Texsox

that's craptacular

QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ Jan 25, 2005 -> 08:16 PM) Um, let's just say it involved my female best friend, a gumball, a bowling alley and a few long islands...We've yet to live it down... Underage? Drinking, driving, and talking on a CB, telling the cop exactly where I was, so he could come arrest me. Well the last part probably wasn't *my* idea. Stupid as in crazy fun? My buddy's parents owned a bar that would be taken over by this nice motorcycle club every once in a while. They had an agreement, the owner would close the bar to the public, and the bikers wouldn't kill anyone. The second part became important when I decided to spend some quality time with one of the female members. Seems they didn't like non members enjoying members only benefits. Fortunately they offered me a one-night only membership. It only cost me a round at the bar. Damn, and I think she really loved me

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Jan 25, 2005 -> 11:20 PM) Touchy subject for me. Scheduling problems are nothing out of the ordinary at University of Illinois-Chicago. Here, opposed to wherever you've graduated, strict fire codes have been enforced following a highly publicized downtown fire last fall. Classes which once held 25 students were cut to 20. While several professors are forgiving, most abide by the rules and offer no sympathy. UIC has unintentionally left a sizable percentage of the student population disgruntled and seeking transfers. What compounds these troubles is record enrollment. Too many students, too few classes. My frustration boiled several months ago when I was denied enrollment in every Criminal Justice class required for graduation. Unless I was willing to take a class which began at 7PM; which I'm wasn't. Luckily, a spot opened a week before the Spring semester. If I were in your position, I'd probably feel similarily towards students who can't create a simple schedule. My lineancy would be with people, such as myself, denied enrollment in subjects in which they're majoring. There is a required course in the Psychology department that is only offered in the morning. The departments position is, if you want this degree, you will find a way to quit your full time job for a semester and take it because no one wants to teach this at all, especially at night.

QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ Jan 25, 2005 -> 10:33 PM) I'm pretty much a bleeding heart on most issues, but not this. You commit a sex crime people have a right to know who you are and what you look like. Heck, that should go for any violent crime. Post it on the web, on a jumbo-tron, whatever. A survivor has to live with it for the rest of his/her life--and that's about a million times worse than having your picture posted on a website 95% of the general pop won't look at. If it keeps one person away from the perp it's worth it. What it does the best is prevent the person from keeping a decent job. A former neighbor of my parents was fired from a job he held for 8 years when someone saw his face on a web site. He went from a nice career and a house in Barrington, to not being able to keep a job, if he can get one, for more than 6 months. He also hasn't been able to continue the restitution payments the court ordered paid to his victim. I am not defending what he did, perhaps wrecking these people's lives permanently is a deterrent. What we are also doing is tossing in the towel and saying we are releasing someone who is still a threat to society. My question is, why not increase the sentences for these types of crimes? If they are still a problem, why are they on the street? If they are no longer a threat, why post their names? Hands up, who looked for the women on the lists and wondered WTF is their story?

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jan 25, 2005 -> 09:27 PM) Sure, kids of Republicians never make the news when the committ a crime :rolly or kids of actors, of business leaders, or anyone famous. If the kids are famous as well. it's a media feast. Why is this story getting any attention at all? Because of the parents. Do you want to read about Jane and John Doe's boy? There were literally hundreds of these types of stories. If Fox ran all of these their ratings would tumble.

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Jan 25, 2005 -> 09:45 PM) That's exactly what it is. I'm of the belief that Democrats are inherently good people, albeit misgiuded, who want the best for America. About the same I think when I'm voting for a GOP candidate. 100% of either party scares the hell out of me. I like conservative DEMs and Liberal GOPers.

I cannot believe Dog, the Bounty Hunter hasn't brought Osama in yet Money isn't going to matter. I doubt someone is waiting until the reward is "worth it" to turn him in.

QUOTE(EvilMonkey @ Jan 25, 2005 -> 09:13 PM) How do you know that they didn't? I thought you didn't listen to them? I have on occasion, but don't make a habit out of it, so I can't say that they did or didn't. Why are we hearing it now? Could it be the media you loath so much reported it and the GOP media empire ignored it because maybe 75 people didn't have a chance to vote?

QUOTE(EvilMonkey @ Jan 25, 2005 -> 09:10 PM) [paranoid]You are right, they are not being charged with trying to disrupt an election. But tell me, what do you think they were doing? Just working off some youthful energy that was merely misdirected? Bulls***. Since they obviously targeted Republicans, why can't that be a hate crime? Yeah, that is a stretch, but so was windodj trying to tie this into Iraq. These guys vandalized vans, being used by Republicans, to help people get to the polls. They knew that, and targeted those vans with the idea of disrupting the plans of the Republicans. They got caught. Tell me this: if the situation was Republicans (or the kids of Republicans) slashing the tires of vans used by ANY Democratic get-out-the-vote group, say in Ohio, would it have taken this long to get printed in a paper, or would the headline the next day read something like 'Neocons try to influence the vote'? Now I am not claiming a conspiracy here, just pointing out that Democrats f***ED UP HERE. Just accept that and move on.[/paranoid] So why didn't Rush, Hannity, Fox News, the WSJ, and the rest of the conservative press not report it??

QUOTE(PoohIss @ Jan 25, 2005 -> 08:59 PM) Only the Dems get that sort of media attention. They both get it. The kids of rich, powerful, celebrities, and the ilk are always tabloid and front page fodder. I hope the intent of the thread was just to embarrass the DEMs on the board, perhaps piss them off a bit and not to indict the entire Democratic Party and everyone who votes Democratic. Look at those kids! I'm voting Republican in the next election or my kids could wind up like that

OK, we've improved in these areas. Is it a better mix than offense? You cannot defense against a 450 foot shot. I've been drinking the koolaide, but starting to wonder if it really is this easy, why doesn't every team do it?

If Kenny can get more than a couple good to top prospects for Harris at this point I would be surprised. But then again, Kenny has been surprising me all winter.

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Jan 25, 2005 -> 08:25 PM) Yeah, but you're plenty quick to bring the hammer down when some Democrat gets accused of doing something like this. Give it a rest already. Nah, Republican kids are perfect, only the children of DEMs get in trouble.

QUOTE(EvilMonkey @ Jan 25, 2005 -> 04:56 PM) If it was November 3rd, there would have been no election for them to try and disrupt. In your post was what they are being charged with They are not being charged with disrupting the election.

QUOTE(winodj @ Jan 25, 2005 -> 08:16 AM) Blame tex. Thank you.

QUOTE(TheDybber @ Jan 25, 2005 -> 04:02 PM) I like the idea, not 3500, but an expansion. Part of the reason there is such a huge cost for 50 staffers is to represent 667,000 people. One person can't know all the needs. Especially here in Texas. If you can see a congressional map, check out Austin. It's been split three ways with two of the districts stretching to Mexico...that's at least a 4 hour drive. One person can't know the needs of mostly liberal Austin AND mostly Mexican Brownsville. this would also cut down the cost of running for the House. Less travel, fewer people running (which could also have it's downsides). I'm for it!!! If just to get Tom DeLay out of any possible office. Actually the Brownsville district runs up to Corpus. The McAllen District runs up to Victoria, the Austin one runs towards Laredo. It all sucks. All of the South Texas districts look like a fajita plate. These long thin strips each taking a small bite of Dems from the Rio Grande Valley, snaring a bunch of GOPers before getting to Austin and more DEMs. One of the not so little secrets of congress are the staffers that stay regardless of who wins the election. If you ever get a chance to visit the congressional offices in Washington and meet some of the people you will find they are more Washington than any state they represent.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jan 25, 2005 -> 08:28 AM) Sure the government isn't big enough, lets add more people to muck up the wheels of democracy even more... God no. I was just reading yesterday where they approved top staffer pay up to over $150,000 for staff aids. The VP of the US only makes $180,000. The last thing we need to do is create more of these positions that contribute nothing to the day to day life of people. If you want to bloat the government, at least make it for something that contributes to society. Build roads, hire teachers, shore up social security, hire more cops etc. Don't hire more people to stand around and argue philosophy on my dime. And don't forget we will need billions to spread democracy to countries that don't have it yet.

Good thing all the terrorists are in Iraq, we found all the WMD, and the Iraqi people will kiss our toes for generations

I'm glad they were caught and being punished. I was surprised it was a felony. I assume they will plead out at something less, pay restitution, and get probation. Let's see, if these were young republicans there would probably be more political pressure from the Republican controlled Legislative and Executive branch Seriously, if this wasn't a political deal, would we have the FBI investigating? If it was November 3rd, there would have been a police report taken down and then filed away no matter if the individuals were Dems or GOPers. If they took men off other cases to rush this, they would have been accused of having their priorities out of place.

I'll take a shot at it.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jan 24, 2005 -> 09:09 PM) Geesh, the least you guys could do is get my info right... Its Southsider2k5 And its 38.6 posts per day Damn, at least get your own name right. it's southsider2k5 the S is not capitalized this year.

QUOTE(winodj @ Jan 24, 2005 -> 08:05 PM) Or maybe they just have a life and don't need to post 20 times a day like Southsider, Tex, or lately, me. Ahem, excuse me, do I know you two

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Jan 24, 2005 -> 04:01 PM) steff why are you always the bringer of bad news :banghead I want to know what she googled to turn up that gem

QUOTE(aboz56 @ Jan 24, 2005 -> 07:37 PM) I found it interesting that you posted a lot of names and didn't include mine... In all seriousness, good post but lay off the ass kissing for a while, would ya? Lay off the ass kissing if you're going to skip me

QUOTE(Queen Prawn @ Jan 24, 2005 -> 12:00 PM) :finger (thanks for the laugh though) I am in mourning right now. The guy in the plant that I directly work with is leaving. He is the only one down there that can have something explained to him without having to go through a whole diatribe. I am glad he is getting an opportunity at "bigger and better," but our company is going to suffer severely from his loss. what did he do?