Open Thread (8/7/2008)

Posted August 7th, 2008 at 04:33 AM by IlliniPundit
in

Thursday, August 7, 2008.

Comment viewing options

Select your preferred way to display the comments and click "Save settings" to activate your changes.
On August 7th, 2008 at 10:14 AM, wayward said:

Paris for President!  http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20217116,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines

On August 7th, 2008 at 10:31 AM, Run4cvrlib said:

My wife ordered me one of her shirts. I am trying to sign up for her campaign, any ideas on were I call?

redstatewannabe's picture
On August 7th, 2008 at 11:03 AM, redstatewannabe said:

Speaking of shirts, I predict they sell 1 million Jets/Favre jerseys this year, just a few more than Packers/Rodgers.

 

On August 7th, 2008 at 01:11 PM, pattsi said:

While listening to the BBC news report at noon on WILL-AM, I learned that the folks in the United Kingdon have choice options who supplies energy. In other words if an individual does not like the service/rates of company A, this person can change to company B or C, or maybe even more. Now this is competition to help contain costs. Maybe a model for the USA to study.

Pattsi Petrie

redstatewannabe's picture
On August 7th, 2008 at 01:23 PM, redstatewannabe said:

Pattsi, large commercial users in Illinois have that ability right now.

AnF's picture
On August 7th, 2008 at 01:25 PM, AnF said:

I was down at Busch Stadium last night for the game against the Dodgers, and got to see Albert Pujols hit just his 6th career grand slam in the 4th inning.  What a treat that was.

This was my first trip to the 'new' Busch Stadium, and it is a fine improvement over the concrete bowl that it replaced.  It definitely has the "old time" ball park feel to it, and in an odd way, actually had hints of Wrigley Field in it.

One thing that didn't surprise me, was that they never showed the NL Central standings on the scoreboard.   They showed the AL Central standings several times, but never the NL.  Maybe because the CUBS are so far on top?

 

On August 7th, 2008 at 01:27 PM, pattsi said:

 

To Redstatewannabe--this report pertained to individuals not businesses, thus my interest. 

Pattsi Petrie

redstatewannabe's picture
On August 7th, 2008 at 01:30 PM, redstatewannabe said:

noted Pattsi,

and please, call me RSW, or Red :-)

On August 7th, 2008 at 01:39 PM, Champaign Dweller said:

Did anyone watch the City of Champaign Township meeting this week?  We have reached a new low.  Someone came in to complain that Vic McIntosh was rude to Linda Abernathy because he asked her some questions about her salary.  Have we gotten to the point where our elected officials cannot ask questions about how tax dollars are being spent.  Anyone know whether the guy who was complaining is associated with AWARE or some of the liberal groups from Urbana?  Someone told me that they had attended the meeting, and one of the commentators complained that the City was trying to drive a wedge between people from Urbana and people from Champaign,

If Linda Abernathy can't take the heat, she should stay out of the Township kitchen.

Oil Man's picture
On August 7th, 2008 at 01:43 PM, Oil Man said:

On August 7th, 2008 at 01:23 PM, redstatewannabe said:

Pattsi, large commercial users in Illinois have that ability right now.

On August 6th, 2008 at 01:38 PM, redstatewannabe said:

"...bummer I can't be part of that..."

Looks like none of us individuals here in Illinois get the opportunity afforded the Brits. 

On August 7th, 2008 at 02:37 PM, Run4cvrlib said:

AnF--Sorry were you kidnapped?

AnF's picture
On August 7th, 2008 at 03:02 PM, AnF said:

>AnF--Sorry were you kidnapped?

Before the game started, I turned to the guy on my right and told him "I'm a Cubs fan.... I'm not quite sure how the h_ll I got here...."

It was one of those things where a friend ended up with an extra ticket, and an extra seat in his car.  So, it ended up being a cheap outing.  I was curious to see the new stadium, more than anything else.  I definitely didn't go for the $5 bottled water and the $7.75 beers.  With such a big brewery right there in STL, you'd think the beer would be a little *cheaper* than that..... :-)

I really wanted to wear my Cubs shirt (with the 5 game lead in the NL Central and all) but with it being a 7:05 game, that would have put me on the streets of downtown St. Louis after the game in the dark, so I didn't do it.

 

On August 7th, 2008 at 04:53 PM, Narc said:

 

Now this is competition to help contain costs. Maybe a model for the USA to study.

I don't think it's a UK/USA thing. I'm pretty sure my sister (in Houston) had the opportunity to decide where she was going to buy her power. There were the usual options, plus wind and nuclear, which were more expensive.

 

I'm also pretty sure that the one-notch-above-Satan Al Gore pays extra to buy energy from renewable resources. Then again, Al Gore is fat.

On August 7th, 2008 at 05:31 PM, pattsi said:

O.K. I ought to have done this internet searching before posting about UK energy choice. Seems that even with choice comes creative ways to negate the choice by the manner pricing is done. See this London Times online article

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/natural_resources/article4412930.ece

Pattsi Petrie

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
  • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <strike> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <img> <object> <embed> <script> <blockquote> <p> <br />
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.

More information about formatting options