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PA is a joke Senatorally. (points for making up a word). On one hand you have Crazy Arlen "Magic Bullet" Specter and on the other you have Rick "Contraceptives are Bad" Santorum. PA also has one of the most professional state legislatures, and the one of the least regulated lobbyist systems. We're fugged up. That being said, Bob Casey Jr only exists because of his late father's Gubernatoral status in PA. Santorum may not say the things that YOU like, but at least he's consistent and believes in something.

anyone with a blue tooth cell phone ear piece... thank you for making the roads safer, potentially. BUT YOU LOOK LIKE A f***ING CYBORG!

QUOTE(jasonxctf @ Jan 26, 2006 -> 11:46 AM) so who are they protecting my freedom from? who is attacking my freedom? (a question that may open more domestic issues now than foreign) I think this is a really funny stance. Personally, I'm happy to live in ignorance of what's out there trying to take away my freedoms...but GUARANTEED there are elements out there trying to destroy what we have. but all of you knew that 9/11 was going to happen :rolly

Two things made me think about this: 1) That stupid "sweet 16" show on MTV followed this Cuban girl from Miami and her accent was SO exaggerated it was sad. Obviously TV changes people, but that's even more the point. The girl was 15 and was born in the US. 2) I saw this obese guy at school yesterday decked out in all camoflage and an Al Quida beard..you know the "I really shouldn't have a beard because my facial hair doesn't really grow in like an Amish guy's does" I just thought to myself, "I wonder what the factors are that makes this guy dress and present himself in this way?" Attention? People around him dress this way? It's all very fascinating.

Do you think people play up their ethnic, gender, sexual stereotype intentionally? Do you think that it's just a byproduct of environment?

Hi, I'm Alex and I'm a nerd...and I love online games and I love Zombies Urban Dead

My second question for you Mr. Wong...if that indeed is your real name. You listed a few Arts initiatives: $150,000 Therapeutic Horseback Riding Program, Lady B Ranch, CA $950,000 Please Touch Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania $1,000,000 B.B. King Museum, Indianola, MS In addition, you said My question is what are your qualifiers for determining a project socially relevant or a "good use of the people's tax dollars?" Would you or wouldn't you agree that if one child is inspired by the B.B. King museum and becomes the 21st Century equivalent to him, that $1 million was worth the effort? Not to mention the thousands of people who would visit and be culturally enhanced? Likewise, would a Please Touch Museum in Urban Philadelphia where kids can explore "hands on" be worth it if kept one child off the streets and transformed his or her life? Or a paraplegic teen that gets the chance to "walk" via horseback riding lessons? This is not performance Art. This is Art enriching life, and we expect our government to supply the necessary funds to see this through? When did we become so trust worthy of bureaucracy? It's almost laughable.

QUOTE(Wong & Owens @ Jan 25, 2006 -> 12:30 PM) Now here is my question to you, Mr. uh, er, InPA. You appear to be of the opinion that wealthy people who have made lots of money off the arts should give more money back to fund public arts programs. If so, then is it safe to assume that you feel this way about all subjects within a curriculum? What I mean is, do you also feel that Bill Gates, for example, should give his money to fund computer programs in schools? Or that Warren Buffet should lend a hand to foot the bill for finance courses at the local community college? I imagined that this would come up. To answer the questions briefly, your examples of technology (Gates) and finance (Buffet) funding privately are valid. I do believe it is the best interest of the public to encourage private non-profit organizations to distribute money because they are better equipped and more efficient than the Federal Government. This is shown on everyday on the national stage with disagreements and continual nonproduction with Medicare and Social Security. It is a plain fact that the private sector will beat any form of government at the the grass roots level. To further my previous point, economic growth occurs when new technologies are implemented (Gates again) and workers are enabled to become more skilled (Buffet again). This is by far more important to the overall well being of the U.S. Economy and ultimately her people. For Mr. Redford to contend that the honus is on the Federal Government to provide adequate funding for Arts appreciate, education, promotion, etc. truly says a lot to me. Is he entitled to make money from his craft? yes. Should he have to live like a starving artist until every last person who "desires" to be an artist makes six figures? well, probably not. It's a great question and I'm glad you asked it Wong. It's Mr. PA, for what it's worth.

I think Nukecleveland needs to change his name to NukeMexico...

QUOTE(Texsox @ Jan 24, 2006 -> 07:07 PM) Nothing to say, I just thought the picture would look nice repeated. BTW, God Bless Texas for the record, she's definitely a Longhorn.

QUOTE(SnB @ Jan 24, 2006 -> 10:21 PM) Gets me everytime. oh god, you've seen that movie more than once????? no thanks. once was all I needed.

QUOTE(TheBlackSox8 @ Jan 24, 2006 -> 07:41 PM) Just watched Serinity. I must say it gets an A+.....excellent SciFi type film. if you watch the show it makes the movie even better. A movie as well. Great story for a low budget sci fi

QUOTE(SnB @ Jan 24, 2006 -> 07:35 PM) meh, it was ok. Nothing really happened in the entire movie though Requiem for a dream kicks it's ass as a "don't do drugs" film dried up dead babies > arms sawed off guy who craps his bed > crazy ass refridgerator but nothing beats the sadness level of Jennifer Connely whoring herself at the end of Requim. talk about a heart breaker.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jan 24, 2006 -> 11:26 AM) My notebook has been super awesome for me for the year that I've had it, this is the first trouble I've had. I'm pretty happy with the performance of my HP. sorry that should have been in bold green I haven't had much experience with HP's because of my Dell-induced snobbiness

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jan 24, 2006 -> 10:56 AM) With all you computer geeks on Soxtalk, what would your diagnosis be? I would first find the nearest building, I'd say at least 10 stories. Next find a window which you will be required to open. Extend your arms out of the window with you HP in hands. Let go. buy a dell

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Mr. Owens, I'd like you to explain what you mean by "I claim the reason for that is because the government is spending ridiculous sums of taxpayers' money on wastes of time, money, etc. and not on things that most members of society deem valuable" Understandably this statement has merits, but as I stated above, the Arts are funded significantly by our government as an example for the rest of us in my opinion. Do you agree, however, that that burden should be moved to those who financially benefit the most from the Arts? please explain.

I was watching CMT, I think, and they had this reality show called like "So you wanna be a Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader" or something like that. This grown woman missed the cut again, which turned out to be her 7th or 8th try, and says to the camera with tears in her eyes.... "I just know that the Lord put it on my heart to be a Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader..." ok, so I'm a Christian, big surprise, but when I heard that I was like..."WTF?" (granted, I've heard this many, many times and all but 2 or 3 uses I actually bought) What do y'all think when you hear something like that? No wonder people think we're absolutely nuts. *sigh*

only if the future of Wal-Mart includes hiring 30,000 former Ford employees....

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Jan 23, 2006 -> 09:45 PM) Again, I'll pose the question, is health care supposed to be government funded and/or ran? funded? no organized? maybe implemented? HELL NO!

Pie day? back home we call that f***in' Tuesdays and Thursdays....

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Jan 23, 2006 -> 07:03 PM) I don't have any proof other than I worked with his cousin who said all the stories floating around are not true. Take it FWIW. By they way, I don't doubt that you were told those things, I'm not calling you a liar, but they are just rumors. sounds like PR spin to me I knew you weren't calling me out. I have a cousin who was nominated for an Oscar and I try to steal his glory all the time

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Jan 23, 2006 -> 07:06 PM) First, it's IU in Bloomington, not UI. However, the location much is true. There's an apartment building outside the southern edge of campus on top of a Subway building, and that's the "famed" Subway. However, I have no idea about him getting his stomach stapled. I personally wish he wasn't from the area. In Indiana, we not only have to put up with the awful Subway commercials he's done, but we have to deal with additional Jared/Colts Subway commercials during the season. I always get confused with UF and F U!

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Jan 23, 2006 -> 10:59 PM) Belated congratulations, Bro! Not nearly as belated as your actually getting around to popping the question though. . . camus is a moron... and so am I. that's all I can say

My counterpart’s thoughts are appreciated, and I too agree with his “striping” down the issue to its core. I believe the federal government all too often fails in setting a proper example to the American people, i.e. massive debt, inefficiencies, petty squabbling at all levels of leadership. Yet, in all of that, I think we might agree that allocating funds towards the Arts is something the U.S. government seems to have succeeded in setting a positive standard. I continue to feel this issue needs to be pressed to the wealthy, liberally leaning constituents of Hollywood and the film, television and music industries. More and more movies are made in recent years with bloated budgets and anorexic scripts which reek of envy and covetousness for a time that has since passed; when movies, books, music, and art were much more concerned with passion and implication than money and power. I ask, instead of another award show that parades and selfishly accolades the work of a few, why is this money not spent on the reinvigoration of a new renaissance of the Arts? Why is this money not spent heavily on musical programs and arts awareness? Why is it so important for actors to seek wealth and material goods, when glory and zeal had been enough to fuel the flames of creativity over the past millennium? So I say, thank you to our leaders for setting a positive example in supporting the Arts. When will the Robert Redford’s and the Barbara Streisand’s of the world repay the art and craft that they have benefited so incredibly much from financially, so that our government, which has priorities that far exceed the Arts in fiscal importance? Shouldn’t the burden of financial responsibility be placed on the industry or industries that the art is derived from? While we might argue the extent of that burden, the standard needs to be set by those whose extreme wealth has resulted from Art, and not by our federal government.