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How ironic, my wife just told me a friend's daughter was robbed last night in Italy at a bar and they are now climbing through hoops, replacing credit cards, travelers checks, ID, passport, etc. She didn't listen to the group who told her to leave most of that in the apartment, not in her purse. :headshake Scary stuff for parents

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Mar 8, 2005 -> 01:00 PM) Yeah trust me, I know full well that 3% of s***, is still s***. No! It's s*** Plus! New And Improved s***!

QUOTE(shagar69 @ Mar 8, 2005 -> 05:34 PM) I was thinking about studying abroad next year during my soph. year. This is simply based on the fact that i just think that it would be interesting. I dont know too much about how the program works or anything like that. Have any of you guys participated in one of these, or know someone who has? if so, where did you go and how did u enjoy it. Do you recommend that it is something a college student should do? thanks If I was to study abroad, I'd study ChiSoxy

basically it is a password sharing service. For example, if anyone registered their user name and password for here, anyone with bugmenot could post under your user name. Not much different than if I posted my user name and password here for everyone to use only much faster and easier. I always check and see if bugmenot works before registering. It is just easier and I don't want more spam than I already get.

QUOTE(jackie hayes @ Mar 8, 2005 -> 06:00 PM) That doesn't make sense to me. We should label "assholes" because of what we think they might possibly say, even if we have no clue? Or are you trying to say that we shouldn't say anything bad about someone unless we can be certain about how everyone in the world feels about the same issue? Or is there a cosmic rule that every b**** comes with a bastard and vice versa? His point seemed to be that he wouldn't call someone names unless they actually did something. I don't like the "b****" comments, but this has nothing to do with gender. Same situation, male reporter, female soldier, you'd get bastard, asshole, whatever. I believe the chain was 1. "if she is a b****, is this guy an asshole?" 2. "no, because he didn't accuse the US of . . ." 3. "He's dead so he couldn't accuse" 4. "what's your point?" 5. "he couldn't accuse us of anything, he was dead" making #2 illogical I'm not certain why you quoted me? I was just pointing out that dead men don't talkmuch, they are kind of quiet.

I'm a Harris fan and think he has the athleticism to play SS or 3b. I don't mind him getting 10-12 games at 3rd, another 15-20 at SS and 2nd. Hell Frank will probably get 4-6 1st base starts this season. If we can live with that, we can live with Willie at 3rd.

Funny if this was college football, they would drop because they lost at the end of the year. They are still the best team I've seen and deserve the #1 spot and a stay at home berth in the NCAA. Even if they lose a game in the Big 10 tourny. BTW, this was not a great year for Big 10 basketball. They are probably the 5 or 6 best b-ball conference this year, yet have a great chance of winning it all.

QUOTE(TheBigHurt35 @ Mar 8, 2005 -> 04:43 PM) Unless KBR engaged in these illegal practices AFTER being purchased by Haliburton, there's no legal basis for holding Haliburton responsible. And what makes you think that Haliburton could've uncovered any evidence of bid rigging? I realize that you dislike Cheney but, come on. Let's be reasonable. Think about it first. KBR violates a bunch of laws then is purchased by Halliburton. Are you saying no one should be held accountable? KBR doesn't exist anymore, it IS Haliburton. So a company could break a bunch of laws, then sell, and be off the hook?

QUOTE(TheBigHurt35 @ Mar 8, 2005 -> 01:28 PM) And your point is...? I would've had no problem with Ms. Sgrena saying that our troops are stupid or incompetent (hey, they did shoot at her car), but saying that our government targeted her for assassination is completely irresponsible and indefensible. You said he didn't make any accusations about why they were trying to kill him, I pointed out he was dead. Who knows what he was thinking? The moment they opened fire, everyone in that car was targeted for assassination. Was it premeditated and specifically targeted at her? I don't know, only an investigation will prove or disprove that. My gut tells me not. We have overstressed, lesser trained, personell there and I can see a shoot first, save my ass, and let someone else sort it out, attitude taking place. I know that's what I would do. Earlier YASNY mentioned is we targeted her, she would have been dead. I agree, we probably would have used something a bit stronger than rifles. However, we have sometimes let assassination targets slip past, just ask Castro.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Mar 8, 2005 -> 04:28 PM) Or in Latin for us science geeks: Sperma est vilis! That would make a great tattoo, someone call D12

Neither party wants me Anti-Abortion as a birth control method Anti-Death Penalty Balance the Budget Train people, don't imprison them Anti-Union Single Payer health system Tax the wealthy Incentives for alternate energies Use public resources for the public, in a non lethal way. Social Programs through Religious groups Control the public airwaves, no smut

I have written both my Senators, my Congressman, and my President. This is so wrong on so many levels.

An old farmer decided that it was time to get a new rooster for his hens. The current rooster was still doing an okay job, but he was getting on in years so the farmer figured that getting a new rooster couldn't hurt anything. So, he gets a young rooster and lets it loose in the barn yard. The old rooster sees the young one strutting around and he gets a little worried. "So, they're trying to replace me," thinks the old rooster, "I've got to do something about this!" He walks up to the new bird and says, "So, you're the new guy in town. I bet you really think you're hot stuff, don't you? I'm not exactly ready for the chopping block yet. I bet I'm still the better bird and to prove it, I challenge you to a race around that hen house over there. We'll run around it ten times and whoever finishes first, gets to have all the hens for himself." Well, the cocky young rooster was a proud sort and he definitely thought that he was more than a match for the old guy, so he said, "okay, you're on. And since I know that I'm so great, I'll even give you a head start of half a lap. I'll still win easily." So, the two roosters go over to the hen house to start the racae and all the hens gather around to watch. The race begins and all the hens start cheering the roosters on. After the first lap, the old roster is still maintaining his lead. After the second lap, the old guy's lead has slipped a little but he's still hanging in there. Unfortunately, the old rooster's lead continued to slip each time around and by the fifth lap he just barely led the young rooster. By then, the farmer has heard all the commotion. He ran into the house, got his shotgun, and ran out to the barn yard, figuring a fox or something was after his chickens. When he got there, he saw the two roosters running around the hen house with the old rooster still slightly in the lead. He immediately took his shotgun, aimed, fired, and blew the young rooster away. He walked away slowly saying to himself...."Damn! That's the third gay rooster I've bought this month!"

QUOTE(TheBigHurt35 @ Mar 8, 2005 -> 12:12 PM) Neither, since I never heard him accuse our government of plotting to assassinate him. Dead men don't talk

I have been a fan of Lieberman for a long time. I match up very well with his views and also his methods. My dream ticket is a McCain - Lieberman Independent Bid. Too bad neither guy would take the 2nd fiddle seat, nor do I really blame them. Both of those guys have gotten themselves into positions where they can thumb their noses at the parties and state what they believe, without fear of reprisal.

Sperm is Cheap That would make such a cool adverteasing slogan.

QUOTE(EvilJester99 @ Mar 8, 2005 -> 11:38 AM) I know I know.. I was jesting about that. I believe you were EvilJesting™

They showed a flock of ducks Bea Arthur's picture and 1 in 10 preferred it to another duck . . . Simple research

QUOTE(Controlled Chaos @ Mar 8, 2005 -> 08:57 AM) Thanks for focusing on the most meaningless part of the post and actually making a post regarding it. Let me clear it up for you... "You sped through a patrol due to your disgust for the war. You weren't going to stop for any American checkpoint...they shouldn't be there in the first place....so f*** em. You were just released from being held captive, and you weren't going to be detained any longer in this country than you had to be." There is a difference between a checkpoint and a Patrol. Checkpoints have barracaids, signs, and other attention getting devices. Patrols do not. Look at any of the pictures of checkpoints and you will see why this is not a meaningless distinction. It's the difference between a toll booth and a cop waving on the side of the road. A special agent received the death penalty for speeding. Which may have been appropriate, but we won't know until an investigation QUOTE(EvilJester99 @ Mar 8, 2005 -> 10:03 AM) Wouldn't it kind of stand to reason that since she hates America more than the terrorists that she would have no problem lying about certain facts to make the US look bad?? Wouldn't it kind of stand to reason that since he loves America more than the terrorists, that he would have no problem lying about certain facts to make the US look good?? It cuts both ways, which is why an investigation needs to occur. This is an ally, one of the few Coalition of the Willing that offered more than a pat on the back. The US has made plenty of mistakes. Some are justified, possibly some are not. I believe we get better by questioning and challenging and training and learning. To just accept whatever Americans do and not take any responsibility as an American doesn't make us better. Lick once from the lollipop of mediocrity and you will suck forever. IMHO I would rather have America accept we are not always perfect and fix the problem then blindly accept whatever version of a story makes us look perfect.

QUOTE(Controlled Chaos @ Mar 8, 2005 -> 08:09 AM) The thing that really pisses me off is our soldiers wouldn't bat an eye to risking their life to save this lady. If we got information that she was held up in a house our guys would go in there in a heartbeat and risk their lives to save her. No questions asked...They would die, without hesitation in trying to rescue her. I mean give me a f***in break lady...you want to make baseless accusations...here's mine You sped through the checkpoint due to your disgust for the war. You weren't going to stop for any American checkpoint...they shouldn't be there in the first place....so f*** em. You were just released from being held captive, and you weren't going to be detained any longer in this country than you had to be. Where's my facts for making this statement?? I have none....where's yours b****??? I thought it was already proven it was *not* a checkpoint but a patrol

I assume there will be a lot of Southside love on a White Sox board. If you enjoy the outdoors, lakes, boating, snow mobiling, etc. I would look up north. I lived for a while in Wildwood, on Gages Lake. The Fox Lake Chain-O-Lakes was 30 minutes away, Lake Michigan was 20 minutes away.

What's the difference between Jack and Arnie and Tiger and Phil? Arnie actually won once in a while . . .

If you have a job or school lined up, that would help to narrow down the search. The city of Chicago is just like Minnesota, only with more people

QUOTE(KipWellsFan @ Mar 7, 2005 -> 09:53 PM) Well I finally watched The O'Reilly Factor tonight and for the most part it was what I expected. Here's what I got out of it and some other random observations. First off I've never seen a commentator compliment his guest as much as he does (ie you're obviously a good person, you're a good american, you have a good head on your shoulders type thing). Also, I haven't seen a commentator interrupt or talk over a guest as much as he does since I last watched Crossfire. Anyways on to the meat and potatoes of my summary. After viewing it once, it seems that this show's goal is to pit the right against the left and I'd say to the extent of the right being the good guys and the left being the bad guys. All the topics on this episode were displayed this way. 1.Colorado U. President stepping down -O'Reilly uses very simple minded arguments like Churchill is a Traitor and his work was nothing but propaganda. This subject is obviously way to complicated to do in a 7 or 8 minute segment and to simply to throw harsh terms at the subject is ineffective and repetitive. 2.Diplomat attempted child Rape story -It could be made an argument that this was more about taking shots at people of brown colored skin but O'Reilly didn't really say anything like this. His guest got into issues of law and that was pretty boring, O'Reilly was obviously bored too. http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washingt..._avoid_charges/ 3.Weed Book -Next O'Reilly had a guy on who wrote a book about Marijuana for kids. The author tried to make up something about how this will actually prevent kids from using pot even though pot is obviously portrayed in a favourable manner in this book. O'Reilly wasn't buying it and neither am I. http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0509,pietras,61592,6.html 4.Virginia Islam School where man accused of plotting to kill Bush went -This was interesting but the guests he had on were students from many years ago at the school and didn't really have anything interesting to say. Then O'Reilly cornered them into answering the question "Does Al-Qaeda need to be completely destroyed" which had nothing to do with the subject and was completely unrelated and it pissed me and the guests off. 5.Moore speech cancelled by school -This was more about bashing Moore than about the school. Certainly not very interesting segment, especially for a Canadian. http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles...academic_honor/ 6.Guy suing Tsunami warners -This is obviously a shot at frivalous lawsuits and the conspiracist in me says it's also a shot at John Edwards. Nonetheless the lawsuit was stupid. http://www9.sbs.com.au/theworldnews/region...105394&region=2 Anyways no real surprises here, this really isn't news program and I guess it's not supposed to be. I've also never seen a program anywhere near as bias as this and I have no idea what "you're entering the no spin zone" means. Well I won't be watching again, so I'll probably never find out. Actually, of everyone on the GOP Media Network, O'Reilly is my Fav. He will take on GOP wrongs and compliment DEM rights quicker and without choking. Down here people can listen to these programs and know the host is human and has some bias and then make their own choices, they get confused however, when they hear a news report minutes before. That presumed bias, is evil and must be stomped out.

Plus, they all get Secret Service protection for life. I wonder how much we are paying for that They all seem in good health, I suspect we'll set the record in a couple more years.