Texsox

incredible hyow slow I am

grandma could have posted quicker than I did

Friendly people around here today

Before and after photos on a dieting web site at inspiring, and a little creepy.

BTW, here it is in 2,000 going backwards, $5 trillion and shrinking http://www.usdebtclock.org/2000.html

http://www.usdebtclock.org/ $40,000 per person. Almost $14,000,000,000,000.00. For example we owe China $880,000,000. This year we will have a deficit of $4,000 per person. If we ever do pay back all that debt, who will be paying it? My taxes were cut, so it can't be me, but I wonder who will be paying that $40,000 per person debt?

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Dec 1, 2010 -> 06:16 PM) Wait, he's already president of a country. nice

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Dec 1, 2010 -> 04:40 PM) And what if he doesn't produce anywhere near those BIG BUCKS he receives? Is that devaluing or just making smart baseball decisions? And what if *the other person signed* doesn't produce anywhere near those BIG BUCKS he receives? Is that devaluing or just making bad baseball decisions?

QUOTE (Disco72 @ Dec 1, 2010 -> 04:33 PM) Just because some other team is willing to overpay PK does not mean that he was worth that to the Sox. Good for him if he makes BIG BUCKS, but it would be very bad for the Sox. And the Sox are going to find someone who no one else wants to pay BIG BUCKS to. Hmm, what does that tell us?

First off it is perfectly legal for people to loan people money. The terms may push it into being illegal, and the method of collecting. MLB rules allow loans up to $500 without the agent telling anyone. Above that the agent must disclose the loan. Now I assume that only applies to potential clients, if he wants to loan his kid $1,000, I assume he doesn't have to claim that. We have an example of a kid who took the loan, then signed with a different representative. Boras asked for his money back, probbaly the same he would have if the kid signed with him. Bottom line, these kids have some income so they can develop into baseball players instead of hotel workers to support their families. The agent has an even greater interest in that kid's development. The slavery example would work nicely when we find some kid shackled to Boras' lawn mower when he doesn't develop into a baseball player. If we want to continue the slavery example with mlb, how about players being sold and traded to other teams where they are forced to move and work for as long as a decade? They have no choice in employers for the term of the contract. If they are drafted, they can only work for that employer. That seems like a stronger example of slavery in baseball than someone receiving a loan.

It seems that my employer has blocked any searches that involve the term murder as tasteless. IIRC from my Forensic Psychology class of a couple years ago, most US murders were not premeditated, calculated acts. They were crimes of passion, or gang violence that escalated. The theory is the potential punishment has no bearing on a person's actions when they see a spouse cheating or that f***er won't let them watch The Simpsons. Toss in alcohol and drug impaired murders and you have a large percentage of the murders. Also, again without being able to search, there seemed to be little coorelation from nations that have the dealth penalty and those without. Even looking at states, Texas, the #1 executioner state, has a higher murder rate than most states. And Sparky in Huntsville gets used a few times per month.

Great, I have no idea as usual what people are talking about.

everyone sucks

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 1, 2010 -> 01:26 PM) Bad at this, I am. crap

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 1, 2010 -> 01:26 PM) Although, a few rats can be used as a food source in a pinch. before you posted this, someone already covered the A hole

Another day, another chance to change lives.

I have an outdoor temperature that rarely drops below 50, and a 100 year history of less than a dozen major snowfalls. When it snows, and it did a Christmas Day many years ago, we shut everything down, and stare at it until it melts.

Dear idiot, smug, condescending, snarky, mocking, kid in my last class, I was laughing with you because I just added the fifth item to your discipline pyramid. You will not be attending the pep rally or the Christmas Party. You are also one step closer to 30 days at the alternative school. I am still laughing because you have no idea what is about to fall down around your ears. Signed, Your dedicated Teacher

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Dec 1, 2010 -> 09:04 AM)

It's a shame they could not have worked out a deal months ago.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Nov 30, 2010 -> 07:36 PM) Dear Tex, We have specific enclosed areas for carts, which seems much smarter than your method. With love, Milkman Dear Nyx, What word is that? Inquisitively, Milkman Dear Milkman, I see those corrals, and I see carts left between cars. I wish more people used them.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Nov 30, 2010 -> 04:02 PM) I was against it only because it was limited to medical marijuana. Should be fully legal. Absolutely stupid that in 2010 it's not. With the legal limits for drunk driving getting lower and lower and the places to legally smoke cigarettes getting fewer and fewer, the climate just isn't there for adding another intoxicating, burning, product to the mix.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Nov 30, 2010 -> 07:16 PM) The problem comes from taking advantage of people by flashing money in their face and then getting them hooked into your services long term. And what does an agent do later? Promise big bucks and hook them into your service long term.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Nov 30, 2010 -> 02:13 PM) What are the alternatives? Male, Female, Shack, Rock, Kap, and my favorite Soxy