Brian_Holiday

Granted, but traffic is so bad you don't get home until 0200 Saturday. I wish they would capture Osama.

Happy Birthday, and be glad you you don't have to hear me sing it! Darn, now the song is stuck in my head BH

It would give the term "my computer is running" a whole new meaning. BH (I'm sorry )

Watch out! I'm gaining on you. Another 9 months I might catch up... BH

Arc

Semi drivers do that also, primarily because the AC in the bunk needs it. Luckily truck stops are starting to offer ac hookups to save fuel. Like you guys, I can't see a reason to sit and idle in the summer. I have a good idea, why don't we give the drivers half of what they save in fuel costs! BH

Greenpeace promptly arrives, ruining the outing.

Granted, but global traffic overloads the backbone, making your true speed 56K. I wish I had been more attentive in school.

With the utmost respect Marty, you are a little off here. America’s heritage is a deep distrust of Government, and recognition of its potential to become corrupt. The right to keep and bear arms was added to the Constitution as a check and balance against tyranny. You can't easily subjugate an armed electorate. Having said that, look at Hitler, Pol Pot, the Soviet purges, Tienemen Square, etc. History has shown us that Governments can't be trusted to do what is best for its people. I am sure your country is a nice place now, but all of the above countries were nice places a few years

We see the same issue here, the flip-flop of liberal/conservative ideology. If you take all of the liberal ideals from the early 60's and assign them to a party, you will end up with the core Republican agenda. The primary difference is, Republicans want results rather than just effort. This is an interesting segway back into the entire "easy way out" tendency of human beings. LBJ said in one of his recorded phone calls in the White House: (Paraphrasing:) Since when is being a Liberal about how big a check we can write, we need to see results." To answer his question: 1969 BH

We can tax churches, that would cause a seperation of church and state issue. Besides, Churches are non-profits. The purpose of the educational system is for the common good. That means we all pay for it. Under your argument, I want all of my federal tax dollars back from all the pork projects like the "Big Dig" that I will never see an advantage from. Throwing more money at the problem isn't going to help. Here in DC the public schools get 10,000 per student per year and they do worse than the student in the Catholic School system that only spends 7,500 per student. The difference?

If we are talking about slacking schools, then ok. But if we are talking about kids, I can't agree. I have seen a lot of smart children with poor parent(s). I grew up with a woman who could not have cared less about my education, and it took me about 8 years of my adult life to catch up with my peers. It took me 8 years, and I am above average. The public education system was set up for the common good, and should be run that way. While I will agree with the notion that the changes over the last 45 years were meant to improve experence of the student, social promotion and lowering the ba

Everywhere I have lived they let the cops take their cars home, thats nothing new. Unfortunately NY Republicans can't win if they don't spend. A little hint, no one who gets elected up there is a 'true' Republican, thats why so few Northern Republicans have been president. The liberal stance they have to take makes them unelectable in the south. Hell, most of us a ticked at Bush for the spending. BH

WHOA! You are starting to sound....well.....conservative. Keep talking like that the hippie union is going to throw you out! I feel your pain brother. Our government needs to move from pandering to solving problems. I fear however, it won't happen in our lifetime. BH

Specifically, the load time on Battlefield 1942 maps. I upgraded to a Gig of Ram, a faster DVD, and I will soon try to isolate my HD to a lone channel. Otherwise, the 2.4 I have is fast enough. I realize I could probably get SCSI and do a stripe, but I really dont want to spend the cash. BH

Granted, you now have to paint my house. (PM me for address ) I wish gas prices would go down.

Hell has frozen over. Politicians, especially liberal ones, never reduce taxes. By doing so, they are cutting their own throats. George should give it up, the Republican south is never going to vote for a Yankee Carpetbagger. BH

See that is EXACTLY what would make you a great teacher!.. Fear is a powerful motivator. BH

It's not too late BH

Daisy

They put in extra time that is not on the clock: The average American worker does this also, to the tune of 5 hours a week. In my field it is minimum 45 and ocassional 60+ hour weeks. This doesn't make them special. My point is also, not ALL teachers do that. This is extremely variable based on the subject they are teaching. They should be paid more for teaching subjects that are more labor intensive, the same way I am paid a higher salary because I have periods of uncompensated overtime. So a teacher works about 37 weeks a year (four 9-week periods and 2 half weeks for beginning/endi

Critics, you gotta love em. Ok, here are some comments. Just my opinions, take them or leave them: Mechanics: The intro is a little too long, and it should fade out as you begin to speak. As it is, it sounds like you are pressing an off button. The exit music needs to fade in as you do your sign off. You need to normalize your audio. You and Matt should be at about the same volume. The second podcast was way off. You need to work from an outline of agreed upon topics, and think about what you want to say before you do the audio. Having said that, dont fully script out what you a

Since we are on education, there are a few things we need to bring out: 1) You have to remember that teachers salaries are for ~9 months of work. All the educators I know work during the summer. The NEA union doesn't bring this up often. 2) There are too many administrators. 3) The actual school day is 6 hours long, with a lunch. I went to 11 schools in 12 years (family situation). There is a VAST disparity in education in this country. If you are unfortunate enough to be educated in a poor rural school, chances are you will end up working a low level job. That just isn't fair in my opin

Hazard (as in legos are a bare foot hazard)

Down to 2.89 in Maryland, but some stations are goughing .10 a gallon.