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Whomever built that site really took the time to make it believable.

JR sent a very nice letter to my son congratulating him. (thank you Steff) Of all the letters he received, JRs was one of the nicest. All of my contacts with the organization have been positive. My family would always offer Sox tickets whenever charities would hit us up for prizes for golf outings, raffles, etc. The team was always supportive and went out of their way to make it even better. Having said all that, I'd rather they be assholes and win 5 or 6 WS.

Kerry limits his greetings mostly to his constituents. Kerry did send a congratulations message to my son for earning Eagle Scout rank. BTW, if Kerry attended before the election, some would call it a shallow campaign move. These guys really cannot win with some people.

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http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041203/D86OD2TG1.html Small government GOP. 150 times the cost, 8 times the inspectors. I wonder if these numbers are correct. Maybe that should be 15 million.

Chocolate and a nice glass of port is also a killer combination.

It's the car's location in sunny south Texas

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