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Sox Not Likely To Add Piece Williams, Sox Content to Stand Pat Sox Most Agressive Team Which to believe? No matter what, look at the standings and you know the "buyers" from the "cellers". If you are a celler seller, you would have Kenny on your speed dial, even if he is not actively looking, he's going to get plenty of phone calls.

QUOTE (shipps @ Jul 29, 2008 -> 08:09 AM) Their monte cristo could quite possibly be the most unhealthy thing a person could ingest. Absolutely, and smothered in raspberry jam it is about the greatest thing on their menu

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 29, 2008 -> 08:22 AM) School funding is one of the great political conundrums of our time. Who has an answer? Technology. One of the major expenses in schools is textbooks. Keeping up to date text is an expensive chore. Most here have gone to college, we know the worse costs of textbooks, and the cost to schools ain't that much better. The cheapest route would be either a Kindle style device, but they would be stolen or lost and the people who need them the most are the very ones who could not afford to replace them. IMHO, and the teacher unions would go nuts. We need lower education requirements for the younger grades. Private schools are not required to hire teachers with teaching certificates or even college degrees in Texas. The result at one private, religion based school I know of are lower salaries, but 10-12 kids in a classroom. I believe some high school grads can teach second grade with the proper supervision and a little training. There is a crossover point, perhaps 5th grade or so, where advanced training is required, but looking at some of the home schooling data and some of the schools I see here, smaller class size and more individualized instruction is important. The only way to afford that is lowering salaries. To lower salaries, we would need to create another group of teachers.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 28, 2008 -> 10:56 AM) Am I the only one who really hates that "Flip flopping" is considered a bad thing? I for one have no problem at all with the concept of changing one's position based on new information or hell even based on a new piece of polling data...if they're flip-flopping to a policy position I support. I think it's fit to judge each one based on how they act before, during, and after the flip, and which position they're taking on. For example, Obama's cave on telecom immunity...ugh. McCain's flip-flopping on torture and wiretapping, ugh. George W. Bush's unspoken embrace of all things diplomatic which has suddenly dramatically improved our ability to deal with our supposed enemies? (i.e. North Korea, Iran). Yay! The world is changing rapidly and we want politicians who make a decision in 1954 and gosh and golly, they stick with that decision forever. The flip-flop was a brilliant campaign strategy that we will be paying the price for for a very long time. It use to be stubbornness in the face of new evidence or situations was considered a weakness, not anymore. We now believe the words from a politician's mouth over the media and we believe that positions should never change.

And do we really expect a Presidential candidate or Senator to have their children in a public school with the security concerns? If we discovered Obama did have his kids in a public school, he would be attacked for grandstanding and placing his political interests ahead of his children's safety.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 28, 2008 -> 02:30 PM) Not a bad article. Education should indeed be a huge priority, and I am not sure I like either candidate's offerings on the topic. Where will the money come from? The harsh reality is we need a leveling of the system. As noted in the article, parents can move to a neighborhood with better schools, which generally means higher property values and higher housing prices. When we start looking at school funding on a state wide basis, and fund the schools that way, we begin to offer the kinds of services that Winnetka takes for granted and a poor inner city school can only dream. There are pros and cons on both sides, what worries me the most about vouchers and some of these plans is it will take money out of the public system where most of the poor children will be. Their parents will not be able to make up the difference between the voucher and the private school. Also, the whole he believes this because they donate stuff is crap. If, for example, Southsider, Kap, and AlphaDog where offering an endorsement, wouldn't the candidate be a conservative who supports most of what they believe in? Would it then be fair to say that the candidate only supports a given issue because Southsider, Kap, and AlphaDog gave him an endorsement? It's a two way street. Most endorsements are a shared vision or philosophy. They travel in the same circles, attend the same benefits and fundraisers, visit the same churhces.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 28, 2008 -> 02:04 PM) A newspaper without Editors and editing is an on line forum like this where anyone can print just about anything. At newspapers decisions are made every day on what is included and what is not, there is not unlimited space. Is it news when it is the same stump speech that has been given for 12 months?

I don't want them to win them all in Minny, always just the next one . . .

Hopefully this bad streak hasn't rectum . . .

QUOTE (YASNY @ Jul 27, 2008 -> 08:35 AM) I read them sometimes, think of a few expletive deleteds to send out into the planetary conscienceness toward the poster and then move on. I keep remembering when we should have tossed in the towel in February and built for the future. Kenny Dubya was suppose to trade everyone with some trade value and try to win in a couple years. Seems the Cleveland Indians had the division sewn up, followed closely by the Tigers. We were fourth at best. That may well be how we finish, but thank God we tried to win with these guys. Makes for a great baseball season.

QUOTE (shipps @ Jul 28, 2008 -> 09:41 AM) How dare you post this kinda propaganda at this site.You should be banned for this kinda behavior.Iam going to alert the admin's and mods. His warning level was already adjusted -10%, but then we added back in +20% for getting banned at WSI for something so silly as to not be believed.

I was just on South Padre Island and comparing notes with friends and suppliers and one company kept being brought up, the H-E-B Grocery Stores. They came down with their emergency response team of several trailer loads of ice, meals, bottled water, and a large tanker or two of potable water. They really made a tangible difference for a lot of the people living in Dolly's path. They could have made a lot of money selling ice and water, instead they handed it out with words of encouragement. They also had the National Guard helping to distribute their supplies. Of course we also saw the Red Cross and Salvation Army. There really are only two choices in grocery stores in this neck of the woods, and honestly I was already a fan and rarely used the other one. Now, there are even more reasons to shop at H-E-B. I do not wish to disparage the other company who runs ads all across the nation telling how nice life is when they move into your neighborhood. However, I did not see any obvious signs that it was anything more than normal at their store. People are helping each other and amazing how well people can drive when common courtesy replaces traffic signals. Makes me proud to be a human, an American, and a Texan. Not so amazing is how fast the language barriers drop when people need help. A smile and a hand shake go a very long way.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 28, 2008 -> 09:34 AM) Yup. I wanted them to know who I was to thank everyone for attending the softball game. I wasn't even trying to hide. I need a screen shot of Southsider2k5 with 2 posts

Back in 2005 when the sky was falling, they got pissed at a couple posters who kept predicting the Sox would not make the playoffs. They cut a deal that if the posters were wrong and the Sox did make the playoffs, their accounts would be suspended. I posted that was a stupid idea and George had it backwards, that if they were right and the team missed the playoffs, who would want those posters around saying they were right, rubbing everyone's nose into it, all the while the Sox season went to hell. Their account whould be suspended if they were right and if there where wrong they should have to log on and have everyone point out how wrong they were. Someone even posted right afterwards I'd be suspended or banned. But I believe I still have posting privileges there. I forgot my password. That place just seems too boring most of the time. Too much like a fern bar with guys in suits after work having a gin and tonic and bracing for the train ride home to hell. Of course the other place seems like the day care center. I'll stay here with the crazies.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 28, 2008 -> 09:25 AM) And I get the reputation for being a hardass. I am a AAAA admin compared to those guys. Did you use this screen name? When I'm lurking I always change mine. Which can be fun. I remember someone here who always disagreed with me, who agreed with me there. My post was almost word for word the same.

NSS, About about people you know and have a personal link? What can they do to influence your vote?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 28, 2008 -> 09:20 AM) The funny part is they told me to join after the softball game. Oh well. Ah, the old join so we can wack you game

^^^^ proof that Obama isn't getting off. Seems like both candidates are taking their share of hits, and of applause.

I was just thinking about how someone can influence your vote. The types of people you actually will listen to. For me it is guys like the former Republican Chair for Hidalgo County. Even though we disagreed on 75% of the issues, he admitted when he thought his party had the weaker hand, and didn't gloat when they had the upper hand. He taught me that all politics are the same. The business side works by the same rules. He had credibility with me because he kept to the major stuff, never tried to make some mountain out of a mole hill. Was never a "sky is falling" alarmist or an apologist and excuse maker. He would apply the same standards to everyone regardless of party. He was rarely embarrassed for making an error in judgment, perhaps that is why he is a judge today. On the other end of the line are the fanatics that can be so aggravating I hope their candidate loses just to shut them up, even if I naturally would support that candidate. Or, if their candidate is elected, I hope he fails, again, just to shut up the kool aid drinking, see no wrong, supporter.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 28, 2008 -> 08:53 AM) That's the best part, I have no idea why. I posted the same article about national city failing and then the next time I went back to click something I got the message with a generic message directing me towards TOS. Man the answer to the national debt is WSI. They are so tight, just insert some coal and they will have diamonds coming out in no time. Do you think they figured out it is you?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 28, 2008 -> 07:36 AM) This case would be a perfect example. If they tried to prosecute the guy from the park, Condit would be their reasonable doubt. It wouldn't even be close with a jury. Unless the guy confessed, he would get off. And it shows how the media controls cases. If Condit was the guy, the media would be heroes for keeping the pressure on the police on behave of the family and Levy. If he's not, they are goats for distracting the police and forcing them to check false leads and theories.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 28, 2008 -> 08:48 AM) I got banned at WSI in my second post. True story. I thought I was going to be banned in 2005 for telling George he was wrong, but I survived. I haven't been back in a couple years.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 27, 2008 -> 08:04 PM) Obviously you have never had a parent suffer a permanent working disability who got turned down for social security even though he fit the very definition of someone who should get benefits. It took 5 years and a lawyer who took 1/3 of the back benefits for someone who couldn't work at all to get what he deserved, because the government rejected his initial claim. No social security does not work. In general, and not specific to this case because there is not enough information. I thought tightening up requirements and being more careful in allowing benefits, was something that we demanded the SS Admin to do? Insurance companies are fighting fraudulent claims all the time. By this definition, if they deny a good claim, private insurance isn't working either. I'm not certain where a gold standard should be for "working" and claim adjusting, but I am fairly certain the number is lower then 100% being correct the first time. Some will be upheld on appeal, and some will be denied. But I belief, unless I am missing something, that the system would still be working.

Like in any other game, both sides use the same playbook. One candidate may be more run-centric, another may perfer the forward pass, but they all are playing the same game with the same rules. You have to have a lot of very powerful fans to be President. You cannot be afraid to get dirty. The great example of Presidents in our lifetime certainly spent some time chatting with Iranians while campaigning. It gets dirty.

i am checking to see hoe feasible it is to post via my cell phone. navigating is tough on the small screen, knowing where things are helps, but this is not very good.