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http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/05/12/moussaoui.ap/index.html

Wow, was that incredible.

I think it is pretty easy to envision Chris being the most successful guy from this season no matter who wins it. You couldn't get a better situation for an idol by surrounding him with a band that fits him perfectly. It will be interesting to see how it plays out.

Happy Birthday Ian!

Get well soon Aaron. We still luv ya here, and always will

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ May 11, 2006 -> 01:40 PM) They will get the profits and more in fact with a rainout today. Do you think there will be more people buying this ticket now with a rainy day, or maybe in August when the races heat up and School is out. They also have to give free rainchecks for every person who had a ticket to tonights game, so they don't come out ahead...

The whole reason that the remodel of Soldier Field had such a low capacity was to try to keep the historical standing of it... now that it is gone, why not just expand it to 80K+ God knows they could sell the tickets for the Bears anyway.

QUOTE(YASNY @ May 11, 2006 -> 01:21 PM) I'm sorry, but our founding fathers were smarter than that. They build a city without expecting permanent residents? C'mon. Especially knowing the lengths at which they labored to make Washington DC an imposing city to navigate for people who were visiting it. It was made to have a powerful overwealming aura, so even then it wasn't being build to just be the capital. They knew it would attract people even 200 years ago.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ May 11, 2006 -> 01:04 PM) While agree that the CAPITOL should be on neutral ground, DC is not just the capitol. Its hundreds of thousands of citizens without congressional voices, and that isn't right. The ideal solution, to me, is to retrench the DC boundaries to only include the government, and not residents. But since that will never happen, I think this is a decent compromise. The other thing you could do is just move DC back into VA or MD, and that would solve both problems if we are going to disregard the historical backround of this.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ May 11, 2006 -> 12:58 PM) Perfect job for Al Gore: heading up the department of energy. No green. I'm serious. Why not, his family was one of the biggest shareholders for one of the worlds largest oil companies...

Wow. I was really hoping to see Tracey.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ May 11, 2006 -> 12:47 PM) I understand that's why the Capitol was originally put where it currently sits, but can you give me an example of how that's actually a major concern today? Seriously? With lobbies and bribery running rampant all of the government why would anyone ask a question about this? Heck I would say the chances of this happening today are probably better than they were 230 years ago.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ May 11, 2006 -> 12:41 PM) Former CIA director and current Presidential Medal of Freedom winner George Tenet, testifying under oath before Congress in 2000. And? I guess no one has ever lied under oath before? Please. You can not convince me that people have the technology to do this within our spy agencies and do not do so.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ May 11, 2006 -> 12:02 PM) I don't think that's worth having the district's residents having no voice in matters that directly concern them, or having no ability to have a Congressperson bring back money to the district, or work on its behalf, etc. And historically it has always been known to be that way. It prevents one group of people from receiving potential favor simply because they were lucky enough to have the capital in their backyard. If we are going to takeaway that, we might as well move the capital to somewhere more militarily sound in the middle of the country.

QUOTE(G&T @ May 11, 2006 -> 12:30 PM) That's easy to say now, but in 2000 every Democrat seemed to be distancing themselves from Clinton because of the scandals. They'd still be distancing themselves, IMO, except that Republicans have proven that sex scandals and perjury are sometimes the least of our worries. It was easy to say in 2000 as well. The Dems didn't learn that galvanizing your base can be more important than reaching out to middle like the Repubs did. Bill Clinton even during the worst of times, could draw a crowd, draw donations, and get people to vote.

I'm not sure why anyone would be surprised by this... Doesn't anyone remember Echelon?

QUOTE(Queen Prawn @ May 11, 2006 -> 12:12 PM) The admins and mods at the Canes board I post are obsessed with closing threads and warning people. Starting to drive me nuts. Doesn't help either that they changed their URL (due to a server change) mid playoffs. Its hard to keep a balance between friendly and open without a board desending into chaos... Some places err on the side of caution, others on the side of what generates posts. Its rough, especially when things seem to change from under your feet.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ May 11, 2006 -> 11:13 AM) The DOJ has reportedly begun investigating Rep. Jerry Lewis (R, CA), head of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, in connection with the Duke Cunningham bribery scandal. If someone like that, with that much power over appropriations, was open to taking bribes, then basically we might as well just assume the entire budget came about through bribes. LOL. Like you haven't been able to assume that for a long, long time.

I guess the whole history of having the capital of the country in a nuetral area is getting tossed aside then?

Sometimes I wonder about Sox fans... We have an article talking about our place in history and attendance vs the Cubs, and even when the part about Sox history is bolded, it desends into a discussion about the Cubs and attendance... Nope we aren't obsessed all people! Get over the Cubs, we are the f***ing World Champions, and the best team in baseball, who cares about the Cubs???

I am hoping for the best with Dustin, but not expecting much. The guy was huge for us last year, and its too bad he didn't get a chance to really finish the job he started.

Al Gore's biggest mistake was for whatever reason, not utilizing Bill Clinton at all. Love him or hate him, the guy has drawing power.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ May 11, 2006 -> 12:13 AM) I wasn't very clear on the phone, so a slight correction is in order... hehe Alissa Jeannette. Two weird spellings of both names - of course picked out by yours truely. Scary, eh? We are both worn out. Poor mom pretty much had some sort of labor for over two days; so she's resting, finally, and I'm about to myself after camping out on the hospital room floor for three nights in a row. Thanks everyone for the well wishes and prayers. Kap Damn it, now I have to shoot the messenger... Anyways GO GET SOME SLEEP!!! Madison can't wait to meet her little "cousin"

$600 FOR A PLAYSTATION?!?!?! Are they kidding?