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KW is telling Oz to manage, I like that. KW is taking responsibility for the contracts, I like that. I love competition and if Ozzie believes Harris is the starter, I like the fact that KW has given OZ the green light to play a guy based on merit not paychecks.

In other news Southsider2k5 Found at Kids-R-Us

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Mar 15, 2005 -> 08:49 AM) What happens when the "4th branch of government" is so biased against a single group of people, that they will do anything, including make up stories and evidence to discredit them, their beliefs, and their way of life? Is no one allowed to investigate the media and their intentions? Should no one find out why they are saying what they are saying? Should the media be allowed to favor a certian way of life over another, even while maintaining the charade that they are being fair? Why does the government (who I thought was us incidentally) deserve to be investigated and kept honest, but the people doing the investigating get off scott-free? Fair question and allow me show you how to answer a question. They should be checked and held to a high standard. But adding up column inches and air time and calling some negative and some positive is silly. A Tsunami killing tens of thousands of people is news, millions of sun bathers is not. Politicians taking junkets from foreign agents is news, kissing babies and mailing flags is not. Any negative story is immediately met with cries of media bias. The media has made mistakes on both sides. Remember Kerry and his supposed mistress? Was that media bias? The GOP is not asking for fair, they want cheerleaders. DeLay has called the attacks against him as media bias as evidence mounts. Clinton called his detractors part of a vast right wing conspiracy. Both statements are jokes. Now, would you care to answer my question?

What happens when the government is free of any criticism? When anyone who reports that the President authorized a break in, or had sex with an intern, or soldiers murdered civilians, is dismissed as having a bias? Are we better off? By discredting the one group who has the time, resources, and opportunity to "keep the governmnent honest" our elected leaders will have no oversight. This is basically what the Soviet Union had with TASS. And we know how well their society turned out.

When a group who appeals to half the population is pushing their self serving agenda at every opportunity, it's no wonder the public is starting to agree. Too bad they aren't using that propaganda for good, instead of self serving interests. What happens when we believe everything our government tells us because anyone who is critical of them can not be trusted?

They found this stuck in the Time Machines memory

QUOTE(Queen Prawn @ Mar 14, 2005 -> 09:18 PM) That would make it Vishay Angstrohm! :finger How do you know? It's from the future

QUOTE(Queen Prawn @ Mar 14, 2005 -> 08:31 PM) Looks like a couple Ohmite rheostat knobs on that thing. Look closer they are Vishay (Dale). Geez, engineers

QUOTE(AddisonStSox @ Mar 14, 2005 -> 01:03 PM) I know he lives pretty darn close to the stadium. Maybe he's getting some days off to be with the family or the baby? I dunno. I've really come around on DJ. I enjoy his voice and he's good for a couple of yucks. That said, a Hawk-Stone combo in the booth would be one for the ages. Hands down the best in the MLB. I don't know if any of you have the extra innings package, but if you have ever heard some of the broadcasters for other clubs, it's pretty easy to tell we have one of the better duos in baseball. Some are just god awful. I caught almost every broadcast team and the Yankee team is #1 in my book. I loved their broadcast.

Yee Haw Reminds me when Governor Jim Thompson (before he became FlaSoxxJim) downed a couple beers from a toilet plunger at an Illini game

:headshake To protect your family, the gun needs to be accessible, loaded, and ready to go. Most home evaders will not wait for you to fiddle with a safety and get the gun loaded. This is why, for my family, I decided a home protection handgun would be more risk than reward and instead invested in a really kick ass home security system. I also trained my dog to attack the intruders face and genitals (at least that is what the warning sign says.) victim brother mom

QUOTE(mreye @ Mar 14, 2005 -> 12:41 PM) More news? grudge baby, someone had it in for him . . . joking, just joking, pleeeeeeeease don't ban me

Everyone should have a copy of this in their wallet, purse, glovebox, and liquor cabinet

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Mar 14, 2005 -> 11:37 AM) And I just realized why Tex said what he did... . For those who do not know the big news, check the blog http://boringtheworld.blogspot.com/2005/03...te-finally.html I didn't want to out you in case you were still being quiet about it

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Mar 14, 2005 -> 11:20 AM) Did you claim it on your taxes as well then? Again, IIRC it was below the reporting threshhold. I'm not nearly smart enough to do my own taxes beyond, please sign here and give me a check.

IIRC, I reported it as a gift, along with a notorized statement. Spring, a great time to look at houses, I wonder why :rolly

QUOTE(EvilJester99 @ Mar 14, 2005 -> 10:45 AM) They will be divorced in 6 months, she will be caught in bed with his best friend... or the mail man hehe Or licking a coffee table with her travel agent I know Shut up, that's why

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Mar 14, 2005 -> 10:48 AM) I forgot about Waynes' World. I love seeing that big rooftop Capitol Cigar Store indian from 63rd and Pulaski in that film. For the life of me though, I've never been able to find a Stan Mikita's Doughnuts on that block... My north suburb bias is showing through with Ordinary People (Lake Forest) and Risky Business, also I believe Lake Forest. The birthplace of both my children.

It didn't mention how they determined what was positive and negative. For example, during the Monica Lewinsky craze, did the press have a responsibility to find positive things to write about to balance all the negative? Should Woodward and Bernstein been required to fill half their stories with happy news about what Nixon was engaged in? Some stories are negative and that is what makes news. Fox News is reporting that no one died from Tsunamis today. We go on location around the Pacific for this breaking news Elected officials are much more likely to receive negative press than the challengers. The candidate isn't doing much but delivering carefully scripted campaign speeches, while the elected official has to actually work and can not hide. Of course if you drink the GOPer Kool Aid this is all a conspiracy by Americans to only allow the GOP to have 24 hours of opinion and not 55 seconds of news coverage.

In order Top 5 Ordinary People Blues Brothers Wayne's World Planes, Trains, and Automobiles Risky Business Movies filmed in Chicago Link

I love the runner ups especially #1 Losers: Have baby bears on their uniforms. (Bill Muse, Seattle, WA) Winners: Mobbed by ardent fans after every game. Losers: Mobbed by defense attorneys after every game. (William Wickart, Hillsboro, OR) Winner: Girlfriend looks like Jessica Simpson. Loser: Girlfriend looks like Marge Simpson. (William Wickart, Hillsboro, OR) Winner: Grass stains on uniform. Loser: Gravy stains on uniform. (Larry Hollister, Concord, CA) Winners: Have three groupies each. Losers: Keep throwing hands in top shape. (Mark Weiss, Austin, TX) Winners: Swagger to first with confidence. Losers: Stumble to first from heat exhaustion. (Vic Vitek, Hopewell Junction, NY)

QUOTE(knightni @ Mar 13, 2005 -> 09:12 PM) Um, she has no shirt on. LMAO Wife of Wedding Guest "why all of a sudden are you interested in video taping a wedding? You've been filming all evening, I want to see that tape, and what is voyeurweb?

Pimp The New and Improved Pimp

Jolly Good Mate, you're marrying a hooker, oops I meant looker Come on, that's the bachelor party

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Mar 12, 2005 -> 08:38 PM) Sunday nights, 10:30. Just after Monty Python and just before Dr. Who. That line-up was the only great thing on TV on Sundays, and it was what I looked forward to most next to Creature Features and Son Of Svenghoolie. Misty, water colored memories . . .