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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.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jul 7, 2009 -> 11:29 PM) I remember flying at 300 baud modem rates. Well. God love that Commodore 64... Vic20 with a cassette tape storage drive.

By the time he retires, I suspect he will have passed Fisk as my all-time favorite Sox player.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 7, 2009 -> 06:33 PM) Instead we are going to bankrupt our social programs by making them all citizens, and giving them free retirement and social security. That's a pretty nice slap in the face to the generations who have actually followed our laws. Perhaps your plan gives them all that, but I doubt that will ever pass. If people working those jobs will bankrupt the system, who will work them without bankrupting the system? The reason the government has been turning a blind eye for generations is illegals do not take the same benefits a full citizen would take. The guest worker system I favor would allow US business, especially agriculture, to have the workers they need, while allowing the workers only limited benefits. The job, and the wages attached to the job, determine what benefits are paid.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jul 7, 2009 -> 07:32 PM) Yea. Millions have to come here to escape. OK, I get that. But, they make the choice. And I would argue, they make the choice to put up with the s*** that they do there. OH WAIT! I can blame America again! Us friggin druggies! If it weren't for us, Mexico would be alright. When the US catches a cold, Mexico gets pneumonia. We can destroy Mexico economically, or we can make them alright. We have benefited from having two countries surround us with peaceful relationships. The US drug habit does cause problems for Mexico. We force them to spend a huge part of their GNP on law enforcement to get between the South American suppliers and the US users. For a while the Maquila operations helped rebuild a middle class, but sadly those jobs are moving further south and further off shore.

The Top 5 MSNBC Headlines as Re-Interpreted by FOX News 5> MSNBC: George Stephanopoulos and Barney Frank Speak at Democratic Fundraiser FOX: Dems Caught Using Midget, Homosexual in Moneymaking Scheme 4> MSNBC: Gov. Sanford Admits Affair with Argentinean FOX: Gov. Sanford Brings International Affairs Expertise to Presidential Race 3> MSNBC: President Swats Fly During Interview FOX: Obama Savagely Murders Innocent Passerby 2> MSNBC: Magnitude 7.8 Earthquake Levels Hollywood FOX: Existence of God Proven! and Topfive.com's Number 1 MSNBC Headline as Re-Interpreted by FOX News... 1> MSNBC: First Lady Takes Public Bus to Area Mall FOX: Michelle Obama Uses Taxpayer-Funded 40-Passenger Vehicle for Private Shopping Boondoggle [ Copyright 2009 by Chris White/TopFive.com ]

My on-line history dialing in to boards ExecPC (Milwaukee), The Well (San Fran), etc. huge long distance bills even on a blazing fast 1200 baud modem > GEnie > Prodigy > CompuServe > AOL > Earthlink > ATT > Road Runner In some ways I really miss the pioneering feeling of dialing into modems.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 7, 2009 -> 06:32 PM) I spent three years in Houston, and the humidity was just outrageous. Those were HOT summers. Houston humidity is crazy. Almost as bad as St. Louis, Misery

QUOTE (CanOfCorn @ Jul 7, 2009 -> 05:05 PM) While that may be hot in the short term...it's not 100+ heat index for an entire summer. Kap? Tex? Wanna join me on this one. Today in McAllen, TX., where I live 10 months a year, it was 111 actual temperature. Here on South Padre Island, where I summer, it was low 90s. We have had streaks of 100 plus days of 100 plus heat. But we've also had 100 plus days in winter between 50 and 80.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jul 7, 2009 -> 08:01 PM) Do your job for free after 12 years of post high school education. I agree. However, that forces uninsured and working poor patients to the ER for non emergency treatments. A system overhaul that gets them out of the overburdened ER and into a lower cost alternative, would be an improvement.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jul 7, 2009 -> 09:11 PM) Ok, I'll try again. Every time Sarah Palin says anything, I think she gets more "press time" from the liberals trying to make her "more stupid" then she already was. Meanwhile, Obama can fart in the wind, and this same media will spend article after article talking about how rosy it smells. The Top 5 MSNBC Headlines as Re-Interpreted by FOX News 5> MSNBC: George Stephanopoulos and Barney Frank Speak at Democratic Fundraiser FOX: Dems Caught Using Midget, Homosexual in Moneymaking Scheme 4> MSNBC: Gov. Sanford Admits Affair with Argentinean FOX: Gov. Sanford Brings International Affairs Expertise to Presidential Race 3> MSNBC: President Swats Fly During Interview FOX: Obama Savagely Murders Innocent Passerby 2> MSNBC: Magnitude 7.8 Earthquake Levels Hollywood FOX: Existence of God Proven! and Topfive.com's Number 1 MSNBC Headline as Re-Interpreted by FOX News... 1> MSNBC: First Lady Takes Public Bus to Area Mall FOX: Michelle Obama Uses Taxpayer-Funded 40-Passenger Vehicle for Private Shopping Boondoggle [ Copyright 2009 by Chris White/TopFive.com ]

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 7, 2009 -> 09:31 AM) Once again, to where? Where the heck are all of these empty clinics and doctors offices that I keep hearing about that people are going to flock to? Here, they are the "won't treat you without payment first" Doctors.