Everything posted by Texsox
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Economy Working Great
I feel the trickle! Link Here Well if making the wealthy wealthier helps us all, we're in for a windfall soon.
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Media trust at all time lows
I didn't know news could be divided up as conservative and liberal. It wasn't until the GOP made a campaign of punishing anyone who dares to criticize them that anyone even thought in these terms. I cannot wait for the Government Broadcasting System like TAAS in the old Soviet Union. It would have been nice to have. Nixon and Clinton would be hailed as heroes without the damn press.
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This is pretty cool - the computer of 2004
Liberal media trying to make President Kennedy look good and feel good while sitting on that island with Elvis and the aliens.
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Stripper Pole
Next time you visit Mexico I have a stack of pesos for ya . . .
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Stripper Pole
Have you watched any reality TV? It aint just females. Hell guys do stupid stuff on a dare. Hell, double dog dare a guy and he'll do anything especially if a couple buddies are around.
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No Surprise: CBS Chief Presidential Pick
Link Here Which GOPer will be the first to claim this is CBS trying to curry favor with the administration?
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Off the topic
Then Reagan wouldn't of had to single handedly destroy the Soviet Union, Bush would have done for him. Of course we might not have been around either . . .
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Media trust at all time lows
Is it because they do not want viewers and profits?
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Presidents and Re-Election
Thank you, In many poorer schools a greater percentage of their operating budget goes into security instead of teachers, resulting in larger class sizes. Instead of racism how about preserving the class system of the have and have nots? All the more reasons why our military is darker than our general population.
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Media trust at all time lows
See there's the problem, conservatives want the press to push stuff.
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Off the topic
I thought you said the terrorists.
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Presidents and Re-Election
Unfortunately based in part on how we fund education in this country the poor do not arrive at college's doors with the same set of tools as others. Funding schools through property taxes has been a great way to continue the class system in this country. Middle class and rich schools can pay for better qualified, more experienced teachers, up do date text books, computers, decent classroom conditions, etc. Highland Park Texas, Kap's neck of the woods, requires a PhD to teach science in their high school. Los Fresnos High School in south Texas finally was able to hire a science teacher under a federal program that will forgive part of a teacher's student loans if they teach in disadvantaged schools. Which student is more likely to be successful in a college Bio-tech program? It isn't always about desire, or hard work. Racism is still alive and well in this country. Companies still discriminate. Small business is the fastest growing segment of the population and largly uneffected by anti-discrimination laws. Is anyone aguing that being born middle class, straight, thin, and white is a disadvantage in this country? The only question is how big of an advantage is it? Anyone have an alternate theory why more minorities die fighting wars in the this country then they are represented in the general population?
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Off the topic
Oklahoma City isn't exactly a high profile target. I wouldn't be to surprised if terrorists did try and strike in the heart land. Sadaam and his government was evil, but more importantly, we knew we could kick their ass. I am also beginning to wonder if kicking the s*** out of some country wasn't a great way for our country to gain back some self respect and help our collective conciousness. Nice to know if anyone else decides to start something we can destroy them in a few months.
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Bears YNOT
1) Who will win? (MIN/CHI) (3 points) MIN 2) Which team will turn the ball over more? (CHI/MIN) (2 points) CHI 3) How many TD's will Randy Moss catch? (3 points) 0 4) Which team will have more rushing yards? (CHI/MIN) (2 points) MIN 5) Who will lead the Bears in receptions? (3 points) Wade 6) How many FG's for Edinger? (2 points) 1 7) Who will have more tackles, Briggs or Urlacher? (3 points) Urlacher 8) Will Ogun record a sack? (Y/N) (2 points) No 9) Will Daunte Culpepper lose a fumble? (Y/N) (2 points) No 10) How many sacks for the Vikings? (3 points) 3 Tiebreaker: How many passing yards for Grossman. 198
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US might tap strategic oil reservers
If people vote for President George W. Bush because gas prices are down a dime, so be it. The President and elected leaders should do what is right and the public should be able to separate the normal running of the government versus electioneering. But we all have short memories. Same thing with those people predicting Binny being paraded forward as a last minute election stunt. I cannot imagine the President having the capacity to capture Binny and not using it. If they could have gotten him two years ago, they would have. If they could have gotten him two months ago, they would have. If they wanted to get him two minutes ago, they would have. Problem is, they cannot get him.
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Happy Birthday BlackJack
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- Presidents and Re-Election
Talk of a draft is always poor vs. middle class, white vs. minority. For every Pat Tilman there are thousands of disenfranchised poor with limited options. To believe that every soldier is driven by a patriotic call to duty is totally misguided. Whenever the economy is bad, recruits are up. The reason that it is a scare tactic is it scares the white politicians who like the all volunteer military, especially when there is a continous line of poor minorities willing to serve. Read the names of the deceased, look at their pictures, then compare it to a group shot of the Senate. Hmmm, that Senate shot sure looks pasty white. Why is it always a minority member of the House or Senate that tosses out a press release regarding a draft? Would Congress be so quick to war if Congress knew there was an honest chance we would be sending their own kids? In one national study I read in the McAllen Monitor, white guidance counselors were almost 75% more likely to recommend a minority to the military than a white student with similar grades.- Media trust at all time lows
The GOP's campaign is working. Rejoice and be Glad! When it hits 2% only the fringe wackos will believe, then the Republican government can do whatever they want and we'll all go skipping down the yellow brick road whistling a happy tune. Get your GOP news right here! Buy your GOP news right here! Direct from President Rush to you, get your GOP news! The only news for America! Here's what the GOP wants you to believe! 100% Right Wing Biased, just like you like it! No truth, no independence, all right wing approved! It's sad that so many people want to give up their rights. Give up independent judges, give up the media, give up your right to free speech. Just bury your heads in the sand. Remember when the media was in bed with the Bush campaign alledging that Kerry had an affair with the intern. Where were all the conservative remarks then? Oh I forgot, that was an honest mistake by Matt Drudge and Fox.- Man's Last Plea
It isn't that expensive.- Presidents and Re-Election
Attack the technique, not the thought. A draft would make the military too white and that does scare the lilly white Republicans who cannot imagine their kids in the Army. And now they cannot hide their kids in the National Guard. Unlike the scare tactics used to get us in Iraq. Or the scare tactics that the right uses to increase the military budget, or the scare tactic the right uses to force through tax cuts, or the scare tactics Cheney used two weeks ago about a terrorist attack if Kerry was elected, or the scare tactics Bush uses about gay marriage, or the . . .- Kids get drawn in by poker
loose or tight really depends on the game, the current money situation, and your opponenets. Some games favor a more aggressive stance, as do some situations. It's all about money management and probabilities and knowing when you have an edge.- Man's Last Plea
While the technology for implanting has been perfected, so to has the technology for a hand held detection scanner. The kidnappers do a quick scan, pop out the knife, a little local surgery, and they are done.- Stripper Pole
IN fine college tradition I like how they quickly turned it into a ping pong table. I would have carefully reconfigured it as a tribute t the brave firefighters the world over. Hell, who can argue with a post 9/11 tribute to fire fighters- G-mail question
I think everyone should have at least three email addys. Keep your regular POP server type with a full service email program. Use another web based service for mailing lists, traveling, etc. and find another to toss junk mail towards like those annoying site requests, etc. - Happy Birthday IlliniBob