Texsox

On the surface, and in general, I am in favor of not taxing investment income.

Did you see this? Same guys. I'd be so pissed if I was Arab . . .

QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Sep 7, 2007 -> 01:34 PM) That Hsu thing is weird. I don't even understand it. Sounds like the kinda person they should throw the book at though. Lots of Campaign Finance mishaps going on. Romney's Campaign Finance Chair got indicted this week too.Link. The Club for Growth got pinched for a 350K FEC fine, and 11 Public Officials in NJ were arrested for bribery. Busy week for political cops. Another reason I am beginning to think public financing is better.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Sep 7, 2007 -> 01:20 PM) It has to do with Tex's fascination with dicks. I love you Bob

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Sep 7, 2007 -> 12:36 PM) Hmm. Good point. Lets invade Mexico just to prove that we don't discriminate. Oh wait, they are already invading us! Your hyperbole is killing me. Seriously. I can't drink anything when I read your posts anymore, because they are making me laugh that hard. How far back do we have to go? It's a serious question. WWII? Are Christian countries just better? BTW SS, it was a post of yours months ago that pointed that out to me. I believe it was in a Rwanda thread. Funny that you would post that now.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 7, 2007 -> 02:27 PM) Also, some parts of the Patriot Act were struck down by a U.S. District Court judge yesterday. And oh yeah, the economy is now losing jobs. Really not a good week for BushCo. Honestly, what went wrong for Dubya? As I've stated many times I really like the guy personally. I would love for him to have done well. Standing on that mound of rubble with the bull horn and he had America lock stock and barrel. Had he duplicated that with the hurricane, he could have rode another couple years.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Sep 7, 2007 -> 02:26 PM) August 30, 2002 was the first date that posters were moved onto Soxtalk.com. It is amazing to think that this site went from 128 posters at Soxnet.net to approaching 4000 people, and over 1.5 million posts in that amount of time. You guys are the greatest, and this place is successful not because of the administrators or moderates like some sites think, but because of the people who post here. Thanks to everyone Just over half those posts are yours

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Sep 7, 2007 -> 12:35 PM) Could you give us any reasons as to why you could go gay? (liking my eyes is not a good reason) Hmm, good question. I'll avoid the stale jokes like I could be a lesbian, and because it would piss off Sox4LifeinPA

Happy Anniversary of your Birth

QUOTE(Steff @ Sep 7, 2007 -> 09:38 AM) Yea. I figured the youngin's kept this place hoppin' 24/7 like back in the "old" days.

QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Sep 6, 2007 -> 06:04 PM) The famous site that it came from is long gone, but you can never erase Bea Arthur's true past. This is yet another reason I can't go gay.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Sep 7, 2007 -> 11:10 AM) Which is exactly why we don't need governmental health care, and other huge expenditures in the government's hands. That is a very good point.

So Kap, why is it we only seem to be bombing non Christian countries?

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Sep 7, 2007 -> 11:08 AM) Oh come on. Kap, when was the last time we bombed a Christian country? OK, upon further review, I'll retract that as hyperbole. But it is an interesting fact of who we bomb and who we send money to.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Sep 7, 2007 -> 09:41 AM) Some things are pretty common sense. If you lose more of your paycheck you spend less money. If everyone spends less money, the economy contracts. It isn't rocket science. If spending money is the key, then it doesn't matter who spends it, public or private. The government at least has restrictions and usually has to buy American. Of course, it doesn't buy votes, whcih is why some politicans love tax cuts. And common sense also tells us that those loans have to be paid back, with interest. An economy based on borrowed money, is at risk. Why you are in favor of giving yourself a dollar today, so that your daughter has to pay back $5 later, doesn't make sense. If we can't afford it today, what makes you think we can afford the bigger price tag later?

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Sep 7, 2007 -> 10:51 AM) Wow, are you kidding? Seriously... OF COURSE they are left of where you are... because they are pandering to the fringe loony bins of the party to get through the primary. Now next spring, after the nominee is all but cemented, both sides will RUN to the center. It's pathetic, actually. Remember Kap, socially I am conservative, and I favor only spending what we collect in taxes (that use to be a GOP bedrock position), I am also in favor of restrictions on abortions and love my guns. So it is easy to see why many Dem candidates will be left of me. I also look at GOP candidates and they require me to love them exclusively and dislike the controls our Constitution places on them (Judges, Free Press). I'd also have to acknowledge the inherited superiority of old, white, guys. I'd have to love the death penalty, embrace killing people whose culture isn't like our own. So I am lost somewhere in between. . .

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Sep 7, 2007 -> 09:36 AM) They have hit him hard on any mistakes he has made. To be honest, he is running his campaign too cleanly to beat Hillary. The only Dem who really could beat Hill is Edwards, because he isn't afraid to do whatever it takes to win. Hell he is an ambulence chaser for god's sake, how much more dirty can you get? He'll has taken the gloves off at every turn. His problem is that he abandoned the middle of the road that he held in the 04 election, and went way too far to the left. Hillary will beat him down because she will take everything in the middle. And the middle is where I want someone to be, but somehow they all seem left of me.

And while I am a big fan of soft science, economics is inexact.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Sep 7, 2007 -> 09:28 AM) To be honest, the only top contender for the Dems I don't dispise is Obama. I do at least respect him. Richardson also seems decent, but he has zero chance at winning. I am not much of a Guiliani fan, but of all the repubs, he might be the most electable because he has some middle of the road positions. Romney has flipped flopped more than an IHOP, and the rest of them hardly merit a mention. Thompson is interesting, as he is really selling himself as a Reagan Republician, but I am in wait and see mode on him. I do wish more candidates had waited as long as he did to declare, but what are you going to do. That is pretty close to my asessment. Where's the beef?

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 7, 2007 -> 09:06 AM) Again, I think this is the BEST candidate field I've had in my voting lifetime (first Prez vote: 1992, so admitedly I've only had 5, including this one). The problem isn't a lack of decent candidates - its that the WORST ones from each party (Clinton, Giuliani) are the ones getting all the press. They are high in the polls because of their name recognition - not their abilities. And that, I am afraid, is the fault of the voting public. It is the best field of personalities.

Jenks, far more than 500,000 are working without a SS number. Employers are more careful than that. Plus, as has been pointed out before, most of these are low paying jobs and will result in a net loss in revenue, after benefits are paid. And it doesn't matter who is earning that paycheck. We actually save money when those jobs are off the books. Low paying jobs, and not specifically the people who work them, put the strain on the economy. We have so many programs to help the working poor. Health care, child care, education, etc. These are tied to income. So if we could magically convince a generation of US born and raised kids, born to US born and raised parents, that they should take these jobs, we would still have the same drain on the economy. And we would have wasted, in many cases, the tens of thousands of dollars we have invested in these kids through our public education systems.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Sep 7, 2007 -> 07:34 AM) And that law should change, NOW. You are correct. We will be spitting in the face of thousands of years of precedent, but back when Jesus was walking the earth, we were not as mobile, and the stakes not as high, as today. Living here on the border, I see clearly what a difference it makes in being born in hospitals literally only a few miles apart.

^^^^SS^^^^ I am still trying to warm up to a candidate. Early on I thought McCain would be the guy, but he's falling flat in my eyes. Edwards was intriguing, but I'm not matching up well with him. Hillary would be about my last candidate. I think I would prefer Edwards to Hillary. I'm thinking you may want Hillary as the Dem nominee, knowing she'd have a harder time getting elected. Although, no one on the Rep side is exciting me. This is the worse group of candidates in my lifetime, but, the most exciting speakers and personalities. We may have finally reached Hollywood, reality show, levels.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Sep 6, 2007 -> 10:45 PM) Ignorance is bliss. It certainly helped this President get elected, twice.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Sep 6, 2007 -> 10:46 PM) Why are you just beating the abosolute f*** out of this long, stinky, dead-ass horse? You have an infatuation with this whole thing, and it's starting to get scary. I direct you to the "not specific to this" I also would like to point out that you are continuing to read so it must be entertaining or in some way attracting your attention. Plus it is one of only two threads that anyone is doing anything with. So start another topic. BTW. my post count is not too far past PA or NSS BTW, if you read closely, NSS72 and Rex have changed my mind. Just be careful that you do not, like for example Wisconsin did a few years back*. accidentally stumble on some gay code and get arrested. *Wisconsin used an ad line in the early 80s, Wisconsin, You're Among Friends and decided to quickly withdraw the line when it was learned that it was a sort of gay code to identify a gay friendly environment.