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BTW, I liked the Bud Light Lime the other day. Iced very cold, hanging out at the beach after doing a little surfing. As I explained to a beer purist that was with me, not everything has to taste like a beer. If I drink ice tea, I don't want it tasting like a beer, when I am in the mood for that particular taste, I'd order it again. Same as I jump around the beer aisle with different styles. Hell, I even drink michiladas, boiler makers, etc.

QUOTE (knightni @ May 3, 2008 -> 07:56 AM) There's a theater here that restricts sales to anyone under 13. They have only PG-13 or R rated movies there. No children under 13 are allowed in the theater. Even with parents. The "kids" theater is in another part of town. They charge like, 2 bucks more, but have nice surround sound and comfy chairs. So, the only annoyance is the occasional cell phone going off. Grow the f*** up. Y'all need to do movies the Texas way.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ May 4, 2008 -> 03:40 PM) good, you finally agree with me that rich people are paying the most taxes. glad you finally saw the light. I've always said that. It's the only way we can afford the roads, our military, our public education system, homeland security and everything else we have.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ May 4, 2008 -> 01:15 PM) So, the money the students spend in the community doesn't help at all? The increased value of housing due to the presence of the universtiy doesn't help at all? The local housing purchased by teachers doesn't help? Alumni returning for athletic events spending boatloads of money of food, booze, restaurants, lodging, etc don't help? While I think the scholls should use some of that money to maybe lower tuition a bit, a lot of it was given to the schools with stipulations that they be used in certain ways. But as I mentioned earlier, if you go for the schools, can the 'foundations' be next? By that logic, they should. Who should pay taxes? Not a grocery store who helps the community by offering lower prices, and a closer to shop alternative. Not school teachers because they contribute to better schools and increase housing values. Not the local hotels because of the boatload of money the people who stay there spend on food, booze, etc. Not a local facory who employs people and increases the property values. And maybe you would be excited to be paying higher property taxes for having a university nearby, others are not. The higher values are not always a blessing.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ May 4, 2008 -> 03:30 PM) i only like the idea because it shows these liberal goofs how bad all their socialist and wealth redistribution schemes are. obviously i'm not for the government just grabbing loot out of peoples savings accounts. BTW, unless you want to live in a country that only the poorest among us can afford to pay for, we will always have the wealthier people, those with greater resources, paying more in taxes. So that redistribution comment, while a nice sound bite, doesn't work in reality.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ May 4, 2008 -> 01:15 PM) So, the money the students spend in the community doesn't help at all? The increased value of housing due to the presence of the universtiy doesn't help at all? The local housing purchased by teachers doesn't help? Alumni returning for athletic events spending boatloads of money of food, booze, restaurants, lodging, etc don't help? While I think the scholls should use some of that money to maybe lower tuition a bit, a lot of it was given to the schools with stipulations that they be used in certain ways. But as I mentioned earlier, if you go for the schools, can the 'foundations' be next? By that logic, they should. Yes it helps, but perhaps they could pay all the costs, not just help?

The local Universities have to work within their local areas, there just is not excuse for it. They take resources from the city, county, and state. Same reason I would consider changes in the tax laws concerning Churches. But at least with Churches, typically it is local tax payers supporting a local Church. With colleges, you have tax[ayers in other areas sending their students there, and they do go off campus and need services. What they should do is cut taxes 50% and send rebate checks, then they wouldn't have these budget crisis.

QUOTE (north side chi sox fan @ May 2, 2008 -> 07:13 PM) ?? Because it was the right thing to do.

Greedy, attention starved bastards, didn't we have this same thread like a year ago? Happy Birthday! Y'all

QUOTE (daa84 @ May 2, 2008 -> 12:57 PM) i assume that this takes into account what they did in chicago...for instance...tom seaver doesnt really count right? or does he...he played for the sox, but did very little for them...but in terms of the clubs history, he was the best pitcher that ever pitched for them...so do i put him ahead of someone like fergie jenkins, who overall may have been an inferior pitcher, but was far superior when it came to playing time in chicago? Whaaaaaaat? Seaver as the greatest?

Hmm. around 13 when my dad took me to the barber to chop off my freak flag and had it cut off above my ears. In High School I took a job at Six Flags and they required off the collar. Totally f***ed me up in the 880. I was use to a really good rhythm of my hair hitting my shoulders when I was on pace. But the worse was the one that made me look like Kap. Man, who would want to look like that?

QUOTE (rangercal @ May 2, 2008 -> 06:58 AM) it really should be Yes it should, but there will be more than few who can't see past the 6 championships in a team sport for individual greatness.

I can't wait to see it in three years. I only watch the show in syndication.

No matter what they do to him, it will not help the victims, at all. And there is no punishment that is a deterrent to someone else with this sort of mental defect. I am also thinking the article is overlooking something. Yes he can only get 15 years for the rape, but there is also the seven individual cases of kidnapping, and a potential murder conviction for the infant. He is not getting out.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 1, 2008 -> 09:44 PM) Well, #1 pretty much ought to be unanimous. Yep, they built an entire new league around Bobby Hull

QUOTE (Felix @ May 1, 2008 -> 03:33 PM) I don't watch hockey (and never have) so my list had no hockey players. I'm sure I forgot a bunch of other guys from the Sox, Cubs, Bears, and Bulls, but we'll see. ahem Bobby *cough* Hull

QUOTE (knightni @ May 1, 2008 -> 05:10 PM) So, I'm wondering.. Would anyone be interested in doing a writeup or two regarding your favorite guy(s) on the list? We might be using this list to promote talkchicagosports. Yes. But after the list is completed, I'd like to include comments from the other people who may have voted for that player.

Help, I have never watched the show, what does the theme sound like? I am putting together a mix for my sea base and I found one but it is an instrumental.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ May 1, 2008 -> 02:28 PM) Unusual yes, but who would have guessed what the purpose of that was? Right. I guess my point was, of course it is unusual, but not criminal. When wqould you contact police? But much like Dahlmer had a victim run up to police and gbeg for help, sometimes the horrific just is not imaginable.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ May 1, 2008 -> 12:43 PM) Cheap school, cheap beer Coming out of high school in the 1970s, the drinking age of the state where the college was located was a deciding factor for many of my classmates . Mine was simpler, finding a coach that would offer me a spot on his cross country team.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 30, 2008 -> 10:34 AM) Well forget about Obama for the moment... that glitch will confuse and disenfranchise people who aren't affiliated with a party, and that's a load of crap. Jumping in a little late, but our system, currently, is a political party places a candidate on the general ballot in November. How they do that is largely up to them. I do not know of any state that allows you to take a Dem and a GOP ballot for that reason. It is to help the party decide. Some parties (there are more than two) hold conventions and pick someone. Other parties spring up around one person so it is an obvious choice. But bottom line, the party selects who is on the ballot. If you are Howard Dean do you want the GOP to pick the candidate? If you are Mike Duncan, do you want the Dems to pick your candidate? So I do not get why independents, under the current system, feel they should pick a candidate from a political party. Now if you say you want a revolution, and change the party system, I'm all ears. But as it plays now, join the party if you want a voice. All you have to dso is declare which party you belong to. The vote is who is the candidate from that party. I get where you have to be a member of that party (organization) to vote in that organizations choice. I would not demand to wlak into a Rotary Club meeting and demand to vote, I'm not a member. If you want a really big voice, win office with that party, volunteer your time, talents, and treasure, and become a super delegate.

Someone who lived as a boarder in the house Naw, who would consider that unusual

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 30, 2008 -> 03:39 PM) It's not that they lost 3, its the way that they've looked losing three.

QUOTE (almagest @ May 1, 2008 -> 09:49 AM) Damn liberal media! Seriously, though, I bet his wife knew, but was in denial. There are some things you'd rather NOT believe a person is capable of. I was looking at some of the film, the entrance was well hidden. I really think it is possible she didn't know, not probable, but possible. I'd like to know what was above the hidden apartment.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Apr 30, 2008 -> 05:27 PM) Haha and my class just finished Jaws yesterday, by the way, that really is a fantastic movie. I run a sea base and that has been our Thursday night tradition. Jaws, outdoors, with my 800W sound system and the base really thumping.