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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,191315,00.html So I guess they didn't do it huh? I wonder how long its going to be before this stripper recants her bulls*** story.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Apr 10, 2006 -> 01:51 PM) Anyone who pronounces a team dead only 6 games into the season is either an idiot or dillusional. ^^^^^^ They can all eat s*** and die as far as Im concerned.

EAT s*** TIGERS!!!! The biggest baddest .500 team ever assembled cant compete with us. Not yesterday, not now and defenitely not tomorrow. GIMMIE A HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!!

Thread title speaks for itself. Its going to be a kickass season all the way around people.

QUOTE(Controlled Chaos @ Apr 10, 2006 -> 09:47 AM) France surrenders. France scraps youth job law By Matthew Bigg 11 minutes ago PARIS (Reuters) - French President Jacques Chirac scrapped a youth job law on Monday after weeks of angry unrest, in a climbdown that undermined his prime minister and handed protesters victory. Chirac's decision was a personal blow to Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, who had championed the First Job Contract (CPE) as a vital job-creating reform of the French economy but had seen his popularity slump as mass opposition grew. The government U-turn over the CPE makes it unlikely France will attempt broader reform of its highly-regulated labor market before 2007, some economists said. Villepin said in a television address he regretted that the strikes and street protests showed the CPE could not be applied but gave no hints about his own political future, on the line over his handling of the dispute. "The necessary conditions of confidence and calm are not there, either among young people, or companies, to allow the application of the First Job Contract," Villepin said, adding he would open talks with unions on youth employment. A protest march in Paris planned for Tuesday should show whether student anger over the contract has abated. In one sign student protests could be dwindling, the education ministry said only five universities were closed or disrupted by strikes and 30 others functioned normally. Villepin had said the CPE would reduce youth unemployment of 22 percent. Lack of jobs is the country's number one political issue and a major reason for weeks of rioting in poor suburbs late last year. The "easy hire, easy fire" CPE would have allowed firms to sack workers under 26 without giving a reason during a two-year trial period. The prime minister's poll ratings plunged as opposition to the measure mounted, damaging his chances of becoming the ruling UMP party's candidate for president in elections in 2007. "The president ... has decided to replace article 8 of the equal opportunities law with measures to help disadvantaged young people find work," the presidency said in a statement. A DROP OF CHAMPAGNE Chirac and Villepin were careful to say that the CPE, part of a wider law on equal opportunities, was being "replaced" rather than repealed. Unions who had opposed the measure, arguing it would create insecurity for young workers, declared victory. "Perhaps we will drink a drop of champagne. This is an undeniable victory for a social movement," said Gerard Aschieri, secretary of the FSU union. "The CPE is dead and buried. That means the goal of securing the withdrawal of the CPE has been achieved," said Jean-Claude Mailly, secretary general of Force Ouvriere union. "The question is whether this has signed away the possibility of reform in the longer term," said David Naude, economist at Deutsche Bank. The new measures include increased financial incentives to employers to hire people under 26 who face the most difficulties in getting access to the labor market, Employment Minister Jean-Louis Borloo said in an interview with Le Monde newspaper. That would apply to approximately 159,000 young people currently hired under government-subsidized job contracts and the cost to the government would be around 150 million euros ($180 million) in the second half of 2006, Borloo said. The new measures, financed by an increase in tax on tobacco, could be introduced in parliament as early as Tuesday, said a senior UMP deputy. Marchers vilified the prime minister and his rival for the UMP presidential candidacy, Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, but analysts said Monday's decision was especially damaging for Villepin. Chirac is not expected to run in the 2007 election. "The presidential hopeful Villepin is practically dead, the prime minister Villepin is in big difficulty," said Christophe Barbier of the L'Express magazine. "Villepin the man, as we have seen, seems quite hurt, worn out." The opposition Socialist Party has yet to name its candidate for the 2007 elections and has failed to translate popular anger at the right-wing UMP into solid gains in opinion polls. Once again, French policy is decided in the street rather than in the halls of government. What a bunch of gutless, spineless cowards they have "running" things over there.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Apr 9, 2006 -> 05:57 PM) The idea of a quick, easy, $1.7 billion war in Iraq was equally idiotic. And look where we are now. Your biggest worry should be none of Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, etc. Your biggest worry is the Straits of Hormuz. The Iranians have some decent anti-ship missiles, one of which they just tested. You sink 1 ship in the straits of Hormuz, and suddenly Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Iran all suddenly lose the ability to export oil. I really don't know which prospect is uglier, a nuclear armed Iran ( which by the way is cozy with Al Quada ) or an all out war which would engulf the entire Middle East. I really hope Iran backs off but something tells me this is going to get far worse before it gets any better.

QUOTE(Cerbaho-WG @ Apr 9, 2006 -> 11:35 AM) I want to ask a legitimate question here: have you ever been in France for more than an hour at a time? If not, I find it kind of odd how you paint broad strokes without knowing a damn thing about their entire population other than, "LOL FRANCE IS GONNA HAVE TO SURRENDER THEIR WORKER'S RIGHTS, AM I RITE?!?!?!" I sincerely doubt you've spent enough time in any part of France, let alone read enough, to get an ample gauge of any part of their society. I have never set foot on French soil and I really have no desire to go there either. I dont see how that precludes me from commenting on their failing economic system and the French people's selfish resistance to change. Id rather sit back and watch the spoiled brats and islamic immigrants tear the place apart. Maybe then a politician who recognizes the problem and has the guts to effect change will take over and they will take genuine steps forward.

IT's about f***ing time!!!!! EAT s*** ROYALS!!!!!

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Apr 6, 2006 -> 10:13 AM) They should nail his nuts to the floor. And then set him on fire. His worthless attorney is trying to link his child perversion to depression. Talk about not being in the same ballpark. ^^^^^^ Im in favor of a 12 gage vasectomy but that'll do nicely. I despise people who prey on children.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Apr 6, 2006 -> 10:41 AM) According to the APthis morning...it may or may not be too late...the police have finished their investigation and given their information to a federal prosecutor. That prosecutor now has to decide whether there's enough information to head to a grand jury. Even if there is an apology, she should probably go to court anyway...and she should probably face an ethics charge in the House ethics committee too, but of course, that thing has been completely shut down. Yeah. Let someone like you or me try slugging a cop and see if you can get by with saying your sorry..........after you accuse him of being a racist and god knows what else. This arrogant b**** needs to have charges brought against her and be tossed from the House.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Apr 7, 2006 -> 07:36 AM) Really hasn't been a good time for a youth in the past few months in France has it. Fact of the matter is, French youth are a bunch of spoiled brats. Every last one of em. The French economy simply can't afford to hand out all these goodies and perks to them anymore. The youth over there are starting to realize that they are going to have to start paying their own freight and they don't like it.

QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Apr 7, 2006 -> 03:25 PM) So, a girl asks a former Democrat President if she should be a Democrat or Republican and you're shocked that he says "be a Democrat?" God forbid he give an objective answer. :rolly This doesn't surprise me though as asking Jimmy Carter, one of the most ridiculed Presidents in history and doormat for the Conservative revolution, to be objective is like asking Pat Robertson to come out in favor of kiddie porn.

QUOTE(Soxy @ Apr 8, 2006 -> 09:14 AM) Interesting. . . From the article: As angry aldermen lambasted the head of the company that sold Chicago new, controversial voting machinery, Ald. Edward Burke (14th) suggested Friday that the hardware could be part of a Venezuelan conspiracy to subvert American elections. Senility is a bad thing.

Worry now? Not a chance. If we're struggling like this on Memorial Day then it's time to worry.

There a chat going on?

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 5, 2006 -> 09:03 AM) Most of the data you show here is for retention. The unemployment rate for young people in France is something like 25%, according to newscasts I have seen, so this isn't about retention - its about increasing jobs. Employers will take chances if they need staff, and lowering the risk bar will assist in more people being hired. Seems pretty logical to me. These kids are rioting against their own best interests, AND employers' best interests AND government's best interests. Its bizarre. Its illogical. Its French. They will lose this battle. The law will pass with some modification because it has to. The French cannot sustain their Socialist state much longer as their unemployment remains very high and their economy falls further and further behind their counterparts on the continent.

She needs to be charged and punished. Cut and dried. Members of Congress are not above the law.........no matter what color they are.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Apr 4, 2006 -> 03:15 PM) Well, I will say this...if I was able to start off as a grad student and not have to worry about finding another position the rest of my life...I'd probably riot to protect that too. They talked at length about their labor laws on CNBC and Fox today and they brought up some interesting points. Basically France is struggling to hold up the weight of all it's socialist benefits it gives everyone and employers wont hire anyone because they know they'll be stuck with them for life. The French government recognizes this and thats why the laws but since they are totally dead in the water the mobs in the street rule the day and you get what you have here and what happened back in October. Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch if you ask me.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,190458,00.html As I understand it from watching the news all day, the laws in France say that you can't be fired from your job, even for cause. This new law supposedly would enable employers to fire people under 26 after a year or 2 for whatever reason. Can you imagine such a thing? You get a job in France and its yours as long as you want it. Even if you get caught stealing or business goes bad the employer can't let you go.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 2, 2006 -> 11:28 AM) I am really, really surprised that mortgage banks are not requiring it in CA, as well as anywhere else in an earthquake-heavy area (along the Pacific coast, in the New Madrid region, the Upper Hudson valley, etc.). I had it when I lived in Memphis, because of New Madrid. I checked, at that time, with my homeowner's insurance company (USAA), and they made it clear that the earthquake rider covered any damage resulting from a quake, even if the damaging element wasn't the quake itself (i.e. mudslides from the quake, etc.). That is the key to an earthquake rider. If you get that rider, make sure it will cover the entire cascade of earthquake-caused events, not just the earth opening up. That is where the "scams" come into play - that technicality. That happened with Katrina - hurricane insurance didn't necessarily cover flooding, even if caused by a hurricane. USAA is a really good insurer (and not for-profit, they are a co-op), though, so I'm a bit spoiled. But I highly recommend to everyone that if you have a particular high-risk event in your area, that you check the exact conditions for payment. USAA is a really awesome company to deal with. I have my car insurance with them, car loan and I will possibly be taking out a mortgage with them this summer. I cant say enough good things about them.

Thome f***ing rocks. Paying immediate dividends just f***ing rocks also. Welcome to Chicago Jim!!!

QUOTE(nitetrain8601 @ Apr 3, 2006 -> 12:13 AM) HELL f***IN YEAH! EAT s*** INJUNS NUKE CLEVELAND! ^^^^ GIMMIE A HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GET USED TO LOSING INJUNS...........YOU'RE GOING TO DO PLENTY OF IT THANKS TO US!!!!! EAT s*** TRIBE!!!!

CC.......WHAT A f***ING PUSSY!!!!! Someone tell him that Old Country Buffet closed an hour ago.

Greg the Bull leads off with a good one in chat.

Mark with a couple of nice 1-2-3 innings............lets get some offense going now!!!