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More interesting points are Puerto Rico voting to become a state and parts of Arizona wishing to break away and become their own state.

The whole time I've been thinking how the hell can the HEAD OF THE CIA not know how to get away with it? If there is one guy in America who should be able to do this and not get caught isn't the head of the CIA? A couple of nice tips for anyone looking to keep a relationship secret that I learned from the good General Create a gmail account, and you both use the same one. Compose messages but do not send. Then the other person comes along, reads it, and deletes and creates a new draft. No emails are even sent. Open a dropbox or similar and just leave documents there. Nothing stored on your hard drive.

I would like to see solutions that allow for good people to take their experience to multiple government positions without seeing non proportional increase to their pension. Thirty years with one government agency should equal thirty years with four or five agencies. For example in Texas no matter how many different school districts I work in my pension remains the same. Now I must confess I am a double dipper of sorts. Besides an independent retirement account, I will have Texas Teachers pension and Social Security. Plus, by working summer jobs that contribute to SS, I continue to accrue quarters.

I suck. I just realized the first FS thread I clicked on in months and months involves a non prospect for a non prospect trade. Why? Because of the potential personal stuff. While it removes a distraction, it also makes it easier for someone to end that boy's MLB dream and get him on a path to a real job.

When you push stuff to these crazy limits you discover things you never think of.

I was pointing out that people that are clutching the bottom rungs of the economic ladder are exposed to far greater risks than you and I. So a storm, no matter how great the potential destruction, may seem like not that great a risk. Combined with being a refugee with little or no cash that prospect may be far more threatening than staying and riding out the storm. We see the people who lost that risk, rarely do we see the many more who stay and are fine. Also, and I see that living in an area where projections have had probably eight or none hurricanes coming through and only one actually did, waiting is a natural response. I don't know of anyone on South Padre that evacuates with more than 12 hours on the clock.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Nov 3, 2012 -> 10:22 AM) He had what was coming to him then, hard to feel bad. Leave or possibly die? I'll figure out a way to leave. Sure. Now think about the people living in the worse areas of cities. The areas with drive by shootings, drug deals in their hallways. They face possibly dying every day, why haven't they figured out a way to leave? Think about Mexican nationals who risk dying crossing deserts, being smuggled in trucks, crossing rivers in the dead of night. Why? People with limited financial means are always facing risks far greater than others. They become use to it. When all you got is all you will ever have, walking away is harder than you may think.

It sounds easy to evacuate. Just leave and go somewhere. Now put that in realistic terms. You have less than $100 to your name and no car. Hell even with a car, how much gas will you buy? Where will you stay? And the problem just scales from there.

If you want that favor again, I'd say thank you someway. I'd go personal note if he is over 40. It really depends on what social circle *he* is in. But a brief thank you, the seats were excellent, of course I will send any customers your way . . .

Whatever happens this was one of K-Dubs better moves adding AJ. The move helped both. He managed to rehab his reputation (although not totally). He'll have more interest than before he came here. I don't like to even consider hometown discount unless there are hometown bonuses, and that hasn't happened.

QUOTE (Caesar @ Aug 5, 2012 -> 03:49 PM) f*** you Hunter!!!!!!! How many times has he made tougher plays to burn us? I like an older and slower hunter

QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 5, 2012 -> 03:21 PM) Isringhausen blows. Even Beckham got a hit.

This is fun.

How about a little momentum . . .

Everything we buy should be closely monitored by the government. Actually, we should receive coupons. But yeah, we can do better. I just don't like the idea of the government monitoring what people buy. I realize that for some items it is in our best interest.

Textbook NL run

First game I've watched in over two months. I wish I was enjoying it . . .

Starting pitcher still picking the uni? That's kind of cool if he did.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Aug 5, 2012 -> 01:41 AM) Got the central regional director position!

QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ Aug 3, 2012 -> 10:20 PM) Right, I was just trying to make the point that most of the innocent people that end up in prison wouldn't be your everyday person. They very likely have a criminal record in the past which was part of the reason they became a suspect or were involved with some real shady stuff. I agree. BTW, can someone give me a short summary of this case, I just don't hear much about it.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Aug 5, 2012 -> 12:17 AM) In the UK, where socialized medicine rules, doctors kill patients because they cost too much to care for or sometimes simply because they need the beds. And good luck suing them for wrongful death. So it seems that the government CAN have an interest in having you dead. Now what ya gonna do? The first 2 paragraphs http://www.lifenews.com/2012/06/20/shock-b...ients-annually/ So you believe the source *and* more importantly believe we can't possibly do something better than England? I believe we can do better than England. Hell, I believe we are the greatest nation on the planet and can do anything better than any other country if we try. But I'm a liberal, we're pretty crazy that way.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 4, 2012 -> 08:01 PM) If I witnessed something illegal/criminal involving a football coach, and I reported it, I'd have zero reason to believe that the university would fire me. This was not the case at Penn State. That is the definition of "Creating a culture of compliance". It permeates the school. Everyone knew who was in charge, and you didn't cross that guy at Penn State. That is not an issue of Spanier, Curley, Paterno, and the other guy whose name I've forgotten. That's not even just a board issue. That's an entire school issue. Two janitors caught Sandusky raping a kid in 2001. They discussed reporting it, and then realized...it would cost them their jobs. THey chose not to report it because they could not afford to lose their jobs. This is not just the janitors at fault. That is the definition of a failed culture of accountability. You can judge those janitors if you want...but that is not a decision they should ever have to make...between their family's lives and doing the right thing. Penn State defied federal law in order to maintain their lack of accountability in the football program, failing to meet compliance reporting steps. That isn't one guy doing that, that is not just the athletic department doing that, that is something permeating the administration. I just can't believe there are people who will now (we learn from mistakes) place an athletic department above their their own life, liberty, and family's security. That somehow ruining their own life isn't enough of a deterrent, that an athletic department must also be destroyed. As you have said, it was the University President and administration that failed to report. then to make certain this doesn't happen again, should the feds pull all research dollars so that education faculty loses their jobs or only athletic support people, secretaries, and other employees? After all, the scandal reached all the way to the top. The people that will be hurt the most are the support people in the athletic department and the non revenue sport programs. The gymnastics, baseball, tennis, swimming, etc. Football's budget will not be cut too much. Most universities depend on football and basketball revenue to run. Put another way, if this happened in Iowa, how would Heads losing his job keep this from ever happening again? These are innocent people. They knew nothing. That had no chance to make a difference. University president: If I cover this up, I could lose my job. I would never get hired at another university, I could be sued and lose everything. My families future would be ruined. Decides he can take that risk then realized . . . But, the football program may get the death penalty!. Whoa, I can't risk that! I just don't see that happening. Now that this tragic situation has become public, I don't see others making the same mistake. Obviously most people here believe that there are a lot of people that value their university's football program over their own life, liberty, and family.

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Aug 4, 2012 -> 10:23 AM) I'm a travel agent, just so ya know. My favorite cheap destination was Nicaragua. $5/night hotels a block from a gorgeous beach, riding chicken buses across the country for $1.25, drinking Tona beer and chilling out for a week was great. I wasn't even paying attention to what I was spending, had a great time, and never spent more than $70 in a day. When will there be a Rex-lead soxtalk vacation?

QUOTE (Jake @ Aug 4, 2012 -> 01:15 PM) At my college, every single persoin I've met from Texas flies a Texas flag in their dorm room. Should I not assume that you have a Texas flag in your home somewhere? Every school day I recite Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, One and indivisible. But no, not one at home, not even one on my truck.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 4, 2012 -> 06:50 PM) And the question winds up being...which of those are important enough for you to do something...like vote. It's not just the extremists on TV. There's a reason why we think of "religious people" in this country as overwhelmingly anti gay...it happens to be true. Throwing up your hands and saying "Not me" and then following it up with "I can't figure out why the media portrays religious people as gay-hating" and "I can't figure out why young people don't flock to the church these days", as has happened in this thread...is a wonderfully ironic combination. Here is what I am personally doing. My girlfriend and I have been living together for three years. I am not getting married until gay couples have the same right. I believe any couple who allows the government to determine if they are married is agreeing with the government's definition of marriage. That is my protest. If you took out a marriage license and got married, aren't you agreeing with the government's position? Isn't it ironic to have people saying it is wrong *and* going out and participating by having the government ok their marriage? Kind of like crusading about illegal drug use while being an illegal drug user? Or wearing a wedding ring while saying the government's position is wrong. My Church, The Chapel by the Sea hires a pastor. He is our only employee. We are a one location community with about 50 year round members. What would you like us to do?