Texsox

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Oct 4, 2007 -> 09:10 AM) Reagan also had alzheimers disease, which made it pretty much impossible to talk about what he did after his 8 years in office. And there are conflicting opinions as to when the Alzheimer's began. It certainly is unfair to compare Reagan with the other Presidents. I am certain that Bush and Clinton appreciated the heat Reagan took for the Japan speaker fees, it set the stage for them to make millions.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 4, 2007 -> 08:27 AM) Which part? Regional adjustments, or inflationary adjustments? regional

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Oct 4, 2007 -> 08:24 AM) You mean Poppy Bush who didn't care enough to head up a group with the man who took his job to try to save lives after the Indian Ocean tsunami? I have a hard time saying that any of our recent ex-Presidents don't give a damn. The last few at least have gone out of their way to try to do a lot of good in the world. I don't really remember anything about Ford or Nixon's lives after the White House, but I know Carter, Bush41, and Clinton have all thrown themselves into benevolent projects. I think your analysis is spot on. Nixon pretty much went into exile. Ford was public, did some lower key charity work and IIRC advised the GOP. Of course he also played a lot of golf in Pro-Ams, hitting spectators along the way. Reagan quickly went to Japan, pocket a few million in speaking fees, then retired. But I think that was also a function of age. I place Carter well ahead of Clinton and Bush in their post Presidency actions. From building homes to supervising election, he has certainly walked the walk when it comes to human rights. I also realize that for many posters here, they are repeating what they were taught in history class about Carter. The Presidency had bottomed out in many ways after Nixon/Ford and Carter did righten the ship and set the stage for Reagan, a bigger than life cowboy. I think anyone in that position, including his opponent, Ford, would have had a similar unspectacular Presidency. Ford's economic plan was wearing a Whip Inflation Now button.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 4, 2007 -> 08:06 AM) Part of the problem with setting a single, national salary floor is that 80k is very different from place to place. 80k for a family in, say, Ames, Iowa, is most definitely a middle class lifestyle or maybe even better. 80k living in Boston or New York on the other hand, is scraping by. I'd rather see either the states having some say here, or at least some sort of cost of living adjustor on there. Also, like minimum wage, the salary levels should have an automatic annual increase based on some market basket measure, so that this does not need to be revisited. I thought that was already done. Maybe that was taken out of the final bill??

It's just talk. Only a really stupid free agent would dismiss a team.

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QUOTE(BigEdWalsh @ Oct 3, 2007 -> 11:54 PM) That was cool, Tex. I enjoyed watching it. I thought sorting through 2,000 photos would be tedious, but it was actually fun this time. I still have some tweeking to do, but at least now there isn't a deadline to contend with.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Oct 4, 2007 -> 05:48 AM) I would say the same because that's not how they do their bidding. Which isn't so differentthan groups like the Swifties, etc. Nothing new there.

QUOTE(Alpha Dog @ Oct 3, 2007 -> 08:13 PM) Sounds more like a wandering, senile old fool to me. It's suprising he kept his clothes on, since the old folks suffering from dementia seem to lose those pretty fast. That is easily the stupidest thing you have ever posted.

QUOTE(Hawkfan @ Oct 3, 2007 -> 05:06 PM) I saw him updating the phillies and rockies game with cal ripken and was surprised at how well he did speaking considering that i think hes an idiot. He did stutter and search for words but I think he sound alright. Is it possible he has a future sitting next to hawk harrelson some day? or does the hatred between him and kenny prevent that? You should take over O'Reilly's show

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/03/indiana.crash/index.html Five hours after the cops leave the crash scene, the father of one of the victims finds his son's body wrapped around a tree.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Oct 3, 2007 -> 01:56 PM) It's not about 'taxes'. It's about putting our system closer to socialized health care. However, I do disagree with this veto. It's about people barely over Medicaid income levels getting some help with a major expense. Many of these jobs do not have full benefits. To recap the past few weeks $25,000 makes enough to pay for their own health care insurance $50,000 too much for an assembly line worker at an autoplant $75,000 barely enough, should not be taxed anymore.

I wonder if it is easier or harder today for a dark horse to make a run. Money is certainly a bigger issue today, but you can do a lot via the internet, which is cheaper and more direct. Still capturing the imagination of the media is the biggest problem. With a limited number of column inches available, allocating space to the sixth or seventh candidate who is polling in the low single digits, probably doesn't make much sense. Forget about buying enough TV ads.

If there was an easy answer, it would have already been done. As much as I like 2k5's answer, the equal and opposite problem, and there always is, becomes only rich people have a chance and, why spend $20 mil on a job that pays $125,000? Perhaps they would be looknig to make some of that back? So we try and find the compromise half way, and it probably isn't in finding the perfect plan, but rather finding the least evil of plans.

From Southsider2k5

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 3, 2007 -> 09:59 AM) Did you actually see what he was responding to in his post? I find it laughable as well. A shoe as a deadly weapon? How is that not ridiculous? And what on earth does it have to do with left wing or right wing? Not to mention that some "right wing" folks responded in agreement. But was it a wing tip?

Thank you. I will be reworking it as I bring in new music. I was under the gun and needed something easy to get.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/03/military....ref=mpstoryview Their case Conservatives Point of View: One more thing Shall we file this under support our troops and family values?

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Oct 2, 2007 -> 04:12 PM) And you don't either, except once every six months when you do nothing but mock the "conservatives" by using multiple sarcasms. I just can't get a break from you. If I disagree, you post s*** about I'll argue about anything, the stuff I agree about, you accuse me of mocking. Do a search, I've been touting McCain since the campaigns begun.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Oct 2, 2007 -> 03:19 PM) Ok, Mr. Multiple Sarcasms. Of course conservatives never, ever, change their minds. So I understand your comments. Thank you.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Oct 2, 2007 -> 02:57 PM) Does this have anything to do with national sarcasm day? Nope. In my quest to prove to people here that liberal media bias is an evil conservative plot, I started logging a few news sites and convinced myself that media bias is alive and well. I feel stupid for defending these people all these years. Disgusting really. Conservatives have been getting screwed for a long time. But I really don't want to belabor the point anymore.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Oct 2, 2007 -> 01:55 PM) It was on the front page of cnn.com and msnbc.com yesterday. I've been trying to find less biased sources. If it was on their front page, it was there for a reason, and not what anyone thinks. But I'm not going there.

We need to cut taxes to pay for this war. I'd bet a 10% decrease would have this war paid for in no time.

QUOTE(Mplssoxfan @ Oct 2, 2007 -> 02:29 PM) For yourself, Tex, try this. It's really pretty good for coming from a box, and you should be able to find it where you live. Cool, two stores by me carry it. I'll pick up a box today.

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Oct 2, 2007 -> 11:18 AM) yeah, because Soxtalk needs ANOTHER thread started by Texsox.... Didn't you use to be funny?