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I'm not certain if Balta has posted this or not 'Twas the night before elections And all through the town Tempers were flaring Emotions all up and down! I, in my bathrobe With a cat in my lap Had cut off the TV Tired of political crap. When all of a sudden There arose such a noise I peered out of my window Saw Obama and his boys They had come for my wallet They wanted my pay To give to the others Who had not worked a day! He snatched up my money And quick as a wink Jumped back on his bandwagon As I gagged from the stink He then rallied his henchmen Who were pulling his cart I could tell they were out To tear my country apart! ' On Fannie, on Freddie, On Biden and Ayers! On Acorn, On Pelosi' He screamed at the pairs! They took off for his cause And as he flew out of sight I heard him laugh at the nation Who wouldn't stand up and fight! So I leave you to think On this one final note- IF YOU DON'T WANT SOCIALISM GET OUT AND VOTE!!!!

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 31, 2008 -> 02:16 PM) And this is more recent from Barr http://www.bobbarr2008.com/issues/foreign-...-foreign-bases/ Wow. One quote caught my attention The debate becomes how much does a base in X country help to defend America. It certainly is not zero. It would seem we have a strategic advantage to be deployed around the globe. Maybe not at these levels, but it seems to me they help defend America. So I guess I am calling a slight b.s. infraction here. I am a strong believer in trade not aid. And if we are going to offer aid, it should come from products and services from the US of A workers. Not in the form of a check.

The tat looked fake to me.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Oct 31, 2008 -> 01:03 PM) I provide my phone number as well, along with a warning not to call me after 10 pm. Email solves most things anyway, unless somebody is bringing in a 6-pack of Guinness as a bribe gift for the prof. Would I have to actually show up to take your class? True story. I knew one of my professors before I was a student. We had a mutual friend and I would occasionally share some stories over some expensive sippin' tequila. When I finally had an opportunity to take one of his classes, I was 13 points short of an A on an 800 point scale. I needed 720 and came up with 707, the second highest score in the class. His reaction when I went to talk to him? Damn, that's too bad, I was really pulling for you. You going to be at the picnic Saturday? I had to love his honesty.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 31, 2008 -> 02:06 PM) Hmmm that could explain some things Ah, the evil misquoter rides in

QUOTE (jasonxctf @ Oct 31, 2008 -> 12:19 PM) so wouldnt the internal polls be more favorable to the candidate calling, and the externals less favorable? Yes, probably. Polls are all about managing the error and making sense of what was polled and the results. That's in a perfect world. Candidates report poll results not as an unbiased report, they report poll results to influence the other polls, especially the one coming up Tuesday. Now I'm not saying candidates lie, but you could structure a poll to generate the results you want. You could inject bias in your sampling. Take for example a poll of voter preferences in Cook County. If you want to make a GOP candidate look good, would you poll in Bridgeport or Rolling Meadows? I'm guessing a GOP candidate would poll better in Rolling Meadows. If you are looking for a scientifically unbiased answer, the voter in Rolling Meadows and the voter in Bridgeport would have an equal chance of being polled.

I'm wondering how each child support is calculated. Basically, for example, if you have one child, expect to pay 25%. If you have two, 30%. But that is with the same momma. You can't give 10 different kids each 25%, unless you are a politician making promises.

QUOTE (jasonxctf @ Oct 31, 2008 -> 11:56 AM) A serious question... and I'm not picking on McCain here. How can someone's internal polls be so different than the external polls done, in many cases, by professionals? SurveyUSA 10/28 - 10/29 658 LV 3.9 55 40 Obama +15 Marist 10/23 - 10/24 645 LV 4.0 52 42 Obama +10 Rasmussen 10/23 - 10/23 700 LV 4.0 52 44 Obama +8 NBC/Mason-Dixon 10/22 - 10/23 625 LV 4.0 51 40 Obama +11 Quad City-Times/R2000 10/19 - 10/22 600 LV 4.0 54 39 Obama +15 Big10 Battleground 10/19 - 10/22 586 LV 4.2 52 39 Obama +13 SurveyUSA 10/08 - 10/09 692 LV 3.8 54 41 Obama +13 Research 2000 09/29 - 09/30 600 LV 4.0 55 39 Obama +16 Rasmussen 09/25 - 09/25 700 LV 4.0 51 43 Obama +8 Marist 09/18 - 09/21 467 LV 4.0 51 41 Obama +10 Quad-City Times/R2000 09/15 - 09/17 600 LV 4.0 53 39 Obama +14 SurveyUSA 09/17 - 09/18 702 LV 3.8 54 43 Obama +11 Big10 Battleground 09/14 - 09/17 643 RV 4.0 45 45 Tie Des Moines Register 09/08 - 09/10 616 LV 4.0 52 40 Obama +12 CNN/Time 08/31 - 09/02 828 RV -- 55 40 Obama +15 Univ. of Iowa 08/04 - 08/13 617 LV -- 50 43 Obama +7 Couple areas. Sampling differences Phrasing of the questions Identification issues "I'm calling from the Obama campaign and would like to ask you a couple questions . . ."

QUOTE (Soxy @ Oct 31, 2008 -> 11:52 AM) Office hours are for undergrads kids--I just harass my profs as needed. Same here and I are an undergrad

That contract doesn't look too bad to me. Especially if you just want to sell some tickets and get close to, but not in, the playoffs.

Looking around 3B is our worse position. In the past five years we have had two guys who have demonstrated they can play adequately at the MLB level when healthy. Problem is, both are question marks health wise. The obvious #1 spot in the depth chart right now has to be the only one under contract, Fields. If healthy, he can be one of the serviceable players on the roster. You can't have all-stars at every position, but he could one of the three or four spots that are just there. Neither great, nor bad. Much like that 4th or 5th starter. Could we be competitive with a "Uribe-type" over there if Fields isn't healthy? I don't think so. The division looks to be pretty tough next year. So, I'm guessing FA is answer. I don't see a trade happening that would help at third without digging another hole elsewhere.

QUOTE (mreye @ Oct 31, 2008 -> 11:28 AM) Oops. I meant to say 32 inch TV. Wishful thinking, I guess. I got a 29" for my ex-wife best.trade.ever

did you make an appointment? I thought that's why he posted office hours?

QUOTE (mreye @ Oct 31, 2008 -> 09:38 AM) So the bad guy is going to have to buy this software, a telephoto lens, a key grinder and go through all this trouble to get my 10 year old 42 inch TV, a computer that's so slow I need to turn it on before I go to bed if I want to use it in the morning and a DVD player, PS2, VCR and Cerwin Vega speakers that have been beaten to death by 3 kids? Hell, I'll just open the door for him when he knocks. Man you got a 42" TV, sweeeeeet Great point.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 31, 2008 -> 09:42 AM) Let me immediately call bulls***, and just say that Kenny talks like this all of the time. He always says the guys that are here are "his" guys. Then a month later he goes out and gets the guy he really wants. This is just Kenny being Kenny. QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 31, 2008 -> 10:10 AM) Fields is, I'm guessing, Plan B. Plan A is to go get someone KW wants.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 31, 2008 -> 09:06 AM) Oh, well in that case, this is almost a "duh". If you have a decent picture of a key, reproducing it is easy. Nothing surprising there. The point of the project is that this use to take a skilled locksmith and a clear picture, now it can be done with (their example) a shot from very far away. The example they used was a photo of keys sitting on a table that was taken from the 4 story building across the street. The image was enlarged to where the keys were visible.

Big Picture this is another two handed situation. One hand, I like politicians that invest in their districts. I like their future prosperity to be linked to the community. On the other hand. We ask them to do their private business with the people who will not support their campaigns. That seems dumb. We all like dealing with people who we share common values. We also support politicians we agree with. To fix these sorts of things, we would be asking, for example, McCain to use only Democrats in his private dealings. So we have this intermingling that appears sleazy, but I don't see an alternate that makes sense. I know I'm not saying this clearly. SS and Kap are generally aligned in most topics. If SS was running for office, Kap would naturally support him. If Kap felt good about an investment opportunity, there is a reasonable chance that naturally SS would feel good about it to. Perhaps it is the redistricting part of downtown Michigan City for light industrial. Now let's say there is a second group that wants to bulldoze everything and make a pretty park and preserve a spider that was found there. Would we rally believe that is was Kaps campaign contribution that cause SS to agree to light industrial? Of course not. Same with politicians investing in the large employers in their districts. Later when decisions are made that affect the business is it because of the politicians investment or because it is best for the biggest employer in her district, which would also be in the districts best interest? Tough ethical considerations here. And I'm not saying this was wrong, right, or whatever, just looking at a bigger picture.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 31, 2008 -> 08:00 AM) Something seems not right about this. Most keys don't have tumblers that descend all the way from front to back - there are ups and downs as you go back through the chamber. So it follows that, you couldn't possibly see all the tumblers and their hanging bits, and therefore, this won't work. I am highly skeptical of this article. Aren't you looking at the key not the tumbler? What you are making a copy of is a key. It seems possible to me to make a 3D model from the picture. The part I was sceptical of is the normalize the size part. There are numerous blanks out there, I don't see where there is one universal "size" to normalize to.

Interesting.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Oct 30, 2008 -> 03:05 PM) I think people will always cling to the physical part of purchasing a movie or game (at least I will). MP3's are cheap, but when you start talking about $20-30 (or $50-60 for games), people want the security of knowing it can't simply be deleted by accident or out of necessity. Interesting, they said the same thing about audio CDs.

OK, Hostess was king of the fried fruit pie i Chicago, I'm trying to remember the name of one I've seen here in the south. Y'all know the ones I'm talking about, apple, lemon, or cherry in a half moon shape. Paper wrapper with a rippled cardboard insert.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 30, 2008 -> 03:02 PM) What kind of party doesn't include a bar? children parties usually.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Oct 30, 2008 -> 03:38 PM) I actually like it. Guy has an uncanny ability to layer lots of disparate songs from all over the map with his mashups. I will give him that.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 30, 2008 -> 03:16 PM) WTF?!?! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2fJtG8VI3A&hl=en&fs=1 I really want those two minutes back