BMG Sweet(er) 16

no high school bracket? (0.00 / 0)

:)

Patrick/Murray/O'Day '10

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by: Tyler O'Day @ Tue Mar 09, 2010 at 20:27:57 PM CST

Huh (6.00 / 2)

I put LynPB and BitB in the couch fight bracket.

And you may as well have an "Editor's Bracket" with David, Charley, Bob, and (let's face it, as he's pretty much given the privileges of one) Ernie.

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by: sabutai @ Tue Mar 09, 2010 at 21:06:08 PM CST

also, I'm pretty sure... (6.00 / 1)

...billxi is over 40.  That may still qualify him as a "young" Republican.

I'd vote for CentralMassDad for token centrist over Edgar.  ETA would make a fine entry in the "lovable curmudgeons" bracket, though.  Not sure "Mike From Norwell" is a centrist, either.  Perhaps Pogo?

Other brackets: Cambridge, Cape, and "flatout loony" (I think LastHorseMan is  a shoe in, though).

Oh, and most posts per day...

For me the issue is: is he personally attacking other BMGers. I don't think he is, here. He's just using the word "fag" in a way that is insulting to a whole group of people under the rubric of "discussing it." -- Bob Neer  

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by: huh @ Tue Mar 09, 2010 at 21:17:19 PM CST

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I miss CMD (6.00 / 1)

He was the archetypical "moderate" voter that both parties lust after.

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by: sabutai @ Tue Mar 09, 2010 at 21:33:01 PM CST

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CMD's been posting again, recently (0.00 / 0)

full list [here]:

1) Isn't that the issue, though? [0.00 / 0] Replies: 0
posted by: CentralMassDad on Tue Mar 09, 2010 at 14:34:04 PM EST
attached to: Patrick's Vacation Pay Hypocrisy-Rules are for other people!
2) Short version [6.00 / 2] Replies: 1
posted by: CentralMassDad on Tue Mar 09, 2010 at 11:04:57 AM EST
attached to: Put price tags on Health Care - simple, but great.
3) I very strongly recommend [6.00 / 1] Replies: 1
posted by: CentralMassDad on Tue Mar 09, 2010 at 10:56:03 AM EST
attached to: Put price tags on Health Care - simple, but great.
4) It does [0.00 / 0] Replies: 0
posted by: CentralMassDad on Tue Mar 09, 2010 at 10:50:07 AM EST
attached to: Put price tags on Health Care - simple, but great.
5) Northern Virginia must be drifting north then, as well [6.00 / 2] Replies: 1
posted by: CentralMassDad on Mon Mar 08, 2010 at 17:06:20 PM EST
attached to: Red Mass Group blows up "Red Noreaster"

For me the issue is: is he personally attacking other BMGers. I don't think he is, here. He's just using the word "fag" in a way that is insulting to a whole group of people under the rubric of "discussing it." -- Bob Neer  

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by: huh @ Tue Mar 09, 2010 at 21:51:21 PM CST

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make that (0.00 / 0)

here

For me the issue is: is he personally attacking other BMGers. I don't think he is, here. He's just using the word "fag" in a way that is insulting to a whole group of people under the rubric of "discussing it." -- Bob Neer  

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by: huh @ Tue Mar 09, 2010 at 21:51:53 PM CST

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funny (5.50 / 2)

i thought the same thing.  i wanted to give CMD the nod.  he's gold, jerry.  gold.  but in exile for so long.  just back recently.  does he still have the stamina to comment frequently?  maybe he's KG, good for first 10 minutes of game, but then the knee kicks in.  c'mon CMD.  leave it on the floor.  

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by: GoldsteinGoneWild @ Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 07:10:03 AM CST

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LastHorseMan (6.00 / 1)

should be somewhere in this mix, for all his creative efforts.

At least an honorary exhibition match?

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by: MizJones @ Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 11:48:27 AM CST

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NIT? (6.00 / 1)

 

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by: stomv @ Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 19:23:02 PM CST

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LOL (0.00 / 0)

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by: LynPB @ Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 09:36:55 AM CST

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Do I get to be in the anagram bracket with Cos? (6.00 / 7)

.08 Acres
.0000016% of Massachusetts Political Commentary

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by: sco @ Tue Mar 09, 2010 at 21:24:08 PM CST

more brackets (0.00 / 0)

Insider or Outsider

Machine or Grassroots

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by: WARD3DEM @ Tue Mar 09, 2010 at 21:25:22 PM CST

Here we go (6.00 / 11)

KBusch over Sab.
Stomv over BrooklineTom.
AmberPaw over Judy.
Lynne over Mr. Lynne.
Ryan over Petr.
PP over JohnD.
Me over Bill (bill's young?)
Edgar over Mike.

KBusch and stomv is a tough match.  Stomv goes after KBusch with a barrage of science, math and green technology but KBusch defends with a shield of philosopher-king rhetoric and overloads stomv's soybean-powered math robot.  In a last ditch effort, stomv tell KBusch that Immanuel Kant was right!  KBusch, temporarily stunned, takes one to the dome.  Not to be outdone, yells back "global warming is A LIE!"  Stomv, suddenly angered, turns into a giant green creature, cross between the hulk and the green giant.  Seeing an oppurtunity (and aware of stomv's secret alter-ego, the Green Monster) he pulls out a bottle of round-up and sprays it at stomv.  KBusch to the final four.  

All Amberpaw had to do was tell Lynne some stories of the people she works with an Lynne breaks down and cries.  Then Amberpaw steals Lynne's wallet just for good measure.  Amberpaw to the final four.

Ryan and PP have a battle using their respective methods of art.  Ryan belts out a surly ballad about social responsibility and government. He sings, he croons, he lullabies.  At the end of his performance, instead of confetti and balloons falling into the auditorium, newspaper pages fall.  The crowd is engulfed by editorials.  Ryan attempts to sing his way out but can't stop the crowd from reading.  In a desperate attempt to secure victory, Ryan tosses a match into the audience, causing a gigantic fire.  All of the newspapers are destroyed, but the smoke damages his voice.  Ryan barely makes it to the final four.  

Flash to a smoke-filled room.  Edgar is sitting at a table in the back, surrounded by beautiful women.  The place goes quiet as a man enters.  It's too dark to see the man's face, and he makes no noise but the click as the metal heel of his boots hit the floor.  He walks slowly to the back.  "Edgar, I have finally found you" he rasps.  "For 7 years I've followed your trail.  It wasn't easy, having nothing to trace but half-smoked chewed up Cuban cigars and beaten Turkish men who feared to speak of the Armenian who fought back.  Well, the jig is up."  And just like that, the elusive kingpin of the Armenian mob was dead.  JoeTS to the final four.  

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by: JoeTS @ Tue Mar 09, 2010 at 21:58:51 PM CST

Brilliant (6.00 / 3)

The idea of Amber stealing somebody's wallet is a hilarious image right there.  Bonus points for the Usual Suspects reference.

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by: sabutai @ Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 07:03:55 AM CST

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Come on sab, you're creative! (0.00 / 0)

Finish it.  Who wins?

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by: JoeTS @ Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 09:58:55 AM CST

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Nuh-uh (6.00 / 1)

I'm a teacher...it's gauche to play favorites.

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by: sabutai @ Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 10:56:30 AM CST

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'smoke damages his voice. Ryan barely makes it to the final four' - Man, talk about yer Phyrric victories! (6.00 / 1)

Yr. Obedient Servant, Peter Porcupine, Republican

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by: Peter Porcupine @ Tue Mar 09, 2010 at 22:38:35 PM CST

The Sweet Sixteen Can be Covered on BMG Radio (0.00 / 0)

This threas reminded me of a post back in 2007.  Sabutai proposed a full lineup for BMG Radio.

I laugh every time I read it.  


Kate Donaghue, volunteer.

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by: Kate @ Tue Mar 09, 2010 at 22:49:10 PM CST

I must disqualify myself... (0.00 / 0)

I am but an apprentice to stomv, he is the master. Plus he's my friend; one reason I like him is that he's right so many times more often than he's wrong (I'm not sure I've ever seen him be outright "wrong"). I truly enjoy excellence and he exemplifies it.

Meanwhile, I must disqualify myself. I am, in fact, in the middle of moving from Brookline to Somerville. After more then ten years in the same lovely (rented) home, my wife and must downsize. Brookline has been a marvelous home; we are eager to plant our roots in Somerville. Our new home is near Tufts, between Davis and Porter Square. I'm happy to trade up from the C and D to the Red Line. Goodbye, Barney Frank — hello, Mike Capuano.

I'm going to keep the "BrooklineTom" moniker for awhile, though.

"If the Republicans will stop lying about the Democrats, the Democrats will stop telling the truth about the Republicans" -- Adlai Stevenson

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by: BrooklineTom @ Tue Mar 09, 2010 at 23:05:58 PM CST

:( (0.00 / 0)

 

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by: stomv @ Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 05:56:45 AM CST

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Check your email (EOM) (0.00 / 0)

"If the Republicans will stop lying about the Democrats, the Democrats will stop telling the truth about the Republicans" -- Adlai Stevenson

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by: BrooklineTom @ Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 10:14:10 AM CST

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Ditto (6.00 / 1)

I'm already on record for wanting to read more Sabutai. He knows more about foreign policy than I've forgotten.

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by: KBusch @ Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 09:33:01 AM CST

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My Picks (0.00 / 0)

ACTUALLY CARES ABOUT FOREIGN POLICY BRACKET

Sabutai

BROOKLINE BRACKET
BrooklineTom

BIG HEART CONFERENCE CHAMPS

AmberPaw

COUCH FIGHT
Lynne

K-12 SHOWDOWN

RyePower12

RED REGIONAL "MATURE" BRACKET

JohnD

RED REGIONAL YOUNG BRACKET
Bilixi

TOKEN CENTRIST

Mike From Norwell  

Patrick/Murray/O'Day '10

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by: Tyler O'Day @ Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 06:11:05 AM CST

Boy (0.00 / 0)

just finish 16 straight weeks of 5th grade travel basketball (3 practices a week, then every Saturday night @ Shea Gym in the old Weymouth Naval Air Station - my wife was overjoyed when she found out about that little game detail) and now another tournament?  Better rest up.

Guess I am a centrist so in the right bracket.

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by: Mike from Norwell @ Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 06:23:21 AM CST

Edgar can't handle pick and roll (0.00 / 0)

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by: GoldsteinGoneWild @ Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 07:13:23 AM CST

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what about the spin dribble? (6.00 / 1)

Patrick/Murray/O'Day '10

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by: Tyler O'Day @ Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 07:50:10 AM CST

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Don't forget to include two of the best competitors: (0.00 / 0)

lightiris and Huh.  In that one lightiris wins hands down.

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by: Edgarthearmenian @ Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 08:08:07 AM CST

but what category? (0.00 / 0)

For me the issue is: is he personally attacking other BMGers. I don't think he is, here. He's just using the word "fag" in a way that is insulting to a whole group of people under the rubric of "discussing it." -- Bob Neer  

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by: huh @ Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 08:18:34 AM CST

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Well.. (0.00 / 0)

...you win the Palindromic Bracket.

As for LightIris, I think she'd crush anyone else in the Veterans' Bracket.

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by: sabutai @ Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 09:18:11 AM CST

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I was hoping for a tag team event (6.00 / 2)

I think she and I could clobber eb3 and johnd in the good vs. evil bracket. ;)

For me the issue is: is he personally attacking other BMGers. I don't think he is, here. He's just using the word "fag" in a way that is insulting to a whole group of people under the rubric of "discussing it." -- Bob Neer  

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by: huh @ Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 12:22:14 PM CST

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Heh. (6.00 / 1)

I'm always up for a little game of Find An Appropriate Orifice For the Yellow Ribbon.    

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by: lightiris @ Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 20:19:56 PM CST

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Albatross bracket (0.00 / 0)

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by: dcsurfer @ Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 13:17:29 PM CST

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umm (6.00 / 1)

I'm guessing that's an insult, probably based on some bizarre interpolation of this:

But they certainly are opposed to normalizing homosexuality, and - here's the thing I plead to be understood - if they could be assured that government was not synonymous with the elite (gay) agenda, they'd support government again.

It is funny how many people use that particular metaphor without knowing where it comes from.  This may help:

The word albatross is sometimes used to mean an encumbrance, or a wearisome burden. It is an allusion to Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1798).

In the poem, an albatross starts to follow a ship - being followed by an albatross was generally considered an omen of good luck. However, the titular mariner shoots the albatross with a crossbow, which is regarded as an act that will curse the ship (which indeed suffers terrible mishaps). To punish him, his companions induce him to wear the dead albatross around his neck indefinitely (until they all die from the curse, as it happens). Thus the albatross can be both an omen of good or bad luck, as well as a metaphor for a burden to be carried (as penance).

I prefer to think of lightiris and myself as bringing good luck...

For me the issue is: is he personally attacking other BMGers. I don't think he is, here. He's just using the word "fag" in a way that is insulting to a whole group of people under the rubric of "discussing it." -- Bob Neer  

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by: huh @ Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 17:53:50 PM CST

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I hate to say this (6.00 / 1)

But I never win the couch fight. He always gets the couch, by virtue of his 3-hour-commute-a-day, so therefore, I always defer the comfy spot to the Mr. since he sacrifices a lot to keep a roof over our heads.

;)

Also, he kicks my ass in logic.

Left in Lowell: cuz why read the Lowell Sun if you don't have to? ;)

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by: Lynne @ Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 08:26:05 AM CST

Reminds me of what a customer at my work told me regarding his marriage (0.00 / 0)

"I wear the pants, but she tells me what pair to put on."  

I feel like thats a winning stategy for marriage,

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by: JoeTS @ Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 10:01:32 AM CST

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Charter buses (0.00 / 0)

It's a same we don't have a charter buses, not schools bracket where we can run Goldstein against Charley on the MTA.

 Only the cod is sacred.

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by: pablo @ Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 21:28:17 PM CST