Texsox

Zero chance I will watch any of the NBA finals.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 2, 2011 -> 07:26 PM) Do you really think that's the worst we'd throw at him if we really tried? Unless you start making up stuff swift boat boy

I've been pretty consistent through the years that I like balanced budgets. I'll take tax and spend or don't tax and don't spend, but the past thirty years of don't tax and spend, spend, spend, is not a path we should be on. I don't think Perry is as bad as Kap and some of the "party elites" seem to think. I believe he has a serious chance at the nomination. When the worst thing the Dems are throwing is his secession comment, well that tells me a lot. Presidents have been elected with more baggage than Perry. In a race against Obama, I'll be punching the incumbent's lever. And as for any confusion, believing he can, or will, take the nomination is far different than supporting him. The sarcastic side of me has Palin in the GOP discussions. The serious side has Perry.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 2, 2011 -> 11:38 AM) Texas's unemployment is just under 8%, well under the national level. It's all those damn illegals sneaking in across the border.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 2, 2011 -> 11:35 AM) It has? Didn't they have a massive budget deficit (partly due to tax cuts!) that was "fixed" by massive cuts in spending, including education, and shuffling the numbers in the books? You mean didn't Texas cut taxes *and* spending? Yes. Both make him a darling of conservatives.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 2, 2011 -> 09:18 AM) This election will be won and lost on the economy. Which will really help Perry, Texas has done very well, thank you, during this economic downturn. I really do see him accepting the nomination. And I believe he could make a good, one term, President.

Y'all are Republican elites

Found the Rush transcript

Mitch? Perry to Obama, I'll see your old white guy and raise you an old white guy . . .

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 2, 2011 -> 08:10 AM) I want to see him go to D.C. and then threaten to Secede. I guess if that's the best shot at him the Dems have, he's good to go. I wonder who he will pick as a running mate? He won't need Palin, how about Rubio? Rubio is from the south, that may hurt his chances on the ticket. Perry will probably need a midwest /north east coast guy.

Hey Tea Partyers, he balanced the Texas budget through spending cuts! Folks, y'all are going to really enjoy Governor Goodhair, some of y'all in Illinois will especially appreciate the tresses.

http://www.themonitor.com/articles/preside...90-71fa1bbd3cd9

Perhaps the hardest thing in baseball is evaluating a hot pitcher. And after watching so many come and go, I am the most pessimistic person when it comes to long range predictions.

Take a look at Div 1 schools before making statements like all. There are more than 300 D1 schools. I'll bet the kind of violations we read about do not occur at a couple hundred of those schools.

http://www.themonitor.com/articles/gain-51143-seats-gop.html I've been paying attention to the new congressional map and from a political standpoint it is just amazing how well the GOP has drawn this map. My area is the fastest growing area of the state and we managed to hold onto our three seats. We'll see what the courts say. I believe by the time this is settled it will be a textbook example for learning the process of drawing maps. With the new census, Texas picks up four new house seats. The vast, vast majority of Texas growth is Hispanic. So the GOP had to draw a map that would keep those new seats out of the Dems (Hispanic) hands. Somehow, they managed to do just that. Keep nibbling at the corners of areas that are solidly Hispanic and s t r e t c h it out to grab enough rural GOP to win elections. The GOP btw, imho, is doing exactly what they should do. They have the majority of the statewide offices and should draw a map that is within the law and benefits them the most. And the Dems should challenge the map every which way they can. /pops some corn

A few years back the biggest problem was a 5th starter, now we have three . . . So now it's the 'pen. Welcome to baseball in the 21st century.

You have to look above the highest problem to assign blame. JR, when will you shake up the organization? Williams = Pulford

Why bunt when you high a potent, high average, offense? We're f***ed either way.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 30, 2011 -> 09:40 PM) Whichever one is male. /over

Hey Rock, when you were there, were there any whispers of the program being dirty? It seems like, at least over here in Big 12 land, that he ran as honest of a top 25 program as could be run.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 30, 2011 -> 02:56 PM) It would still be trillions cheaper than legalization Which is why the government has allowed this issue to exist for a hundred years. The only way for it to cost less is to create a guest worker program with a smaller benefit list than currently offered to legal workers.

Working today, my vacation starts Thursday until August 2nd so no complaints from me. We have our annual awards ceremony today. It makes it easier for most parents to attend.

There are somewhere close to 10,000,000 undocumented workers in America. How many different companies are they working for? Are you really going to spend all the time and money to bring those employers to justice? And my analogy is valid. Illegals walk in with real social security cards and (usually) counterfeit birth certificate. Do you really think someone can be an expert on every local, county, and state birth certificate? Do you really think Walmart knows someone is here illegally and hires them anyway?

So if you accept a counterfeit birth certificate or a social security card for someone other than who it was issued for, you should be charged and your business closed? Come on. How is it any different than accepting a counterfeit bill? There are thousands of different birth certificates issues by towns, counties, and states. There is only one twenty dollar bill. Yet a business should be an expert on birth certificates but not American currency?

We certainly can invest tens of millions of dollars in enforcement, perhaps collect millions in fees, force closed hundreds of businesses, putting millions of Americans, illegal and legal, out of work. I wonder if that will really be in our best interest. Or we could put together a guest worker program, allowing for unskilled immigrants to work here legally.