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Post by Turtle-Prophet of Doom on Oct 28, 2005 8:56:32 GMT -5
T.S. Beta soon to be a Hurricane... Man, normaly I think people who live in huricane areas kind of have to accept what's coming but, this is getting a bit much. How much should one section of the country have to take? _________________________________________ 50 Cent's billboards yanked after protests Ok, so how can any body have a problem with a 50 ft 50 cent pointing a 5 ft pistol at them while driving down the 401? __________________________________________ World Series Is Lowest-Rated EverNo one seemed to care outside of the Chicagoland area.... Say it aint so Joe, say it aint so..... __________________________________________ Star Trek's 'Sulu' Comes Out of ClosetDid anyone else see this one coming? Really, I would have never guessed, except for all the hand holding he did with Chekov.....
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Post by Millslane on Oct 28, 2005 11:39:30 GMT -5
even in chicago land, it wasn't completly popular with every baseball fan watching the games.
I consider myself a chicago guy, i lived in IL 21/22 years of my life. i'm a cubs fan, so i didn't really care about the sox. and since the WS only have about 7 fans anyways...you get the picture.
but i do have a problem with those ratings. even though the two team were not the most popular or "sexy" teams, those were some great games played. down to the wire, great pitching, timely hitting, excellent defence. both teams. has anyone ever seen those rating boxes? do you know anybody who has one? i have never known anybody to have them, so how has one and where are they getting rattings from. just odd that nobody ever sees the "box" that records the ratings. doesn't seem like there are too many of them out there.
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Post by paintersghost on Oct 28, 2005 23:41:02 GMT -5
Sulu gay !!!! Next thing your gonna find out Mr. Kotter was Bi-sexual... ... If the REAL CHICAGO TEAM ever gets to the series it will be the highest rated ever, I've already told my boss if it happens don't expect to see me at work... ...PG
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Post by jestertls on Oct 29, 2005 2:04:27 GMT -5
Dude, Sulu gay?!?!?!? WTF! I was always a little concerned with Scottie, but not Sulu.
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Post by Turtle-Prophet of Doom on Oct 29, 2005 12:47:03 GMT -5
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Post by Turtle-Prophet of Doom on Nov 8, 2005 5:34:46 GMT -5
And here is why I HATE the ACLU... From FNC: Voters in Redlands, California will decide if the city should reinstate its seal featuring a church and a shining cross. The Redlands City Council had the seal covered two years ago after the ACLU threatened a lawsuit, which the city estimated would have cost $750,000 to defend. But outraged voters put the measure on Tuesday's ballot, saying Redlands' long-standing reputation as a "city of churches" gives the cross an historic significance. An ACLU attorney who tracks crosses on seals statewide said he's never seen a seal brought back by a citywide vote, adding it's "highly likely" the ACLU will file a lawsuit if the city reinstates the cross. So a city's citizens, angry over the removal of the city's seal vote to have it returned and the ACLU says it will file a law suit because it has a dipection of a church and a cross on it. THE PEOPLE VOTED TO HAVE IT BACK YOU MORONS!!!! So a people can only excercise thier civil liberties so long as the ACLU agrees with what they are doing? I say sue the ACLU for violating my civil liberties every time the file a suit like this. Actually I say burn them at the stake for what ever reason, make something up, I dont care.... now where did I stack all that wood.... |
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Post by Nowhere on Nov 8, 2005 11:46:44 GMT -5
It seems that more and more many of these organizations seem to forget that they are there to serve the people, not to tell the people how to live. I strongly disagree with the growing trend in this country to have to make constant and dramatic amends for things that have happened in the past. Attacking symbols that have been around for decades/hundreds of years is just unbelievable. Many of these symbols were chosen by our forefathers representing their founding ideas. THE PAST IS THE PAST! It is important to understand what these symbols meant and to learn from them. Wiping them from history denies many the lesson learned from our past and dooms us to repeat them. It also makes us look like we are trying to hide from our past. Things that happened in the past occurred during different times with different circumstances and different ideology. Things change but the past is the past. Some examples: The Stars and Bars, Indian mascots, Religious symbols displayed in government buildings, etc. End of rant...sorry if I offended anyone. These are just my thoughts on this topic for today.
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Post by Millslane on Nov 8, 2005 12:29:25 GMT -5
the exact same thing happened to my home town, Zion, IL.
the city was founded in 1900 and was a religious city. thats where there are currently over 260 registered churches in a city with a population of 20,000.
Some guys from a City closer to chicago said the City Seal, which featured a cross, offened him. he had never been to Zion until be came to make his claims and protext the seal.
The city had to change becuase it would have cost too much to defend. so now they have to spend money changing street signs, and city cars with the old seal on it.
in Zion, every single Street which runs from north and south is named after a character from the bible. the center of the city if there the origional founding church sat, and the new one currently is. the property is surrounded by three streets making a circle representing the Trinity.
The guy had no beef with any of this, just the seal. its a shame that so few, can effect so many
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Post by Turtle-Prophet of Doom on Nov 8, 2005 13:20:57 GMT -5
And stuff like this is part of the problem being seen now in France. The complete absense of religion in a nation strips a group of their heritage. Religious tolerance is part of what this country was founded on. There is no state religion but, pratice of religion was encouraged by the founding fathers. In God we trust.
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Post by Turtle-Prophet of Doom on Dec 18, 2005 19:58:33 GMT -5
Bringing back an oldie but a goodie.... Time's Persons of the YearNEW YORK (Reuters) - The richest man in the world, Bill Gates, and his wife, Melinda, were named Time magazine's "Persons of the Year" along with Irish rocker Bono for being "Good Samaritans" who made a difference in different ways. ---------- Delay gets delayedAUSTIN - Rep. Tom DeLay's hopes for regaining his leadership post were dealt a severe blow Saturday when a judge put the congressman's trial on money-laundering charges on hold pending the state's appeal of the dismissal of another charge. ---------- I don't know what bothers me more here, the fact that the DA had to take several stabs at finding a Grand Jury stupid enough ti indict or that Delay thinks it's a good idea to try and get his job back. You done pal, you ain't Teflon Billy.... he's taking his Kool-Aide mix to the grave! ______________________________________ Santas Go on Rampage in New Zealand City WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A group of 40 people dressed in Santa Claus costumes, many of them drunk, rampaged through New Zealand's largest city, robbing stores and assaulting security guards, police said Sunday. The rampage, dubbed "Santarchy" by local newspapers, began early Saturday afternoon when the men, wearing ill-fitting Santa costumes, threw beer bottles and urinated on cars from an Auckland overpass, said Auckland Central Police spokeswoman Noreen Hegarty. ------ I got nothin.....  _________________ Several here on the Bush spy ring... Lawmakers Demand Domestic Spying Probe In Address, Bush Says He Ordered Domestic Spying Bush Approved Eavesdropping, Official Says --------- What's the big deal here? Are these people not aware that every out going phone call from the US is run through an NSA computer? This has been going on for years and no one said a darn thing! Some of these guys in the press and on the far left are like monkeys flinging poo until something sticks.... _______________________ Suspected terrorist Jose Padilla still no trialWASHINGTON – The US is playing a shell game with one of the nation's most important - and perhaps dangerous - prisoners. Through aggressive legal tactics, the government has put alleged "dirty bomb" conspirator Jose Padilla through an odyssey unprecedented in American jurisprudence. -------- I'm not losing a wink of sleep over this, who cares? This guy gets nabbed on his way home from terrortrainingcampistan and some cry about unfair treatment. Of course if his training was better he would have his lawyer smuggle in the chemicals needed to turn his toilet into a bomb and he could blow himself out of prison(see Blown Away). What's next, a ban on torture? |
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Post by bigred33 on Dec 20, 2005 19:32:12 GMT -5
One thing about the Santarchy story. I have on good authroity that the beer bottles thrown and broken were empty so no major damage or crisis.
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Post by RandyA on Dec 20, 2005 21:33:02 GMT -5
has anyone ever seen those rating boxes? do you know anybody who has one? i have never known anybody to have them, so how has one and where are they getting rattings from. just odd that nobody ever sees the "box" that records the ratings. doesn't seem like there are too many of them out there. A buddy of mine has one of those rating boxes. every member in his family is assigned a number. They are supposed to turn on the number(s) of the people watching TV. then every so often they have to hit a button on the remote that came with the rating box. Except he lost the remote , so every time the box starts blinking he has to get up and hit the button on the box, that is on top of the TV. A whopping 7 feet away  . i cant remember how many people he represents, but its alot. |
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