Texsox

OMG, I thought this would have been from the Onion or similar.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Dec 5, 2006 -> 06:17 AM) Hmmm. To be honest, I'm not sure I actually wanted someone to answer my question. An accidental flash is not illegal. QUOTE(YASNY @ Dec 5, 2006 -> 06:17 AM) Hmmm. To be honest, I'm not sure I actually wanted someone to answer my question. An accidental flash is not illegal. Plus, she's a victim

As an overview, I am glad that cornerstone issues are revisited. I am not an originalist with the Constitution. I also don't think it should be easily changed. There are a few issues that transcend all others and education is one of them.

Thank you, silent majority. Please don't post your support here.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Dec 5, 2006 -> 08:13 AM) I believe that rule was stated from the beginning. If we do this again next year, and people really dislike it, we'll remove it. I just figured that we'd end up with a lot of candidates being a significant portion of the voting group, so, it seemed like a good idea to put those votes elsewhere. Otherwise, just give all of us one vote each. So let's stick with it for this one. And you are more than welcome to strike bargains with folks for your vote, if you'd like. But, as this isn't the Cook County voting system, you can only vote for 1 of the other candidates. It just seemed like something we did in third grade. In the real world, candidates always vote, and presumably vote for themselves in a straight party vote. Again, in the real world, we should encourage everyone to vote, and candidates should be setting the example for that. In this election, it would basically mean each candidate would vote for himself.

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Dec 5, 2006 -> 09:04 AM) because then you can be like the other two people that are going to vote for me You will garner more than three, you have the "religious nutjob market cornered" I have no clue who would be voting for me. I believe I have argued with just about everyone here with a post in the 'buster.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Dec 5, 2006 -> 08:06 AM) Here it is, the moment we've all been cringing for... the vote! Please select you candidate of choice - ONCE. They are listed in alphabetical order (in case someone was wondering). Candidates: Please do not vote for yourself. Honor system. If you would like, you may express your endorsements or votes by posting in this thread. Good luck to all! The voting will close either first thing Friday morning (around 8am). Please don't vote for yourself? Then I will make a deal with all the candidates, I'll vote for y'all, y'all vote for me!

Shameless bump.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Dec 4, 2006 -> 04:52 PM) And then when you go to remove the spray condom and realize it's ripping off a bunch of short and curlys with it. . . Yeeeeaaaaaooowwwcchh!! And, are thare really that many people that are completrely bewildered by proper comdom use? And if so, will thos braniacs be able to master this thing? Oh, you have to remove it?

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Dec 4, 2006 -> 04:34 PM) On the eve of this election, if anyone wants a personalized response to why they should vote for me, please PM me. Thank you, PA Why should I?

If elected I would place my hand on the Bible and Boy Scout Handbook and swear to uphold the constitution and: Lower spending before lowering taxes. Balance the budget, lower taxes come from lower spending, not increased borrowing. Protect the environment ahead of corporate profits. Against the Death Penalty. Honest citizens should be allowed to own guns. We grow this country from the bottom up, help the poor receive better educations and health care. Education should be equal. Immigration must be tied to jobs and equal, no matter where you come from. Don't allow more immigrants than we have jobs for. Protect our ocean floor, it is ever bit a national park. Make certain are military is only placed in harm,'s way when necessary -and- give them the tools to be successful. In the end, the thousands and thousands of posts that you have read from every candidate is probably a better indication than these statements. I've been consistent with these views. I ran because I am interested in how a platform that mixes traditional Republican values like balanced budgets, gun ownership, military spending, with traditional Democratic values like death penalty, national parks, and protecting the environment would be received.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Dec 4, 2006 -> 02:53 AM) I wouldn't worry so much about it, Balta. As soon as the Democrats take over congress and gain control of the nation's purse strings, everything should be alright. LOL.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Dec 4, 2006 -> 07:24 AM) No big shock here. Racism is still plenty alive and well in this country. To be honest I think if you would have done that exact experiement with any number of races/women, you would have gotten the same basic result. Mega mega dittos* Southsider, you are a true American for saying that. *come on, I'm joking, I realize this covers all areas of ideology.

BERLIN (Reuters) - German sex educators plan to launch a spray-on condom tailor-made for all sizes. Jan Vinzenz Krause from the Institute for Condom Consultancy, a Singen-based practice that offers advice on condom use, told Reuters Thursday the product aimed to help people enjoy better and safer sex lives. "We're trying to develop the perfect condom for men that's suited to every size of penis," he said. "We're very serious." Krause's team (spraykondom.de) is developing a type of spray can into which the man inserts his penis first. At the push of a button it is then coated in a rubber condom. if(!CMSB_ID){var CMSB_ID=""} CMSB_ID+="120106_MIDART_editorschoice,";document.write(''); "It works by spraying on latex from nozzles on all sides," he said. "We call it the '360 degree procedure' -- once round and from top to bottom. It's a bit like a car wash." Krause said the plan is to make the product ready for use in about five seconds. He said it would function more effectively as a contraceptive because it would fit better and not slip. However, before the new condom can be sold in shops, the firm must ensure that the latex is evenly spread when sprayed, as well as optimize the vulcanization process. Krause hopes the high tech condom, which will be available in different strengths and colors, will on the market by 2008. He said the spray can would likely cost some 20 euros ($26) as a one-off purchase. The latex cartridges -- sufficient for up to 20 applications -- would cost roughly 10 euros, he said. Krause said he had hit upon the idea when considering the difficulties some people faced using condoms, and drew inspiration from spray-on plasters now used in medicine.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Dec 4, 2006 -> 02:48 AM) Texsox ... You'll always be 'number 1' in my book. I have to go see a man about a horse . . . Interesting timing Urban Word of the Day www.urbandictionary.com December 04, 2006: hatriotism http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?...p;defid=2114310 Proving your patriotism by hating the people the government tells you to hate. Well, I guess they've added a new country to the list of our enemies. I better hate them, too, if I'm going to prove my hatriotism.

Like yesterday's newspaper . . . Nope, we're a disposable economy and entertainers become disposable.

QUOTE(Soxy @ Dec 3, 2006 -> 05:46 PM) A local pet store let you bring in your pets and then they took pictures of it with Santa (all proceeds going to the local humane society shelter, where one of my cats is from). I took my very hyper and loving (and huge 77lb) dog in. She was TERRIFIED of Santa and kept trying to run away from him. It took like 5 minutes to get the picture. By the end there were like 10 people around just watching some people had gotten squeeker toys and were squeeking trying to get her to stop staring at Santa in fear and look at the camera. We finall got a picture of her trying to army crawl away while Santa looks warily at the camera trying to hold on to the humungous dog. At least she didn't look totally terrified in the final result. So much for her winning the cutest pet $250 gift basket. Dang. A picture is worth 1,000 words

QUOTE(YASNY @ Dec 3, 2006 -> 09:10 AM) Piss on it. I'm outta here. Well, just remember, no man is an island, but when you piss, urination.

Damn, I was hoping it was her husband and she would retire from "singing". He seems like a positive addition to the world stage.

QUOTE(mmmmmbeeer @ Dec 3, 2006 -> 07:50 AM) If I remember correctly, there were also a small number ( As far Litvinenko, I have no doubt he was assassinated. There is just too much evidence after reading this continuing saga. So much cooler to be assassinated than murdered. Damn, that is my new career goal, to be assassinated.

Ask her if she likes rap music

QUOTE(YASNY @ Dec 3, 2006 -> 07:20 AM) I'll go along with that. I'm in, if urine.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Dec 3, 2006 -> 07:19 AM) So ... Now North Korea is offering their nuclear material to Russia to get Russia's support. It's been a while since I've read anything on the Russian nuclear situation, but it was a very disturbing problem. No money to maintain the buildings, no money to pay security, no money to investigate the people with access. And government scientists, with ties to some unsavory characters from "negotiations", who had been living in the lap of luxury, suddenly without paychecks. I remember coming away from that book, and the title escapes me now, with the nagging feeling we were less safe with the breakup of the Soviet Union than before. The book was written, largely, with information from one of their scientist who had defected, so who knows how accurate a picture he drew.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Dec 3, 2006 -> 07:11 AM) What he said. No what you said

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Dec 1, 2006 -> 01:36 PM) Don't be shocked now... the Polonium used in the poisoning of the spy came from *gasp* a Russian nuclear plant! The security of Russian's nuclear material should be a concern to all of us. One of the dirty little secrets of the decline of the Soviet Union was missing material. The US purchased, at a huge cost, much of this material. IIRC over 500 metric tons. In a book I read, Russia admitted they could not guarantee the security of the material. Too many people had gone without paychecks and had access to the material.