Rex Kickass

It's unfortunate that all sex offenders can get painted with the same broad brush sometimes. I can't believe I just said that statement - but I did. Because people that Steff are referring to should never see the light of day again. Period. And when/if they are released, they oughta be registered and notifications and such.... But did you know in Michigan, if you're convicted of public urination, you have to register as a sex offender for the rest of your life?

Cindy Sheehan's congresswoman not the first to invite a "special guest protester." http://www.drudgereport.com/flashts.htm There was also some other wife of a congressman ejected for wearing a t-shirt that said "Support Our Troops."

I don't know that we'd want him. Maybe we could trade for a player to be named later.

QUOTE(Cknolls @ Feb 1, 2006 -> 01:06 PM) No actually Catholic all the way. It must be nice to be perfect. Your Catholic school had a union?

I believe you can opt out of SS benefits.

QUOTE(Cknolls @ Feb 1, 2006 -> 12:16 PM) God fordid kide actually learn from non-union teachers. Did you?

Tammy Baldwin, Democrat from WI Jim Kolbe, Republican from AZ.

Lemme get back to you, I left my chart at home

This is such a difficult situation to handle.

Old Comiskey pretty much wrapped around.

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Feb 1, 2006 -> 10:22 AM) I dont think being gay threatens anyones job, I dont have any problems with homosexuals. But we both know that this blogger is threatening the senators job, unless the senator plans on staying on the job after being outed, which would be a huge step forward. But I dont see that happening unfortunately. discrimation sucks, no matter how you shake it. There are openly gay members of Congress right now.

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Feb 1, 2006 -> 10:24 AM) You also started out those 5 years in recession and then had 9-11 thrown in on top of it. Thats like getting out of the starting blocks 5 minutes after the starting gun goes off. Clinton started in a much deeper recession and 29 million jobs were created under his watch. Not that either person was responsible for any job not directly related to the federal government.

QUOTE(EvilMonkey @ Feb 1, 2006 -> 09:49 AM) There was ONE Republican senator who voted against alito. Chaffe, I think. Hmmmmm. Wow. Speculating like that is as bad as threatening to out someone in the first place. Chaffee said that he wouldn't vote for someone that he thought would put Roe at risk. I think he might have simply been honoring a pledge to his constituents.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 1, 2006 -> 09:51 AM) I have to say, I was a little annoyed with the Dems applauding the social security thing. I actually agreed with them, in that Bush's plan had major problems. But by applauding racously like that, they look like whiners. The negative stuff has helped push Bush's numbers down, which is good (people are waking up to how bad he really is). But, now its time to do something positive. Time to ramp things up - propose new initiatives. Let's see if they are capable of that. Applause lines annoy me anyway. This isn't a freakin rock concert. It's supposed to be a policy speech and assessment of the direction of this country. It's turned into a farce. Ford and Carter were relatively honest about where our country was in their SOTU speeches, but since then its been nothing but apple pie and sunshine. Because its all about the memorable one liner, its all about the applause meters and the focus groups and the other crap. It oughta be about making good government and being honest and open and accountable. You know what I'd love to see? A State of the Union where the President doesn't stop for applause every 15 seconds. Where he comes out from behind the rostrum rather than criss-crossing the hall and shaking hands with every Congressman, Senator and hack in the place. Where rather than announce 15 new programs that won't even see a bill, focus on a couple of goals and plans, illustrate a couple of challenges - finish the damn thing up in a half an hour - which is how long it would take without all the applause and everyone can go to Denny's for a nice Moon over My Hammy. Honestly, It's Time For A Change.

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Feb 1, 2006 -> 09:18 AM) No, but you would think it would be illegal to threaten someones job and livelihood by revealing that they are homosexual. This is an angry blogger though, it doesnt seem like he is thinking through his plan so well. How does being gay threaten someone's job? Oh that's right, you CAN be fired for being gay. Legally. In most states. Better we make it illegal to lose your job for being gay than to make it illegal to threaten someone's job for accusing them of being gay.

She's a little crazy.

It's not illegal to accuse someone of being gay. But it is wrong. Really wrong.

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Feb 1, 2006 -> 01:03 AM) So tell me, if supply side economics is causeing unemployment then why are we hovering at 5% unemployment nowadays after 5 years of tax cuts? Well if you wanna argue like that, in over five years, we've created an average of under 400,000 jobs per year and the percentage of adults in the workforce has decreased since 2000. So that's how. People are just dropping out of the workforce.

Interesting flash poll from CBS. 700 Watchers approved of the speech 77-23. However only 32 percent of those watchers thought that those goals would be accomplished.

This is why his speech was good. And because he took a look at real-life solutions that states are doing. Where the Dems have more strength is in state government. A lot of the problems that individual states have are smaller versions of the same problems that the Feds have. Sometimes, they're caused by recent legislation by the Federal government. Often times when states have faced challenges, the solutions they've found have been adopted by the federal government. For example, a lot of the welfare reform programs were taken from Wisconsin's pilot programs put to task in the early 1990s.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Jan 31, 2006 -> 10:37 PM) I'm not a democratic, but I agree. Kaine must have extended experience in practicing law--or selling used cars. He emphasized certain points well at certain junctures in his speech with facial expressions and hang gestures. You can teach this, yes, but it goes a long way to convincing people you're genuine. He better be, he's probably gonna be on the short list for VP candidates in 08. Oh and to Kap, if you were listening, he was producing ideas, solutions, plans. More than I've heard from the average opposition response in a decade of paying attention.

I think its great that the Bush administration set a goal - and a lofty one for energy policy in his speech. I just hope that he follows through. Previous energy policy from the administration has illustrated the opposite. I think its great that the President is all about AIDS research too. I think he talked a pretty good game today, but it is ultimately political theater. Has been since the beginning of the 20th century when the State of the Union became an address rather than a letter. A lot of good things I heard tonight. If he follows through, great. If he doesn't, it'll be like every other State of the Union since Ford was actually honest in 1975 and said the "State of the Union was not good."

You aren't even listening.

Tim Kaine is good. The Bush speech is pretty solid too (I'm on page three)

And now its time for the 40th Annual response by the opposing party.