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That was about the sickest shut down I've ever seen.

One of the really bad singers from the New York area was live entertainment at a beachfront restaurant on the 4th. It was great.

6 years too old IIRC.

QUOTE(CanOfCorn @ Jul 12, 2006 -> 12:49 PM) There are ethical issues to EITHER decision. That's the point. If I have cancer, why wouldn't I try everything I can to stay alive? Wouldn't it be God's will that I have cancer? I'm not trying to incite anything, but if there is a way to have children, why shouldn't I try it? And what's ethically wrong with it? I'm not hurting anyone, including the unfertilized eggs, because if my wife and I kept trying, nothing would happen. I wonder if there is any research done on the amount of people that go through IVF, have children, and then end up adopting. I don't fault anyone for deciding that IVF is the right thing for them to do. Although I disagree with it - and have some ethical concerns with it, I respect their choice.

Don't forget its also home of the Gary Steelheads Baseball team.

QUOTE(CanOfCorn @ Jul 12, 2006 -> 12:22 PM) I wouldn't say it's selfish. If there's a chance you can have a baby using the father's sperm and the mother's egg, I say go for it. I have a friend who did it and received two beautiful boys (there were 4, but was advised to selectively terminate 2 for health reasons). Adoption is a wonderful thing. But, it comes with it's own problems. And I would say that everyone who wants children, if given the choice, would rather have their own. Basically, just like anything, if IVF is used in good faith, it's not selfish. Are there side effects? Yes, but aren't there side effects of pretty much everything we do? There are literally millions of children in need of care from responsible adults. I understand that its frustrating to not make your own children without help. But then again there are millions of children already here. Who need help now. And although I don't fault the desire for IVF, I just think that the kids here deserve a parent more than parents deserve kids from their own bodies. Ya know?

How on earth did they forget the Barker Mansion and Ames Field?

QUOTE(YASNY @ Jul 12, 2006 -> 11:48 AM) I suppose a Christian going to doctor to keep from dying of say ... pnuemonia ... is also a hypocritical twist of God's will. As was stated earlier, you are really stretching things to fit your own anti-Christian agenda. No, I don't think that's where he's going with this. I think where he's going with it is that its hypocritical to oppose abortion (especially in its first trimester - pre-fetus stages) and support IVF where literally dozens of embryos are left to freeze, degrade and die - and not given a full chance at life. Personally, I only support Embryonic Stem Cell Research because of the existence of IVF - which I think is at its core, personally selfish.

The place I work with introduced a new commission structure in January of last year - that basically was a raise. Six weeks later, they cut the commission structure. Since then, nothing.

http://www.nbc5.com/news/9501094/detail.html At least it wasn't a fire like initially reported....

QUOTE(EvilMonkey @ Jul 11, 2006 -> 06:48 PM) Ah, but the Muslim extremists DO blame you for the rape and murder of the Iraqui woman. Just by virtue of being an American, you are marked for death, it is all your fault, and you are their gateway to the 72 virgins. INFIDEL! For a real trip, check out Aljazeera's webpage. They have a story on it about the woman that was raped, with comments. They cerainly paint all Americans with the same brush. Some sample quotes: • The US has a long history of sending their rapist soldiers back home and denying the aggrieved country justice. If Saddam is being tried for murdering Iraqi's why aren't the US Soldiers tried by the Iraqi's for the rape, murder and mutilation of civilians. The outcome of this trial will surely show the world America's view of itself relative to the rest of the world. If these soldiers don't get the death penalty in the US for this atrocious, barbaric act, It scares me to think what kind of act is worth getting the death penalty. • This soldier is a typical American soldier, this incident is one of thousands in Iraq, This is the real face of America ... Now and then there will be thousands of Bin Laden who will make another 11 of Sep. America is an EVIL nation • They are child rypest, who then burns the young girl and kils the family to hide thier crimes. That was nt the only rype and mruders bushblair regine have done to civilians, it is just the few we knows of. Then the world wonders, y are the Iraqis angry and kil the occupiers. There is just so many atrocities going on in Iraq, we have no idea about. This is the resons for the press buildings bombings and all the journalist who was mrudered, so the info about what are happening to the civilians won't reach the world. We cannot solve today's problems using the mindset that created them, Albert Einstein. If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life, Henry David Thoreau. If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law. Law never made men a whit more just, Henry David Thoreau.. Peace to the world. • i strongly believe that, what we are watching here is just a tip of an iceberg, it is very easy for american army to rape the girls, kill the men then call for f 16 planes to drop some 500 lbs bombs on victim's house to vaporize all evidence. Thihs is some funny stuff. And I thought wacko fringe-left liberals were crazy! You guys have NOTHING on the people posting here. They even make Iggy seem sane. EDIT: Here is the link. http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=11692 So you're taking reader comments and attributing it to the news service? Isn't that like taking the "I'm so over Scotty Podsednik" thread and equating that to the White Sox are so over SPod?

I love the Director of Lessons Learned. Like in most places in Corporate America, the people who work on the bottom of the ladder in the White House got no raise this year. The people on the higher end though...

Oh trust me, I've been plushie patrol 4 longer than eva.

Well if it was good enough for Joe Stalin...

The best parts of his solo albums are magic.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jul 11, 2006 -> 11:13 AM) PLUSHIE PATROL!!! Every time I see that, I think of something totally different.

There are 6.5 million Israelis in Israel. Or roughly 1/50th the population of our country. So it stands to reason that 60 terrorism related deaths a year would equate to a problem of 9/11 proportions. Between 2000 and 2006, over 1100 Israelis have been killed due to terrorism. That's has the population impact of 18 9/11s proportionally. Thanks, but I'll pass on the Israeli methods of fighting terrorism.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jul 11, 2006 -> 10:16 AM) Don't take it the wrong way, I don't think it is helpful at all. But going by Israels 60 year history, it is to be expected. I guess its just Israel being Israel In all seriousness, their overreactions are part of the reason I belive that Israel still exsists today. Think about it, if they just ignored the problem and tried to find the solider as quietly as possible, like the US, it would send the message to their enemies that they could get away with it. I think the fear of a huge retailliation to some extent prevents lots more attacks because they fear the brutal retribution. If that were true, they wouldn't have needed to erect a dozens of mile long "Berlin Wall" type structure along its border. If anything the Israeli example showed that this method doesn't stop terrorism at all.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jul 11, 2006 -> 08:17 AM) -I fail to see where lobbing missles indiscrimently is ever an acceptable reaction to a wall being built. -I fail to see where strapping a bomb to oneself and detonating it in the most public place possible is an acceptable reaction to much of anything. This could go both ways for a long time... I agree 100%. I just wonder why only Israel gets called for their actions. When was the last time a proposal was brought before the UN to condem Palestinian actions? I thought we were supposed to stop being the world's police force anyway? Plus I would like to see a source where you got your quote from at the end. SS, You are completely and totally right. Strapping a bomb to yourself is never the answer. Lobbing missiles is never the answer either. However, I just find destroying what little infrastructure that Gaza has in retaliation for the kidnapping of one person to be less than helpful.

This post is the 7,000th admission that I have no life.

Supposedly the Italian guy used a racial slur to describe Zidane's father. Something along the lines of a combination of calling him a benedict arnold and the n-word.

Maybe you aren't aware of a country named Turkey.

Dumb question, but didn't our late summer swoon coincide with Pods' injury last season? Is it possible that he contributes an intangible to the bench that helps motivate our team to win games? I'm sure there's a statistic for that somewhere, but I totally failed that class.

Good.

I woke up, noticed the call on my batsignal and immediately went and got TV's Patrick Duffy. Together we defeated the huns and saved the world from Dimension X. Then we went to Bennigan's where the Baked Potato Soup was on me literally. That jackass Patrick Duffy dumped a whole bowl on me. So I reduced him to a pile of ashes and tacky rayon clothes with my eye rays. Nobody gets potato soup on me. Nobody.