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QUOTE (Tex @ Nov 1, 2013 -> 02:13 PM) And believe it or don't but that makes me sad. I think we benefit the most when both sides have great cadidiates. Instead the GOP nominee, to get elected, will have to make a huge "U" turn after locking up the nomination. A moderate Republican looks conservative to a Dem and a RINO or worse to a Tea Party leaning Republican. exactly. Until the GOP can get it's message straightened out, they won't win another election.

Fox = MSNBC all the others do not slant to either side with the same bias of the above. Sorry Y2HH

I liked the horsey... :/

just finished the ROC Race (Ridiculous Obstacle Challenge) here in NYC first time ever doing an adventure race, and it kicked the s*** out of me, even as simple as it was. It was a good wakeup call that I'm not yet in the shape to do a spartan race or tough mudder by any stretch. Good info to have though so I can start working harder! Anybody done these types of races?

QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ Oct 15, 2013 -> 09:16 PM) That game brings out a bad version of me that hates my teamates very often. I also get pissed when I'm in promotion series to gold and lose the 5th game! dude i just made it to silver! although gotta admit, being in S5 is worse than being in bronze. These people don't give a s*** since they can't get demoted, so it's a troll's paradise. still. can't. stop. that's kinda why I feel like making a 5v5 team and ranking up that way would solve a lot of problems. yeah people will still have bad games, but you know what you're dealing with and have the teamwork side of things already figured out. but I maaaay be putting too much thought into this.

QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ Aug 12, 2013 -> 04:55 PM) I find league of legends to be the better game. I've been obsessed with League of Legends recently. It's not healthy. Anyone wanna make a soxtalk team? You know you want it! /back to madden, GTA, etc

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Oct 10, 2013 -> 09:09 AM) Term limits. That's the only solution. this is one thing on which we agree. Term limits will fix many of these issues

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 10, 2013 -> 05:57 PM) I know people are suffering cause they need the work and need the paychecks being denied them because of Obama n the Republicans. I blame our celebrity president for failure to show one iota of leadership skill. agreed with Quinarvy, you don't understand American government. you're also heavily in the minority amongst the American public, who mostly blame the GOP. hell, even John McCain blames the GOP.

no. no games. no bulls***. you want different things. the end. get it over with sooner rather than later. you'll get over it faster.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Oct 7, 2013 -> 07:10 AM) Need 15.2 out of Gonzalez tonight to win despite having Tom f***ing Brady on my team. Steve, despite the fact that we never officially agreed to it you can make me a sig, that's how embarrassing Brady was. i need 28 out of him. yikes

Romo has me 42 points so far, but I'm going up against Peyton with his 38 really? and I sat Blackmon this week. big. mistake. might be my first loss :/

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Oct 4, 2013 -> 11:23 AM) A question for you then: I rarely weigh myself. A number isn't nearly as important to me as what I actually look like. With that said, my weight has consistently gone down over the last week or two, despite regular strength training. Am I being too short-sighted? I woke up today at 202.5 and I want to be at about 215. it means you're burning more than you're eating. eat more. weight loss stop.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 2, 2013 -> 08:37 PM) People who see me post here know I'm usually all about finding compromise. But what the GOP is doing here is not negotiation. It is blackmail. Much as I hate to admit it, the Dems including Obama and even Harry friggin Reid are 100% right on this one. Blackmail has to be met with a stone wall. They are literally terrorists, and the Dems and Obama cannot negotiate with terrorists. It's the exact same principle.

QUOTE (Tex @ Oct 2, 2013 -> 07:22 AM) Duke, you have reached an all time low. In my years here I have read some pretty despicable things, yesterday you hit the Hall of Shame. Frankly I am embarrased as a long time member here and a mod to allow your posts to remain visible. I hope that most readers understand that you do not reflect the soxtalk community. As a state employee I personally find your remarks insensitive, demeaning, insulting, and beyond contempt. For the first time since I became a mod I will be recommending that your posting privileges be suspended.

QUOTE (Tex @ Oct 1, 2013 -> 01:55 PM) Most were open about not compromising. They are now living their promises. No flip flopping. No lying. and not telling the whole truth. we're willing to sacrifice YOUR job so that your employer doesn't have to offer you health care. oh wait...

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Oct 1, 2013 -> 01:54 PM) No, I'm saying they hired employees, and after being found to be sub-standard, said, meh, let them keep their job. Sometimes you hire bad employees. And do you know what you do when that happens? You're going to love this, it's SO logical. YOU f***ING REPLACE THEM. with magically better employees willing to do amazing work for minimum wage?

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Oct 1, 2013 -> 01:49 PM) Better employees. That's somewhat simple. We have a HUGE swath of unemployed people out there that would love those jobs, and actually do them properly. So let's not pretend there are no people to fill these positions. Also, yes, if you suck at your job and are lazy, you SHOULD be unemployed. so you're saying that those employers purposefully hired sub-standard employees? that seems silly.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Oct 1, 2013 -> 01:44 PM) Like when you go to the DMV and it takes an hour to get a new drivers license, when the total amount of "work" that has to be done adds up to about 1 minute and 45 seconds. Of course, because between helping each customer, they wander around for 8 minutes, talk to people, and otherwise just work like they're covered in thick syrup. No, not all public employees are like that...but it's also my experience that many are. does that mean they should be unemployed? who will we find to take their place?

QUOTE (Tex @ Oct 1, 2013 -> 01:32 PM) I am applauding the members of the house who campaigned on a no surrender, no compromise, we'll get rid of the ACA, and were elected. Now they are following through on the promise. I'm sorry, that's asinine. If they'd run on "We'll get rid of ACA at the expense of hundreds of thousands of American jobs" I doubt they'd have gotten elected.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 1, 2013 -> 12:36 PM) What Duke said was reprehensible. I figure it was some sort of joke. Good luck to you, Hickory. If this furlough lasts too long and you guys need food or anything I'd be willing to contribute to a Soxtalk fund. I think Duke was trolling or kidding. Furloughs bite when families are living check to check. Not saying you are doing that but kids are expensive to raise. he's not. those are his real views.

QUOTE (Cknolls @ Oct 1, 2013 -> 12:00 PM) The exchanges, which went online Tuesday morning, have been riddled with technical difficulties in states across the country. The administration has said that the glitches consumers are encountering will be ironed out by Tuesday afternoon. If you believe this I have some Detroit municipal debt to sell you at par. GMAFB... This is why what the Republicans are doing is assinine. Let this get implemented and let it fail from its own weight. and if it succeeds, the GOP is dead. they know it, and that's why they're acting like petulant children to try and stop it.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 1, 2013 -> 11:34 AM) Its funny how that changes with the party in power. It is even funnier listening to some of the same people who fled Indiana when the Republicans at the state level were passing a bunch of legislation they didn't like, to shutdown the things, and who are now outraged that the Republicans shutdown the federal government. You're not?

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Oct 1, 2013 -> 11:57 AM) Either post how much you disagree with me, or the world will end. the whole "protein shake after a workout" thing is the most useless and wide-spread fad in fitness

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 30, 2013 -> 01:42 AM) Seriously, do you need hard data to make my argument true? As an American and (very dissatisfied) Republican who voted for Obama I am VERY frustrated that he can't get anything done. The man simply is a bust. This Obamacare thing is a disaster with him getting so little support for it. The economy is so bad and companies have downsized so much, I can't see that EVER changing to where companies will significantly increase hiring or pay ever again. Why should they? The economy has been so miserable with unemployment so high and wages so low. I've heard even law firms that once were booming have cut back on things like internships, etc. And you know darn well if Obama could run again, he'd win again for many many reasons. The liberal media would again have a lovefest on Michelle and Barack and the kids and how he's so charming, compared to the Republican zombie candidate. All his lovable intangibles would AGAIN come out during his third election. And he'd still get all the minority vote (Afr. American, Hispanic) and he'd win going away. GOING AWAY. And he's a horrific president. That's why I say, WHAT A COUNTRY! I'm so frustrated. What BILL Clinton said today IMO is true; Republicans want Obama and the country to fail and that's very very sad, and they should be so ashamed of themselves, but there's always been partisanship. Unlike Clinton and Reagan and the Bushes to a certain extent, Obama COULD NOT do anything with the other side. Nothing and thus he's a failure. Whatever happened to lobbying, making deals, whatever TO GET THINGS DONE!? you realize the President can't do things without congress right? and that the GOPs in congress stated they would never cooperate with any policy brought forth by Obama right? and this shutdown is EVIDENCE of that fact. let me repeat: WITHOUT A CONGRESS A PRESIDENT CANNOT DO ANYTHING. I don't like Obama, but he had the hardest opposition any president has ever faced in history - an opposition that is willing to SHUT DOWN the government instead of cooperate.

Jon Stewart: "Nobody's saying it's a good law, nobody's saying it's a bad law, but it's a law! Are you familiar with how the world works? Did you see the Giants game on Sunday? OK, they lost 31-7. And you know what the Giants didn't say after that game? 'If you don't give us 25 more points by midnight on Monday, we will shut down the f***ing NFL!' They didn't say that!" (wild audience cheering and applause) "What I'm saying is, wouldn't it be nice if the United States Congress aspired to the maturity and problem-solving capacity of football players?" (wild audience cheering and applause)