fightingsioux4life

I know, I was backing you up because it happened to me on Sunday. And I (like you) are concerned that this team is not consistent enough to make a run at #8.

I have taken some shots on this topic as well. Like I have said before, if you want to call me out on something, just do it. Don't make snide comments.

I was afraid of that.

If that's a shot at me, please don't speak in semantics. Just come out and say it.

Well, I was a both games this weekend and I think scpa0305 makes some good points.

I am not comparing national debt to personal debt. I just think it's amusing that some of the same people that kick and scream about "letting me keep more of what I earn" and "I do a better job of managing my money than the government" also have credit card debt problems and have creditors calling them day and night. I guess you haven't seen the statistics about how addicted millions of Americans are to the cheap and easy credit that is available to them. Anyway, we are part of the national debt problem. We want to cut government spending.....until it impacts one of our cute little pet projects. Then we kick and scream about how wrong it is to cut that program. Like it or not, we are mirror images of the government we elect (and I am talking local, state and federal). To change the latter, we must also change the former. We must become an investment and savings society, not a spending and consumer society.

This is pure hooey. If the oil is there, the oil companies will remain in the state to get it out of the ground so they can sell it. And you can forget all this fear-mongering about the price of oil dropping to unprofitable levels anytime soon. Every time a big oil refinery has a leak in a hose, they shut it down for two weeks and the price of gas at the pump rises 50 cents per gallon. And with increasing demand worldwide (China, India, ect.), there will be no surplus of oil on the world market anytime soon. My advice to everyone is get the most fuel-efficient vehicles you can from now on, because that is the only way you will save money on fuel. The bottom line is this: Lowering the oil extraction tax won't change the behavior of oil companies in western North Dakota in terms of what they pump out of the ground. But it will take money out of the hands of the State of North Dakota, resources that could be used to mitigate the negative impacts of the oil boom in the west (damage to infrastructure, inadequate roads and highways, overcrowded schools and hospitals), add to our reserve funds for possible hard times in the future (drought, floods) and play catch-up on deferred maintenance projects that we couldn't afford in the past. This is, in short, a big tax giveaway to oil companies that can serve no logical purpose other than to thank them for their generous contributions to the campaign accounts of certain politicians in the state of North Dakota. I don't have to name names, I think we can guess who these people are. Further proof that monopolies don't work in business and they don't work in government. And on that sour note, have a good Sunday.

The current epidemic of credit card debt in this country today suggests otherwise.

This is my main concern about this team. It's March, we are fighting for playoff positioning and we lost one precious point to Bemidji at home. We better hope that the Beavers can pull off a one or two point weekend vs. Minnesota next week. It could happen, but I am not counting on it.

He is just pointing out that struggling to tie Bemidji State at home is unacceptable at this point in the season. Calling a spade a spade doesn't mean you "aren't a real fan". Honestly, the "ducky and bunny, sunshine and smiles" syndrome that has infected our hockey (and football) programs is sickening.

And people were giving Minnesota the WCHA and NCAA titles back in January because they had "the greatest goaltender in the world" and "we don't match up well with them" and blah, blah, blah. Sure, they are a top 3 team in the league this year, but they long ago shed their invincibility.

It was Denver. I was at the ND State Hockey Tournament that Saturday night and I was in the hospitality room in the loft of the old Ralph. They used to have someone at the bottom of the stairs with a radio and a chalkboard with out-of-town scores of interest on it that he kept up-to-date. I also remember the Sioux women's BB team losing to NDSU that night. It wasn't a good night at all. But we all know where both of those teams ended the year.....ON TOP!!!

I agree with you on this. You simply have to beat teams like this at home. Ties aren't good enough. Losses are unacceptable. Bemidji State is a bad team this year. If their system works so well, how come they don't win more games? Because they are a bad hockey team and should have been swept this weekend in one of the toughest places for visiting teams to play. We were outworked and outplayed in the overtime period and should have lost. And yes, I know we had that flurry right before the horn went off, but before that, we were getting worked in the D zone and should thank God over and over that we didn't give up a goal. Next weekend we are on the road against a much better team (Minnesota State) and if we aren't on top of our game, we risk sliding down to 5th or 6th place and having a much tougher road to St. Paul and beyond.

Please don't get me started on that.

We play whomever we play in the first round. If we can't beat them at home in the first round, we don't deserve to go to St. Paul. Personally, I am not worried about it.

I was there. It was brutally cold and windy that day. I stuck it out until the end, but it was not easy.

I was there as well. Great turnout by the fans, beautiful night for a game next to Lake Bemidji and the butt-kicking was fun too! Of course, 1995 started out with excitement and expectations for our team. We had been to the national semifinals back to back years and we were all excited with the prospect of taking the next step as a program. If we can get back to those expectations and excitement level with the program, we'll see more people at the Alerus Center and more people travel for road games.

Congratulations to everyone that helped raise the money and to those that contributed!

Okay, let's keep politics out of it or else this thread will get shut down and I don't want that to happen. I guess I don't want the UND sports media to become tools of UND public relations. If that happens, I'll have to come here for all my sports info needs.

There was an initiated measure in 2008 that would have cut corporate and individual income taxes. It was voted down big-time.

Okay, then please explain to me how Alaska has higher oil taxes than we have and it hasn't hurt their economy at all. They have no income tax and each of their residents gets a royalty check from all the oil tax proceeds. Granted, they have fewer people and, thus, fewer needs to fund, but as long as there is oil in North Dakota, the oil companies are not going anywhere. I think North Dakota should pass a constitutional amendment to make it legal to pay out royalties to North Dakota residents. But I suppose you wouldn't like that, would you? As for "letting them keep what they worked hard to earn", how about all the negative impacts on the people that live here that have resulted from the oil boom? Should we just pay for it out of our tax dollars so that the oil executives can keep more of "what they worked hard to earn"? Apparently, you think so. I do not. And a lot of the oil money is NOT staying in North Dakota, it is going out of state to the families of the oil workers, many of whom are here because they can't find work at home. So please explain to me how that helps North Dakota? Based on your comments here, why don't we just lower the tax to ZERO and let them keep ALL of it, while we subsidize the expenses and the disruptions they are causing? In my book, that is pure corporate welfare, which this Legislature thinks is the solution to every problem. I personally consider it the fleecing of North Dakota. But to each their own.

Fargo needs comprehensive flood protection. Just building dikes will not work in Fargo, the topography is much different there. No matter what is proposed, somebody is going to kick and scream about how "unfair" and "wrong" it is. A lot of people would rather nothing be done so they aren't bothered by it. Grand Forks had to fight against crap like this during the 1999 session, so this doesn't surprise me. Instead of passing Carlson's beloved oil extraction tax cut, we should leave the tax alone and use the oil money to pay for a Fargo diversion with state money and tell the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to take a hike. We could sell bonds to pay for it. Interest rates are very low right now and we could pay it off gradually year by year. Maybe this is something the citizens can put on the ballot (before the Legislature gets around to abolishing the referral and initiative process altogether). You can bet one thing: If Fargo floods and the devestation is as bad, or worse, than what Grand Forks endured in 1997, the Legislature will immediately come out and say "We can't afford to help Fargo with anything", while they pass more tax cuts for out-of-state corporations. If it wasn't so serious of a topic, it would be funny.

Anyone think Dalrymple has the grapefruits to veto this piece of crap bill?

Four points and a stick salute are a must!

That's right, in the PWR, this game is counted as a tie.