Texsox

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Nov 12, 2009 -> 03:14 PM) Oh, the suspense is almost unbearable. How high does it look like Barry Manilow is going to score? I might have him in my top 20 lyricist list, let me check.

You would not believe how exhausting it is teaching 8th Grade US HIstory

Unless you want to get caught, revenge, like ice cream, is best served cold.

Still had to be nice, I will be working there this summer, I can't give up the beach . . .

Quitting a job I liked was very tough.

QUOTE (Tex @ Nov 10, 2009 -> 10:03 AM) Private investigator (like the Hardy Boys), secret service agent, teacher, journalist (war corespondent) Got it. I start tomorrow. 8th Grade US History

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Nov 9, 2009 -> 12:17 PM) Given the $550,000 that the Catholic church donated to take away my equal protection under the law in the state of Maine this fall, they should damn well lose their tax exemption. Every charity has the same opportunity under the law.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Nov 10, 2009 -> 10:22 AM) Tex, this is Bob over at the video rental store, calling to let you know that the copy of "Weapons of A$ Destruction" you checked out is three weeks overdue. You mean that call? you made a comedic error, I said good news, so better would have been, your copy is in . . .

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Nov 10, 2009 -> 10:19 AM) Yeah, I'm backing off on my unequivocal stance that school classrooms are not public per se and therefore it's not a public performance. http://www.movlic.com/copyrightcompliance.html I do still think that many administrations crack down more to keep teachers from getting lazy than because they fear a knock on the door from the MPAA. This first came to light for me when a local teacher wanted to show Flags of our Fathers which has a strong local connection. Harlon Block, one of the soldiers, who was not correctly identified initially, is from Weslaco, about 20 miles from me.

Sure can't wait for a phone call with good news

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Nov 9, 2009 -> 07:05 AM) Camping out on the Dry Tortugas If you tell me you sailed there, I will be so envious . . . I wonder why we can have so much well placed empathy for people in those living conditions and then feel so much disdain for those who flee those conditions and come here to work whatever menial job they can find. We'd love to help, just don't get too close.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Nov 10, 2009 -> 08:24 AM) Moroccan coffee, with frothy pan-steamed milk and, cinnamon, cuman, a little black pepper and a good dose of sugar, is a nice treat. Sadly, most days it is instant, but at least it's Bustello or Pilon. quit, you are making me jones for one from a proper coffee shop

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 10, 2009 -> 08:46 AM) It is technically a "public showing" which is illegal without proper compensation or permission. The one exception is movies which are in the public domain. QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 10, 2009 -> 09:18 AM) Our school system here could very well be wrong, but that is what they told our teachers. I guess there have been districts where parents have actually caused problems over the movie policy. QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 10, 2009 -> 09:22 AM) They specifically mentioned it based on the legal side of things, not on the educational. Exactly the same thing I was just told regarding a local school district, if it says for "private home use" it is not allowed.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Nov 10, 2009 -> 10:04 AM) Back then I would have thought you'd want to be a professional steam boat operator. Actually back then, from reading Twain's Life on the Mississippi, I may have.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 9, 2009 -> 08:44 PM) A vulcanologist. And I'm about 2 weeks away. Good luck with that, unless there was a spelling error . . .

Private investigator (like the Hardy Boys), secret service agent, teacher, journalist (war corespondent)

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Nov 10, 2009 -> 07:44 AM) AP Headline this morning: Obama is pressed into role as national healer. This is what I mean. STFU, media. Yes, I'm glad he's going and he should go. But now he's our "national healer"? This is why the politics of all this gets sick. It's not what he does, it's how it's spun. Do you mean like Bush the Decider standing on a mound of rubble with a bull horn? Then I say yes! How it is spun is very important. Reagan's greatest legacy was as cheerleader. A bigger than life cowboy riding in to save the day after a decade of impotent b.s. When we feel strong as a nation good s*** happens.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Nov 10, 2009 -> 07:23 AM) ?? He's going to Texas today to meet with the families and then do a memorial service. Unless you're saying the fact that he didn't immediately drop everything he was doing and fly out within an hour of finding it happened is somehow insulting? In today's political climate, if he left immediately, he would have been accused of using this tragedy to promote himself. And it is tough to really complain, Bush went through it and of course Clinton's second term was all about him "wagging the dog". What we need to bring the nation together is a major event. It will not be something good, because there will be fights over credit, etc. It will be some huge national threat so that we put aside petty political b.s. The last time we were together as a nation was 9-11. For about 3 days, then we started playing the blame game and it hasn't stopped.

tell you what, they would be in a much better place. Both on the field and off

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 8, 2009 -> 04:26 PM) More money is circulation means more people are spending money. More people spending money means more income is being generated, more income means more taxes are getting paid. Since you will not answer who is paying the higher revenue, I will assume you agree that more income taxes are being paid by us. And now we are paying for the current spending, plus the prior spending, plus the interest on the deficit. Plus, that would mean incomes are rising, something we are against in certain sectors because rising wages makes those products uncompetitive. (Autos for one) We agree that more money being spent generates more income. We cut someone's taxes and they decide to save that dollar, or spend it on a foreign vacation, or to buy a made overseas item, the effect is not as strong. The only entity we can be 100% guaranteed to spend the money is the government. Of course I would rather you and I spend the money than the government This all changes when we are rebating taxes because there is a surplus! The politician or party that pulls that off will have my vote forever. My objection is the bribing for votes that cutting taxes without changing spending brings. As you said, the bulk of the taxes are being paid by the middle class and above. I don't foresee that changing in the next couple decades. So those deficits will be paid by us, the middle class, with interest. When did a balanced budget become a liberal idea? I find it funny that during the 1990s with the GOP's "Contract For America" you would have been on the Dem side fighting against it and I would have been the GOPerhead.

I understand that, however, you are missing my point. Revenues go up. OK I will accept that. Revenues going up mean someone is depositing more money. Who is that and what tax are they paying? Simple question. If you and I aren't accounting for those higher revenues, it must be corporations, and as you have always pointed out, corporations pass that on to the consumers.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Nov 8, 2009 -> 01:10 PM) I wonder how much longer the game will stay televised for me before it gets switched to another game. I don't think they came back for the 2nd half here in Texas. I had had enough so switched to playing mafia wars on facebook.

Really appreciate that someone caught the use of the apostrophe and Fox went to the Packer - Buck game. Bye Bye Bears

not much interest in the 2nd half of the Bear's Cardinal's game

All these agreements, Jordan and the school, the school and Adidas, are all worth the money they were written on. Kudos to Nike to make a shoe without logos, seems like a nice gesture to Adidas. Nike could not say publicly, hey if Adidas drops you, we will take over, that seems a little slimy. But will anyone be surprised when Nike steps in and plays the role of savior? Frankly, I would be really shocked if Nike wasn't pulling some of the strings in his decision, etc.