Texsox

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Apr 20, 2006 -> 10:34 AM) Ah, but the best Texas-style chilis that I have had use fine cubed beef and not ground. Exactly, and who puts in a bunch of hot peppers in their sloppy joes or taco meat? http://www.g6csy.net/chile/recp-texas.html Hell, we invented the stuff, we should know which fixin's go into it. I'm guessing y'all that put beans in it, also just use some pre-packaged, bland "chili powder" or packaged seasonings and cook it in less than 3 or 4 hours. You are correct then you will need some beans or anything to fix that up, but y'all got a mess to begin with. Now if you are going to slow cook your chili, with fresh herbs and spices, along with some dried. Use a good chuck of meat, filet wouldn't be unheard of, and finely cube it. Time your seasoning "dumps" throughout the all day cooking process to achieve a depth of flavors, add several chilis and peppers to again, broaden the range and depth of your chili. Then you will see why beans would be an insult to the dish.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Apr 20, 2006 -> 09:31 AM) No liberal media bias there. So if he was the worse, it is possible for anyone to call him that and be true, and not just media bias? Seriously YAS, is it possible for Republicans to screw up? Is it possible for the media to report on it and have it not be media bias? How the hell would you know the difference?

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Apr 20, 2006 -> 10:21 AM) OK, now that some Texas folk have chimed in (sorry I forgot TRU was Lone Star as also). first, thanks for corroborating my no beans stance on Texas chili. Now, what woudl a Tex-Mex taco be, if there even is such a thing? My kid now wants to bring tacos instead of chili, and our telling her that they are an example of Mexican food and not Texas food is falling on deaf eight-year-old ears. So, apparently we now have to make Tex-Mex tacos. A couple options would be corn tortilla, slightly to moderatly greasy with bistek (chopped steak) onions and cilantro. Definately "Tex-Mex" flour tortilla with scrambled eggs, and whatever makes a good omlette. How about some Texas BBQ? Pit smoked, (pecan or mesquit) Brisket with beans, rice or potato sales, raw onion, pickle, jalepenos, and a couple slices of white bread and some sweeeeeeeet tea. That would be my first choice. If you could get some BBQ sauce from Millers or Rudy's that would be almost perfect.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Apr 20, 2006 -> 08:28 AM) Yes they are, and it's a grand thing. Pork chops and hash browns "All The Way" -- with chopped onions, cheese and couple of over-easy eggs on top = artery-clogging heaven. And some coffee with chicory Of course, that's a change after biscuits and gravy or breakfast tacos of eggs, cheese, potatos, and refried beans.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Apr 20, 2006 -> 07:40 AM) If their are people in more dire need than Mexico, why are we so worried about fixing their problems? Also if we are only worried about American's how is a guest worker program really in our best interests? Right now we have a seemingly endless supply of below minimum wage labor willing to work in unsafe conditions to do all of the jobs we don't want to do, while not burdening our social entitlement programs at all. Companies win because they don't have to pay high wages or offer benefits, we the consumers win because costs are kept low for us in low skill labor intensive sectors. Why are we worried about these people at all then? Supposedly they aren't taking any American's jobs that they want to do, so we don't lose there either... If this is just about us, why help the illegal aliens at all? That would just hurt us in the long run anyway. Why would we hurt OURSELVES to help Mexicans in the first place? Can you see how that arguement doesn't hold up at all? Thank you for illustrating my point better than I was. You have outlined most, if not all of the issues that need to be debated and worked into a new immigration law. What you left out, and I believe should be left out, is how many Americans Honduras allows into Honduras, or Brazil, or Mexico. I don't believe at some point in writing the new policy we should hear, "well Honduras allows unlimited Americans so we should allow unlimited Hondurans, or else we will be hypocrits." If expelling all illegals is the correct policy for America, let's do it. But as soon as we back off that stance, then we have accepted them into this country and have to decide what is best for America. You guys keep switching back and forth. Do you want them to stay or not? After all they are criminals and illegals. Or do you want to find a way for them to stay? Why would we want to hurt ourselves to help Mexicans? I hope you aren't asking me that question because I've been saying we don't want to hurt ourselves. That if it is best for us to grant amnesty then grant amnesty, if it is best to expell them, then expell them. But don't make the decision on what Mexico allows or doesn't allow.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 20, 2006 -> 07:27 AM) Tex- Here is another idea. If there is really that much low-pay, hard labor work needed to be done, maybe we can put our overburdened prison system to work on that. There are of course limitations to that, but I think it could be part of the solution. Because as soon as you use prison labor, you have taken a job from a honest person and given it to a criminal. Which is why I prefer a guest worker program and allowing people who want the jobs to come here and work those jobs while earning citizenship. Regardless of what that countries' immigration laws are. I also favor a program to allow those who are already here to stay as long as they have not committed any crimes while in the US.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Apr 20, 2006 -> 06:58 AM) Look. Bottom line is this. Mexico wants to pawn off their poor people on us, so our GOVERNMENT can take care of them with the social programs that are here in America. That way, the corrupt assholes in Mexico gets to funnel all their money to the government which allows the fat cats to get bigger. Oh wait, that's what the Democrats say here about the tax cuts. I guess we're no better. And our workforce needs them. The hypocrisy argument just doesn't make sense to me. If you really believe that, then we would have to throw open the border to an unlimited number of immigrants from any country that allows unlimited Americans to immigrate. Because we wouldn't want to be hypocrits. I don't have a problem with us allowing more, or less, immigrants than that country allows from the US. Obviously you two do. So besides just calling them hypocrits, please tell me why it is in our best interest to base our immigration laws on those of other countries.

Here's something I just don't get. Instead of celebrating the fact that our society has advanced to the stage where our children can have careers that are more lucrative than toiling at unskilled, manual labor jobs, some seem to be proposing we should take a giant step back and raise Americans to work these jobs? Because if we don't want immigrants to do them, then it must be y'alls children. IMHO, we should be happy our children do not have to do these jobs. That a high school diploma moves them a couple steps up the job ladder. We also have made a college education within grasp of anyone with the resolve to go to school. We are paying big money for one of the world's greatest education systems and now some would have us turning out busboys, produce pickers, and lawn men. We are even insisting these workers get educated, we want them to learn English, even though many are illiterate in their own language. First generation immigrants have been doing these jobs forever, in every society. Those that come first hopefully provide a platform for their children to move ahead and grab hold of the American dream.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Apr 20, 2006 -> 06:18 AM) BS. Mexico has the fifth largest economy in the world. But it's so poor!!! It's so corrupt though that the poor people stay poor. They all are pawned off here. Kap, that isn't accurate. I'm not certain where you found that information, but there are many larger. http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbo...r/2001rank.html SS, Shouldn't we do what is right for America? I know you want to change Mexico, and perhaps your proposed changes would be for the better, but I'm tired of trying to solve the world's problems. I'm an American and not a Mexican. Mexico and the US are different countries and have different needs. If Mexico allowed unlimited immigration and then told the US that they had to also, we wouldn't accept that. Why should we care what another countries' laws are? We have a choice of either training unskilled laborors in this country or allowing immigration. If a guest worker program is in our nation's best interest, then I don't see where we should hurt ourselves to change Mexico laws.

Beans? Just say No. And of course, this thread wouldn't be complete without this gem

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Apr 19, 2006 -> 06:46 PM) Its really simple. The Mexican government is trying to get rid of as many of its own poor people as it can by pawning them off on the U.S. Its a nice bonus also that the money they send back is the second largest revenue source for their country to boot. Mexico a blueprint for our country to follow. Mexico is a third world country with much different needs than the US. How anyone thinks that both countries are equal and should have equal laws surprises me. Yes, Mexico has a lot of poor, unskilled workers. And, in perfect symetry, the US has a need for lots of unskilled workers. Thank God we have an education system and a society, that actually can take almost anyone, put them through our schools, and they will be qualified to work jobs above unskilled. But instead of celebrating our good fortune and the bounty that comes with being a world power, we are thnking we should have the same laws as Mexico. Let's set out sights a bit higher. Shouldn't the US laws be based on what is best for the US and not compare it with what Mexico does? And Nuke, since you are such a fan of Mexico laws, let's take away everyone's guns like Mexico.

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window dressing, doesn't really change much.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Apr 19, 2006 -> 09:15 AM) 5 years $50 million? Mark would laugh at that contract, and justifiably so. When all is said and done, Mark Buehrle is looking at a deal in the $15 million/yr range, not $10mil. Chicago might be able to get him in the $13-14 range just for a home town discount, but if he hits the FA market, he is looking at 5/75, and maybe a 6-7 year deal. s*** an injury prone Burnett just got 5-55, Mark is looking at much more being a lefty and never missing any starts. Home town discount? Which home town? If JR ever went long term (5 years +) on a pitcher's contract, this is the one to go long on. Mark does not deserve to here things like accept less to stay in Chicago. A guy busts his ass and delivers like he does, should not be hearing accept less money to stay. How about a bonus for keeping this team competitive some of those years, and being rock solid in leading the team to a WS?

Dollar Bill Worst. The worst owner in sports.

QUOTE(samclemens @ Apr 19, 2006 -> 10:34 AM) oh i see. because i am calling this ram-job what it is, im a racist. makes total sense, since i dont have a liberal view on the issue i must be ignorant, backwards, racist and intolerant. i probably also live in the country and not the city, right? You are so quick and well versed with the stereotypes.

QUOTE(samclemens @ Apr 19, 2006 -> 09:17 AM) yeah, i heard about some interview with a grad student at duke who said there is a "culture of rape" at duke. what the f***?! thats total bulls*** and everyone knows this. we are talking about duke university here, culture of rape is a bunch of femnazi bulls***. this is all a ton of bulls*** and the DA is hoping to railroad some kids who are white and well off so that he can get elected by people who arent. i hope this case falls flat on it's face, and that all of the players sue for malicious prosecution, defamation, and privacy torts. if those two people charged raped that girl, of course they should pay for it, but all facts we have seem to indicate they didnt. but hey, that stripper got a full ride to college for accusing some rich white kids of rape when her proof lacks DNA positive results and she is a drunk stripper. when i have children, if any are girls, i now know how to get them free tuition for college, as long as the corrupt-assed rainbow coalition is still around being run by REVEREND jesse jackson, who has admitted to misusing funds and cheating on his wife while head of the organization. oh wait, since my daughter will be white i guess thats not an option. darn it! :headshake This post has been edited by the Soxtalk staff to remove objectionable material. Soxtalk encourages a free discussion between its members, but does not allow personal attacks, threats, graphic sexual material, nudity, or any other materials judged offensive by the Administrators and Moderators. Thank you.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Apr 19, 2006 -> 07:06 AM) Well our state is finally getting a Krispy Kreme by the end of the year, so I guess we're finally heading somewhere. Hell, we just got Krispy Kreme down here a few months ago and it isn't even a full shop, they have kioska inside one of the big convienence store chains. I still take a breakfast taco over the donut.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Apr 19, 2006 -> 07:09 AM) In Texas the cops would probably give you some asskicking hints, if not just do it for you. And no one would have seen anything . . .

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QUOTE(SnB @ Apr 19, 2006 -> 12:06 AM) another stolen tape from the willie family Willie in a gamethread Those kids are going to grow up and kill their parents for letting those home movies be posted

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Apr 19, 2006 -> 06:20 AM) If there's one thing I'd love to have in Australia from America, it'd probably be a Costco. For example, when I was in Phoenix we bought a 6 pack of Pringles for $4. They're usually $3.50 each down here. Gotta love our exports :-)

QUOTE(YASNY @ Apr 19, 2006 -> 02:39 AM) I'm sorry, but if someone did this to my family I'd be over there kicking some serious ass ... jail or no jail. Period. QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Apr 19, 2006 -> 06:15 AM) ^^^^ There is no way one of us would make it through the funeral. Someone would be meeting their maker... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I'd filibust someone's head and feel pretty damn good about it. And, at least here in Texas, as long as I wasn't drunk, I bet I wouldn't even see the inside of a jail.

QUOTE(Jeckle2000 @ Apr 19, 2006 -> 12:30 AM) This is the part of that article that desturbed me most. Forgive my language but what kind of f***ed up church does this. I think then must of missed the part about forgiveness and not judging people. The "church", from what I saw on the TV program, is their house and the congregation is their family. Could we replace them with a couple illegal, but hardworking, immigrants?

One of the luxeries of winning is being able to keep Anderson in the lineup. Winning a close game yesterday with two auto-outs back to back is sweet. I was wondering if we could DH for Anderson and let Garland take his swings