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Didn't think there was a single person out there who would still defend the Iraq war, but we found one. There were no WMD's, please stop pushing a lie that has been debunked over and over and over. And the war on terror was another meaningless war to enrich defense contractors and increase military funding. Unless you think somehow we have accomplished something with that war that has destabilized the region further, created mass fractions, and caused even more civil war and unrest while killing millions of innocent people.

They signed up under the premise of protecting the countries freedoms pal, not under the guise of enriching the 1% via resources and oil. There were no WMD's in Iraq. They went to war on a lie that revolved solely around Oil. No one signed up to protect fossil fuels. That is not stated by a single military recruiter.

Fair enough; carry on fellas.

Good for you dude; I had a best friend who died in Afghanistan. He signed up for the National Guard under the premise they would help him pay for school. He was told he would not be shipped off to war by his recruiter and that it was a way to pay for an education and gain some discipline and experience on the weekends. He was shipped out 12 months later, and died 3 weeks after. Spare me your nonsense. The military lies and exploits societies most vulnerable. I love that you think you can speak for every soldier.

Wait, you disagree with a fact? You're not really allowed to do that, bud. They didn't take anything? Jeeze man, take it from someone who works within the industry - they, stole, money. They caused mass starvation across the globe by exploiting commodity prices to make more money - the PRICES OF CORN! There were protections built in to prevent this from happening when futures started being traded in that world, and Goldman lobbied the government to remove those sanctions which directly correlated to over 100 million people starving across the globe because they couldn't afford grains; additionally, it has caused the famers to see a ZERO percent gain in their revenues over 50 fricking years while prices and costs have soared. This is by design to give the edge to corporate farming. They gave loans they knew would be defaulted on and then sold them as prime to the government; knowing the crash would come and the tax payers would be on the hook for the money. They stole billions through insider trading and hedge fund exploits - that took away oversight and accountability through technicalities pushed by lobbyist and government employees to enrich themselves and their friends. I have no problem with people having their own opinions but it's absolutely maddening when people express something as an opinion that is factually wrong. The top 1% has stolen much MORE than 5 trillion over the last 50 years.

So wait, they deserve it? Yes, much of them are addicted to Opiods - that were pushed by the Sacklers not as medication, but a drug of addiction that would enrich their family and destroy the lives of millions. The sacklers got rich and now face no true accountability for being the largest drug dealers on the planet; meanwhile, poor people go to jail for selling a gram of weed. Or, many of them are soldiers suffering from PTSD that they acquired by being forced into meaningless wars that were fought in the name of oil and money for defense companies. But yes, tell us how you empathize with people who you go on to state deserve their fate. We have degraded the safety net in this country over the past fifty years to reinvest that money into a very finite percentage of the population so they could live lavishly and without accountability.

The good news is orthodox economics is on it's way out, and progressive economics is taking it's place; these orthodox economists are being shouted down or questioned in every conference/meeting I attend and follow. After 50 years of them saying "just wait, things will turn" only to witness the money "trickle up to the top" via de-regulatory policies pushed by politicians who were paid for by Banks and Investment firms, people are finally waking up. I recommend reading economists such as Robert Pollin because they have been right the whole time, and are the leaders of the future changes needed to stop this ever growing divide.

Housing, food, and health care should be universal rights for the richest country on earth. But but but.... the poor people should just try harder. Says the archaic dinosaurs that grew up in a generation in which the inequality was no where near where it is today.

Anyone who ignores that this is a welfare state for the rich and not the poor has their head buried in the sand. Period, end of story. It is free-market ruthless capitalism for everyone but the filthy rich people who say it's the only way to succeed. We can't help homeless people and the struggling, but we can allow the rich to steal billions upon billions and then bail them out when they commit fraud. I'm amazed at how many people don't see how ass backwards the system works.

What in gods name.... Jackie Robinson playing in MLB was a protest.

Yes, but the people today who hate protests like to pretend like they were fans of Malcolm, MLK, Ali, Jackie back in the day.... when in reality, they were the same people back in the day that shouted down MLK, Malcolm and Jackie's mission. Nothing cracks me up more than when people say.... "Black people just need a leader like MLK" when being critical of Kaep. Pretending as if MLK wasn't murdered by white people for his beliefs and protesting. Revisionist history is always entertaining to view from the sideline. I support anyone speaking out against oppression and I support all matters in which they do it; even those that make me uncomfortable. That's what support is.

Again, why do you participate in forum discussions about baseball with a bunch of people who you think should always defer to authority on topics involving baseball?

Not sure why the Sox got rid of Ricky Renteria; he's managed more games than any poster here!

Yeah, let me know how that works for you. You think being a MLB manager is like being a nuclear physicist. It's quite funny.

Bruce Maxwells agent was Tony La Russa's friend. I think it was nice what Tony did - do not get me wrong - but this "went out of his way to help Maxwell" stuff is getting to be too much. He helped Stewart - who he has always loved - which in turn was very helpful to Maxwell.

I don't need to inform you of anything; you already know everything. And you dodged my question; what do you think is a more difficult job, being a D1 baseball coach or a MLB manager?

Man, we have different definitions of proven. Maybe you should go tell Tim that it's been proven wrong, because he has been extremely petty since the hiring of La Russa. Go look at the tweets Tim has liked since the hiring was announced; multiple White Sox tweets but for the announcement of Tony's hiring and the retweeting of his interview.

Oh, and I'm not surprised this point went right over your head.

Who said it's easy? it's certainly an easier job than any career that requires advanced education. What do you think the difference is between being a D1 baseball coach and a MLB coach; just curious to your thoughts. I would argue being a D1 coach may even be harder, and takes more work, but managing personalities is a lot easier than pro-ball. The mistake you make constantly is you make vast assumptions about strangers you are talking to; what they've done with their lives, who they've helped, how high of a level they played baseball at and on and on. you do all of this to tell people they shouldn't question authority. It's truly nonsense.

Well shit, I must have been one of the luckiest people alive between 21-24 (before the government made moving money impossible) lol. I still miss playing; made more money, although with a bit more stress and less consistency, and I worked whenever I wanted - although I tell people my days were significantly longer than my work day today, because if I got deep in big MTT's, I was playing from noon to 2 or 3 am.

To be fair, Katzenberg hasn't been shit in 15-20 years and people just keep giving him money and watching it burn away. Never forget WndrCo before Quibi lol. This guy has convinced people to give him a billion dollars while he shits out bad idea after bad idea.

Your deferral to authority is fun. There is not some specialized schooling or education that goes along with being a big league manager. I don't need to defer to an expert when the qualifications involved don't exactly entail Rocket Science. We can have opinions based on our observations, just as Tony has opinions based on his observations. Our observations can be based on anecdotal evidence - such as the players not saying a damn word a week in - just as Tony's managerial style is based on anecdotal evidence. Lastly, your assumption that such and such knows more about the game than anyone blah blah blah because he's been around it for such and such years is also nonsense. I always use the poker comparison. I played poker for my job when I first finished college; I played online poker and tracked every hand and all my data. I started at 21 years old and by the time I was 23, I had played and analyzed more hands of poker than Doyle Brunson - who had played the game for 50 years professionally. Why? Because I played online where the pace was 100 times faster, I played multiple things at a time, and I tracked it all. I had accomplished the experience Brunson had gained over 40 years in less than 2.

Huh?

i love how they both defend fracking and act like it's great; one of the most depressing thing about the debates was these two morons arguing about who wants to destroy the environment more in the name of a few short term jobs.

lol