FlaSoxxJim

QUOTE(WCSox @ Feb 1, 2006 -> 02:08 PM) And perhaps that's part of the reason why we have so many troops next door in Iraq right now. I don't recall that as being one of the justifications for the invasion. But your are quite likely correct, and there are probably all kinds of reasons for us being there besides for the fanciful official ones.

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Feb 1, 2006 -> 11:15 AM) go to www.flasoxxjimisaredneck.com I'm outing you as a redneck.... I saw you at Union Station rednecking with other men and women. I outed myself last week. I'm two generations removed from life in grand old Greer's Ferry Arkansas.

HELP ME DR. ZEUS!!

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Feb 1, 2006 -> 10:24 AM) Like Alison Krauss and Union Station..... 'cuz then he'd be a republican. LIBEL!! I love me some Allison Krauss, and I'm no republican.

QUOTE(Soxy @ Feb 1, 2006 -> 08:04 AM) I didn't watch last night, but my sister called to give me the blow by blow. Now, my sister is a special ed teacher so just by virtue of the "leave all the children behind act" she is not a fan of the current admin (not to mention the environment, choice, and a plethora of other issues). So, she's telling me what's going on. She starts shadowing the president on the environmental issues, then she starts making this choking/gagging noise. I was like, Are okay? To which she replied, yes, I'm just choking on my own anger. I think that sums up my feelings pretty well. There were at least a dozen out and out deceits in the address. But one of the most glaring is the lipservice he gave to strengthening the commitment to science education and research. Buy its nature, the No Child program screws kids over in science education from the outset, because it only mandates testing in math and reading. In the current "teach to the test" mindset of schools scrambling to not lose funding, science teachers are even being told to stop teaching science and to concentrate on math and reading in preparation for testing. For the last couple of decades, elementary student performance in the sciences has been above the world average, and it is only in the secondary years where we fall down and the rest of the developed world kicks our students' asses in science scores. Now, we are cutting our students off at the knees in the sciences. It won't matter one wit if there is a nominal renewed commitment to funding research at the university level and beyond if we are giving up on raising the next generation of scientists before they ever had a chance.

I don't know what it falls under, but I agee it is wrong and going too far.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 31, 2006 -> 02:30 PM) Flaxx and I have completed our debate. I just wanted to say thank you to Jim for an excellent debate. You sir are very well read, and a pleasure to argue with. The respect is mutual. That was enjoyable, even if it seemed like doing homework at times. Now, the real question is who is the true winner in this: the guy that gets to take a break and catch up on real work and such, or the guy tat has to strap it down and do it again?!?

That about sums it up.

QUOTE(mreye @ Jan 31, 2006 -> 10:06 AM) I thought you'd find this interesting: http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/200...1070004d4d8.txt Very cool indeed. Thanks for posting. The seasonal ponds are the perfect place to find them since their life history exploits those conditions. The "living fossil" Triops that has become popular in science classes in recent years belongs to the same class (Branchiopoda – in reference to their gill-like eggs), but belongs to a different subclass. I'm not surprised at the discovery. They are easily overlooked cryptofauna, but they've had several hundred million years to diversify and radiate. The more such habitats are discovered, the more clam shrimps and related species we're going to find.

CLOSING STATEMENT: Would that I could promise such brevity with my closing statements. Though I will strive to remain on point, there are still some coverage gaps in our dialogue. "Funding the arts" covers a lot of ground. Contemplating an end to that funding on a federal level threatens a lot more than what is initially obvious, as our discussion has revealed. Federal art funding only began at the end of the 19th century, with justification then provided that art could be "educational and morally ennobling" (NYU Law School Brennan Center For Justice). Such justification argues that art may indeed be deemed capable of improving the welfare of American citizens. The NEA Arts Education Fellowships recognize superior teachers of the performing, visual, literary, and media arts and provide them with independent study opportunities (typically 1-2 months in the summer) that ultimately will benefit the students of these exceptional teachers. NEA provides critical startup and operational funding for institutions that rapidly become self-sustaining at state and local levels. Federal funding such as provided by NEA is one of the reasons why our country now has more than 300 professional municipal orchestras instead of the 50 in existence when the Endowment began. Short of a complete end to federal funding for the arts, you have argued the need to show restraint in federal spending. I'm all for fiscal restraint. For that matter, I believe NEA is a fine example of fiscal restraint in action. With a requested 2006 budget of $121 million and the 2000 US census figures (281,421,906 people on April 1 2000), the cost of funding NEA works out to less than 43 cents per individual. I'm not arguing against the idea that every tax dollar counts and that they should all be spent wisely. I am trying to provide some perspective. In the wake of the 1989 Serrano/Mapplethorpe uproar and subsequent federal content restriction laws, the NEA became similarly constrained as far as who/what they can fund. Now the NEA gives more than 60% of funding to institutions over individual artists. For better or worse, this is one more guarantee that the tax dollars allocated to the NEA budget will be spent on programs and artists more acceptable to the American mainstream. Finally, I'll reiterate that competitive NEA grant applications are reviewed by diverse panels of intelligent peers in the arts as well as by program administrators, and this is yet another level of scrutiny to ensure that grantees are deserving and that the Endowment program is run efficiently. Rather drawing a funding line by legislative fiat, NEA should continue to use expert applicant review panels to decide which organizations and individuals are most worthy of funding. The federal expenditure on art pales in comparison to that of local governments, and is dwarfed by the contributions of private philanthropy. Thias is as it should be. But the federal government still has an important role to play in overall arts funding and support.

Naughty naughty Neocons. Who knew when Bush was talking about "Faith based initiatives" he really meant "Feith based initiatives"?

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Jan 29, 2006 -> 02:52 PM) Yeah, like the Democrats and black people. No, like Republicans and black people.

QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Jan 29, 2006 -> 10:56 AM) I'm sorry, where did I say that? That was levelled at me, not you. I used the term "redn**k" and am, understandably I guess, being skewered for it. I need to choose my language more carefully sometimes certainly. My mom's family all comes from Arkansas and Kentucky and I spent lots of vacation time there growing up and listening to family members joke with each other about how redn**k they all were - and proudly so, but being a generation removed from it I can understand I don't get to use the word anymore. When I'm over at my mother-in-law's house for family gatherings I will just smile awkwardly when my brothers-in-law try to une-up each other on who is the bigger redn**k. South, north, wherever, it will continue to frustrate me when people willingly allow themselves to be duped into voting for a political party that only cares about them on election days, and then screws them up and down the rest of the time.

QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Jan 28, 2006 -> 02:11 AM) Another reason to be a Democrat. I spoke with New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine today while hanging out at the Governor's mansion. Before complementing me on my beard, he did in fact confirm that he is a lifelong White Sox fan. . . . while hanging out at the Governor's mansion. Well La -Dee - Daa. I could hang out at the Governor's mansion too, but I'm waiting on calls from, er . . , the Pope of Russia and, uh . . the King of Bok Choi. Like you're the only important one around here. Sheesh.

QUOTE(mr_genius @ Jan 27, 2006 -> 05:01 PM) i bet he's a democrat i bet he can't spell democrat.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/257316...rights27ww.html A Washington state gay rights bill passed both houses and is on the way to governor for signature which has been promised and may come as early as Tuesday. This is the same bill that died a year ago Microsoft decided not to support it. This year they stood by it. It kills me as a hardcore mac guy, but Gates is doing all kinds of good things now. This is small compared to the huge things the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is doing around the world for childrens' education and health. It's getting harder and harder to say bad things about the guy (besides the crappy computers).

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jan 27, 2006 -> 04:56 PM) It's ok Tex...soon Delay will be serving 20 years...and then everything will be ok...your Delay addiction (procrastination?) will be over... *giggle* I like that joke grenade.

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Jan 27, 2006 -> 02:01 PM) I have to disagree with you here. Jason X was terribly terrible and Freddy vs Jason was not so bad but Michael Myers is not the type to be in one of those kinds of movies. His goal is not to kill other mass murderers, but to kill the remains of the family that screwed him over as a kid. Halloween 3 was absolutely horrible as well, along with Resurrection. It has zero business as a Halloween movie. They should have just called it Season of the Witch because Halloween = Michael Myers. Halloween II was bad but it wasn't great. But then again, I have a huge bias here. But Michael Myers changed the rules of the game. In Parts 1 and 2 he was killing whatever promiscuous teens he cane across. Yeah, yeah, somewhere along the line it turned out Jamie Lee Curtis was his sister or something, but that's all sooo much weaker than a computer age druid-warlock trying to kill all the kids on Halloween with evil rubber masks.

QUOTE(CanOfCorn @ Jan 27, 2006 -> 04:09 PM) 277 more days til Halloween, Halloween, Halloween... 277 more days til Halloween...Silver Shamrock! LOVE IT!!

QUOTE(robinventura23 @ Jan 27, 2006 -> 02:43 PM) Am I alone in not being interested in the new Superman movie? Some movies are better left alone. In my opinion, there is only one "Superman" in the movies, and he is no longer with us. So who are you slighting, George Reeves or Christopher Reeve?

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Jan 27, 2006 -> 04:10 PM) Seriously, I just decided to clean it up, and that way you can have some focus. It's not that I'm pissed and took my toys to go home, and I know there's been some good natured barbs in here, but you're right. The purpose was to go to a place where you could talk like-minded without the interference. /back to you all being on the wrong side of things ( ) Is he gone?? If so, then I'll go throw another aborted fetus on the fire and light up a big fatty while somebody else reads aloud from the Collected Writings of Karl Marx.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Jan 27, 2006 -> 03:42 PM) People were complaining about "non-Dems" being in here, so (most) of those posts are graciously gone, and us "non-Dems" need to stay out of your playroom. Is that better? OK. I always figured the "Dems Only/GOP Only" monikers were mild warnings anyway, and only to be optionally followed. Since an initial joke post on the first day I've resisted the temptation to see what the brain trust in the other clubhouse has been talking about, but only because I have no interest. There have been a couple of mini flame wars in the Dem Only thread, which did somewhat mitigate the purpose of having the threads. But everyone taking a deep breath (or a drink) may have worked as well as editing the thread timeline.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Jan 27, 2006 -> 02:56 PM) I moved most of the "s***" out of here. Have fun. I obviously missed something.

QUOTE(Middle Buffalo @ Jan 27, 2006 -> 02:38 PM) There's a pretty good chance that I'll use this some day. You will, of course, receive no credit. Just like here at work.

QUOTE(Balance @ Jan 27, 2006 -> 12:18 PM) I would feel bad for him, too. But people need to learn that actions have consequences. Getting arrested will tend to have a negative impact on your future. This is true. And again I 100% agree he should get the suspension and deserves the suspension and all of its consequences. But it still sucks for him.