Texsox

Amazing voice. I wish I had the opportunity to see him in his prime. Everything I heard was recorded, but even singing some pop tunes in the Three Tenor Concerts, he was just incredible.

QUOTE(Middle Buffalo @ Sep 5, 2007 -> 11:55 PM) Oh, that makes sense. We should definitely concentrate most our resources into building up countries that are not close to the US.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Sep 4, 2007 -> 03:28 AM) The Sox are in a position to make a top 3 pick, In all of sports, a top three pick is the least valuable in baseball. I'd rank Basketball #1, Football #2, and Hockey #3. I have no idea about soccer, arena football, and NASCAR but baseball would be somewhere behind them as well.

QUOTE(Middle Buffalo @ Sep 5, 2007 -> 11:46 PM) Ironically, many of the people who are most outraged by the US illegal immigration problem are in favor of the war in Iraq. A war that we are fighting (it's been said) in order to give the Iraqi citizens all of the rights and liberties that we hold so dear in this country. Why don't we want to extend this great gift of freedom and the American way to all people? Because we don't want them here

QUOTE(Alpha Dog @ Sep 5, 2007 -> 04:40 PM) Let's just send Mexico a bunch of condoms then so they can stop making people that they can't care for and just send to us to deal with. Can't feed your family of 6? Well, maybe you shoudl have stopped at 4. or 3. or better yet, no kids. if you can't feed yourself, you are a fool to bring others into this world to join your plight. And your 'right' to have kids should be trumped by your right to CARE and PROVIDE for the kids, maybe have a plan BEFORE you poke the pudding. if the Mexicans could just keep their zippers up and excercise a little restaraint, maybe there wouldn't be 12 million illegals lookign for food, etc. Card's made-up quote, "America does not exist to be a safety valve for the failures of the Mexican economy.", is true, regardless of how cold it sounds. Come up with a reasonable guest worker plan, vigorously prosecute identity thft and companies that knowingly hire illegals ( you know, the ones where 5 minutes on the phone could tell, not the ones with expert forgeries), STOp the unchecked flow of people, NO amnesty, fast track people who are currently on the list to get in instead of thoise who cheated, and start making english required to do any government business. And I love Card's books, too. Just finished Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead again. I agree with 80% of your post. Couple points I disagree with. Economics is one reason people want to come here, but isn't this the land of opportunity? Don't we want to be that shining beacon of hope around the land? Freedom, the good life, etc. Or is the American dream dead? There are a lot more than 12,000,000 wanting to move to the US. Amnesty means different things to different people. If you are saying no instant citizenship, I'm with you. If you are saying no path to full, legal status, ever, I disagree. If you have been living here and leading a good life, your neighbors like you, you've been working regularly, the cops do not know you, I'd rather you stay then take what's behind door number one, two, or three. Poor people shouldn't breed? I'm not going there. I'll just add one counter thought. Why punish the children? Down here, the majority of people are bilingual. When I travel in Mexico or Europe, English was almost always spoken as well as the native languages. Why are Americans the most afraid of people who speak a different language? There isn't a transaction here, public or private that couldn't be conducted in Spanish, and I just don't see a problem.

I don't think anyone here would call me a GOP apologist, but I agree with much of her blog. Cops in uniform walking in and out of the restroom would have stopped the behavior, did they really need an undercover sting? Shouldn't the cops be detaining anyone with a dark complexion to be certain they aren't terrorists or worse, illegal immigrants?

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Sep 5, 2007 -> 04:15 PM) Prove my point wrong. Brownback has no support, that's not a surprise. But it's amazing how the AP publishes that pic, and not a crowd shot for the lesser Dem candidates. It is a funny picture, regardless. And if they didn't cover his campaign at all, some would b****. I get it, they have to run a shot of a lesser Dem candidate right next to the Rep candidate. Of course then some would complain based on outer edge, below the fold, etc.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Sep 5, 2007 -> 03:59 PM) Nice camera angle. Now you notice that the Dems can't get a camera angle like that, now can they (unless of course, it's a full place)? Kap, I am thisclose to becoming a GOP faithful, tell me do they mail the tin foil hat or do I reach under the stall?

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Sep 5, 2007 -> 02:57 PM) Yea, now drive it til the wheels fall off. That's probably the one piece of advice that I wish I got getting out of college and getting my first "real" job - you do NOT need a new car. The more you can drive your old POS, the more money is in your pocket both short term and long term. I read somewhere a while back the attributes of a average US millionaire and was surprised that they would be driving, on average, a 6 year old car. BTW, most of their wealth was in real estate, especially their primary residence.

QUOTE(RibbieRubarb @ Sep 5, 2007 -> 03:05 PM) He was fun. How come whenever we get a new pet...we can't keep it, Ma?? you always crack me up, thanks

Gee, was DLJ on the list to be fired?

QUOTE(drive like jehu @ Sep 5, 2007 -> 02:07 PM) You must laugh a lot when your typing then... your is not the contraction for you are, y'all are is.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Sep 5, 2007 -> 01:58 PM) Yep. And that's why everyone was so quick to say he should resign. It's a bunch of poo. Vitter should go as well, politics be damned. Which is one reason I favor the Governor being required to pick a person from the same party. Makes it easier for everybody, all the time.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Sep 5, 2007 -> 01:40 PM) Tex, good post. Did I scare you?

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 5, 2007 -> 01:49 PM) Can we please get back on track with the firings? Enough with the snide comments already. I'd really rather not have to delete a bunch of posts. Damn anti-Texas bias

I agree, and in general, the GOP does seem to handle these better than the Dems. I believe it is because the Dems are much more willing to accept that there are gray areas in behavior and give people a lot of chances, believe they can change, etc. The GOP is usually, and let's not start tossing out a hundred examples to the contrary, a one strike and you're out kind of organization. Now this one is an easy one with a GOP Governor. Once again, I would prefer a system where the Senator's party affiliation is kept. It would make these things cleaner for everyone and avoid the "we have to save him or we lose a seat" situations.

As always I root for the AL Central AL Just to have a foil, I'd take the Cards winning the last day of the season, sending the Cubs into a one game playoff that they lose to Milwaukee.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 5, 2007 -> 01:31 PM) Ideally, you are correct. In reality, this will indeed effect the GOP as a whole. The Republican Party's insistence on leveraging the hatred of their more conservative elements, as manifested in this case in anti-gay sentiment, just makes this situation that much worse. It may not be fair to indict the whole party for Craig's actions, I'd agree... but among the voting public, some people will happily do so. And this is where the downward spiral starts. Since his actions will reflect on the party as a whole, the partisan members are forced to expend time and energy on damage control. Instead, as a country, we'd be better off if the reaction is, get this guy outta here, the party did the right thing and move on. As soon as we stop evaluating ideas, policies, vision, and direction and replace it with defending idiots, image, and spin we all lose.

QUOTE(drive like jehu @ Sep 5, 2007 -> 01:22 PM) You are spared...via the ignore buttone if you wish. I can't turn it on for you though. Do you know enough about me to accuse me of making tough accusations about something they don't seem to know much about? I'm certain we know you . . .

What I dislike is whenever a Dem or Rep gets caught like this people believe it somehow sullies the entire party. Anyone who believes the validity of a group as large as the Dem or Rep parties is lost when one member falls, is either living in a fantasy land or so blindly partisan that they can no longer face reality. Craig's actions in that bathroom, and his last ditch efforts to savage any credibility, should not have any broader implications than his personal.

^^^^^ 29th, solid post as always.

Walker, the day after the season officially ends. If I had only one vote . . .

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Sep 5, 2007 -> 10:59 AM) Those are things that are either agreed to ahead of time, or as a part of sentencing. It is incredibly unusual to go back after the fact and change something. It usually takes a gross miscarriage of justice to warrent that, which probably isn't going to happen here. That is what I would assume, but since it is a misdemeanor, and he is a Senator losing his office, I'm guessing all sorts of stuff could happen. And isn't sex a misdemeanor? I know the more I mis, da meaner I get . . .

Tip of the hat for the title. Sad. They seemed like they would make it.