Texsox

QUOTE(YASNY @ Apr 4, 2005 -> 03:20 PM) They are not vigilantes. Not all, but many of them fit not only the dictionary definition, but the popular meaning as well.

QUOTE(whitesoxin' @ Apr 4, 2005 -> 04:49 PM) Hells yeah try Illini vs. Tar Heels

QUOTE(YASNY @ Apr 4, 2005 -> 03:15 PM) He may have some respect for the man. No ... That can't be it. There HAS to be a political reason for it. :headshake Everything, every President has done since the invention of the airplane and television, is about politics. Politics is how we govern. The President cannot do everything he wants to do. Just ask Bill and Monica

QUOTE(YASNY @ Apr 4, 2005 -> 03:16 PM) And Elvis is Morrison's ranch hand. And Kennedy is hanging out with Monroe listening to Jim's new stuff.

Now we can go cheer on the Cubs in their Opener!!!!!!! Is the April Fools joke over? No one told me. I feel like an ass for that post

Anyone want to dig up the continuing decline of Mark Buerhle thread?

QUOTE(YASNY @ Apr 4, 2005 -> 03:10 PM) For the record, Cheney has already shot down this "answer for their behavior" thing. Thank God all Republicans listen to Chaney. I thought Delay might have been acting on his own. The ethics problems that Delay is having, are those also linked directly to the White House? I applaud Chaney coming out and doing the right thing. I just think Republican law makers are a more independent bunch, especially when Chaney is gone at the end of this term. Getting past the partisan b.s. for a minute. Constructive, honest debate is a good thing for our society. Trying to score debate points and setting up issues for the next round of elections, is not. Don't shut off debate but make it real.

Sad way to die

ESPM Gamecast has an Expos cap on Carl

Ouch, not good

QUOTE(TheBigHurt35 @ Apr 4, 2005 -> 01:38 PM) Maybe that has something to do with all of the illegals in southern Texas? Seriously, though, I don't know of many people who have home security systems where I live (Indiana). Actually you are close. A lot of the homes are owned by wealthy Mexicans who only visit part of the year. So they have security alarms to watch over their stuff while they are away. And some of them do make more trips to their homes and businesses than allowed by law, which makes them illegal.

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Apr 4, 2005 -> 12:43 PM) Ummmm...Morrison is kind of...ummmm...dead. Though the BBC might be looking for an interview, he is surely dead. The government and Jim would like you to believe that

QUOTE(TheBigHurt35 @ Apr 4, 2005 -> 01:20 PM) Not sure I agree with that. It's a hell of a lot easier to sneak across the border than to get through airport security with a bomb in one's briefcase. And I don't think that "risking their lives" is much of a concern to terrorist "martyrs." Of course that is a possibility. But the weight of the bomb would make it unlikely. It would be easier to build the bomb in the US. Drug smugglers fly their cargo, I would suspect that would be even more likely a method than walking. Risking their lives and not following through on their mission, I am certain is a concern. What good is a bomb that doesn't reach it's target?

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QUOTE(TheBigHurt35 @ Apr 4, 2005 -> 01:13 PM) After what John Paul II did to help bring down Communism, it's the very least that our country can do in return. Plus the religion President cannot send someone else to such a big event. He needs to solidify the GOP's mutual love fest with religious groups. This may cost him some points with fundamentalist Christians who view Catholicism as a cult, but for the most it will be popular and beneficial.

The reason neither party will do anything about it is it would be economic suicide to eliminate illegal workers, and it would be political suicide to throw open the border. So they go after the drugs, weapons, money, terrorists and bigger fish and avoid the 800 pound gorilla sitting at the table flicking boogers. A terrorist would have decent financial backing and would arrive in an airplane, not by walking two weeks through desert and risking their lives before their mission.

Or he is shill bidding to get the price up for his brother, a not so uncommon eBay rules violation.

It's been reported that Dubya is going. The first American President to attend a Papal funeral. According to CNN, the White House is in the final stages of putting together the delegate list.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Apr 4, 2005 -> 12:17 PM) As I understood the article, the only people confused were Mexican Law Enforcement agents. It's not a question of whether Border Patrols agents are doing their job, while there may be merit in that assumption, but the low amount of agents employed to guard 1,000 miles of Mexican/American border. Honestly, who cares what these Border Patrolmen believe of Minutemen. If my town felt police were not fulfillihg their duties, and formed a subsequent watch-group, I'd expect our force to feel insulted. As many of these Patrol agents likely feel. Ultimately, if progress is made in curbing illegal immigration, which statistics will either validate or disapprove, then their work is justified. BTW, here's an article posted in the Sun-Times. http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-border04.html If vigilantes are making the job more difficult for the Border Patrol, we should all care. They are already understaffed to stop drugs, guns, and other illegal stuff. To be spending time investigating Mexican-Americans would not be wise. To spark an international incident by getting into a shooting match with Mexican officials would not be helpful. Professionals with training confuse the border, vigilantes from California can do better? I am certain that if vigilantes patrolled Schaumburg they could help tip police to many crimes. They could follow people on their way home to make certain they aren't drunk, they could park outside your house and make certain that the person in the backyard isn't trying to rob the place. There is plenty of crime in all areas, we need more armed vigilantes in all neighborhoods, not just on the border.

QUOTE(TheBigHurt35 @ Apr 4, 2005 -> 12:10 PM) Interesting. I thought that the Vatican would have final say, as the funeral really has nothing to do with the White House. My guess is the Vatican doesn't have the resources to check who should be attending from every country. So maybe they make X numbers of invites available to each country?? I am assuming the US Government will tell the Vatican who will be representing the US along with Dubya.

QUOTE(knightni @ Apr 4, 2005 -> 12:07 PM)

I am a little suprised that Illini are dogs for this one. I was pulling for an All Big 10 Championship, but it still is shaping up to be a great game.

QUOTE(knightni @ Apr 4, 2005 -> 11:52 AM) Is it the black box? Yes. I really fits my mood the past few days.

QUOTE(knightni @ Apr 4, 2005 -> 11:45 AM) Tex, what's in your avatar? I only see a black box. it's a black box.