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It is interesting we would have a wiretapping discussion in a thread about a communist dictator. You know, just thinkin'

BTW, heard a great segment on Cowherd's show today. Basically about a third or more of baseball's GMs hold degrees from Ivy League and similar schools. K-Dub is quite at home in baseball being a Stanford Alum. So it seems if you are going to impersonate a baseball insider, claiming an Ivy League degree is great cover. Anyway, the GM as CEO comparison makes sense in the suits.

Always trade the older, more expensive player for the less expensive, younger player with potential. It's all about team profits and potential.

One day my mother was out and my dad was in charge. I was perhaps one and a half years old. Someone had given me a little 'tea set' as a gift, and it was one of my favorite toys. Daddy was in the living room engrossed in the evening news and my brother was playing nearby in the living room when I brought Daddy a little cup of 'tea', which was just water. After several cups of tea and lots of praise for such yummy tea, my Mom came home. My Dad made her wait in the living room to watch me bring him a cup of tea, because it was, "Just the cutest thing!" My Mom waited, and sure enough, here I come down the hall with a cup of tea for Daddy She watches him drink it up. Then she says, "Did it ever occur to you that the only place that baby can reach to get water is the toilet?"

I've learned more reading this thread then I would have in a classroom. Thanks guys.

I just had an email alert testing my campus' crime system. That caused me to pause and pucker up as I opened the email.

I wrote so many letters of apology to opponents when I was on the golf team I wish computers and word processors had been invented . . . I had the formula down pat I would like to apologize for my actions during our match on ________ . My conduct was an embarrasment to my team mates, my school, and my parents. blah blah blah But being a freshman with a 6 handicap kept me on the team

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QUOTE(Steve9347 @ Feb 19, 2008 -> 08:15 AM) That's the first thing that came to my mind too! I thought that drug was only for teenage girls? Who says I'm not?

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Feb 19, 2008 -> 08:23 AM) Not to totally hijack the thread, but kinda like a bunch of trial lawyers giving a bunch of money to Democrats to let FISA expire? Just sayin'. Exactly. Thankfully it doesn't happen with Republicans

QUOTE(Alpha Dog @ Feb 19, 2008 -> 07:15 AM) I caught a 4ft. long Grand Barracuda off the coast of Miami in 2002. Seemed like it took an eternity to get it into the boat, but in reality it was about 25 minutes. That thing now resides on the wall over my desk. Hey FlaSoxxJim, I found your pet 'cuda . . .

Yesterday, I was listening to some students discuss where to sit in class. At first I thought it was distasteful gallows humor. After listening I realized they were seriously discussing it and concerned for their own safety. There are thousands of colleges and tens of thousands of lecture halls, hundreds of thousands, maybe millions of classrooms. The odds are so small we would ever be around a gunman. Sad that the conversation did make sense. I sit up front. Probably always will.

What will be most interesting is how we handle any changes in immigration. Currently, if a Cuban touches the sand, they are a citizen. If they are intercepted in the surf, they are returned. Perhaps we will normalize relations and put something together that is less risky for the Cubans. I am certain there will be much speculation over the coming weeks and months. But in the end not much change at all. He had a very long reign.

QUOTE(iamshack @ Feb 18, 2008 -> 10:33 PM) Actually, I was in the Bulls locker room once back in the glory days and saw a LOT of THINGS that I doubt anyone else here has.... It's ok, the women will lie to you and tell you size doesn't matter . . .

Linked everywhere this morning. http://www.cnn.com/ Wow, the day was near. I guess it's the end of an era.

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Feb 18, 2008 -> 07:56 PM) Yeah...you keep telling yourself we are your friends if it makes you feel better. Yeah, I better edit that.

QUOTE(knightni @ Feb 18, 2008 -> 06:58 PM) You did ecstacy? But I didn't inhale I'm not hip to you kids and your new kicks

I helped castrate bulls with a friend of mine, and I doubt anyone else here has . . .

QUOTE(Controlled Chaos @ Feb 18, 2008 -> 06:43 PM) Well I certainly didn't think I would be called a racist. I just didn't think that card would be pulled out. I had the article sent to me and was kind of shocked to read some of the stuff and see the pictures. As well as the whereabouts of the $500,000 being unknown. I thought maybe some other people would be shocked as well. Maybe be like... yeah that's screwed up or yeah that was totally mishandled or whatever. I thought the reaction would be pretty a universal one. Honestly though...for someone to say their impression is the poster who started the thread is a racist in denial of his own hate, is just as bad as any other personal attack I have read on here. He knows absolutely nothing about me. Just like the original coverage was slanted and wrong, perhaps this too is slanted and wrong. And I know your pain, I was often accused by another poster as being a racist. That pissed me off more than any other remark.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Feb 18, 2008 -> 05:28 PM) Im more interested in why this thread is still open. Because it is another site that shuts down threads like that

QUOTE(Controlled Chaos @ Feb 18, 2008 -> 05:39 PM) I'm just speaking of you not having the balls to get in my face and call me a racist with nothing to back it up. That card gets played very easily around here. The worst offender(s) are gone, but it still happens. That was one reason I asked where you were going with the article and probably why there are so few replies to the thread.

QUOTE(DrunkBomber @ Feb 18, 2008 -> 05:02 PM) The lady was an idiot Exactly, a con man's best mark.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Feb 18, 2008 -> 05:26 PM) Which candidate is he using phrases from? Edwards from 2004 This is like pointing to $500 in unpaid rent from the Clinton campaign and then leqarning Obama delayed almost a million dollars worth. Routine stuff that doesn't really amount to anything.

QUOTE(Athomeboy_2000 @ Feb 18, 2008 -> 05:14 PM) But to JUST find out that these are the rules? It was written as if they assumed it was just a straight forward primary and now they are like "oh crap. there is this caucus thing too!" It really shows their ineptitude and "assumption" this would be wrapped up on Super Tuesday and they would have to worry about these other states. This is very minor stuff. Every candidate has stuff like this happen. Kind of like Obama accidentally using phrases from another candidate.

QUOTE(CanOfCorn @ Feb 18, 2008 -> 04:42 PM) That's right...make the minimum wage earning telemarketer feel guilty. You're a jerk! I real salesperson would have told me there were pretty pictures and offered to throw in a BMW. Lazy telemarketers