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QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Oct 15, 2007 -> 11:05 AM) It's like the Irish fighting the Irish. We Jims have to fight each other because we have no other worthy opponents.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Oct 15, 2007 -> 09:17 AM) If you build it, they won't come. So true, The legal trade that this area depends on will dry up and we'll have widespread unemployment. Mexican Nationals spend billions of dollars legally all along the border. Criminals have found ways to smuggle in billions and billions of drugs into this country, they will do the same thing with workers. Better is a guest worker program that works for businesses and the labor unions.

I kid, because I care™

There is a mistrust, prejudice, bias, etc. about anyone not like us. As humans we categorize people and probably from some evolutionary survival instinct. Is this person going to help or hurt me? We also have a natural curiosity about other cultures. Sometimes the behaviors that come out of that are good, sometimes not so good. We are also provincial in looking at things through our own sets of beliefs and needs. For example I'm guessing there are not too many No Border Fence bumper stickers up north, but they are everywhere here where the damn thing may be built. (And ironically, built by Mexicans)

I'm with YAS on this one. And it's unfair but I just don't want the baggage of Clinton in the White House. I don't want him as the First Male.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Oct 15, 2007 -> 02:50 AM) There is a place and time for civil disobedience. I believe we are quickly approahing that place and time. I'm ready. You are right, and I'd love to help you, but it's still pretty hot outside, and the kids have me running everywhere, and I'm really busy at work, plus it's almost Thanksgiving, and then you know Christmas is right around the corner, why don't we try a little disobedience after the first of the year. . . Plus this is probably all made up by the liberal media or activist judges or a vast right wing conspiracy . . . Sad but most people do not even know how to send a letter to their elected leaders. According to a staffer for my congressman almost all their mail seems to come from the same people or concentration letter campaigns where people clip and ship, no original thought. I believe my Senators have my email address on their spam list

QUOTE(Brian @ Oct 14, 2007 -> 07:06 PM) Netflix question. I may sign up and for anyone who uses the service, it says 1 disc at a time option, if I rent a season of a TV series, does that mean I will just get Disc 1 and won't get disc 2 until I return Disc 1? It usually depends on how it is packaged. If it is packaged as a set, you'll get both. Check the listing.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Oct 12, 2007 -> 11:45 AM) Last year, if he had hit FA after putting up these sorts of numbers, he might well have gotten $14/6 or something like that from some team. This year, I'm just not sure...for the simple reason that there's 3 big name CF's on the market and a couple of smaller, "Bargain basement" type guys as well, and htat just might saturate the market for once. We'll see. If the market can ever saturate at a position and drive down the price, it'd be this year at CF, since there just don't seem to be that many teams in need right now. Or a few times budget $$$$ for a free agent, and wind up with their fourth choice.

There are many times here that a more restrictive site seems like heaven. It seems that we are midway between all the boards, loose enough to be a community, strict enough to stop people from "running on the field". In other words, just right. And Rex is right, they too care enough to create a place for Sox fans to meet.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Oct 14, 2007 -> 09:49 PM) I was under the impression that she was on the back of the bus, not the front. you are correct. I confused first row of black seats with front of the bus. Old age.

It would be tough to find a more successful owner is sports.

In the primaries I don't worry about electibility, I think of this as a chance to send the party a message.

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Oct 13, 2007 -> 08:52 AM) It'd be funnier if it were on Sunday...

QUOTE(NUKE @ Oct 13, 2007 -> 11:14 PM) If the masses truly believe that a law is unjust then they will work within the system to change the law. I don't believe for a minute that people have a right to disobey laws which laws they find distasteful. A society where the rule of law is optional is not a society at all. It is, in truth, the very definition of anarchy. I assume you are speaking strictly about democracies where the masses have a mechanism to change the law. Even with that, I believe Rosa Parks sitting up front is a perfect example of when breaking the law is the right course of action.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 13, 2007 -> 10:25 AM) That's not as crazy as it sounds. Even a blind dog finds an bone once in a while

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Oct 12, 2007 -> 11:26 PM) I've been all over the place but as it stands right now, I'd go with Obama on this side of things. Really? I would have thought Richardson for you.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Oct 12, 2007 -> 11:27 PM) And on this side, I think Fred Thompson is the character I would vote for at this point in time. I think the Dems should nominate Martin Sheen, but I think he already served 8 years in the White House.

QUOTE(StrangeSox @ Oct 12, 2007 -> 07:38 PM) Indiana really is the armpit of the Midwest. Like all states, they have some nasty areas. But also some really pretty. Overall I have a very positive image of Indiana.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Oct 12, 2007 -> 11:25 PM) IMO, yes. But it really depends on how an organization is structured. Or how it can be restructured to fit a new model. Computers and a cheaper worker across the globe works for a lot more than assembly, and sometimes better. I don't see the trend decreasing. The issue becomes one of biting the hand that feeds the corporate beast. Last I looked we're the biggest market, the average Chinese household doesn't have the income to compare. The search for cheaper employees on one end of the scale, causes a decline in their biggest market on the other side.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Oct 12, 2007 -> 11:24 PM) What a steaming pile of s*** this thread turned into, and it's not even from me dissing the Goracle. You were busy, there is still time

Few thoughts. Hindsight is always better. Sometimes the choice is between two evils. We're all humans. Reagan was perfect for the time, and Dems and Reps voted him in, twice, by wide margins. It all looked good. Momma Hitler has a headache one evening, and tens of thousands of people are alive today.

What you may also see is the have and the have nots. I remember back in a state and local government class being asked to guess the community in Lake County with the highest percentage of citizens below the poverty level. After the Roundouts and Zions of the county were listed, we gave up. Turns out is was Lake Forest. All those household staff were making little, I assume their rooms where not included in their income numbers. I really think though that rent and taxes account for more of that price. Labor could swing either way. I don't see a $30,000 entry level McDonals's employee, but I've been wrong before. Another issue. Didn't Staples get in trouble a few years ago for selling at higher prices in towns where they were the only game in town? Yep, found it. Nope wrong one.

And then we mock people who try and fight this.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 12, 2007 -> 12:19 PM) Ann Coulter is to conservatives what Britney Spears is to musicians.

QUOTE(WilliamTell @ Oct 12, 2007 -> 11:50 AM) This is the same Al Gore who's book was outsold by the yearly cat calendar. If he does run for president I don't think he'll have much of a chance. yep, and the same Al Gore that was defeated by someone who it seems can't read a book