Texsox

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/11/14/0...3.5hvb8xln.html A couple's ill-concealed sexual play aboard a Southwest Airlines flight from Los Angeles got them charged with violating the Patriot Act, intended for terrorist acts, and could land them in jail for 20 years. According to their indictment, Carl Persing and Dawn Sewell were allegedly snuggling and kissing inappropriately, "making other passengers uncomfortable," when a flight attendant asked them to stop. "Persing was observed nuzzling or kissing Sewell on the neck, and ... with his face pressed against Sewell's vaginal area. During these actions, Sewell was observed smiling," reads the indictment filed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. On a second warning from the flight attendant, Persing snapped back threatening the flight attendant with "serious consequences" if he did not leave them alone. The comment was enough to have the couple, both in their early 40s, arrested when the plane reached its destination in Raleigh, North Carolina, and charged with obstructing a flight attendant and with criminal association. They have been placed under legal surveillance until their trial on February 5. If found guilty, they both could be sent to jail for up to 20 years. Persing's lawyer William Peregoy said his client was not feeling well when he placed his head on his companion's lap, and that he only threatened the flight attendant with reporting him to his superiors on landing.

God doesn't miss twice

QUOTE(The Critic @ Nov 16, 2006 -> 05:28 PM) I don't know, let us feel you and find out....

QUOTE(bmags @ Nov 16, 2006 -> 04:38 PM) i'd like to think i'd be your secretary of partying down. And their will be plenty of that. I would also decriminalize marijuana and use the money saved in the enforcement of marijuana laws and use it to increase drug awareness and treatment programs. I would place the same restrictions as we do on liquor. I have never smoked, but from all the information I've seen, taking marijuana away from the dealers is a good idea.

After watching so many of my son's iPods crash and burn, warranty replacement after warranty replacement,I'd never own one if there was another product, from another reputable manufacturer.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Nov 15, 2006 -> 06:17 PM) I'm ashamed to be white after watching that. sad, very sad.

I don't think parties will come into this, no matter how we trim down. I think thousands of posts by the candidates and the opinions that people already have, will be the basis. I really doubt, even the most hardcore party faithful, would vote for a candidate because they call themselves a Dem/Rep/Ind

If, for example, the three remaining were all liberals or conservatives, you will have a lot of similar opinions. By culling along self identifying labels, we could reasonably be assured some diversity of opinions in the final debates. That was one of the factors that killed the debate thread.

QUOTE(Soxy @ Nov 16, 2006 -> 02:24 PM) How would that work? Would we only get to vote in one primary? Or could we vote in all of them? Depends on how realistic we want. I believe the new software would allow a scheme for one vote, but we probably should allow people to vote in each primary.

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Nov 16, 2006 -> 02:19 PM) That's a great idea. You must have a brilliant advisor that would be you

I would like to make a proposal. Since we have a plethora of candidates, why not have primaries and then have a Dem, a Rep, and a Ind for a ticket and run? We could use the platforms and these threads and vote by this weekend. Then run the main campaigns.

Dear ONE Member, Next Thursday, chances are you'll be sitting down to a large Thanksgiving meal. Turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, and if you’re like millions of Americans, maybe you'll finish it all off with a slice of pie. Today, thousands of Americans are participating in a different kind of meal. One of the biggest challenges to building the will to end extreme poverty is communicating the reality of a problem that is so far away. Over the course of the last 35 years Oxfam America, a founding partner of ONE, has worked to develop a yearly tradition the Thursday before Thanksgiving called the "Oxfam Hunger Banquet" to help everyday Americans relate to the problems people face in the world's poorest countries. Learn more about Oxfam Hunger Banquets and how to share this simple idea with your family The idea is pretty simple. If 20 people sit down at your table, representing the world's population, three would get a gourmet meal, five would get rice and beans, and 12 would receive a small portion of rice. The true power of a Hunger Banquet is that as you eat your meal, unlike the real world, you see what's on everyone else's plate. Harry Truman said, "Give Americans the facts and they'll do the right thing." In the real world 850 million people go to sleep hungry every night, but the problem isn't a lack of food. We have more than enough to go around. The problem is the distribution, something we, with other countries around the world, can be the first generation to fix. As you give thanks next week, share the idea of an Oxfam Hunger Banquet with your family and friends. Learn more about Oxfam Hunger Banquets and how to share this simple idea with your family Each and every American that becomes part of the fight strengthens the political will to help the world's poorest people.The Oxfam Hunger Banquet is meant to illustrate the scope of the problem and remind us of the special role we play in fixing it. This Thanksgiving we are lucky not just to have food on our table, but to live in a time and place when we have the power to end extreme poverty. Thank you, Josh Peck, ONE.org

Once he owns a media company he will become a liberal, they always do

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Nov 16, 2006 -> 01:05 PM) First of all, I would like to recognize your acheivements here at soxtalk, but we must look to the future, Tex. I believe experience is a good thing, but at some point you lose touch with your constituents. So I ask again, what are your plans for soxtalk in the future? Secondly, this is your second personal attack on me. Is this something we can expect from you during your campaign or if you were elected? I believe that on-line forums are an excellent vehicle for keeping in touch with my constituents. I would continue to explore these threads as I have consistently and continuously for the past several years. That wasn't a personal attack, that was the evilmisquoter

QUOTE(Soxy @ Nov 16, 2006 -> 12:39 PM) With recent standardized test scores showing that students in urban areas are out performed by their peers and the opinion that US students are falling behind in science, what do you think the role of federal government should be in support of strengthening our country's (obvious) floundering in teaching science? Do you support increasing funding to national organizations (Like the National Science Foundation and the National Instutute of Health) or do you believe this is a state's issue? If it is a state's issue, how would you recommend they address this issue? I would prefer to discuss this issue with my nominee for Secretary of Education, but since that is you, I am on my own. I followed the link and there is little in the way of empirical data to comment on. What is noteworthy is the school districts in the study volunteered to be tested, and compared to national averages. I would need to see much more of the methodology before commenting. We don't know how far below the national average, .5%? 20%? that needs to be known before any actions should be discussed. We also need to learn more about those school districts; what are the student-teacher ratios? How do their wages and overall expenses compare to the national average? How do their facilities compare? Were the test culturally and language neutral? Commenting on state versus federal issues in education, we should realize that with consolidations in the text book industry and two big states, Texas and California, enacting content laws for text books, we are rapidly developing national standards with those states pushing their agenda. I believe the gross inequities in funding schools must be addressed. Property taxes insure that the poorest residents, those that a quality education would benefit the most, will receive the lowest funding. The states need to develop more equitable funding plans. I support more public-private projects to augment science and technology education. A shining example for this is McAllen High School in Texas offers over 60 certificate programs to their students. Many of these are in the technology areas and have been co-developed with Cisco, Microsoft, and other tech leaders. These programs need to be expanded. I can think of no subject that is more vital to our economic health than science and technology education.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Nov 16, 2006 -> 12:31 PM) Excellent. I don't think anyone will be able to accuse of working together in our bias's and agenda's

QUOTE(evilmisquoter @ Nov 16, 2006 -> 12:26 PM) Tex, With all of the political discussion, I'd like to know if you will continue making soxtalk.com a more exciting and engaging place? thanks in advance. fixed and answered. A couple of honors from the great posters here. Soxtalk 2005 Hall of Fame Soxtalk 2004 Thread Starter of the Year

What were the differences between the winning campaigns you worked on and the losing?

QUOTE(Jenksismyb**** @ Nov 16, 2006 -> 12:06 PM) What are they arguing on appeal? It's been at least 9 years....surely he's paid something. I remember hearing that he was broke after the trial, so if he hasn't paid the 33 million, or whatever they're eventually owed, any proceeds he gets from this would need to be spent on his debt to them. They could get a court order to freeze those proceeds before he can spend them too. According to all the current news reports, he hasn't paid a dime. posted minutes ago

In your platform you mentioned increased spending for social security, are you proposing adding benefits or increasing the existings ones, and how will those be funded?

QUOTE(Jenksismyb**** @ Nov 16, 2006 -> 11:02 AM) I hope that because of the civil damages he has to pay that all of the proceeds of the book and of his television appearance go to the family of the people he killed. They have been back and forth in courts for years. So far OJ has failed to pay any of the $33 million.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 16, 2006 -> 10:56 AM) I honestly don't know what the current level is, so that is difficult for me to say. I'll have to get back to you on that one. Here is where any level of funding becomes interesting. Let's say that government funding resulted in a cure. How should the technology be handled? Sold to highest bidder (repays tax payers), or given for free with a promise of lower medicine prices (great for patients). Isn't any government funding directly competing with private industry? An AIDS cure or vaccine would be worth billions, isn't that enough incentive for private industry to work on AIDS and perhaps government funding should be reserved for less profitable cures?

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 16, 2006 -> 10:48 AM) Two, and this is indeed a federal issue because its a national health issue, we need to make sure our science and research funding has an emphasis on practical application. Searching for vaccines, treatments or even cures for these diseases should be one of the key drives of the scientific community. What is the appropraite level of federal funding in this area? To keep it simple, more, less, or the same as currently?

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Nov 16, 2006 -> 10:48 AM) Use what with the who now? A drug czar that totally uses, that's a concept.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Nov 16, 2006 -> 10:44 AM) Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude.... Ahh, the I'll use them so nobody else has to strategy . . .