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remember the saying he who laughs last probably didn't get the joke? me 24 hours later

I understand it was the teacher's actions when asked about the bulletin board that caused the situation, not necessarily just the picture. One parens described the treatment as rude and unprofessional. The lady went off on a rant and was asked to leave to calm down. There were also conflicting reports as to the size of the picture. There were all these standard same shots then a much larger Bush photo because that was all she could find. There are some very silly rules regarding sitting President's pictures in different location around election time. I believe it grows out of a sense of not giving too much power to encumbants. Still in every classroom, Bush's picture, and that of the entire cabinet, and the Senators and Congressman from that district should be displayed. How else will kids learn? It certainly doesn't warrent as much attention as the pen that Kerry used during the debate. I can understand outrage over a pen. Added: 8:15 am I just heard on my local radio station, allegedly from a parent who wintnessed the exchange, that the teacher was asked why that picture of Bush was up. Instead of stating it was a display of presidents, she went off on an anti-Kerry rant. The decription given was this is a pre-packaged display that was out of date and the teacher (rightfully in my view) added Bush. The picture did not match in size, style, etc. This gets into the thought police area that I despise. Who cares why she out it up? Whether it was a civics lesson, or not so subtle campaigning, or because she hates Kerry, a picture of Bush should be in every public school classroom.

I've been thinking about pacing and what keeps people coming back regularly to an internet site. Fresh content seems like something that would be very important. I've always thought about the person who visits once per day. When they come back I figure there should be a mixture of some hot topics, some day old news, and some new stuff. But always have some new stuff. It seems like some people are quicker to add threads than others. One way we all can keep this site vital and interesting in to bring some of your personality to the overall tone. You can help by starting threads related to what you are interested in. Don't worry if it doesn't get 25 replies, sometimes there are threads that only receive one or two replies but dozens of views. Those are still popular. I would like SL&P to be a "must read" everyday for all our members, but it needs a lot of soxtalk members to make that happen. With the Sox baseball season over, Pale Hose slows down. Bears are once a week, the Bulls are, well the Bulls, and of course, the Blackhosers will be idle for a while. So SL&P becomes a great place to play. Thoughts??

Now we see the real Shamme, when the chips are down, the pressure is on, he is only hopping about once a week. Corky is a loser [/ducking rum bottle]

Is that a prerequisite for a date with QueenPrawn? It's not the size of the chicken, it's how well he does the chicken dance

I would to. Amazing at his age.

There's a long thread in the Sports Bar regarding the Cub Announcers.

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Timeless. I think that fully captures being a Cub fan.

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Seems like Kerry is trying also

An opportunity to clean up the UN. IMHO the international oil business is the dirtiest from an ethics point of view as any. Everyone has their price and I think it gets reached quickly in the oil business. I cannot wait until solar, wind, wave, and other forms of power production really cut into the oil consumption.

It really depends on how you view baseball or sports in general. If you take it as they are all independent businesses (coke vs. pepsi) then the Yankees are a prime example of capitalism and a free market at it's best. I view it as a travelling road show. That MLB is the independent company and the teams as divisions. The Yankees do not exist without the other MLB teams. They could not dominate the industry and drive out competitors. For that reason baseball is healthiest when all their companies are competeting on a fair and level playing field. For that reason I would like to see a hard cap with a min and a max.

I was over. I expected 92 at the start of the season, more if needed.

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Isn't that the advice Ozzie would have given them? Hey go out and get drunk. Maybe they are really Sox fans

Was that to Cimarron NM? My Troop is heading there in August of 05. IT took us 4 years to finally win a spot.

Wow, that is a suprise. Especially considering we were out of it for weeks and weeks. I hope that is part of the off season evaluations. I wonder if it was a philosophy, NL thinking by Oz, no confidence in the long relief and middle relief guys.

How about Elia? Man that would be fun Seriously, I echo ss2k5's ccomment. A veteran ex-manager type would be a big plus. I might even agree that the person gets shoved down Oz's throat so to speak. KInd of like the Dikta - Buddy deal.

I want to see won-loss records and compare it to what their teams are doing. You gotta be winning games. If you aren't, there better be some really good reasons.

I was watching a show last night on Presidential Debates. Very interesting how they have evolved. One of the clips was interesting. It showed George W. Bush talking about humility in foreign policy and in his administration they would not be in the business of regime making. Wow, 9/11 sure changed that.

I cannot believe either candidate would have made such blatent attempts to break the rules.

I hadn't thought of that angle.

I think a better solution is to legalize, tax, and regulate. The whole gateway drug thing comes from the availability. Instead of going to your local liquor store for pot, you go to your local dealer. The liquor store owner has nothing but legal products and no access to harder drugs. Take away access to harder drugs and the gateway effect disappears.