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Everyday our lives are made better by firemen, policemen, soldiers, and a slew of others who have entered public service. They are largely uncelebrated until moments like this. to them and their families.

It almost feels like two albums, a collection of songs to start and it segues into almost an opera for the second half. I had set my expectations low, a la Hell Freezes Over, and am pleasantly surprised. BTW, the opening number seems to sample a few of their songs, I'm hearing Tricky Day and a couple others.

The problem with George is the hits are one after the other and who can keep up. Every writer wants him to do one of their songs and he has all the best material to choose from. Very similar to Elvis during his prime. Beaches of Old Mexico is one of my current favs of all time.

Sure I would do it, in a heartbeat, and without any hesitation, laughing all the way and wondering if the Commissioner would allow it to go through. If I was the Yankees!

QUOTE(mreye @ Nov 1, 2006 -> 07:15 AM) PDs? Program Directors Rex is getting all indie lingo on us. IIRC, Toby jumped on that little parade and blew it much bigger. Perhaps it would have been that big all on it's own, but Toby pumped a lot of life into it. How do you like the new George Strait?

You should 1. Ask Mrs. PA where she wants to go. 2. Thank God she wants to go with you. 3. Make all the reservations,plans, etc. 4. Thank God she wants to go with you. 5. Show here the brochures. 6. Thank God she wants to go with you. 7. Thank her for all the wedding planing she is doing. 8. Thank God she wants to go with you.

QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Oct 31, 2006 -> 11:16 PM) Barbara Streisand actively and openly campaigned for Bill Clinton in 1992 and was one of his biggest fundraisers. She has been actively campaigning for Democratic candidates throughout the 1980s and even campaigned for Bella Abzug in 1970. She hosted a benefit for liberal Democrat Senators and Congressmen in 1986 that was broadcast live on HBO with the specific stated purpose of helping to maintain a Democratic Congressional Majority and protect the pro-choice movement. So much of what she's done professionally, she's tied into her politics. Since the early 1960s. That's kind of what I was thinking as well. I can't remember a time when she wasn't active in politics as a fund raiser and platform speaker. However, she's no Bea Arthur . . . Entertainers have that issue with their audience. The audience expects a certain performance and when they do not get that, they are upset. It doesn't matter what the performer veers off to do. The stupidest I can remember was when Clapton embarked on a blue tour. I caught him on that tour and half the crowd walked out when he wasn't playing Layla, Cocaine, etc. What part of Blues Tour did they not understand?

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Oct 31, 2006 -> 07:34 PM) They call me The Seeker.They call me meaty beaty big and bouncy, but what does that have to so with the conversation?

To celebrate, a Price is Right youtube moment

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Oct 31, 2006 -> 03:05 PM) Well, now that's a bit more twisted. Good ol' Pete, the Freudian Slip Kid touche. That one was so good, who are you?

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Oct 31, 2006 -> 03:01 PM) Fair enough. I can agree with that. A great example of that would be Bernie Williams and the Yankees. They did have use for him, and he could still play the field, so he signed on as a 4th OFer for them last year.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Oct 31, 2006 -> 02:38 PM) If only he'd have been satisfied sticking with pictures of Lilly. . . or mamma's squeeze box

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Oct 31, 2006 -> 01:47 PM) Tex, the White Sox gave Frank opportunity after opportunity to prove himself...after 1999, after 2001, after 2002, after 2004, and 4 injury riddled/mediocre seasons broke the camel's back. How many people would have given Frank $1 mill during those years, let alone the multi-millions that the Sox gave him? If that's not loyalty, I'm not sure what is. He got his ring, but they couldn't bank on his health going into 2006. In hindsight, it may be a poor decision, but NO ONE in the entire MLB counted on him to be healthy this year. The A's gave him a heavily incentive laden contract, and it was simply a low-risk, high-reward type of deal. If the Sox were to have hung on to him, it would have almost undoubtedly cost more than that, because he only signed the deal with the A's after he couldn't get any other offer for a substantial amount of money from anywhere else. The A's were pretty much his only option, other than retirement. There is a line between loyalty and stupidity, and the White Sox FO knew they couldn't cross it. They didn't, and hindsight bit them in the ass. I'm not saying it was the wrong decision, but pointing out that loyalty is gone in sports. We could also examine the coming and going to guys like Baines, Alomar, etc. When it fits it fits. When the situation works for the player and the team, great. If it doesn't, I will not fault a player for bidding adieu.

He admitted to clicking on the link that the search engine found and whiping out the credit card. At that point he stopped and did not download the image, at least that is what was reported. It appears at that point he was destined to be listed on England's much stricter list, no matter if convicted or not. It doesn't appear that anyone has caught him lying about it.

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So many entertainers have so much baggage, arrests, political views, drug additions, divorces, etc. I wonder if you boycott certain entertainers for their personal actions.

QUOTE(Mplssoxfan @ Oct 31, 2006 -> 01:26 PM) About 8 years ago, I was on jury duty for the only time. I was empaneled on a Federal Bankruptcy fraud case. As you might imagine, it was kind of a snoozer. After about a week and a half (with a couple of off days), we voted to acquit. Some lawyer friends of mine are amazed that there was an acquittal in a Federal courtroom; IIRC, it was the prosecutor's first loss. About four years later, I ran into the defense attorney and his chief investigator in a high-end bar I sometimes frequent. We chatted about the case -- it was pretty fond memories for them. I don't exactly remember paying for anything that night, either. Did they happen to mention if he was guilty or not? I didn't think so

QUOTE(Steff @ Oct 31, 2006 -> 08:35 AM) Ohh boo hoo. The guy could still play and wanted to still play so because of loyalty he was just supposed to sit at home cause he wouldn't be wearing a Six uni.. It's a 2 way street so if you're going to try to use that (weak, imo) argument at least don't be hypocritical about it. I took it to mean the teams aren't loyal to the players, why should the players be loyal to the teams? If Mr. White Sox, perhaps the greatest player to don a Sox uniform, could find himself, not by his choice, in a different uniformn, couldn't anyone? The Sox certainly won't make any accomodation to keep Buerhle until the end of his career, I don't think Buerhle will worry too much about being loyal to the Sox.

After sitting a full ten minutes the judge came in, told us we just earned an easy $40 and were dismissed. The case was settled before getting this far. This is the 7th or 8th time I've been called and I've never made it to a court room. Never been interviewed, just either dismissed because they had more show up that they needed to that court didn't need anyone because the cases were settled.

QUOTE(Steff @ Oct 31, 2006 -> 12:56 PM) No s***. I mentioned it last week when it happened. Keep up. And there new album was released today with more than a few reviewers wondering how that may or may not affect record sales.

QUOTE(EvilMonkey @ Oct 31, 2006 -> 08:18 AM) Tex, not saying you said these, but I remember lots of people on here raving when conservatives get hit with pies, or have hecklers try to talk them down from a speech or something. babs should just stay out of politics, at least in her shows. She is supposed to be an entertainer, and by taking political positions, she is potentially alienating half her audience, like the Dixie Chicks did. Shut up and sing like the trained monkey you are, and spout your politcs after the show. That being said, they should be charged, just like the pie throwers should have been, etc. I would say the same thing if it was a conservative. I applaud anyone who stands up and proclaims their views on issues and tries to make a difference, even more when they may get kicked hard in the wallet. I alluded to the fact that anyone going to her shows now knows that they will receive some political satire, insults, and monologues.

QUOTE(Steff @ Oct 31, 2006 -> 10:57 AM) The guy paid for child porn on his computer with HIS personal credit card, and he AGREED to register as a sex offender to dodge further prosecutution and possible jail time. No doubt. Nice current news though. Snoooze. He ducked out of an interview with the legendary Howard Stern, over this issue, which bought it back into the news. Keep snoozing.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/10270...townshend1.html I just read A Different Bomb, and wonder about the whole internet child porn issue he experienced. I know he ultimately was found not guilty. It is an interesting read.

Mom of the Year Cocaine in the baby's bottle. Baby dies. http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/10/30/D8L3472G0.html What a piece of trash, who ever did this.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/arti...in_page_id=1770 Personally, I use my looks and personality . . .