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QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Apr 16, 2008 -> 08:51 PM) I no where implied that they didn't. And the idiot who planned this deserves to be scorned by her fellow students, most of whom honored the flag and at least walked around. However, I want to know how this can be considered 'art'. And how come it took all day for the fire marshall to have it removed. Would you feel better if he didn't call it art, but an experiment? Jim's comments ring true to me. I'm planning a flag burning for the 4th of July during the fireworks display. I guess I could call it art, but didn't really think of that, perhaps it would attract a few more people if I did. The event should attract close to 400 people. I currently have about two dozen kids and several adults, from 11-65, planning on burning flags. I have had no shortage of people willling to dionate flags to be burned. At first we had to ask people but after word got around we were receiving calls and people just dropping them off. I have notified the Fire Marshall and it appears we will be well within our rights and will not endanger anyone. We also have at least two tv stations agreeing to cover the event. The coverage will probably not be that wide and you would not have even known about it if I did not tell you. A youtube vid seems like a great idea.

I did not see it, and do not want to seek to defend or attack it, but I have one thought as I read the accounts. Does every debate have to be over the same stuff? Perhaps these guys did it poorly, but going away from the stuff that they are repeating for the 3,000 time, may be a great way to offer something new. Again, it seems by all accounts that they did it poorly but it would seem we have all the sound bites we need on Iraq etc.

Cool! Thank you, that is really interesting. I would like to see an overall, this was the final 6 weeks. As we all know, the campaign runs for over a year, countring the primaries. Just counting the general, we have a lengthy run.

Well, if we did go by popular vote, it would cut way down on travel. Hell, visit NY, Chicago, LA, Dallas, Houston maybe San Francisco, Detroit, Orlando, Atlanta, and a few others, maybe 12-15 states and you have a campaign. At least 25 states would drop off the Presidential map and another 10 states would only be convered if it was strategic for a candidate. A REP could not just write off California and a DEM would have to come to Texas. But no body would have to got to Idaho or Vermont.

I think the CRDE Sect is far better today, but agree the FLDS sect has the potential to be much better.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 15, 2008 -> 02:45 PM) Ugh. I really dislike it when people keep animals like that as pets. Yeah, same here

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Apr 15, 2008 -> 01:02 PM) Yea, i dunno. I completely understand the whole "states rights" thing. And I am very respectful of it. But, it is REALLY democratic when one person receives 500,000 more votes than the other and looses? I think it's still fair to let them have their own regional issues that states take care of. but this is a NATIONAL president, not a state governor. I dont think it's fair that a person in Idaho has twice the voting power as a person in CA or IL. Remember at the time, we had states getting together and forming a national government, not the other way around. So it is natural they figured out a way were each state would pick the President, not as individuals. Perhaps we have outgrown the need. But using your example. someone in a small state is totally screwed by whatever the large states want to do. Since the Federal government makes decsiions that effect the states, each state would want equal, or close to equal representation. Again, we are made up of states united together to form a federal government.

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QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 15, 2008 -> 01:33 PM) I had a near-encounter with what was "either a jaguar or an unusually large mountain lion" in the Big Hatchets in New Mexico. That according to the experts I sent the track pics to. Fresh track in the snow that hadn't softened at the edges yet in the NM sun - couldn't have been more than a few minutes that I missed it by. The thing was probably watching me from the brush nearby while I was checking the tracks. For reference, an "unusually large mountain lion" would be about 7 feet long and weigh 250 pounds. Wow, my hair was standing up on the back of my neck thinking about your encounter. I was going to ask what the prints looked like, I forgot you would know fresh from hours or days old.

I'm not certain of the range of a panther (my h.s. mascot) but I suspect these are different animals. I'd even go out on a limb and guess that there is a common breeder somewhere selling exotics. On the wild side, we have some in Texas the closest I came was across a gap at Big Bend. I much prefer to see a bear at 50 yards then a cougar at 800 yards. Those damn cats will stalk, whereas a bear will be big and noisy and easier to scare away.

QUOTE (CanOfCorn @ Apr 15, 2008 -> 12:33 PM) The older I get, the less I care about what "famous" people think. Maybe I would care more if I wrote songs, acted in movies, played some sort of professional sport or was a born "celebrity" (I'm looking at you Paris). I like to call it cynicism. She is entitled to her opinion, no matter how crazy it is...and I am entitled to think she is bats*** crazy...no matter how famous or how much money she has. And by the way, life is waaaaay to short to find fault any way you can. But, that's just my opinion, I might be wrong. I don't see how you can be wrong. Your opinion is your opinion. I feel about the same way regardiung anyone's opinion. Only after they have built up some credibility do I even bother. For example there are a few posters here that I will really try to learn from, and a whole bunch that just annoy.

QUOTE (RME JICO @ Apr 15, 2008 -> 10:30 AM) This is odd. I didn't know you can get thrown out of a game and suspended for the same thing. Double jeopardy. Ozzie was giving him a day off anyway. Hopefully the day off motivates him to get on track. Double jeopardy would be being tried for the same act twice, being punished twice has always been around. Actually, the opposite would be more rare. Getting suspended without getting thrown out of a game.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Apr 15, 2008 -> 09:22 AM) I agree. The closer we get to "popular vote" representation is good to me. As you can see in my sig, I am in favor of national popular vote. I dont think it works well in primaries because of the difference it time between the elections. Having "delegates" is a good way to judge the primaries. But if they could figure out an easy way to do it, popular vote would be preferable. While there is a lot of surface merit to that position, abandoning over 200 years of being individual states united together, makes me pause.

Today is only the deadline if you owe a balance. Procrastinate all you like if you are getting a refund.

QUOTE (Controlled Chaos @ Apr 15, 2008 -> 08:28 AM) 4. I will not post statements for the purpose of angering others 5. I will not prod posters repeatedly on a subject or chase them across topics to make a point 6. I will try to make posts that actually add to the discussion at hand I guess these don't apply to certain posters...or maybe since we're not in the buster...anything goes. Thank you for expressing you point of view, I deleted my comment.

Remember that lead the Sox had a couple years ago, and almost got reeled in by the Indians? The Tigers are not that far out, but with 4 teams to hop, it sucks to be them.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 15, 2008 -> 07:58 AM) Because I know more that 99% of people know about tax policy and micro/macroeconomics?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 15, 2008 -> 08:05 AM) I always ask this question when this topic comes up, and usually no one answers it directly... Would you understand your family/friends/children dying in a case where the US has a suspect who later turned out to have had information on a pending attack (and the US government believed they did before the attack), whom they didn't torture at all because they followed the Geneva conventions to the letter of the law? Understand? Yes Like it? Not in a million years. What I could not understand is the hatred in that terrorist's heart that motivates them to do what they do. I would loath and probably hate that terrorist. I would also probably find it impossible to forgive that person. It would be doubly sad to me if I thought my country, in response, adopted hatred, and those same terrorist values. Once we join the ranks of terrorists, the original terrorists have won. And we really do not want to go down Hypothetical Lane. We are all intelligent enough here to create scenarios that prove a point.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 15, 2008 -> 08:15 AM) IE, the general public isn't smart enough to get it right, so we do it for them... For the party that has complained the loudest about the electoral college, they need to clean up their own house first. Actually, and please correct me if I am wrong, but the original system was party delegates picking the candidate, then they opened it up to the voting public. First with the so called "registered" then in "open" primaries. So we seem to be on the path that you, and I, would prefer. But we are not there yet. And I think I know why. Because at this point anyone, including the other party, can vote in the other primary, shouldn't the party have some safety in place? The super delegates, from what I see looking over the South Texas list, are rank and file, dyed in the wool, loyal party members. With the GOP race for all practical purposes over by Texas, many Reps crossed over and presumably voted for the weaker candidate. Should a party member be bound by the votes of what could be the other party wishes? In a close race, they might be the ones tipping the scales. Perhaps, the GOP candidate would even signal who they should vote for with a press release announcing who he would prefer to run against?

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Apr 12, 2008 -> 05:48 PM) I'll personally disagree with you Jas, but I know what your saying. But from what I've read, and seen from Josh and from what I've said in the past.. he'll have a few all-star apperances before it's all said and done. Just too much athletic, raw talent, still learning the game also. Fields has the "potential" to be better. We keep getting these debates started when one person talks about today (Jas) while the other talks about the future. (SoxAce) Unless there was something else in Jas post that you disagreed with. Today, the Sox have an excellent guy playing 3b every day and the heir apparent who is on the cusp of what should be a great career.

Another quick thought, I would not have a problem if a candidate managed to pull out a win with the help of the super delegates. It is possible within the rules. Since it is allowed, I respect a candidate who uses every advantage.

I was talking yesterday with someone who is a super delegate, and in his mind, the "mission" is to get a Democrat elected President. They should, after analyzing and careful thought, vote for that candidate. They have a separate, independent, vote, and that is how they should vote, with their conscious as a guide. If they are suppose to just vote for whom another group voted for, they could drop the entire super delegate concept and just use the primaries. He would not mention who he is voting for, but my guess would be Hillary. Here's a question, for those that think they are duty bound to go with the person who received the most primary votes, would that be in your state, county, or district? If you are an elected official for a county and Candidate 1 won your county, but lost your state, who would you vote for?

Happy Tax Day! Remember, there are many, cheaper countries to live in.

Why are we waiting? Baines' number was retired while he was still an active player. Then unretired when he came back. I know it is cheesy, but I'd like to see Frank sign a one day contract, a la Emmitt Smith and retire as a Sox.

QUOTE (SnB @ Apr 14, 2008 -> 07:21 PM) false, you will ALWAYS wake up to a burnt roof of your mouth the voice of experience. You will also find the petrified remains of a few in strange places over the next week. Or, better still, when preheating the oven a couple days later, you will discover you put them in the oven. forgot to turn the oven on, tried eating a couple, and fell asleep.