FlaSoxxJim

I know we tend to put all the religion stories in the Filibuster so that we can keep the fighting contained, but I read this an it just makes my blood boil. OK, maybe not so much.

My platform would be the "Honest Grist" platform and it would demand that all American brewers immediately and henceforth abandon the use of adjunct cereal grains that make most American beers thin and cr@ppy, instead using only malted barley and wheat as the chief fermentables in their products. The resulting beer would be soooo damn good the whole nation will fall into a drunken stupor and I will quietly consolidate extraordinary powers within the person of the Executive. With these powers I will order an immediate end to all reality TV shows, mandate that "Take me Out to the Ballgame" be the only song sung during the 7th Inning Stretch, and push hard for the passage of a blanket resolution granting a suspension of marital fidelity obligations on the part of the person of the Executive in any instances specifically involving Kate Beckinsale. I would then make sure Kate Beckinsale had heard about all the good beer and maybe bring her up a couple of cases.

Queen of all Prawns!

QUOTE(Texsox @ Nov 10, 2006 -> 11:13 AM) NEW YORK (Billboard) -- Eddie Van Halen has brought his 15-year-old son, Wolfgang, into Van Halen as the veteran rock band's new bass player, a spokesperson told Billboard.com. Father and son, along with Eddie's drummer brother Alex, have been rehearsing for a 2007 tour, but it is unknown who will serve as the band's vocalist. (Wolfgang's substitution for original bass player Michael Anthony was first reported by news Web site TMZ.com a week ago.) ^^^ Van Halen

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Nov 11, 2006 -> 07:26 PM) Gas prices go down every fall as companies are able to switch to cheaper gas blends with higher vapor pressure, and start to go back up in the winter as things get cold and heating demand goes up. This is the normal yearly cycle the way the market is set up right now. It just so happens that elections are in the fall too, so people jump to conclusions. Turn in your tinfoil hat now, Balta!!!

I think that is all we can expect from the Roman Catholic Church on the matter, and actually better than I'd expected for now. It's still siboptimal because it sticks to the idea that it's not a sin to be gay as long as you are not sexually actively gay, but I can't see them doing a whole lot more. Gay Catholics are still better off parting ways with the Church, imo.

QUOTE(BobDylan @ Nov 10, 2006 -> 07:13 AM) Are the different "flavors" of Christianity a sort of debate of what a Christian really is? I would say so, absoluutely. What God is, for that matter. Of all the things I do take the human construct of religion to task for, the variations on a theme are not one of them. It's an expected result of the simultaneous diversity and universality of the human condition and the sociateal grappling with that.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Nov 9, 2006 -> 07:45 PM) What would you suggest, then, for people that have paid into it for years and get nothing in return? Damn. I could have been a Republican after all.

11 million bottles. Wow, that's a lot. I get a headache just thinking about it. Which is ironic, since now I'm too scared to take pain reliever.

And then there's this one, which is NOT from the Onion: http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/1...ut_but_som.html

QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Nov 9, 2006 -> 02:13 PM) Let's give American companies a hand up, not a hand out.

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Nov 9, 2006 -> 01:40 PM) They would be better without the dumbass comments written all over the pictures. But the pictures are great. Hell you say.

Blame The Onion, not me.

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Nov 9, 2006 -> 08:04 AM) weird font. great point. Yeah, yeah. The important point in all of this is, what kind of porn and where'd ya get it??

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Nov 8, 2006 -> 11:46 PM) I his name would have been "smooches galore"

QUOTE(whitesoxin @ Nov 8, 2006 -> 10:51 PM) On a somewhat similar note, today this extremely stupid pregnant girl (she's 17) was loudly making fun of an old man who had a heart attack and died while voting yesterday. It turns out that the man who died was the grandfather of one of our classmates. She sat about three feet from the stupid pregnant girl. Talk about awkward.. ouch.

Back to the cynicism issue. If you are listening to the conference you heard Bush say that even as he was telling reporters that Rummy was safe for the rest of the term he was really already looking for a replacement. And still the cause for our cynicism is questioned?

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Nov 8, 2006 -> 01:11 PM) You people freakin' amaze me. You get EXACTLY what you want, and cynaicsm abounds. Can you listen to this press conference, and the way he's handling the questions and honestly wonder why there is cause for cynicism? Remember, this is the President who two days ago was claiming that if the Dems win the terrorists win and America loses. Bush confirms the Cheney will ALSO be with him for the remainder of his term. Not that I don't doubt it, but where have I heard that before?

Bob Gates. Texas connection.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Nov 8, 2006 -> 01:03 PM) :::applause::: The AP is confirming. So...next move...Bush nominates Lieberman, Republican governor in Conn. gets chance to Replace Lieberman, Republicans control the Senate again? Oooh, that would be something. Unlikely to be Lieberman though. Heck, maybe he'll noninate a Dem Senator with some credentials for Defense Secretary and replace him to the same effect. Here it comes . . .

I assume this will be the "significant announcement" in Bush's press conference coming up in a few minutes. Stay tuned.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Nov 8, 2006 -> 10:53 AM) He already announced he will caucus with the Dems, which is the key. But he will continue to split to the Right on Iraq.

Well, if you're that sold on the place, then I'm right there with you, Buddy. And that's going to set you back how much a year? Tex to Tex, Jr.: "You want to connect with your spiritual side, you watch late night 'Kung Fu' reruns on TNT like everybody else!"

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Nov 8, 2006 -> 01:51 AM) Well, at least thus far it already sounds like the White House is going to be gearing up for a fight...Reuters link It's still either Bush's way or the highway, at least based on the sound of that statement. No "We're looking forward to working with them", instead its "stand up or stop complaining". At least Pelosi paid lip service earlier tonight to working together/bipartisanship/the Center with the President at the start (before firing off plenty of red meat on Iraq to the crowd of course). The press conference today will be really interesting. If either MT or VA Senate was a done deal for the Dems I think he'd have to be conciliatory and back off the Dems win = America loses rhetoric. With both races still undecided maybe he still feels he can take a combative stance. It was humorous when OP and Allen spokespeople were downplaying the need for a VA recount when they were up by less than 1/2%, but when those numbers flipped and Webb went up by about te same margin Allen came on and prett much said be patient because you betcha there's gonna be a recount! Finally, I do basically agree with Kap and others that the Dem 'wave' is more about Bush than any national mindset shift towerd the Dems. My hypothetical question is do you think we'll ever see Bushco cop to this? Will we ever get to hear W give a George Costanza "It's not you, it's ME" speech??