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QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 5, 2012 -> 06:04 AM) Eg Pakistan, Yemen If I were those countries I'd consider it an act of war unless you were targeting a specific target. My understanding is that Turkey basically just blasted off some rockets in retaliation.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Oct 4, 2012 -> 06:42 PM) so i've been hearing more mumbling and grumbling that Obama's PLAN was to shut up and let Romney talk so they could put out the new commercials having him contradict himself. Because that's EXACTLY what he did last night. He said the opposite of all the things he's been saying on the trail for months. And now Obama has the proof. Betcha Bam bounces back next time. No way that's true because that's a terrible strategy. First, they probably had enough ammo to do a commercial like that anyway. Second, those commercials are worthless because people know that politicians are awful people that change their minds to get votes. And third, you know what's worth even more? Stealing headlines for an entire day about how you, the s***ty challenger, made the President look like someone who doesn't want to be President anymore. Winning that debate completely changed the race. 15 million more people watched the debate this year than four years ago. They wanted to see what these guys had to say. And they saw Romney on the attack and Obama backing away. That was huge. Romney needed to "upset" Obama on a national stage to have a chance and he did it. Allowing that to happen for a 15 second political ad? No way.

Lol, Greg I enjoy your posts.

Lol, this video is great. They are SO angry at Obama. http://washingtonexaminer.com/a-sad-night-...al#.UG38D5jA-b4

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Oct 4, 2012 -> 02:06 PM) 1) What was his general philosophy? Because Im pretty sure that everyones philosophy is that there should be lower taxes, the US should make more money, not have to cut spending and reduce the debt. But give me some explanation. For example: I am going to end this credit, which will result in 1tril or Im going to end this loop hole. You have to have at least some idea of what you want to do. I dont need every single thing, but give me something to work with. 2) I agree that he will be like Reagan, but I dont think you meant the comparison to be about exploding our national debt. Implied in all of his talks in the past is the same conservative economic mantra for the last 30 years - if you lower taxes you're going to increase economic activity and bring in more tax revenues. Getting rid of some credits ("loopholes") will keep some much needed tax revenue. Yes, he's going to have to state which credits he's talking about, but I don't expect him to list 40 things in his 5 minute response at a debate. http://www.mittromney.com/issues/tax I'm a huge fan of the individual tax initiatives, especially getting rid of taxes for investment gains of middle class people. Not crazy about the business side, but that's going to be a tougher sell to Congress so odds are low that'll happen anyway.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Oct 4, 2012 -> 01:47 PM) Its not even that, its that Mitt last night basically just announced he had a new economic plan and made it up on the fly. That is just scary. Obama is far more calculated in his front running, he probably mulls it over for months before doing anything. I have no problem with Mitt saying that after years of watching Mass that he may have been wrong. That is reasonable and can be defended. I just didnt like the "surprise" aspect of his debate tactic. Come on. These are debates! They're generalized talking points. Guess what, both candidates want to make the streets safer, make our kids smarter, compete better in the global economy and make everyone rich! How are they going to do that? Who the f*** knows, but it sounds good, which is the ONLY point of the debates. You act as if this is some new trend. And really, I don't want Romney to tell me his exact plan because in 4 months it'll be a different world. I want to know his general philosophy on the role of government, taxation, regulations, etc. etc. I don't need him to promise me a cell phone or escape from my mortgage to be happy with his performance. I wanted him to call out Obama's bulls*** and he did exactly that. And Obama lost because he DIDN'T do that. And yes, I DO think Romney is a crap candidate, but he's the lesser of two evils at this point and I think he's 100 times more moderate than he has come off. He'll be Reagan-esque without the personality.

QUOTE (Tuna @ Oct 4, 2012 -> 11:17 AM) I'll try and shed some light on my experiences, keep in mind this can be different for other gangs/people. I joined the Satan Disciples (SD's) when I was 12 years old, my neighborhood was 24th and Rockwell. The neighborhood is primarily Mexican, but I am white. While gangs like the Vice Lords, GD's, Black Stones, etc...are primarily black, SD's are more of a melting pot depending on the neighborhood. For instance, 18th And California SD's have a lot of black SD's where as 24th street had none. Racism isn't a policy of the gang, but my neighborhood wasn't fond of blacks (in general) and even looked down on the 18th and California SD's because they had so many black members. I was one of four white guys from this neighborhood. 1.) Are a lot of the decisions to beat/rob people made spur of the moment? You see a pizza guy. You rob him at gunpoint? Most of the time the decision was made to rob people so we could buy drugs and was premeditated. Wait for someone to come out of a currency exchange or a bar after they've been drinking all night, etc...Things do happen spur of the moment and we were ready to take advantage of those situations with a moments notice. The decision to beat someone is completely different. It didn't take much. Everyone was after the title of "crazy", as a matter of fact, the best compliment you could give a guy in my neighborhood was to refer to him as crazy. We were right across the street from the county jail so we were always looking for opportunity's to catch a rival gang member walking down California. Our colors were very close to the Latin Kings (black and yellow as opposed to black and gold) so the Kings got a lot of credit for stuff that happened outside of the County that they had nothing to do with. That was fine by us because the retaliation always came back to them. 2.) I don't know your ethniciity. What are gangs policies of race in neighborhoods. If you are black, would you immediately jump/stab a white guy? If you are white, would you immediately stab/jump a black? I addressed this in the opening paragraph, if you need more detail, let me know. 3.) When gang members shoot a kid do rival gangs seek justice immediately? yes 4.) What parts of Chicago are the worst? Keep in mind that I haven't been back to my neighborhood since I got out of prison (2005). When I was out there Englewood was the clear cut winner for worst area. Little Village, Pilsen (back when Bishops were over by Halsted, but now I see it's really nice over there), the 100's (east), Humboldt Park, Logan Square (just moved my daughter there and see that that neighborhood has really changed for the better), all of the west side and I remember a time that you didn't want to get caught walking around Chicago/Division and Ashland but again, that seems to have really changed as well. 5.) Do gang members do a lot of drugs or are they mostly into killing? Most gang members do a lot of drugs, there are some that don't and they are usually the guys making money off of the gang/drugs. It's very rare to not see drugs play a part in a shooting/murder. Whether they get high before they leave to do it or they get high directly after. 6.) Do gang members torture people? Do you see that as being the next big thing with gangs? Horrific crimes instead of random bullets? I didn't experience that when I was out there. I think torture is more drug related than gang related, but that's just my guess. Was your life in jeopardy when you left the gang? Interesting question. The one myth about gangs was that they would kill or beat you if you left. While that's true if you were leaving to join another gang, it's not true in a variety of situations. In my case for instance, I was a member for about 15 years, never told on anyone even when I was offered deals by the state to not do any time if I gave names, I left to better my life as well as my family's and I have no intention to join or hang out with any other gang. So given that, nobody had a problem with me moving to the suburbs and leaving it all behind. I do have a tattoo of a pitchfork on my right ring finger and a 24 on my right middle finger (currently getting laser treatments for those) along with a bunch of other gang related tattoos on my upper arms and chest. Because of these tattoos I have to be careful. I also have to be constantly aware of my surroundings when I go into Chicago and what neighborhoods I can't go in. Any other questions, feel free. I'm an open book. What made you want to get out and better your life? Why do you think it took so long?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 4, 2012 -> 01:02 PM) coughgaymarriagecough Pssh, that doesn't count because people are happy with the result...

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Oct 4, 2012 -> 09:52 AM) This is so full of crap, it's not even funny. I love how you point to Romney "loving to fire poor people while at Bain", but you have no problem whatsoever with Obama appointing people like Jeffrey Immelt (CEO of GE) to his "US jobs creation council", all the while GE (under the watchful eye of Immelt) is outsourcing jobs to foreign countries for cheap labor and firing "poor people" the same exact f***ing way Bain Capital did. Obama said he'd create 50 billion trillion new jobs, too...and did little to explain how that would happen other than "we're going to spend a bunch of money re-building roads and bridges that we seem to be re-building every f***ing year anyway". Both of them are full of s***...it's just funny how you think only one of them is. +1 Plus as you said in the other thread, these are debates. They NEVER get into specifics. It's all about key phrases and talking points. And Romney destroyed Obama on that. I don't want to overreact, but this provides a lot of momentum for Romney. It re-energized the campaign after a pretty bad 1-2 weeks.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Oct 3, 2012 -> 08:21 PM) Turkey struck back at Syria today. Could be an indication of further escalation. I like how one country can bomb another country (purposefully in retaliation) but then go public and say "yeah, that whole us sending bombs into your country and killing your citizens....NOT an act of war. We cool?"

QUOTE (Reddy @ Oct 4, 2012 -> 08:20 AM) it's literally the badly written version of Jericho. i literally wanna punch Charlie in the face every single time she says something... but other than that... i like it? i don't know. i'm sticking with it for now. seriously though. is she a tough chick or a whiny b****? because one second she's FREAKING about having to shoot somebody, and in the next episode she's unleashing crossbow bolts into everyone left and right. and she cries. about. everything. I'm sorry, for a girl who's grown up in these hellish conditions, she's probably seen hundreds of people die, so why the f*** does she CARE so much about random mutherf***ers she just met? You'd be all SORTS of desensitized by this point... but no... the actress sucks... so she didn't think about these things. Her default is to cry, and do it badly. Agreed. I also hate the fake drama created with Miles being the founder/leader of the militia. It's 100% clear to the audience that he started the militia as a GOOD thing, to achieve a bit of normalcy and justice in a world full of anarchy, and obviously the power and authority was too much for his partner. So why couldn't he just say that? Why the secrecy? Do we need 3-4 episodes of Charlie having to question Miles' motives? I have to say though, I do enjoy the flashback mechanic for revealing certain plot points. I think i'll stick with it to see what happens.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Oct 3, 2012 -> 10:25 AM) Ill probably go the whole season with Revolution. I enjoy it and the acting doesnt really bother me as I think the focus is beginning to shift to Miles. It got picked up for another season too.

QUOTE (Jake @ Sep 30, 2012 -> 10:16 PM) I heard something about one of the episodes being named after and/or filmed in my hometown in Central IL? Anyone catch this? Looks like a one season show to me. I don't think it was the name of an episode, but they did travel to Pontiac, Illinois. They made it look like a swampy forest which was odd. Caught Last Resort. I'll stick with it, even though the premise is pretty laughable. "You're the captain, no YOU'RE the captain!" Boardwalk was excellent. More greatness from Gyp. The scene with Richard, Mickey (that guy is great, see) and Nucky was fantastic. I'm getting a little tired of Margaret's story line though. Something needs to happen there and soon. I go to my phone/tablet when she comes on screen which sucks because she was a great character the first two seasons.

Lol, espn was pimping Romo as a "great QB." Nope!

QUOTE (chw42 @ Oct 1, 2012 -> 09:51 PM) 10 carries and 45 yards isn't awful. His last 6-7 runs have gone for like 2 yards each.

Ugh, Forte is worthless right now

What a juke by Briggs on the return

Hell yes. o-line looking a lot better tonight.

QUOTE (Jake @ Oct 1, 2012 -> 08:45 PM) That could easily be an example of placing a narrative on top of video. If it was anyone but Jay Cutler, that clip doesn't mean anything. Only in the world where Jay Cutler is an asshole does that mean what that means Anyways, go Bears Please provide an explanation for Jay sitting down and immediately standing up and walking away when Tice sat next to him. Especially after they called a timeout and Jay didnt even walk to the sideline. Id love to hear it.

Oh Cutler being a douche bag, what a surprise. Week 4 and the QB and off. coord. aren't talking. Great.

Nice 3rd down call there Tice. The same one that barely worked last time. Still, nice drive.

For f***s sake

Great field position again

Ugh,and forte is done

Nice first series for the defense.