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right or wrong, this is one funny ass thread.

He did play his ass off that season.

QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ May 18, 2006 -> 03:37 PM) No. Just need to actually get fair treatment. Life will never be fair when you are as talented and good looking as us. People can be soooo jealous

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ May 17, 2006 -> 12:24 PM) Yeah, he sure fixed that problem yes he did. What the country then did was fail to develop a better system for the next couple decades.

QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ May 18, 2006 -> 03:29 PM) I'm thinking about going on strike at my job. Needing some time off?

Of course there are a couple answers Classified secrets? No Classified illegal government activites? Yes Finding non-classified sources and intimidating them into silence? A big no.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/05/18/lionel.tate.ap/index.html At 19 this guy is already a waste of time for anyone, I hope he never takes a breath as a free man. He was given the world's biggest mulligan, and f***ed up again and again.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ May 18, 2006 -> 01:35 PM) From what I have read, many of them feel like they are under seige already. And in some areas they are. But here is the difference, the citzens who feel, actually are, under seige are ranch owners who have illegals crossing their lands on their way up north. Some landowners are sympathetic and have water available and don't complain too much about the situation. Others are fed up and it's understandable. For most people living in towns and cities, we never see illegals, or are never really bothered by them. Our towns and cities look like everywhere USA. Now the concern is what will our communities look like? Will we be stopped by patrols and asked to produce papers? Imagine being a fourth generation American and being asked for proof of citizenship. Imagine looking out your window and seeing a a military patrol. Imagine camping along the river and suddenly having a military patrol marching through your camp. It's the old slippery slope, we open the door a crack and who knows what happens. Like all Americans we don't want to view the world from inside a prison, and whether the prison guards are keeping people in, or out, it still has then look and feel of a prison. So, we have some grave concerns and hope this is done to preserve our way of life, not take it away.

Video on http://www.cnn.com/ front page. Poor guy. Not too bright.

Racism is in all corners of our society. Some corners are hidden better than some others. It is impossible to label one group as more or less racist.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ May 18, 2006 -> 12:13 PM) Aren't they actually the ESPN Thursday nite game of teh week? That could be why as well. Not according to my Glenn G. Windows Wallpaper Schedule

QUOTE(WilliamTell @ May 18, 2006 -> 11:59 AM) Well I don't think it'd be the best idea really either. I just felt like posted a thought that went through my mind. Yeah the Mexicans would complain about militarizing the border and I don't really think we should care about that complaint as much as we do. border patrol and customs both work the bridges. And it's the citizens down here that aren't too excited about living in a militarized zone.

I do look forward to the SI Cover 100 YEARS OF FUTILITY, perhaps a special collectors edition. So many years, their sucking worse was all we had.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ May 18, 2006 -> 11:41 AM) And that's the problem. Start fining companies $50,000 or so per illegal and the problem literally goes away. I agree 100% if you are meaning finding employees being paid off the books no matter if it's an illegal, grandpa trying to cheat social security, or someone hiring a babysitter. Throw the book at them, close the business, garnish their assetts. It will also encourage people to turn in coworkers who they fear may be illegals. If you knew your company could be put out of business for undocumented workers, you'd be in HR making certain everyone is legal and you wouldn't work for a company like that. I disagree if that would also include when an employer discovers that John Doe, who they have a social security card and driver's license on file, turns out to be John Smith, who does not have documentation. The company is a victim of fraud, and I don't see how to hold them responsible.

Now that the Sox have a World Series win, I can handle Cub success a little better. No way I wanted to have them win one before the Sox. I also always remember these are, in many cases, the same fans who sit between us at Bulls, Hawks, and Bears games and we high five them and have a good time. I've always guessed it was all those summer day games in the sun that cause them to be temporarily insane and rooting for the Tribune's

>If you ever testify in court, you might wish you could have been as sharp >as >this policeman. > > > >He was being cross-examined by a defense attorney during a felony trial. >The >lawyer was trying to undermine the policeman's credibility.... > > > >Q: "Officer -- did you see my client fleeing the scene?" > > > >A: "No sir. But I subsequently observed a person matching the description >of >the offender, running several blocks away." > > > >Q: "Officer -- who provided this description?" > > > >A: "The officer who responded to the scene." > > > >Q: "A fellow officer provided the description of this so-called offender. >Do >you trust your fellow officers?" > > > >A: "Yes, sir. With my life." > > > >Q: "With your life? Let me ask you this then officer. Do you have a room >where you change your clothes in preparation for your daily duties?" > > > >A: "Yes sir, we do!" > > > >Q: "And do you have a locker in the room?" > > > >A: "Yes sir, I do." > > > >Q: "And do you have a lock on your locker?" > > > >A: "Yes sir." > > > >Q: "Now why is it, officer, if you trust your fellow officers with your >life, you find it necessary to lock your locker in a room you share with >these same officers?" > > > >A: "You see, sir -- we share the building with the court complex, and >sometimes lawyers have been known to walk through that room." > > > >The courtroom erupted in laughter, and a prompt recess was called. > > > >The officer on the stand has been nominated for this year's "Best Comeback" >line -- and we think he'll win. >

I applaud Bush and Co. for their honesty in this nomination. He's a military guy and they aren't hiding it.

Nice Jay. He passed on an opportinuty to mention Disco Demolition, that's a nice improvement. My favorite line

I think baseball needs to be more like hockey. Let's have hockey style fights in baseball. Imagine the strategy of having only 7 defenders. Even better, imagine Anderson committing a penalty just to keep from batting the next inning. Hockey can't exist without fighting, baseball can't exist without hurling a baseball at 85 mph at someones head or body. Then again basketball cleaned itself up after Kermit Washington almost killed (literally) Rudy Tomjanovich in an on court fight.

redemption, one post away

BERLIN (Reuters) - A knife-wielding mugger was reduced to pleading with a pensioner for his bus fare home after she refused to hand over her purse, police in northern Germany said Tuesday. With his woolly hat pulled down and the neck of his sweater covering his nose and mouth, the youth pulled a 10-inch blade on the woman in the seaside town of Binz and threatened to stab her unless she handed over her bag, police said. She refused. "Then he tried to invoke her pity," a police spokeswoman said. "He said 'at least give me five euros ($6.40) for the bus ride home'. But she just walked off and left him standing." Police believed the youth, aged about 16, was probably a novice as his threats were delivered in the polite form of "you" in German -- "Sie."

Nice And here's the difference between the sexes, bored guys wouldn't be wasting time with this, they would be surfing for porn . . .

did you hear the one about the funny college professor? neither did I

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ May 18, 2006 -> 08:32 AM) Sure I wouldn't be happy about it, but it sure is within the homeowners rights. Yes it is within his rights and under some circumstances is the right thing to do.However, if that homeowner just happened to need his crops picked, wouldn't it benefit everyone to let the guy stay and work? We would think the homeowner that told the guy to leave was crazy. Likewise, if the homeowner was starving, we'd wonder why he took in yet another mouth to feed. But the focus should be on the homeowners needs, not some arbitrary decision made decades ago. The obstacle is knowing who and when to allow to stay and who should be sent home.

damn, now I am. :banghead damn curve ball is nasty. I look like Brian Anderson, eight misses and a home run.