Texsox

Since this is the only going car related thread today does anyone look at any stats related to crime in choosing a car? A coworker had the rims stolen from his Texas Edition F250. I was not aware but they are $4,400 to replace new Highly sought after High rate of theft I just crossed off Texas Edition from my list. Tuesday he came out of his house to find his truck up on cinder blocks and the rims and tires gone. His house is 300 feet from the road and he was sleeping thirty feet from his truck when it happened. A couple months ago he found cinder blocks in the ditch outside his home, so he guessed someone was targeting him. He bought the wheel locks, but it turns out that you can buy kits to remove the locks at Sears or wherever auto parts are sold. LOL nice system. I wonder if they put those kits next to the locks.

Yep, the very wealthy benefit from the higher minimum wage, health care, social security, Medicare, Medicade . . .

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 12, 2011 -> 01:01 PM) Name a group financed by very wealthy people where the views of the very wealthy have been lost. Democratic Party

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 10, 2011 -> 12:53 PM) WTF tex? Its origins are a well finance group of very wealthy people dedicated to advancing their own political views. And both have or will be changed by later joiners.

I think of this in part the same way I felt about the Washington Bullets changing their name. Whether it was the DC crime rate or the assassination of Rabin, when Abe Pollin changed the name he wasn't saying that the Bullets were responsible, he was saying in light of current events, things need to change. To me the shooting adds to something I've been saying for a long time, we have created a terrible political climate in this country and we need to chance. Politicians cannot arrive at a new decision without being labeled a flip flopper. There can be no compromise. And yes, the violent imagery is just wrong, no matter who spews it. The shooting was political, just not partisan.

So glad I don't have to wear suits anymore. Pick out some ties that will look good on camera. There are some ties that look great in the store that will not look as nice on TV.

So did everyone get their flu vaccine this year? Everyone eating right, avoiding fast food, staying within their healthy weight, getting enough exercise? Brushing their teeth three times a day? No one smoking here, no one doing drugs. Or are people picking and choosing what we want to follow from doctors?

Tea Party versus No Label Party No movement stays true to its origins, and neither will this one.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 10, 2011 -> 09:27 AM) Congresswoman Giffords's husband Mark has an identical twin brother named Scott Kelly. Mark, I already noted, is an astronaut. Turns out Scott Kelly is as well. Scott Kelly, interestingly enough, is currently orbiting the Earth. Mark will be orbiting in a couple months with a friend of mine, Mike Fossum.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 9, 2011 -> 08:40 PM) If you need to have your side validated by somebody else's body count, that is fine. I'm sorry you support that. My side is we need to ratchet down the rhetoric to a level that actual will allow for cooperation and lesson the "sides". No validation, just sick of the hate and the who cares what is best for America as long as the other side loses. Bush sucks so Dems want him (and by extension the country) to fail. The GOP wants Obama to fail so they can say I told you so. I think that is wrong. Are you really defending ads with gun targets?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 9, 2011 -> 08:27 PM) Oh don't feed me that line of crap. You can't use specific people and then say it is just the climate. If you are picking on one ideology, you are still blaming one side or another for your own political points. Will you join me in condemning *any* and *all* politicians who tolerates or encourages this kind of hateful climate?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 9, 2011 -> 06:49 PM) Because it should take common sense to realize that in the minutes following a tragedy, you shouldn't already be trying to exploit it for your personal gain. The personal gain is a political climate where putting someone in the crosshairs would not be tolerated. Sorry you do not support that.

I forgot where I was posting.

http://nolabels.org/

No bait, I am really looking forward to opening day, much more than I have for any season in recent memory.

One of the goals of the off season is getting people excited about the team. Mission accomplished /awaits the rain on the parade folks

Yesterday was a long day, drove my son back to school and drove back. About 9 hours.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 9, 2011 -> 02:09 PM) I found it fascinating that a Senior Republican Senator was willing to say this, but not on the record. I think SS's comments kind of allude to this. Anything that is said at this time could be construed to be trying to score political points. I believe the Senator was just being cautious, nothing more sinister than that. In the coming days and weeks, as her condition improves, I believe we will see the no label movement gather serious steam (beyond silly petitions) and leaders on both sides will condemn the flaming rhetoric. I believe some good will come out of this. Americans can always be counted on to do the right thing, it just sometimes takes a tragedy like this to wake us up.

Amen

Universal Studios made some nice movies

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jan 9, 2011 -> 12:27 PM) No, I understood what you were saying. But if you're keep the used car a few extra years, you might end up spending $2k more each year maintaining that vehicle because of its age than if you had purchased a new vehicle. That's where the true cost of ownership comes in. Yeah, keeping your car for 6 years may allow you to save a good chunk of money, but you may spend $43k over the life of the ownership of that vehicle, whereas if you traded it in after 3 years and purchased a new vehicle, you might be spending $47k over the life of two vehicles during the same 6 year period. There will probably be savings, but perhaps not as large as you would think. Gotcha, and good points.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 9, 2011 -> 10:35 AM) FWIW, go back and look at the thread after the gunman shot up the army base. I am pretty sure I said almost the exact same thing. There aren't many things I respect less than people who instantly try to spin tragedy into their favor. I'm saying we should stop the violent rhetoric, the cult of violence, if that is "our" favor, then I am frankly shocked you are not amongst "us". People pointed out the most visible examples of this style, then it was the style that is being questioned and condemned here. I believe sane people who appreciate vigorous debate that does not degenerate to violent images are the ones spinning it towards their "favor". The side that benefits is the one wishing to see a reduction in the hate and divisiveness that permeates politics today.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jan 9, 2011 -> 08:19 AM) It's just sane people searching for a reason where there is none to be found. We'll disagree here. We may not like the reason, the reason may not be neat and tidy, but we'll come close to understanding what happened. We can usually discover the stressor(s) that pushed someone with a mental disease to act.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jan 7, 2011 -> 07:30 PM) How many times does it have to be f***ing proven that signing mediocre relievers to multi-year deals rarely turns out well? While mostly true, the other bit of data is how often option A works out. In a world where mediocre relievers often receive multi-year deals, finding one to accept a single year deal may drop you down another group in the talent pool. Without data for the other option, that just means the lesser of two evils sucks as well.