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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 12, 2012 -> 02:24 PM) At this point, "Wraps up" is a relative thing. Unless rMoney's margin of victory starts going up, it's going to take him to June to really get enough delegates in hand to actually call the thing "Wrapped up". It's almost impossible for him to lose, but this is delegates, and if he stops campaigning in the primary/stops spending millions of superpac dollars trashing his primary opponents in every state, then his opponents can go right back to narrowing the gap. He has to keep competing. Which means Boama gets re-elected in a landslide because there's not going to be any Rmoney left.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Mar 7, 2012 -> 11:52 AM) I am an Engineering Technician at the company I work for. We make small electric motors and are constantly having "Lean Manufacturing" crammed down our throats. We have so many "un-necessary" positions at our company that add huge amounts to our overall cost of goods. Of course we are a Union shop and it makes it kind of difficult to get rid of people so we are always looking for other ways to get rid of cost. The majority of our cost savings comes out of ways to make our machines put out more parts per hour. A huge part of that is reducing our setup time on our CNC machines. We have done that in many different ways. First, the company wanted every machine operator to be able to do their own setups. This really does not work. Some people take 2 hours to do a setup while another takes 20 minutes to do the same part. In instances like this we have changed job titles around so that only certain people can do setups. I would say we have reduced overall setup time by a half hour on average per job. We value our machine time around $65/hr so in a years time, that is a lot of money. Every engineer in the building is required once per year to come up with a "Green Belt" project, which is a principle of Six Sigma. These are just ways to cut cost and manufacture parts different to reduce scrap, etc... In my experience most of these type of projects look good on paper, but are hard to implement and usually get tossed aside. Overall, its a headache. I have many times come up with what I thought were good ideas that have been shot down. I tend to not let it bother me anymore so then when one does get implemented finally, I can feel good about it. Hmmm. Tulsa, and CNC machines. Which industry? I have a guess... and a guess of who you work for. I think we're in the same industry. I'm on a same project for our shop. I am basically at the same conclusion you are for our setups - now to just prove it to get our management to restructure things. (Gotta have the data, and I'm just at the beginning)...

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 6, 2012 -> 08:20 PM) This is terrible. Why? Follow the law, get the permit, and assemble your ass off. No problem, right?

I understand your viewpoint. I can respect that. It's kind of why I wanted to see what you all think. It's definitely a little webbier and intermingled junk involved in this one.

woah. so that's where my icon disappeared to.

QUOTE (Middle Buffalo @ Mar 6, 2012 -> 11:39 AM) Thanks. I put it in rice. The Chinese built it, and now they will fix it. Gotta love it.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 6, 2012 -> 04:48 PM) yeah that's where i started with it, and i don't think it's fake. I didn't even know that. I love it. That is totally awesome.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Mar 6, 2012 -> 05:24 PM) I guess its jaywalking? That type of crime is not one I believe people should lose their right to assemble over (like littering etc.) Assembling peacefully with the proper authorization is fine. Without it, it is a crime.

Fair enough. It's definitely not black and white, and the power brokers are different. I do have an issue, though, if you start saying "human rights" and everyone was hip to go into Libya based on that, then you have to do the same in Syria. Except it won't work that way. Interesting, though, that Israel bombed the nuclear site 4 years ago ... with not a whimper from Russia. It's probably what pissed off Putin to where he hates us again.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 5, 2012 -> 09:16 PM) Clearly, Boston and Atlanta. That's right... so they would have played Tampa (Boston) for one game? And in the NL Atlanta would have played St. Louis for one game?

Getting Gaged for a decade? That's a nice ring...

Is this in Indianapolis or Chicago this year?

I am not able to watch the game but based on what's posted here... when the Bulls play like the scoring indicates, they're one of the best for sure.

So has anyone gone back and looked at the standings on who would have made the playoffs under this year's system last year? Just curious...

If we went into Libya, why not Syria? Wondered what y'alls take is on this one. As for me, I'm pretty torn about this one. However, why justify Libya if not Syria? I mean we all know the (black gold) answer, right? Anyway, carry on, just wondered what some of you thought (Soxbadger, Balta, in particular).

I've gotten to the point where I can't stand Subway - the bread is all dried out and nasty. We don't have Pollo Loco up here I don't think but I liked it pretty good when we've stopped in places south of here.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Mar 2, 2012 -> 01:56 PM) Actually, the real story is Obama called Bush, asked him how he pulled off 9/11, and Bush gave him pointers on how to get Breitbart. I don't see why you don't understand this is fact.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 3, 2012 -> 09:11 AM) That would be this Krystal Ball . It's her real name. She ran for Congress under that name. Just in case you thought it was only Republican men guilty of classless misogyny. Something is really wrong with these people at a deep psychological level. One would hope this means that Ms. Kerns would need to start revising her resume. But why would she? This seems to be common discourse on what passes for the Right these days. Yes, yes, let's create the image that all "Republicans" are classless "misoginists" (sic). Politely, f*** off.

Dang. I had a big ol response and the dang computer lost it. Anyway, long story short, car bailouts, stimulus, excess government in everything, health care, drilling leases were in place before he got there, etc. does not equal moderate. Far from it.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 28, 2012 -> 09:46 PM) "too conservative" for what? You lost your mind when I referred to her as moderate. Sarcasm meter doesn't work? When you are on the same side of BHO's stated position on a policy 64% of the time, who isn't a moderate by the way despite the broad politic-blind paint brush you all keep painting him as, you're not even "moderate", you're liberal.

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Feb 28, 2012 -> 08:58 PM) She voted to Disapprove the raising of the debt limit. Against having millionaires pay a surtax to extend the payroll tax. Repeal the Health Care Act Pass the Ryan Budget Against the Dream Act In this congress, she voted with the Republican leadership 74% of the time. I may not be the greatest with math, but I'm pretty sure that's not 2/3. http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/s000663/ Let's see... 1) Her vote was irrelevant - political cover 2) Her vote was irrelevant - political cover 3) She voted for the damn thing in the first place 4) Oh wow. I better give her +1 for this one. 5) Oh, what else was attached to the dream act? IIRC Harry the Body had some sticky whicky s*** with the bill to allow for cover. It's okay, she's "too conservative" anyway.

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Feb 28, 2012 -> 08:48 PM) That's really rich. And not true at all. The first part is. That's no joke. The voting record is there, Mr. Rich.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 28, 2012 -> 08:09 PM) She was a moderate conservative who voted ® fairly reliably and held enough sway to tailor any compromise deals. Hopefully she'll be replaced by a Kucinich clone. Pass me some of that dope. She voted with Obama 2/3's of the time over the last three years... and before that, she was basically irrelevant.

Oh, and by the way, Balta, I would throw money at your Anti-Paul PAC. You and I actually agree on something? /faints.

Today is exactly why I f***ing hate with a passion Rmoney. The asshole and his own politcal operatives set up the Michigan open primary after the last election so he could get an easy win, and now, after NH's open primary (where he benefited or at least was left untouched by the fiasco), screams how "unfair" he's being treated? Rmoney's a spineless p****. Only Richard Perry would stoop about as low.