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QUOTE (iamshack @ Dec 27, 2011 -> 10:11 AM) Pretty sweet that you still collect vinyl. I would love to get in to this at some point. What kind of turntable would you recommend? I would recommend getting something solid. A Direct Drive table is best, especially if you have want to spend the money on one that you'd like to keep for a long time. Other record players run on belt drives and belts wear out over time.

We're making a list of Soxtalk's favorite music of the year. PM me your list of your favorite albums of the year At least 5 please, but shoot for 10. (We'll define 2011 as anything released December 15, 2010 - December 15, 2011) We'll list the 20 best albums after voting closes on Jan 5. Thanks!

QUOTE (Tex @ Dec 24, 2011 -> 04:39 PM) Right, and if those 50 states could agree on the same requirements, I believe it would be a nice step forward. We know who the main candidates are for the two major parties well in advance. Wouldn't it be nice if the top six or eight are on every ballot? What would it hurt? It seems like it hurts that, for example, in Virginia they will not have the same choices as someone in the next state over. I think you could also make the same argument in reverse. That the people in Virginia may be better served by Presidential candidates who actually take the time and effort to reach out to 10,000 registered voters in a state of several million. In a state wide election in a state that size, .10000 signatures requires mostly a campaign presence and some organization. If you can't cobble together a petition signing campaign over several months, why should you deserve the ballot access you seek?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 24, 2011 -> 05:40 PM) And if the Democrats in Indiana cared so much about it, why didn't they give Lugar the same treatment? If Lugar does not meet the residency requirements in Indiana, they absolutely should.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 24, 2011 -> 01:55 PM) You are pretty much restricting access to an entire party for the whole state if the Democrats get their way. That is the difference here. I'd call that "disenfranchisement" on a level way past making someone show an ID. Well, the Republican party should have known that they were placing an ineligible candidate on the ballot - and worked to stop that. They didn't. If you aren't happy with Indiana electoral law, maybe you should lobby your lawmaker to change Indiana law to not have every bit of your party's standing to base itself entirely on the Secretary of State election.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 24, 2011 -> 01:58 PM) Not to mention the irony that the reason he is being prosecuted, is because there is the paper trail that democrats do not want to create in the other cases. There are voter rolls in every precinct that you sign into when you vote. There always has been. Paper trails are not an issue.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Dec 24, 2011 -> 12:29 PM) And for all the Dems complaining about making it easy to vote, they sure shut the hell up when it comes to getting the votes from soldiers overseas in time. If this had been something the Democratic Party actually did, George Bush would not have been elected President in 2000.

QUOTE (Tex @ Dec 24, 2011 -> 11:48 AM) I would like to see states come up with a national plan for Presidential races instead of the state by state method. I understand it will cause some small states to receive even less attention from campaigns, but this always seems too random. We don't actually have a national election. We have 50 state elections.

In the next two weeks, there's going to be huge pressure for Charlie White to resign. Because this voter fraud case has HUGE implications for the Indiana Republican party. http://www.indystar.com/article/20111223/N...xt|IndyStar.com Charlie White used to live in Fishers, Indiana. He moved out of Fishers in 2009. Yet continued to serve on its city council until he took the oath of office as Secretary of State in January. It should be noted, that this is a violation of Indiana election law. And that the Secretary of State is responsible for elections in the state of Indiana. It gets better. He voted in Fishers in the primary of 2010 for his campaign to be elected Secretary of State. This is voter fraud. He claims it was a mistake but also claims that he knowingly voted in his old precinct. Not only would this make him guilty of voter fraud, it would mean his general election ballot line was ineligible. So the Democrats, seeing a valid case of voter fraud, actually went to court to pursue this. And this week, a Marion County judge has ruled that this ballot line was in fact ineligible. If this ruling stands, it could be disastrous for the Republican party, because the election of SoS determines so much in electoral politics in the state of Indiana. For example, because the Republican line is essentially nullified in the 2010 SoS election with this ruling, the Republicans would no longer be considered a major party in the state of Indiana, despite holding every statewide office (except for SoS), because the definition of major party is done on the results of the SoS election. This would take effect through the 2014 election. It would also significantly limit the number of signatures needed for a minor party to get a ballot line (because all those GOP voters will be considered nonvoting, since the ballot line was ineligible.) So to get on the ballot in a statewide election, it will just about be 14,000 signatures necessary. Also, Republicans will lose control of the State Recount board and also a lot of the control of the election process that they already had. If White is found guilty before his ineligibility ruling stay is lifted, he will immediately be stripped of his office and their man Mitch could appoint another Republican. Otherwise, the electoral landscape in Indiana could look quite different in the next couple months.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 23, 2011 -> 08:53 AM) The next obvious question would be has Jimmy Carter denied it? It sounds like, based on this article - that the news reporter tried to contact one person who is on vacation and decided to give up. So the answer is, I don't know.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Dec 23, 2011 -> 09:34 AM) When asked for comment he simply said talk to my publicist, who happened to be out the last 3 weeks of December. Actually, read the article again. When asked for comment, the Carter Center (read: the receptionist) said talk to our publicist.

What I love most about this thread is that we're taking the news agency that claimed Kim Jong-Il hit 11 holes in one on his first ever round of golf and claimed supernatural happenings at the moment of his death, at their word. The KCNA makes so much s*** up, how do we really know any of it is true in the first place?

Over one out of four gay people still vote Republican. http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/20...m+Daily+News%29

Sadly, over one out of four gay Americans will vote for a Republican President this year, even though the frontrunners are all but saying don't even bother. http://blog.sfgate.com/nov05election/2011/...man-vote-obama/

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Dec 20, 2011 -> 11:17 AM) Actual ratings don't mean much, it depends on the demographic more than anything else. So, for example, let's say your show gets 3.2 million viewers, but these are all older people, 50+ age range. My show only gets 1.1 million, but my 1.1 million are all 18-21 year olds...my show would be considered the success. I doubt the ratings of the demographic advertisers are interested in watch that. Not all advertisers want the same demographic.

1.2 Million on TLC is not a bad number. Mad Men averages under 3 million viewers a night and that show is a hit.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 17, 2011 -> 10:37 AM) And "Choosing not to continue buying ads on a show with low ratings" is not an unusual business decision either. The show has average ratings. But its not unusual for companies who have scheduled their ad buys months in advance not to make any more ad purchasing decisions in the last month of the year.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Dec 16, 2011 -> 05:23 PM) There are about 35 companies that have pulled their ads. Better get checking that list, wouldn't want you to impugn your integrity. A lot of the list of people who have pulled those ads are incorrect. The list includes people who purchased schedules that have run its course - not people who have pulled their ads.

Happy Birthday Mister!

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Dec 9, 2011 -> 12:16 AM) if you actually believe that.... Of course I don't believe that. I did believe in a lot of the things he said as a Senator and as a Governor. That's why this whole thing is kinda painful to me. Because his actions are roughly the opposite of the policies he espoused.

QUOTE (Tex @ Dec 8, 2011 -> 10:21 PM) If you would agree that people could participate in a non government sanctioned marriage ceremony or similar event to mark their union, I'll join you. Oh absolutely. After all anyone can do that.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Dec 8, 2011 -> 04:49 PM) libertarians are big on removing the government from marriage. I support equality. Either all consenting adults should be allowed to marry, or no consenting adults should be allowed to marry. I think I'm ok with both options.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 8, 2011 -> 01:54 PM) Stories of the day... Corzine (D) has no idea where the money is, and he is really, really sorry (serious LOL there) and apparently at some point Biden called Corzine for advice on how to save the economy. No word on whether he took it or not, but seeing as the US is dumping money into Europe, the answer seems to be at least a solid maybe. Corzine did the very same things as a CEO that he said should be regulated out of existence as a Senator and Governor. [To be read in the sarcasm color since I'm color blind]Sometimes I wonder if he did these things at MF Global on purpose, to prove a point.[/ color]

QUOTE (Tex @ Dec 8, 2011 -> 11:04 AM) The theory that I have read is along this line: gays are saying, if we can't marry, then no one can marry. Eliminate the institute of marriage. Just trying to add some clarity. There is a segment of the gay population that does in fact support this concept. I may or may not be one of them.

Obama has taken some concrete steps to help the middle class. Affordable Care Act being one, Lily Ledbetter being another. Also, repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell is pretty good and he shepherded through CFRB even if they can't get a head of the agency confirmed in the Senate. He saved the auto industry in the US, took steps to end our occupation of Iraq and did more to disable Al Qaeda than we've seen in a very long time. His list of accomplishments are overshadowed by a partisan system that is clearly broken. The fact that he's been able to do more than one or two of these things is a testament to a stronger leader than anyone gives him credit for.