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QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 24, 2017 -> 06:53 AM) So you agree it should be largely (centralized) government-run, tax revenue funded and subsidized? That's where the philosophical problems always begin, which is why I'm to the point where I would prefer to see all the states experiment with their own plans of attack and figure out within 3-4 years what is working so that the best elements can be incorporated into a national plan. And you agree with under 26 provision, no denying for pre-existing conditions, essential health benefits, ceilingson how much you can charge elderly or those with Pre-existing, community rating, mandated fines for non-participation? That last one really drives the GOP nuts, but the House plan directly gives those monies to insurance companies by heavily penalizing those who quit coverage and want to return when sick again. You can't place human rights under corporate profits.

QUOTE (yesterday333 @ Jun 24, 2017 -> 02:06 PM) They are also pulling the brewers out of Helena... which sux for me to see voyagers games. But i wouldnt be surprised to see somebody else put a team here. I think it will be a Rookie League. The AA San Antonio Missions are heading to a new $45,000,000 facility in west Texas, I believe Amarillo. San Antonio picks up the AAA affiliate and plans for a new stadium. 60 years ago the Sky Sox were a Sox affiliate.

QUOTE (shipps @ Jun 23, 2017 -> 04:23 PM) I will never forget the exhilarating moment of trying to create that thread before he noticed he left his account up on the computer. I knew I had a small window of opportunity and he could walk in the office at any moment. This past season a friend of mine and coach at another school went to get something to eat and left his laptop on and logged into his email. While someone was the lookout I fired off an email to a mutual friend asking to be back in the band (he's a drummer) talking about how the guy was his idol and role model, promised to practice more, take private lessons, even willing to play for free. I deleted it from the sent just as he was rounding the corner. It took them a couple more emails to figure out it was me.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 23, 2017 -> 11:46 PM) I'm just responding to a post. Why don't u guys go after the initial post person and their view of life? I'm not being critical here so please don't take it that way. But since you asked . . . Because you always seem to take a position that places you in opposition to most of the board. Then it becomes a reflex to see a post from Greg775 and assume it must be wrong, and comment. When was the last time you were with the majority in any thread? I can't be the only one that on the rare occasion I agree with you I have to stop and decide if maybe we are both wrong. You are actually a unifier. The only time I see the hardcore Dems and Reps here on the same side of a discussion is to tell you that you are wrong about something. I'm just glad you are so willing to play that role. It keeps things lively back here.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 24, 2017 -> 12:44 AM) Try to rebut this quote: "It's too dangerous to trust our future to market forces, because these forces invariably do what's good for the market rather than what's best for America, humankind or the world. The hand of the market is blind as well as invisible, and left to its own devices (and with further deregulation looming), capitalism might fail to do anything at all about health care (happening now), the threat of global warming (happening now) or the dangerous potential of increasing artificial intelligence and reliance on complex quantum-computer generated algorithms to substitute for humanistic decisions (soon to occur)" Yuval Noah Harari Parenthetical statements are my contribution... What's to rebut? That clearly supports my position.

Except they are a Brewers affiliate .

http://www.krdo.com/sports/sky-sox-leaving...-2019/555185092

QUOTE (ptatc @ Jun 23, 2017 -> 09:16 PM) These are not the same thing. Human rights are very different from insurance companies. Limiting how much profit a company makes is not in the same category as limiting human rights. When a business models needs to limit human rights there is a conflict that needs to be addressed. We already have laws that limit allowable interest on loans. Just one example.

:lol: That was fun.

We practice every weekday day from August to May. 120 to 150 minutes. My thirty or so players range from one just shot a 68 in the city championship this week to girls trying to break 120. Some are mental basket-cases, including the guy who may be the key to us advancing to state this coming year. What I try to teach is embracing the process of improving. I talk about how there will be plateaus. My #3 started playing the summer before his freshman year and was breaking 100 by the end of the year. Then he was breaking 90 his sophomore year. That's about a 40 shot drop in two years. He only broke 80 once in a tournament this past year. It was a long frustrating at times year for him. Now that I am coaching my low single digit handicap will probably never happen again. It is really tough for me when I'm struggling to break 90. The worst is the lack of practice has me guessing at distances I hit clubs. Any shaping isn't going to happen. Recover shots are swings and hope. Forget about really reading greens.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 20, 2017 -> 02:59 PM) Daniel Day-Lewis retiring from acting http://variety.com/2017/film/news/daniel-d...ner-1202472766/ There Will Be Blood is my daughter's favorite film of all time. I may just have to watch it tonight.

The current poster who has been posting here the longest is ChiSoxFn 9/1/2002 . Number two is . . . Greg775 9/2/2002 The member with the most posts who we have not heard from in over a year - - YASNY 26,007 posts but none since Nov 16, 2013. Steff has not posted in eight years after over 25,000 posts. We've had 913 members register a name with the word Sox somewhere in the name. The profile with the most views is iWin4Ron with 1,465 views.

Something I wasn't expecting since I cut the cable, we are watching obscure shows that we would never had otherwise. I don't watch much, but my wife watches a couple hours a day. She binged watched Foley's War the past couple weeks. I enjoyed the episodes I watched. I'm not even certain of the name but it's a British show Fisher Murders or something like that. We also watched a crime detective show from Canada that was set in the early 1900s where the main character was always using "new" scientific advances, or they would have "before they were famous" historical figures play minor roles.

One problem I've felt we have as a nation is politics has become sport. Love your team and all they do, and hate the "enemy" and hate all they do. Rodman as a Piston? Evil! Rodman as a Bull? Yes! I also believe that we all have a common vision of what makes America great. We want people to be safe, happy, healthy, with opportunities. We want our kids educated. We tend to argue which path is the correct path to that goal. The most obvious is large scale solutions that Dems tend to support and the small scale solutions that Reps tend to support. (Government versus Private scale). Like the health debate, it stops becoming what is best for Americans, it becomes our team needs to win. With the President we want the guy to fail if we didn't vote for him. Which leads to my question. How can we become more bipartisan as a country? How can we deescalate the us versus them and start demanding that both parties address our concerns? How can Democrats support Trump without sacrificing their ideals and values? I believe the first step is the world should follow the "buster guidelines, no personal attacks. We should be debating ideas not personalities. A second step is for supporters of both parties to stop accepting and forgiving bad behavior from their party. SS2k5 criticizing a Dem doesn't mean much, he probably wasn't going to vote for the Dem anyway, me criticizing would carry a bit more weight, the representative could lose a vote. Now multiply that by thousands and we may have something.

Obviously I am not a Trump supporter, but I really wish he would figure out this Presidency thing. Reagan, probably suffering from Alzheimer's, was able to present a solid public profile to the nation and the world. Why can't Trump be corralled even a little bit?

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 20, 2017 -> 09:51 PM) I hate both. How can anybody eat guac or avocado? Sometimes I think you wait to see what the majority says and then pick the opposite.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 16, 2017 -> 07:21 PM) For every Tex example where medical conditions are self-induced, such as diet, lack of exercise, smoking.....there will be at least 2 or 3 that aren't preventable at all. Is it better to have panels of 3 or 5 doctors (majority vote) assess blame for conditions, and those deemed responsible would face the lifetime caps, while hereditary conditions would not? Again I ask, what should I have to give up to pay for other people's healthcare?

Avocados are a staple around my house. It's like buying milk.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 19, 2017 -> 10:43 PM) https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/nabra-...omepage%2Fstory May not legally be a hate crime but it sure feels hateful It seems like there is hate in every murder.

QUOTE (Middle Buffalo @ Jun 19, 2017 -> 07:46 PM) It's a good thing this site has a vulgarity filter. I can't believe they let you coach kids with a mouth like this. You think you're Bobby Knight or something? Seriously it is a challenge sometimes. The mom of one of my players drops f bombs after bad shots by her daughter. She asked how I manage not to. I laughed and told her it was tough. She told me to just whisper them. Her grandpa follows the Bob Knight tradition. We good coach - bad coach her all the time. lol I'm glad I can be the kumbaya singing coach.

It wasn't the even par top ten scoring that the USGA seems to enjoy. Which I like because it differentiates it from the other majors.

Sometimes it is the basics that really get you. I was 12 or 13 over on the front while playing with a few of my varsity guys. We make the turn and I was contemplating excuses to get out of there. A double bogey on ten didn't help my mood. I hit a thin drive that somehow found the fairway on 11. As I was lining up to hit an 8 iron I was a little exasperated and lifted the club and dropped it back down with a little force. I look down and realized I was about three inches inside of where I was set up. I moved closer to the ball, pured my first iron of the day and shot even on the back. Two birdies and six pars to go with the double on 10. Somehow I moved my ball position three inches out. Simple check I should have made a couple hours earlier when I started mis***ting so many shots thin and to the right. It was a good lesson for the team.

QUOTE (illinilaw08 @ Jun 16, 2017 -> 04:49 PM) Health care is unique though. If the government isn't involved in health care, and I contract skin cancer (which I have a genetic pre-disposition to contract!), then it doesn't ultimately matter what livable wage I'm earning. The amount of health care that I will have to consume, and the cost of that health care will ravage my finances. I agree with you beyond that point - that getting more companies to pay a livable wage - and a true livable wage provides value. But what evidence do we have that lower taxes on businesses leads to increased gains for labor? Isn't it more likely that those gains are passed on to shareholders? Absent, of course, the feds significantly increasing the minimum wage... Not trying to be argumentative, but for the sake of debate, what should I have to give up so I can help pay for your health care if you contract skin cancer? Rhetorically . . . Can my kids go to a private college, or should I be forced to send them to a cheaper state school? Can I have a Texas Edition truck, or should I have to settle for basic? Can I go out to dinner at Ruth Chris or should I have to eat at Chili's? McDonalds? Home cooked? Can I buy nice clothes or shop at WalMart? Or from a different standpoint, how much should you be allowed to keep if you are stricken? Your house in a nice neighborhood? Car? Where should you be buying your clothes if I'm paying for your healthcare? These were the questions I was asked by a conservative family member and I must admit I've been giving it a lot of thought. I'm solidly a Dem. My heart and gut tells me that universal health care for all is great for this country. But the idea of taking from one person and giving it to another is tricky.

I would put together a close group of advisors and hold meetings by going around the room demanding they each praise me and express their undying loyalty. Wait that's what I would do if I was president. Travel. Class A pulling a Jeep Rubicon. Hire someone to drive it to Maine while I start a walk in Springer Mountain Georgia.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jun 16, 2017 -> 04:30 PM) I chalk it up to the water in Texas which includes a 'pull up by your bootstraps' additive. I've been reconsidering the link between taxes and jobs. What we really need are jobs that pay a livable wage and allow people to naturally pay for things like health care. Perhaps one reason we have so many people unable to afford the necessities is so much income is rolling into the government instead of being spent by you and me. So money to buy the cheap imported stuff at WalMart doesn't get taxed. Money to buy the more expensive US made product gets taxed to the point we have to buy the cheaper imports. Looking specifically at luxury ships, the US was a leader, now it is the Netherlands. I can only think of one real world class player in the market somewhere in Oregon or Washington, I forget now. IIRC they were originally in California but where taxed out of there. One reason so few are made in the US is we don't buy many anymore.