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QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Aug 29, 2007 -> 04:09 PM) What does this even mean? What personal problems does he need to fix? Obviously, his massive carbon output and the amount of pollution is lifestyle creates. Seriously, if that confused you, I probably will stop replying to your posts.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Aug 29, 2007 -> 04:01 PM) So lets say, for instance, that Lawrence Taylor was quoted as saying "Hey kids, don't do drugs. They are bad for you." Would you tell children to ignore his message? If Lawrence Taylor was running for president and his main platfrom was "don't do drugs" and while he was giving a speech he kept snorting line of coke, then he would be exactly like John Edwards preaching about pollution.

Lol, John Edwards is such a dumbass. His "Carbon Footprint" is probably 50 times that of a normal American. I got an idea, John, how about you fix your own problems first, then tells how we should all be like you. And please don't give me "He raises awareness" slop. Everyone is aware of global warming.

he was probably just rushing a new shipment of practice jerseys to Halas hall

QUOTE(Colorado Sox Fan @ Aug 28, 2007 -> 09:39 AM) I agree. I don't subscribe to the radio broadcasts anymore and the TV team is horrible. It's bad enough that the team is awful, but those guys, especially DJ, make watching the games even worse. His inane banter is taking years off my life--running his fingers down a blackboard would be preferable. Earlier this year, it seemed that he improved and at least provided some new information. Now, it's the same drivel game after game. It's incredible that the organization allows him to broadcast their games. The TV broadcast was much better with Stone in the booth while DJ was gone.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 28, 2007 -> 02:40 PM) I like how you added dailykos in there.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 28, 2007 -> 02:22 PM) First sentence is right. oh, and you don't think it was Carl Rove and John Ashcroft who REALLY took down the towers? it was. The Bush regime not only faked the intelligence but had been planning it for years. In the mid 90's Rove broke into the White house and planted forged intel reports with Bill Clinton, thus making the president at the time think there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. You see, because of this a former president and congress also believed in this big lie, making it much easier for the Bush regime to launch a fake terrorist attack on US soil. Why you ask? for oil. oh, you don't believe me? well here is some proof http://www.911truth.org/ http://www.loosechange911.com/lc2e.htm http://www.dailykos.com/

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Aug 28, 2007 -> 06:50 AM) On the other extreme, everything the White House does is a grand conspiracy... Bush lied and people died. When will you "Sheople" realize it was the Bush regime that brought down the towers on 9/11?! NO BLOOD FOR OIL!

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Aug 27, 2007 -> 06:12 PM) I love it...taking a simple thing like "Number of cloture votes per term of Congress" and saying it's biased because the person who puts together the graphic thinks its noteworthy that the most legendary filibusters in Senate history were the ones related to civil rights, and therefore the data is useless. You don't have to argue against any of the actual data presented, you don't have to present a counterpoint, you don't have to give anything else...you just say you don't like the source, and voila...you've proven me wrong again! What a way to win an argument. I'm done with this thread. cloture - The only procedure by which the Senate can vote to place a time limit on consideration of a bill or other matter, and thereby overcome a filibuster. Under the cloture rule (Rule XXII), the Senate may limit consideration of a pending matter to 30 additional hours, but only by vote of three-fifths of the full Senate, normally 60 votes. Where are the dems getting 60 votes to stop a filibuster? there aren't 60 dems in the senate. Who is holding these filibuster cloture votes and why? Has anyone even attempted to filibustered anything? That chart is misleading to say the least. The only filibuster going on here is me and my refusal to stop posting in this thread

Nonsense. It all comes down to what someone considers a "threat". Look at the side note on the graphic, it gives a blaring sign of the amount of political bias put into this chart.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Aug 27, 2007 -> 05:47 PM) I have a real urge to make a snide remark here regarding the record number of filibusters employed by the Republicans, but I believe I'll point that out here as the single biggest reason legislation has not been passed, and leave it at that. What filibuster? Who filibustered what? Are you talking about a threat of filibuster? If so, you are ignoring constant Democrat filibuster threats. For one thing, congress couldn't even pass a bill to extend health care to the countries children because the Dems insisted it be extended to all illegal immigrants 25 and under.

Many of those poll questions are misleading. For example "Do you think congress should investigate the firings". I would answer yes, they should. Now change the question to "Do you think congress should endlessly investigate the firings even after no criminal activity was found?" or how about "Do you think partisan investigations should trump congress passing legislation". My answer would then be "no", as would many other of the respondents. also this question Of course they haven't changed the Iraq policy, they are too busy investigating for the purposes of political revenge. Thus not doing the job they were sent there to do.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Aug 27, 2007 -> 05:01 PM) You know, for something with "no underlying crime" or "no connection to the White House", the U.S. attorney's scandal has drawn an AWFUL lot of blood from the Justice Department. Pretty much the entire leadership of that department seems to have resigned since that investigation began. Can you blame them? I wouldn't want to be the target of some political witch hunt, it's much easier to resign and move on with your life. It seems the dems are using 100% of their congressional resources on bipartisan investigations. This plan may backfire, as congressional approval ratings have dipped to 18%.

This season has been brutal. Don't know if it's the worst. All the bad seasons just seem to blend together into a abstract portrait of crapiness to me.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Aug 27, 2007 -> 03:57 PM) Bush's comments today which talked about how great Alberto is and basically blamed the media and anti-Gonzales people for this resignation were amazing. The whole episode just seemed like a political witch hunt to get a "kill" from the Bush admin to please the "Bush lied people died" conspiracy theorists of the Democrat party. Of course the media picked it up and went crazy. I can't blame the media for covering the whole thing,even though some of the editorial coverage of the hearings were over the top.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 27, 2007 -> 03:36 PM) I didn't like a lot of Clinton's foreign policy either, but I didn't see Albright's delivery as a problem. She agreed with many of those policies and carried them out with enthusiasm. She was also duped by just about every authoritarian dictator in the world and was gullible enough to pay them off financially, with tax payer money, to follow treaties. Of course, they ignored her.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 27, 2007 -> 03:13 PM) You are saying Madeline Albright was a hack? You have to be joking. You may not have liked her stands, but she was eminently qualified and did a pretty solid job with the policies she was given. No, I am not joking, she was a political hack who was overmatched in the affairs of foreign policy. She did a horrible job.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Aug 27, 2007 -> 08:17 AM) The degree of blatant cronyism in the placement of political hacks into positions of importance is dumbfounding.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Aug 26, 2007 -> 03:50 PM) The thing that makes me laugh about this case is that it is conviently glossed over that this woman committed social securty fraud and tax fraud, even if you want to ignore the, at least, two illegal entries into this country. She was convicted of social security fraud for purchasing a stolen social security number, and using that to commit fraud in getting a job. Is that the kind of person we really want in this country? If people are OK with that, please take out a credit card or two, and let me use them directly, instead of going through the problem of stealing it from you. Even if you want to ignore the immigration stuff, she does not deserve to stay here, in my opinion. Thats a great point.

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Aug 24, 2007 -> 07:11 PM) Good, I couldnt believe Al Sharpton could be that stu..... hmmm MSNBC thought that it was actually Sharpton's blog and cited it on their website. Lol, even the dolphin fighting stuff.

Important news update about the Vick controversy http://www.newsgroper.com/al-sharpton/2007...ck-innocent-oj/

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Aug 24, 2007 -> 02:30 PM) so, the moral of the story is..... Don't be a jackass in a country that you weren't born in? haha, yea. I guess she is saying that the American Government owes her because they "let" her in. Lady, you snuck in and stayed here illegally. Also, no one is holding her kid hostage here in the United States. She can be reunited with her son at any time, but it will need to be in her home country.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 17, 2007 -> 03:40 PM) Even though I agree with this post, I do want to say that I think Doctors are a major part of the problem with the current health care system (and one that isn't talked about nearly as much as insurers and hospitals). I think its become culturally acceptable in medicine to be wholly uninvolved in a patient's actual treatment, let alone prevention. 30 seconds with the Doc, here's your scrip, go home and sleep it off. Oh and try these drug samples I got at the latest Lilly gof outing. Yes, some of that is the result of the way insurers work. Yes, lawsuits make things more expensive. But I think a LOT of the blame for the state of the system can fall right on the shoulders of the Doctors. A lot of doctors do act like jerks, I will agree with you on that. However, I'm not sure that a second rate doctor will treat you any better than a first rate. I know what you are getting at though. A while back I had some kidney pain and a slight fever so I went to the doctor, he basically told me I was fine and just being a baby and the pain would go away. So I was like "Ok, cool. I'll just go home and sleep it off". Well, I ended up in the Hospital a couple days later with a major kidney infection. I know that if the prick would have just given me some antibiotics things would have probably been fine. That kinda pissed me off a little . I have health insurance and everything, but I can imagine if I didn't what kind of crazy bills I would have received from the whole ordeal.

I do think that there needs to be changes in the health care system. Currently, it seems fairly inhumane, especially for a country with the resources of the United States. And I agree with Balta that prevention would help save a lot of money. But the solution needs to be reasonable, and we need to make sure we keep the best doctors in the world here.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Aug 16, 2007 -> 01:44 PM) I hate to say it, but I'm probably about 3-4 years away from actually being able to purchase a home because I'll finally be done with the Ph.D. and looking for something tenure track...and I couldn't be happier about the timing of this. Home price shifts usually take years to work their way entirely through the market and to hit everywhere, and this one will probably be no different, so with a little bit of luck, I'll be able to hop in at the bottom. There needed to be a correction, housing prices were way too high. And you are correct, there are going to be a lot of good deals out there due to foreclosures and such.