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Has George been funny since Nixon was in office? :headshake

From Media Week take it with a grain or two of salt. They obviously have a dog in this fight. Still it makes for interesting reading. It also points out how by banding together, individuals amplify their voices. Should someone's opinion be somehow different if they join together as part of a group? Do these groups bring in individuals that really aren't that strong in their beliefs?

Just remember with tarrifs there are winners and losers. We may have saved a few steel producer jobs, but the companies that use the steel are screwed. Those companies all of a sudden saw huge increases in the cost of their raw materials and began losing finished good orders to overseas companies. There are no easy solutions. There are consequences to our actions. Just slapping tarrifs on steal causes problems for other people.

As part of some sweeping marriage reform bill, Ashcroft eliminated the Tooth Fairy

You would think any red blooded American like Maggs would not trust any foreign Doctor. My God do they even have medical schools outside the US? Maybe it is because American Doctors would be compelled to hold a press conference, against Maggs wishes, and tell every detail of the surgery. We would know so much more if an American Doctor performed the surgery. I'll bet he went to Vienna because those Doctors are forbidden to discuss a patient's condition without the patient's consent. What better way to keep it secret that to go to a foreign Doctor. That also wouldn't raise as many eye brows as if he just went into an American Doctor.

I still believe in Santa, I voted for Bush

That would apply to every military death. Every cop, every firefighter, every teacher, bus driver, or delivery worker. Sunlight is the best disinfectant. We rid our society of problems and mistakes by making ourselves aware of them. Perhaps this morning, some inventor is puzzeling over why communications failed. He was have the next advancement in military communications technology.

Depends on what holes we open up.

The fire?

It's all part of the chain. A guy out of work thinks a guy making $6 shoudln't b****, he has a job. Someone working two minimum wage jobs thinks someone earning $30,000 is greedy for b****ing about not making $40,000. The guy making $100,000 thinks the guy making $250,000 is an idiot for complaining about his stock options. I posted this once before. I want players who are competitive in everything. I've been around enough athletes in a couple sports and they all can tell you what other guys in their position are making and what their stats are. It isn't about how much money they are making, it's about are they making more than the other guy. Most of these guys would be happier making $2,000,000 if they were #1 in salary at their position, than making $4,000,000 and being 26th for their position. They are competitors. Don't ask them to check that at the negotiation table. Maggs gambled that he could get more later and will lose. I really do not care one way or the other. A healthy Maggs makes this a better team. We can dig another pot hole to fill the ones at SS and lead off. But we'll have a guy hitting 30-40 points lower in right, with less proven talent. Y'all can keep wishing and thinking that going a couple steps back will move them forward. Maybe someday it will work, but not in my lifetime.

I would assume they could offer arbitration based on passing a physical. If he accepts, he would have to pass the physical. It seems that the player is holding a better hand than the owners in this case. As a side note, and this probably doesn't apply to contract employees, most states will protect workers from wholesale inquisitions into a person's health. Basically the employer needs to prove that whatever they are asking for is a requirement to do the job. For example, if they ask someone to lift a 50 pound box before being hired, they must show that the job routingly requires lifting 50 pound boxes. They could not use that test to avoid hiring petite women or men. What gets interesting in this case is the employee has already been declared by team Doctors to be unable to work. The season is over, there is no "work" for the worker to perform. His contract is ending. What bearing does his health have on fullfilling this contract? Since the club would be making an offer, is the player obligated to even hear the offer? Let's say that the club was considering an offer to Beltran. Does Beltran have to take a physical for any team that wants him to, or can he be selected in who he works out for? I assume he can work out, or not, based on who he wants to sign with.

Tell them you really miss them and want to spend every waking moment with them. Make up a boyfriend or a girlfriend Ask them to double date at New Year's Eve with WLUP & Hairbangers Ball I would never suggest this to a guy, but why not try the truth?

Let me see if I understand how he has been used by the media. They cover him entering the military. People thought it was heroic and wanted to read the story, it boosted circulations and they "used" him to sell newspapers, magazines, and increase viewers. Of course if they hadn't covered it, they would have been ignoring a positive military story and been criticized for that. He is killed in action and they cover the event and everything that went along with it. people were interested, consider him a hero. By publishing his story, it sold newspapers, and they "used" him again. Of course if they didn't cover his death, they would have been accused of ignoring an American hero and playing politics. Now the death has been ruled as being caused by friendly fire. People are still interested in his story, and again it sold newspapers, increased viewership, and he was being used. Of course if the ignored the story, they would have been accused of not telling the whole story.

my guess would be that the team examined him and declared him unable to play for the rest of the season. That happened to coincide with the end of his contract. I do not believe they have a right to examine someone in order to *offer* them a contract. They could make the offer contingent on passing a physical, which is a standard clause.

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God I hope that wanting to make more money, doesn't catch on with anyone else, then we're really in trouble. Soon average guys and gals will be leaving companies for bigger paychecks somewhere else. Then the American way of life is over. Start with a company and work there all your life and never complain that's the American way. Greedy assholes wanting to leave a job for another one that pays better :fyou anyone who does that.

That was one of my favorite rides, that and the Maryville Academy Midnight Run. Sad

As the contract was written, there wasn't another company in the world that could compete. Now if they split that bid package into specific areas, they could have found a group of companies to each compete in their specific areas. I am not surprised that the White House favored Halliburton for this work. If they thought Haliburton sucked, then they are really stupid for picking the CEO for V.P. Therefor, if they respect the work he did as evident by Halliburton, they should have felt comfortable awarding them the contract. Plus, they are a Texas company Haliburton and NASA; Bush, Chaney, and De Lay, getting it done for the Lone Star State And all this border security is awesome as well. Lots of spending on the Texas border.

It is a credit to our military that more servicemen and women are not killed in non combat accidents. The travel alone, the millions of miles of driving, setting up cities in the middle of no where, all the cooking, etc. Combat accidents are also few and far between, at least the ones we hear about. I give a lot of credit to their training and skill. Unfamilar terrain, poor communication conditions (not equipment) nerves, etc. all came into play here. I also wonder, if intelligence is so important, why he didn't have a chance to "surrender". As far as Tillman being a hero because he had a choice for a lucrative career or service and he chose service. I don't believe what he did was any more heroic than Juan Gonzalez from Mission, TX. who enlisted.

I am a little confused about this. What happens if grandma Bernstein gets busted in Cairo with 5 oz of explosives? Seems like someone could be in for a difficult time in any country that practices Napoleonic law, guilty until proven innocent.

How many players really get endorsement deals? I don't see the local stuff, but there are only a few guys getting national exposure. Far better to sut a rap record and jump into the stands gangsta stylin'

I missed that episode. This time of year it is hard to separate the millionaire businessman and celebrity jets flying down here for hunts from the millionaire drug runner's jets King Ranch has it's own airfield. At one time the ranch would have been the 48th largest state.

One advantage the NFL has is they are able to promote a team, baseball has been promoting players.

Doesn't Frank have an agent dealing with the team!?

It would be funny if it wasn't so alarming.