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ND must lead the nation in out clauses. Didn't Lou have an out clause to take the ND job? It seems like I only here out clauses and ND

I felt Florida was a better fit for him. I wouldn't take the ND job at this junction in the road. If Ty was as bad as the University says he was, i.e. recruiting, the cupboard is bare, and if 3 years is the turnaround time, OUCH.

Depending on position, some transportation expenses are deductible. When I was a full time salesperson, all my business miles and expenses were deductible. It would make sense to not use post tax income for those expenses. Because, in the end, it would be deducted. It would seem that this would streamline the end of the year reporting and simplify returns. Now if his position would not qualify for taking a deduction for travel, it would seem to be wrong. This seems to be a natural expansion of the health care funds.

RIP Bush attending anything turns it into a media event. I am not so certain I would want the President, as in any President, at my son or daughter's funeral. I do not believe this is out of any cowardness or callousness that he has not attended any of the funerals.

I believe Bravo is being viewed as a Gay network. Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and Manhunt jump to mind. And wasn't the reality show where some of the guys were straight and some were guy on Bravo? It certainly ain't SpikeTV or Lifetime

If insider trading was not against the rules, then it was, they wouldn't ban you retroactively. Spitballs were legal, then not. They didn't put * on the records of the spitball pitchers. If you were convicted of assault would they ban you for life? Finally, should the penalty be worse for steroids or heroin? Steroids or pot? Steroids or corking a bat? I would adopt a banned for life for using steroid rule for the player's protection.

I knew him when he was just a kid . . . My fear is I will be the 98 year old Sox fan they interview when the White Sox finally win a WS.

I could understand advertisers shying away from shows, but not as much other advertisements. I could see some businesses not buying Will & Grace, but not buying Seinfeld because a Church ad is also running, may be a stretch. In fact, I could see some advertisers, if a controversy really got going, asking the traffic director for placement next to the controversial ad for maximum exposure. I do not believe there is much "guilt by association" with other ads as there is with programming. They place beer ads next to car commercials. You would think the car companies would care about stuff like that.

You know you are old when walking through a museum you exclaim, I remember having one of those when I was a kid . . .

I'd rather watch Extreme Baseball, where every performance enhancing drug is allowed, then a mini-league of 160 pound accounting types (hi Kap! ) 600 foot homeruns! The drug companies could sponsor the teams. Kind of like WWF meets the MLB

It would be impossible to enforce a rule that simply states "performance enhancing drugs are against the rules". Coffee could enhance performance. There has to be a list of banned drugs, or banned categories of drugs. I am not saying what they did was right, clearly it wasn't within anyone's definition of fair play and sportsmanship. I am just pointing out that IMHO baseball really didn't care if Shammee and McGuire were juiced up as long as they increased television viewer ship, put asses in the stands, and hit home runs. For the real power brokers in baseball, the players are commodities, tools, overpriced talent they have to put up with. But they know long after the player is retired with a bad back and acne scars, they will still be there with new players.

Which leads to the most obsurd part in all this. Why isn't anything that is illegal in "real life" also against the rules in baseball? One simple line at the end of the rulebook. Use small words so everyone can understand.

You know what pisses me off? If Frank Thomas cared a little more about the team and the fans and less about himself, he could have juiced up and won the HR title. He would have 500+ already. I am absolutely convinced that Frank never did steroids. If it was ever proven he did, I'd be more dejected that a 10 year old that just found out there is no Santa.

Run of the mill, available anywhere -- Snickers Special, only available in certain places -- Portable S'mores on the south rim of the Chisos Mountains. Mix some crushed graham crackers with some rich chocolate pudding and some marshmallow "fluff". Eat with a spoon out of a thermal mug. When finished make coffee in the mug and enjoy a mocha.

You did realize they were retarded? Did the local references, that were wrong, also hurt the book? The worse book I read lately was my checkbook after a little Christmas shopping.

L. Ron Hubbard I remember the ads for the book. :fthecubs

The amount of time it takes to investigate and analyze the evidence does take a long time. I agree, if we are going to have the death penalty, the system could be sped up. However, IMHO the death . . . Does not act as a deterrent. Check murder rates in states with and without and there is little difference. Look at Texas where we have an assembly line and wear the death chamber out, not much difference in the murder rate. Violent criminals know their lives could be taken by rival gang members, other drug dealers, etc. In a sense, they already live on death row. Crimes of passion occur so quickly the murderer doesn't think about possible punishment, either do the psychopaths. Scott could have taken Laci on a trip to a state without the death penalty and killed her there if he was worried. He didn't. Most don't think they will be caught. The death penalty is too slow and expensive. Life in Prison without parole ends the cycle faster and if extraordinary circumstances warrant, a new trail can happen. Killing someone must be done after all possibilities are exhausted. The slow trial also means the victims families relive the moment for years and years. The expense is huge, much more than life in prison. Most people who are on death row are poor and required public assistance attorneys. Tax payers wind up paying both sides of the bill. If we are going to kill someone, shouldn't they have access to all the tools that could prove they did not commit the crime? I will not go into my religious beliefs and why I believe God doesn't not want us killing.

I didn't follow the trial close enough to make a judgment. My presumption as soon as the news reports talked about a missing pregnant, wife was just move to the husbands trial. It's always the husband. Of course our legal system doesn't function that way. He should be spending the rest of his life in prison learning cooking skills like tossing salads. The point the anchor makes is interesting. Killing him would double the amount of parents visiting their kids graves. It may offer some revenge for Laci's family, but it would be shallow and not bring her back.

All bugmenot has done is created a user name and password sharing program. The equivelent is me telling you my log in at LA Times is Wickermonkey and my password is whitesox Someone has to create an account and share it with everyone. If you have to give a credit card to subscribe, most people will not share it. There are boards to go that post user name and passwords for various sites. Bugmenot was the first to automate the process.

Someone is gay on Will and Grace??

bugmenot will almost always work on free websites, but not pay per view. I use it for several newspaper sites like the Cubune which I gave up trying to register. I first eard of it on a Tech TV show. I find it ironic I use it there to log into their site. Hmm, I wonder if it works here?

Not what about the criminal, what about the convicted that were later proved to be innocent? The one principle that has allowed out system of justice to be the best the world has ever seen, is our willingness to allow 9 guilty men to go free to prevent an innocent man to be convicted. We place a hgh burden of proof on the state and federal government to convict and we all can sleep easier tonight knowing that is true. Saddam had a much swifter justice system, want to trade?? Until the time that we can bring someone back to life, we must be 10 times 100% certain of the person's guilt. Just one comment for those that think the death penalty is a deterrent. How many gang murders have occurred in Chicago this year? Each gang member knows they could be killed at almost any moment. Do you think they worry for a moment that the state might execute them?

And coke doesn't tell you how they are better than Pepsi or Miller vs. Budweiser. Apply the same advertising standards as you would a resort, or restaurant.