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I was listening to Pat Green Carry On, great song and thinking I'm heading up to hill country, maybe I need a little of that old top down. So I decide to just look (what harm is there in looking) at the Sebring convertible. So I jump in the Sebring, like the car, plus my son convinces me that with him driving and me spending the summer on the Island, we'd be better off with another car. (and who can defy logic like that?) Here's where the stupid part comes in. I decided to not get the convertible. Talk to y'all in a week unless they have access for us to use. The dealer should be here in a few minutes.

No fence for my stretch of the border. National Guard to build boat ramp, roads. I'm liking this spending bill more and more. One provision has our local business community concerned.

QUOTE(Cknolls @ May 19, 2006 -> 09:56 AM) I think to be fair we all should start posting in Spanish, so as not offend any illiterates Tex. Illiterate means that can't read, so posting in Spanish would not help them. Actually that was a board option, and we do wish to welcome all Sox fans. That does bring up an interesting sidebar. A local town down here started conducting all it's government meetings in Spanish. Everyone in the town speaks Spanish and it was easier for them. If there was a need for a non spanish speaking person to attend, they would switch to English. Local government making an obvious decision to help all their citizens, or something that should be illlegal?

Now that we've had a couple weeks to use it, I really like how the upgrade will automatically combine posts if you reply to a couple posts in a row. And the poll system seems improved. Quoting and linking is a little akward still, but I'm certain that will become routine. Thank you Higher Powers.

checking out the new poll feature.

QUOTE(Queen Prawn @ May 19, 2006 -> 06:35 AM) It sucks going to a 28 year-old's wake. I think half of all 20-30 year old residants of Mt Greenwood were there. What tears you up worse is when you go up to say your prayers at the casket and you notice a note his son wrote to him saying he missed him. That was only the second time I saw Brian tear up. Death sucks ass (even if he is a funny character on Family Guy - sorry needed some humor in here). Yep, give me some shriveled up octogenarian anytime. I was looking over my living will and final arrangements and realize I still have a provision that a comedian be hired to work the wake and Animal House be played. I'm thinking I need to change the movie choice.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ May 18, 2006 -> 04:45 PM) That's North Carolina Democrat Drew Saunders, trying to argue that a $200 disclosure requirement for non-family-gifts to Congresspeople was too low. What a stupid statement :headshake I do think $200 is too low. That will create way too much auditing. I'd be comfortable with something around $500. If we elected someone that could be swayed for $250, we're already in trouble,

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ May 18, 2006 -> 11:49 PM) You know what I think is ironic is that you're always up in arms about Americans giving up their rights to prosecute the war on terror but you are pretty darn quick to give away our sovreignty. I have always supported having allies on our side. This is no different. Soveignty? Are we that worried about a bunch of Mexican illiterates sneaking across to become busboys? This is political grandstanding. The issue has been there for 50 years. Now the parties have an election year battle. They can spend our tax dollars on a nice civil service project that will create jobs, they can act tough against a 3rd world country that won't fight back like Iraq. This is more about an election that could take away a lot of power from GOPers and less about soveignty. So now we move some troops to the border, then Mexico has to move some troops to the border and we have those nice images of two country's military staring at each other across a no man's zone. Of course we would never invade Mexico to fight the war on illegals and protect America under seige, unlike Grenada, Somalia, Iraq, Pananama . . . QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ May 19, 2006 -> 07:02 AM) Another factor is that it is getting to be summer down there... winter is definatley the season to trapse accross the desert if you have the time. I'm not certain how they are computing those crossing, if they also include legal crossing, it drops because of the retireees that head back up north during the hot summer. There is also spikes at Spring Break and Holy Week. There are also more manual labor jobs in the spring, so the push is to get across during Feb/Mar and make your way further north.

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ May 18, 2006 -> 05:26 PM) Who gives a flying f*** what the Mexicans think?!?!?! Who gives a f*** what an ally thinks? Too bad they don't have more oil, then we'd be kissing his ass.

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. >