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QUOTE(kapkomet @ Sep 29, 2007 -> 03:03 PM) That's fine, but you can't deny what he did for a living, or his open track record. It amazes me what a pedistal these people get put on and how much they get defended when they have a (D) behind their name. He "cares" about the poor and underpriveledged, yea. TWO AMERICAS! Uh huh. Only if it benefits him. And before anyone starts, I'm just as critical of the Re-pube-licans. So it does matter who a lawyer represents? If it's an organization that fronts for the Iranian government Good! If it's people who have been injured on accidents, Bad!? And I love the "I hate both sides"

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Sep 29, 2007 -> 05:33 PM) Why do people get their own names tattooed on their bodies? Is it in case they forget? Or a wive or husband's name. I can see getting married, buying a house, having a few kids, but a tattoo!? It's so permanent

Too bad they do not have some oil. we might have been able to help them.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Sep 28, 2007 -> 09:05 PM) John Edwards is THE f***tard of f***tards. How can ANYONE support this asshole? 5 Yards for unnecessary roughness, repeat third down.

No one has mentioned this, and perhaps it is the one thing that could make us slightly optimistic, but probably not up to Steve's level. Maybe, just maybe, the team will play better for him. Stranger things have happened. But he's not the second coming of Montana, hell he's not even the punky QB.

The Cubs only win today to make losing tomorrow more painful. That is my mantra, and it has held true for almost 100 years. They will fail, amd it will be spectacular.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Sep 28, 2007 -> 08:49 PM) She just needs to come out of the closet and say that she is 100% for the redistrubution of wealth from "rich" to poor and that she is a socialist commie. That's about where she is, without saying it. Whatcha trying to catch with that bait?

Boy Scout memorabilia, mostly patches. I just sold one on eBay for $355 I picked up for $15. My collection would probably fetch a few thousand dollars. I also have some odds and ends, postcards, pins, statues, prints, books, but my main collecting interest are those patches. BTW, at any one moment on eBay there will be close to 10,000 Boy Scout items for sale.

Let him have fun and realize he raises the baseball IQ of Cub fans by cheering . . .

May the God of your choice bless you.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Sep 28, 2007 -> 11:49 AM) It won't happen. Stealing this from some pathetic hippy filled liberal blog, which I think is absolutely correct. I can dream, can't I?

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Sep 28, 2007 -> 11:24 AM) I think the media is getting the script down for how to embarrass Fred Thompson. The instructions are: "1. Ask him a question. 2. Let him answer." He is running for President, how is he going to keep up with current events? More liberal media crushing the man.

How many people have had their pictures taken in the "Craig Stall"? It may be the state's top tourist draw.

The Dems have Rock Stars running, that's for certain. It would be the most incredible politcal event of our lifetime if the "Big Three" arrrived at the convention with a floor fight for the nomination. I get goose bumps thinking about it.

Of course when Hammer Time '08 is announced, I'm all over that one

I'll take McCain unless some of the Goperheads doesn't think I'm GOP enough

When you wrote career like Jon, would that mean trade him during what should be his best seasons? I've been so down on even thinking about the next generation of players based on the last couple decades. With the reality of needing to trade future for immediate needs at times, a prospect hanging around to have his career year with the team that drafted him is so rare. Then a guy signing his third contract with the same team seems equally rare.

QUOTE(RibbieRubarb @ Sep 28, 2007 -> 09:06 AM) He went off to school today in a blue shirt that had a baseball flying across it. If only our world leaders could learn from us... a tip of the parenting cap to you

I was thinking it may be interesting and informative to have posters follow a campaign and adopt a candidate. The main guys are easy enough to follow, but some of the small candidates always seem to have some great agenda items that get incorporated into party platforms. I'm not certain if we would have individual threads for each candidate, I know we are trying to avoid that, but maybe under this format, or even lock them like Nuke's diary.

I assumed that one of the campaigns alerted the AP, etc. to the quote, but I didn't consider the quote may have been planted. But you state a great case for how it could have been planted. And political dirty tricks have been going on forever.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 28, 2007 -> 08:36 AM) Like any other veto, it can be overriden by 2/3 of the houses. And my suggestion is less broad in power than a plain old line item veto that some have suggested. That is the first time I've heard that suggested and IMHO an excellent proposal. I'd like to hear the debate against, and how it differs from the usual things brought up in a straight line item veto debate. Gridlock would be my first thought. Then would it eliminate half the pork? And if one party would be facing having their pork vetoed, what would that do to budget negotiations?

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 28, 2007 -> 08:31 AM) Another way to control this that people have suggested is line item veto power for the President. I think maybe a restricted version of that - budget item veto power. In other words, the President has line item veto power over any given spending item, and can say for those items he/she chooses, no money allowed. I'm uneasy with the Executive Branch having that much power. I see the benefits, but like any changes, there isn't a free lunch.

I don't think anyone is proposing that health care plan. I keep hearing choice has to be a part of it. The only ones who are talking about choice getting taken away are the ones opposed to any form of national health care.

And here's the trillion dollar question, place a group squarely in the middle of all this. Would they stand up and say, you have our votes if you cut this crap out? Or would they say, we need $150,000,000 for this road, a new community center, a research grant for our local college, and so on and so on?

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Sep 28, 2007 -> 08:20 AM) You're absolutely right. But I also don't hear Re-pube-licans running around telling me that they have to raise taxes to fund 85 billion pet projects either, during this next election cycle. Both parties disgust me, the Democrats much more so. Of course not, the Re-pube-licans will jiust borrow the money and fund their pet project. And convince you someone else will be paying for it down the road. Both sides suck. Pick your poison.