Posted on February 24 at 12:06 a.m.Suggest removal

I'm pretty sure WWII had a little event called the Holocaust that killed over 6 million Jews. So how was that war not about religion?

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Posted on February 10 at 3:33 p.m.Suggest removal

I see this new law as a way for people (corporations) with an unlimited bank roll to spend millions on ad campaigns to hurt or support a candidate that will benefit their special interests. So, will this law take away a citizen's right to vote? No, it won't. But will this law exacerbate problems we already have such as "paying for votes" and "swift boating"? Yes, I think it will. It's my opinion that my vote will not matter as much, especially in primary elections.

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Posted on February 9 at 10:47 p.m.Suggest removal

I think this is a great idea. Though, I find it ironic that the people who were so up in arms about the "f-word" column don't seem to have noticed another sex column in the Life and Arts section. I guess heterosexual sex columns are okay to have in a college newspaper, but not homosexual columns.

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Posted on February 9 at 2:49 p.m.Suggest removal

As the CEO of my own corporation, I would like to spend a million dollars endorsing a candidate who believes we should murder children.

Obviously this is an over the top example and I'm not a CEO, but someone could actually do this because of the Supreme Court ruling allowing corporations to give unlimited amounts of money to their candidate of choice. Extremely radical candidates can now become lawmakers.

The notion that no one knows whether the founding fathers meant the first amendment to apply to corporations or not is stupid. There were no corporations in the late-1700s as they exist now, so there's no way they could have had the foresight to envision a company like Halliburton ever existing and being able to put a "drill baby drill" candidate into office. That's like saying the founding fathers had the foresight to envision citizens owning assault rifles when they wrote the second amendment.

Say goodbye to democracy, because this new ruling effectively makes citizens' votes worthless.

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Posted on February 5 at 11:07 a.m.Suggest removal

I particularly enjoyed the statement by McDonnell that the U.S. has many natural resources and that we should use them all. Yes McDonnell, let's rape and pillage the Earth. What a crackpot!

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Posted on February 4 at 10:01 a.m.Suggest removal

I want to see the actual statistical evidence showing that Greek students have a higher GPA than non-greek students at OU. And I assure you that if this is true at OU, it is certainly not the norm on a national level.

I also enjoyed the comments on the original article saying that they are philanthropists, but only because their fraternity requires them to be. So if they weren't part of a fraternity, would they still volunteer out of the goodness of their hearts? I doubt it.

I have to agree with ston9794 about the social advantages due to money. Has anyone else noticed that almost all the cars parked on Delta Drive are BMW's, Mercedes Benz, Cadillac, or pimped out trucks? You don't see any beaters parked there, that's for sure. To further support this observation, note that one of the author's above noted some members of fraternities like former presidents and actors. These people all had rich parents before they went to college! With the exception of Martin Luther King Jr., who probably wouldn't have even been accepted to OU because he was black.

Nice try Animal House gang, but sadly you will never be as cool as the guys in that movie.

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Posted on February 4 at 9:37 a.m.Suggest removal

I love that a "hideous side effect of sex" is children. You can probably get tons of cheap condoms from Goddard Health Center for practically nothing. Also, you can go to the store and buy them. Or you can suck it up and get the free ones that are being handed out. Don't worry, no one actually thinks you'll be getting any anyway.

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Posted on February 3 at 10:49 a.m.Suggest removal

In case you didn't notice, christopherpoole, but this is the internet.

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Posted on February 3 at 10:46 a.m.Suggest removal

Although I agree with the sentiments of this editorial, I think there are some misstatements being made that need to be corrected. First of all, I think this vastly underestimates the power of the college student vote. College students were the force that made President Obama's election possible, though perhaps this same force isn't as apparent in state elections. However, to say students are apathetic is simply not true.

Secondly, I think a lot of college students are interested in health care, because they have pre-existing conditions or know someone like a parent or grandparent with health problems that may not be covered by insurance.

Finally, we are officially out of the recession with a 6 percent growth in our GDP last quarter, though I agree that increased spending would help to ensure we stay out of a recession.

How about some fact checking next time?

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Posted on February 3 at 10:34 a.m.Suggest removal

Great column! I'm glad the Daily fired those hacks from last year (or they graduated) who only talked about abortion and creationism, because this is so much more fun to read. I agree with the author, don't buy your friends and put down that popped collar, because you look like an idiot. Now there needs to be a column bashing sorority girls for wearing Ugg boots with those stupid Nike shorts.

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