Texsox

QUOTE (knightni @ May 22, 2008 -> 07:17 PM) Do you realize that you're now 10,000 ahead of the 2nd ranked guy now? Talk about no life... Whoa! Who the hell is this Fathom guy and how did he pass me?? And Balta will pass me this summer while I'm lounging on the beach. I remember when 30,000 posts meant something

I didn't see where they accounted for the higher cost of drilling and transporting ANWR oil. It's all about volume and infrastructure. Pumping any additional product, if the cost of that oil is 1.5X the other stuff would not reduce the cost.

Some people see a contradiction in that the mother killing the fetus is ok but if someone else causes the fetus' death, they are charged with a crime. For simplicity sake, it seems to help by viewing the crime as taking away the mother's choice, not specifically killing the fetus.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 22, 2008 -> 07:05 PM) and then did what? nice

Alpha, I just sent an email to your work. Basically in English I need Registered Texas Youth Camp Please No Trespassing Info: (956) 423-0250 I may have the Spanish later this evening.

I'm a bit nostalgic, my very first thread to get locked was "Spam Here". This is basically the game thread without arguing

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ May 22, 2008 -> 05:48 PM) copy and paste, the lazy man's bread and butter. Not entirely. You will see I quoted three different posters.

Pro-choice means the woman has the ultimate choice and no one, not the state or a murderer, can take that choice away from here. I do not see a conflict between those two concepts.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 22, 2008 -> 05:39 PM) Actually, the $31 million in debt was a mistake, it's actually around $21 million. I think it was an LA Times missprint if I recall correctly, but it's so unimportant I'm not going to bother to look. I'm wondering whose IOUs are worse, the ones that come with debt or the ones that come attached to donations

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QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ May 21, 2008 -> 10:16 AM) hmmmm.... Good to know who has the most IOUs out there.

The best one I heard of was a minor league stadium announcer who made this call in the bottom of the twelve as a HR was re-tying the game "Oh f***! We're going to be here all f***ing night . . . oh s***, is the mic on? Hello??

Again, these are some great athletes with ties to Chicago. Just some I passed over in favor of "lifers".

And let's look at what the state did: There identified a safety problem when the crew chief could not communicate with the firefighters. The state changed their bid requirements to require that the Crew Chiefs speak the same language(s) as the firefighters. What happened after that was left up to the private companies that bid on those contracts.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ May 22, 2008 -> 01:07 PM) I know you have too many posts to remember them all, and with all the replies, the amount gets staggering, but I didn't say that. It would take a federal law to keep non English speakers out of the workforce. You are advocating more restrictions on who you could, and could not hire. Down here there are so many bilingual people, we are never short someone to interpret. Retail stores would be killing themselves if they did not have Spanish speaking clerks. Our best buyers are Mexican Nationals. There are so many jobs out there where it just does not matter if you can even speak. Again, if a company wants to bid on that contract then one of the requirements is that the crew chief be able to communicate with everyone in his crew. That does not say, fire supervisors who do not speak Spanish. The state is leaving it up to the private companies who bid on these contracts on how to meet that requirement. It would seem that a company could elect to not hire firefighters who only speak Spanish if they do not have Spanish speaking supervisors. But the report said there is an urgent need for firefighters because fires were burning.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ May 22, 2008 -> 10:06 AM) No, I am saying it is wrong that people can get a job in this country and not speak any english. I guess if you want the Federal Government to help you make hiring decisions, go for it. I just think private companies should be allowed to run their business the way they feel is best. The fewer government interventions the better.

The state sends out for bids for firefighting services. They want the best price possible for these services. They discover a problem when the crew chiefs do not speak the same language as the workers. Does the state accept higher prices, and pass it on to the taxpayers and demand English only Crews, or allow the companies to hire anyone they want as long as safety is maintained? The state is not discriminating at all. They are saying hire anyone you like, but if you hire people who only speak one language, you will incur this extra burden of also hiring chiefs who speak their language. Seems like this policy would encourage companies to hire English speakers.

The state mandated in their bids that all supervisers need to speak the language of every crew member. Are you saying that is wrong? There were enough bilingual people around me that not speaking Spanish was a bother, but not critical. And yes, I was on an American payroll and crossed the bridge every day.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ May 21, 2008 -> 10:33 PM) Who can walk right into a hospital and still get seen for free anyway (as a government entity = public hospital)? For emergencies. Which is a problem. It over taxes our emergency rooms with minor stuff. They ain't getting radiation treatments.

Probably the same way I got a job in Mexico without speaking Spanish. I filled a need and had the necessary jobs skills to get the job done.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ May 21, 2008 -> 10:29 PM) Who will NOT be refused health care. Surgery and related treatment for a brain tumor?