Texsox

What is interesting in this story is how technology has changed how we complain about an employer. A couple beers after work, spouting off how your boss sucks was rarely a problem. Now, everyone has a bullhorn.

is death an option?

QUOTE (GREEDY @ Mar 20, 2010 -> 09:59 PM) For years on this board and others, I have bashed Dye's defense in RF and I have been met with a fair share of protest. Some more dellusional than others, but for the most part it seemed that more people than not think JD was/is a solid option in RF. And clearly, a strong majority, if not all MLB GMs seem to believe that Jermaine cannot play as an everday outfielder; and JD doesn't want to be paid as a 4th OF or DH, hence the current extra time to spend with the fam. So what rock did all of you crawl under this offseason? And is Hawk or Rongey under there with you? Did that feel good? Put your finger in your ears, stick out your tongue, and repeat your post. Most posters here have the baseball acumen to accurately access JD's defense. They can also discuss his strengths and weaknesses like adults instead of like a bunch of 3rd graders on a playground.

The American voter will always shift mid term.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 18, 2010 -> 12:58 PM) His voice is shot, and he doesn't really perform anymore. He sits for almost all of the show. Anything that is the old high notes he either drops down a few octaves, or his back up singers do it for him. As for something more age appropriate, I hear they have a magician at Ryan's during the early bird buffet I prefer the mime at La Francia

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 17, 2010 -> 09:07 PM) He is awful live now. I saw him and Billy Joel with a free ticket about 5 years ago, and he was a shell of himself. Billy Joel stole the show. I saw him at Poplar Creek 15 years ago, maybe longer. Awesome show. Was he as bad as The Who at the Super Bowl™

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Mar 17, 2010 -> 09:26 PM) Man, what the f*** can be done without government saving us all? The government is us; we are the government, you and I. Theodore Roosevelt

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Mar 14, 2010 -> 06:53 PM) You're kidding, right? The most reviled, hated, despised, loathed White Sox player of the last 10 years is EASILY Scott Podsednik. Maggs /end of subthread

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Mar 17, 2010 -> 06:11 PM) Come on Tex, you don't get paid out till you get fired or quit, haha. I think most companies learned it was a bad practice because vacation is actually good for the employees performance, etc. Everywhere I've been they've encouraged you to actually take the vacation (thankfully). I worked for one that paid everyone in December for unused time. It crushed my profitability in a usually slow month. The downside was no carry over.

I wonder if any company still pays you for unused vacation and/or sick days. It's been a couple decades since I can remember a company doing that.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 16, 2009 -> 12:24 PM) I may be the only person on earth who owns both Ross Gload and Ehren Wassermann t-shirts. speechless, I am without speech

Not even a thank you. I do not know of any company that offered some offset.

Elton John is playing some pretty small venues. Has his popularity really fallen that far?

This how we managed to get electricity to everyone. Private business was not interested in serving all of America.

And 28% of American households earn less than $25,000. Life is hard and sucks for a lot of Americans. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_inc...e_United_States

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Mar 16, 2010 -> 10:19 AM) It is. So is crying that life is hard for some people. It's as obvious and telling me the sky is blue when the sun it out. It solves nothing. No one is crying life is hard except you. Small businesses, the ones least likely to outsource jobs, face the challenge of spending 25% or more of their payroll on health insurance benefits for their employees or have their employees do without. Your solution is saying life sucks, work for a health insurance company that can afford higher salaries and better benefits.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Mar 16, 2010 -> 10:05 AM) In the current world, with the value of the dollar what it is, 10-12.50$ isn't enough to live on. The world sucks...life isn't fair. Get another job. I never advocate going on welfare, but if that's all the effort their willing to put fourth, then they can either deal with it, or do something to move along...either way, it sucks for them. Why don't you help them out, since you seem to live in some sort of utopia? Look, life is a b**** sometimes...and people making that little, for whatever reason, life won't be easy for them...but it is what it is. That's life. That is what entry level jobs pay in much of the country. That is what businesses, your savior in all this, pay their employees. That isn't utopia, that is the reality for millions and millions of Americans and what the leadership in this country is trying to work with. Your solution is it sucks to be these people. Hopefully we can do better.

QUOTE (The Critic @ Mar 16, 2010 -> 10:08 AM) Ticketbastard. LOL. I was also checking livenation. The Doobie Bros and Chicago are playing the EAA Show in Oshkosh on the 26th.

QUOTE (The Critic @ Mar 16, 2010 -> 06:54 AM) Here's what I could find for "big name" shows in July: 7/6 U2, Soldier Field 7/9 James Taylor & Carly Simon, United Center 7/16 and 7/17 Doobie Brothers & Chicago, Charter One Pavilion 7/17 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, United Center 7/18 Iron Maiden First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Tinley Park 7/30 Bon Jovi, Soldier Field 7/31 Vans Warped Tour, First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Tinley Park Where are you getting those? Doobie Bros or Tom Petty would be perfect, but we're getting there the 22 or 23rd.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Mar 16, 2010 -> 09:50 AM) It's the AMA, not much the insurance companies can do about the AMA. If that's true, then maybe the AMA needs reforms, as well. The insurance industry doesn't have to use the AMA. They would also save some money because they could stop lobbying the AMA to not approve certain procedures.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Mar 16, 2010 -> 09:17 AM) People only making 20,000 have other issues altogether. They'd be better of going on welfare and having free health care as it is...not to mention they'd make more than 20k. Are you really advocating people who make $10 to $12.50 per hour to quit and go on public assistance?

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Mar 16, 2010 -> 09:42 AM) It's going to end up on the taxpayers either way, but that's besides the point. There should be NO illnesses that aren't covered. I work at Blue Cross IL, and I personally don't know of any plan we have that doesn't cover specific illnesses, it covers them all. The only things NOT covered are unproven treatments for said illnesses, and doctors who have these methods performed should know better and NOT perform them. The problem is they don't care, because one way or another they'll get paid. If the AMA approves certain drugs/treatments, it's covered by us...without exception. What's not covered are unproven treatments the AMA says should not be administered as they're a waste of time/resources. This is another problem entirely. When a person is sick and life becomes no fun to live, they look for ANY lifeline to get well again. Doctors often prey on this -- and begin to offer alternative treatments (very costly and unproven) -- and of course at that point the patient will try anything, even if it doesn't have a prayer in working...doctors who do this should be stripped of their licenses...and it happens a LOT. And for every 1 anomaly in which it works, that patient probably would have gotten well without that fake costly treatment, but there is no way to prove that. Either way, for every anomaly, there are thousands of cases where the costly treatment does nothing, and the patient is stuck with the bill because the insurance company doesn't cover non AMA approved methods...and they shouldn't. Doesn't every treatment go through a period of time when it is not AMA approved? Our approval cycle os much longer than most other countries.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Mar 16, 2010 -> 09:14 AM) And where is Enron now? Private companies should be allowed to fail, just like Enron failed. I'm not for bailing out private companies. Let them die, someone else will rise up and take the business. The Government, however, cannot die...or the country folds. The Government can run in the red for an indefinite amount of time until a revolution overthrows them and uproots everything the country was. A regular company can operate in the red until they can't continue to operate, then someone else takes the business. Exactly. What would happen if say our electrical grid was allowed to fail? Our telecom system? The internet? At some point it is in our national interest to have something that can not be allowed to fail. With our reliance on the internet, it makes sense we make it more bulletproof. It will also allow us to be more competitive in a global economy.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Mar 16, 2010 -> 09:10 AM) It creates a government monopoly, and that's bad. The current semi-monopoly's only exist because of the laws preventing out of state competition. When I want to buy a TV, I'm not FORCED to buy it only in IL...insurance should be no different. There are MANY insurance companies out there, a lot of them non-profits, that many of you would love to be able to negotiate with. And their prices are still not low enough for most Americans to afford. I have yet to hear of a plan anywhere that someone making $20,000 to $25,000 can afford. Should it really cost as much as a rent payment to have health insurance? And that doesn't even included co-pays and deductibles once you need the insurance.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Mar 16, 2010 -> 08:23 AM) It's impossible to get consumers choice when consumers have no idea what they paying for or why they need it. When you're car engine dies, you shop around, find out the cost of the new engine and labor to install it properly...for non emergency care/non emergency surgery, you can't ask a doctor or hospital, how much is that going to cost so I can shop around at other hospitals and see if I can get a better deal from an equally skilled surgeon. They perform the procedures first, THEN tell you how much it cost...it's backwards. So the only method the patients have to shop around right now is different insurance companies. Actually to make the comparison correct, most of the time the auto insurance company has a list of pre approved service shops that you are required to use and which they have pre negotiated rates. I know last year my girlfriend, who is uninsured because her private school does not offer insurance, needed an expensive test and she shopped around for prices. There was very little difference between prices. They all offered a standard "cash price". Not much different than trying to save a couple dollars on gas or an iPod.