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QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Feb 24, 2005 -> 05:39 PM) you mean soup kitchens? and food banks, and other means of distribution. There are not enough right now if we pulled out even 30% and expected private organizations to pick up the slack.

One of the adjustments I've had to make is being interviewed now by people younger than me. I hadn't had a "real" interview in 15 years. It's been people coming to me and almost offering a position. As much as I would have liked the EVP of International Sales position, I knew I really didn't have a chance. They also had a position for a Representative. I know that would have been a lead pipe cinch to get. I thought getting to the third level of interviews was a victory I don't mind getting turned down if I'm stretching. I would feel really strange if I ever got turned down for one I wasn't stretching for.

QUOTE(Athomeboy_2000 @ Feb 24, 2005 -> 04:52 PM) Any one take him in their dead pools? A. That would be bad karma B. No points really. He's old.

QUOTE(hammerhead johnson @ Feb 24, 2005 -> 02:58 PM) Hell no, there will never be another rock era like there was from the early 60s through the early 70s. Reggae will never be as good as it was in the mid-70s. Jazz fusion will never produce thousands of killer tracks per year like it did from 1967 to 1973. James Brown ain't coming back, and neither are Al Green, Otis Redding, or Marvin Gaye for that matter. There's nothing wrong with keeping this stuff alive, is there? Are you suggesting that it should just die with your generation? That's perhaps one of the most selfish things that I've ever heard. A candy-ass argument, for sure. I think both posts are valid. Music cannot stay static. Should artists stop recording because they could not do better than Mercy Mercy Me? I remember an artist stating that after listening to Sgt. Peppers, they thought why record anything, this album is perfect. I believe that every generation should have some music they call their own. I have the mid to late 70s stadium rock. Aerosmith, The Who, Springsteen. Others have rap or country. But form your own memories while respecting and enjoying the older stuff that layed the base. So keep the old, but have music that reflects today, with today's issues.

The Top 5 Signs Ronald McDonald Is Growing Up 5> Now prefers to be called Ron McDonald. 4> That telltale bottle of Clairol Fire Engine Red #4 in his shower. 3> Seen with Jack-in-the-Box at strip clubs stuffing fries down g-strings. 2> Three kids injured in unfortunate stubble incident. and the Number 1 Sign Ronald McDonald Is Growing Up... 1> Has a McBeergut. [ The Top 5 List www.topfive.com ] [ Copyright 1996, 2005 by Chris White ]

How did you find this room mate?

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Feb 24, 2005 -> 12:01 PM) GREAT book!!! Best "Vampire" story ever. I'm reading: Guitar Player Repair Guide by Dan Erlewine. Slow going on this one. I used to read 3 books a week, and then I fell off on reading. I really need to get back to it, but when I have free time, I usually grab the guitar. I first read Legend for a Lit class and was going slow trying to remember all the details for the upcoming test. By chapter 3 I said screw it and read it in one night, then went back and tried to fit together all the characters, elements, etc. While it is a vampire story, it is so much more and not the usual goth, Saturday afternoon movie portrayal.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Feb 24, 2005 -> 01:07 PM) You're right I didn't answer. Instead of using existing distribution points like grocery stores, we will create new systems. Instead of one organization tracking what benefits people receive, each group is on their own. Instead of people receiving benefits from one group, they will spend time coordinating from several different groups, taking time away from job searches, education, etc. And all this will be bought and paid by a fewer number of citizens. Will there be enough volunteers to operate shelters, food pantries, etc. during the day, or will they only be open at night and weekends? How will the local community group check to see if the person asking for help, truly needs it? As much as I would like to see reforms, I don't see this working for the better. We got this system because the old systems were not working.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Feb 24, 2005 -> 12:58 PM) I guess we should all stop buying girl scout cookies and boy scout popcorn so that we aren't funding these evil private organization... So you are expecting Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts to run a food pantry? You never answered when I asked where is the money going to come from and who will deliver the services. Will everyone who receives a $50 reduction in their taxes now send it to social services?

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Feb 24, 2005 -> 12:52 PM) Kiwanis isn't religiously affiliated. you're presupposing that every private "community" entity would be of religious nature. I am presupposing that the religious groups will try their hardest to witness to the masses. I will also presuppose that fewer people will be administering to the needs, and the groups that do will all have a cause they will be promoting. I will also presuppose that smaller rural communities may have a harder time than bigger locals. I will presuppose that wealthier areas with more resources to give, will be less likely to encourage homeless and needy to visit their communities. Do you see people lined up in Lake Forest (TX or IL) or And BTW, I thought my last post was pretty damn funny. Notice the attempt to tie in their doctrine and service. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints are awesome with their genealogy stuff.

QUOTE(winodj @ Feb 24, 2005 -> 12:39 PM) My roommate is seriously trying to kick me out of my apartment, in no small part, because of my taste in art. I don't know who this Art guy is, but maybe your room mate is jealous

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Feb 24, 2005 -> 12:28 PM) when I was first born my parents were on food stamps for a little while, and I think that helped them out for a temporary status, but story after story they have of people from their "community" sending annonymous donnations or cooking food for them. "daily bread" sounds like just that, every day the government replaces dependence on God... Out of work parent #1 "I just picked up some soup and crackers at the Church of Christ" Parent #2 "Man, you have to convert. The Mormons have the best dinners, and they offer to research your genealogy" Parent #3 "Nope Muslim is the way to go. They throw in free health care which I wasn't getting when I was a Jehovah Witness" Parent #4 "You are all wrong. I just denounced Christ and started attending Temple. I like getting it out of the way on Saturday so I can watch the Bears on Sunday. Even better, when I told them I wanted to stay kosher, they tossed in some new dishes. Parent #5 "The worse was that little independent Church on Algonquin Road. They had like 99 Gods, 200 lesser dieties, and you had to memorize them before lunch. Nothing like keeping God in it. Pray to MY Gods, or don't eat.

LOL following this link

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Feb 24, 2005 -> 11:04 AM) Marine Biotechnology Demystified. To be available in website format hopefully in May. Denystified? It doesn't seem that mystical

I think I may have finally gotten over a nasty cough that has clung for a month or so. With all the antibiotics and cough syrups, I dropped 10 pounds and I noticed I haven't had any zits in a while. I think I might have been on steroids

QUOTE(mreye @ Feb 24, 2005 -> 10:46 AM) I thought you guys still were in Texas? Actually on the border they are. There are a lot of colonias down here without running water or electricity. Families build shelters out of whatever materials they can beg, borrow, or steal. Roads are dirt with many holes.

QUOTE(Wong & Owens @ Feb 24, 2005 -> 10:44 AM) I agree 100%, and I would add that I have a problem with the criterion used for determining who gets this "help." Drive by one of the housing projects one day in Chicago, and count how many windows have satellite dishes attached to them. If you have the money for satellite TV, then you don't need gov't hand-outs. The money they are paying the satellite company should be used for education or to improve their situation. At the minimum on Sox tickets.

QUOTE(Queen Prawn @ Feb 24, 2005 -> 10:30 AM) I am trying to get caught up in this (work has actually made me work, the bastards haha), so I appologize if I am taking the above completely out of context. Speaking as someone who has eaten government food (and as I found out a good few others here have as well), my family also received a food basket from the mother's club of the Catholic grammar school I went to when I was a kid. A helping hand is needed from time to time. After that two year period, we never had to take that to make ends meet again. I also know it killed my parents inside to have to take a hand out, but because it was between that having malnourished kids, they swallowed their pride. There is nothing wrong with the government helping out. There is a problem with people who live on the handout rather than using it as a temporary help. For most people it should be a hand up as well as a hand out. IMHO, there should also be a plan in place to end the need for the support and the support in place to work the plan. Job training, child care, transportation, etc. all need to be addressed. To do it right requires a tremendous amount of cooperation, information, and resources. To just have someone stop by a food pantry and pick up some cans of green beans and bags of rice is only addressing one part of the situation.

QUOTE(mreye @ Feb 24, 2005 -> 10:38 AM) That sounds cool, but I'm a picky b****. I don't read fiction and I read very slowly. The club I was active with a few years ago read a lot of fiction. I joined to force myself to read some good fiction and it sparked me to read more. We should probably start with a baseball book. Perhaps fiction, maybe not. Any suggestions?

Because I do a lot of primitive camping and have limited choices with water, either carry water (very heavy) or check to be certain there is some along the route and use a filter, purifier, etc. to treat it, I am very aware of how precious clean, safe, water is. One of the greatest things we have done as a society is built a system to get fresh water to our doors and waste water and solids away from our homes. 150 years ago we were still using wells and outhouses in a lot of areas.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Feb 24, 2005 -> 10:26 AM) Free-Choice Science Education: How We Learn Science Out Of Schools (Ed: Faulk) Because I rock, dammit! What book are you writing?

I am reading the financial reports on a company I am buying. :banghead After my brain goes to mush I switch to re-reading I Am Legend by Richard Matheson. Any fans of Twilight Zone, and mysteries will love this book. ANyone up to an on-line book club read? Someone recommend a book, wait a week or two and we could start a thread?

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Feb 24, 2005 -> 10:14 AM) wow. Nevermind. Sorry I am passionate about my country. I believe in the power of the American people and us getting together and solving problems. The only time ALL Americans get together is through our government. You mentioned 150 years. 150 years ago you could barter with the Doctor when he came to your house. The world was too different. We need new solutions. Again, who will be paying for these social services when the government pulls back and how will they be delivered?

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Feb 24, 2005 -> 10:07 AM) All depends on the mood. Somedays I want a band raging through 50 seconds blasts of fury along the lines of Zeke, and other days I want to hear Joe Pass doing a beautiful interpretation of an old Jazz number solo on his guitar, or Barney Kessel doing a version of Charlie Christian. All depends on the moods. Good point. I was thinking more along the lines of Dylan-esque songs. Yes covers can be good.