Texsox

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 20, 2009 -> 10:28 PM) Wow, because it was interracial. I didn't think twice about it, than again, i'm dating someone that isn't my own race. She's human

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 20, 2009 -> 09:23 PM) They are if they're done poorly, because they can be abused by businesses. Like Walmart does. And how does Walmart abuse the system? The only thing I have ever read that WalMart does is publicize the programs that their employees qualify for.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 21, 2009 -> 12:28 PM) I'm pretty sure I used the logic path in a number of my previous dating relationships.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 19, 2009 -> 09:58 PM) Of course, the bill as written excludes legit small businesses. Probably more generously than it should. But here's the real small business counterpoint; small businesses already can't afford health care costs anyway, and they get charged more than a big company because they're small and have less negotiating power. This prevents small businesses from being able to hire the best people because they can't offer health care benefits, and also prevents people from starting up small businesses because they can't afford to lose their own personal health care or afford to go out and buy insurance on the individual market. But at the core, are the programs that offer health benefits to working poor bad?

I Like My Sprite In You In Section: NY comPRESSed » Posted By: Joseph Alexiou It was the cumshot heard ‘round the world! The internet has been blowing up over a recent Sprite ad that was banned for its orally offensive content. New York Press has the inside scoop, thanks to John Jones IV, 23, the ab-tastic young model whose bubbles were featured at the end of the commercial. "The funny thing is, it's a spec commercial—it's not even real," he said today over the phone from his home in Williamsburg. "I moved [to New York] to break into the music industry," said the classically trained musician and a producer of electronic R&B. Currently he DJs weekly at the Cock and Sugarland. "But anything that'll pay my bills, I go with," he said Directed by Max Isaacson, a video "genius" who's done work for MTV, the ad was produced by Greencard Pictures in Brooklyn—not in Germany as previously reported. The parties involved claim that they didn't necessarily intend for the spec commercial to actually air. "These kinds are really in-your-face," Jones said, explaining that risqué spec ads are usually created to catch the eyes of executives for exposure. “The controversy is it’s the fact that she’s a white girl blowing me and I’m black. That role reversal freaks people out.” Jones is also a NYC nightlife fixture who goes by the name J4 and is often recognized thanks to his striking wigs and outfits—which sometimes feature a lot more cloth than the wardrobe he wears in the video.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/20/s...d_n_240851.html

QUOTE (LosMediasBlancas @ Jul 20, 2009 -> 04:24 PM) yeah, but stats can get influenced by those nuances too. That's a major booooo. NBA rims are all 10 feet off the floor, imagine if they weren't. I prefer the nuances. Unless they are all domes, there are always variables.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 19, 2009 -> 09:37 PM) Have them pay a tax if they're going to have the government providing health care services to their employees. Just Walmart or the thousands of small, medium, and large businesses whose employees qualify? Basically you are asking employers to pay an additional tax on wages beyond what they are already spending. Which IMHO, will hurt small business a lot more than Walmart and the other large companies that employ minimum wage employees.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 19, 2009 -> 06:26 PM) Certainly do. We just want Walmart paying their fair share. The programs that Walmart employees use are the same programs available to the working poor of other companies. Which is a more humane company policy: Alerting employees to government programs they qualify for Ignoring those programs and not helping employees find them or suggesting employees call

Walmart was the ultimate display of capitalism. They showed what an almost free market can produce. Amazing. But the human costs, as Soxy mentioned, are high. The lunar landing was a triumph of human knowledge and accomplishment that paid dividends throughout the next forty years, with the cost being almost strictly in dollars and sense. So, I believe the biggest positive impact was the lunar landing.

The events he covered is just amazing.

One of the great journalists of all time. RIP, the world is a better place for him having been here.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 17, 2009 -> 06:26 PM) professional wrestling is the pointless, and I can't believe people pay lots of money to watch something completely fake. Movies say hello

Besides the movies we watch with our kids, I've seen Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day about 200 times, what movie have you watched the most?

QUOTE (RibbieRubarb @ Jul 17, 2009 -> 11:56 AM) Under 18 Babysitter? The going rate is 10-20 years, I think... Oh sorry...I was confused by the question.

QUOTE (Middle Buffalo @ Jul 17, 2009 -> 09:05 AM) Well, I'm kind of making the assumption that both people would have been drinking, and the following day one (or both) of them regret what happened. I'm sure you'd agree that drinking leads to lowered inhibitions and generally poor judgement. Saying "don't f*** drunk girls" puts all of the responsibility of good judgement on the male - a male who' likely been drinking. Are there any other laws besides rape that drunk people should be exempt from?

SHIPPS has BR movies, I have books. Lots of books, everywhere, some really stupid ones that typically my ex wife would buy for me. Anyone want a copy of The Preppie Handbook? What do you collect or waste your money on?

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QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jul 15, 2009 -> 11:13 AM) The only reason I knew was the title, and SHIPPS. Oh sure, blame it on SHIPPS But that Stone Pony is a good lookin' youngster . . .

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jul 15, 2009 -> 11:10 AM) Nah, that's Stoney Pony. I should have known you would be better versed on the male sex symbols, you are such a dick magnet!

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jul 15, 2009 -> 11:06 AM) You love Steve, too. That isn't everyone's favorite lifeguard David Hasselhoff?

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 15, 2009 -> 11:06 AM) I love David!!! We know you do . . . Here is another picture for your collection

QUOTE (Soxy @ Jul 15, 2009 -> 10:32 AM) Coercion. A guy may get turned on and then decide he doesn't want to have sex--you have a right to change your mind. If consent is not freely given, if someone is too drunk to get consent. I'm sure there are multiple ways for women to do it. We just don't do it as often. Soxy, giving that PhD in Psychology a workout today. Giving away Psychology lessons is bad business for a Professor Remember Tex's favorite saying, you can't wake someone who is pretending to be asleep.

QUOTE (Cknolls @ Jul 15, 2009 -> 10:30 AM) All gov't current gov't employees should have their pensions moved into 401k's. All former gov't workers should have their pensions cut 25%. No gov't worker shall receive more than one pension. I think I just cut the deficits of the states by 75%.. Does that include military pensions? Cops who quit the force and become firefighters? If someone works job A and receives a pension for it, and someone else works job B and receives a pension for it, how would that be cheaper than a single person? And would you also cut social security 25%?

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 15, 2009 -> 10:01 AM) It was. He also said as long as he had his house and Puerto Rico, he'd be fine... What if some terrorists bombed his house in Puerto Rico? Would Javy finally show some damn emotion? he's be all choked up