Texsox

For those of you playing, Kong has it open. For those of you not, why the hell not? Also, visit the PTC and play that also. I know some of you are just here for SL&P but this is a White Sox fan site and it is baseball season.

My understanding is the birth rates are determined by where the mother delivers. So to keep this easy at first. An Illinois mom is visiting Indiana and gives birth, it is in the Indiana stats because that is where the birth certificate will be issued. Same thing internationaly. Stella is in Chicago visiting from Poland and gives birth. A birth certificate is issued in Chicago, the birth is counted in Chicago's numbers, baby has (probably) dual citizenship. Some countries will not recognize dual citizenships. As far as looking for ways to immigrate and obtain US citizenship, it isn't quite that simple. Believe it or not, not many are that interested in moving to the US, let alone getting citizenship. Many are looking to earn money, send it home, and eventually move back home. Around here there are a lot of first, second, and third generation families. They grew up spending 5 or 6 months on the road, 7 days a week, in the fields from sun up to sun down for a couple dollars an hour. They would pay high prices for squalled living conditions close to the fields. Entire families would be out there picking. I won't even start discussing the scams and racism they faced. But even with all that, it was better than their opportunity in Mexico. For those that want US citizenship, marriage is a popular route. Google mail order brides and order up every shade of human from around the globe. Russians were popular for a while. Here on the border, I am far funnier and better looking as soon as I cross the river. At one place I was consulting, a very attractive 20 something kept hitting on me until she found out I was married. And in reply to another post. I've begun to lie about my age. I'm telling everyone I'm 55. I look damn good for 55. For 43 I look like hell

Hold the bun, I'm on a low carb diet

Thank you PA.

Any band that wants promotion is a sell out and unworthy of an Indie web site

CNN Link You will have to click the link to see what the prize is

Oh the glee you must have felt when you found that to post

I think further listening will mine more gold. I am trying to ID some of the voices. Like who was narrating Sgt. Peppers?

There was also stories circulating a year ago that the CIA and other agencies were sub contracting interrogations to countries whose laws allowed for more aggresive forms of interoggation (re: torture).

APU, Just one ray of light on the Texas stats. As everyone recalls from Junior High Civics by virtue of being born on US soil, a person becomes a US citizen. Not so surprisingly, many young mothers begin labor while visiting the US along the border. Poor, many times unwed mothers, can receive services and have their babies be US citizens if they are here. There are two areas of immigration. Both countries allow visists in a relatively barrow band along the border (about 20 miles). You can pretty much come and go for shopping, visiting friends, etc. You are not allowed to work or stay longer than X weeks or months. I'm not certain how long we allow Mexicans to stay, I do know it is much shorter than we allow Canadians (gee, why is that?). So birth stats are not so cut and dried when evaluating sex education and other programs in Texas. I would imagine New Mexico, Arizona, and California have similar issues.

Sorry, I was too busy listening to post last night.

As I was looking at this picture in the story involving Bush seeing all the photos I realized how diverse the top brain trust is. Isn't this a cross section of America?

If you count club house, leadership, and making those around you better, which may be old school values, Ted is head and shoulders above Bonds.

Who were the other two minor leaguers we picked up? I remember feeling so pumped when we got Koch. I thought that was the final piece of the WS puzzle. :banghead

misty water colored memories of Koch.

IIRC one of his saves was a 1-2-3.

Here's a small problem I see if Rumsfeld resigns. Just to be clear, I like the guy, he seemed trustworthy, and I think he has done a better than average job. I would hope that if he resigns, the public and military doesn't think that solved the problem. We need to update policies and training in dealing with detainees. The face of war has changed and we are getting in some strange situations. We were there to help liberate these people. We cannot take soldiers trained to be mechanics and make them responsible for prisoners without real and constant supervision. While we understand that most 99.9% of US soldiers are of moral character, these six just confirmed to the world the image we have in some corners of the globe. That hurts us. A couple dozen Iraqis drag corpses through the street and we cry for blood. A few hundred Hamas members wave AK47 and threaten death to all Jews and some want blood. It is easy for me to see why some Iraqis feel threatened and distrustfull of US soldiers.

Looking at baseball does anyone ever say "We have the best team $65,000,000 can buy? Does it make you feel any better that finishing third with a lower payroll than someone else finishing third? Why does any fan care if a team can afford to fill a hole or not. Do you somehow feel better knowing your team cannot afford someone?

Bonds isn't a crybaby on the field Bonds has never been caught with a banned substance Ted Williams is the greatest left fielder, and outdoor enthusiast ever. Didn't Carlos May play left?

Looking at steals Lee is 3 for 5 and Uribe is 4 for 6. Ozzie probably needs to look at these two. Are botched H&R reflected as caught stealing? Are fielders indifference counted as steals? Brando brings up some good points. Maybe we have swung the pendulum too far. I said last year that JM was managing for big, slow, power hitters. The team was built for big inning power. Maybe we haven't changed enough elements yet to play small ball effectively. A-Row is 2 for 2 in stolen bases so I guess both times he got on base he was successful in stealing second

s***, she came out ok. I wonder what the Help Wanted Ad looks like for that job

Oh, this summer Spurs Repeat! Hollywood, always looking to make a buck quickly releases: The Passion of the Christ II - He's Back and He's Pissed!

Gee Jas, Mike, and Vince And they say women talk too much

Damn, that's how you pay for all this

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