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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 16, 2012 -> 12:57 PM) Who cares what the tagline is? People put way too much time into nothing but a commercial campaign. Just like bad contracts cripple the team, loss of revenue from sales also hurts the team. If you believe dollars and cents = wins and loses and vice versa, you have to care. So yeah, I agree with you, why care.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 16, 2012 -> 12:57 PM) Who cares what the tagline is? People put way too much time into nothing but a commercial campaign. They should just do it

Funny, last season Veeck and I tossed a couple emails back and forth and I mentioned to him that being a lifelong Sox fans means having to appreciate the game. In fifty or sixty years of watching there will be more playoff-less years than playoff years. Basically it was the same comments I made in a thread last year that a few people here ripped me a new asshole for. So how dare the team tell me how to be a fan?

If him blaming Walker helps him, I'm fine with that. Somewhere else I read that positive reinforcement was lacking in Oz's approach. Whatever. Just hit.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Mar 16, 2012 -> 11:08 AM) McDonalds? We never approached fast food however one of our other biggest benefactors owns several Burger Kings. He donates in his name, serves on our board, is a past board president, etc. I'm not certain I would compare fast food to a strip club. The better stone to cast would be the NRA and gun manufactures

Which is why I try to keep the person in office if possible. When that can't occur, for whatever reason, then the next important factor should be party affiliation. Especially when if can change majority rules, etc.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 16, 2012 -> 07:05 AM) the Indiana Supreme Court overturned the lower court's ruling, so Daniels can pick a permanent replacement instead of it going to the Democratic candidate. http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/03/1...ed-voter-fraud/ I always prefer the party keeps the office. IMHO it is about as close to the voter's wishes as can be for that office.

When I was working for the Boy Scouts of America we could not, and would not even consider, accepting donations from companies that promoted products that would be harmful to people, especially kids. It was usually beer companies that had logo stuff they would offer to us. (I'm not saying strip bars are harmful to kids) I'm not certain how many parents would want their daughters playing in a league that was sponsored by a strip club. Better would have been for one of the owners to donate in their name(s). One of our largest benefactors owns a beer distributor and another owns a grill and bar.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Mar 12, 2012 -> 08:49 PM) Lol, this country is so f***ed up She's in elementary school and having a baby!?

QUOTE (Jake @ Mar 14, 2012 -> 02:15 PM) Now they're younger than reported age! lol... They were always younger, now Rangers will try to prove he is older.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 9, 2012 -> 01:07 PM) Perry also recently turned down federal funding for womens health clinics to make sure pp doesn't get it. He fits perfectly into the current GOP mold on almost every issue. IIRC there was also an issue with multiyear matching dollars from Texas which cannot be done based on our constitution.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 9, 2012 -> 12:19 PM) His balanced budget approach was no different than anyone else in this race. Pretend that somehow you're going to slash federal departments without explaining what you'll do without them (see his debate gaffe), and then pass a huge tax cut for the rich that magically drives down unemployment better than the last ones. He actually has a track recrod of doing it. Texas weathered the latest downturn better than most states.

Lon Kruger needs to return to UT - Pan American #beyondpipedreams

$12,000 and a ride to one of America's long trails.

I've seen Perry a bit more than most of you. I have sat near him at a couple Scouting events, met him at the Boy Scout Report to State, (I have the picture somewhere), met him again when my daughter was awarded a Say No To Drugs writing award. He doesn't fit exactly into the current GOP mold. His immigration stance, especially when it comes to education is downright liberal. His balanced budget approach harkens back to pre-Reagan Republican platforms. Bottom line, for a Republican, he's about as close to my views as a Republican can get. I agree his campaign just sucked, I am stunned by how unprepared he was. I'm basing my opinion on the past 12 years of watching him not just the past six months. I have asked several times for anyone to outline why I would prefer Romney, Newt, and Rick over Perry and no one has taken up the project. He's the governor from my state, his is the only immigration policy that would not destroy the economy of the Rio Grande Valley where I live. No over the top hyperbole, I have posted several times why, from the GOP group, Perry was my favorite. I can't do anything more if you think it is an act.

A lot of my students (8th graders) have the Jordan or James or Kobe. When they try to get me involved I tell them that to give them a chance I'll take Scottie Pippen against James or Kobe. What's fun is at some point I can toss out 6 rings baby

Hmm, he used young and frisky in a sports article. Charming

He did appear that way, plus he didn't fit into a nice GOP mold. Too moderate on immigration, too conservative on some social issues, to liberal on other social issues, and too traditional on budgets.

Ah, yeah, Ed, that sounds damn good

I would start with your local police department and see which ones they are familiar with.

White bread, chunky, and either grape or strawberry. I wind up eating enough of those during the summer at camp I can't even look at one for 10 months.

Campaign have so many moving parts and there is so much prep work the candidate is only the tip of the iceberg. So I stand by my statement that is campaign was inept. One only has to look at Dubya to see that it is the entire campaign. Perry also went in too high and too late. Expectations placed him as a front runner even before he officially announced. Once he did enter the race, Romney zeroed on him for a quick KO which worked. And yes, a couple of really bad debate performances killed him. The Perry y'all saw was not the guy that is the longest serving governor in Texas state history.

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Mar 8, 2012 -> 10:04 AM) This will sound greedy, but I just refuse to accept that it has to be "once in a lifetime" Anyone under 30 better believe that, for anyone older than YASNY, well it just might be. I wonder how many people lived long, long, lives thinking I can't believe the Cubs will not win a championship in my lifetime?

My concern will be how much the campaign as the GOP VP candidate will take out of him.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Feb 28, 2012 -> 08:11 PM) Today is exactly why I f***ing hate with a passion Rmoney. The asshole and his own politcal operatives set up the Michigan open primary after the last election so he could get an easy win, and now, after NH's open primary (where he benefited or at least was left untouched by the fiasco), screams how "unfair" he's being treated? Rmoney's a spineless p****. Only Richard Perry would stoop about as low. The more I see of these guys the more I think Perry blew a great chance. I am still stunned how inept his campaign was. He picked the wrong superhero costume out of the closet.