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Just wondering, if these are the lowest increases in military wages, does it mean that during the Clinton years, the military received higher increases every year? That is surprising me, based on all the Clinton gutted the military and moral being low. We could always use more soldiers, I don't think we ever could really have enough. But how could a million soldeirs have prevented 9/11?

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Feb 19, 2006 -> 01:13 PM) Did he do anything meaningful to attack Bin Laden? No. He lobbed a few cruise missiles into empty terrorist camps then bragged how he was getting tough on terrorism. PLEASE! He could have had the CIA kill Bin Laden when they knew where he was. He could have gotten him friom Sudan and failed. He could have done a million things but like was the norm for Clinton, he did just enough to take the focus off his impeachment. He could have violated US and International Law, but didn't. I am hard pressed to condem someone for following the Constitution he took an Oath to uphold. On the impeachment part, I agree it became the focus and rendered him ineffective. Was it worth it? Was the Starr investigation and the hearings worth it? Was the crippiling effect on our government worth it? Why was it so easy for Clinton to get him, but Bush hasn't been able to in 5 years? Perhaps we are thinking it would have been easier then than it actually was?

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Feb 17, 2006 -> 07:24 PM) Show me a link to it. It isn't reported for publicity reason, would be my guess. There is a legal limit, a max capacity, and the facility has to be able to prove they don't have too many inside the park. That is why there are turnstiles with counters. Why else would they count people going in and out?

Damn, you are correct, 46 degrees, 98% humidity, 19 mph north wind, at the beach. I'm staying home.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Feb 19, 2006 -> 08:06 AM) Dude, whatever. It's not like everyone has a little blame to go around. Ain't that the truth. Whenever that decision is mentioned, I wonder who we should be worried about today, who may do something evil in 5, 10, or 15 years. And of course, there will be near misses, etc. Damn cold in Texas today. 46 at the beach.

From Kinky an autographs I will sign anything but bad legislation and once elected, Musicians, not politicians will rule Texas. Willie Nelson as Head of the Texas Rangers

QUOTE(minors @ Feb 19, 2006 -> 01:21 AM) Fact is Clinton screwed up and now he has the blood of 2500 people on his name Pesky US laws. You are also making a supposition that with Bin Laden in custody his evil empire would have died with it. Playing "what if" is an innaccurate game at best and a dangerous game at worse. We could say if he was taken into custody that the world's terrrorists would have laid down their arms and begged for mercy, or we could say that the terrorist would have been driven to even bigger plans and a sporting event with 80,000 fans was spared. Imagine a crash at a sold out UM football game. I will say that Clinton not keeping his zipper up started a chain of events that led to his final couple years to be less than effective. If he had made Bin Laden a huge issue, the GOP would have been screaming tail wagging the dog. There is plenty of blame to go around and both parties have "blood on their hands".

LOL, I meant Chainee

QUOTE(YASNY @ Feb 18, 2006 -> 03:39 AM) Anybody that is in a comfortable environment with the support of a friend you can depend on being near by is going to perform better. Have a bad day, you have someone to talk to. Have a question on what to do, you talk to someone you trust. It makes it easier to approach and handle issues instead of taking them to work with you. I don't see how this makes Contreras different from anybody else. ^^^^^^^^^^^^ I worked in Mexico for two years. I was able to go home many nights, but the travel in the interior was tough. I have a lot of empathy for him. Being comfortable in your surroundings is important to anyone. Think about language issues, being homesick, etc.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Feb 17, 2006 -> 11:31 PM) Kinky Field team... I wonder what they're doing? Did you know once you vote in either primary you will not be eligible to sign Strayhorn or Kinky's ballot petition? Two me it seems like two seperate issues. One: Who I think is the best candidate to be Governor Two: Should Carol or Kinky be on the ballot BTW Perry, but you know what a GOP whore I am. Yes

QUOTE(YASNY @ Feb 18, 2006 -> 03:48 AM) :headshake Gee thanks, old buddy. I kid because I care™

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I'd rather go hunting with Chaney, then go driving with Ted Kennedy.

Gumball is a luger for that comment . . .

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Feb 17, 2006 -> 02:42 PM) I'm sure they're just wanting to make sure the media is 'scooped' going into the weekend. If they all were just 'silent' the backlash would be incredible. If only I was a GOPer and received the special government briefing that makes talking to the press unimportant. Press = Public: It's the only way for citizens who care can stay informed. Which is probably an old fashioned value that doesn't fit with today's get it from blogs and Rush world.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Feb 17, 2006 -> 12:42 PM) Lieberman has only an 11 point lead, and is under 50%, in the Conn. Dem. Primary against challenger Ned Lamont. Given Lamont's name recognition is probably 10% right now, that's a lot of trouble for Joementum. He could always run as a Republican later

I was about to add this QUOTE(YASNY @ Feb 17, 2006 -> 12:40 PM) This thread needs to die. QUOTE(mreye @ Feb 17, 2006 -> 01:23 PM) Somebody call Cheney. It's YASNY's funniest contribution

QUOTE(mreye @ Feb 17, 2006 -> 01:23 PM) Somebody call Cheney. LMAO

QUOTE(YASNY @ Feb 17, 2006 -> 12:45 PM) Oh, I'd innoculate a whole s***load of liberals. So then only half the people here would be dumb asses . . .

QUOTE(YASNY @ Feb 17, 2006 -> 12:44 PM) Because there's no such thing as a dumbass vaccine. Wow, I didn't know you were looking for one And that doesn't mean I really think *you* need one

QUOTE(YASNY @ Feb 17, 2006 -> 12:40 PM) This thread needs to die. Why? Did you see Harry? He looked great. Chaney had a nice speech in Wyoming, it's all coming together with great news. Why rain on the good news?

Harry has his in Texas, minutes later Dick starts in Wyoming, then Bush is in Tampa. coincidence? Both parties do it, I'm getting whiplash trying to catch them all. Now Rummy is getting going. Is anyone working at the White House?

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Feb 17, 2006 -> 10:02 AM) They don't keep track of the latter. They may not publish it, but with the impact it has in lost concession revenues, parking, etc. you can bet they track attendance through the turnstile. QUOTE(Steff @ Feb 17, 2006 -> 12:15 PM) They sure do. They have to track it by law. There is a maximum capacity, and in case of a tregedy, they need to know how many are there.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Feb 16, 2006 -> 07:02 AM) Could you please point out where in the Texas hunting code it saids that you have to report hunting accidents to the press, and how long is proper to wait for a news confrence afterwards? I did some research for y'all and found this

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