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I am not clicking that link.

Never trust anyone who's never seen the Royals win a World Series.

Some systems do an authorization, then a charge, so it temporarily shows two charges. Especially if you wrote in a tip on your receipt. Say your total was $32.87: They'd authorize $32.87, have you sign your receipt. You add in $6.13 for a tip, they charge your card $39.00. So, some banks will temporarily, (for 7 to 21 days) have your debit card show the authorization of $32.87 and the charge of $39, both.

As long as no laws or Soxtalk rules are broken, I don't mind.

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You probably de-friended him on Facebook.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jan 21, 2009 -> 05:27 PM) A-Barth? Wasn't he in Spaceballs?

Markbilliards forgets TCQ - the hanging will commence at noon tomorrow.

Great! He and Barry Bonds will now have more free time to hate each other!

QUOTE (rangercal @ Jan 21, 2009 -> 02:13 PM) I don't expect everyday people to be nicknamed "hammerin'" , "the Yankee Clipper" or "The Sultan of Swat". So I really don't see your point. Who has a point? I'm just having fun. A.J. "Miller Time" Barthold. Jeremy "Do The Dew" Kelly

RCal hits it on the head again. K-ni.

If the writer was a Christian, he would not be embarrassed by excluding non-Christians in a prayer. That's the whole idea of Christianity, promoting Christ's divinity. But, Warren did drag on and overdid the prayer. If he had kept it simpler, it would have been better.

QUOTE (rangercal @ Jan 21, 2009 -> 12:50 PM) Am I the only one who is tired of these type of nicknames? Han-Ram Arod Krod mcab Jroll man-ram CLee A-ram Vmart I think my IQ lowerd 10 pts just by thinking about this! ok, A.J.

QUOTE (AssHatSoxFan @ Jan 21, 2009 -> 11:10 AM) do you mean Greenwood, IN?? because that is the address of the one near me You are correct. The person who posted this on another site had it as IL. Asshat, can ya help a brutha out?

QUOTE (LosMediasBlancas @ Jan 21, 2009 -> 12:17 AM) Is it possible to look for someone on FaceBook or MySpace without having to become a member myself?? MySpace, sometimes. Facebook, no.

I don't care if they remove prayer, etc. from the US Government. I'm just saying that the U.S. is primarily a Christian society because it was founded by people who came from Christian societies in Europe, not Muslim societies in the Middle East, or Polytheistic societies in Asia.

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ Jan 20, 2009 -> 08:29 PM) Again, why is not murdering or stealing from others an exclusive tradition to the Chrisitians? I bet the cavemen knew better than that. If they were truly Chrisitian why have so many other principles or traditions found in the bible not passed into law? Like staying away from women on the rag, stoning homosexuals and people not keeping the Sabbath holy? I never said that it was exclusive. Franklin and Jefferson were not Christians, but their moral compasses probably came from the Euorpean-Christian philosophies that they were immersed in during their childhoods. The point that I've been trying to make is that America was founded by European-Americans whose primary religion was Christianity. Prayer at public events, swearing on a bible, and ten commandments in front of courthouses, were traditions created by people who were also European-Americans whose primary religion was Christianity. That's all. That is why there was prayer at the Inauguration.

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ Jan 20, 2009 -> 08:23 PM) http://www.aynrand.org/site/News2?id=6177 "The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the Supreme Being as his father, in the womb of a virgin, will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter." -Thomas Jefferson Yeah, that sounds like a really religious christian You're seriously quoting something from Ayn Rand's site?

QUOTE (Reddy @ Jan 20, 2009 -> 08:06 PM) oh my god, yeah, we get it - but NOW the country is based (hopefully) on unity and people from all different faiths and backgrounds coming together and all that jazz. I'm not against other religions, neither were the founding fathers. I'm just saying that historically, the majority of Americans were and are familiar and comfortable with Christianity because they came from Christian backgrounds. That's why American has Christian traditions in its governmental events.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jan 20, 2009 -> 08:03 PM) LINK Good for that. You don't think that the U.S. wasn't just covering their ass with that statement when they made that treaty? . . . The U.S. Constitution may be written secularily, but it was and is governed by people of the Christian belief who chose institute Christian-based traditions into ceremony to show the 70%+ of the U.S.'s population (who were and are primarily familiar with Christian tradition) that their government believes in many of the things that they do. The places and traditions that involve swearing on Bibles, prayer etc., were put into effect in another time when people's Christian beliefs more strongly affected everyday American life. Muslims, Hindus, Jews etc., didn't start being vocal and prominent until the early-mid 20th century, after many of these Christian traditions were considered mainstream.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jan 20, 2009 -> 08:02 PM) America was founded on people fleeing from religious persecution. And... those people were Christians.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jan 20, 2009 -> 08:00 PM) Really, thats the argument you bring up to prove that point? You will open the gates of alot of old tradition that makes zero sense now. We are a multi-relgion society and therefor shouldnt show a preference during a federal ceremony. religion is simply out of place on that stage. I'm not arguing anything. The laws, rules and traditions of this country are based on Christian religious principles.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jan 20, 2009 -> 07:54 PM) I just don't understand what any of it had to do with a secular event. The settling and founding of America wasn't a secular event. Puritans, Baptists, Episcopalians, and Church of England members helped found the country. Inaugurations, Courtrooms, many Graduations, Weddings, Funerals, Memorial Services, all have prayer, bibles or God references. America is a Christian-founded country.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jan 20, 2009 -> 07:49 PM) I was threatened by Rick Warren's feeble attempt at a invocation. That was so horrible. Hey, I support Christian moral principles for the most part, and even I thought that it was contrived and way too long. Two-thirds of the way into his "prayer", I got frustrated with his droning and went "Oh my GOD!" It got ridiculous after awhile.