Texsox

I don't want them telling me what food are safe, and inspecting the food, and all that crap. I don't want them to force me to use their police and fire protection. I don't want them making certain my water is safe. I don't want them making certain the products I use are safe. I don't want them building schools all over the damn place. Y'all are right, get them out of our lives.

I'm a little surprised it is in the English Department, I was thinking Sociology, Anthropology, or even Psychology. By the way this course was offered in 2003, I'm not certain it is still current

QUOTE(YASNY @ Jan 8, 2008 -> 03:08 PM) Conservative BS? Oh hell, haha, nice joke. We both know there is no such thing.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Jan 8, 2008 -> 02:39 PM) You know ... it's not that at all. It's just I hate them getting into my personal life. You use your sarcarstic demeaning cracks all you want. I could care less. I have my outlook on things and no liberal BS is gonna change any of it. Would conservative b.s. change your outlook? By specifying liberal b.s., it appears you are leaving the door open for conservative b.s.

Deserved.

Anybody have one? Linked XM sat and MP3 radio in one. $200. Home and Car kits.

Within the last couple weeks American Treasure, decent. About what I expected. Worth the price of admission. P.S. I Love You, good. My expectations were very low, expecting a tear jerking, too sweet, beyond belief, and was pleasently surprised.

QUOTE(max power @ Jan 8, 2008 -> 11:40 AM) I really want to eat some human flesh before I die. I don't see what is so weird about that. I imagine taking a nice fillet out of yourself and roasting it wouldn't be too strange.

If I am reading their site correctly, they have received more people willing to lend than applicants for the money. Amazing.

Did he forget the nice Chianti?

The loan I was in on seems to continue to receive regular repayments. He is scheduled to repay $50 per month for one year.

Spears' Attorney "Hey honey, order that new car, Brittney is in a standoff with police ha ha ha"

QUOTE(Alpha Dog @ Dec 26, 2007 -> 08:21 AM) Tex, every time an immigration post comes up, you throw this same stuff out. I, along with just about everyone else who has posted about immigration, is in favor of some sort of a guest worker program. Just because we don't genuflect to it every time we mention that we want the lawbreakers to go home doesn't mean in some small part we aren't on the same page. Yes, the government needs to get its head out of its ass and find a way to make a workable program for workers to fill those jobs. However the 'other' jobs that illegals do, like meat packing plants, warehouse jobs, etc, there are plenty of Americans who can, and will, do those jobs if available. I seem to recall when the Swift plants were raided and 30%+ of their workforce was arrested or disappeared, there was a huge line of people waiting to take those jobs, who were not from Mexico. As for sending you our unemployed IT professionals, etc, how about I trade you the Mexican working the drive thru at my local McDonalds who can barely seem to understand "I would like 1 large vanilla shake please", and I will have the unemployed IT guy work the drive thru for the $8 per hour they are paying. yes, the same posts always come up. Is the IT guy really going to work at $8 per hour instead of finding a job in his field? You know how expensive turnover is. And how expensive having employees who do not want to be there. But I keep posting because we keep missing the bigger issues in this debate. We have to protect the ag industry. We can live longer without oil than food.

That's where a couple experts can really pay off. Concentrating on the one that went well, they brought in a sucession mediator and in turn the mediator brought in a couple experts on the various investements and properties. This was a wide spread ranching operation with land here and there, large and small tracts. They also had various natural resource issues. By the time they finished, there was four neet little bundles waiting to be picked. With very small trading, I always liked that area, how about we swap this for that, the deal was done. A couple experts will really earn their money and hopefully keep the family peace.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22493399/ This guy is an idiot.

Best of luck with this and from a situation I witnesses a dozen or so years ago, there will not be any easy answers. An attorney and his staff will spend a lot of time on painstakingly researched ever transaction that may or may not have implications. They may have to track down every interested party. Then a couple more attorneys will get involved who are representing one or a few of the parties. All this will result in legal fees, and I will be the first to say, they earn every cent. Then after each point is litigated, the profits that some people hoped to gain will be lost. Couple possible solutions. If the majority can buy the minorities land, do so. And even offering sub market may be fair, based on the above. The minority may find someone willing to buy a share. You may be able to subdivide, and those that wish to sell could sell the land they received in the subdivide. The subdivide will be hell. Prime frontage land is worth more than an interior. Land with water or water access may be more valuable. So one acre there may not equal one acre over there. Good luck. My only suggestion is starting with a licensed mediator who has done this sort of estate planning. I watched as a huge South Texas ranch was divided up for the kids and it went fairly well. I also watched as a small Wisconsin farm, worth one tenth, was sold and it took years and years, families not speaking to each other, and just a shame.

I'll take major league starter ready for two prospects in a heart beat, three is a stretch, but in this case it doesn't look that bad to me. One gem that caught my eye Let's not toss out the baby with the bathwater in that article.

Cooking away. Sorry Soxy, but that huge hunk of beef going in the oven looks yummy

The "problem" is we need temporary workers, and our immigration system has not officially recognized and made provisions for it. The "solution" for 100 years has been to ignore the illegals pouring across the border each spring. Now that politicians smell votes, we have some action. Unfortunately, so far, none of the solutions fixes the root problem that faces American businesses. Alpha, would you rather have employees who are eager and willing to work, or someone who is working because their unemployment benefits ran out and they are now forced to take a job? Or someone who is interviewing every night trying to find a job in their field? Would you rather welcome back for three months a family that has been working for you for 30 years or each year have a new crop of unemployed who are willing to work? I'd rather we spend money to figure out how to get third generation unemployed productive then stop third generation workers from working. The biggest difference is for most of you here, "illegals" are mythical people you read about. I know several personally. I know many of their kids and grandkids. All they wanted to do was follow the crops and make enough to survive through the winter and build a better life. They work for 6 months and return to Mexico. They didn't expect anything they didn't work for. Then people started showing up and "helping" them. At first it seemed like heaven sent. Now, it appears those same people wanting to help, have hurt, but offering services that others don't think are deserved. I'm all for locking up those that have committed violent crimes, who have stole, driven drunk, and a myriad of other skills. Send back those that can not support themselves. But those that have been earning their pay, not bothering anyone, let's find a way to keep them here. I've asked this ten times and no one has an answer, the citrus industry needs close to 5,000 workers here for the next 3 months. Then there are no jobs until next December. Who will arrive to work these jobs? Should we pay unemployment the other 9 months? Ever since John Shary first cultivated citrus here in the Rio Grande Valley, we've employed temporary laborers from across the river. Some of these illegals live close enough to sleep in their own beds each night, others traveled hundreds of miles. Send us your unemployed middle manager, your IT professional, your school teachers, they can earn $8 per bushel picking. Have your children skip out on school. How many golf courses need maintenance workers from April to November, where do those workers go in the winter? Most Americans do not want those jobs, but we have a very willing work force, who have demonstrated they can do the job. Let's find a way to make them legal. To tie immigration to jobs. To offer limited benefits.

Christmas Day on the East Coast

QUOTE(sircaffey @ Dec 24, 2007 -> 06:37 PM) Agreed. Skiles' tough "his way or the highway" type style was going to wear on the players at some point or another. For some reason the Bulls always start horribly every season, and I think it's due to Skiles' rough coaching style. I would welcome in a more players' coach for a change. We no longer have a team filled with a bunch of rookies or second year players. We have a somewhat veteran team who knows what the NBA is all about. I've been away from Chicago and the details of the Bulls schedule for ten years. The slow starts were blamed on the long road trips every fall when Disney on Ice and The Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Baily Circus came to the Stadium. The "Texas Triangle" and West Coast swings would always kick them in the ass.

Doug Collins

Well, today's players is who he was hired to coach, he has to make them play, not the other way around. Sucks and probably is not fair, but that's why they pay coaches the big bucks, and players the biggest bucks. You can not fire the entire team, but you can fire the coach. Again, sucks and probably unfair, but that's why they say coaches are hired to be fired.

Wow. I've only read reports and knew the team was struggling, but I didn't see this coming. I wonder if there is a college gig or something and he asked to be let go? Of course he's under a contract and I'll bet he's getting more than two weeks severence.

crazy. Great avatar