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If you weren't already familiar with Jackson's incredible coaching career, you'd think Phil was a rookie coach in this series!

I maintain that Jackson is an overrated coach. He hasn't just had good players on his teams, he's always had the greatest players. I'll be convinced of his greatness if he can win a championship with the team that shares his building (Clippers).

I was a little shaken Tuesday morning when it happened, makes you think about death and all that but I was actually happy that I was able to at least stop and try to do something rather than just freak out or keep driving like it didn't happen.

Or worse, have him land on you.

Ouch.

'You're hitting the wrong person. Don't you know you're hitting Ron Artest?'

What a great line.

it appears this whole 'vision' thing is because TAMU students are too good to ride a bus. It is not their 'preferred mode of travel'.

Maybe it isn't their preferred mode (I don't know, I haven't talked to that many of them), but with only 10,000 spaces on campus for over 50,000 students, faculty and staff, they don't have much of a choice unless they live close enough to walk or bike.

Joey Crawfod needs to be put to pasture.

My goodness, what a little b*tch Kobe is for being such a big, bad boy.

Elevated tracks in Northeastern cities help add character, but they'd be horribly out of place in Houston. I've lived in Chicago; tell a Chicagoan to demolish their L and they'll be offended. It's all about the vibe.

I wonder if that opinion is shared by the people that actually have to live near it.

Nothing has been set in stone on the crossings. I remember hearing that they wanted to keep the possibility of interlining open, but my memory could suck, too.

Not here (Haif) as most love to contradict (for attention) of course,

No we don't!

Who agreed that a cross represents good?

A couple billion people, for starters.

Why spend whateverthehellamoviecoststhesedays to watch a movie and then spend the time talking on the phone or texting?

I'm sorry, but that's just stupid as all getout.

Whaaa...?

Marking our city for dog? You mean, like...

OOOOOOOHHH! For God. OK, that I get.

Reminds me of the joke about the dyslexic agnostic ansomniac. He stayed awake at night wondering whether or not there was a dog.

If it's on their property, paid with (lots of) their dimes, and it doesn't violate any ordinances, what's the BFD?

I could think of lots of other things that they could spend the money on that would better advance Christian ideals, though.

the Metallica/Suicidal Tendencies show at the old raceway park in August, back in the '90s, with sweaty drunk headbangers.

Hey, I was at that show, too! Great show!

I guess we've seen the last of Latrell Chacon in an Astros uni.

Yeah....WF Band isn't what it was when I graduated HS in '98. In 97 it started to go downhill. Now they don't even get past Area in Marching Band or Region in Honor Band.

WHS did win BOA Grand Nationals in 2003.

Haven't been paying attention lately, though.

I was lucky to be in the band program at Westfield, which was as good as it gets anywhere in this country.

I'll second that.

Although I'm not sure if that's the case anymore.

The only thing that is going to make IAH have a larger "international presence" is for Houston to attract more international travelers, no matter what the airport itself looks like.

I agree, the old trains were quirky. But for all the times I clocked my head on the top of the thing getting in and out, I am glad to see them gone. Those trains were not sized for grown-ups.

Especially our Bigmacsupersizefriesandacoke grown-ups

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Joke

At this point, an implosion would be a positive alternative should the deal fall through.

Did you seriously say this?

Ummm. Yes, I did.

But you are taking it out of context of a year-old discussion. I certainly do not believe such a thing.

It was a sarcastic response to illustrate the absurdity of nmainguy's post implying that violence is a hallmark of the pro-life movement, when in fact it is an incredibly rare action of radicals. Ergo, I made an absurd statement regarding a very rare action of homosexuals (since it would hit home with nmainguy) as a common theme of homosexuality, which it OBVIOUSLY is not.

Understand also, that nmainguy, who hasn't been around in a while for all you new posters, consistently lowered the level of discourse when he did not disagree with some of us and I was prone to taking his bait at times.

I moved this response to some posts here from the gay marriage thread so it will stay on topic.

Because the radical right doesn't deal in facts. Thanks for that info.

I don't deal in facts? Nonsense. KinkaidAlum parsed them for his benefit, I'll now parse them for the benefit of the millions who never had a chance.

In that poll KinkaidAlum cited, what are "certain circumstances?"

In polls, this phrase is generally (but certainly not always) meant to mean rape, incest, mother life/health at risk. According to the Alan Guttmacher Institute (a pro-abortion group), rape and incest acount for 1% of abortions (13,000 out of 1.3 million in 2000, the latest stats I could find). A different study on AGI's website shows that mother's life/health accounts for 2.8% of abortions.

So what does the poll tell us?

That 71% of the country favors making approximately 95% of abortions illegal.

For what it's worth, a 2006 CBS news poll (what I was referencing with my comment, KinkaidAlum) broke down with:

31% "Permitted in all cases"

16% "Permitted, but subject to greater restrictions than it is now"

30% "Only in cases such as rape, incest, or to save the woman's life"

12% "Only permitted to save the woman's life"

5% "Never"

So that's 47% ("darn near half the county") that favors eliminating 95% of abortions and only 31% favors the current state of abortion in the US. Oddly, KinkaidAlum's evidence helped my point more than my evidence did. According to KinkaidAlum's stats, most Americans do not support the vast majority of abortions that are actually performed.

So, there are your facts, macbro. Opposition to abortion is not a radical position, as much as it suits your world view to paint it that way.

And we should just let the female half of the country decide the issue (for or against), once and for all.

Any logical person, pro-choice or pro-life, should find such an argument wanting.

Stats might surprise you. I could find only one poll showing that women were more pro-abortion than men. Polls are relatively consistent in showing that women favor greater restrictions (and making abortion illegal) more than men. Why is that? Well, it's not surprising when, according to AGI, 14.1% reported that their partner doesn't want the pregnancy as the reason for their abortion. Another study showed that number at 34% (I'm sure there were differences in how the question was asked). If you took men out of the equation, the country would be more pro-life than it is now.

Beyond the stats, men don't need to be given the right to influence the abortion issue, they already have a responsibility to do so. Don't you believe that straight people have a responsibility to seek equal rights for gays? Real men don't just stand around with their hands in their pockets and witness the murder of vulnerable people.

I wonder if you ever tell pro-abortion men to keep quiet. Do you believe that the Supreme Court in 1973 had no right to be involved in the Roe v. Wade decision since they were all male? Do you mind that the overwhelming majority of abortionists are men? Do the male escots outside of abortion facilities bother you? Evidently, the only men you think should have no opinion are those who think women deserve better than abortion.

What about women who can't get pregnant? Should only young, sexually active, fertile women who are not practicing birth control be allowed to have an opinion about abortion?

EDIT for fat-fingered typos.

Those were awesome, but friggin long! It felt like you were adding them as I was reading them.

How did you remember all those anyway, or are they posted on their website?

I found various websites with Chuck Norris superlatives and changes them to Lance Berkman.