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Well all American believe in everything that Bush stands for, so all Palestinians will be behind Hamas based on these elections. I still hold out hope that all Palestinians aren't of the same thought, just like all Israelies aren't 100% united in what they believe, or 100% of Americans, etc. We'll see how effective they will be, while still being a *minority*. I believe this shows how it will be impossible for a lasting peace in the middle east. The blood bath that would happen if the US stopped sending aid would be unimaginable. So, guess what, we'll be upping our foreign aid, hopefully Israel will spend it on something more usefull then spying on us.

QUOTE(Felix @ Jan 25, 2006 -> 09:09 PM) What thread is that from kyyle? Scary, Scary Buerhle Contract thread.

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Jan 25, 2006 -> 04:57 PM) Saying goodbye to Frank wasn't about loyalty, it was about health. Loyalty is all about standing by someone when they need a break. Loyalty isn't about a mutually beneficial situation. This isn't even about health. This is about winning and repeating. The team, rightfully so, believes they have a better chance to repeat with Thome than Frank. It was an either or situation. They made the right move. I agree with the move, as much as it hurts. But this is also why I don't get all upset at players that decide they would rather play somewhere else. Teams can't be loyal, and either can players. Can anyone say that Frank didn't give 100% to the organization? Two seasons ago he agreed to the #4 spot in the lineup. He DHd when he knew it would hurt his chances for the HoF. He worked his butt off to rehab and get back on the field. He was the face of the organization through some pretty lean years. If anyone deserves to get a break and have the team sacrifice for him, Frank would be the guy. But he no longer fit in the plans and is out. I'm not disagreeing with the move, but pointing out why I don't get upset with players who move on.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Jan 26, 2006 -> 07:13 AM) I'm going to unionize your labor force. That's part of my plan, we will be unionized. And if some other union uses non-union picketers, we will picket their picket line.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Jan 25, 2006 -> 10:43 PM) The Jungle Awesome book. It should be required reading for anyone living in Chicago. I am working on Savanah, a historical romance novel set in the south during the Civil War. Amazing what one will do for love. I am also trying to learn all I can about sailing. I am interviewing for a position that would have me running a camp out on an island in the gulf. Scuba, fishing, sailing, boogie boarding, etc.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jan 26, 2006 -> 07:04 AM) Welcome to the big boys table Alex

Congratulations.

I'm starting the Homeless, Indigent, Professional Picketing & Information Enterprise for these people. Starting next month HIPPIE will be out in force whenever and where ever we are needed. If you need someone to stand outside a job site and picket for days on end, call HIPPIE. We have nothing else to do. Too busy working to complain about the poor Bush economy? Call HIPPIE. To busy pulling that ski boat behind your SUV to protest high gas prices? Call HIPPIE! Tired of just sticking cause magnets on your car? Call HIPPIE. Let us do the picketing. Additional charges may apply for hard to rhyme slogans, poor weather, weekends, or Republican causes.

QUOTE(vandy125 @ Jan 25, 2006 -> 06:23 PM) Last year it seemed like everyone was asking "where is the respect?" It is nice to see us actually getting it. Why complain or dis it when it is happening now? Just enjoy it. Others are respecting the team. Last year we said everyone was a moron, east coast bias, why start thinking they know anything now? LOL, of course we want everything, all the time,

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Jan 25, 2006 -> 04:57 PM) Saying goodbye to Frank wasn't about loyalty, it was about health. Shhhh, we wouldn't want the A's to find out his health is an issue. They obviously don't know.

Thank God there is loyalty in baseball. Adios Frank, we'll miss you. You were about the only reason to come out to the ballpark in September for many seasons.

ChiSoxFn will be jealous, usually it is Jas will a shop job that good

A young minister was asked by a funeral director to hold a grave-side service for a homeless man, with no family or friends, who had died while traveling through the area. The funeral was to be held at a cemetery way back in the country, and this man would be the first to be laid to rest there. Here is his story......... As I was not familiar with the backwoods area, I became lost; and being a typical man I did not stop for directions. I finally arrived an hour late. I saw the crew, eating lunch, but the hearse was nowhere in sight. I apologized to the workers for my tardiness, and stepped to the side of the open grave, where I saw the vault lid already in place. I assured the workers I would not hold them long but this was the proper thing to do. The workers gathered around, still eating their lunch. I poured out my heart and soul. As I preached, the workers began to say "Amen," "Praise the Lord," and "Glory," I preached, and I preached, like I'd never preached before: from Genesis all the way to Revelations. I closed the lengthy service with a prayer and walked to my car. I felt I had done my duty for the homeless man and that the crew would leave with a renewed sense of purpose and dedication, in spite of my tardiness. As I was opening the door and taking off my coat, I overheard one of the workers saying to another, "I ain't never seen anything like this before . . . and I've been putting in septic tanks for twenty years.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jan 25, 2006 -> 04:09 PM) First of all...you know very well I don't believe those "Hovering at 5% unemployment rates" since they exclude the long-term unemployed and a wide variety of others who are classified as "out of the workforce" despite the fact that they may well be actively looking for a job. But related to that...I still am unconvinced that there really is a lack of people willing to do manual labor jobs here in the U.S. If I had no position right now, I'd do it quite willingly. The problem is...I wouldn't be willing to do it for $2 an hour when I could earn $6 an hour at McDonalds somewhere by being documented. Through the fact that they're undocumented, they have no workplace protections, and employers can pay them whatever they want and bury the corpses when something goes horridly wrong, and no one can say a thing. I don't view this as a way to fill in gaps created by the lack of Americans to do the work...I view it as far more an effort by employers to avoid having to spend the extra effort and money required to follow U.S. laws. In that 5% are people collecting unemployment who really don't want to work, so I think there is some balance. And illegals won't work for $2 per hour either. They have to buy food, pay rent, and all the things citizens do. I know a few people down here who employ undocumented workers and are paying $5 to $7 per hour. They are in agriculture, construction, and manufacturing industries. Take the migrant farm workers. Live in one place for 2-3 weeks, then move on. How much would you want to make? You need temporary housing, a vehicle, and you are never assured of working. Do you think that there are plenty of Americans willing to take that life?

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Jan 25, 2006 -> 03:57 PM) Funny you should mention Nissan America when the Japanese automakers are creating jobs here in the US while the "US" automakers are taking jobs to Canada and Mexico. Hurray for the jobs, I was pointing out those that complain about some worker sending money abroad is like complaining about someone spitting on a sidewalk during a hurricane. BTW, those jobs are a small way of saying NAFTA works, and isn't the giant sucking sound that Kap's fellow Texan, Ross Perot theorized.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jan 25, 2006 -> 11:49 AM) Picture @ the left = me watching the first of this show, whenever it becomes available. http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/25/t...reut/index.html this is his next step in world domination . . .

QUOTE(mreye @ Jan 25, 2006 -> 01:51 PM) Tree-hugger - fine. She's a flat out hater of the Bush family in general. I perfer to call it the Bush Family Dynasty of BFD for short . . .

QUOTE(mreye @ Jan 25, 2006 -> 10:41 AM) I used to wear shorts all winter long. I still do.

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Jan 25, 2006 -> 11:57 AM) Thats why I like that new immigration law thats working its way through Congress right now. It would impose stiff fines against businesses who hire illegals. Most businesses that hire illegals would hire legal workers if they were available and willing to work. What we need, is what Bush proposed, a guest worker program. There are not enough Americans willing to do the manual labor jobs in the US. As Bush supporters have pointed out, our unemployment rate hovers at 5% and under. So it doesn't appear as if these workers are displacing anyone. Check http://themonitor.com a border newspaper and see all the job offers for migrant labor and meat processing plants. And finally, there are sizable communties of retired Americans liuving in Mexico. They take their Social Security checks and adios across the border for sun, surf, and cheaper living. So illegals aren't the only ones taking US dollars and spending them abroad. We also allow stock ownership overseas, so even more money is flowing out of the country. Which is worse, illegals sending $100 south or Nissan America sending their profits to Japan?

QUOTE(YASNY @ Jan 25, 2006 -> 10:52 AM) If, and only if, they want want a high quality job done by skilled craftsmen. Otherwise, not so important. Are you refering to the homeless being better picketers or the union carpenters being better skilled? Either way, I agree with you. If you take all the Union guys in one group and everyone who claims to be a carpenter in the other, I'll take the average of the union group before the average of the non-union group. Evil, that's not to say that there aren't some very excellent carpenters and other tradesmen without a union card.

I hope he has nice legs. BTW, shorts and flip flops are the clothing choice of many at my kid's High School.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Jan 25, 2006 -> 10:35 AM) Conversation over. Sorry, that should have been in green. My bad.

QUOTE(Soxy @ Jan 25, 2006 -> 10:32 AM) depends--do they wear bikinis? A woman on Northwestern's winning lacrosse team wore flip flops and ignited a mini-controversy last year.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Jan 25, 2006 -> 10:31 AM) Of either party. I think it's a great tradition. But is there a limit? How about a sports heroes day and have them all show up?