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QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Nov 13, 2006 -> 03:32 PM) Murtha's congressional vote scorecards from interest groups in the last few years as they've been issued. I'm guessing my voting record would be pretty close to his.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Nov 13, 2006 -> 02:26 PM) Who cares about the cup, she's talking to a black guy!!! Moments later the Secret Service wisked that guy away

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Nov 13, 2006 -> 08:19 AM) Did I ever claim it didn't? I was adressing a falsehood in LCRs statement, not the history of Christianity. Believe me I know if I asked, I would get a thesis on every evil ever done in its name. Just adding to the conversation. I thought I was agreeing and adding to your point.

QUOTE(Soxy @ Nov 13, 2006 -> 08:25 AM) Do you deserve your high school diploma? No cheating! I got a 97%, pretty good. But I also am a self-proclaimed nerd with a huge love of the history channel. . . 80%, I wish they graded the test so I could see which ones I missed.

One way to view sick days is they are very short term disability insurance paid by the company. I agree with Evil on this one. What you are describing are vacation days and most companies give you these also. I was the easiest manager to get time off from, but one of my pet peeves was asking me on Dec 1 how many sick days you have left. Ask yourself why companies offer vacation days and sick days? I also did not want to play mommy and investigate if someone was truly sick or not. Don't fake the voice or whatever, if you tell me you can't work that day, then you can't work that day. I also reviewed how many and when sick days were being used and I can guarantee that bigger bonuses and raises were given to the employees that showed up and did their jobs versus not showing up and having others do their jobs for them. The ones that are doing the work should get rewarded. QUOTE(BobDylan @ Nov 13, 2006 -> 07:39 AM) Because the mundane, worthless, mind numbing work I do for them will NEVER be worth the amount of money they pay me. Yet for an extra couple days off, it is? A normal year of work is 2,080 hours. Taking an extra three sick days is 24 hours. You just gave yourself a whopping 1.1% raise. Having said all this, I do favor policies where all days off are in the same pool. My first year employees received 5 days off. After a year it went to 12 and increased one day a year. Use them any way you like to.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Nov 13, 2006 -> 08:04 AM) Actually this would be a very true statement. Part of the charge of Islam is to make EVERY nation an Islamic state. I have no doubt that there are people working in the USA today to make this happen. And witnessing is a great tradition of Christians. Shall we study all the Missions in the US and Mexico? Remember the Alamo! I would offer that the one true religion we have here in the US is democracy and we like to spread that world wide, even if it means dying to accomplish the task. QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 13, 2006 -> 08:04 AM) Then there is the issue of Ellison having ties to CAIR and the Nation of Islam. The voters sent him, end of discussion.

I think it mockes the Bible and Christianity when a Bible is used as a prop for non believers to take an oath.

Where the hell is Granada?

I'd go with Chicago's Rick Telander. Heaven is a Playground is an awesome book, and a decent movie.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Nov 11, 2006 -> 08:08 PM) Yea, 'cause it's only Republicans that are unethical... as always.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Nov 12, 2006 -> 11:43 AM) And they are putting John Conyers, who has been posting mock impeachment trials, in charge of house judiciary committe. This is the same tool who wanted to impeach Reagan for invading Grenada. And thank God we invaded Grenada. Imagine what the world would have looked like if we hadn't.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Nov 11, 2006 -> 06:20 PM) A lot of that is going to depend on the health/growth of their rotation. Detroit does have a lot of options at starting pitcher, which lessens the pain somewhat, but they still gave away one of their best backup plans for this season. Especially if injuries or regression hits any of those guys a bit. No doubt, but after 30+ years of watching prospects, I will take a major league ready player, especially a starter, over two or three prospects. I barely take a glimpse at the draft, except to see what positions are being drafted, add four or five years and see how that might fit.

Glad to hear it.

It will soon be a made for tv movie starring . . .

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Nov 9, 2006 -> 10:54 AM) Your damn right, Bush wouldn't have been able to do it by himself. He had another great man there (potential president) right with him to help lead. Its one thing when you are handcuffed by others and its another when you are helped by others. Even the strongest and greatest leaders can't carry an entire nation on there backs. They need help from time to time (everyone does). And we couldn't have asked him to lead the elected leaders of LA, after all, he's only the President of the United States. He bows to them. Perhaps they needed to show some leadership with him. He couldn't have influenced their actions. Which is why we all agree that the President of the United States can not show any leadership around the world, after all, of he can't show any leadership with one of his states, how could he show any leadership with something in another country?

I place almost no value in individual prospects, so get a bunch of them and hope one pans out. There is no guarantee that any of these guys will make the 25 man roster, or once there have any impact. If we are scoring who wins this trade in 2007, I'd say Detroit. Perhaps down the road, if one of these guys pans out, the trade will need to be rethought. But I don't think the Yankees lineup is better without him. These guys didn't play for the Tigers. He's an upgrade for what they had. For that, I like this trade for Detroit.

This is a major victory for the anti-porn groups.

Gee, they are back up over $2 here. We don't think anyone manipulated gas prices!?

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Nov 10, 2006 -> 08:45 PM) So, and this goes for anyone who voted kinky...the racist stuff didn't bother you? It didn't bother me. I guess I missed any religious bias in the race. Kinky produced the "My Governor is a Jewish Cowboy" bumper sticker, so I guess he was the first to even mention religion. I never thought twice about it, I couldn't tell you for certain what denomination any of the other candidates are. I started out just being amused by Kinky and some of his speeches. Then I became intrigued because in between the one-liners he was making a lot of sense.

ding ding ding we have a winner. McCain QUOTE(Texsox @ Nov 7, 2006 -> 10:52 PM) I am thinking in McCain's case, he could block some candidates from running if they know he's in the race. Often times a candidate has one shot and I think his decision will trigger a couple others. Bottom line, McCain announces to block. *cough*

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/10/deer.pumpkin.ap/index.html

NEW YORK (Billboard) -- Eddie Van Halen has brought his 15-year-old son, Wolfgang, into Van Halen as the veteran rock band's new bass player, a spokesperson told Billboard.com. Father and son, along with Eddie's drummer brother Alex, have been rehearsing for a 2007 tour, but it is unknown who will serve as the band's vocalist. (Wolfgang's substitution for original bass player Michael Anthony was first reported by news Web site TMZ.com a week ago.) Rumors continue to swirl that original singer David Lee Roth, who was replaced by Sammy Hagar in the mid-1980s, will return to the fold, despite years of enmity. Roth, who has recently worked as a radio DJ and a paramedic, told Billboard.com in May that he saw it "absolutely as an inevitability." No details have been provided about the departure of Anthony, a fan favorite who generally kept out of the internecine warfare in the band. As for the musical acumen of Wolfgang, Eddie Van Halen enthused to Howard Stern in September, "If I excel at the speed of sound, he excels at the speed of light. This kid is just a natural." Van Halen is one of nine acts on the ballot for the 2007 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction. Copyright 2006 Reuters. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. I remember getting tossed out of the front row of a David Lee Roth concert. He was playing for a $5 cover at a 500 seat venue. My buddy kept calling out post DLR Van Halen tunes. A bouncer came up and said we were bumming David out, I said he went from playing with Van Halen to Tejano Salon, he SHOULD be bummed out!

Of maybe the weight loss throws off his mechanics and he regresses.

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