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I don't understand this site: I had put out a post that was titled, Dan Marino has a child out of our wedlock and the post is yanked....?
I am now disappointed with this board. I've read other complaints from others and thought, they were just barking.
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Guys I wasn't expecting to hear anything like this morning , so to say the least, I'm in shock and in utter disappointment about this news.
I simply do not understand why a person so blessed would look elsewhere.
Looks like Dan was right all along, that Dan Marino Sr. was the real "hero".
I pray for his family.
Sorry I saw my post got merged with this one.
Now I have to remove my Dan Marino posters from my sports room.
Sad day.
Ryan Tannehill, please read this and learn. A good night or 2 of sex is not worth your legacy.
I just hate seeing his legacy destroyed. It puzzles me how people who seemingly have it all, look for more.
Your family is all you have.
Now, your remembered for no Super Bowl ring and having an affair which resulted in a child that has to grow up with dysfunction, and I wish the media would give her grieve, she should have known he was married.
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Maybe it's because we didn't need another thread on it when there is a 10 pager only two spaces away? Did you check to see if it was posted already?I don't understand this site: I had put out a post that was titled, Dan Marino has a child out of our wedlock and the post is yanked....?
I am now disappointed with this board.
When you're with the same woman for years and she stops putting out I do believe most men would cheat. Only human.
It is what it is. Sucks but its his personal life
A lot off his records have been broken anyway and this love affair without question will darken his legacy.
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well that takes some shine off the ole penny for me...marino and larry bird my heroes growing up...that and my father
hoops scoops 2012 season ..."in 2014 ryan tannehill etches his name in stone amongst the games elite qbs"..."ryan tannehill and andrew luck will carry the afc for the next decade plus the way peyton manning and tom brady have this last decade plus"
for the love of god get a real freaking mike already!!!


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Nice 3-part video....
Nice 3-part video....
Good grief, if I ever suffer from insomnia I'll be sure to watch these videos again. The third video asserts that Christians stole their idea of crucifixion from the Egyptian Book of the Dead. Anyone want to explain how this is possible considering the Book of the Dead pre-dates the invention of crucifixion by a couple thousand years? Anyone? Anyone?
This sort of garbage could only be perpetuated by something like the internet.
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Irresistible Grace
Perseverance of the Saints
A platform to garbage? What does that even mean?
But is that all you got?
Wait, so the fact the video claims that the Bible stole its concept of crucifixion from the Egyptian Book of the Dead even though that book was written thousands of years before the Romans invented crucifixion isnt a problem for you? Youll still take the bait hook, line, and sinker?

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"This is a very flavorful pasta salad. The crisp cooked bacon really adds a nice flavor. I get requests for this pasta salad for every get together and cook out."
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uncooked tri-color rotini pasta
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I have always loved Suddenly Salad's Bacon & Ranch Pasta...they ain't got nothing on you Wilemon! This was sooo much better!!! I used a chopped roma tomato because that's what I had on hand, & I'm not a big fan of garlic powder so I subbed fresh minced garlic. I also used lite mayo (I always do...it's the only kind I buy). I didn't use fresh bacon as I had a huge bag of real bacon bits to use up....I probably added 3 or 4 handfuls because we were eating this for dinner & hubby likes his bacon. My can of olives were whole & there was no way I was going to slice them so I gave them a rough chop instead (I really loved the bites that had the olives in them so next time I think I might add more). I squeezed half a lemon (it wasn't a really juicy lemon) over it all & gave it a toss before serving & it freshened it up a bit. Very, very good pasta salad! BTW 3 tbp. of ranch mix is about the same as a packet of ranch mix.
Since this called for ingredients and seasonings that seemed like a great combination I was surprised when this just fell flat. I was really unimpressed. Not very flavorful at all. It wasn't all that pretty to look at either since the mayonnaise all but obscured any color. Thank goodness I had decided to cube, rather than shred the cheese, as it did add some texture and color. At this point I felt I had nothing to lose, because what I had was a pretty boring mayonnaise pasta salad, and that's what I've based my rating on - so I decided to just throw caution to the wind and have at it! First of all, I added more of pretty much everything - more bacon, more seasoning, more tomato, more olives. Still, a little too tangy and mayonnaisy tasting so I gave it a good plotch of sour cream to mellow it out - and some half and half. And some sliced green onion. And some frozen peas. And then more of the dried ranch dressing mix. I kept adding and tasting along the way (I must have used up every spoon in the drawer in the process!) until I had something pretty darned respectable, both in looks and in taste. If prepared as written, I think this would have been a forgotten dish at the dinner table. With my changes (all it basically needed was a little more of everything, plus some sour cream and chopped green onion) this is comparable to the pasta salads sold in gourmet markets!
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I've been making this salad for awhile and just got around to writing a review! My family LOVES this salad! Every time I make it someone asks for the recipe! I add two pkgs of the Ranch dressing mix and I add a cucumber, 1 1/2 cups peas, and a small bag of shredded carrots. When I want this to be more of a meal, I'll boil 3 chicken breasts, cube them and put them in the salad. I always let this salad sit over night or else make it in the morning. It tastes much better if you let it sit. Very yummy!
On step 3 I neglected to instruct to add the pasta with bacon, tomatoes, etc. then toss. My grocery store has since started carrying grape tomatoes, I use them now because the salad will stay even fresher with uncut tomatoes by adding the grape tomatoes whole IF there is any left over.
Fantastic recipe that I have been making for years, but just now reviewing.... shame on me! Few changes for personal preference and to enhance the flavor: use Hormel bacon crumbles for ease, wedge cut black olives for a flavorful bite, two cloves minced garlic and 1 tsp coarsely ground fresh cracked pepper in place of the garlic pepper, greeen and red onions and red and yellow cherry tomatoes. The trick is to use the shredded SHARP cheddar cheese. A mild or medium just doesn't hold up to the myriad of flavors in this salad. Also, since the original making of this salad, I have switched to using the buttermilk Hidden Valley dressing made from scratch. HEPFUL HINT: Garlic pepper is usually in a "grinder" and contains salt which this recipe definitely DOES NOT need as the cheese, olives, dressing and bacon have enough sodium already. Thanks for the recipe!
Great pasta salad! This is perfect for BBQ's! My husband loves anything with bacon and his favorite dressing is ranch so I had to make this for the last bbq of the season. Needless to say he loved it and so did our guests! I used sea shell pasta (I'm sure just about any type of tube pasta would work here). I also used 1 quart of cherry tomatoes cut in half, 2 cups of shredded cheddar cheese (a whole bag) and instead of the olives I added 3 chopped green onions and 2 cups of thawed petite sweet peas. For the dressing I used 1 oz. of Hidden Valley Ranch dry mix with 1 cup of lite mayo and 1 cup of skim milk. I didn't mix that together with the pasta until 2 hours before serving so the pasta didn't soak up the dressing. Thanks for another great recipe Wilemon!
Great salad! I used the entire packet of dressing mix, a little extra garlic powder, and plain pepper instead of garlic pepper. I used half and half in place of milk, adding till it had just the right creaminess. If it gets dry in the fridge, just freshen it by stirring in a little milk and the creaminess is restored. This is delicious and has a very pretty presentation. It's perfect for potlucks. Love it! Thanks for sharing. Kaye
This was so easy and really good! I doubled the recipe for a party, so I had LOTS of salad! I took the leftovers to work and it was gone in minutes! I had several people ask for the recipe. I only made a couple of variations: I used real bacon bits instead of frying my own (for time saving purposes). I omitted the cheese and added broccolli. I also used halved grape tomatoes. You could probably do lots of variations,and it would still be really good...green olives, artichoke hearts, other veggies or cheeses...I think it's the ranch dressing mix and the bacon bits that make it unique. It also seems to taste better the next day because the flavors have blended more. So I'd reccommend making it the night before.
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Use the scientific method to improve democracy.
When the USA was invented, it was a great experiment in democracy. Democracy is considered the best form of government.on Earth. I think we can do better, much better. The wisest aspect of the USA Constitution is the ability to amend it. Let us amend it to continue the experiment.
I would like some suggestions for a method, a process, for improving democracy. I am not so much interested in discussing specific improvements, but a PROCESS whereby improvements could be proposed, tried and evaluated. This process might take years or centuries.
I think one simple method would be a constitutional amendment that would allow localities to try different forms of government. Then people could choose by moving to the jurisdiction of their choice, or moving away. This might cause serious problems, with the the rich moving together and other areas left with no tax base. To some extent, this is already happening anyway.
What are your ideas?
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Nov 27 2012: Excellent question Barry - By all measures of success the Swiss model of "direct democracy" is an experiment in democracy that has been evolving and improving over some 800 years. It is based on citizen generated initiatives and referendums that dynamically and continuously improve the constitution and legislation.
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In the US some 30 states have "direct democracy" provisions for initiatives and referendums, so we have potentially 50 experiments to look to in improving our federal government processes. The elephant entering the room in all of this is the internet, and there is much activity around the world using the internet for democracy.
At the US federal level one must understand that the "political class" that sits atop everything likes things the way they are - ie only 28 of some 10,000 proposed constitutional amendments have ever beem ratified. For any changes to occur the case must be obvious and low risk, at least as viewed by the political elites. With this in mind here are the specifics of what I propose:
"Directed Democracy" where a US Board of Directors presides over "advisory" federal initiatives and referendums (voting) conducted over the internet. Today our federal and state governments have election (voting) boards whose function is to monitor lobbying and election activity for fairness etc. I envision expanding the function somewhat to a true "Board" function which is to look at the strategic big picture using citizen input devoid of politics. Past US presidents would automatically belong to the Board. Other Board members would be elected at large to serve one single term, with the top vote getters winning election and inclusive therefore of third parties. Board members would be given "swing" voting rights in congress.
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The internet will loom large in the future of democracy. Modern organizations run with a Board of Directors - should not our US government also have one- (ad hoc super committees don't seem to work)
Nov 27 2012: There are huge problems with the tyranny of democracy. Your idea would be a disaster.
Nov 28 2012: Maybe we should get rid of all prejudices and hate. Our government isn't perfect, no government will ever be, specifically one like ours, which bases its laws on our societies beliefs and ideals. As long as we the people are imperfect, our government will be too.
But one thing is for sure, I would much rather live in an democratic country whose government is imperfect than a country that has a dictatorship in place. The fact that those people, however imperfect they may be, don't have any say in any aspect of their life or their government is the true definition of Tyranny.
So Pat, just be thankful that you live in a county that even allows you to voice your own ideas and opinions because there are places in this world where people our giving their lives just to get a piece of what we have here.
Nov 28 2012: A few more years and we will be those people in the world giving their lives to get a piece of what we once had.Nov 28 2012: Ok, I didn't like Bush, at all, I thought we were going in the wrong direction. But he was my president, whether I like it or not he was elected by the people for the people. I still supported him and our country, its my duty as a citizen to and I believe my persona; my duty. I dislike it when people such as your self somehow think that because your guy didn't get in, the person who did is somehow not your president. Knock it off. It hurts our country and divides us as a people. Wait five years and see how we are doing, if were in WW3 or some awful mess, then maybe your on to something but until our current president does something bad as in more than half the nation feels that way then I support him as I have the presidents before. Ohh, and by the way, we are a nation of immigrants legal or not, that's who we are, in the past, present, and future!
Nov 28 2012: What you like dislike or consider your duty is irrelevant to the topic at hand.
Your ignorance and the ignorance of the majority is relevant and because of this I would not be surprised if this country is unrecognizable in 5 years. This level of ignorance is truly amazing.Nov 28 2012: Who are you to judge the rest of us as ignorant based on your own beliefs? The truly ignorant people in this world are the ones who judge others but don't consider what there judging. Our country needs real solutions, its hardly a solution to point to the other side and say, there the ignorant ones, this gets us nowhere. Why not, list your ideas, maybe you will find common ground.
It would be wrong for me to assume that you think the other half doesn't want the best for this country. But whether you are Republican, Democrat or Independent, all of us wants what's best, and name calling or general disregard for the others ideas wont get us there. And being pessimistic about our future is about the worst thing a person can do, because it means they have given up and have no reason to continue coming up with ideas or solutions to the problems they are being so pessimistic about.
Nov 28 2012: I'm just looking at facts.
The simple math is that the current debt is 16 trillion dollars the GDP for one year is 15 trillion dollars.
The current revenue through taxes is 2.5 trillion dollars per year
The current borrowing is another 1.5 trillion dollars per year
The unfunded liabilities are in excess of 100 trillion dollars.
What are the odds of the country handling this without collapsing or turning into a dystopian state with a jack booted militia???
In the last election some of the people that voted for Obama felt that social issues were more important than the above. Others that voted for Obama felt that there was a better chance of more jobs with Obama, despite 4 years of no jobs with the worst economy since FDR.
Social issues will be moot if the country collapses. Basic economics indicates that Obama is doing exactly the wrong things to create jobs.
None of this is my opinion.
Have a nice day.Dec 1 2012: Sorry for not answering right away. I have, however, come to a realization that this entire discussion is rather pointless. I mean who are we trying to convince, neither of us are going to change our views on this matter, and any one reading this could come to the same conclusion. So, no I am not going to counter your facts with my own, not because I do have them but because it would be pointless in doing so. I sincerely do hope you have a good life Pat and respect your position. I now realize that I could be doing a lot more at the local level in my community to help solve problems, and would rather spend my time working on them than continuing a discussion that's pointless. Thank you for your time on this.
Dec 1 2012: You have a lot of company.Nov 29 2012: Hi Barry.
Your question is really interesting but I don't really understand how it could be carried out, because even if we collected a huge amount of data about different regimes and amendments locally tested, I don't think we would be able to use this information to distinguish an optimal democracy.The will of peoples with different cultures might be opposed and the measures which may look positive in a region may look negative in an other one. It seems immossible to evaluate some laws at a global scale. Moreover, the view and the role that the state should have in democracy is debatted and has to be, the answer is not absolute. Looking for a global process can't lead in my opinion to a good solution, because what characterizes democracy, is that, anything that concerns the people, the way the government rules, must always be up to discussion, and it can not happen if we consider a rigid model.
Nevertheless, we must make democracy improve. We must learn from the mistakes that have been made before. And the very thought I have is that only education may allow the people to understand how our societies work, to get them interested in the challenges we have to face and so to have precise and clear ideas about the regime they want.
Nov 30 2012: I agree, looking for an "optimal democracy" would be foolhardy. Rigidity is the opposite of what I had in mind.
I am just looking for a better PROCESS that would speed up the pace of IMPROVEMENT.
With luck, we might find a process that could be applied in many different societies. A process that would be limited to the USA would still be useful.
Your point about education is important. It is the basis of all forms of democracy. We must always be searching for improvements to education. I am hoping that we can find something more than just improving education.Nov 27 2012: Can you be more specific? What problems do you see? Remember this is a tweek to the existing system - so you must see tyranny of democracy in the existing system. The Swiss certainly have quite the opposite of tyranny and have for years served as a melting pot and home for many minorities.
Nov 27 2012: I see this as a problem in the U.S. and the last election where the voters demonstrated a great deal of ignorance on the most important election in the history of the U.S.
Switzerland may have better educated voters? I would tend to think so by virtue of the intelligence demonstrated regarding Swiss use of fire arms. Of which they have shown that with training it is a great tool. Voting requires the same degree of care regarding training. I think that in any system this side of Communism or a Dictatorship that has good education is preferable to a better system with out education.
Switzerland does a lot of stuff right and more than the U.S. does right. My concern is the growth of government more than the type. In general I see Germany as a paradigm in training which overcomes the heavy regulations and taxes endemic to Socialism. What the U.S. lacks in training it makes up for in economic freedom, but this is changing.
The other thing I wonder about is scalability, the U.S. is 40 times the population of the Swiss. The U.S. is all immigrants and a lot more than 8 million are non white. I would think this would be a lot different.
Nov 28 2012: Thanks for the prompt reply. The point you make about education is a very good one and that is why I have backed off a true 100% "direct democracy" in favor of "directed democracy" and "advisory" initiatives and referendums for the US. California is perhaps an example of where referendums can be gamed by big money spending lots of money on less than authentic signature drives and ads that manipulate the less discerning.
There is a big misconception about the Swiss being homogeneous. Over the years they have struggled with and managed 3 different major languages, 2 major religions, and various diverse other minorities. The internet makes scalability a non problem
Thanks again for your comments.
Nov 28 2012: The U.S. is a constitutional republic which by definition is a directed democracy.
We have over 50 million Hispanics whom many use English as a second language. That is 6 times the entire population of your country of course this does not include the other ethnic cultures. I don't see the internet as a solution to scalability of a diverse population.
A pertinent point is that the government did not interfere with the economy or many other things for the 1st 150 years of this country. Based on the results my thinking is the less goverment the better. The more education of the citizens the better.Nov 27 2012: Gosh, have we never heard of captive agencies,political contributions, revolving doors in government , stupid state government, corporate bureaucracy, etc. ? Put in all the feedback loops. Did everyone in the conversation emerge fully grown, educated, and in Armor from a god with a headache's head. Even Eric Blair did not automatically put Big Brother in Government in 1984 - At that time a General would be a good choice.
In the United States the big players vary from time to time. If we review Charles Mckay's Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds you might get a better understanding of our Bubbles and corporate propaganda. Your comments are scary Are you concerned about overreaching in corporate matters San
Mateo Co... by the Supremes or do you miss slavery So much for Roscoe Conkling and the Fourtenth Amendment Remember that Senator Conkling the author of the 14th Amendment twice refused to be nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court. He left the Senate to be a railroad lawyer. Maybe that shows where the power was at the time. He was not alone. Remember that misdirection is the key to magic. Look in a different direction for the real black hats. Propaganda doesn't work if it is obvious. Reread the Grapes of Wrath.Nov 26 2012: The problems have have evolved in the USA (and around the world) were given birth on March 7, 1819. That's the date that the Supreme Court, in a bloodless coup d'etat, threw out the constitution as the law of the land and replaced it with British Common Law. It decreed that the Constitution was a "guideline" that congress could violate whenever it deemed it necessary, whether or not it was truly necessary. It also authorized the implementation of "implied powers" that are clearly unconstitutional. It said that the people should not be included in silly decisions like the one before it.
To see how useless a constitutional amendment would be B 4 fixing the core problem, look at our most recent (27th) amendment. Passed in 1992, it says that congress cannot give itself a raise unless an election shall have intervened. It took Congress 3 weeks to figure out a way around it. It declare that if it didn't give itself a cost of living adjustment, that they would be in violation of the amendment because they were intentionally using inflation to devalue the national debt. It took 3 months for the 9th District Court to declare that cost of living adjustments are not pay raises. Judge Sporkin said that those who brought suit were miscreants.
Congress was furious when the Archivist recorded it without congressional approval. They intended to reject the amendment, but there was so much public hoopla about it, they were stopped in their tracks. Thus they were forced to find a way around it.
The only way to reclaim OUR government is to re-ratify the 10th amendment, changing it to read "The powers not specifically delegated to the United States by the Constitution according to the intents of the ratifiers, nor prohibited by it to the States in accordance with the ratifiers intents, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
U aren't aware that until this decision, SOTUS did not have the right to do what it does today. It GAVE ITSELF the power.
Nov 26 2012: I don't disagree.
But I don't see how just changing the 10th amendment will change much as the core of the problem is financial.
You contradict yourself by stating how useless amendments can be but then reason that by changing the 10th amendment that this will somehow change?
As indicated with the 27th amendment, we have to put a boot on the throat of the spending.
Nov 27 2012: By re-ratifying the 10th, Congress will no longer have the ability to deny our amendments. It may not designate a legal entity as a human. It may not spend on anything not authorized by the Constitution - and those things are few indeed. We cannot get involved in wars (including military actions) without a congressional "declaration of war" - unless treaties are used to circumvent the process - which happens too often.. But when we reclaim our power, we can change that. SOTUS can't make law because ALL legislative power belongs to Congress. The Fed. Reserve is gone. So much has happened, but Americans are functionally uneducated
It will work if enough people understand the history of and content of our Constitution as well as American history. The key is mentioning that any interpretation is to be in accordance with the intents of the ratifiers. As we were taught provable lies in our compulsory educations, this may be a tough sell. (I wold also consider attempts and acts that undermine the Constitution as it was intended to be understood should be considered an act of treason)
It will not work today because too many Americans are so functionally uneducated that they do not understand how government was supposed to work - according to the intents of our founding fathers - who were not the Federalists, but were the anti-federalists, who risked life and limb fighting for freedom (as opposed to hiding behind the safety that their wealth afforded them).
Nov 27 2012: I agree 110% about education.
But what you say regarding the finance would not be resolved. Just look at the signing agreements and the agencies created by the POTUS.
It seems odd to me that federalism is defined by what anti federalists espouse? that seems ironic.Nov 27 2012: But Pat, can you find a single place in the constitution that authorizes the president to implement executive orders? Furthermore, agencies are created by congress, not POTUS. Congress also funds them. If congress doesn't like an agency, it can defund. That is its role.
Nov 27 2012: That is my point it is not in the constitution. I may be wrong on this but I thought the POTUS creates agencies as well, unconstitutional of course. After what I have seen with Obamacare and Frank-Dodd and how incestuous Congress and the POTUS are maybe it just appears that way?
In any case I agree the cure for the malignancy is chemotherapy which is the financing of, in which case all of the ideologies come to a grinding halt.
Again it is about education starting with we do not work for them they work for us. We need to be better bosses and make them do their work and hang the ones who cheat in other words a slap on the wrist would be jail time. After all this treason.Nov 27 2012: It is rather ironic that Republicans stand for Federalism that stands for an all-powerful central government while claiming to want state's rights. You mis-state when you say that federalism is defined by what anti-federalists espouse. The two could not be further apart.
Nov 27 2012: In case you think I'm a Republican, I'm a Libertarian and have been registered so for about 35 years.
My take on conservatives is that they are about freedom and not centralized government AT ALL. Your take on this could not be more wrong. If anything the Democrats are about centralized government or as my lovely sister in law says "you can't convince me that more government isn't good"
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Nov 27 2012: You may be a registered Libertarian, but your views are anything but Libertairan.
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1. Libertarians were soundly against Mitt Romney. You were very much pro & a strong advocate of Paul Ryan, whom Libertarians were also against.
2. Libertarians stand for individual rights and the right to own one's body. You are anti-abortion
3. Libertarians stand for equal rights for GLBTs. I have not seen your position on the matter, but knowing that you are a fundamentalist christian, I could make a guess that you disagree. Furthermore, Libertarians are for equality and you have called equality "crap:
4. Libertarians stand for legalizing drugs & let U make ur own choices. You're against.
5. Libertarians don't want to be policemen of the world. Your freeting about Benhazi says you disagree. You have also called for less military at the same time you called for more military spending.
6. Libertarians want a free-market economy. You want subsidies for the wealthiest (individuals and corporations) because you errantly believe that they are job creators.
7. Libertarians are pro-environment. You are not.
The list is longer, but you were devastated at Romney's loss and furious that people voted for him based on "social issues" rather than fiscal ones. The Libertarians prime directive is to protect individual rights. That's a social issue. That's why I have voted Libertarian in every election since 1980 except this one, where I wanted my voice for the right to own my own body to be heard loud and clear, and not hidden in any 1% statistics of those on the fringes.
You are not a conservative. You are a fiscal conservative. Very big difference. Lots of democrats are fiscal conservatives and social liberals. They're called "Blue Dog Democrats". Another group who are fiscal conservatives and social liberals (keep your god out of government) are Libertarians.
Nov 27 2012: Damn now I have change most of my values...
1 I would have been in 7th heaven if Ron Paul would have won, I went with Romney (not even on my short list) because he was the lesser of 2 evils.
2 Libertarians view abortion from both points of view. I choose right to life.
3 I could not care less. I'm not a christian. I'm against equality (economic equality) at the expense of freedom and economic mobility
4 I could not care less, if were up to me I would legalize mota, it is less harmful than alcohol.
5 The U.S. does have to defend itself, I would like to see less military spending. Benghazi does not pass the smell test, my BS detector is sounding.
6 I talk about the free market in most of my posts, if my short list is 1 item it is the free market. Again you ignorance of economics shows up.
7. I'm for what ever raises the standard of living of life. The environmentalist stuff has swung way too far.
Economic issues raise individual's standard of living, rights, and life more than any other aspect of the world, otherwise we would be communicating by smoke signals.
I am a Libertarian and a Conservative, after 35 years there is an outside chance that I know as much about it as you?
Gail .
Nov 29 2012: Libertarians do not take a stand on abortion. It gives you the right to be anti-abortion, but it denies government on any level to interfere in any way. Why? Because it defends individual liberties for everyone - not just men. If a woman wants to enslave herself to some undifferentiated cells or a fetus that cannot live independently from her, then that's her choice. But if a woman prefers freedom to slavery, Libertarians defend individual freedoms.
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You recently discovered the truth about the Fed Reserve, and have only begun to learn about it and money, but I, who have spent years studying various economic/fiscal models and their relationship to the social order, am ignorant because I know more than you? Really?
You do talk about free markets, but you also talk about tax incentives for the few that you (falsely) consider the job creators. That's not a free market by any definition. The Libertarian Platform is against your view.
The Libertarian party stands for caring for the environment.
You appear not to have even read the Libertarian Party platform. You may think that you are a Libertarian, and may even be sending them money, but if you don't know what a Libertarian is, how can you be so sure that you are one? (Rhetorical question - no answer necessary because your post has already given me the answer.)
Nov 29 2012: Where do I talk about tax incentives? Everything I have said on TED is available to you.
I have stated that lower taxes are a liberty that are antithetical to Socialism.
Are you in favor of third trimester abortions? I don't think that human life begins at the stem cell stage on the other hand 3rd trimester abortions are murder.
Libertarian are against government interference in the environment.
I have known about the intricacies of the Fed for decades.
Party affiliation should give you a clue about my awareness of economics.
What I am saying is that you are ignorant about economics.
You did learn me some stuff about the anti-federalists and I thank you for that.Nov 26 2012: I am a little confused on how your idea of make more amendments would help anything ... the current administration avoids the present Constitution and implements all ideas through Executive Orders thus avoiding both the Constitution and Congress.
My opinion is to start using the Constitution we have and return to a Constitutional government. Congress should never fund anything that does not have Congressional vote of approval. If this does not occur then "WE THE PEOPLE" have been eleminated from the process.
Nov 26 2012: To accomplish this, we merely need to re-ratify the 10th amendment, adding a clause - according to the intents of the ratifiers. In spite of our political disagreements, I would happily participate in a movement that supported this simple fix.Nov 25 2012: It is tough to avoid mentioning specific improvements. Perhaps we should get a tune-up before we replace the whole drive train. With apology here are 12 specific improvements that might make a constitutional correction unnecessary:
1) Repeal Obamacare; Pursue Patient-Centered Care
2) Stop the Tax Hikes
3) Reverse Obama's Spending Increases
4) Scrap the Code; Replace It with a Flat Tax
5) Pass a Balanced Budget Amendment
6) Reject Cap and Trade
7) Rein in the EPA
8 ) Unleash America's Vast Energy Potential
9) Eliminate the Department of Education
10) Reduce the Bloated Federal Workforce
11) Curtail Excessive Federal Regulation
12) Audit the Fed
(Some TEDsters might recognize the list which I borrowed.)
Nov 26 2012: Fast Eddy again with the ignoring what the OP requested?
13) Repeal the 17th amendment
14) Repeal the 13th amendment
16) Real the provision in the 14th amendment that makes anchor babies legal citizens
17) Repeal the Federal Reserve
18) Render illegal any executive orders that circumvent congress
19) Make all the alphabet soup agencies state responsibilities and curtail all the funding associated with them
20) Return to the gold standard
21) NO one can vote without passing a test to demonstrate core competancy about economic and political issues or they have to have skin in the game your choice.
22) Start a national campaign to educate the public on economics
23) The United States is not a democracy, if you don't know this the first thing you need to do is to find out that the United States is a Republic, a special kind of Republic, before you can say anything about changes, including that as per the Constitution the States have the right to Secede.
Nov 26 2012: I already apologized.Nov 26 2012: "...per the Constitution the States have the right to Secede."
Sorry, but that's just not true. Otherwise please quote the Article and Section.
Nov 26 2012: The 10th amendment.Nov 26 2012: Lawren - if you will go to the Avalon Project and look at the articles of ratification of the constitution - by VA, NY, NH, MA, RI, and CT - you will see that the constitution's ratification was conditional. Had it not been for a guarantee of the Bill of Rights - including the 10th amendment - there would have been no Constitution. We would still be operating under the Articles of Confederation. You are unaware of this country's actual history. This is not surprising given the outright lies that Americans are taught in their compulsory educations.
Begin here: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/ratva.aspNov 26 2012: Most legal opinions I've read do not allow secession rights according to the 10th amendment, and you can hardly claim that such is obvious in the text.
Nov 26 2012: The legal opinions you have read are based on British Common Law that became the law of the land during a SOTUS-initiated coup d'etat. (Mc Culloch v. Maryland). Until then, states DID have the right to secede and until that dark day, states were sovereign nations.
March 7, 1819 is the day that we lost our Constitutional Republic and "These United States" (a treaty organization) became "The United States" (a nation established and ruled by SOTUS). March 7, 1819 should be a day of mourning for all Americans until we are heard.Nov 26 2012: Pat,
Are you aware that the congressional record shows that the 14th amendment specifically excludes anchor babies from claiming citizenship? It was discussed in detail. The Supreme Court changed its known and intended meaning.
You could fix most of what you want fixed if you were to re-ratify the 10 amendment as I stated above, so that any interpretation will be according to the intent of the ratifiers.
As to the 15th -- I am aware of Republican's desire for voter suppression, but I am astounded that anyone would suggest repealing this important amendment that prevents the fed or the states from denying blacks the right to vote . WOW! I mean, really, WOW!!!!! I'm surprised to find you here at TED. Wouldn't you feel more comfortable in the Aryan Nations sites?
Nov 26 2012: Regarding the 14th amendment I'm not aware. Do you have a link?
I did not mean the 15th amendment, I edited the post.Nov 27 2012: The Congressional record is shown in image form, and takes extreme patience to sift through unsearchable pages of verbiage. You can search for this yourself. Otherwise, I offer only a quote from the one who proposed the amendment in the first place, and who assured congress that limits were built in.
Before its ratification in 1868, Michigan's Senator Jacob Howard, author of the citizenship clause, made the intent crystal clear to the Senate:
"Every person born within the limits of the United States, and subject to their jurisdiction, is by virtue of natural law and national law a citizen of the United States. This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the Government of the United States, but will include every other class of persons. It settles the great question of citizenship and removes all doubt as to what persons are or are not citizens of the United States. This has long been a great desideratum in the jurisprudence and legislation of this country." ."
People are quick to read "born in the US", but are just as quick to ignore "and subject to the jurisdiction thereof". The example used in the Congressional Record uses an indian woman who leaves her reservation (which was a foreign nation) and gives birth. The child is not a citizen because the mother is subject to the jurisdiction of her tribe, thus is her infant.
Even if this were still accepted today, congress does have the right to modify the terms of naturallization - even to the point of simply establishing residency in the US - which can be as little as 1 day in some states. Still, Congress, not the supreme court, should be legislating terms of citizenship because The Constitution states that ALL legislative power is rested in the Congress.
Nov 27 2012: Senator Howard's intent is not part of the text of the amendment.
It is extremely ambiguous what the antecedent of thereof is.
The background is that the amendment's purpose was to grant citizenship to former slaves.Nov 27 2012: If the ambiguity that you mention is true, why did indians not achieve citizenship until congress granted it - even when the Indian was born on American soil? The amendment was UNDERSTOOD to exclude them, even though it did not explicitly do so.
Senator Howard is the author of the amendment as well as the explanation of intent in the congressional record, as he was being questioned about it at the time. Clear intent is known. It is only with some justices that intent is rendered meaningless (Scalia, for example)
Nov 27 2012: Scalia is a textualist for the very reason you mention earlier in this thread regarding the SCOTUS making policy rather than interpreting it.
Why not just make the amendment clear in the first place?
Why does it get interpreted to allow the opposite of what you are saying as with the ruling of United States v. Wong Kim Ark?
BTW the United States is lucky to have Scalia.


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Whilst in the UK The Midlands Rocks spoke to Black Stone Cherry drummer John Fred Young about visiting John Bonham's grave, headlining the second stage at Download Festival & their eagerly awaited new album 'Magic Mountain'. You can pre-order 'Magic Mountain' on iTunes & Amazon right now.
When asked about the album which is due for release on May 5th John Fred had this to say "Making this record we had an open mind, we're gonna make the best songs we can. We're not gonna get in the studio and have a producer try to make us, you know, cut, paste, glue. The last record, I love it dude, there's nothing wrong with it, I love it to death. But our label guy at the time wanted us to make a record that was accessible for radio listeners in America, radio is the big deal over there.
You see, we built over here off of our live shows and then radio started to come along. We could never get radio to respond to us like we wanted to. So when the third record came around, we wrote for a year, like 58 songs, that's a lot. We made friends with other songwriters in Nashville and other parts of the country. With this record there's been a shift in the label and we were allowed to be left alone to create Black Stone Cherry.
Our producer Joe Barresi, he was great, so instrumental in allowing us to be ourselves. He came down to our farm with us, he got it man. All these vintage guitar pedals, stuff you can't even find anymore. The songs, they're wild, free spirited, American rock and roll lyrics. I think our fans will appreciate it too. We didn't want to make a record that will get us '5 minute fans'. We have our fans, they love us, we love them. We're gonna make sure that they're happy.
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She gave you a nonchalant shrug and smiled. "Don't book the church yet, Mom — it was just a hookup!"
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You're probably not desperate enough to stalk your neighbors, or to go looking for friends with benefits in all the wrong places (bars come to mind). But offered a chance to reconnect with someone from your past — dinner with your high school steady, for example — you might just surprise yourself by winding up in bed. The next morning (or even that night) come the recriminations: Was it wrong to give that person the sexual green light when you had no intention of rekindling the emotional side of the relationship?
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Marilyn, a 57-year-old single colleague of mine, recently reconnected with someone she had worked with many years ago. A few weeks later, she joined him for "a wonderful weekend" in his home state.
"So now you're in love with him?" I teased her.
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Marilyn's casual approach to maintaining a friendship with benefits typifies the mindset of older folks who have reconciled themselves to having "great fun" even if it's "just one of those things." And episodic pleasure-seeking may be more common than you think: In The Normal Bar, a book I wrote last year with Chrisanna Northrup and James Witte, we reported that 61 percent of female survey respondents who had partners fantasized about someone they had met. (For men, the figure was 90 percent.) And should they be propositioned by someone they found attractive, 48 percent of the women (and 69 percent of the men) said they would be tempted to have sex outside the relationship. Indeed, many surrendered to that lure in actuality: 36 percent of female respondents (but, surprisingly, just 21 percent of the men) had spent a night with an old flame, typically at a class reunion.
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Wait, why is he being allowed to serve his suspension as a free agent when Manny had to sign with a team before he could start serving?
Wait, why is he being allowed to serve his suspension as a free agent when Manny had to sign with a team before he could start serving?
I grew to loathe watching him hit in 2011 and earlier this year with the Cubs. It was like he couldn't wait to ground out and get back to the bench.
I assumecif you retire you're no longer in the union. Whereas Byrd is still covered by the CBA, even if not currently under contract.
The same Manny who got could have served out his suspension and then retired (as opposed to Byrd, who was a FA first)? And the same Manny who got his 100-day ban shortened to 50 games? As victims of unfairness go, he doesn't.
MLB had to take this action, otherwise any FA who tests positive could end up with a de facto lifetime ban
As a Cub fan I'd like to know if this saves us btwn 1.5-2 mil this year since these suspensions are unpaid. He was making 6.5 mil this year and the Cubs were to pay most of the remaining money owed to him this year.
If he had reported the Tamoxifen before the test with a note from his doctor, would he have been OK?
for someone who does not normally follow the ins and outs of suspensions and roster stuff, this quote is a little confusing. when you say "this action" you are referring to Byrd as a free agent under suspension? Not sure what the defacto lifetime ban is referring to.
Interesting. He was horrible for the Sox too but I always thought he was playing with a lot of energy and desire. Did the Aceves beaning just mess him up? It looks like he was having a pretty decent season last year until that happened. He would certainly not be the first player whose career spiraled down after getting beaned.
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April/March 111 3 20 .287 .306 .361 .667 .352
May 71 2 16 .344 .408 .516 .924 .422
July 100 6 14 .323 .370 .495 .865 .364
August 114 7 17 .250 .301 .346 .647 .279
Sept/Oct 86 7 11 .182 .256 .286 .542 .185
The beaning was May 21, and he missed all of June. It's certainly possible that he lost something with the beaning. The problem is that if you look at his monthly splits, it looks like his collapse occurred quite suddenly but somewhat after his return from the DL. Was the good part of the season a BABIP mirage? Did he screw himself up somehow, maybe from worrying about the strikeouts? Is it just small sample fluctuations?
He would certainly not be the first player whose career spiraled down after getting beaned.
Along the lines of 11, the excerpt says he will lose 50 games of pay. I assume that is the difference. He will not be paid for almost a third of the season. That's a pretty healthy punishment, I'd say.
I'd also say this would be incentive for a team to get a guy to fail a test if they want to release him. The Sox save some money here.
The Cubs aren't getting any financial relief from Marlon Byrd's 50-game suspension for taking a banned substance, despite the team having to pay most of the remaining money on Byrd's $6 million salary when he was traded to Boston. The Red Sox would've gotten out of paying Byrd for the 50 lost games had he still been on their roster, but since he was released two weeks ago, Byrd gets all the money he was owed, despite being suspended. [Cubs GM Jed] Hoyer declined to discuss Byrd's situation, other than saying he was "still trying to get to the bottom of the situation."
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I have been reading your posts and comments for a year now. From comments made by members I purchased a Dynasty 200DX my first welder. Having great fun but regarding the cutting side of life, I am rather fed up with the hand grinder and hack saw methods. So my very first request is advice on the purchase of a plasma cutter. Of these three what would you suggest.................
Spectrum 375 or the X-TREME or Thermal Dynamics cutmaster 39
There seems no advantage other than weight between the two Miller units am I right or wrong. The third choice is not BLUE I know but there seem to be a lot of them about out there, indicating that they can not be all that bad.
The prices are close together, they all use dual voltage and cut about the same. If you would suggest I look at another model please do so.
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Plasma cutter help please.
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James, I answered your post on the other board.
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Thermal Dynamics. I had 2 and didn't have a problem. I sold the cutmaster 51 for the Pac Master 100 xl. Maybe look into ThermaDyne, I hear they are even better. I was told not to get the miller at the time of purchase by the LWS that sold me all my Miller stuff.
Maybe he's looking for more opinions.Mike
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Im obviously biased here but, I would say there isnt much out there that can compete with the 375 X-Treme in the weight vs. power category, other than the new 625 X-Treme that is:. I would also add that from most of the techs Ive talked to they tell me their salesmen get spifs for selling T-Dyne (thats money in their pocket) So I would not go as far as to think that their opinion is not biased as well. Just my 2 cents take it or leave it.Brian Brown
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Well here is something interesting, I just got back from the local Airgas the chap there was pushing the Hypetherm Powermax 30, he said he had never had one back for repair ever. He said he had only one Cutmaster back and that was because the guy had used a power cable as long as a street and that was the reason for it's problem. He was pushing me away from Miller because of repair returns ie the higher quantity compared with the others.
Hypotherm just makes plasma cutters, nothing else, owned by themselves, that makes me lean towards them a little bit, what do you chap's think about the Hypertherm boys.
On a smaller note, when things get smaller I worry that the product will not stand up to the test of time. I tend to like things with meat in them, giving a feel of build quality. I have German and Swedish cameras, never had a single problem but the smaller Nikon cameras that I have two of have both packed in on me. This is the reason for the Miller Spectrum 375 thought, 55lbs of meat as against the 20Lb ers.
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I have been welding with Miller equipment for years. Most (I do have a little HH187 mig) of my welders are Miller. Miller service and customer support are second to none in the welder area.
With that said, I have two Hypertherm's in the shop (PM 600 & PM 1250). Both plasma cutters have given excellent service. Never had a problem with either. Consumables are easy to find and last a long time. Hypertherm also has a great customer service department. Both the Miller and Hypertherm units are made here in the old USA.
If you don't go with the Miller, I would strongly recommend Hypertherm over other brands available.
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Doesn't Hypertherm make the cutters for Miller?MnT
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Thank you Sundown.
Thank you for you tip's regarding the Hypotherm system.
This welding thing is rather magical and has taken hold of my attention. It started with having to make some metal covers that were going to cost me about $200 short of me buying a Victor gas set and doing them myself, so I read a book about gas welding and brazing, bought the torch and cylinders, taught myself and made the covers. I was hooked and soon wanted a Tig, knowing it was the hardest method. My only complaint about Tig welding is that there is not a single book out there that explains the system and covers the inverter type. But I am learning and having fun at the same time. Watching that molten puddle, moving it up and sown a slice of metal, joining two lumps together, no sparks, no smoke just a bright light, fascinating stuff and all when I am fifty two years old.
Thank you once again for your advice.
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Miller produces one of the better Tig Welding Books available. I highly recommend it.
The best deal going is their "Student Pack" which includes the Tig (GTAW) reference, GMAW Reference (Excellent), and the slide calculators. If you go to the Resources tab at the top of the page you can order the materials. The student pack is (I think) $25 which includes shipping. Best $25 you'll ever spend.
If more posters would read those two references, 90% of the newbe questions wouldn't have to be asked.
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