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PastaJoe

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  1. I think he should sell the Senate seat to the highest bidder, as long as it's in the open and the money goes into the state treasury. Put an opening bid price of $100 million on it and see who bites.
  2. He's the coach of the Bills, but I haven't seen proof that he's coaching the Bills.
  3. Hard to tell since they won't disclose the technology for public scrutiny, let alone admit it exists.
  4. You'll have to ask the poster, he's the one who inferred that the way out of poverty is the military. And there are many people who can't secure loans sufficient to cover college expenses, so they don't view it as a viable alternative. Military service is a fine profession, but it should be chosen for positive reasons, not because one feels they have no other options.
  5. That's a sad statement about the lack of opportunity that their only option to better their lives was to put them on the line in the military, while those better off can afford to have the option of going to college or trade schools.
  6. While I am not impressed with Kennedy and would rather someone like Cuomo get appointed, one thing she does bring to the table is a friendship with Obama, who owes her for her support, and for a freshman senator to have that close association with the president which could influence some decisions in favor of New York State is not a bad thing.
  7. No, that was Tanaka. Tatonka was an indian wrestler in the WWF, with the usual war bonnet and dance. He made some appearances last year.
  8. Because dufus, they make more money by monopolizing the energy resources and limiting our choices of affortable alternatives. It is naive to think that nobody has invented technology that would do better than mass-produced 30mph gas fueled engines.
  9. It's only fair, since Bush and corporations have taken the middle class down to lower economic class status. Somebody has to fill the void in the middle class.
  10. You got the relevence of the story. I find it amusing that those complaining it's not a story or I'm fixated on Palin have more posts in this thread than me. Thanks for the laugh.
  11. Sherry L. Johnston, the mother of Bristol Palin’s fiancé, was arrested Thursday night on drug charges. Johnston was arrested at her Wasilla home and charged with six felony drug counts. Alaska state troopers then searched the Johnston home for further evidence of narcotics. She was charged with second-degree misconduct for allegedly manufacturing narcotics and a fourth-degree misconduct related to possession. She has been released from the Mat-Su Pretrial Facility on a $2,000 bond. Johnston is the mother of Levi Johnston, who was vaulted into the national spotlight in September when it was announced that he is the father of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s teenage daughter Bristol’s child. The baby is due on Saturday, and the two are set to wed this summer. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16747.html
  12. Innovation wouldn't be stifled if they reinvested some of the money in new innovations instead pocketing record profits. Innovation is stifled by greed.
  13. Let the team move to Toronto next year, and then immediately offer a new stadium to the Miami Dolphins to move here.
  14. They already are de facto divided. The Kurds are a semi-autonomous region, and with our occupation, the Sunni and Shites that used to live together went back to ethnic fighting that resulted in segregated neighborhoods and cities. The fighting has died down in large part because they've pretty much settled on the divided territory. People who left their Sunni homes in mixed neighborhoods came back to find they were no longer welcome, with their homes occupied by Shites, and visa versa. Our military has even resigned itself to this reality by helping to build walls between different ethnic neighborhoods.
  15. Not handouts, bridge LOANS to restructure and retool. Nobody is advocating handouts. This distortion of the facts by the anti-loan crowd is simplistic. I agree that companies should reinvest record profits into improving their products and services, and not just handing it out as dividends and buying back stock like the oil companies did, or face a windfall tax, but if their fortunes turn and they are threatened with going out of business, then I support giving them LOANS if they have a business plan that shows how it will allow them to recover.
  16. He wouldn't have been paid to make people laugh for long if he didn't accomplish just that. SNL was cutting edge for the time when it started and he was one of the writers. Obviously jokes about Gerald Ford and Paul Tsongas are not going to seem funny today.
  17. If they end up facing a similar situation as the car industry, then I have no problem offering them a similar loan program so they can reorganize and retool. And if the car or oil industry make record profits, then they should pay a windfall tax.
  18. 3 million related jobs and some degree of domestic manufacturing capability.
  19. Franken would be an interesting addition to the Senate, bringing the traditional progressive viewpoint that Paul Wellstone had, but I still think Coleman will edge him out. I read that Gov. Pawlenty was looking into the legality of appointing a Senator if the election isn't resolved soon. There should be provisions in state elections to have runoffs if the vote is close and there's a 3rd party candidate that gets more than a certain percentage of votes, as was the case in Minnesota. Also, isn't it time that states did away with paper ballots that allow for this type of uncertainty?
  20. He'll end up in somebody's camp as a low round pick or FA. He appears to be an intelligent player who could manage a game and be a good 2nd or 3rd stringer.
  21. It just doesn't have to be, but the scientific fact that man has contributed to its acceleration is accepted by all but the Flat Earth society members and those that are afraid that it will cut into their profits if we take action to reduce our impact on it.
  22. You have free tv now, nobody forces you to buy cable. If you can't afford a high def converter, the gov't will provide it for you. I missed where Obama promised free gas.
  23. Time for the people who protested The Last Temptation of Christ and The Da Vinci Code to dust off their signs and bullhorns.
  24. Imagine the revenue that the Bills could get if they moved to Africa, with the history of winning 4 consecutive Super Bowls.
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