Texsox

QUOTE (SHIPPS @ Jul 9, 2009 -> 12:27 PM) I feel kinda lame for not knowing what The Kindle is. That is just one reason why you should feel lame . . .

QUOTE (knightni @ Jul 9, 2009 -> 09:45 PM) You guys should get on swaptree. You can trade for books that you want there. I hold on to way too many books.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 9, 2009 -> 09:47 PM) Wow. hits a nerve? Soft spot? The GOP attack on the "liberal" "biased" media is far more organized and ingrained in the GOP faithful. An entire generation has grown up with the indoctrination since Quayle's time. The GOP had issues with the media in 1990, but there was some balance with the "vast right wing conspiracy". Scream media bias in 1990 and people said "what's that?". Scream media bias in 2009 and GOP become rabid dogs. I find her as intelligent, if not more so, than most other politicians. I thought Quayle was very smart. His written stuff is far, far, better than his off the cuff ad libs.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jul 9, 2009 -> 09:36 PM) I need to. I'd have a better chance of winning the damn lottery then finding a job right now. That may be the toughest part of a job search like this. Interviews become a chore and trying to be positive in the interview is so damn hard.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 9, 2009 -> 09:03 PM) f***ing hell Tex I almost just baptized my keyboard Were going to baptize it in the name of God and Palin? Cuz that would have been cool! Sadly, she may go the way of Dan Quayle. Intelligent, witty, but the media is just killing her. However, now, unlike Quayle's time, being crucified by the media touches on a trigger for the GOP.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Jul 9, 2009 -> 08:52 PM) oh man, you're missing some AMAZING posts. this probably being one of them. The only problem is I worry I'm going to basically repeat something that someone I have on ignore just said. That would be embarrassing.

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Jul 9, 2009 -> 06:10 PM) What about if he pursues the affair beginning when he invites the married couple to stay with his family while the mistress and her husband have their home repaired from a burglary and all six kids from the two families are in the house at the time? Pushes the envelope, but other than voting him out of office, I just don't have any energy.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Jul 9, 2009 -> 08:52 PM) oh man, you're missing some AMAZING posts. this probably being one of them. sometimes you come up with something out of the blue and I just laugh.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 9, 2009 -> 05:47 PM) How do you get over $100,000 in campaign debt, while never having run for the office? At what point can they start for the next cycle? Exploring reelection chances seems like a campaign debt.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jul 9, 2009 -> 06:50 PM) First off, 50% of the posts have nothing to do with Sarah Palin (welcome to the filibuster) I guess I have too many people in ignore

I was just going to start a thread and thought, maybe Balta already did . . . Congrats on ending his political career as a Senator, albeit a tainted one.

QUOTE (BobDylan @ Jul 9, 2009 -> 05:40 PM) Interesting. Especially the last note. After training you submit your choices and they match you starting with the #1 graduate. At least that is what I was told last year when I was over at their station.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 9, 2009 -> 05:05 PM) I'd assume it was that amount for some tax related reason. But yeah, i get the joke. It also breaks down to $8K per month. That seems significant.

I can summarize my feelings about this. Vote the guy out and it's over. Besides comedic opportunities, I just cannot work up any outrage or indignation over some dude getting caught having an affair.

BTW, I'm wondering if there was any dyslexia in the check amount.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 9, 2009 -> 06:23 AM) Which sounds better to you, a mentally and emotionally disturbed child with no extra money to pay for treatment to help said child figure out his life while Michael Jackson sits in jail, or a mentally and emotionally disturbed child with $15 million to help in the psychological treatment of said child which would leave enough left over for even the most unselfless of people's early retirement while Jackson walks free on the street? Jackson was an incredible musical talent, but I would be very surprised if people wouldn't take $15 mill over him staying in jail. He made fantastic music, he was a very messed up man, people should mourn his loss just as much as they mourn anybody else's (if you are to take the good with the bad, I'd say Jackson comes out ahead but not by this much), and then move on. He's gone. RIP. Both actually. First a criminal prosecution, then a civil trial. OJ was 1-1.

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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 9, 2009 -> 04:50 PM) It's either that or successful blackmail. At almost $100,000, does that give him 5-Diamond status? When does a mistress become a hooker?

I spend a far amount of time with the Coasties. You will be on Homeland Security missions, not rescuing many fisherman. The days the Coast Guard could actually help a boater are almost gone. Now they drop a pump and tell you to call back if it gets worse. The advantage are the nice facilities and locations. The disadvantage are some of the facilities and locations. The station here on South Padre has gone from pretty laid back and casual to hard core military and somewhere in-between, depending on who is in command. What I think is cool is your class rank determines how close to your top choice you will get.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 9, 2009 -> 04:20 PM) Dude, you're supposed to announce this on the day of the Jackson memorial or the day before, not 2 days later. His parents paid someone to play with him. What cool parents and what a popular child. As a kid they hung a t-bone around his neck so the dog would play with him. Isn't paying a mistress basically hiring a prostitute?

What a huge thread, no wonder she's a GOP front runner. There is just so much attention and buzz around her name. It's electric!

QUOTE (CanOfCorn @ Jul 8, 2009 -> 04:33 PM) I have a couple of friends that are fiscally conservative but socially liberal. They both tend to vote GOP, but aren't always thrilled about it. The problem is the label. If there could be a candidate that could persuade the majority to vote on issues and not on labels, we might have a different system. Unfortunately, Id on't thinkt hat's going to happen in any of our lifetimes. That would be my dream. Once the GOP gave up on reigning in spending (The Reagan Years) we started a slide I don't like.

QUOTE (MurcieOne @ Jul 8, 2009 -> 02:44 AM) I love JD, but I dont think hes gotten to the "retire number" status just yet. Considering he might not be along much longer... I kind dont think he will ever get there either. He will however be remembered as one of our best OF ever. I have to agree with you. I don't see four from the '05 team having their numbers retired. Just doesn't happen. Thomas and Buerhle seem like locks. anyone after that becomes iffy, even Kong.

QUOTE (dasox24 @ Jul 4, 2009 -> 01:40 AM) Back in '90, I was on a plane from LA to DC during the Christmas holidays. Due to bad weather, we were put into a holding pattern above DC. However, during that time (unbeknown to us on the plane), some mercenaries hired to free a big-time drug lord being transported to the US took over the air traffic control radio frequencies and also killed lights to all the runways, so the pilots had essentially no visibility of the airport. And we were running low on fuel, so we had to make an emergency landing, but luckily, some cop from LA blew up the plane the mercenaries were in (killing the bad guys), so it lit up the runway and the pilot made a safe landing. Pretty crazy night. awesome,

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jul 7, 2009 -> 11:27 PM) Yes, I get that too. You have to get rid of certain regulations to allow the system to be fixed. Also, those that can pay, either through their insurance or being self insured, are picking up the tab for those that are treated and do not have the resources to pay. It would seem to me then, if the system was more direct, and we actually paid out of our pocket for them, we'd want them out of the ER and into some clinic.