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QUOTE(YASNY @ Jan 13, 2006 -> 03:58 PM) What do you care about more, people (the employees they traet like s***) or the environmental issues? That's how to solve your dilemma. I consider myself an environmentalist. One way to look at it is if we screw up the environment we are mistreating all people.

You guys think anyone will change their mind on whether there is or isn't a God on a baseball message board? This is all pointless.

QUOTE(White Sox Josh @ Jan 13, 2006 -> 12:03 PM) for what it was it was pretty good. It wasn't great but it was entertaining. It was a Summer Action Movie. I would have to disagree. Thought it was awful.

Link to article Whole Foods switching to all wind power in U.S. Deal for wind power credits makes Whole Foods the biggest corporate user of wind power in the country. By Renuka Rayasam AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Tuesday, January 10, 2006 Whole Foods Market Inc. is going all green on electricity. The company is buying enough wind power credits to cover energy use at all of its U.S. stores, bakeries, distribution centers, regional offices and its Austin headquarters. The deal makes Whole Foods the biggest corporate user of wind power in the country. Whole Foods will buy 458,000 megawatt-hours of the wind energy credits from Boulder, Colo.-based Renewable Choice Energy Inc. Neither company revealed the dollar value of the two-year contract. "Right now, the main benefit is public relations," said Andrew Aulisi, senior associate at the nonprofit World Resources Institute. "For a company like Whole Foods, which has a particular kind of clientele, I can imagine this is an important way they relate to their customers." Unlike slapping solar panels on a roof, buying green power credits does not mean that wind-generated electricity will power all Whole Foods' stores. Rather, the amount spent on the credits will pump more wind energy into the electric grid overall, reducing the amount of coal and natural gas used nationally. "It's as if a city has been rendered green powered because of this (purchase) by Whole Foods," said Kurt Johnson, Green Power Partnership director at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Whole Foods had been using green power to support about 20 percent of its operations before the purchase. To Whole Foods, the benefits are largely intangible, said regional president Michael Bescanson. "Our customers expect this of us." Buying the credits simplifies green power purchases for large companies with scattered locations. Since the credits became available in 2001, companies have been quick to buy them. Purchases of renewable energy are up 1,000 percent since 2001 in the Green Power Partnership. The partnership includes about 85 percent to 90 percent of corporate purchases, Johnson said. For most companies, the extra costs show customers they are environmentally responsible. But in Austin, green power actually has become less expensive than alternatives because of the structure of Austin Energy's Green Choice program. The program fixes the cost for 10 years. When the program started in 2000, Green Choice customers paid 1.7 cents per kilowatt hour, compared with 1.64 cents for regular fuel charges, said Ed Clark of Austin Energy. Even though it was more expensive at the time, buying a green power 10-year contract ends up being more cost-effective for companies. With the latest round of pricing Green Choice customers pay 3.5 cents per kilowatt hour compared with 3.63 for normal fuel charges. About 400 Austin companies buy green power, with 344 using it for all of their energy, Clark said.

Oh man….when do pitchers and catchers report? I think we all have cabin fever.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jan 13, 2006 -> 11:02 AM) If you knew that already, why would you be whining about Soxy? Touche!

QUOTE(Soxy @ Jan 13, 2006 -> 10:56 AM) Sorry, I missed the part where you're allowed to be a disrespectful jerk. I admit I said some sketchy things but that was in the middle of a heated discussion a few days ago. I have since made peace with the people in the discussion. Now I am being sweared at left and right. Is that not also disrespectful? Eye for an eye I guess.

QUOTE(Soxy @ Jan 13, 2006 -> 10:52 AM) Hmmm, could it be your complete lack of respect for other posters? Or your insensitivity to Steff right now? Or your trolling? Or your looking for a fight earlier in the thread? Hmmmm. . .So many different options to choose from. Then perhaps this should be deleted under the Filibuster heading... Warning: This forum is not for the faint of heart. Do not come in here if you're not willing to, at times, get into heated arguments.

QUOTE(Soxy @ Jan 13, 2006 -> 10:50 AM) And for the record, jackass--you're less than a year younger than she is. Exactly what is your beef with me and why are you swearing at me? Thought you were a moderator not a troublemaker.

QUOTE(Steff @ Jan 13, 2006 -> 10:44 AM) Is "f*** off asshole" a banable offense...?? Wow. Such strong words by the old lady. Have trouble sleeping?

QUOTE(Soxy @ Jan 13, 2006 -> 10:42 AM) You're an insenstive asshole? (my words not Steff's) To each their own.

QUOTE(Steff @ Jan 13, 2006 -> 10:34 AM) MFSASOB. Translation?

QUOTE(mr_genius @ Jan 13, 2006 -> 02:37 AM) the first time i saw 'Requiem for a Dream' i couldn't stop laughing. i guess that would be my favorite comedy. The infomercial guy is hilarious. Be excited! Be, be excited!

Link Maryland OKs Wal-Mart health care bill Lawmakers outmuscle governor's veto on bill requiring the retailer to spend more on health benefits. January 13, 2006: 7:18 AM EST ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Reuters) - A bill that would force Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to spend more on employee health care in Maryland won approval from state lawmakers Thursday, overriding Gov. Robert Ehrlich's veto. The House of Delegates voted 88-50, with one abstention, in favor of the bill after the Senate voted its approval 30-17. Both margins were large enough to override Ehrlich's veto issued in May of 2005. The bill takes effect in 30 days, the Baltimore Sun reported in its Friday editions. "I hope personally all 49 (other) states will do this. The states are backed up to the wall on this one," said Democratic Sen. Gloria Lawlah, chief sponsor of the bill in the Senate. The measure would require companies with more than 10,000 employees to spend at least 8 percent of their payroll on health benefits, or pay the balance into a state low-income health insurance fund. Both votes came down largely along party lines, with a handful of Democrats crossing over to vote against the bill in each chamber. Business groups who opposed the Maryland bill, such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, have said the state law could violate federal laws that govern health insurance benefits. Wal-Mart (Research) spokeswoman Sarah Clark said the company was evaluating its options. She said lawmakers had "placed the special interests of Washington, D.C. union leaders ahead of the well-being of the people they serve." A spokesman for Gov. Ehrlich expressed disappointment with the votes. He said lawmakers had put politics in front of policy. "It's unfortunate, but we've come to expect it," said spokesman Henry Fawell. Labor group support U.S. labor groups are promoting the Maryland bill and it is being viewed as a model for similar laws other state legislatures are considering. Labor leaders have said nationwide more than a quarter of workers in large companies do not get employer-based health insurance coverage. They say a growing number of uninsured workers have been forced to turn to government programs such as Medicaid for coverage. The votes drew applause from Wal-Mart Watch, one of several groups that have been pushing the company to improve wages and benefits. "The eyes of the nation were on Annapolis today, and the override votes will generate important momentum in many other state legislatures that are considering similar health care bills," the group said in a statement. Lawmakers supporting the measure in the Senate argued that they had to act because Wal-Mart was forcing the state to subsidize its employees' health care. But opponents countered that the bill was bad for business. "This isn't the perfect storm. It's the Bermuda Triangle. Jobs go in, but they don't come out," said Republican Sen. E.J. Pipkin. Some opponents of the bill said it could even cause Wal-Mart to drop plans to build a large distribution center on Maryland's Eastern Shore, which would bring an additional 800 to 1,000 jobs to the state. Wal-Mart's Clark said in her statement that the bill would do nothing to make affordable health insurance available to more Marylanders. She said the vote was about "partisan politics" rather than health care. Clark said more than three-fourths of its 1.3 million U.S. employees had health insurance coverage, either through the company, a spouse or a government program. Wal-Mart closed lower 83 cents, or 1.78 percent, to $45.74 a share Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Jan 13, 2006 -> 09:02 AM) Likes Felix Pie to much. Likes apple pie too much.

Blue Demons off to a nice start at Pitt. I smell upset.

QUOTE(TheBlackSox8 @ Jan 12, 2006 -> 08:28 PM) There is a guy at my work that loved Fantastic Four and wanted me to watch it.....so I did...and i though it was a piece of s***...had some parts, but overall sucked. The thing that bothers me is that he said it was better than Batman Begins. And I'm serious when I say the he is serious about that. This is a guy that also said the Shield is hyped too much and has very bad acting...needless to say i don't take any film or tv advice from him anymore Wow. Watch anything he hates. Chances are it'll be good.

Welcome to Soxtalk Beltin' Bill!!

QUOTE(SoxFan562004 @ Jan 12, 2006 -> 06:06 PM) Action/Adventure - Die Hard Comedy - Major League Crime/Gangster - Goodfellas (My favorite movie) Drama - Dirty Dancing Epics/Historical - Amadeus Horror - The Lost Boys Musicals - Singin' in the Rain Science Fiction - Star Wars (the original 1977) Romance - Dirty Dancing Foreign - City of Lost Children Western - The Magnificent Seven Wow! You really like Dirty Dancing.

QUOTE(RME JICO @ Jan 12, 2006 -> 05:54 PM) Per email from Deep Discount DVD: Muchos gracias!

Do they charge once it ships?

Is it worth adding an 'animated' film or is that overkill?

Add a western. I did.

Action/Adventure - Kill Bill 1 & 2 Comedy - Being John Malkovich Crime/Gangster - Jackie Brown Drama - Requiem for a Dream Epics/Historical - Braveheart Horror - Halloween Musicals - Grease Science Fiction - The Matrix and 2001 Romance - North by Northwest Foreign - Run Lola Run Western - Unforgiven

QUOTE(Greg The Bull Luzinski @ Jan 12, 2006 -> 01:42 PM) ... and we can all drink to the fact that at least it is not Mike North. Amen!