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...Alabama—Yeah, yeah, we get it, you had a great football team in the '70s. Doesn't make it your birthright to complain about the program at every opportunity until (if?) you win it again.  Also, how can you seriously play "Sweet Home Alabama" before the national anthem at football games...

Author: By Maxwell L. Child | Title: It Takes One To Know One: Reviewing GQ's "Douchiest College" List | 9/6/2009 | See Source »

...Alabama—Yeah, yeah, we get it, you had a great football team in the '70s. Doesn't make it your birthright to complain about the program at every opportunity until (if?) you win it again.  Also, how can you seriously play "Sweet Home Alabama" before the national anthem at football games...

Author: By Maxwell L. Child | Title: It Takes One To Know One: Reviewing GQ's "Douchiest College" List | 9/5/2009 | See Source »

...powers that in turn thrust heavier duties on his staff. She also notes that Alvarez actually cut his office's budget last year by almost 15% and that he helped build an $80 million reserve fund. Still, a Herald editorial called Alvarez's raises "irresponsible." Watchdogs like Valladares complain that Miami-Dade's bureaucracy, like so many local governments in this decade, got too bloated during the economic boom. The County Commission, for example, has a staff of more than 200 serving only 13 commissioners - and yet it still managed to screw up tasks like its oversight of Miami-Dade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behind Florida's Exodus: Rising Taxes, Political Ineptitude | 9/2/2009 | See Source »

...toward the central government. But despite the rubber-plantation and road projects, these three southernmost provinces have also turned into a giant militarized zone over the past couple years. Some 60,000 Thai military and police forces patrol the region, a troop surge that has frightened many locals who complain of arbitrary detentions and other abuses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Despite Outreach, Violence Is Up In Southern Thailand | 9/2/2009 | See Source »

...while Britons love to complain about the NHS, they remain fiercely protective of its existence. A "We Love the NHS" Twitter campaign has received thousands of messages of support, including one from Prime Minister Gordon Brown, whose eyesight was saved by doctors after a rugby accident as a young man. Conservative opposition leader David Cameron, whose disabled son died earlier this year, also confirmed his commitment to the service...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Moment: London | 8/31/2009 | See Source »

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