Texsox

Just sitting waiting for my soccer players to be picked up.

Did you mean "Come Together" man? Which was a half way decent cover featured on a very stupid movie.

There are probably two or three college classes that would help someone understand the material, most classes would not. So I can believe SS's comment. Hell, I'd probably take it one step further and believe that some HS dropouts could understand. Just like most of us understand the stuff that comes with our jobs. Work at it 40 hours a week for a few months or years and I'll bet you have a pretty solid understanding.

Two stray shots and they both hit?!

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Dec 12, 2011 -> 07:57 PM) Hmm. I'm not sure I agree with Mr. Southsider here. I think most people really don't understand the underpinnings of the American financial system. Maybe I'm naive. I believe what he is saying that with specific education, even a HS grad can understand the system. It just takes specialized training. I can agree with that.

http://www.themonitor.com/articles/edinbur...l-shooting.html I can't begin to say how much this is affecting me. I live in Edinburg.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 12, 2011 -> 07:26 PM) The funny thing is that there are plenty of people who are just HS grads who understand it completely. It isn't a matter of education, it is the right education. And I believe it is fair that investors who are interested should expel some effort to learn. I have just "trusted the system".

Aerosmith was a great stadium rock band from the 70s, but not as good as The Who

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Dec 12, 2011 -> 01:55 PM) My wife had him for a border lit class at UIC. Supposedly they were in the process of making a movie, but I never heard much about it. The impression I received was he started out as the Border Patrol were evil and the illegals were sympathetic victims. By the end of the book he seemed to at least see things as a 50-50 kind of thing. And most Border Patrol officers I have met are pretty compassionate folks. They get frustrated and pissed off at times, but are trying to save lives.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Dec 12, 2011 -> 12:03 PM) If Cutler doesn't get hurt they are probably 10-3 right now. So I don't really think that was bathing in kool-aid. They were playing well. This reminds me of the NCAA season, the two best teams would have been in the same division.

I think this sums up the financial mess: I have BAs in Psychology and English, both from a Top 5* university, and I don't understand a damn thing you just wrote. So I'm guessing that well over 99% of Americans don't understand either. Assuming that everything you said is 100% correct, how do you convince the average American voter that it is more important to elect people who will implement these solutions than to elect people who will support/oppose abortion, raising taxes on the rich, gay marriage, cut wasteful spending, etc. Also assuming that the very people we elect to lead in this area make considerable fortunes in the current system. *For Hispanics

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Dec 12, 2011 -> 10:31 AM) Tex, have you ever read The Devil's Highway? I think you might enjoy it. I have. Awesome book. It pains me that they crossed so unprepared. Any first year Boy Scout would have survived that trip.

http://www.dailyyonder.com/big-break-big-b...2011/12/05/3631

Xanadu was from 1980, the same year that Whip It! was recorded by Devo

Every idea I have had ultimately fails because someone has to earn less and someone has to pay more.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/articl...1a100542bfaec5c I have been to this spot on numerous trips to Big Bend. The remoteness is on a scale most people cannot imagine. I really do not see any security concerns. There is absolutely no way to "blend in" once you have crossed. I will be there this New Years. We already have these in remote spots along the Canadian border.

I wonder what kind of a reception Tebow would be receiving if he wasn't a Christian. I am trying to think of an athlete in my time that so many people want to see fail.

Meh x2

Used my iPad to order a gift, trying to keep up with the youngsters here lol

Very interesting watching a concert by Chicago. Are people cheering for the 60s/70s band that created the hits, the two old guys from that era, or the new guys covering the hits? It's hard for me to say I'm sorry

Theory or fact?

No one makes mud pies like a geologist

Lesson planning is classic case of the more you put in the more you get out.

When the integrity of the game is questioned, it hurts every team. Betters won't know who to trust :-)

Junior mints are not as good as I remembered