NoCalMike

Seconded~! Good Luck in the tourny Maryland

all of you should check local sportsbars. They show the ppv for free, and you DON'T have to be 21 to get in. Grab the phone book NOW.

I am just wondering if anyone has seen this flick yet. It is available for rent this week and I am interested.

Does anyone still like Dick Vitale? The guy is f'n annoying as hell. Once in awhile if he gets over-excited it is ok, but after every shot he has something to hyperventilate over.......ARRRGHHHHH SHUT HIM UP.

Edit: hmmm.......wrong thread......

if you guys ever come to CA, have them stay at my mom's kennel........

Goooooooooo MD. They should get IN the tounry now.

Mike, you can't compare the plight of other workers to the plight of American workers. .30/hr is criminal here. In OTHER countries, it is a livable wage for exceptionally menial work that could be totally mechanized for only slightly more money. -=Mike You really believe that 30 cents an hour is a liveable wage anywhere? Yes. Heck, for less than a dollar a month, you can prevent a child from starving in various countries. Those ads wouldn't lie about that, would they? $.30 US/hour would be a livable wage in some countries. -=Mike well then show me finanical proof of this. Sorry, but I don't have the financial info of Bangladesh immediately at hand. -=Mike well then why are you claiming you know it is a living wage?

Mike, you can't compare the plight of other workers to the plight of American workers. .30/hr is criminal here. In OTHER countries, it is a livable wage for exceptionally menial work that could be totally mechanized for only slightly more money. -=Mike You really believe that 30 cents an hour is a liveable wage anywhere? Yes. Heck, for less than a dollar a month, you can prevent a child from starving in various countries. Those ads wouldn't lie about that, would they? $.30 US/hour would be a livable wage in some countries. -=Mike well then show me finanical proof of this. Also this still doesn't address workers safety/health issues or other labor violations either not being enforced overseas. There should be some ethics involved, but it seems like the only ones involved are the money. Like I said, "cutting costs" is different then "I want a 3rd private jet"

I love CYE yet find Seinfeld to be the most overrated show, probably ever. Or at least in my lifetime that I had daily access to.

Yeah, if he trys to take on Vitali or Wladimir next, hell even Corrie Sanders, he will learn another lesson, how to get knocked out. I am sure Michael Grant is offering a free seminar on this as well as breaking your own ankle on the way down special bonus lesson.

Yeah, I liked the part about WWE wrestlers hosting the show, but when they mentioned that they would be choosing the videos, I lost all hope.

Mesi is overrated, bottomline. He is also too inexperienced for the next level. He could have had Jirov outta there if he pressed more in the middle rounds, yet he tried to paw him like a rabbit and he is lucky he survived that beating he took in the last round. Lets not forget Jirov just moved in weight. Never underestimate the effect that has on a fighter, especially the first fight or two. I know Roy Jones handled it well, but it was f'n John Ruiz who is a pansy. Mosely, well he is old and he moved up and well that is just what happens sometimes. I am not sure if Trinidad/Mosely would get the payday they thought for now. I'd rather see a Trinidad/De La Hoya rematch or a Trinidad/Vargas rematch myself, or even a Trinidad/Mayorga fight.

Way to go Maryland. 2 upsets in a row. Now I could only wish that they stand a chance against Duke tomorrow~!

The problem is not usually that operation costs are too high, rather the board of trustees simply want more money in their own pocketbooks. Companies netting billions up and leave the country in search for the mighty dollar. Jobs are filled overseas mainly because labor/human rights/health restrictions in NAFTA are not upheld and/or enforced therefore the cheap labor occurs. The Corporations know that China/South america are not going to enforce these rules and regulations therefore corporations go there knowing they are exploting workers. That is what it is really about, exploiting workers abroad to put more money in THEIR POCKETS. I know this comes off as "Corporations BAD, workers GOOD" but I don't see how you can look at modern day outsourcing in any other way. Also I am not even really talking about tech jobs mostly since $4/hr is actually pretty good for an american job wage overseas. I am more referring to the $.30/day jobs like making Nike shoes or something in that group.

Of course, there have now been demonstrations stating that Spanish support of the war in Iraq caused the bombings. Yup, nice to see that the left in those countries really get the whole point of this war on terror. -=Mike What does the war on terrorism have to do with the war on Iraq?

Of course, there have now been demonstrations stating that Spanish support of the war in Iraq caused the bombings. Yup, nice to see that the left in those countries really get the whole point of this war on terror. -=Mike which is? attack first? well lets see, if Spain handles like we did, they are going to bomb Iran.

On MTV..... So Far Stacy chose You Shook me All night long as her pick(AC/DC), and someone else picked Hatebreed. I am not sure if they are gonna be on for the whole show, but it looks like they MIGHT. Buh Buh Jericho Stacy Matt Hardy I might be missing someone but it is a commercal right now and I am sort of intoxicated.....

usually department stores like Frys and Best Buy will automatically have dvd sets on sale for at least $10 off retail prices for the first week. Kind of like a "buy NOW and save" type deal. I remember the Alien box set was $90, but for some odd reason Frys brought it down to $50 for awhile. That is when I snatched it up.

There is a Dawn of the Dead DVD uncut on Amazon, but I think it is out of print. Don't bother though it is just the standard US Uncut, rather then the Internation Uncut with original Goblin theme. I am waiting for the 3-disc that is gonna have all three versions of the movie. Dammit it better happen.

My taxes weren't ever relly "lowered" by that much in the first place. Sure my $300 dollar check was nice for that WEEK, but I wouldn't be in any different situation today if I had never recieved it. I wouldn't mind if my taxes were at the same rate they were before the Tax cut which is what Kerry wanted to do I thought, just repeal the Bush Tax cut.

Go ahead and add this to the mix....... Haliburton admits faulty pricing....... WASHINGTON (AP) -- Pentagon auditors found a Halliburton Co. subsidiary gave faulty cost estimates on a $2.7 billion contract to serve American troops in Iraq and Kuwait, and company officials acknowledged making mistakes, Defense Department documents show. The estimate problems included a failure to tell contract managers that Halliburton had terminated two subcontracts for feeding troops, which affected costs on $1 billion worth of that work, the Defense Contract Audit Agency found. Halliburton also did not tell contract managers it had already awarded subcontracts worth $141.5 million for work it said would cost $208.8 million, the auditors found. William F. Daneke, a manager for Halliburton subsidiary KBR, wrote to the DCAA December 4 to acknowledge the company did not give current, accurate and complete cost data in its October 7 spending proposal. "There are many excuses and reasons available -- but -- in the end, KBR did not include the most current data in our proposal," Daneke wrote. The pricing issue is just one of several problems with Halliburton contracts in Iraq. Both the Pentagon and Justice Department have launched criminal investigations of the company, formerly headed by Vice President Dick Cheney. Halliburton's problems include: An alleged kickback scheme that prompted Halliburton to fire two workers and reimburse the Pentagon $6.3 million. Possible overcharging for food services which Halliburton reimbursed the Defense Department for nearly $30 million. Halliburton has set aside $141 million to pay other possible reimbursements. --A separate DCAA audit which accused KBR of overcharging by $61 million for gasoline delivered to serve the civilian market in Iraq last year. Halliburton has said the charges were proper. Democratic critics say Halliburton is an example of war profiteering by companies friendly to the Bush administration. Company and administration officials say politics had nothing to do with Halliburton's contracts in Iraq. Cheney's office says he severed relations with Halliburton when he ran for vice president in 2000. Halliburton is aggressively defending itself, running a series of television ads saying its critics are politically motivated. In a conference call with Wall Street analysts Friday morning, Halliburton executives repeated their complaints and said they were confident the investigations would exonerate Halliburton. "I don't expect that we're going to get fined. We haven't done anything wrong," said Bert Cornelison, Halliburton's executive vice president and general counsel. One of those critics, Democratic Rep. Henry Waxman of California, first disclosed the cost estimate problems in a memo to colleagues Wednesday. Halliburton criticized Waxman on Thursday, issuing a news release calling the congressman's memo incomplete and misleading. In the conference call, Cornelison complained that Waxman could say anything about the company because of his protection against being sued for libel as a congressman. But the KBR letter released by the Pentagon contradicts one of Halliburton's arguments. Quoting KBR President Randy Harl, the Halliburton statement said: "A closer examination of KBR's response to the DCAA audit would show that KBR disclosed that vendors were terminated by KBR for default. Without all of the facts, it is inappropriate to criticize KBR." Daneke's letter, however, admits KBR did not tell the Pentagon about the terminated subcontracts until after DCAA challenged the company's October submission. The Halliburton officials on the conference call did not address the discrepancy and did not take questions from reporters. The DCAA audit found a $67.3 million difference in what KBR agreed to pay its subcontractors and what it tried to charge the government. Daneke's letter said more current figures showed that discrepancy was actually $37 million. Daneke told the auditors that the problems were not a systematic failure by KBR. "This was a unique situation due to the significant cost, amount of data and volume of effort" in the proposal, Daneke wrote. The Pentagon auditors disagreed. Other problems included KBR's overstating the numbers of troops it expected to feed. At one site, for example, KBR told the military it planned to feed 4,800 troops. Auditors found that KBR's subcontract called for feeding 3,800 troops, however. The discrepancy at that site alone would account for $6.4 million extra for KBR, the auditors wrote. In another example, KBR asked the military for $43.3 million to feed troops at a site labeled C-3. The company's subcontract for the same site was only $12.8 million, however, the auditors wrote. That's a difference of $33.5 million.

I know really, what do they expect, something profound or intelligent to be spoken by 50 cent?

Neither Bush's nor Kerry's comment bothered me.

Well actually they made a few bank accounts in Bermuda and Jamaica a lot bigger.