StrangeSox

Their billboard on 294 was a kid picking his nose. Whoever is in charge of their marketing should be tared and feathered.

QUOTE(mr_genius @ Oct 2, 2007 -> 10:29 PM) the Iraq war has possibly been the biggest waste of money in US history. I have a feeling the whole thing will end up running about $1,000,000,000,000 and for what? oil? please, i wish. we aren't getting any oil. the whole idea of "nation building" is being shown for what it really is. That was one distorted view of reality PNAC neo-conservatives had: Phase 1. Invade Iraq Phase 2. Flowers and rainbows greet us Phase 3. The entire ME is taken by a whirlwind of American democracy; War on Terror over by 2005.

I didn't like the first quiz's question on immigration. Bits and pieces of each answer fit my view, but no single view really stated what I believe. Anyway, here's my surprising (to me, anyway) results: Guiliani: 37 Kucinich: 31 Dodd: 31 Obama: 28 Second Quiz: 1. Theoretical Ideal Candidate (100%) 2. Kent McManigal (campaign suspended) (65%) 3. Alan Augustson (campaign suspended) (64%) 4. Barack Obama (61%) 5. Dennis Kucinich (59%) 6. Ron Paul (55%) 7. Joseph Biden (55%) 8. Hillary Clinton (54%) 9. Al Gore (not announced) (53%) 10. Wesley Clark (not running, endorsed Clinton) (53%)

QUOTE(ZoomSlowik @ Oct 1, 2007 -> 11:59 AM) Neither one can be considered a good QB, but at least the offense actually DID something yesterday. They were able to take the ball down the field several times, and a non-offensive lineman actually caught a touchdown pass. That was with the line, runningbacks, and receivers still having some problems as well. He may have a rag-arm, but he can also find and hit short to intermediate receivers with some kind of consistency. Obviously the picks are a major problem that will hopefully be ironed out in the next few weeks (not sure how likely that is, though it was his first meaningful game in years), but IMO there was a moderate improvement, which is about the best we could hope for in our current situation. We definitely need to do something to fix the whole QB/line situation this off-season though, we're not going anywhere with any of these guys at QB. It was nice to see the offense actually move down the field a few times yesterday, but Griese is making the mistakes he was brought in to correct. If he has just one less INT, the Bears probably this game. This entire offense needs to be rebuilt. The QB situation is pitiful and we all know it. Every week, Benson looks less and less impressive. The WR's are dropping balls left and right and just look mediocore at best. The o-line is a joke. The only position that seems ok is TE -- Turner's just too dumb to utlize Olsen and Clark down the middle.

Fantastic speech (at least the parts posted by BS).

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Sep 27, 2007 -> 05:05 PM) OH OH OH OH BUT THIS IS WHY WHY WHY WHY WE WENT TO WAR! HALLIBURTON! BLACKWATER! DYNCORP! BUSHCO! I've asked this once before and don't remember a response: what do you actually hope to accomplish by always resorting to hyperbole? Has it actually ever raised the level of discourse here? If its directed at Congress, using it to shut down discussions here doesn't do much good.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Sep 25, 2007 -> 12:49 PM) Speaking of offensive talent. Is there a Musin Muhammed out there somewhere? He's hidden somewhere behind those three defensive backs.

Vick's now under indictment by the state: http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/25/vick/index.html

How many people were predicting gas going to and staying at $4 all summer long back in April and May?

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 25, 2007 -> 09:09 AM) Let's be clear - people might "buy American" if American car companies made cars that were at least as good as their Japanese counterparts. Unfortunately, they do not. I'd have to argue that, as of late, they're on par or better in some areas. They just have decades of reputation from building POS cars to overcome.

QUOTE(klaus kinski @ Sep 24, 2007 -> 01:09 PM) There was little pressure-we put "paws" on him when he ran into our defense-D lineman had ONE tackle eack-thats pathetic They just stopped running the ball period. Defensive linemen aren't going to get all that many tackles if the only thing they're doing is passing 10 yards down field. The rush seemed to disappear late, but it was there in the first half. Romo was just able to avoid it. Unlike Rex, who literally walked/ waddled into it at least once.

QUOTE(Jenksismyb**** @ Sep 24, 2007 -> 09:09 AM) Here's what a wrote in an email to a group of friends this morning: Meh, typical s***ty Bears loss. I pretty much expected this to happen. However I do think that Rex gets too much of the blame. 1. IMO he threw one bad interception - the one returned for a touchdown. The first one he let go of the ball before the receiver broke. It was similiar to his pick in the Chargers game where the receiver didn't run to the spot he was supposed to run too. The last one wasn't a surprise, he was just throwing it up hoping to get something going. The TE (think it was Clark) was WIDE open down the middle on th Williams'. Rex, as usual, was locked onto his target of choice the entire play and threw it into double or triple coverage.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Sep 24, 2007 -> 09:35 PM) Really, I said they were worth minimum wage, what don't I want to talk about? Many of those guys are operating equipment worth millions of dollars, in the past that equipment took some skill to operate, now it doesn't. The middle class is dying for guys like this. Too bad. Either get an MBA or adjust to a smaller pay check. Sell the house, keep your car longer, send your kids to a public school, perhaps on financial aid. My economy improves when these jobs are moved to Mexico where they belong. On "the story" on NPR yesterday, they were talking with an ex-Chrysler line worker. She put the lifters in the engine (but had no idea what they actually did in the engine). They gave her a 100k buyout which she used to go back to school to get her nursing degree. She already had an associate's degree in business, paid for by Chrysler.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Sep 24, 2007 -> 12:48 PM) I am certain anyone here would take a decrease in pay and benefits to keep our jobs. Unskilled assembly laborers on a line can earn $80k+ a year (more than the engineers designing the cars). Something's out of whack.

Hell of a pass right there by Farve to tie the record.

That was a retarded decision by GB.

His name always reminds me of this scene: "[scene Another part of the room. Paper jams in the printer.] SAMIR Oh no! Not again! Why does it say paper jam when there is no paper jam?!! I, I swear to God, one of these days, I, I, I just kick this piece of s*** out the window!!! MICHAEL you and me both, man. The thing is lucky I'm not armed. (Samir grabs the paper out, tearing off the bottom part of it.) SAMIR Piece of s***!! (Nina comes with papers.) NINA Sam...ire...Na...Na...Naga... (Samir gets it.) NINA Uh-huh! SAMIR Please. (He sits in his and Michael's cubicle.) NINA Michael… - (Michael reaches for it) Bolton? MICHAEL That's me. NINA Wow! Is that your real name? MICHAEL Yeah. NINA So are you related to the singer guy? MICHAEL No, it's just a coincidence. SAMIR How come no one in this country can pronounce my name right? It's Na- gee-een-ah-jah. Nagaenajar"

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Sep 19, 2007 -> 05:44 PM) And Senator Jim Webb's bill to limit soldiers to an equal amount of time away from Iraq as they spend in Iraq also goes down to a defeat....56 yes to 44 nay. So that's 3 bills filibustered in less than 36 hours by my count. By my count, this Senate minority has broken in 9 months the record for most bills filibustered by a minority in an entire 2 year session of Congress, and until the media calls them on it, they won't be slowing donw. Must be that damn liberal bias I keep hearing so much about.

QUOTE(mr_genius @ Sep 19, 2007 -> 03:19 PM) Oh, of course, FOX news watchers are just the dumbest of all the morons. You're right, take it for what it is, and thats what I am doing. Everyone knows the "daily show" is the best source of news, ever. Well, that or the onion, maybe even newsgrouper. I guess you didn't bother to read the article. They state pretty clearly that TDS viewers are more informed because you have to be informed to enjoy the show -- if you don't know the basic political facts, you won't get any of the jokes. Fox News Channel is terrible when it comes to objectivity and substance. There's really no way around that. What few news programs they have are okay, but its mostly editorial/ opinion programs passed off as news.

QUOTE(mr_genius @ Sep 18, 2007 -> 08:28 PM) As far as FOX viewers are "least informed", I will point out that many surveys show Republicans are more educated, successful and smarter than Democrats on average. Also, I'm sure I could conduct a poll that shows people who watch CNN are least informed, it's easy to do. I wouldn't take these things as ultimate proof as there are lurking variables that lead to the implied conclusion. Not to say that all polls are bad, just be weary when they seem to be out to prove a certain political objective. It is what it is. Like the study points out, it's not "liberals know more!," it's more "MSM (including Fox News) is a poor source of information." Fox News just happens to be at the bottom of the barrel. The study doesn't show a clear bias towards liberal or conservative views (again, Limbaugh and O'Reily are ranked high), but it shows that a lot of the MSM has little or no substance. A different study found that 1/2 hour of the Daily Show contains as much news information as 1/2 of any of the cable news networks. That's pathetic.

QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Sep 18, 2007 -> 05:17 PM) Every detail that I've heard, in regards to Obama, about closing loopholes and rolling back previous tax cuts has to do with the magic salary of 250K annually. If Obama, or any candidate for that matter, wants to figure out a way to fund new programs, they should figure out how to roll back the budget and bloated government spending.

QUOTE(mr_genius @ Sep 18, 2007 -> 07:05 PM) There's a billion more examples. News rooms are 90% Democrat, and they support Democrats and attack Republicans. It fits there world view. Yes, they think they are objective, but they are not even close. You know what? Thats fine, but you also need to realize that a right wing news station was eventually going to come along and counter balance. FOX has tons of viewers sick of only pro-Democrat news, they are very successful because they offer an alternative view. Deal with it. Remember how no one in the media bothered to question any of the administration's rhetoric on the march to war in Iraq? they were the rah-rah cheerleaders for the whole thing. Of course, in their minds, war = $$$, so I'd say it was greed and complete lack of journalist integrity and not a political bent. BTW, with Fox's "alternative view," viewers are the least informed. I don't think the study is biased as Limbaugh and O'Reily listeners rank pretty high. http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=319 A majority of Fox's programming are opinion shows and not news shows, anyway.

Here's something on the Department of Labor: http://zmagsite.zmag.org/Feb2007/rasmus0207.html "The Department of Labor goes so far as to define the “rich” as the top third (33 percent) of households with annual income levels of only $70,000 a year."

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Sep 18, 2007 -> 03:27 PM) So are you saying a household income of something like $75K and above qualifies as "wealthy" by Democrat standards? I don't remember the details and don't have time to search and verify my memory right now (will after work), but I recall "wealthy" being defined as $80k+ in previous legislation proposals/ rheoteric. I'll try to find what I'm remembering later tonight.

Now, instead of cutting costs by $1 trillion dollars in taxes, that $1 trillion is passed on to the consumer in the form of increased prices, decreased quality, less investment in R&D, etc. Corporation make their money from the people. If you make them pay more money, the people must pay more money. And I'll agree completely with what NSS posted above. Often times, the definition of "wealthy" used by Democrats in cases like this is really "a little above average but not even upper-middle class."