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Well the good news is the eye is supposed to be east of here. I just hope this thing doesn't get any funny ideas to go 50 miles west then the projection, or we're screwed here. They have "Inland Tropical Storm Warnings" here... bizarre.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 11, 2008 -> 05:03 PM) So does it bother anyone else that there is still a gigantic empty hole sitting in the middle of New York City? Why is that? I haven't really kept up. See, now I'm derailing it again.

It will be a day I never forget - for many reasons.

QUOTE (Steff @ Sep 10, 2008 -> 10:29 PM) And it's still almost 900 miles from you. Hehe, yea, that's for when it's supposed to be here.

QUOTE (Steff @ Sep 10, 2008 -> 10:27 PM) Excellent tracking site. http://www.stormpulse.com/hurricane-ike-2008 Houston & Galveston are screwed. That is cool... That damn thing is taking a duck hook right at Houston right now. Ouch.

Wow. Sounds like we're in for a tumbler night... that's for Dallas/Fort Worth.

Ok, I'm the king of snark and Kaperbole ™, but can we please stop now? It's getting almost unbearable reading in here now - everyone is getting so petty, and it's not just this thread, it's pretty much this whole damn forum. If you've noticed, even I've stopped the over the top stuff because honestly, I'm annoying myself.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Sep 10, 2008 -> 11:45 AM) yes he was. Obama's a Muslim terrorist. Ok, stop it, no one's saying that.

QUOTE (Steff @ Sep 10, 2008 -> 07:01 AM) It wasn't labeled a TS, but Gustav dropped nearly 6 inches of rain on St Louis and 4 on us. I don't ever rememeber a hurricane reaching that far before. Hang in there Kap! Have a TS party, LOL. Depending on how close the center gets, I'll do something stupid to commemorate. It's just like college, except, it's not a TORNADO WATCH, it's a TROPICAL STORM WATCH. Ohhh. Weird.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Sep 10, 2008 -> 05:55 AM) Rex, maybe you didn't reasd the part about what the per diem was for. "a "per diem" allowance intended to cover meals and incidental expenses while traveling on state business. " NOT rooms. Look at the expense sheet that is shown in th article. It lists for the day in question a funeral and Black commnity meeting. NOT for lodging. The home part was listed to explain why there was no seperate entry FOR lodging. So by staying at home, she saved the state money. Should she have paid for the gas to get there out of her own pocket? But go ahead, keep on believing what you want. Twist those facts in your head enough times and they will fit. As for the Chef and jet, the chef was both fired (from personal chef duties)and reassigned (to the house in general on call). However the job change resulted in a savings of over $40,000. But I guess that isn't good enough. The jet, while sold for less than it cost to buy, also saved the cost of the security guard/pilots for the plane (FAA required that both pilot & co-pilot be able to fly it) and the monthly maintenance and fuel costs which were upwards of $40,000. But again, it's all or nothing with you. Ah, Ted Stevens. To pull a line from Obama on O'Reilly, "She knows thousands of people". She WAS on his pac. Just like Obama WAS on Ayers board. He's the sitting Senator from her state, there is no way she can completyely ignore him and still do her job in the state. They weren't too friendly when she ran for govenor against Murkowski, who was a good friend of Stevens. Stevens ended up endorsing Palin, but with 3 weeks left in the race when it was clear she was going to win. Here, from my favorite source, palin criticizes Stevens about the scandal. http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/200...29/1305615.aspx As for the oil taxes she passed, that was to get back much of what Murkowski gave away. They had been getting great deals under Murkowski, and the previous taxes were set with oil being around $50/barrel. Once it got over $100/barrel something was done to level the taxes back out. I'm done with this, at least on the travel crap. Have at it if it makes you feel good. That part right there is beautiful.

Holy s***balls. I was watching the local weather and the center of circulation of TROPICAL STORM Ike is supposed to go right over Fort Worth Sunday at 2AM. Yep, a tropical storm this far inland. They said that we'd get 5 to 6 inches of rain and 40-60 mph winds for a period of about 8 hours Saturday to Sunday morning. Should be exciting!

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 10, 2008 -> 07:37 AM) I find this is true of almost any issue-specific constituency. And on the debate topic, it can make a difference, but it hasn't lately. Kerry stomped all over Bush in the 2004 debates - the after polls showed that clearly, even among Bush supporters - and that did raise Kerry's poll standing a bit each time. But every time, shortly after, the bump Kerry got would fade away. I pretty much think that this is going to turn into an election night barnburner. By the way, it will be only a week or so after the Sox (not the f'in Sawks) win the W.S.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 9, 2008 -> 08:49 PM) Well, on that we'll disagree. I think bombing half the world is scarier than a capital gains tax increase. Ya think? I just don't think McCain is like that, contrary to what you think of him.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 9, 2008 -> 09:15 PM) Frankly I disagree. I think McCain isn't nearly as, well, how to put this politely, slow, as our current President. But I think that makes him more dangerous in a sense. Bush is just numb to so much it seems, it takes a complete disaster (katrina) to penetrate the bubble he's wrapped around his head, and that has helped give the other people in his administration (Cheney) such a chance to take control of things. RSO isn't going to be like that. He knows what he wants to do. The problem is...the things he wants to do. He might well be more effective at getting them done than GWB is. And that scares me a lot. Fixed that for you.

Personally I think the novelty will wear off, but I will say that it did enough to wake up the sideliners from their sleep - which might just be enough for McCain to win now.

Late lunch.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Sep 8, 2008 -> 05:34 PM) Olbermann is not really an anchor, he is a personality. He is there for a target audience, if somebody doesn't like him, then don't watch, same reason I tune out Sean Hannity. I don't really see the problem here. Sean Hannity has to be one of the most annoying people ever. *Holds nose and squeaks* "Do you hear about blah blah blah? Do you hear blah blah blah?" "The most comprehensive (biased) election coverage anywhere". PUKE.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Sep 8, 2008 -> 03:08 PM) I don't think we established a government to bailout corporations that make bad business decisions Oh, by the way, the auto industry is now asking for a bailout. Yep. And they'll probably get it, on the benefits side.

Nothing a 4 game win streak wouldn't take care of. Toronto is too hot, time to cool them off.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 8, 2008 -> 01:47 PM) And he gets it too. Governments should control nothing. When it comes to market control, there needs to be enough regulation to control the funny business, and then stay out. But they couldn't even do that right in this case.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 8, 2008 -> 11:39 AM) So...where exactly would the world's financial systems be if these companies owning 1/2 of the mortgages in the US were actually allowed to go belly up? We get it. Governments should control everything.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Sep 7, 2008 -> 11:59 PM) I love the term misremember. Such a nice way to say "lie", because that is what it really is. I really believe that if the chosen one loses, the MSM will be a significant reason why. Americans don't like being told what to do, and that is what the MSM has been doing to them in this election. And more then that, RSO always tells you what the government is going to do for them.

QUOTE (Jake @ Sep 7, 2008 -> 06:26 PM) Swisher didn't swing because he was fooled by the movement of the pitches, not because they were actually balls. Thank you. If it were so easy, we'd all be professional ball players, I guess.

It's always weird in week one until you figure out what's going on.

QUOTE (YASNY @ Sep 7, 2008 -> 10:59 AM) The Angels are also playing a day game after a 15 inning night game, and they have to travel after the game. They also have a cushion so they can rest their regulars if they choose to. I'm not counting on losing this game at all. Poor choice of words. If they lose, it's not as big of a loss as if we would have lost last night as well. That's a better way to say it.