Texsox

I am certain as soon as guns are banned that criminals will throw all of their away, then even the police won't have to carry them. Y'all are painting the millions of honest, law abiding gun owners as the bad guys and protecting the criminals. Cops kill innocent people with guns and are sometimes punished. Private security personnel kill innocent people with guns and are sometimes punished. Private citizens kill innocent people with guns and are almost always punished. Cops save life and property by using their guns. Private security personnel save life and property with their guns. Private citizens save life and property with their guns. There are levels of risk associated with each scenario. I would rather live in a world where law abiding citizens have the same access as criminals. I don't want to be hiding, hoping the cops find me in time. Cops here shot and killed an eighth grade student who was holding a toy gun. I doubt that made your local newspapers. Zimmerman, shot and killed an unarmed man and it was national, even international news. Why? The difference between a cop killing a kid and a private citizen.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 27, 2012 -> 02:37 PM) but I am telling you that the person who tells you he or she is a good driver...isn't. So how bad of a driver are you? My dad, a truck driver has logged well over 1,000,000,000 accident free miles with no tickets. Are you really suggesting when he says he's a good driver he's not?

Police and their guns have killed many innocent people. Our military and their bigger and scarier weapons have killed tens of thousands of innocent people. The list of items that have killed people is long. We can not make a risk free society, there are risks in almost everything we do. I would rather people called police and continued to keep an eye on someone. I don't mind them carrying a baseball bat, a pocket knife, a gun, or whatever. I will support that position until the day after the last criminal carries a weapon.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 27, 2012 -> 07:50 AM) Is there a number of kids that it's ok to kill to accomplish that goal? Is the rule then one death and we stop using it is that was involved?

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 27, 2012 -> 10:59 AM) LOL. Come on now. You don't seem to be painting an accurate picture of Sanford Florida. The ends did not justify the means in this scenario. This wasn't mid 80s Cabrini Green with Zimmerman being a self appointed Batman to save the day. OK, I will agree then that in the case of this town and this town only. But there are a lot more towns that would benefit from people doing more than hiding from the criminals.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 26, 2012 -> 03:20 PM) Some, including me, would say that a rash of 50 burglaries where no one is injured is a lot better than one dead, unarmed, innocent 17 year old kid, and if given the choice between those 2 situations I'd choose the burglaries, because I wouldn't want it to be my kid. Obviously you can't simply make that choice, but if you're trying to justify having an armed man patrolling the streets because of burglaries...you're a lot closer to siding with the dead kid than you think. Is there a number when it is ok to actually take back your neighborhood from criminals? You are painting this out as every time someone patrols their neighborhood something tragic happens. There are thousands of people p[atrolling their neighborhoods without problems. We hear of gang infested neighborhoods where people are afraid to be outside at night. People need to take back their homes and neighborhoods not hide like scared children.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 26, 2012 -> 12:24 PM) Call the police and don't follow someone 'suspicious' around your neighborhood with a gun. Do not take actions that overwhelmingly point to escalating the situation. Citizens protect yourself. I just am not a fan of call the police and go hide while the criminals are allowed to walk anywhere.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Apr 27, 2012 -> 07:00 AM) Other: County-run curbside with a mandatory fee I added that to the city and moved your vote.

Our fee is $5 per month. I was a little surprised at the fee, but if it is necessary to kick start the program, I don't mind. So far only a couple hundred families have signed up. I am guessing they want a slow ramp up.

So my town finally started curbside recycling. Prior to this I was loading up the CRV every few weeks and dropping the stuff off at the town's facility. Ours is voluntary in 95 gallon containers. Cost is $5 per month and you have to attend an orientation and training session. They are not accepting glass, plastics 3 and up, and a few other things.

Please read the debate thread before responding. Only two people will have a chance to respond. Those two people will each have four posts total to state their case. After they are finished a poll will be started to pick a winner. The first post will be a simple statement that you are going to debate the issues and which side you will take. You will have three additional posts to state your case. Again only two people will be allowed to debate this topic. The first person to respond will have their choice of sides, the other poster will have to take the opposite. There will be three more topics coming. Should we legalize the sale of human organs?

Please read the debate thread before responding. Only two people will have a chance to respond. Those two people will each have four posts total to state their case. After they are finished a poll will be started to pick a winner. The first post will be a simple statement that you are going to debate the issues and which side you will take. You will have three additional posts to state your case. Again only two people will be allowed to debate this topic. The first person to respond will have their choice of sides, the other poster will have to take the opposite. There will be three more topics coming. The traditional school calendar in the US is partially based on the needs of an agricultural society, which is clearly not necessary today. Should schools switch to a year round calendar or keep the current calendar?

Please read the debate thread before responding. Only two people will have a chance to respond. Those two people will each have four posts total to state their case. After they are finished a poll will be started to pick a winner. The first post will be a simple statement that you are going to debate the issues and which side you will take. You will have three additional posts to state your case. Again only two people will be allowed to debate this topic. The first person to respond will have their choice of sides, the other poster will have to take the opposite. There will be three more topics coming. It is you and a date for a New Years weekend and you have your choice of spending it in Time Square watching the ball drop or watching the snow fall outside a private mountain lodge in Vail, Colorado. Both rooms are appropriately outfitted and typical for the areas. The lodge has a fireplace and oversized tub, the Times Square hotel is a four star hotel with fine dining and a lively bar.

Please read the debate thread before responding. Only two people will have a chance to respond. Those two people will each have four posts total to state their case. After they are finished a poll will be started to pick a winner. The first post will be a simple statement that you are going to debate the issues and which side you will take. You will have three additional posts to state your case. Again only two people will be allowed to debate this topic. The first person to respond will have their choice of sides, the other poster will have to take the opposite. There will be three more topics coming. Should We Kill The Dollar Bill? http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/04/19/...the-dollar-bill

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 26, 2012 -> 03:21 PM) California Style vs. New York style. That will be in the oxymoron contest

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 19, 2012 -> 07:49 AM) Wait until we invade Kentucky! Chicago is closer, but you go for Kentucky for?? And you wonder why we make fun of Indiana.

One of the few things I really dislike about my job, it's that time of year when many of my students transfer out to go to schools "up north" for the agriculture season. I know at 14 and 15 years old that many will be needed to help support the family by working and will not be enrolled in Michigan, Indiana, Minnesota, schools. Instead they will be back in school when the calendar reads late October or early November. I also know the reception they receive when they get to those towns. Some good and some not so good. By now I know them fairly well as damn good kids like the one that just left my classroom with her transfer paper in hand.

QUOTE (Brian @ Apr 26, 2012 -> 12:22 PM) Hi guys. Surgery went well Monday. Recovery is a pai . Tubes being removes so getting more comfy. Hope to leave hospital sat.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Apr 26, 2012 -> 07:51 AM) Am I to presume Tex is one of those crazy anti-porn people? No. I just do not see the honor in it. I believe it is one step lower than being a hooker. It's still being paid to have sex, only now other people can watch.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 26, 2012 -> 11:05 AM) I remember doing this in here years ago, and really enjoyed it. However, that was on political topics. Any chance we can go with that? Honestly, a debate over pizza just doesn't involve much debate skills, it is entirely about taste. Rounds 2 and 3 will have a political theme. I will come up with a replacement for the pizza because deep dish would be too easy over thin crust

She is enjoying being retired, she was only going to work another year anyway. But still a little upset at how hard she worked to rehab and get back to work. She didn't need to push herself so much.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Apr 24, 2012 -> 08:09 PM) I know this was sarcasm, but it is actually true. Porn stars have the choice, they make a lot of money and they arent attacked or murdered for having sex/being naked/etc. And btw, I do not agree that they make "a lot of money". There are a few that do, but most are not paid much at all. Entry level, no pun intended, pays a couple hundred bucks per scene. Once an actor becomes known they can and do make a lot more, but like in any profession, you have to start somewhere and it isn't making the huge dollars. And I understand no one actually stated this but I've been chuckling at the thought of porn as an honorable profession and thought of this scenario You are attending the Christa McAuliffe Elementary School PTA meeting and you hear this acceptance speech . . . "I can't believe you have voted me Mom of the Year! Imagine the honor of being paid $1,500 for double anal penetration in my last movie AND Mom of the Year! It's almost too much to believe. Someone should write a movie about this

Sarcastic Tex needs to ride back in on this one. The amount of money argument is interesting. $20,000,000 is honorable, $20 is not? I'm not so certain about that. And if there really is honor in appearing in a porn movie then your mom, daughter, sister or wife appearing would be something a guy would be proud of. Imagine this scenario . . . Ted, I am so glad we saw you, our daughter Jenny's new movie just come out. It's called Horney Games, it's a spoof of Hunger Games but here the tribute who services the most guys in 24 hours gets to live, lol. You should see her in one scene, she's servicing four guys at once! I don't want to spoil the ending but she looks like a glazed donut. She earned $5,000 for this movie, her biggest payday ever. Anyway, we're having a few neighbors over to watch it. Nothing fancy just some pasta and breadsticks. I'll be there, I can still remember Jenny running around the neighborhood. You know we all are so proud of her. And wow, she earned $5,000 for the movie? My daughter Emma has to work two months as a dental hygienist to earn that kind of money and it's embarrassing that she has her hands in other people's mouths all day. You are so lucky that Jenny has the *wink* assets for that kind of work. Now Ted, don't be down on her, not every girl has the T&A to be in the adult movie business like our Jenny. Plus after a movie like this, Jenny always needs a good dental hygienist! See you Saturday.

I have built a couple systems from newegg parts and consider them to be the gold standard for on line businesses. Never a problem. My son just built one and he loves it. It has become much easier than crawling on the floor looking for jumper pins and trying to figure out setting that do not conflict with each other.

QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ Apr 24, 2012 -> 06:22 PM) Maybe not the right thread but does anyone know of a legit free background check online....I'm trying to get my perc card but Im pretty sure I have a silly guilty by association felony on my record.....Only reason im not 100% is because I got a security job in IL before and the guy conducting the interview, whos a police chief in chicago, kept asking his assistant about the results of the background check...so either I dont have a felony, felonies that occur in IN dont count in IL, or he was bluffing about running a background check. 6 years ago I was the driver of a vehicle in which the guy in the backseat shot a kid with a very low powered BB gun and from what I remember somehow I got hit with an Assisting a Criminal and Battery charge....where as the guy who actually shot the kid apparently didnt get squat because hes in the military now Don't go on line, stop by the state's attorney office. They should be able to check. Bring lots of identity proof.