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Another point, and I'm not certain what the answer is revolves around this concept. We don't want congress to get involved in something they don't know anything about. And When they do know something, like because it is in their district or they are a major investor, we don't want to have them involved. I just glanced and it seems since Bumble Bee (#1 in canned tuna) spun off from ConAgra, they have expanded in Thailand and Ecuador. I'm not certain how Samoa compares to those countries but it would be interesting to know before thinking we gave Star Kist a gift or we saved Samoa from ruin if Del Monte pulled out. And tuna sales have been down sharply because of mercury concerns in the product. /back to Palin

The wages in other countries, even territories, can be a tricky thing for the US to regulate. For example Mexico has had the fear, especially along the border, that maquilla operations (Asian and US firms operating a twin plant) would raise wages to where the local companies could not compete and would close from a lack of employees or profits. So I could understand that factors such as cost of living in America Samoa, the rest of their economy, etc. would make it necessary to have a different minimum wage. I'm not saying that this all wasn't a back handed deal to help her husband and a major contributor. But with 75% of that country's economy tied to one employer it would be a disaster if they moved to another country in that region. We've seen the outsourcing here, I assume it could happen there. What would happen to that country if Del Monte pulled out?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 22, 2008 -> 10:49 AM) I like the fact that the guy with $90,000 worth of cash in his freezer only comes in at #6. Because he didn't trust the banks

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 22, 2008 -> 09:45 AM) You were 6 when Free Willy came out? Now I'm crying.

QUOTE (knightni @ Oct 22, 2008 -> 08:59 AM) Sarah Silverman + Jay Mohr = an offspring that is so unfunny that the Apocalypse will kill itself. And amazingly enough, that is funnier than anything they have done IMHO

Follow Me Boys Brian's Song 2005 World Series DVD

One of my All-Time favs to wear a Sox jersey.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Oct 22, 2008 -> 10:04 AM) I hope John Cornyn loses this year. I will be helping in that regard. Looking over the ballot, I will be voting about 75-25% Dems.

My thought was they were fools for expecting anything from a stand up act by her.

If it encourages a few more people to read the Bible, I'm for it.

http://www.esquire.com/features/esquire-en...s-congress-1108 You gotta have balance in the 'buster!

http://www.esquire.com/features/esquire-en...=enl&kw=ist Lieberman, Murtha, Cornyn, Jeffers, they are all there.

QUOTE (Kid Gleason @ Oct 21, 2008 -> 05:43 PM) I have to admit it, I love this kind of thing. It's like the fine art thiefs, you almost like rooting for them just for the smarts that goes into it and how they pull this stuff off without anybody being physically hurt. We too. I hope the cops cracked up when they saw all those guys around. Hell, add the few thousand he stole to the $700,000,000,000.00 we're coughing up to the banks, at least this guy was amusing.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Oct 21, 2008 -> 02:22 PM) My first thought was "damn, that's creative. He kinda deserves the money for creativity."

Btw, it is stuff like this that makes me proud to be an American and of our process.

Couple late thoughts on the Texas game, the only one I caught this weekend in its entirety. The way Colt McCoy is playing, I'm not certain what college team can stop him. Imagine going into the game with a 79.5% completion rate and improving it against what was a pretty decent team. I mentioned during the game that Texas would receive more respect for winning 35-21 then blowing Missouri out. I was right. Ironic that by totally handling Missouri for a half, with the most impressive offensive performance I've seen in years, they lost respect in some eyes. Blow them out, they sucked, win by 10 or so and they are for real just walked into back to back juggernauts. That Texas Tech game is shaping up to be something special.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 21, 2008 -> 01:35 PM) While I think we can all agree that is a problem...it's a problem without a solution. Because it's a much, much worse idea to let organizations on their own, rather than the government, decide which registration forms they're going to send in. Something tells me it wouldn't be that hard to find an awful lot of typos on people who registered for one specific party, for example, if you really wanted to. A little more work checking and fixing databases, and thus a little more money spent, seems like the much better option here. You can't stop people from filling out forms incorrectly if they're trying to reach some sort of quota, it happens whether people are paid or not. Agreed. I am assuming, without evidence, that the incorrect application rate is much higher for these drives than for applications that are either filled out in person or mailed in individually by the voters themselves. So these drives create more "garbage" work. That is about the biggest issue I see with them.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Oct 21, 2008 -> 12:59 PM) When you said "partisan drives" a few posts ago it made it sound as if you were referring to ACORN but reading it again it sounds like you were talking about something else. I am thinking those with a ® and (D) firmly and closely attached.

Out of stupid ideas comes teflon and post-it-notes. No harm in exploring crazy ideas to see what might be there. I noticed that there aren't too many household names attached anywhere.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Oct 21, 2008 -> 11:51 AM) This means that you support ACORN in principle then. In principle. I don't believe I ever said I was against them. Basically I view all of these groups as merely conduits for information to get to the election officials. Much like the US Postal Service. If the USPS delivered voter registration forms for Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse no one would blame them for delivering the obviously false applications. So I fail to see why these gorups should be treated any differently. Where I do see a problem is they are creating an enormous work load for election officials sifting through garbage. But as I mentioned, it is far more dangerous to have them not send in everything.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 21, 2008 -> 10:14 AM) So, in other words, you'd like to see voter registration carried out in part by community organizers. Perhaps even an association of community organizers? Works for me. I've always supported that grass roots type movement.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Oct 20, 2008 -> 10:41 PM) By the way, let's just ABSOLUTELY cut to the chase here. Colin Powell has NEVER really been a Republican, from a social standpoint. So, him endorseing Obama is not race, it's issues, and reality is, he never really stood for anything the GOP ever did anyway, except the military. Period. Bottom line, his endorsment shouldn't mean a damn thing, nor should it be a surprise to anyone who listens to him speak. Interesting, I'm with you here, I never thought of him as a Republican. But I also never thought of him as a Dem either. As a VP candidate my comment was game.set.match if McCain or Obama could have gotten him. As an endorsement, I think some people dismissed it along obvious lines, not ideology. I believe it means even more if you believe it is issues not race.