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QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Oct 2, 2007 -> 02:36 AM) Bill Richardson isn't a top tier candidate. He is the second tier, although that's quickly becoming a two person field with Edwards trending down quickly. Richardson hasn't spent a lot of money which makes him able to manage on a smaller budget. It all comes down to Iowa, and how good his ground game is there. I kind of got that after what NSS was saying. Honestly, I think the next 45 days will tell us a lot.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Oct 1, 2007 -> 09:56 PM) Wait till DOCIS 3.0 is adopted across the cable providers in the next few years, think of broadband internet connection above 100mbs. The comcast tests were at 160mbs. At that point you can do IP TV. I know they were starting to look at that at TWC. The thing is, though, most systems cannot handle that without serious upgrades.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Oct 1, 2007 -> 09:41 PM) Obama on the Tyra Banks show today. I think it's on right now in Chicago. Scandalous. Obama is becoming a rock star, no doubt about it. It will be interesting if indeed the Goracle jumps in - it might pull enough away from Mrs. Bill Clinton that Obama could get a legit shot. The Re-pube-licans just suck.

Kind of like our current President.

QUOTE(Mplssoxfan @ Oct 1, 2007 -> 01:08 PM) A Goracle/Kapacle ticket in 2008? Sure. Maybe I can straighten his carbon footprint out.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Oct 1, 2007 -> 09:19 PM) I don't think Richardson is in a good position financially either. Not when Clinton and Obama have each 4x his resources. Ah, gotcha.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Oct 1, 2007 -> 09:14 PM) OUCH. ok, so Bill Richardson is in an "ok" position, but Johnny Girly Man is not? I'm confused.

QUOTE(ZoomSlowik @ Oct 1, 2007 -> 09:13 PM) We've got DirecTV and love it. We've had it for a few years and it's gone out MAYBE 5 times, only once for more than about an hour. The only thing is I'd check the pricing if you're going to switch to HD. Right now we have two DVR's, 4 lines, 3 sets and the Sports Package and it's about the same as our Comcast was without the DVR's or the sports thing. However, I think it goes up a fair amount with HD. Also, you need a different dish/receiver for HD, so if that's the case you might want to buy the TV now or wait until you get it to switch (which doesn't sound like an option). The only thing is I have Center Ice, and I don't want to pay for the whole damn package twice if I switch to DirecTV. Cable for me is not an option, which is a messed up conversation in and of itself.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Oct 1, 2007 -> 08:53 PM) He said "What I do mean to say is the United States of America was founded on the values of Judeo-Christian values, which were translated by our founding fathers which is basically the rights of human dignity and human rights," Do you disagree with that? I don't. And are we talking theoretical or in reality? We keep electing Protestants to office, we have In God We Trust on our currency. In court, until recently we swore under oath to God. Most people disagree with the courts when nativity scenes are taken down. Seems like the American public sure accepts Christian values. Why are there no avowed atheists running? Islamics? Buddists? You argue with absolutely everything. Good lord.

I worked for Comcast - I did like their product (but I didn't live in a Comcast area, blah). The market here is now Time Warner... the product itself is good - especially as they upgrade one of the oldest cable plants in the United States, but the customer service is s***, they are arrogant screwtards, and their ondemand can't touch Comcast's. And Greasy, no programming issues, just purely technology/image/even HD (I'm probably going to get an HDTV in a month or two).

The arm slot/angle is the most important part. Personally, I think he was hurting and when they gave him that (more or less) month off, he was able to keep the angle that makes his stuff move, finally, after he came back.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Oct 1, 2007 -> 08:28 PM) For a AAA team, that is a tough pitching staff. Heck it might win the NL Central with a decent offense. But our minor leagues suck.

it's about 50-50. Most people say that DirecTV is better then Dish, but I've had Dish - when it does rain hard, it does go out. Other then that, I haven't had an issue. If it's not broke, I won't fix it, but I wanted to know what people's experiences were. I like Dish, but if DirecTV is better, I'll go for it.

NOT discussion programming packages, do you all out there see a big PERFORMANCE difference between dish network and direct tv? This is a debate I'm having on another forum, but this one provides better feedback for stuff like this. I need some pretty quick answers because if I'm switching, I need to in the next 24-48 hours. Specific answers as to why you think what you do would be appreciated!

QUOTE(Texsox @ Oct 1, 2007 -> 06:52 PM) I like voluntarily joined PACs. I'll share later as well. Yep - there's one of the problems. Back to work, dammit!

PACs annoy me. I'll share why later.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Oct 1, 2007 -> 06:33 PM) I don't recall your response to Obama saying that he would launch a precise strike in the mountains of Pakistan if there was evidence where Bin Laden was. But look at what Huckabee has to say about Pakistan. Obama's remarks make even more sense to me. I probably didn't have one. But I would say, if they have the evidence, Obama's right.

Are all campaigns supposed to report today?

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Oct 1, 2007 -> 06:03 PM) I think this line from his speech sums up my thoughts best: We can’t ‘export’ democracy as if it was Coca Cola or KFC, but we can nurture native moderate forces in all these countries where Al Qaeda seeks to replace modern evil with medieval evil. Overall a very good speech from Huckabee. Obviously, I suffer from not being able to articulate things because I agree 100% with what you picked out of that speech, and I've said it here and other places: it's ABSOLUTELY the way this president and others have presented this "war on terror". This speech sums up this struggle about the best I have seen it done. I wish that the knuckleheads in Washington could see things this way instead of screaming back and forth for the power elements.

October 20ish, IIRC.

I watched the interview, and I enjoyed it. The man is brilliant, I don't care what anyone wants to say. His "ideology" is that the states should have more power and centralized government should have less. And I'm all for that.

Hey, at least we know Kucinich wouldn't stray or play while at work. . . because he doesn't need to.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Oct 1, 2007 -> 05:47 PM) Another $19M for Obama. He is a money making machine. It'll be interesting to see what the Clintons made. I find it interesting that Obama's camp was pretty quick to release this #.

I'll ask you directly, B.S., what do you think about that speech?