Texsox

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Oct 4, 2007 -> 03:06 PM) Nothing like using a homeless crackhead as the face of your business. With the money he's pulling in he'll be able to afford health insurance

Anyone else insulted that the media puts every spending bill immediately put into Iraq War Dollars? If the health care bill, for example, is good, it doesn't matter if it is 5 days or 5 years in Iraq and same thing if it is bad. let's put away the Iraq analogies, please. Oh, and all the members of congress that keep saying Bush is spendign $X in Iraq, WRONG! We all are. It's congresses budget also.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 4, 2007 -> 02:41 PM) That is not good. People can't get their net worth above their annual income? Even with the big housing value run-up we've had? Yikes. This nation has gotten really, really bad and saving and investing. Debt is our worst enemy, more serious than terrorists. But I'll shut up, I've talked about this to death.

That's Mr. Woo Woo to you I hope he has an agent and a spot on Letterman.

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Oct 4, 2007 -> 01:08 PM) Like high school...I chose to focus on Cs, rather than As You must have had a 4.0 QUOTE(Soxy @ Oct 4, 2007 -> 01:49 PM) Okay, that was funny. Thank you for giving me permission to laugh Nice one PA.

But the world must work just like the US!

QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Oct 4, 2007 -> 12:45 PM) Although I think Carter misspoke on Venezuela, I think he kept us from an unnecessary war in North Korea in 1994. As much as he pisses off conservatives about how he speaks of the Bush administration, does anyone remember what he said about Clinton? I believe he called the man a disgrace because of the Marc Rich pardon. I think presidential administrations dislike the man because he's honest about his motives - at least post 1981, and honest about his thoughts - despite whether you agree with them or not. We really do not like integrity and honesty.

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He should be starting on his golf game, perhaps that wide stance will help him . . .

QUOTE(Soxy @ Oct 4, 2007 -> 09:53 AM) I met him. And then I had to sit down. Because I swooned. Seriously. I met him at Cominsky. He was in town to build a house and came to a game. His Secret Service detail was small and you couldn't guess who they were. Very cool. Pratt, I was going to respond but instead I'll just

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 4, 2007 -> 09:13 AM) Well good. But if there isn't an inflationary adjustment, then we are just looking at another example of Congress being stupid, because it would have to be revisited again in a few years anyway. I'm not certain about that component. IIRC there was a piece about someone complaining that them folks over there, making more, would get some and she wouldn't.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Oct 4, 2007 -> 09:14 AM) According to what we have been told during this campaign cycle, they are all "rich" according to their incomes. They certainly are not worrying about the high cost of medical insurance.

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.