Texsox

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Sep 25, 2007 -> 08:12 AM) I'd love to see SS phased out. There is no way it happens, so there is no real point in even dreaming about it. Its on my list of government programs I could do without. Also it would basically take a collapse of the US government before SS wouldn't get paid out. It isn't really much of a risk in reality. SS replaced the previous rock solid retirement plans. Pensions from companies like GM. Pensions from Unions.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Sep 25, 2007 -> 08:29 AM) Yea, 'cause we're so serious about this. we're?

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Sep 25, 2007 -> 07:59 AM) How many less cars are they selling? The irony is that GM is going to look like the evil corporation here, but this is a by-product of people not buying American cars anymore. If people are going to buy Japanese cars, then expect American car companies to layoff employees. With the costs of legacy employees and their current employees, they aren't going to be able to compete with the Japanese on price or quality. They are too busy putting $1500 a car into health care that could be going into R&D. GM is too busy trying to decide how to fund $51 billion in unfunded future pension costs... a cost Toyota even with their record profits, doesn't face. If we aren't going to buy American, don't be surprised when American companies cut costs, IE workers. Exactly. It hearkens back to the day when a person could work for a company all his life, be taken care of with health insurance and a pension. They would buy a little house in the suburbs, send their kids to school and life the middle class dream. That is dead! Doesn't happen anymore. Which probably is why we have these stresses on government programs. GM should have a few executives making $$$$ and a bunch of minimum wage guys running around who get replaced every couple of years when they want raises. I know some businesses that are leery of letting a minimum wage guy ruin a $10,000,000 CNC, but even repairs are cheaper than these guys making huge money in these jobs. Now I know why some law makers think they can tax $75,000 a year workers harder. Look how outraged people are here at these salaries. Send those jobs to Mexico where they belong. If these guys can't be happy making $20,000 a year, there are workers across the river from me that will be. And then, finally, the American car makers can compete.

Where does it say that in the pictures?

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Sep 24, 2007 -> 09:11 PM) Here is an example of some of their womens rights. And this is why he doesn't believe that Iran has any gay people. First one look like a photoshop job. If they were strapped to a gurney and given lethal injection would you feel better? This is one reason I am against capital punishment, how can we get all righteous when we kill people all the time?

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Sep 24, 2007 -> 09:17 PM) So we just got our last electric bill for the month and its just under 70 bucks. The three us of are now trying to live in relative darkness, cause we're all cheap as f***. $70 per? or $70 total? My last one was $150 for my apartment. My house was running $350. Everything here is electric, no gas at all. Water heater, dryer, stove, furnance, air con, all run on electric.

So no high drivers killing themselves or others? I have a hard time believing that. No one getting high and drowning? Falling? etc. I have a hard time believing that.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Sep 24, 2007 -> 04:45 PM) And that's the key that Tex doesn't want to talk about. Really, I said they were worth minimum wage, what don't I want to talk about? Many of those guys are operating equipment worth millions of dollars, in the past that equipment took some skill to operate, now it doesn't. The middle class is dying for guys like this. Too bad. Either get an MBA or adjust to a smaller pay check. Sell the house, keep your car longer, send your kids to a public school, perhaps on financial aid. My economy improves when these jobs are moved to Mexico where they belong.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Sep 24, 2007 -> 03:00 PM) That would be my perfect excuse to run away. But you wouldn't care if you were overpaid for years? I'm certain the mortgage companies in Detroit would not mind if a few thousand workers defaulted. They would also be forced to buy cheaper foreign cars

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 24, 2007 -> 03:20 PM) Things looked like this in 2004 too - still plenty of time till January. Plus look at the polls in the key early Primaries - Iowa is a dead heat between the three big names, and NH is pretty close too. I still think that Clinton's high negatives mean that the party will try to give other candidates every possible edge, because I think Hillary is the least electable at the general level. yep, which is why the GOP radio network pushes so far for her to be the front runner. Media bias at it's worse.

From one of my other lists

QUOTE(Alpha Dog @ Sep 24, 2007 -> 01:52 PM) Does it take $30+ an hour plus pension plus paid health care to screw on a f***ing bolt or push a button? No, it takes minimum hour employees. What we need to do is realize a large middle class is a joke and get past it. We do not have that many middle class jobs anymore. Minimum wage jobs and executives, that's what it takes in America And it does take $4,807 per hour to run the company. Take a dump and make $1,200, that's the way to do it.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Sep 24, 2007 -> 12:39 PM) I don't think anyone is expecting Griese to be pro bowl caliber but he's better than Rex who is probably the worst starting qb in the league right now. And he will be replaced by a QB who will be about the same ranking in the league. It isn't like there is a huge difference. Just a different jersey to throw a shoe at and scream "you are an idiot . . ." But sometimes that's fun.

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Sep 15, 2007 -> 03:35 PM) Iowa State beats Iowa. hahaha October 13 is going to be a sad day for them . . .

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Sep 24, 2007 -> 01:11 PM) I can't remember if it was Kap or I that said it, is there a difference?

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Sep 24, 2007 -> 01:30 PM) My problem with posting video seems to have something to do with my browser here at work, as if I try from my home computer I am fine. But from here, it doesn't work. Any ideas? Yeah, quit and get a new job.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Sep 24, 2007 -> 01:30 PM) Ah, I didnt read that post. From what it sounds like they could be tampers for tobacco pipes or for solidifying the pack in a cig that is hand rolled. The second part makes perfect sense.

QUOTE(Leonard Zelig @ Sep 24, 2007 -> 01:25 PM) He already said that the rods are solid, so they are not one-hitters. And if they are the diameter of a pencil, they are not being used to clean out one hitters either(that's what wire coat hangers are for). The best way to clear this up is to post a picture of the rods so we can see exactly what they look like and try to determine what they actually are. I don't have one to post. If you cut off a round pencil at about 4 inches, and made it of metal, that's it. There may be another, non drug usage, but his mom or dad had no idea what it might be. And based on where they were located, he seemed to be hiding them. Anyway, they gave him a monologue and reminded him of everything he would lose if he ever was arrested for drug possession. Never gave him a chance to lie. Never made him admit or deny.

They have a much bigger impact than tens of thousands of workers who are little more than cogs in the wheel.

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Sep 24, 2007 -> 12:52 PM) actually, that's not true. Fortunately, I work in an industry with HUGE turnover, so I can get a job anywhere. I just don't understand why the workers do not accept a cut to save the company. And if somehow this management team can save the company, they deserve some huge raises and bonuses. Because cutting all that cost will be a huge undertaking.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Sep 24, 2007 -> 12:46 PM) Good post. Really the auto workers are going the way of the airlines and steel mills. They are pricing themselves out of jobs, and don't even realize it. I am certain anyone here would take a decrease in pay and benefits to keep our jobs.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Sep 24, 2007 -> 10:38 AM) The rods are probably one-hitters. The papers are prob for smoking weed, most people who roll their own cigs have a machine and do it in high volume. Just be glad hes not doing anything else, as weed is more harmless than alcohol. The problem is an arrest for weed would take away a very nice college scholarship to a very nice Top 10 American University. So while I would not debate the relative harm between mj and other mood altering substances, in this case the harm would more severe.

Newt would be an interesting candidate. I think he would be about the smartest candidate in the GOP field.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 24, 2007 -> 12:05 PM) OK, then you still have to send the bill. If they want to contest it, they can take it to court. And I am not really aware of all the legal trappings, but if this was a "local unit" event, I am pretty sure you can still send the bill to Boy Scouts of America. If you send it to the troop, they are just a unit of BSA anyway. Actually BSA sells a "franchise" to charities with a curriculum to follow. This results in an interesting situation at times. All the equipment, for example, that my Troop and Crew earned money for and bought, is owned by our Charter Organization, the Methodist Church. The Church first approves the local leaders and Scouts, has control of their agenda, etc. It would be like billing Little League™ if it was one of their teams. But that doesn't really matter in this. SARs billing is a relatively new practice and I imagine one that will shake out in time. A further comment that made sense to me was this analogy based on another government service. Your houses catches fire by accident = no billing You commit arson = billed I think we need to think carefully about this because it could lead people to make stupid decisions based on avoiding a bill. In this case, by billing, we are suggesting they should have continued to press on and find their way out in the dark. I think in the long run it may be smarter policy, and cheaper, to reward smart behaviors. But a lot of me agrees with you. Bill everyone regardless if they were negligent or prepared.