Texsox

Yet we spend so much time discussing Ozzie

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Mar 1, 2007 -> 09:17 AM) Add me to the list of those disappointed by this decision. Hard to claim any moral high ground on the congressional corruption issue if you pull cr@p like this, Nancy. Mega Dittos Jim

Tex's Sports Poll of the day. I'm thinking this could be a little more varied. I'm thinking football.

QUOTE(mr_genius @ Feb 28, 2007 -> 10:31 PM) obviously you are not a scientist like Balta, if you were you would realize the mighty Goracle can not be housed in a simple 8 room / 3 bath home. He must dwell in a energy devouring mansion. no less then 20 rooms, AC on 24/7. And one mansion will not do, 2 is a must else his life force weakens. So you see, his mass energy use is not hypocritical at all. He is a true enviromentalist, a prophet, a savior. Interesting. Are you saying that it is wrong for people to be successful and own a bigger home? BTW, does he deserve any kudos for having his office in his home, instead of driving to an office? BALTA, at least here in south Texas, almost every home is 100% electric. Not many areas that have natural gas. What little gas usage here is propane tanks. Just wondering, are there any leading Republicans involved in any environmental issues? Is there any facet of our environment that Republicans think need improving? Are they 100% happy with how clean our air is? How clean our water is? The so called "Superfund Sites" are getting cleaned up fast enough? We have good long term storage for our spent nuclear materials? Someone tell me, if we followed the advice in this movie, how would our children suffer? How would it be better for future generations if we ignore Goracles message?

QUOTE(hitlesswonder @ Feb 28, 2007 -> 07:47 PM) I don't understand... who is the company, who thinks they are villains and why? The highest visibility company is Walmart. Their Human Resource groups do a great job of letting their employees know about educational opportunities through grants, loans, etc. They help with finding child care programs, medical, dental, and vision programs, etc. The same stuff that Lesko will sell you in a book. All these programs are designed to help bridge people from public aid to fully independent. They help the "caught in the middle" workers who were sometimes better off not working, in the sense they had handouts. Many people blame the companies that publicize these programs for not just providing those benefits. In a nutshell. don't provide those benefits, but tell you employees about the government programs they qualify for, bad. Don't provide those benefits and don't tell your employees, good.

QUOTE(Middle Buffalo @ Feb 28, 2007 -> 01:00 PM) Illegal immigrants are particularly skilled at digging under, climbing over, and cutting through all types of fences. Hence, the lower than expect incarceration rate. Actually knowing that an arrest will usually lead to a US Government all-expensed paid trip back home, has them not committing crimes and not reporting any as well. They are usually victims far more often then not.

I was involved in a project down here regarding child care for working families. The myriad of different programs and paperwork was daunting and impossible for me to follow. You lose one set of eligibility when your income raises, but other programs kick in. I can't understand how someone with a 6th grade education and limited reading skills could ever get it right. Then when a company does step in and help its workers to qualify and receive all the benefits that we try and provide the working poor, they are called villains.

So no one mentioned leading GOP environmentalist. Al Gore Exxon BTW, anyone find any stats that his home, uses more energy than others of that size? Anyone find any stats on comparing his home to the average Americans who have two home offices in it? I love how some people like to compare the "Average American" and their usage to someone living in a larger home with two offices. And I thought the GOP was about rewarding people who have made a success of themselves.

Take it out to sea and dump it.

I wonder to prove their retardation how many times they posted here?

This morning I received a visit from some friends here in Texas. Al Gore is wrong. Long Live OIL!! In Exxon we Trust! Al Gore Exxon There is nothing we can do to hurt the environment. The environment is a tool used by liberals to win votes. Al Gore and this liberal hypocrisy must be stopped at all costs. Oil!! Coal!! And Al Sharpton is the biggest liberal hypocrite. His family was so tight with Thurgood Marshall's they were even living together.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Feb 27, 2007 -> 10:40 PM) Yesterday I met and had lunch with my first real live, honest-to-goodness billionaire. She was really a quite nice, understated, and down to earth person. Did you mention you have a single friend? BTW, last night two of my Scouts passed their Eagle Scout boards of review. YThey both just turned 18 and I've known the one boy since he was 7 or 8 and the other since he was 11. Both really cool kids. One wants to join the Air Force after attending A&M University and the Corp of Cadets and the other will be studying Marketing and UT San Antonio.

Tex's broken record The guy making minimum wage says he'd never leave a companyn that would pay him $20,000. The guy making $20,000 believes he'd be happy with $40,000 and never leave The guy making $100,000 says he'd never leave and so on and so on.

So who is the great Republican conservation hero? I'm more concerned about the environment than politics, so tell me what Republican is an environmental champion so we can agree.

Money, get away. Get a good job with good pay and youre okay. Money, its a gas. Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash. New car, caviar, four star daydream, Think Ill buy me a football team. Money, get back. Im all right jack keep your hands off of my stack. Money, its a hit. Dont give me that do goody good bulls***. Im in the high-fidelity first class traveling set And I think I need a lear jet. Money, its a crime. Share it fairly but dont take a slice of my pie. Money, so they say Is the root of all evil today. But if you ask for a raise its no surprise that theyre Giving none away.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Feb 27, 2007 -> 12:17 PM) Have you ate at Taco Bell lately? I know I haven't. Let me know where you ate and got sick so I can stay away.

Thank God, Chicago fans want totally biased coverage.

QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Feb 27, 2007 -> 12:10 PM) Here's a dumb question. If he's paying to use renewable resources to power his house, does that make him less of a hypocrite? Only if he's doing 100% kind of like a retirement planner can only recommend doing up to what he is doing, or a Doctor can only recommend as much exercise as he is doing. It's wrong. If a Doctor isn't exercising regularly he can't tell his patients to exercise, that would be wrong and he's a hypocrite.

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Feb 26, 2007 -> 08:38 PM) Let me ask you. Have you ever been to a soccer game with 90,000 people in the stadium, chanting and singing, with fireworks and flares going off? But I'm not going to go further with this, just stating my opinion. I don't want to be called an elitist or anything. Then having the official make a call against the home team and soon 16 people are dead? That's a home field advantage you don't get in other sports, the possibility of hooligans taking over! I have to agree soccer is it, with basketball a close second.

I think it is time to create a "best of the best" in the hall. Let's provide some distance from Hammerin Hank, Mantel, Ruth and guys like Schmidt, Carter, etc.

QUOTE(Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 27, 2007 -> 11:48 AM) If you preach that violence is bad and then go out and beat the crap out of someone, your message obviously is still good but your credibility in giving that message should take a hit. Gore is a hypocrite. That doesn't mean his mission is a joke or that his message isn't important. But his credibility should be questioned when he doesn't practice what he preaches (even if he does take SOME steps that others don't). And he might not even be that big of a hypocrite. But I find it laughable there are hard-core environmentalists here who gloss over the fact that this guys house uses more energy in a month than the average Americans home does in a year. On top of the caravan of cars he travels with, the private jet, the vacation homes, etc…. Here's where I don't understand some of these points raised If you preach the Bible then abuse children If you preach against violence, then beat the crap out of someone. How about if you preach saving ten percent for retirement but only save 8% How about if you preach working out four days a week and only make 3? Are you a hypocrite? Every week I take a pledge that begins On my honor, I will do my best, to do my duty to God and my Country. If I don't do my absolute best all the time I am a hypocrite. That is quite the high pedestal some of you are raising. I hope you can meet those standards for yourself.

Nukes new co-worker

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...7022601265.html Admites to fakes, started when her "grunts from pain" mared the performance.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Feb 27, 2007 -> 11:20 AM) Al Gore. I'm done. It's sad when great ideas get discredited or bad ideas get credited based on who says them. But I guess that is our society, get the best spokes models and you have a winner. Style over sustenance.