Texsox

QUOTE(Steve Bartman's my idol @ Nov 23, 2005 -> 02:08 PM) See if you can comprehend what I'm saying, I'll write in caps so maybe it's easier for you...ISRAEL IS OUR ALLY! THEY ARE OUR ONLY ALLY IN THE MIDDLE EAST! AND WE PROVE IT WITH OUR POLICIES AND TAX DOLLARS EVERY DAMN DAY. AND THEY SEND SPIES TO THE US. you know, just saying.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Nov 23, 2005 -> 02:01 PM) Just making sure it is spicey in here... you can't wake someone who is pretending to be asleep. How about heading over to the love song thread because what the world needs now is love sweet love, its the only thing that theres just to little of, What the world needs now is love sweet love, no, not just for some but for everyone, lord we dont need another mountain, there are mountains and hillsides, enough to climb, there are oceams and rivers, enough to cross, enough to last till the end of time, what the world needs now is love sweet love, its the only thing that theres just to little of, What the world needs now is love sweet love, no, not just for some but for everyone,

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Nov 23, 2005 -> 01:29 PM) Ha! If she put it on mayybe she was trying to tell you something. That is my favorite Moody's tune, btw. The Voice. I was one of the 37 people in the US that loved and bought the Gemini Dreams cassette. I caught them at Poplar Creek during that tour. Great show.

:rolly Some of y'all should know better.

QUOTE(Controlled Chaos @ Nov 23, 2005 -> 01:04 PM) DOH... I remembered my boob song "One more night", but forgot "Don't want to miss a thing" which was my wedding song. Good thing my wife doesn't come on here. Oh yeah and Stuck on You by Lionel Richie was our wedding song. I can't remember my boob song IIRC I couldn't hear it over all her screaming

Moon River by Andy Williams makes me swoon . . .

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Nice to see Chicagoans visiting my area, too bad they will not be staying at one of our nice hotels and resorts And someone from Kap's neighborhood wanting a little spending cash for his Mexican vacation

QUOTE(Steve Bartman's my idol @ Nov 23, 2005 -> 12:48 PM) I suppose you want (or think you deserve) an explanation...here goes...She has bent over backwards to placate the "Palestinians" every chance she has had. She f**ks Israel over whenever she can. I4E, are you back? We missed you.

I know y'all are having fun with the eye charts, but just one quick break for the Holiday

IIRC Concourse A has the Customs Area. Looking for a friend?

As the poor become poorer and the wealthier, wealtheir, the wealthy will pay a higher percentage of the overall budget. When GM closes a manufacturing plant and those workers struggle to find matching jobs, the middle class slips a bit more. I don't blame that on Bush, just like I didn't blame it on Clinton. It will take a nation to fix that little problem.

QUOTE(AddisonStSox @ Nov 23, 2005 -> 10:53 AM) Pheasant hunter here, also a big-time fisherman. I live in Chicago proper. I'm still having a hard time with the generalizations. I usually have a hard time with generalizations, but try and find a camo waterproof duck hunting suit on Michigan Avenue, then try in Joliet or Schaumburg. Where are you pheasant hunting? I was invited to a hunt club near the Ill/Wis line to hunt pheasant. I had never done birds besides a nad duck hunting experience. Pheasant is fun. I loved the walking and hunting. I'm forgetting the name of the town, they are also a huge speed trap. I think it's the last town on 12 before hitting Wisconsin.

LMAO, I wonder if he would have called these WMD's if he wrote this today?

Regarding the guy who was caught trying to have sex with a mannequin . . . QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Nov 22, 2005 -> 11:30 AM) He'd be placed on the sex offenders list. So does that mean, if convicted, every time he moves he has to notify department stores about his whereabouts?

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Nov 23, 2005 -> 09:19 AM) Alright alright.........Who are you and what have you done with Tex?!?!?! I think I've been quick to praise Bush when he does things that are good, and I accept that he will appoint conservatives when given a chance. I believe he has done a nice job of finding diversity within conservatives. There are a number of ideological things that I disagree with him on, and sadly some of that has been on my conservative side. No matter how politicians like to tell us we will have a free lunch while racking up deficits, unless y'all are planning on leaving this country, or finding your way into a lower tax bracket, you and I will be repaying the debt, with interest. Fiscal responsibility was, IMHO, the best card the GOP had over the tax and spend Dems. Reagan taught everyone the don't tax and still spend road map to popularity. I still believe a tax and cut spending until out of debt, works for families and works for governments. The government borrowing money, giving it to us to spend, is like a parent buying approval from their kids. On a personal level, I "like" and "respect" Bush a whole lot. I'd rather he babysit my kids than Clinton. I would rather spend a weekend at Crawford than with the Clintons. I believe on the character issue, he's flawed like all us humans, but as good as we could expect. Like his dad, he seems to have lost enthusiasm and patience for the job.

It flooded and it took me almost a year of trial and error to figure out why a big rain would cause it to flood. The basement water experts would only suggest their solution, and non fit. A combination of landscaping and a better sump pump fixed it all. And for well less than the $$$$ that a few companies quoted.

I shouldn't have to check my Christian ideals at the door because I want to help, I am part of this country, and should have equal opportunity. So I have no problem with faith based through the government. I also don't have a problem with non-faith based solutions as well. It's a big country and a big budget. Yes, there were a few clinkers in his picks, but that's the case with every President. I think he tried and succeeded in diversity, in diversity of conservative ideology, and picked people of strong character. No one hires at a perfect 100% rate, especially on this scale. The early stages of 9/11 were very confusing. Who really could understand what was happening at the moment? Yes, the first 15 minutes could have been better, but in the overall scheme of things, I give George a high A grade.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Nov 23, 2005 -> 07:19 AM) I'm not taking the bait, ol buddy. No bait. I want to really understand what y'all mean by bias. Do you believe that Jesse Jackson and Rush should be able to open the same newspaper and not see bias, or is it ok if Rush buys the Tribune and Jackson the Sun-Times and both are happy with that? Should the media be unbiased as an industry, by company, by program, or by story? I don't see how you and I could buy the same newspaper and not see bias. I also don't see how during the Lewinski scandel that good and bad coverage could ever be balanced in the same story and I sure wouldn't want the media to hold the story until Clinton did something right.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Nov 23, 2005 -> 07:11 AM) I believe it's ideology. I don't know what the answer is, but I do know it's broke and needs to be fixed. I don't really care what some around here say, the media has been biased to the left for 30 years (or at least since I began paying attention to more than the sports scores). I'm also not going to argue the point because it's a waste of time. I'm not going to convince anyone to change their minds, and they damn sure aren't going to change mine. Then why can't conservatives get a foot hold in the media? Are conservatives just not interested in journalism? Are they denied opportunties in colleges? How would you cover the Iraq War? How would you fix the media? I don't want to change yours, but I am willing to change mine. The media does look biased to me, to the right. I've always assumed if they are down the middle, they will look liberal to conservatives and conservative to the liberals.

You know, the FSM, with his appendages, is the only other entity that could produce as many posts as SS. Or perhaps they are one in the same

It is proably about the time most second term Presidents begin thinking about their legacy. I love George for a couple things. His initial push for faith based community groups to be a part of solutions. His cabinet appointments where, for the most part, excellent. His response during the 9/11 aftermath was incredible.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Nov 23, 2005 -> 05:48 AM) This makes me want to :puke The media is not biased. Yeah. Right. :headshake YASNY, How would you balance the news? By column inches? By topic? Would you not print a negative article until you have a positive to "balance" it? I am interested in how you would cover the Iraq War. Would you not cover any deaths to US Troops, or only print them on days when there is "good" news to balance? How many articles would you read on the repairs to gas lines? If they printed a story about 115 Iraqi kids who walked three blocks to school today, would you read it? Would you read it again tomorrow? I keep hearing bias in the reporting, but I'm not certain what the solution is. Why is the media so biased? Profit? Ideology?

Does Illinois still have that patchwork of seasons? One for shotgun, one for blackpowder, one for archery, etc.? To stop the debate on which state produces the best tasting venison, I will offer, at no cost to y'all, a taste testing. Y'all send me, (frozen & overnighted), the best roast from your deer, and after tasting them all, I will announce a winner. Remember, state pride and all, so send me the choisest cut

The discussion in another thread about codified discrimination against homosexuals has me interested. Just where would the US rank in terms of homosexual friendly laws? Perhaps not discussing societal reactions, but in terms of our laws? What countries would be considered better, and I assume there are a lot that are worse.