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	<title>Comments on: Bradley&#8217;s Buzz: Ranking Stafford and creeping Socialism</title>
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		<title>By: Brad</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ajc.com/mark-bradley-blog/2009/03/02/bradleys-buzz-ranking-stafford-and-creeping-socialism/comment-page-3/#comment-3266</link>
		<dc:creator>Brad</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 04:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think you guys will like this to put a better perspective on socialism:

Lets say these kids take a vote and decide that the grade that each one of them will get will be determined by everyone’s average grade on an exam.  Everyone takes the test and the average grade is a B.  The kids that barely studied are thrilled because there is no way they thought they’d get a B.  On the other hand, the “A” students are bummed because they receive a grade lower than they deserve.
	On the next test, more of the kids do not study and a few more put more effort in because they want the A.  The grades come back and the average is a D+.  Because more kids did not study, the average came down.  So the kids that should have gotten As or even Bs on the exam are cheated out and the kids who should have failed receive a higher grade than they should.
	As you can see this is unfair.  This is essentially what happens in a socialist society.  Fewer people work knowing that they have someone to “bail them out.”  The people that are working hard receive far less.
	This as you can imagine, starts the “blaming game.”  So-and-so blames one and so-and-so blames the next yet nothing gets accomplished. 
        A socialist society will never succeed. It never has and it most likely never will. This is what our current President is thriving for. If it works I would be astonished.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think you guys will like this to put a better perspective on socialism:</p>
<p>Lets say these kids take a vote and decide that the grade that each one of them will get will be determined by everyone’s average grade on an exam.  Everyone takes the test and the average grade is a B.  The kids that barely studied are thrilled because there is no way they thought they’d get a B.  On the other hand, the “A” students are bummed because they receive a grade lower than they deserve.<br />
	On the next test, more of the kids do not study and a few more put more effort in because they want the A.  The grades come back and the average is a D+.  Because more kids did not study, the average came down.  So the kids that should have gotten As or even Bs on the exam are cheated out and the kids who should have failed receive a higher grade than they should.<br />
	As you can see this is unfair.  This is essentially what happens in a socialist society.  Fewer people work knowing that they have someone to “bail them out.”  The people that are working hard receive far less.<br />
	This as you can imagine, starts the “blaming game.”  So-and-so blames one and so-and-so blames the next yet nothing gets accomplished.<br />
        A socialist society will never succeed. It never has and it most likely never will. This is what our current President is thriving for. If it works I would be astonished.</p>
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		<title>By: What&#8217;s Buzzing? &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Bradley&#8217;s Buzz: Ranking Stafford and Creeping Socialism &#124; Mark Bradley</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ajc.com/mark-bradley-blog/2009/03/02/bradleys-buzz-ranking-stafford-and-creeping-socialism/comment-page-3/#comment-1896</link>
		<dc:creator>What&#8217;s Buzzing? &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Bradley&#8217;s Buzz: Ranking Stafford and Creeping Socialism &#124; Mark Bradley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 06:44:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] If you check NBAdraft.net’s 2010 mock, you’ll find both Lawal and Tech recruit Derrick Favors among the top eight picks. But this apparent blessing could have a downside: Since Lawal and Favors essentially play the same position &#8230;Read More [...]</description>
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		<title>By: What&#8217;s Buzzing? &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Bradley&#8217;s Buzz: Ranking Stafford and Creeping Socialism &#124; Mark Bradley</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ajc.com/mark-bradley-blog/2009/03/02/bradleys-buzz-ranking-stafford-and-creeping-socialism/comment-page-3/#comment-1693</link>
		<dc:creator>What&#8217;s Buzzing? &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Bradley&#8217;s Buzz: Ranking Stafford and Creeping Socialism &#124; Mark Bradley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 03:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] If you check NBAdraft.net’s 2010 mock, you’ll find both Lawal and Tech recruit Derrick Favors among the top eight picks. But this apparent blessing could have a downside: Since Lawal and Favors essentially play the same position &#8230;Page 2 [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Around The SEC East - 3/6/09 &#124; MrSEC.com</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ajc.com/mark-bradley-blog/2009/03/02/bradleys-buzz-ranking-stafford-and-creeping-socialism/comment-page-3/#comment-1661</link>
		<dc:creator>Around The SEC East - 3/6/09 &#124; MrSEC.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] head coaching job.UGA:  Linebacker Rennie Curran is on the 2009 Lombardi Award watch list.UGA:  Is Venezuela&#8217;s Hugo Chavez a Georgia fan?  (Go all the way to the bottom.)UK:  Mark Story of The Lexington Herald-Leader writes today that [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Mark Bradley</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ajc.com/mark-bradley-blog/2009/03/02/bradleys-buzz-ranking-stafford-and-creeping-socialism/comment-page-3/#comment-1452</link>
		<dc:creator>Mark Bradley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:43:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You should have been around yesterday, Scott. It was, as we say, up for grabs.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You should have been around yesterday, Scott. It was, as we say, up for grabs.</p>
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		<title>By: scott</title>
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		<dc:creator>scott</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:29:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good gravy-is this a blog for Bradley&#039;s column or Sean &quot;I love my own hair&quot; Hannity? Does this mean I have to go to Foxnews.com to blog about Stafford&#039;s inability to throw at the combine?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good gravy-is this a blog for Bradley&#8217;s column or Sean &#8220;I love my own hair&#8221; Hannity? Does this mean I have to go to Foxnews.com to blog about Stafford&#8217;s inability to throw at the combine?</p>
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		<title>By: GeoffDawg</title>
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		<dc:creator>GeoffDawg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Lol bob.  Offer ideas?  Have you been around for the last 8 years?  All the dems have been doing is attack, attack, attack.  Also, if you would read carefully, alternate suggestions to Obama&#039;s plan have been offered far and wide.  Basically, it amounts to allowing private citizens and businesses the opportunity to spend more of their own money to boost the economy because they can do it more efficiently and effectively than the government could ever hope to.  Of course, your party leaders know this as well as anyone else but they&#039;ve been given an historic opportunity to create bureaucracy and grab power.  Even democrat strategists in the news are starting to backpedal on the effectiveness of the stimulus bill because now that the elections are over, they&#039;re the party that&#039;s going to accountable for its success.  Generally speaking, when the Dow tanks after a stimulus package is signed, that&#039;s not a good sign.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lol bob.  Offer ideas?  Have you been around for the last 8 years?  All the dems have been doing is attack, attack, attack.  Also, if you would read carefully, alternate suggestions to Obama&#8217;s plan have been offered far and wide.  Basically, it amounts to allowing private citizens and businesses the opportunity to spend more of their own money to boost the economy because they can do it more efficiently and effectively than the government could ever hope to.  Of course, your party leaders know this as well as anyone else but they&#8217;ve been given an historic opportunity to create bureaucracy and grab power.  Even democrat strategists in the news are starting to backpedal on the effectiveness of the stimulus bill because now that the elections are over, they&#8217;re the party that&#8217;s going to accountable for its success.  Generally speaking, when the Dow tanks after a stimulus package is signed, that&#8217;s not a good sign.</p>
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		<title>By: qdawg2003</title>
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		<dc:creator>qdawg2003</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>socialize to make things right?  Yeah, that has really worked for Europe.  We may trail in certain areas, but Europe isn&#039;t exactly a bright shining beacon of hope in those areas either.  Hell, England wants to get rid of their socialized medicine and their are canadians crossing in droves to US hospitals rather that wait 1 to 2 years for procedures we consider routine here.  We have a socialized post office?  Maybe for letters, but we have FedEx and UPS for that.  Firemen are bad examples as well because not all fire departments are public payroll (volunteers).  There are very few 100% socialized industries in the US.  Even the military contracts these days.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>socialize to make things right?  Yeah, that has really worked for Europe.  We may trail in certain areas, but Europe isn&#8217;t exactly a bright shining beacon of hope in those areas either.  Hell, England wants to get rid of their socialized medicine and their are canadians crossing in droves to US hospitals rather that wait 1 to 2 years for procedures we consider routine here.  We have a socialized post office?  Maybe for letters, but we have FedEx and UPS for that.  Firemen are bad examples as well because not all fire departments are public payroll (volunteers).  There are very few 100% socialized industries in the US.  Even the military contracts these days.</p>
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		<title>By: qdawg2003</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ajc.com/mark-bradley-blog/2009/03/02/bradleys-buzz-ranking-stafford-and-creeping-socialism/comment-page-2/#comment-1415</link>
		<dc:creator>qdawg2003</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:47:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nevermind, they are playing the crocodiles.... GO Guaros De Lara!!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nevermind, they are playing the crocodiles&#8230;. GO Guaros De Lara!!!!</p>
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		<title>By: qdawg2003</title>
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		<dc:creator>qdawg2003</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:43:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Green Bay owns the image, Georgia licenses it and Grambling stole it.  Anybody else find it interesting that the G on Chavez&#039;s hat, while resembling UGA&#039;s G, symbolizes a team whose mascot is a crocodile?  The Reptiles are everywhere these days...just confirms Chavez is the devil.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Green Bay owns the image, Georgia licenses it and Grambling stole it.  Anybody else find it interesting that the G on Chavez&#8217;s hat, while resembling UGA&#8217;s G, symbolizes a team whose mascot is a crocodile?  The Reptiles are everywhere these days&#8230;just confirms Chavez is the devil.</p>
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