for your kin, country or land but for strangers.
McCallum
Pure, refined irony that a few lines from a Lazarus poem pasted at the base of the Statue of Liberty serve as the impetus to throw the doors wide open to anyone and everyone while Lazarus advocated for a homeland for her people.
McCallum
They came here from somewhere and as they were not monolithic they supplanted other immigrant tribes before them.
Under the multicultural mindset they are immigrants as well.
McCallum
I dearly enjoyed my old fraternity heading out at the end of hell night for a trip to chapel hill.
What a haul, eventually had to stop it or the local news would have been filled with stories. But Lord knows the haul brought back to Raleigh since no university locks a door:
paintings, Armani suits, framed copies of the bill of rights and Declaration of Independence, home plate, 3rd base, filling cabinets full of Graduate school work tossed in the trash (all hard copy days<—–my personal directive) signs, fraternity composite pictures, etc……the list just goes on and on.
I’m so ashamed.
But finally, sneaking into the bathroom and noticing a pair of hush puppies in the last stall. So I think, “ah ha!! A lefty law school professor, I’ll show him!” and slowly, slowly walking out of the bathroom and silently reaching for the light switch. The last sound after flicking out the lights was the moan of dread coming from the hush puppies as they realized they’d be finishing their crap in the dark.
McCallum
Did I stutter?
One is answering you.
The other is the Socratic response to the immigrant ideological paradigm.
McCallum
Fine story, enjoyed it again.
Piedmont North Carolina folks know the unc types. Typically it breaks out into about three groups:
1) Graduate, typically kind and decent. Some could care less about sports and don’t hold their noses and heads high, generally they can be dealt with in most any matter. Generally very conservative, disdainful of the Marxism, multiculturalism and general anti-southern disposition of the chapel hill culture. This crowd makes up about 10% of the uncers. Low church crowd with a mild sprinkling of Methodists and Presbyterians. They would step out on the edge by reading Erskine Caldwell novels.
2) Graduate, typically arrogant and conceited. Historically seen as the local loud mouth lawyer, a loyal Democrat, mildly progressive, borderline alcoholic, and trend toward very high church. They hold a strong dislike for white working class North Carolinians, rednecks one and all in their book. Very attached to the dean smith myth and each holds a copy of the Krazy tar heal fact book (every odd statistic in the history of the school whereby unc claims any and all significant credit for anything in sports, example would be citing that Joe Montana’s first come back in football as taking place in Kenna in 1975). Extremely vocal about the “Carolina way” and use it to bolster their very healthy self esteem. When watching “their heals” they would turn the volume down on the tv and turn up woody durham on the radio.
A real bunch of pricks and they are about 25% of the uncers.
3) The bandwagon. You know them and you love them, no link to the school in any measure. There is usually the antiquated claim that since they live in North Carolina they can lay claim to the bounty. They also have a copy of the Krazy tar heal fact book and they follow the same pattern of number 2 when it comes to watching “their heals” on tv. Largely uneducated but each school in North Carolina has a small cell of these types, Appalachian State and unc-Greensboro have the largest percentage. They speak about “their heals” on a very consistent basis, moody and hateful when “their heals” lose, boasting and bragging when “their heals” win. They know nothing about the school, could care less but they have absorbed a lesson from number 2. By linking themselves to unc they can entrench themselves in a hierarchy whereby their lives have some importance and value through “their heals”. Very keen on almost wins and had “so and so not gone pro” excuses which mythically become wins “if”. Typical foot wear is high top Reboks.
I’ve pounded this bunch in the ground for 30 plus years and they make up about 70% of the uncers*.
To wrap, native North Carolinians know these folks. Grew up hating 2&3, an inherent right I say.
McCallum
*I know that is 105% but I did so to honor Curry Math.
The states historically determined who was a citizen but that was over turned by force of arms.
If you didn’t move your ass here from somewhere else then that would appear to be a fine cut off.
And no born on soil non-sense to illegal immigrants and the federal confirming of citizenship.
McCallum
The VAST MAJORITY of the citizens of the republic are not immigrants, to say otherwise is completely ideological.
What’s the cutoff for immigrant/non-immigrant?
Why even ask that question if the ideological position is that everyone is an immigrant?
400 years, 250 years, last week, that is the position of anyone that says the US is a nation of immigrants. Modern Germany is a nation of immigrants, India, Iran etc since at some point in history people moved there from somewhere.
Bizzaro world.
McCallum
No defense = no big wins
State may surprise someone here or there but mastery of the mundane (defense) is the key to repeated overall success night in and night out.
Don’t get your hopes up.
McCallum
The VAST MAJORITY of the citizens of the republic are not immigrants, to say otherwise is completely ideological.
It is very hard to dispute that unless you buy into the insane and flawed notion that the republic is a propositional nation.
Also, Obama has hired more ICE and deported more illegals than ANYONE. This is the undisputed facts and for you to say otherwise proves your bias and not smart.
Here we go, struck gold!!
McCallum
$800,000 is not much money in regards to the size of the school, the fan base or to get further behind in a state that has seven division 1 football programs. Florida only has seven division 1 teams in a state with 2.3 times as many people as North Carolina, 4 teams in Tennessee(less population), 2 in SC (less population) 4 in Georgia (similar in population) and 3 in Va (less population). As the other schools increase in size (unc-Charlotte comes to mind) then your fan base outside of graduates decreases. Of course everyone loves a winner and State does not produce winners.
Every day you delay is another day you move behind, he should be released after the final game.
McCallum
Dapper Dave should be terminated after the unc game regardless of the outcome.
Leach will not leave WSU because they believed in him and he has pulled them out of the ditch.
State should hire the least qualified candidate-in the opinion of the decision makers at State-because their ability to hire and chose wisely is one of the worse on record.
McCallum
*kudos to troll on the picks. Fine job.
