Young Guns #7: Ivy League Sports
Blue Yeti ·
Nov 18, 2011 at 4:52pm
Ricochet guest contributor Ben Domenech sits in this week as the Young Guns marvel at Keith's cool, hockey loving wife, wonder whether or not the occupiers are ruining their generation's rep, marvel at Newt's unexpected surge, explain the finer points of Tebowing, and reveal the location of Ben's secret Tumblr.
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Dec '10
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I tried to find the old comedy song "The Aroma of Tacoma" for you, Troy, but all youtube could dredge up was people smoking pot and rapping.
Edited on Nov 18, 2011 at 5:08pmDec '10
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Young Guns, with Gen 0 (or whatever they're called) running up against a reality that is far inferior to expectations does it hint at a bubble of the American Dream? Has it been oversold? Is it inflated like the housing market was?
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I apologize for eating my microphone at the end.
Sep '10
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Tastes like chicken. Which tastes nothing like cat.
Aug '10
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Tastes like chicken. Which tastes nothing like cat. · Nov 18 at 7:39pm
Cat, like most mammalian predators, tastes like liver.
Edited on Nov 18, 2011 at 8:40pmOct '11
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King P, what I think is strange about the American Dream is that it's like R&B music: it means something different to everyone. According to The-Internet-Source-That-Won't-Be-Named, the original term came from James Adams' Epic of America:
I feel like when people talk about the American Dream these days, they talk about it like it's the board game "LIFE" - you go to college, get a job, get married, buy a house, raise kids, and retire with a lot of money (business idea for OWSers: make a 2011 Edition of LIFE with increased loans, decreased employment options, updated entitlements upon retirement, and marriage "flexibility"; house prices and salaries can stay the same).
Maybe the first step is to start looking at the American Dream in Adams' terms again. By that measure things are still alright.
Dec '10
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QuickerBrownFox: According to The-Internet-Source-That-Won't-Be-Named, the original term came from James Adams' Epic of America:
I feel like when people talk about the American Dream these days, they talk about it like it's the board game "LIFE" - you go to college, get a job, get married, buy a house, raise kids, and retire with a lot of money (business idea for OWSers: make a 2011 Edition of LIFE with increased loans, decreased employment options, updated entitlements upon retirement, and marriage "flexibility"; house prices and salaries can stay the same).
Maybe the first step is to start looking at the American Dream in Adams' terms again. By that measure things are still alright. · Nov 18 at 10:49pm
Beautifully stated.
May '10
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QuickerBrownFox: King P, what I think is strange about the American Dream is that it's like R&B music: it means something ...I feel like when people talk about the American Dream these days, they talk about it like it's the board game "LIFE" - you go to college, get a job, get married, buy a house, raise kids, and retire with a lot of money (business idea for OWSers: make a 2011 Edition of LIFE with increased loans, decreased employment options, updated entitlements upon retirement, and marriage "flexibility"; house prices and salaries can stay the same).
Maybe the first step is to start looking at the American Dream in Adams' terms again. By that measure things are still alright. · Nov 18 at 10:49pm
Loved your reference to LIFE, brings back memories of those Cadillac car pieces to move around the board; and the occasional lost child from its back seat.
Oct '11
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great pod...thanks
Apr '11
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Keith and Ben - Thanks for the recommendation of the Bonhoeffer book. I'm looking for a good WWII-era book to add to my high school daughter's reading list for next semester, and this looks like it might fit the bill. I can't wait to get started!
Oct '10
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I came across this about 2 years ago. The fact that it resonated with me probably means he was preaching to the choir. In second grade, I confronted my dad about why I didn't get paid for my report card when my grades were better than my friends' grades. He asked me if I liked learning and getting good grades (yes). Then he told me he was not going to pay me for good grades because as soon he paid me for something I did for myself I would stop liking it. It stuck with me. Take it or leave it but it's this message of accountability in the video that I think many our age have never heard.The part of the speech from 2:54 on is the alarm on my phone that wakes me up in the morning.
May '10
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I used to be a regular NPR listener, then I stopped. Recently, a kaput iPod made me return briefly. The hiatus made it clear what had always bugged me about NPR: they are so narrow-minded. Their list of topics and concerns is tiny, really, and they seem ignorant of a whole world of American culture and lifestyle which is important to me.
This latest Young Guns podcast is quite the opposite. I knew it the moment one of you dropped a passing reference to "Footprints in the Sand." Yes! If you had said that on All Things Considered, Robert Siegel would have responded with a "whaaaa?"
Thank you.