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QUOTE (Y2HH @ Apr 20, 2015 -> 02:41 PM) That's like saying health care is perfectly fine in the US because I work for Blue Cross Blue Shield, and we have a number of doctors/nurses on staff and a clinic in the basement of our offices. That doesn't mean everyone else does. Unfortunately, MOST people don't work for large employers, not the US, and not in Mexico. And one doctor for an entire "large company and their families" doesn't sound all that amazing, to be perfectly honest. I'm just suggesting the all cops are corrupt in Mexico may not be accurate. We had 400 employees that classified as us a large employer. I think a lot of people work for companies of that size. One doctor 8 hours per day, 6 days per week. Plus a nurse the rest of the time. Anything they couldn't handle was paid for at the hospital. For accurate comparison only. Use the facts as you wish.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Apr 20, 2015 -> 02:14 PM) In one case of my example that is true, but for all other companies, the amount the company would match and pay stayed flat and/or increased (as a relative percentage), however, to keep things from going crazy, other adjustments had to be made. For example, this current year at my current employer, premiums went up 10% (and coverage went down...hard to quantify exact percentage because a lot depends on how much you go out of pocket, but it was a pretty big overall reduction in coverage vs. the previous gold plated caddy coverage). Had the Company kept everything the same, premiums would have went up in excess of 40% (both to the company and the employee), whose % match was going to remain consistent). They opted to go with the version with lower premiums (and subsequently lower coverage) as the perception is the employee (and I'd generally say this is true) is more focused on the premiums paid vs. total cost (as you usually have to put some estimates in up front when analyzing that). Either way, my point is, it isn't employers driving this change. In some cases sure, but in general, all I see is absurd price increases and they have gotten crazy post Obamacare. I am not actually correlating the two because insurance costs have been crazy prior to, but lets not just look at premiums as an indicator. I could be on a plan that cost $50 / month and ultimately cost me thousands more than a plan that cost 500 a month depending on coverage & my use of insurance. The cost increases have been horrible since the mid 1980s.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Apr 20, 2015 -> 08:27 AM) I hear people repeat stuff like this all the time...insert Mexico, Cuba, or some other 2nd/3rd world nation, and compare them to the US. I don't, for a single second, believe statistics coming out of corrupt ass countries like that, and if you've ever gone to any of these places, and actually left a protected tourist zones, you'd quickly realize that's a load of crap. Hell, get pulled over by a cop there (off the reservation), and you'll quickly realize it's nothing more than a shakedown where you have two choices, you either give them all the money you have, or you get to go to Mexican jail for a day and see how that works out. They're great at reporting stats from the areas they want to report them from, but ignoring poor/troubled areas, and then showing "their healthcare is as good as any other countries". That'd be like Chicago ignoring the south side gun violence "because it's just poor people killing poor people", and reporting there were just 15 murders for all of 2014, and then proclaiming, "Look, Chicago is just as safe as Sweden!" I worked in Mexico for three years. I've been pulled over by cops in Mexico and in the US. The experiences were about the same. As a large employer we were required to provide a doctor on staff to treat the employee and their families. Much cheaper than providing insurance and more convenient for the workers, less so for the families. I spoke with the doctor a number of times, he was educated in the Caribbean. Seemed like the employees were well cared for.

Fantasy golf this week I have Speith, Johnson, Casey, and Donald. Definitely my best ever week in the making. Only 7% picked Paul Casey. I'm really surprised by that.

I caught a player on my team cheating. I watched him take a seven. Long story short, he turns in a four, verifies it with the marker, reads it to the score, signs his card. At this point I ask him to tell me the shots. BOOM! You are DQ'd and turn in your equipment.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 7, 2015 -> 08:04 PM) See Mark Fuhrman, OJ Simpson case Exactly who I was thinking of. He managed to frame a guilt man.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Apr 4, 2015 -> 12:52 PM) So...officers should be fired for something they said (texted) in private and what appears to be mostly while not on the job. So should people who tweet/text death threats to pizza owners also be fired from their jobs? If we are policing thought and speech, I would think the death threats are just as bad as racial comments. Or is headhunting only OK for certain groups? You make great points there. One question, and on a tangent, if you had an employee whose tweets were costing you money, would you say fire the employee or lose business from customers that don't have the same enlightened attitude you have? On this case, if you were on a jury and learned that the officer that arrested someone had just sent a message that showed hatred for that race, would it affect your opinion of the officer's testimony? If an hour earlier he sent a message about idiot white guys who think they own the world, then arrested a rich white guy, would you have an issue? I think I would.

That will be a cool trip.

Whew. Long day. We cruised to a third place finish in our district. We just couldn't beat the country club kids. My top player finished fifth and will advance to the regional tournament next week.

End of round one of our district tournament we sit in fourth place, three back. The country club kids will finish 1-2 but I'm confident we will place third. I also have the low medalist. She is a freshman and standing tall after a disastrous front nine.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Apr 1, 2015 -> 02:38 PM) Im going to go out on a limb and say that the taxes generated by small mom an pop businesses pale in comparison to large corporations. How much revenue would Indiana lose if they lost the Big10 championship, Indy 500 etc. How much revenue do they gain by passing this law? Economically speaking its not very logical. If Indiana wants to be on the wrong side of history, that is their call. The last time I was there was over 10 years ago to see Bon Jovi, ironically Melissa Etheridge was one of the opening acts. I'll saw off the limb. Mom and pop business, and all single location businesses, pay taxes in Indiana. Large corporations are more likely to have been given tax incentives to locate there. They are also more likely to shift their tax liabilities to more tax friendly locations. The Indy 500 is based at a specific track and isn't moving. Also as a member school Indiana isn't going to be frozen out of the revenues or kicked out of the Big 10 over this. Notre Dame isn't going to find opponents unwilling to play in Indiana.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Apr 1, 2015 -> 02:24 PM) So, doing business with Indiana means you hate gays, but baking a cake for a gay wedding means nothing? Just as you are implying guilt by association, so are the bakers etc. who don't want to do business with gay weddings and be guilty of supporting it by association. Damn, I am agreeing with Alpha and not Balta. I need to go think, this can't be right. BTW, we do need to look carefully at the statements doing business WITH Indiana (as in the state) and doing business IN Indiana. In my mind there is a huge difference. SS2K5 lives in Indiana, I would still do business with him. If I had the luxury (which few businesses do) I might not do business with the State of Indiana government.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Apr 1, 2015 -> 02:17 PM) I was going to build/start this plant/business in Indiana but... There are specific reasons why businesses start and stay in a certain area. Tax advantages, economic incentives, nearby customers, nearby suppliers, owners live nearby, etc. Rarely is there a business that can just open randomly anywhere. Businesses open to make money. People are investing their life's savings. Someone from Indiana isn't going to say I was going to open a business here in my hometown but now I will move to Kentucky instead. People don't make major investments based on forcing social change. The issues that cause businesses to choose a location or not are ones that impact their bottom line. Social issues are not a major determent.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 1, 2015 -> 12:40 PM) And businesses not wanting to associate with Indiana. If you bring 100+ people to the state for a convention there's a high likelihood one of them is gay. Restaurants in Indiana would have the right to turn them away for that reason. You want to push your employees like that? You want them to know that's the kind of environment you create on an everyday basis? Having a convention or opening an office in Indiana is a statement in support of legalized discrimination. Opening somewhere else isn't a statement on anything. Doing business with the state of Indiana is now a statement in favor of discrimination. Counterpoints for discussion. What is the convention mecca in Indiana? Fort Wayne? Any convention is probably more local in nature. It will be more expensive to move it out of state and the folks attending are probably already in Indiana. I'm also going to believe the businesses that support this law will "proudly" announce it. Is opening in Texas or Pennsylvania a statement of supporting capital punishment? Opening in Wyoming a statement about gun ownership? Was opening a business in Iowa a statement about same sex marriage? People open businesses in their home areas. Corporations open where there are customers. This will blow over and be forgotten in days or weeks. If Indiana offered you a tenure track position you would have to consider it. It isn't that you support this law. A business could open up, place a sign that they do not discriminate and that anyone is welcome and be in business and protest the law at the same time. The loss of money is hyperbole and propaganda to overturn a really stupid law that I am embarrassed to see passed in the nation I live. More like 1815 and 2015.

QUOTE (LDF @ Apr 1, 2015 -> 08:32 AM) maybe i am being bias and this should be for the food link, but there is no better breakfast than a good mexican breakfast..... the only thing that will make it better, sharing with your love ones. x2

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Apr 1, 2015 -> 10:58 AM) Taco Bell serves breakfast now.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Apr 1, 2015 -> 10:21 AM) This whole law is full of fail. This is going to do way more harm for the state's economy than you can imagine. Such as? People not planning their vacations to Indiana?

QUOTE (LDF @ Mar 31, 2015 -> 03:33 PM) i hope i wasn't being harsh.... i am an old fart, 1 mexican breakfast from dieing.... what a way to go.... eating great food and right in the middle of great sex. life is so simple. ignorance is not bliss. as long as people want or has a need to learn, it is there. look to your older uncles, aunts and you will learn bundles of things. Not harsh at all. One of the things I love about teaching in Weslaco, Texas on the border and now in San Antonio is I learn what it is like to grow up as a first or second generation Mexican-American. Now that I am in San Antonio I hear stories about being almost every minority and branch of the military kid there are. Most people who study and teach literature score high in empathy. You are killing me with the breakfast reference. Fresh homemade tortillas with butter, frijoles with a sheen of lard on top, fresh fried eggs with salsa, a little chorizo or bacon . . .

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 31, 2015 -> 03:32 PM) You ignored the most important part. Which part?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 31, 2015 -> 02:26 PM) One huge difference here is this is not a business. There is no product being sold to the general public. You aren't paying for posts here. A more apt question would be could he refuse advertising from gay based businesses. How is it not a business? He sells advertising space. There are plenty of businesses that do not sell to the general public.

I ask to learn. I agree I see things as a 50+ year old white guy.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 31, 2015 -> 02:15 PM) Not unless he was removing all posts by everyone on the topic. And even then, it would be a tough sell. Not a tough sell at all. We restrict topics here all the time. We restrict certain members from discussing anything in the filibuster. Another formerly significant forum dropped all political talk. Blocking all discussions of gay rights would be right in that mix and not a tough sell at all.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Mar 31, 2015 -> 11:46 AM) What kind of drugs are you on to make some of the leaps that you do? Why don't you share? I am suggesting that almost every socially liberal thing people want to nowadays costs money. And lots of it. Everyone sees papa government as an open wallet and goes for their piece. Green energy? yeah, how many failed startups have there been in the last few years alone, with ties to politicians, big money donors or relatives that stiffed the fed for money? Solyndra? There are others. http://dailysignal.com/2012/10/18/presiden...nergy-failures/ While Jenks is right, you can enact things that cost little or no money, that won't last for long. It will never be good enough, people will want more done, and more costs money. Well you certainly aren't leaping here. Here is your exact quote "create a new agency with a huge budget to watch over the environment". I tok a drug induced leap to ask you if that expense was worth it? Now read your response.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 31, 2015 -> 11:07 AM) But he couldn't remove all gay posters posts, just because they are gay. Well he could now if he were hosting in Indiana. If they are posting about gay rights he certainly could.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Mar 31, 2015 -> 10:29 AM) As a business owner, Jas should have the right to place conditions on how the customer's product will look, but not to unilaterally refuse to accept the customer's business. No. Jas is legally allowed to remove any post that is made here. Otherwise this would be filled with spammers, trolls, and the like to the point his business would be closed.