Texsox

Is WLUP still rock? That was my fov station before I moved. Brandmeier, Mathews, Dahl, Stroud had a noon time gig.

Society demands that parents be responsible for their children and raising them. Schools beg for more parental involvement. They wring their hands and wonder what can be done to get the parents interested in what their children are learning. Yet as soon as parents go beyond the fundraisers, and buying tickets to games and plays, teachers feel threatened. Willfully ignorant is a loaded phrase. Different topics are presented better in different venues. Perhaps I would rather be teaching my children about sex, drugs, love, and war, not having you do it. For that, I am mocked and accused of wanting my kids willfully ignorant? The hubris to think you are the best to do that is willfully ignorant. Parents that do not know what is being taught to their own children are the ones embracing willful ignorance not the ones that are standing up. But they are your best customer. They keep their mouths shut and keep sending their kids to school. Tell me this, what literary concepts cannot be taught using less offensive works. It seems the goal here is to expose them to controversial topics? Why? How does exposing them to these controversial topics fit the mission statement of the school? Why is it the school's business? Amazing that you have time. Perhaps there should be a course Controversial Topics 101 and allow parents and students to make that choice? The idea of parents and educators selecting books that teach the concepts is right. Parents just blindly turning their children over to strangers is what is wrong. When the kids act out in ways that society does not approve, is it the teachers standing next to their students in court? No. They are back in their ivory towers, wringing their hands, trying to figure out why parents are not involved selling more M&M for the Senior trip.

Is there any books that you would deem unsuitable for that age level? At what age should parents stop being parents and just turn their kids over to teachers to raise?

QUOTE(knightni @ Nov 7, 2007 -> 03:22 PM) Re-signing Uribe is the most secure move for the short term. Now they have the freedom to avoid mediocre shortstops in free agency and shore up their bullpen, while getting a better CF. This also helps in trades. They can focus on Crede or Fields in trade offers and shop Garland. Uribe re-signing doesn't mean he's annointed 2008 starter, it just means that he was the youngest, easiest option that KW had at the time. For all we know, they may trade for a SS and send Uribe packing in another trade later on. Uribe can also be plan C at third base. Fields might be better in leftfield or traded for a centerfielder, Crede can be sent to New York/Anaheim/San Francisco for younger players. It's all speculation at this point, but hey, it's November. ^^^ Thanks for saving me the typing.

McCain on the GOP side.

McCain was royally screwed in the 2000 race by Bush's push poll. But McCain stayed reasonably loyal to the party and I think the party will begin to believe they "owe" him a shot.

Baseball needs an independent commissioner, just like the other sports.

If you were being tortured, wouldn't you make up anything to make it stop? While the reasons are compelling, the whole save a million lives kind of thing, but bottom line, the information at best gives a false sense of accuracy to someone's already formed idea.

I believe he is the best of the GOP bunch.

Welcome to the slippery slope. In 3,000 years it will include balls and strikes

She really needs to just go away. Release the records.

QUOTE(Soxy @ Nov 6, 2007 -> 10:05 AM) Why don't you go for the ones that know what they want? Because those are the ones that know they don't want him

QUOTE(Soxy @ Nov 6, 2007 -> 09:24 AM) To us Yanks it's all the same. As long as you're getting your protein, you don't miss meat. Except bacon. Oh, how I miss bacon. pig belly is yummy.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 6, 2007 -> 09:48 AM) I'd bet that none of those three (Bonds, Palmeiro, McGuire) get in. Bonds is the most likely. But none will make it, IMO. Bonds will, no doubt in my mind. I also think it is likely the voters will elect one or two of the other guys and force this mess back into baseball's lap, where it belongs. Remember who votes on the Hall.

The hall is going to have to somehow recognize the "steroid era". When (I agree with Steff) these guys start entering the Hall, there will be an outcry and baseball will look foolish (again) if they stand there like nothing is wrong.

That seems more like ranchero beans than a chili. I'm slowly eliminating meat from my diet. I've dropped it from almost all my breakfasts and about half my lunches. Dinner is still an issue, but getting better.

Texans know how to pull in the cash. [/size] We may never know, but I'm guessing Clinton was a better Presidential fundraiser than Bush. But that's just my guess.

QUOTE(Soxy @ Nov 6, 2007 -> 08:20 AM) Wrong. I make some awesome herbivore chili. And to get that protein? A side of quinoa. y'all ain't from around here. That must be that Yankee cityfied, sissyfied, chili. Recipe?

Amateurs vs. Pros ranked in most to least likely to score against Basketball, baseball, soccer, hockey, and football.

That entire era will have an * Bonds knew what was going on. He had lifted before and knew how his body reacted. He also is smart enough to know that adding flaxseed oil and an arthritis cream would not produce those results. Those are available over the counter, and this cream was clearly not over the counter stuff. He had a responsibility to know what he was using. That comes with the job. He is an adult and should be treated like one. All these guys had a symbiotic relationship with MLB. They used each other and made hundreds of millions of dollars in the process. The owner of the ball is adding an asterisks and the hall has a choice. It seems that there has been a lot of media coverage and fan interest in steroids in baseball. Some fans will make excuses and believe Bonds was an unwitting innocent victim. You cannot wake someone who is pretending to be asleep. That asterisks in a way represents all the juicers in baseball. Is it unfair that Bonds is the poster boy for steroids? It's the good with the bad. Perhaps we feel some sympathy for the guy who was barely clinging to a MLB career and used, versus All-Stars like Bonds, McGwire, Sosa, Giambi, and Palmero. Bonds climbed to the top, his accomplishments placed him on that pedestal for all the world to cheer and jeer.

People who after the time change say "it is 8 o'clock, but it's really nine"

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Nov 5, 2007 -> 06:41 PM) Yeah, it's about time for chili and soup. I had some s*** on a shingle for dinner tonight. Yum. On biscuits or toast? That does sound good. QUOTE(3E8 @ Nov 5, 2007 -> 06:49 PM) I had deer meat chili a few weeks ago, it was delicious Game is great in chili. But it does have to be red meat. No chicken, pork, or tofu. (sorry Soxy) You can make chili-like dishes with those proteins but do not call it chili. QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Nov 5, 2007 -> 07:46 PM) Tex I'll PM you my address, I expect the bowl to still be hot when it gets here. TIA. y'all have to come to Texas. The surfing is just getting really good.

The two first families of American politics are the Bushs and Clintons. Mainstream politicos default to those candidates. We saw that eight years ago.

Another factor, which has not been addressed is the nature of the HoF. Is it a museum with a responsibility to be historically accurate and chronicle the game of baseball, or is it an entertainment and marketing venue for MLB? If the role is to chronicle the history of the game, ignoring the controversy of Bond's record is intellectually dishonest. Iy ignores the greatest controversy of the past ten years, something that overshadows the game. There was congressional hearings. If the HoF is just some advertisement for MLB, then they can rewrite history and make the game look as happy as possible.

Hmmm, chocolate in the chili. I don't recall if I've ever had that, but it sounds good. Almost like a mole sauce??