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QUOTE(Grebeck Fan Club @ Mar 29, 2005 -> 02:39 PM) I just bought an adjustable 'green sox' St. Patty's day hat. It's my Sox purchase for the year. I do have the 2001 "1917" Sunday throwback jersey. Number 31 on the back (guess who that is). I got the green hat last September during the halfway to St Pats. game.

Then my work here is done

QUOTE(He_Gawn @ Mar 29, 2005 -> 02:24 PM) Would Jared Jeffries be a senior this year or last? Jeffries would have graduated last year.

I'm not sure if we match up or not Zero, but make me an offer if you are interested. I'd definately be interested in one of the closers, and I do have some starting pitching to offer. I also would be willing to deal Maggs and Giambi.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Mar 29, 2005 -> 02:10 PM) Like all other manufacturing jobs, we would go overseas. Like shirts, tvs, computers and everything else, foreign production is cheaper and when US producers cannot compete we will see more and more food items from places like Nicaragua. How much can they produce? The scale that the US produces on is unmatched in the world. I doubt they would be able to pick up THAT much of the slack as to keep price increases that low. Not many countries have the wide open expanses AND the technology to utilize it, like the US does.

QUOTE(SleepyWhiteSox @ Mar 29, 2005 -> 01:57 PM) I doubt it would come to that extreme. The fact of the matter is that workers deserve to be fairly compensated for the work that they do. Economically something would have to give way. If wages went from way less than minimum wage, to say $10 an hour, the costs have to be absorbed somewhere. Either prices have to go up, or farmers would quit producing. If farmers were to quit producing prices would go up anyway, as there would be no change in basic demand. Food is an inelastic item in general. You HAVE to eat. Price increases would be passed on. Heck if wages went up 4X, we would probably be lucky to only see a 2X increase in prices.

QUOTE(SleepyWhiteSox @ Mar 29, 2005 -> 01:50 PM) They sure as hell could. You believe that everyone could afford to pay double for the same amount of food?

I have been to the NCAA finals with my team while I was in college, granted it was D3, but the excitement level might even have been higher on this campus. We were undefeated, playing against another undefeated team for the title. The whole town was into it. Nothing like this had ever happened at Manchester College. All that, and I would trade every second of it for any seat at a World Series game at Comiskey Park.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Mar 29, 2005 -> 01:29 PM) And they are preyed on by landlords, farmers, ranchers, shop keepers. No one likes the system. Not the people who risk their lives crossing wilderness areas with little water for $5.00 per hour, the people who employ them, or the people who buy the cheap food that the illegals produce. The system needs to be fixed, but the fix is not paying field labor $21,000 per year. Which is the median income that most agriculture experts pick as the salary needed to get Americans to take these jobs. McDonalds pays close to that for indoor, year round work. I doubt the industry could support $10.50 an hour for a prevailing wage. But definately something needs to be done.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Mar 29, 2005 -> 01:36 PM) '77??? Were those the shorts? Those were a little before my time.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Mar 29, 2005 -> 01:25 PM) How about this, every year, the U.S. gov tracks down (and they can) those illegals who have been the most hard working and grants them citizenship. The same number of welfare and aid recipients get deported, deal? lol You would see our productivity numbers shoot through the roof.

I know the whole Retro 1983 jerseys are in right now, but god those were ugly. I was never so happy with a uniform as when they went to the late 80's look and dumped that horrid 83 jersey.

QUOTE(SleepyWhiteSox @ Mar 29, 2005 -> 01:19 PM) What % are felons and what felonious activities are being supported? I missed that part... All of them. Being in the USA illegally is a felony.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Mar 29, 2005 -> 01:12 PM) I see your point, but we already 'reward' lazy American asses with welfare and aid. Which I am totally against as well. No able bodied person should collect aid like that long term. At worst those systems were meant as temporary holdovers for people down on their luck. At best they were meant for the unemployable.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Mar 29, 2005 -> 01:07 PM) You are missing my point. Canadians wanting to take an extended vacation in the US are treated different than Mexicans. That doesn't seem fair. Which will harm the economy more, $2.00 gas or a 15% increase in the food bills? Like it or not, or agricultural economy is running strong because of illegal labor. We need to find a way to utilize this labor pool in a legal manner, not try and just cut off the border and do without. That it terribly short sided. If you actually go back and read what I posted, I am very much in favor of streamlined immigration and/or a big expanded guest worker program. I have no problem with legal means being utilized. I do have a problem going for my tax dollars supporting felonious activity. Why should we reward illegal activity, that doesn't make any sense. Especially when the jobs they are taking are most likely being taken away from from new immigrants who have historically worked the least desirable jobs. What kind of reward is following the law then? What kind of message are we sending?

QUOTE(SleepyWhiteSox @ Mar 29, 2005 -> 01:01 PM) Why??? So all hard-working illegal immigrants having a positive effect on the economy while working hard in the true American spirit should be deported? Why should a person who commits a felony be rewarded?

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Mar 29, 2005 -> 12:55 PM) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7293186/ What if it proves otherwise?...oooops. Good to see Jesse Jackson finally made it down there, better late than never I guess.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Mar 29, 2005 -> 12:45 PM) A family from Canada can spend 6 months travelling the US and a family from Mexico only 90 days. Because if illegal immigration? What? So if someone from a country commits a crime, we punish the whole country? BTW, it's costing American business billions in tourism dollars as wealthy Mexicans travel to Australia, Europe, and other destinations. Its not just someONE. If it were someONE, no one would really care. How many MILLIONS of people are here illegally from Mexico and the rest of Central and South America? How many Canadians are here illegally. You can't discount the problem by minimizing it. And is it really costing the US tax dollars? If you want to be technical about it, the loss of income taxes not paid by undocumented workers has to be a huge drain on our economy, not to mention the social services that are being provided to people while committing an illegal activity. Those monies could easily be going to US citizens to provide them better health care, education, social security, better roads, heck anything you want. Australia, Europe and the rest aren't struggling with illegal immigrants from Mexico, so they are much more apt to let them in their country. Try being an African of some sort and getting into Europe, and you'll find just as much zenophobia exsists.

QUOTE(Queen Prawn @ Mar 29, 2005 -> 12:41 PM) I don't know what then regiment is today to become a legal resident, but my dad came to this country 10/1971. He had to wait 6 years before he could legally come here. Also, he had to have a sponsor and if that sponsor didn't show up (which happened to my dad, thankfully his other uncle picked him up), he would be sent back to restart the process. Where from, if you don't mind me asking?

QUOTE(Texsox @ Mar 29, 2005 -> 12:36 PM) Why is LEGAL immigration treated differently between Canadians and Mexicans? Canadians are allowed easier and longer visits than Mexicans. Legal immigration is different because of the amount of illegal immigration. It isn't a concern on the northern border, so the rules don't need to be as stringent. Heck if you want an anaolgy, that's some states require helmets on motorcycles, but not in cars. They are both motor vehicles, but the different dynamics require different things.

The thing is this gets really interesting as the NBA is talking about raising the floor age to 20 in their next CBA. The players seem to be in favor of it also, as no one wants to lose their job to an 18 year old who won't play at all for a couple of years anyway.

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Now there are reports of stem cells coming from hair cells. http://news.dcealumni.com/474/290305-hair-...-of-stem-cells/