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Your are fine and that is a manly vehicle. For every state except Texas, we wouldn't even let our women drive one.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Jan 29, 2010 -> 04:14 PM) "OMG what idiots some Texans are" Interestingly, this is exactly what many SoxTalkers say to themselves an average of 16.35 times a day while browsing this site. Since you took the time to research and make it accurate. Now get off my lawn

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 31, 2010 -> 04:19 PM) That is insane about having Thome Jerseys done already. You gotta love American marketing and manufacturing What really amazes me is when we piss off some s*** hole country with two airplanes and a leaky boat half way around the world and within 3 hours they are burning dozens of US flags. Where the hell do they get them so fast?

Reinlander

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jan 29, 2010 -> 01:02 PM) lol, is this a joke? I wish it were . . . Seems when the tv and radio reports ran, many people misheard the name. We were just going to call them end of course or EOCs, now we have STAAR

I just heard that Texas is changing the name of some exams we will be giving in our secondary schools. The original name was to be End of Course exams. The name change was made necessary when our Education agency was flooded with calls demands to know why kids would be given intercourse tests before graduating.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 28, 2010 -> 07:41 AM) i'd rather you all just secede I'm all for it, I just hope we get to use the 1846 map . . . And if y'all think the OPEC countries are rough with y'all, wait until you have a bunch of Texans supplying the batteries for your toys

http://bumperdumper.com/bumper2.htm

http://www.texasmonthly.com/preview/2010-02-01/feature We've got another Texan to save your ass again.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jan 27, 2010 -> 08:53 PM) I just watched 5 minutes and couldn't stand it anymore. It's the same spew for 2 years now. He's still campaigning. I find it interesting that you would prefer a candidate/elected leader who, after getting elected, would stop working for what got him elected. I find it refreshing that someone actually is trying to follow through on the plan they "spewed" to get elected. Yep, he's continuing to campaign for the stuff that got him elected, as promised. I wish we had more, not less, leaders doing that. (Even if I do not agree with some of it).

I use to sit here thinking how will they pay for all this? Now I'm thinking 50% tax cuts to cover all these costs I'm interested in how the $10,000 tax credit for college would work.

Did he just say expand nuclear power and open more areas to drilling? Wow.

QUOTE (CrimsonWeltall @ Jan 27, 2010 -> 05:44 PM) Wouldn't the alternative be a $300 netbook and not a $1500-2000 Macbook? That's what I am thinking. I want something small and light that I could check email and do some light word processing.

I was interested. I see a lot of potential. Eventually I would like to have everything merged. Cell phone Netbook Money Keys Credit Cards ID cards MP3 Player Toll Pass Company ID Carry one device and it does everything. I'm the old guy and remember carrying an address book, calendar, to do lists, etc. Then a phone and PDA. I'm liking where this is going, the form factor will be the final determination. Eventually I see some foldable screen, ultra thin, like paper. 1/8 size it is a phone. 1/4 size a DPA. Full size a laptop computer with virtual keyboard.

My ex-wife is an x-ray tech. I've been around sailors and truckers that swear less. I won't even begin to discuss the nicknames for patients . . .

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jan 26, 2010 -> 09:55 PM) I'm sure they'll be able to explain all of your options and what is best for you in 30 seconds. You would really take medical advice from someone other than a Doctor? Do you really want the Tebows to tell you all the medical options? This is a human interest piece, not a college course. When an athlete does an anti-drug (steroid) ad, do we criticize because of the lack of medical information in the 30 second ad?

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Jan 26, 2010 -> 09:44 PM) Yes, I was generalizing my comments in reference to ignoring doctors' (pl) orders. And yes, I understand the value of second opinions, multiple viewpoints, and the ultimate responsibility of the patient to make informed decisions regarding their care and treatment. But the message I anticipate coming from the Tebow story focused through a Focus on Family prism is that NO medical opinion matters (be it one doctor or a consensus of hundreds) if that opinion proffers abortion as the safest course of action. That is a dangerous and irresponsible message. I agree that there could be a dangerous and irresponsible message, just like any other ad. It seems most are anticpating the worse. I still disagree that every discussion has to be to the level of a New England Journal of Medicine article. People Magazine cover stories like this all the time. Lifetime Movies. Songs. This is just one more pop culture reference. No different than complaining that the Bud Lite commercial doesn't discuss every way that alcohol is dangerous. They are encouraging people to drink, even those that have been warned by their Doctor. My last surgery could have been accomplished via a "keyhole" or a 4" cut. When someone told me theirs went fine with the 4" cut, that they didn't think there was a lot of extra pain or a longer recovery, that was valuable information. That was not irresponsible because they didn't talk about all the other factors that come into play.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Jan 26, 2010 -> 07:38 PM) I'm going to take myself out of my self-imposed Filibuster semi-exile to chime in, and I think the major problem i have with this pending ad is one that has not been fully enunciated here. I'm pro-choice but I don't have an inherent issue with a non-combative pro-life ad being aired during the Super Bowl or anywhere else. Of course, an ad produced by the hate-fueling Focus on the Family is going to be combative and divisive by definition, so we're already removed from that possibility here. But. . . an ad that spotlights a woman who wrestled with thoughts of terminating a typical pregnancy but didn't, who ends up with a healthy and happy and loved child and is so thankful for the decision she made. . . I don't find that objectionable in and of itself. In contrast, the Tebow situation is NOT that case at all. Here a mother was given the best medical advice her doctors thought they could give her when they suggested she should terminate the pregnancy for health reasons. Here, the decision to abort would not have been borne out of "convenience" but out of medical safety reasons. This mother willfully chose to ignore the doctors' advice and thankfully for her and her son the outcome was positive. But putting this story out there sends absolutely the wrong message that doctors sdvice and warnings mean nothing and to go ahead and carry the pregnancy to term no matter the cost to mother or baby. Things will not work out so well for high-risk pregnancies, and Focus on the Family is broadcasting the message that that's OK. I don't agree that it is, and I think it's disrespectful to the medical professionals who have the best interests of their patients at heart. It's also irresponsible and morally repugnant (to me) that this "Choose Life No Matter What!" message (even if you die in childbirth and leave a father and 5 kids behind, or even if your kid is born with severe congenital defects) is something CBS and the NFL have no problem with. I agree with much that you posted, especially the Focus on the Family angle. I am not a fan at all and that is the most problematic part of all this. But you said Doctors and from what I read it was one Doctor. Sometimes you get different diagnosis and different ideas on acceptable risks. I've had a few operations and skipped two. One Doctor wanted to operate, another suggested a longer, but less evasive recovery program. Was I disrespectful to the medical professionals who have my best interest at heart? It was their opinion, and I have learned Doctors are giving their best opinion, it isn't always correct. Plus, sometimes it is odds. There are so many potential problems in any pregnancy. How many patients over 35 ignore conventional wisdom and conceive anyways?

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Jan 26, 2010 -> 03:29 PM) Never had a problem with him when he was here. In fact.. at times we used to agree on alot of subjects. Dunno if it's age (the whole caps wearing backwards, get off my lawn approach he's doing is sad) or just anger, but he's changed from his style of posting over the years. I was basically the last mod defending him and he bite that hand. He wasn't even smart enough to realize who supported his free wheeling posts and who would be offended.

Thanks for the mention. What is amazing to me is he can speak so intelligently about baseball while drunk. There is no way an adult can consistently act so immature without alcohol being involved. I also find it interesting that he obsessed with me teaching middle school. Perhaps that is why I recognize his taunts and threats, they are basically the same ones that the children toss out. I almost feel guilty, it's like tapping on the glass of the monkey cage to watch him get pissed off and write a 2,000 word post.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 26, 2010 -> 04:05 PM) lol. Don't ruin the football game for a debate like abortion... who wants ads at a party anyways? Turn down the jams, I want to hear that All-State commercial!

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jan 26, 2010 -> 04:00 PM) You're right Tex. This is a wonderful opportunity for family members and friends to start talking about this issue. Who cares if households across the country get into major arguments. Sure it's a topic that can ignite very heated debates as evidenced in this thread but I couldn't think of a better opportunity to alienate yourself than at a Super Bowl party. better than the fights over who was suppose to bring the chips. And I will be the 10,342,839 person the say the Super Bowl is a terrible place to air the ad. But it is easily the greatest place to have people talk about it. The liberal media is taking an opportunity to champion one of their liberal ideas . . . It also seems odd to me that some women's groups do not support the right to choose. They only seem to rally around one choice.

And don't drink before hand. I watched more guys bomb because of being bombed. The crowd will become a feeding frenzy kicking your ass.

Another thought, I hope this urges women to get a second opinion when they are in these situations. Whether it is a Doctor that would encourage carrying the child or one who advocates for terminating the pregnancy, two different Doctors may give comflicting opinions, or they both may line up. Just because the first Doctor believes the risk is moderate, doesn't mean the next one might think it is severe, or mild.