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QUOTE(kapkomet @ Jan 17, 2006 -> 11:06 PM) nice sig you like that? but you don't needle... noooooooooooo not poor wittle picked on you... wtf have we turned this place into? HUH?? I'm confused. How am I needling? I am expressing my opinions. I am not calling people names nor being disrespectful.

LOL!! A discussion on congressmen's and senator's 'taints' on The Daily Show right now. Hilarious

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Jan 17, 2006 -> 11:02 PM) Come on... QUITE ATTACKING THE OTHER PARTY! Then, and only then... will the Dems take back control, and I'll help them. It's one thing to attack the other party's ideology and another to attack with smear tactics (see Swift Boat Veterans campaign).

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Jan 17, 2006 -> 10:56 PM) You're side is just going to pay the price again and again and again at the ballot box. I have a feeling the power will be shifting to the Dems. It won't happen overnight but the GOP has had full control and judging by approval ratings and all the negativity linked to their party, I think they will fade for the time being. My 2 cents.

Saw Match Point the other night. I enjoyed it but I don't think it's for everyone. Wonderful locales (mostly in London and the countryside), great music (Opera), beautiful people and just enough suspense to keep you interested throughout. Some people may think there's not enough going on or that the plot isn't all that groundbreaking but overall it was entertaining IMO.

Man that Paris wannabe is disgusting.

Whoah!! The Tina Turner impersonator.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Jan 17, 2006 -> 09:54 PM) Okay, they just gave a teaser of a beared skinny man in a dutch farm girls dress with a pipi longstocking haircut. And a fat guy who had a tounge ring that made him slur when he sung. LOL It's amazing how many idiots go audition for their 10 seconds of fame.

This is your brain on drugs.

They were pretty solid.

QUOTE(BDavisFutureHOF @ Jan 17, 2006 -> 09:34 PM) I just looked at Napster and was not thrilled with what was included in their packages -- does anyone know of anything better (other than iTunes)? Hmm...paysites. Not familiar. I still buy cds and...8 tracks and stuff.

I am so not proud to be Ukrainian right now.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Jan 17, 2006 -> 09:35 PM) That dude needs a bird on his shoulder.

Who the f*** is this guy? Pinnochio?

QUOTE(Texsox @ Jan 17, 2006 -> 07:37 AM) Closing in on 10,000 posts. A master debater.

Where's Bruce Lee?

Watched 'The Chateau' on IFC earlier today. It's a few years old but man I laughed my ass off. Stars Paul Rudd and is about a guy and his adopted brother who inherit a chateau (castle) in France.

This should be made a 'sticky'.

QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Jan 14, 2006 -> 12:21 AM) After making the few calls to notify certain people and the such, I figured I'd share this with everybody here. A few months ago, I wrote a piece for this book project called "The Cost of Freedom" from Howling Dog Press. (www.howlingdogpress.com) After not hearing back from them for a while, I figured that it was just a lark -- fun to try. Anyway, I'm checking my e-mail tonight and my piece was accepted by the editors putting the book together (It is going to be a bunch of articles written by different people about civil liberties, the wars and the affects on freedom in the post-9/11 world) I'm still in complete shock right now about it. Just wow. Sounds interesting. Make sure to remind us when the book is available.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 13, 2006 -> 04:16 PM) Myself as well. As they say, act locally, think globally. Environmental issues are inherently global. It's interesting, it used to be the GOP that was the party who did a lot of the early protection of wilderness areas and parks, and was more environmentally conscious. It goes well with the Republican ideals of leaving things alone, and dealing with the concerns of the many, not the minority. Somehow, around the middle of the 20th century, the issue migrated over to the Democrats, who have succeeded in blundering it to death. I wonder how things will change after the Abramoff scandal and what role lobbyists will play in Washington. Seems like the environment was very low on the lobbying depth chart.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Jan 13, 2006 -> 03:58 PM) What do you care about more, people (the employees they traet like s***) or the environmental issues? That's how to solve your dilemma. I consider myself an environmentalist. One way to look at it is if we screw up the environment we are mistreating all people.

You guys think anyone will change their mind on whether there is or isn't a God on a baseball message board? This is all pointless.

QUOTE(White Sox Josh @ Jan 13, 2006 -> 12:03 PM) for what it was it was pretty good. It wasn't great but it was entertaining. It was a Summer Action Movie. I would have to disagree. Thought it was awful.

Link to article Whole Foods switching to all wind power in U.S. Deal for wind power credits makes Whole Foods the biggest corporate user of wind power in the country. By Renuka Rayasam AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Tuesday, January 10, 2006 Whole Foods Market Inc. is going all green on electricity. The company is buying enough wind power credits to cover energy use at all of its U.S. stores, bakeries, distribution centers, regional offices and its Austin headquarters. The deal makes Whole Foods the biggest corporate user of wind power in the country. Whole Foods will buy 458,000 megawatt-hours of the wind energy credits from Boulder, Colo.-based Renewable Choice Energy Inc. Neither company revealed the dollar value of the two-year contract. "Right now, the main benefit is public relations," said Andrew Aulisi, senior associate at the nonprofit World Resources Institute. "For a company like Whole Foods, which has a particular kind of clientele, I can imagine this is an important way they relate to their customers." Unlike slapping solar panels on a roof, buying green power credits does not mean that wind-generated electricity will power all Whole Foods' stores. Rather, the amount spent on the credits will pump more wind energy into the electric grid overall, reducing the amount of coal and natural gas used nationally. "It's as if a city has been rendered green powered because of this (purchase) by Whole Foods," said Kurt Johnson, Green Power Partnership director at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Whole Foods had been using green power to support about 20 percent of its operations before the purchase. To Whole Foods, the benefits are largely intangible, said regional president Michael Bescanson. "Our customers expect this of us." Buying the credits simplifies green power purchases for large companies with scattered locations. Since the credits became available in 2001, companies have been quick to buy them. Purchases of renewable energy are up 1,000 percent since 2001 in the Green Power Partnership. The partnership includes about 85 percent to 90 percent of corporate purchases, Johnson said. For most companies, the extra costs show customers they are environmentally responsible. But in Austin, green power actually has become less expensive than alternatives because of the structure of Austin Energy's Green Choice program. The program fixes the cost for 10 years. When the program started in 2000, Green Choice customers paid 1.7 cents per kilowatt hour, compared with 1.64 cents for regular fuel charges, said Ed Clark of Austin Energy. Even though it was more expensive at the time, buying a green power 10-year contract ends up being more cost-effective for companies. With the latest round of pricing Green Choice customers pay 3.5 cents per kilowatt hour compared with 3.63 for normal fuel charges. About 400 Austin companies buy green power, with 344 using it for all of their energy, Clark said.

Oh man….when do pitchers and catchers report? I think we all have cabin fever.