PastaJoe

It's reverse psychology, they want a continuation of Bush's policies that have allowed them to maintain and increase their influence on the world stage. They figure Obama will reestablish American prestige and partnerships and be more effective against them. In their view, why change what works for them.

The first time I saw him was on the Tonight Show when he was doing Al Sleet, the hippy dippy weatherman. It's tough seeing all the comics I loved as a kid dieing off. Dick Martin from Laugh In, Rodney Dangerfield, now Carlin. I suppose Don Rickles and Jerry Lewis will be going soon too.

The rule is it has to be a little bigger than the one her last friend to get engaged got. It's all about flashing the bling to her friends, and if her's has a smaller diamond than a friend who got engaged before her, it shows that you don't love her as much.

Given that the candidates had similar views on most policy issues, if Obama had been getting something like 40% of the woman vote at the start of the primaries, and then woman thought she had a real chance and switched to giving Hillary 90%+ of the woman vote, then it would be sexism. Hillary supporters could vote for McCain for a number of reasons; military and foreign policy experience, they don't believe Obama has enough overall experience, they may be moderates who are concerned that Obama may be too liberal, and given that they don't know alot about him they may be concerned about what influence the people who he's associated with at his church have had on him.

I said during the primaries that the Obama supporters were falsely accusing the Clinton campaign of racism, and that Obama was getting 90%+ of black support because he was black, which in itself was a form of racism against the white candidate, but in the end all it got me was being falsely accused of being racist myself for pointing out those facts, so good luck with your argument.

Cindy McCain is starting to act like a Stepford Wife, just parroting the same lines over and over. And this was after Laura Bush came to Michelle Obama's defense and said she understands that Obama was talking about being proud of the political system. You would think that Cindy would be more sensitive given how her family was attacked by Bush operatives in 2000.

In case you're interested, round 1 of the NHL draft is tonight at 7pm on Versus. The Sabres have the 13th and 26th picks in the first round. Rumor is the Sabres would like to move up into the top of the draft to get a premium defenseman, and are looking to trade Afiniganov as part of a deal.

How's your Ostrich Inc. buggywhip business doing? Are you getting alot of customer calls on the partyline on your dial phone? Keeping track of your sales on your abacus?

So in your view nobody can repent for their past mistakes and make amends by making positive contributions to society. Ever heard the story of the apostle Paul and the road to Damascus? Look it up.

But in ten years the technology to do it through solar and wind power may progress to the point where it is a practical mass production solution. Honda has a pretty good track record of making the right business decisions, and their president is confident that the infrastructure to support the cars will grow as consumer demand does. People used to laugh at the Japanese and their funny little cars back in the 70s too.

It will just prolong the dependence on old technology and delay the investment in new.

People had to assume we could fly to the moon too until they tried it.

Let's not forget that the steam engine started out with an efficiency of only 3%, and internal combustion engines were similar. The reason why these technologies became so efficient was because of the ongoing production and research fueled by increased consumer demand. In the case of internal combustion, current cars have had a century to mature. I don't doubt hydrogen will be the same way, it has to start somewhere, which is why I applaud Honda's future thinking move to produce a hydrogen powered car. They say it will take about 10 years to become mass produced, about the same amount of time it would take to yield results from new offshore and Alaskan oil drilling. As hydrogen cars begin to take hold of a larger segment of the market, over time this will push the development of new technologies and materials. I think it's inevitable that the efficiencies of both the production and use of hydrogen will approach those of the current internal combustion engine, and costs will obviously also go down, even if this is the far off future. We can either keep doing things the same old way or start the transition to new now.

You may have known this all along, but now it has been demonstrated scientifically: bikinis make men stupid. This month’s issue of the Journal of Consumer Research features a paper titled “Bikinis Instigate Generalized Impatience in Intertemporal Choice,” which is a way of saying that men don’t make good decisions while checking out pretty girls in bikinis. So a man who is aroused literally narrows his view of the world. When we’re thinking about sex, pretty much all we can think about is sex. So a man might do things he would not otherwise do (spending an hour surfing a Jennifer Love Hewitt fan site), or may behave in a seemingly irresponsible manner (skipping the condom). In fact, studies have shown that sexy ads don’t really make men remember the product. We’re so lasered in on the sexy stuff, we don’t care what brand of beer it is, or how long it takes the car to go from zero to 60. For the whole story... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25197962/

Here's a listing of teaching jobs in the Syracuse - Central New York area. http://jobs.syracuse.com/careers/jobsearch...ates;view=Brief

So you'd like to go back to the pre-union 19th century practices of no labor or environmental laws, and to hell with the worker's health and safety. I've heard firsthand accounts from engineers who have had to go to China to support manufacturing that was moved from the U.S. seeing workers with no protective equipment dumping barrels of toxic chemicals down the water drains as a routine practice. Instead of lowering our standards, our government should be pushing for higher standards in other countries, and the companies that have moved their factories from here to there but still enjoy the legal protections of the U.S. should be held accountable.

Here we go again with the name calling. If they own a small business they will get a tax break. You asked and I gave you an answer. I can lead a horse to water...

I'm not talking about small businesses, which will get tax breaks from either party. I'm talking about large corporations, like UTC-Carrier in particular as an example. They complained about the taxes, so the state offered them tax breaks and utility cost breaks. Then they complained about the union costs. So the union offered them concessions that would allow the already profitable Syracuse manufacturing operations to be even more profitable. The company came back and said no thanks, we're moving the manufacturing operations to China and Singapore because they can make even more money there. I could see if they were losing money, but it was a profitable operation and the Carlyle Compressor division I worked with was the most productive of all Carrier's plants worldwide. So over 500 people lost their jobs, and of course there was a ripple effect on all the suppliers and local businesses. How do I know this? Because I was working there as a salaried employee when it happened. And the salaried employees had already made a 10% salary giveback as well as no raise for a couple of years. But UTC continues to want American tax breaks. Give ME a break.

Is this the guy? I think I got a speeding ticket from him once. CICERO, N.Y. – A former Cicero police officer admits to sexually abusing a child. Jack Himes, 68, pleaded guilty to charges of forcible sexual conduct against a child. Himes was arrested in December and was accused of molesting two girls. He will be sentenced July 15th.

John McCain might be available and meets your requirements.

Just as he had a soft spot for opposing running backs. I was disappointed when Josh Stamer was let go. A hard working, reliable backup and special teams player.

I was at the opening game also. We came from Syracuse and there was a huge traffic jam from before the Thruway exit. We sat in the last row of the upper deck. Redskins had the yellow helmets. I believe it was Herb Mul-Key who ran the opening kick back. The traffic jam was so bad there were still buses of fans coming to the stadium at halftime. I still have the commemorative coin and card they gave out.

Let's all bow down to the wealthy who profited from the labor of the workers for giving us our jobs. Taxes aren't the main motivation for moving jobs overseas, it's because they can maximize their profits with cheap labor and lax regulations. If they show a committment to keeping jobs in America, then they should get taxbreaks, but not when they still move jobs overseas.

Of course Cap stands for the ideals of America, but he doesn't necessarily agree with the policies of the government.

The wealthy have prospered under the current tax policies while the middle and lower class haven't seen the benefit of the promised trickle down effect. And the wealthy did quite well even at the tax rates of the Clinton years. Now it's time for them to pick up the slack and give a little more to help out the majority of taxpayers. Should we also reduce spending, of course, and the billions being spent in Iraq would be a good start. If the wealthy want to keep lower tax rates, then they should invest in creating American jobs to increase the taxpayer base, instead of investing in whatever foreign business gives them the greatest return. How about showing some patriotism and sacrificing some profit for the good of the nation.