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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 2, 2011 -> 01:57 PM) Actually, it's the sound that the word ends with. Say it to yourself, "Dem-o-Crat", you almost have to push it out hard, while you have to move your voice back up to add the extra soft "ic" at the end. It's one of those classic, focus group response monitoring tricks. LMAO. Poor, poor DemoCRAT. Jackass.

I gotta tell you - pretty cool seeing TCU get this win. I know, I know, it's "cheap" against Wisconsin and all... right? But that defense held them pretty good for 3.5 quarters and it was barely enough.

You know what frosts my ass? NONE of the networks are broadcasting live from NYC for the ball drop, they're all tape delayed until 1230 central. f***ers.

I don't think I understand what you are saying with this part:

Which is why I said that it's not a Republican or Democrat issue. And yes, Balta, that's a good post. I have to go take a @#% test I'm not ready for now. Bubye... until later.

Serious question. At what point does the OVER demand for government dollars (spending) stop (yes, there should be a role for SOME things...)? Ever? There's always an appetite for more spending... now why is that? This is not a democrat or republican question, it's a question for those philosophically aligned to think that government spending is our only way out of x, y, and z.

My mom said it REALLY shook the county building... of course they were only 15 miles from the epicenter.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 29, 2010 -> 06:30 PM) You know how some of us keep saying "No one cares about the former half term Alaskan governor"? Even fewer people should care about the failed Senate candidate from whatever East Coast state she was in. Thank you.

Well, the Euro being at $1.66 at the time in 2008 didn't help the $147. bbl price. Just saying.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 29, 2010 -> 03:40 PM) If they release from the dollar fully, their economy will collapse into massive inflation. Hell MASSIVE in all caps. It has, but they mess with the #'s. That's why IMO you're seeing some of the work start to move again and remember, these people work where the state tells them to (kind of like here before too long... )

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 29, 2010 -> 03:29 PM) Please point me to the right currency to look at then, where oil and commodity prices are dropping substantially right now. That's kind of the point - they know what would happen with QE2, and it's happening. Oil's up 22% since then, I wonder why that happened? Oh, it's pent up demand all of a sudden, right?

Ya'll, that was one big s***!!!

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 29, 2010 -> 02:46 PM) You're still missing one part...the changes in the dollar are happening as a result of the forces acting on the general economy, which is exactly what is impacting the oil market as well. This is a "Correlation not equalling causation" argument. The dollar value is changing because of the global economic picture, the price of oil is changing because of the global economic picture, therefore they're moving together. Mmkay. Of course... but we also have control of that economic picture and how we paint it... um, well, we used to. That's what I'm trying to get at here. They know that a weak dollar causes commodities to rise, and they keep throwing more money at the hopper... realizing all too well that the INTENDED consequences make people more dependant on the US govt. subsidies of how they want behaviors to go (i.e. $5 gas to make people get rid of their conventional cars - ain't nothing else gonna do it!). I know, I know, you all think I think it's some conspiracy... because it is. They know what they're doing.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 29, 2010 -> 01:23 PM) Seriously Kap, you're going to argue something this weak? If that were the case, that oil price changes were driven by currency price valuations and not based on general supply/demand issues, then oil prices should strongly correlate with international currency fluctuations, whereas instead, it tends to follow the exact same trend regardless of what the currency is doing. If it was solely the weak dollar, then oil would be spiking only in our currency right now, when it simply isn't. Long term, currency valuations have a weak effect, but the short term behavior is dominated by the actual supply/demand/storage/availablilyt issues. Here's a couple year old summary of the actual argument/data that I found with some easy googling. Short term, you're right, but every time the spigot gets turned on and the dollar is PERCEIVED to lose value, we get higher prices. There is a causation of this and a period of September and October and some graphs showing a period of time that can refute this isn't going to change that. Damn speculators.

They are letting the price of oil go up again - weak dollar (i.e. printing more and more and more and more and more money for "stimulus") = higher oil prices, forget every other factor you all want to argue about. It's inflating the cost, and our government knows this full well.

Good thing lost hasn't seen this, he'd come in here and e-kick your ass.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 28, 2010 -> 09:41 PM) The benefit of an international treaty is that other signatories also are obligated by the treaty to solve what are, in many cases, serious problems with their treatment of indigenous peoples. I don't disagree with that. Again, it's the lack of knowledge of the details of things that just get glossed over... it used to matter. Now, everything's just token BS... it's okay, it's what I intended... I kind of think that is what got us where we are now.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 28, 2010 -> 08:04 PM) See Kap, the issue here is that some of us believe things like the horrendous poverty currently found on a variety of Native American reservations to be a bad thing in this country, something that might deserve correction. You see, Balta, get rid of the current system the way that it is by actually making sure the details match what it is you're trying to actually do. No one has a problem with the nature of it, just don't be ignorant about the details. Kind of like passing a bill so we know what's in it? It's not about what the issue is, it's about doing things right, something that no one seems to be able to recognize anymore.

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QUOTE (Tex @ Dec 28, 2010 -> 07:22 PM) You are a week early. The next week is "Texas Week", when the crowds really hit. Where are you staying? Have you signed up with any of the tour operators? We still haven't figured out what all we're doing when we come down there. I better figure it out pretty soon, hehe.

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Dec 26, 2010 -> 09:43 AM) nothing like spending an hour cleaning up snow, getting attacked by an icicle on the way in and the first question is "Is it cold out?" This would be my response: http://www.soxtalk.com/Stress_Relief.wmv

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Dec 28, 2010 -> 04:12 PM) Eh? The symbolic part is the one part that seems a success. Some of the push for other programs might be too. The problem is in the details. Isn't that the point? I mean, gees, think about it.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 28, 2010 -> 03:04 PM) I think your schedule is out of date there. 10 years might have been the old schedule, but I think it's closer to 20 now. The F-22 design phase started in the mid-80's, the selected frame design was chosen in 1991, and it took about 20 years before it reached genuine production from the proposal design stages, and almost 25 where there were enough of them to fill up a squadron. Actually, 10 is probably too short. 15 is probably better. And I'm thinking of the F-35... the design of that started in the middle 90's and we're in low risk inital production stage 4 right now. The F-22 is a lot different then most other programs because it could never get the scale going that the other major air frame types have.

This is yet another symbolic political fail. Imagine that.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 27, 2010 -> 04:23 PM) Exactly how long does it take to "ramp up" an F-22 building program? Just watching how long it has taken to get 787 rolling off of an assembly room floor has been a horrifying site. From design to prototype testing to actual production, about 10 years... but that's assuming a brand new aircraft. An extension of existing technology is a totally different thing. And, we're going through a design change in the marine variant of the F-35... and it's a quick, quick, quick turnaround. When these guys get moving, they can go quick when they need to.