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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

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Oct 12, 2007 -> 11:19 AM) We invade them, duh.

It's like they jumped into the 1990s with that move.

QUOTE(NUKE @ Oct 12, 2007 -> 10:34 AM) IMO, the answer is neither. I think the trend that will REALLY be bad for the country/economy in the long run will actually be the complete unwillingness people have to live within their means. The subprime mess which we're going through right now is part of that ( people taking out exotic loans to buy homes they can't possibly afford ). People of all economic stripes are ringing up massive amounts of credit card debt just because they want the latest flat panel TV or IPOD the the guy across the street has. There's going to come a time when the consumer rings up so much debt that he has no choice but to start paying for it and that's when the economy will REALLY be in trouble. aGREED Now take the next step, the country also owes trillions to foreign banks because we demand they cut our taxes and borrow money. Then what happens?

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 12, 2007 -> 11:01 AM) ^^^^^^^^^ Coke with sugar, like I get in Mexico >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> American Coke with corn syrup Fixed

QUOTE(NUKE @ Oct 12, 2007 -> 10:47 AM) Further proof that peace through strength works. Look at all the trouble we had and would have in Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq and you think the Soviets were so scared they called off annihilation because Reagan was a bad ass?

QUOTE(NUKE @ Oct 12, 2007 -> 11:07 AM) Honestly, I think Global Warming is a bunch of horses***. I think we should be more energy efficient, partially for security reasons ( we get too much of our energy from bad neighborhoods ) and partially because I think wasting resources doing things the old way when a better way is out there is much better. Reagan could have solved it by lifting his pinky

QUOTE(NUKE @ Oct 12, 2007 -> 10:40 AM) Had we not been there with huge armies of our own, backed by nuclear weapons, then that would indeed have happened. Really? They wanted a war that would have killed tens of millions, and then gave up without a whimper?

QUOTE(NUKE @ Oct 12, 2007 -> 10:21 AM) I know you are going for hyperbole but there's a lot of truth to that. You know the vast armies of the Soviet Union, the ones that Reagan told us were going to overrun Western Europe and turn the whole continent red? They crumbled before our very eyes without a shot being fired. Fixed it for you.

She should have done this on youtube, built a following, then made millions with her website and TV deal.