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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 11, 2010 -> 01:42 PM) In the U.K., public policy has allowed it to be profitable for private companies to do that for you. well, not here. Woudlnt want to be too socialist.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 11, 2010 -> 01:31 PM) Link My wife and I agreed that when me move to Florida we are setting aside up to $20,000 to install solar panels on our house with the ultimate goal of achieving 75-100% energy independence.

QUOTE (jasonxctf @ Aug 11, 2010 -> 11:05 AM) besides terrorist babies... can someone explain the harm of someone being born in this country and then leaving immediately? Also, do people really think that they'll get... - 288 votes in the US House plus - 67 votes in the US Senate plus - 38 states ratification of course they'll never get the votes. But it's a great "talking point" to rally the anti-immigrant conservative base during an election season.

ummm... no. Saudis Want 'Mecca Time' to Replace GMT

Apparently there is a movement to repeal the 17th amendment... the direct election of senators.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 10, 2010 -> 02:59 PM) Also, Europe is soon going to have a universal charging system where a single charger design will work for virtually every cell phone for sale on the Continent. Because U.S. regulators have no interest in regulating, however, the U.S. does not look to get this benefit at any point in the near future. well, we would benefit tangentially. Phone makers wont want to make different versions of the phone for every continent. So, on some level it WILL happen in the US, just not officially.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 10, 2010 -> 02:16 PM) One can only hope. They cannot take my Hossa away. I just cant see a scenario where they void contracts of players who are already a YEAR into their deal. They basicallywould be admitting they werent paying attention.

I can see Bettman saying "what's done is done, but watch out. We're watching you now"

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Aug 10, 2010 -> 02:07 PM) Want to get at least a little nervous? Read this article: http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/devils/bewa...6WIW0ufCLOEupKJ Would the NHL do this? I really doubt it, and this is probably just a sensationalist NY writer trying to get attention. But with Gary Bettman, you can never rule out much of anything. going "scorched earth" on a NHL champion would be an absolutely HUGE PR disaster for the NHL. Plus, it's been almost a year since the deal. They had plenty of time to address this if they really wanted to. The problem was that the Kovalchuk was HUGELY obviously a work around. Hossa's deal kind of is, but it's not nearly as egregious.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 10, 2010 -> 11:51 AM) DUMP HIS ASS!! SHe's too cute to be letting balls hit her (ok, insert your own joke there)

QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 10, 2010 -> 01:39 PM) Never was a big fan... still tragic. RIP. a plane crash is a sucky way to die. (I dont fly)

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 10, 2010 -> 01:09 PM) Not if they didn't know. Conditions haven't allowed rescue equipment into the area other than a couple of first responders, probably local people. ahhh ok. I wasnt aware of that. Ok, never mind.

On a side note: If he WAS still alive, wouldnt you think the family would have said something by now?

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Aug 10, 2010 -> 01:00 PM) You really couldn't have worded that any differently? i didnt mean any disrespect. Just feeling a little Soxie today.

First report out of Alaska that He Gone.

Robot to explore mysterious tunnels in Great Pyramid... again I'm very curious to see what happens. I have been following this to the best of my ability ever since reading "The Messages of the Sphinx" by Graham Hancock. Oh, and I despise Dr Zahi Hawass with every bone in my body. There is SOOOOO much evidence that there chambers under the Sphinx, but he refuses to acknowledge their existence publicly.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 9, 2010 -> 08:56 AM) The other thing that makes me think that is...he's not just coming back from "Family problems", we haven't seen the regularly dominant Tiger Woods since he won the U.S. open on 1 knee and then shut it down for a year for surgery. yea, when I mentioned he is getting old, that was part of it. He's going to start wearing down soon. Not that he wont be good, but he may never be dominant again.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 9, 2010 -> 08:07 AM) So, is Tiger Woods finished? I dunno if he's finished for good, but his head is REALLY f'ed up right now. It's gonna take him a long time to get back to form, but with every passing moment he gets just a little bit older.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 6, 2010 -> 03:56 PM) I believe that's an edited quote though...or at least he has another version of it. The version of it I've heard is that under the same circustances I would do it again, but if I knew then what I know now, I would not have. I cant find that anywhere online.... but I am still looking. This is the source of the above quite. A letter to Irv Kupcinet.

What I find fascinating is that Truman never regretted it: "I knew what I was doing when I stopped the war... I have no regrets and, under the same circumstances, I would do it again."

Isiah Thomas has been hired as a "consultant" by the Knicks, but will continue to coach at Florida International.

What are the Sox longterm plans for Sale? "Lefty one out" guy, reliever, starter?

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Aug 6, 2010 -> 05:59 AM) didnt Mark Prior come up pretty quick too? pitched 9 games in the minors in 2002 before being called up

I hate pitching machines. I've tried them, but you never know EXACTLY when to expect the ball, so I am always late. I need to see the arm and moment of release. I can see where this would be VERY beneficial.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 6, 2010 -> 10:43 AM) It's not. The issue is one of "Equal protection under the law" (14th amendment). In other words, if your state does grant such rights, the ruling says that you can't grant those rights to one group of people and deny them to another group. Your state could certainly choose to not recognize marriage whatsoever and allow it to be an entirely religious or private institution, but then the state would also not be able to collect information on marriages, use a tax code that recognizes marriage in any way, regulate divorce proceedings/property rights (which would be a gigantic mess), etc. In that case, it wouldn't matter if the marriage was homosexual or heterosexual, because there would still be equal protection under the law since no one would have their marriage enshrined and given benefits by the government. ahh ok. That really makes it much more clear for me now. Than I am in agreement, Prop 8 is, indeed, unconstitutional. So, wouldn't EVERY state have to allow gay marriage then? Not just pass a law allowing it. it would, by default, be allowed.