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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 29, 2009 -> 07:45 PM) Senator Kennedy politicizes his own funeral. (letter addressed to the Pope, written by the late Senator, read at his funearl) How can you separate him, or anyone, from their work? Like him or hate him, his life was the Senate, being the Senator from Massachusetts and the causes he fought for. If my funeral was a platform I could urge people to serve youth, I would.

Short version, friend's computer, a HP desktop about 6 or 7 years old. Started having problems on start up. I do not have a meter handy but it seemed to be the power supply The power supply shut down while I was troubleshooting. POS HP case used a 150 Watt PS, can't find a replacement locally that will fit in the space allotted. Picked up a new case, started moving components. Installed mobo, HD. Started up and zero activity. PS on new case does not start. Outlet and cords are good. Started hooking up SW from mobo to front panel, old case does not use reset. Couple questions. Shouldn't the power supply fire up even without any load from the mobo, etc? Or are the switches on the case front necessary? Unlike the old case and PS, their is a switch on the power supply itself. Thoughts? I'm starting to think I have a case with a DOA power supply, but that seems really unlikely.

Well, f***. Just no other way to phrase it.

Quality stuff here.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Aug 30, 2009 -> 12:01 AM) I can't find the link, but I know I read somewhere that back in the Nixon era, kennedy OPPOSED a version of national healthcare that was proposed back then. I have to find that later. He later said he regretted not working more with his political foe in making that happen. It probably shaped his later talents in crossing the aisle and getting things done. Sometimes it takes a few terms before leaders understand how to make bi-partisanship work.

He was so clutch down the line in 2005. I hope he gives it every shot he has left before retiring and can walk away knowing he gave it his best. At his prime, I'd place him with Robin as the best 3rd baseman in my time as a fan.

Does it really matter?

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Aug 28, 2009 -> 04:44 PM) How many times do people of a faith disrespect those who share the faith. Religion no matter what is going to inspire some, aggravate others. I do admit, it was a weak point that I brought up. I didn't think it was a weak point. Actually it is a strong point in that it validates religious observation during sporting events.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Aug 27, 2009 -> 02:43 PM) TEx, do you hear the words 'tort reform' and automatically think that it means nobody is ever gonna be able to file a wrongfull death suit or malpractice suit ever again? Or do you hear that if they ARE able to file that the award would be capped at some super low figure like $10,000? I am not advocating any specific plan for reform, but you can't argue that there doesn't need to be some kind of reform. C-section births are on the rise because doctors fear a natural birth complications. Tests are ordered that aren't needed, or may be needed for that 1 in 50 million chance of some super rare disease, for everyone, just to CYA. That costs time and money which can be better spent on other things. Tort reform needs to happen, in some form, along with numerous other changes. Some of which I posted a few posts back. It is not the end-all, but it has to be part of the final package, whatever it is. QUOTE (kapkomet @ Aug 28, 2009 -> 03:19 PM) Oh, really? In all actuality, they're going to cut tests "to save money" which DOESN'T allow doctors to CYA, which would therefore INCREASE tort issues, which then in reality pays back the trial lawyers that got this idiot elected in the first place, in spades. I see how this works. Let's cut costs, increase tort liability issues, which then produces an environment that is 100 times worse then what we have today because everything is going to be sued the s*** out of it AND rationed at the same time. What a GREAT plan. Which, by the way, by its own side admits still won't cover a lot of the very people that need the coverage the most. I've been following Alpha and his reasoning for the past day or so. Both of you are hard core critics of these proposals. Alpha (the GOP mainstay) wants fewer "unnecessary tests". Earlier, SS expressed the fact that when it is free, demand rises which is just fiscally wrong. Which I agree with and would like to see some co-pay to at least slow some people down. So it seems that your opinion of how this will work, would address their concerns. I would also like to see fewer tests, but at the same time, not by predicting in advance, for every patient, what they will need. This really highlights how difficult an issue it is. There is even disagreement within the party faithful of how it should be formed.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Aug 28, 2009 -> 04:30 PM) Before a game its Christian players doing a Christian prayer. I assure you if before the game a bunch of Christian players put on yarmulkes, wore Hacidic outfits and said The Shema prayer people would be offended. And to further that point, is there really a way for non practitioners of a faith to respectfully portray that faith?

Russ, I certainly do not disagree with you about strong, positive feeling towards the Chief. As I mentioned, having my daughter at UoI really brings it home, especially as I look at the cap I am wearing. And the Blackhawk's jersey is perhaps the all-time coolest in sports. We may have swung the pendulum too far. I think the difference would be having an actual member of the tribe do the dance, just as actually practitioners of the faith, are saying the prayer. And I'll toss this out there, some are praying for something other than religious reasons.

Really? No one is using their real name except me?

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Aug 28, 2009 -> 03:48 PM) Great point, and I completely understand that. I know people may find it offensive as "entertainment" but looking at religion at sporting games you see it all over, mainly in terms of prayers. I realize that and since we are gettnig into a level of tradition with the dances I am not familiar with, I can only add this. There are some religious traditions in the Christian faith that are performed almost anywhere, like praying. There are other traditions that are kept to certain services and masses. I would also assume there could be some form of Native American actions that could also be done. But, and again I am just taking a guess here, they would not involve the traditional face paint and other actions we associate with cheering a sports team. But, again we come down to is it possible to fulfill an educational mission in Native American studies at half time of a NCAA final four game? I just do not think so. And it really is amazing how fast I became a Big 10 fan again.

Nice touch

QUOTE (TheBigHurt @ Aug 28, 2009 -> 03:26 PM) Someone who fails to prove his own point asking someone to prove his. Kind of cute. Sadly, I don't have the time to backtrack records of hitters in history under Walker. For all I know you're correct and I would admit it. All I'm saying is that if the hitters being dumbfounded at the plate is an epidemic for YEARS, isn't the hitting coach somewhat to blame? Why the f*** do we even have a hitting coach, then? You don't have to backtrack, the team results have been posted in this thread. I was surprised, but based on what is being posted here, he is not among the league's worst, he's among the league's best. Could the team hire a better coach? There is always the potential for improvement. They could also hire a worse coach. And that seems more likely to me. Plus, I really just find it rather repulsive to agree with you based on the way you have treated some excellent posters in this thread.

LOL Mr President In 1981, Congress ordered the United States Department of Agriculture to issue new standards for federally financed school lunch programs, which would enable schools to economize; one of the USDA's proposals was to classify ketchup as a vegetable. The suggestion was widely ridiculed and the proposal was dropped.[13]

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Aug 28, 2009 -> 03:29 PM) To me, theres middle ground in this argument. I believe the first person who introduced the chief dance actually studied traditional illini dances, why cant we go back to that? Why did we have to get rid of it completely? If we are trying to honor the Illini tribe then do some research, make it historically accurate. But I also dont believe the majority of chief fans were mocking the Illini tribe or wished to do so. And you hit the nail on the head. No one was trying to be disrespectful. I believe it is context. Many of the dances should be thought of in a religious context, not an entertainment context. So I am not certain if it is possible to take something akin to a ritual or part of a religious tradition, and use it to try and cheer on a sports team. In other words using a sacred dance for entertainment could be considered disrespectful. Close to having the mascot passing out communion. The Boy Scout National Honor Society is called the Order of the Arrow and is based on traditions of a Delaware Tribe. Every effort is made to preserve the traditions and to reenact those traditions in the same context and as respectful as possible. Sometimes that falls short, especially in the hands of the youth members.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 28, 2009 -> 02:44 PM) What legs? good point. See, they should have done that sooner. That may have turned out to be Hawk's worse plan. I'm not saying the logic wasn't conventional and plausible, but Fisk sure proved him wrong.

Everyone should speak latin

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Aug 28, 2009 -> 02:38 PM) Which is what Congress is proposing. So critics of government health program reforms believe there needs to be tort reform that would stop Doctors from ordering tests to CYA. Congress is proposing just that.

Unless I am mistaken, this may be the longest nothing thread of all-time

How does one prepare for the unknown or unthinkable? That seems like the challenge that is being considered here. Imagine preparing for an atomic bomb during WW1. That seems to be the situation. My fear is they use that scenario to take away more freedoms. But, I hope the ACLU is looking into this.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Aug 28, 2009 -> 02:22 PM) wtf could possibly happen that would require this? Some rogue terrorist group sending out massive amounts of tweets? Comrades, Whitney Houston is back! We will bury Amerika wid tweets!

Anyone planning a cool Christmas? Beside posting in thois thread?

Maybe AJ could be moved to the outfield to save his legs . . . where have I heard that before