NUKE_CLEVELAND

If the Democrats REALLY wanted to win big this fall they would do the following. They would simply promise to take away every last dollar of subsidies from the oil industry and split the proceeds to fund research into alternative fuels and lowering the federal gasoline tax. I might even vote for a Democrat who ran on such a campaign theme.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 23, 2006 -> 02:49 PM) The rail system, for freight purposes, is already in renaissance. The rail companies have been growing like wildfire. But they aren't profitable enough to stake huge amounts of money in adding tons of new rail, or major upgrades to high speed stuff. So does the gov't foot that bill? It might not be a bad investment. But it is a lot of money. I still think this country can have a successful passenger rail system at a national level. Amtrak puzzles me, always has. The freight companies are doing awesome these days. I read last week where Union Pacific reported its best quarterly profit ever. They are benefitting from a massive increase in shipments due to the booming economy and their fuel costs are not an issue because they simply can pass them on to their customers in the form of a fuel surcharge. That all being said, they have no vested interest in adding infrastructure to accomodate an unprofitable passenger rail system. They'd rather just let Amtrack and the commuter lines pay them rent for the usage of their existing tracks and leave it that.

QUOTE(EvilMonkey @ Apr 23, 2006 -> 08:58 PM) What's next? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england...don/4926114.stm For the bold part, just what other considerations were made? Were the toilets positioned so that Catholics don't crap while facing the Vatican? Or were they made silent so as not to bother the Scientologists? What the hell is next? Im so sick of these people whining about their religion. The way they act you'd think that a muslim's s*** doesn't stink. f***ing spare me. They want to plot terrorism and commit crimes but god forbid their toilets dont face the right way.

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Apr 23, 2006 -> 10:37 PM) This guy still hasn't been banned? No s*** dude. Great way to start off on a message board, implying that MB could be a drug user. :rolly Methinks the bannage monster is getting ready to stomp all over this dude.

SWEEPAGE!!!!!! EAT s*** TWINKIES. GO BACK WHERE YOU CAME FROM AND FIND SOMEONE WHO YOU CAN COMPETE WITH. ITS CLEARLY MEN AGAINST BOYS WHEN WE PLAY YOU!!! GIMMIE A HELL YEAH!!!!!!!

EAT s*** TWINKIES!!!!!!!!!!!! You are a threat to us no f***ing longer b****es. Garcia gets it back together. Thome launches another one!!!!!!! Dye f***ing rules too!!! GOING FOR THE MAD SWEEPAGE TOMORROW!!!!!! GIMMIE A HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NICE JOB HUNTER!!! Way to do the bat flip when you hit one just short of the warning track. LMFAO!!!!!!

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Apr 22, 2006 -> 07:20 PM) The punchline to that joke still hasnt landed from Hafner.

QUOTE(SnB @ Apr 22, 2006 -> 07:20 PM) if you think of boone logan as a joke, then it's easier to take. If it is a joke it aint that funny.

Much better performance for Freddy. He needs to work on his velocity though.

Inning over. Not too bad. I say let Fred go one more.

QUOTE(CYGarland @ Apr 22, 2006 -> 06:40 PM) They looked pretty Good during the playoffs if my memory serves correctly The pitching is what won it for us. The offense did just enough.

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Apr 21, 2006 -> 02:00 PM) After voyager I think everyone is bored of Star Trek. I was bored with Star Trek after watching Wrath of Kahn. LOL!

This is everybody's favorite hot topic these days so I wanted some feedback from the Soxtalkers. Personally, my little Stratus costs about $35-40 to fill up and gets me as much as 375-400 miles to a tank on the highway. I just kind of roll my eyes when I look at what I just shelled out for gas ( it helps that I get 5% back from mastercard on gas purchases) but I know some people are pinched hardcore by all this. Your thoughts?

QUOTE(Cknolls @ Apr 21, 2006 -> 01:45 PM) http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,192640,00.html A start indeed. That guy should be brought up on charges and tossed in the slam.

QUOTE(Controlled Chaos @ Apr 21, 2006 -> 08:54 AM) DUDE!!! Thats f***ing priceless!!!! hahahahahaha

I know its your b-day and all but that doesn't mean you get to crash the boards to celebrate alright. LOL Have a good one bro!!!

EAT s*** MINNY!!!!!!!!!! YOU SHOULD KNOW BY NOW THAT WE'RE RUNNING s*** IN THIS DIVISION. WE'RE GONNA HAND YOU 2 MORE LOSSES AND SEND YOU HOME TO MOMMY WITH TEARS IN YOUR EYES!!!!! JIM f***IN THOME = BEAST!!!!! MB = MASTER!!!! GIMMIE A HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!!

QUOTE(Texsox @ Apr 20, 2006 -> 12:56 PM) We can match that up legally, and not spend billions annually on a fence and it's maintenance. The problem, if we should even call it that, is we have more jobs than people to work them. We issue thousands and thousands of H1B tech Visas every year. When Microsoft needs progammers, they lobby Washington and more Visas are planned. When the local farmer needs 900 people to pick and pack his crop for 2 months, he doesn't have that pull in Washington. He winds up employing workers without documentation at worst, or with fake documentation at the almost worst. At the core, needing workers and not having them has fueled this problem. Employers aren't creating jobs for illegals. This isn't some charity thing. Let's address the issue of importing workers when we need them in a controlled and safe manner. When that happens, we won't need a fence. The fact that we have to import people in here to work high tech jobs is our own fault and the fault of our crappy education system. Tex we totally agree on the need for a guest worker system. Got it. But there are still going to be people who try to get in here illegally and that is what has to be addressed.

You guys are splitting hairs here. I think its safe to say that Bonds and Rose are equal in terms of whos the bigger s***bag.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Apr 20, 2006 -> 12:50 PM) I know there is more going on in Iraq, but that total is for two wars, not just Iraq FWIW. Now that I think about it, didn't they roll in Katrina relief money with the latest supplemental bill?

QUOTE(Texsox @ Apr 20, 2006 -> 12:48 PM) If we are going to spend billions of dollars on securing our borders, let's spend it on securing the freight that comes in here. On one side is the economic pressure to clear containers as quickly as possible and on the other is the security concerns of not being able to physically check each and every container. Perhaps the threat of a WMD getting smuggled in should be a higher concern than an illiterate farm worker trying to feed his family by sneaking into the country. Nobody ever said that we didn't need to do more about cargo containers. So instead of slicing off a handful of F-22's how about 2 handfuls of F-22's and we can do both.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Apr 20, 2006 -> 12:31 PM) People from invading our country? Wouldn't it be better to come up with a policy that matches the employer with the worker who is invading? You act like we have armies at our border. We have poor huddled masses looking for jobs and across the river are employers willing to hire them. To keep that from happening, we need to spend billions on dollars. HELLO TEX. Thats what we're trying to do is match employers with people and do it LEGALLY. I never said the fence is a cure-all but match that up with cracking down on companies who hire them and thats a powerful 1-2 punch to fight the problem.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Apr 20, 2006 -> 12:45 PM) Congress. Gotcha. I guess Im a little behind the power curve.

You could sum up this thread in just a few short words. THEY SUCK...........WE RULE Nuff said.