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Not using a TEXAS tree. He would have been in trouoble with a Oregon or Wisconsin tree. An Oklahoma tree would of had him thrown out of office.

Did you google that or is that from your giant depository of trivial knowledge?

Plastic Christmas Tree Shakes Texas Politics Mon Dec 8,10:11 AM ET Add Oddly Enough - Reuters to My Yahoo! DALLAS (Reuters) - The speaker of the Texas House of Representatives is under fire and having his Lone Star State pride questioned, all because he decorated the House floor with a giant made-in-China plastic Christmas tree. The state's tree growers are up in arms and crying 'Bah Humbug' over the 15-foot polyvinyl chloride tree that Speaker Tom Craddick, a Republican from the west Texas town of Midland, had installed on the House floor. They have supplied the State House with free trees and are ready to bring in a Texas-grown tree to replace the plastic model. "I think people can deduce for themselves about what it means to have a plastic Christmas tree from China in the Texas State House," said Lanny Dreesen, a spokesman for the Texas Christmas Tree Growers Association. Texas Christmas tree growers produce about 150,000 trees a year and Dreesen said the trees are crops that are grown for the sole purpose of being harvested for the holidays. There has been a real Texas tree on the House floor for over 20 years. The Christmas tree in question is a top-of-the-line plastic model that came with 3,500 lights and a retail price of $3,400. It looks like an Oregon fir and was donated to Nadine Craddick, the speaker's wife, by a store in Austin. "It is a beautiful tree. It is well decorated and it is really hard to tell the difference," said Bob Richter, spokesman for the House speaker. Maintenance crews at the House are happy about the plastic model because they do not have to clean up pine needles or fend off the occasional bug. "It is like a dirty little secret. A lot of people are using artificial trees now," Richter said.

Oops. In my parish they would of had a hard time rounding up all the videos

On the six day of Christmas my true love gave to me 6 WS WS games (4 won by the White Sox) I still like the 1 spel chek Hmmm World Series and White Sox both have WS initials. Could this be why we haven't won in a few years?

I know I wish I had unlimted ability to delete some of my posts.

Em is getting hosed a bit here IMHO. Even thought I believe it was monumentaly stupid and wrong to record those lyrics, all he has to say is he was considering this song and recorded it for review but he immediately decided against it and had no plans to release it. He could even continue and say that he disagrees with the president on X, Y, and Z I was already a fan but have some new respect for him that he never denied the lyrics were his. I believe some artists would have tried the "I didn't say that" first.

Using that logic losing to a team rated 100 in the US in week 9 isn't as bad as losing to a top 3 team the last week? How far you drop is based on a lot of things. If OU dropped this game in week one we wouldn't be having this discussion. Who you lose to is also important. I dislike comparing "quality of loss" as much as I dislike defending OU. I see a bunch of 1 loss teams. If I had a ballot for the top two teams this season I would select USC and OU over the course of the entire season. The two hottest teams right now are USC and LSU. But the game should be sleected based on the entire season not the last 1 or 2 weeks. Regardless, these are subjective rankings. Either subjective by the checkmarks made by writers and coaches or subjective based on programmers determination of how different factors should be handled. One thought on playoffs. If we have a 4 or 8 team playoff the contriversy will still rage just who should be #4,5 or who should be #8

Which brings up a very good thought and some defense to Eminem. While it may have been unwise to record these lyrics, shouldn't there be some leeway for his private thoughts? We all have said things in private that we wouldn't have wanted to be made public. Ask Dr. Laura about photos. I usually dismiss most conspiracy theories, but in the world of rap, I smell a rat. Purely a guess on my part but I would not be surprised if a rival record company had these for a while waiting for the award show nominations to come out and hurt Em's chances for Grammies, etc.

If winning your conference is so important why have ranking throughout the year? Those that complain that OU didn't win their conference, are you saying they should be ranked behind every conference winner? For example Miami won the MAC, are they a better team than OU? Would you also argue that it should be impossible for the two best teams in the nation to be from the same conference? No other sport requires you to win your last regular season game to be in the playoffs. The Bowls are the playoffs in NCAA football. OU is clearly one of the top two teams this season.

Forget it, he's on a roll

I can't believe I actually: 1. Opened a BeGood thread that starts "about my" 2. I read most if it and part of the song. 3. I'm bothering to reply. Damn I must be really really bored. Where ncorgbl when I need him?

There is plenty of variety in Texas. From the snow in the Chisos and Guadalupe Mountains to the warm breezes from the Gulf. Dallas always gets snow. Football in the snow is cool, so is playing golf on New Years Day, in shorts, without frost bite.

In balance, I will start a thread in August when we are "enjoying" our 100 consecutive day of 100 degree weather. Let me have my 4 or 5 months of great weather before I broil.

Does your opinion of any player change based on our PTC results? I saw a couple surprises: Jose Valentin at 13 Carl at 7 for half a season Robbie at 5 for half a season Jimenez almost tied with Konerko Magglio Ordonez---27 Carlos Lee--21 Frank Thomas--17 Jose Valentin--13 Joe Crede---8 D'Angelo Jimenez---6 Paul Konerko---7 Joe Borchard--2 Aaron Rowand--2 Roberto Alomar--5 Carl Everett---7 Sandy Alomar---1 Armando Rios--1 Miguel Olivo---1 Brian Daubach--1 Willie Harris---0 Tony Graffanino---1 Aaron Miles--1

I have to agree with CW on this point. As all Sox fans (Red or White) know, there is only 1 Pudge. But there are two Elvises (Elvi?)

I heard a modification to the BCS system that I liked. If the #1 and #2 teams are the same in both (all) human polls, those are the teams that play in the title game. Don't let the computers override the humans.

I got a snow cone Old timers remember way back when it snowed. All the grass was white for about 5 hours.

Doesn't the arbitrator have to decide between the club offer and the player's? I didn't think the arbitrator could pull and number of his own.

This isn't the playoffs. OU has 1 loss and I don't see any undefeated teams. OU has been very impressive all season long. As a U of Texas Longhorn fan this is killing me to say but, I still think they are the best team in the country. I can't see jumping any two of the 3 teams mentioned past them. OU spent most of the season blowing out some good teams by 4 and 5 touchdowns. .

I keep quoting from your posts and CNN. You keep saying Drudge; and it's been on CNN with verification from his spokesperson and I listened to it. I don't think Eminem wants the president dead either. I also think it is in very bad taste. CW, You never did respond. Is it ok to rap you want the president dead? Simple question, I'm not asking if your hero rapped it or not. Is it ok for any singer to sing they want the president dead?

I'll jump on that bandwagon.

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you can do better than saying I said words that I did not say nor riding the bandwagon of a slow news day I gave the link to your post. What more can I do? Em's spokesperson confirmed it was his work. I find it offensive that he wants the president of the US dead. You must think that it is OK. no one said anything that you said people said - twist and turn and distort and allude but no one said what you said they said - there still is no proof that lyric you distort even exists ap[art from a Drudge report and that is to say the least shaky THe last link was to a CNN article with a QUOTE FROM EM'S SPOKESPERSON. How much mroe proof do you want? Do you even read any of this or do you just jump to EM's defense like some pie eyed love sick teenage idol worshiper? number 1 apologist? At least I am honest about what is said and don't play with facts to create my own urban legends Let's see quotes from Em's spokesperson saying it was a work in progress, perhaps in the final cut he'll just wish Bush gets the sniffles? CNN reporting the Secret Service confirms the existance and confirming Em recorded it. Are you saying the Secret Service would lie about this? When will you believe your hero rapped this? gees this is a crock of s*** You are correct. I have lost a lot of respect for those with no concerns about accuracy rather than hate Accuracy? I posted links to everything. I read a f***ing quote from the guys spokesperson. You have your head up Em's ass for reasons I can't fathom. The next thing you're going to post is nah nah nah nah I can't hear you nah nah nah nah and now from the Mr. I don't care what was really said, I'll pretend as I want it to be: Is someone posting under your name? I can't believe you are denying something that you posted. I guess you didn't read the post that Eminem's spokesperson confirmed it. CW, you're a lot smarter than this. Your buddy f***ed up and some people who find threats to the president offensive will not like it no matter how many records he's sold. I like his stuff. I think up until this point, and probably past this, he will be regarded as one of the biggest influences in rap. I just think he stepped too far over the line with this one. I'd be saying the same thing if it was Korn, Vince Gill, Eminem, or the Abba Kids. You're too blinded by some loyalty to Eminem to see that. By-the-way I guess you haven't heard the song. It was at www.hiphophavoc.com

CW, the last link was to the report on CNN with quotes from Em's people. If you still don't want to believe he said that stuff that's fine. Didn't say it? I posted the link to your exact post. If you are unhappy with my edit, I'll accept that. That is why I provided the link to your post. I have questions for you. Would it be ok for Em to rap he wants the president dead? Would it be ok for him to rap he wants a famous NFL player dead? Is there a difference between Em rapping it and someone writing a letter? Does how many copies of something someone sells make it ok?