Recent content by Ryan99

I couldn't find such a tool on baseball-reference. Can you tell me where to go specifically?

I don't watch college football and don't do my own analysis of draft prospects. Just from watching NFL games it seems like a significant portion of getting open for a receiver is just being in the right place at the right time. Knowing when to "sit down" in a zone and making the same hot read...

But people are seeking jobs, that's why unemployment is at 8%. The way the US counts unemployment does not include people who have given up looking for jobs or are underemployed, so actual unemployment is much higher than 8%. If people are unemployed by choice and there are jobs out there for...

All innovations are extensions of existing technology. To think nothing was invented because "smart phones are just fancy regular phones" is pretty ignorant.

What about it is "not at all American"? And what specifically concerns you? It sounds like you think "American" means 55% voter turnout for the presidential elections and 35% turnout for midterm elections. The reality is certain groups benefit by other groups having low voter turnout and push...

Are you worried about more people voting or do you just not want to incur the expense? If it's the latter you can have a penalty for not voting instead of a check for voting. More people voting is always a positive. The country would be much better off if the demographics of voters more...

Not a major problem but one with an easy fix is the electoral college. It disenfranchises something like 90% of the electorate. Interstate compact to assign all votes to the winner of the popular vote would end it.Also low voter turnout is a problem. Or more accurately disproportionate...

They're more beholden to their old job because their old (and likely future job when they leave government) made them $100 million and their job in the government made them $500,000.

You have to balance representatives not serving their constituents because they aren't eligible for reelection and not serving their constituents because they spend all their time campaigning. I personally believe the latter to be a much bigger problem. Do presidents or other term limited...

I think this would backfire. What would happen, with this group of people that doesn't know what they're doing, is the actual decisions would get made by another group that does know what it's doing (similar to what happens now with ALEC and people like that). But it would be even worse than...

The problem with not having term limits is that the most important thing is getting reelected, not governing. Politicians have figured out that campaigning and running ads is much more correlated with getting reelected than governing well is, so that's what they do with their time. Sure...

Seconded.Money controlling politics is a problem but not the fundamental problem. The reason there is so much money in politics is because there's a huge payoff if you win. Anytime you have a system that distributes trillions of dollars it's going to be in people's best interest to pay a lot...

I think we're seeing a once-in-a-generation infusion of elite QB talent into the NFL. I don't think this is the future of QBs in the NFL because I don't think these guys are "ordinary" talent that we'll continue seeing. RG3 is Michael Vick but he's humble, a good learner and he can throw. Cam...

"God believes in the impossible, like God for instance" - Ray Lewis

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