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QUOTE (Texsox @ Sep 18, 2008 -> 12:16 PM) Obamatron, I love the nickname Is that original? And a perfect label for Jim. Never an original thought, just mindless rehashing of party lines. Talk about raising credibility! If he was a conservative he'd probably just be walking around yelling ditto and mega dittos! i know you're trying to be clever here, but yea he pretty much is.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Sep 18, 2008 -> 12:04 PM) I'm going to pass on getting into this. And it's not a matter of understanding semantics, it's a matter of reading comprehension. Both of these skills are failing you at the moment. haha typical mindless Obamatron comment

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Sep 18, 2008 -> 11:48 AM) Wow, pulled into a scuffle through no fault of my own, a first. Yes, of course my post in the earlier thread was speculative. And no, I was not projecting any desired outcome onto it. I did wonder what the party would have to do to pull Governor Palin off the ticket if (IF, if IF . . . that's the word that is supposed to indicate the speculative nature of the post) something turned up in the post hoc vetting that was so damaging as to make her non-viable as a running mate. I looked into it and basically learned that a candidate could bow out fairly easily until they formally accept the nomination. After that, it would take an RNC committee vote to replace someone on the ticket. That would have been an interesting situation, but not necessarily one I was hoping to see unfold. I still feel very strongly that Governor Palin will ultimately be a key factor in the the McCain campaign's undoing, but obviously she has to be on the ticket for that to happen. yea right. you weren't hoping it would happen? suuure this is coming from a guy with given avatar. as to end this COMPLETELY POINTLESS discussion Yes of course flasoxxjim, how silly of anyone to think that your post about a scenario with impending doom for Sarah Palin on the McCain ticket would have anything to do with political partisanship. As, of course, you certainly would never hope such a thing would happen! you were merely pointing out what you thought was a likely possibility.

the best part is she actually thought Obama would want her to appear with him and give speeches.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Sep 18, 2008 -> 12:05 PM) Its not a semantics argument, you are changing the entire nature of his post from one that was purely speculative, to one that was "wishing for a certain result." no, not at all. his post obviously was pointing out a scenario that he thought was very plausible and he hoped was going to happen. aka wishful thinking. ...and i'm done with this congratulations, you are the first member of my distinguished ignore list. these semantical arguments are a complete waste of time and bore me.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Sep 18, 2008 -> 11:55 AM) Not to speak for Flasox, But I believe the very important part of his post was: Sounds like it was speculation based on IF they found something "radioactive". I dont believe that they ever found anything that fit that statement, so not sure the relevance. It was more speculation on what the Republican's would do if Palin had some sort of massive skeleton in her closet... sure, wishful thinking speculation. i mean, seriously, is this going to turn into another semantics argument? if so count me out.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Sep 18, 2008 -> 11:54 AM) See old Republican guy from Florida haha good one

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 18, 2008 -> 11:35 AM) This one definitely crosses the line I was discussing recently. This is just dishonest and s***ty. I will admit I don't listen to Limbaugh very often, but the last two times I did he was totally trashing McCain. During the GOP primary the talk radio types were in a rage over McCain winning the nomination. They especially despise McCain's stance on immigration.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Sep 18, 2008 -> 11:39 AM) You are right, some of the GOP stalwarts predicted the DemHeads here would be screaming for her resignation or that it was wishful thinking on their part. no it was actually a post with a theory of how Palin was going to step down and make the excuse that she had 'family matters' to attend to. if the GOP stalwarts predicted that, then they predicted correctly found it, from flasoxjim, in closed Palin thread

I'm not sure of the exact details (I was doing some work while watching) but I saw on CSPAN some guy talking about how this election will be the first one where people go could vote out of their district or something and it is kind of a situation of 'get the votes now and sort things out later' type deal. He thinks it's going to be a big mess if the election is close and Obama and McCain have already amassed an army of lawyers. I hope whoever wins does so in convincing fashion (which appears to be unlikely) as to avoid some big ordeal.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 18, 2008 -> 11:36 AM) Neither of those things was ever suggested or brought up here that I recall. actually, they both have been. and no i'm not going to look for them

QUOTE (YASNY @ Sep 18, 2008 -> 10:27 AM) I can't help but believe that if it was Obama's personal email account that was hacked and made public, this thread would be 10 times longer and filled with indignation about 'dirty Republican tactics". It totally would First it was Palin was going to step down from being VP because her daughter is pregnant. Now it's "She's going to jail cause of emails which expose the truth!". wishful thinking on the Democrats part IMO

QUOTE (Middle Buffalo @ Sep 17, 2008 -> 11:51 PM) It's probably already been pointed out (I'm not about to read 11 pages devoted to Jay Mariotti) that Jay would have a field day with any Chicago athlete who quit on his team before his contract was up. Out clause or not. I'm pretty sure he went after Scottie Pippen pretty hard after he sat out with 1.8 seconds left in a playoff game. But that's Jay. He's a hypocrite to the core. haha good point

When I saw the name of this thread, I thought it was going to be about Rosie O'Donnell. edit: or possibly Michael Moore

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Sep 17, 2008 -> 11:04 PM) I don't condone the actions of Anonymous here, btw. Not a big fan of self-appointed vigilantes. why not FlaSoxx? http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/01/a...mous-hacke.html http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/01/a...mous-hac-1.html oh my, look at this one. http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2008/03/epilepsy

not good. not good at all. too much debt, all around.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 16, 2008 -> 09:32 PM) I'm sure this is somehow sexist and offensive to many people, but I found it darn funny. The Sarah Palin family name generator. Filter Skate Palin

oops my bad It appears that it was the Obama campaign that clipped the quote and used it. Much different situation than NBC doing. I'm sorry NBC. I shouldn't take any email I get at face value from the Obama, or most any politician's, campaign. I should have known better. I checked FOX news (because I know thats Texsox favorite news channel) and found out what happened. http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09/16/fi...pping-my-quote/

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Sep 16, 2008 -> 05:56 PM) Those extra 6 words take up valuable space! get with the program! at least NBC news has completely abandoned the charade of attempting to appear to be unbiased.

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Sep 16, 2008 -> 05:45 PM) To be fair, its not news to badmouth the other guy. It is news to badmouth your own. it completely distorts the interview to do something like that. her point was that she doesn't think anyone on either ticket could be a CEO. NBC cut and pasted it to appear like she only thinks McCain and Palin couldn't be a CEO. there is no defense for this type of journalism

QUOTE (jackie hayes @ Sep 16, 2008 -> 06:04 PM) I'm confident that they will get regulated more severely from here on out. The problem is, the government can't by taking them over rewrite contracts that have already been agreed to. So the deals with the executives are pretty much set. We always have dictated the terms of the loans. That won't change. Those terms we set obviously sucked and need to be redone. As far as the contracts with executives, that is something I've thought about too. Not sure what the solution is for the current contracts, the Bush admin likes to dance around the law, so what the hell do it again and screw them.

NBC had an interview with the former CEO of HP Mitchell: "Do you think Sarah Palin could run a corporation?" Fiorina: No, I don't she could, or John McCain, or Barack Obama, or Joe Biden" What did NBC air? Mitchell: "Do you think Sarah Palin could run a corporation?" Fiorina: "No, I don't think she could, or John McCain." That ended what they showed of the interview. lol.

QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ Sep 16, 2008 -> 05:39 PM) Tell them to become Hannitized. haha

QUOTE (Texsox @ Sep 16, 2008 -> 05:43 PM) I think that is slightly harsh. They should receive exactly what their lowest paid employee gets. haha i like this idea

Here's my issue with what is going on... Basically if these lenders know that they can make reckless decisions, as they will get a bailout upon fail, this type of thing will happen again if they are not regulated. These lenders are now borrowing money from us, the taxpayers. Honestly, if they want to barrow money from us we should set the terms of this loan (aka regulate them). I believe we as the taxpayers are completely within our rights as a lender to demand limited risk of our investment, executive compensation terms, and a number of other things. If they do not want regulation that is fine, but they need to realize that they will get no bailout. If they lose all their money, it's gone, as they did not agree to our terms. The consumer can decide if they wish to keep money in an unregulated bank or one which is regulated and has taxpayer insurance.