Controlled Chaos

Anyone sitting in the lower bowl that could help me get in?

My expectations are to repeat. Even with a better "team", I know it will most likely be a lot more difficult and gut wrenching this year. I'm thinking about game 6's and 7's and I'm not looking forward to them. We didn't have to deal with elimination games last year. I don't think we'll have that luxury this time around. Prepare for the madness and hopefully another trophy in the end.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ May 16, 2006 -> 10:12 AM) pretty good acting I thought. Im excited to see what new piece of ass they bring on the show. I thought it was over acting or annoying I can't decipher which. Watch Edie Falco in a crazed emotional state...now THATS acting!

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ May 16, 2006 -> 11:37 AM) I use Netflix. I like it quite a bit, but they do piss me off when they are obviously holding onto my discs to make me pay for renting so many. I get them and return them the next day. So I get the maximum you can get in a month, about 6 movies a week. Yeah they catch on if you're renting and returning...like say hypothetically speaking, you were just renting and copying them and then returning the next day...they do something so you won't get them as fast. I used netflix, but I also know of people that use blockbusters online service and like that one too.

Justice delayed? May 16, 2006 by Thomas Sowell If there is a smoking gun in the Duke University rape case, it is not about the stripper who made the charges or the lacrosse players who have been accused. The smoking gun is the decision of District Attorney Michael Nifong to postpone a trial until the spring of 2007. That makes no sense from either a legal or a social standpoint, whether the players are guilty or innocent. But it tells us something about District Attorney Nifong. Suppose, for the sake of argument, that the players are guilty. What is the point of letting a bunch of rapists remain at large for another year? What about the dangers that they would pose to women on or off the Duke University campus? Now suppose that the players are innocent. Isn't it unconscionable to have this damning charge hanging over their heads for another year? The Constitution of the United States includes a right to a speedy trial, to keep people from being jerked around by unscrupulous or vindictive prosecutors who cannot prove that they have committed any crime. Prosecutors have to put up or shut up. This is not a federal case, however, and the laws of North Carolina do not require a speedy trial. Justice delayed is justice denied, whether the players are guilty or innocent. What purpose does the delay serve? The most obvious purpose is the same as the purpose that delay serves in confidence games. After a fraud has been perpetrated and it is only a matter of time before the victim finds out, it can still make a big difference whether the victim finds out suddenly or slowly over an extended period of time. This is called "cooling out the mark." If the mark (the victim) finds out suddenly and immediately, instant outrage may lead to a call to the police, who can then get hot on the trail of the con man. However, if the realization of having been taken begins to emerge at first as a sense of puzzlement, then as a sneaking suspicion, and ultimately -- after a passage of some time -- as a clear conclusion that a fraud has taken place, then the emotional impact is not nearly as strong. The victim of the fraud may even be reluctant to go to the police, having had time to think about what a fool he may look like and how little chance there is now to do anything about it. If the truth about Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky had come out the very next day after he made that dramatic declaration -- "I did not have sex with that woman" -- it would have been far more of a shock than it was months later, after more and more bits and dabs of information came out, leading many to suspect the truth long before it all came out. One of Clinton's press secretaries called these delaying tactics "telling the truth slowly." The announcement that the trial of the Duke lacrosse players has been postponed until the spring of 2007 may be District Attorney Nifong's way of beginning the process of "telling the truth slowly." At some point, this case will have to be either prosecuted or dropped. If it is going to be prosecuted, there is no reason not to go full speed ahead right now. But if it is going to be dropped, or if Nifong knows that a judge is likely to throw it out of court, then the time at which that happens is crucial. It was out of the question for Nifong to drop the case before the recent election, no matter how flimsy the evidence might be or how much of that evidence exonerates the accused instead of showing them to be guilty. Even after being re-elected, the district attorney cannot let his indictment collapse in public while there is nationwide attention focussed on this case 24-7. What will be different next year? The public will have either forgotten the case or be tired of hearing about it. The D.A. can even turn the case over to some lawyer on his staff to take into court and see it either get thrown out by the judge or fail to convince a jury. We will all be tired of hearing about it by then. We are the marks who will be cooled out.

I watch it. I thought the finale was good. I couldn't handle Izzy when she was begging Denny to take the heart. That was some crazy whining.

How pregnant are we talking here??

Sox want to add to Cubs' misery May 16, 2006 BY JOE COWLEY Staff Reporter MINNEAPOLIS -- Winning the 2005 World Series should've changed a lot in the White Sox organization. In many ways it did. National recognition for unheralded players such as Joe Crede and Juan Uribe. Redemption for players who were once written off such as Jose Contreras and A.J. Pierzynski. And while many things definitely changed, one stayed very much the same. Case in point: Late Saturday afternoon, as the Sox were in the clubhouse hours before their game against Minnesota, both plasma TVs were locked on the Cubs game, in which the North Siders were clinging to a ninth-inning lead. The snickering and comments coming from several Sox players could be heard, even before Mike Piazza's game-winning home run dropped into the basket at Wrigley Field. Some wounds never heal. While many Sox players will babble out the same ''It's just another series'' rhetoric they do every year at the start of Sox-Cubs week, don't believe it for one second. Being first in the city to get the sought-after ring hasn't changed the fact that the Sox would love nothing more than to kick the Cubs while they're down. And down they are. What better time to do it, with everything seemingly set up just right this weekend at U.S. Cellular Field? The bats woke up in Minnesota after two slumbering performances. Friday's starting pitcher, Mark Buehrle, fixed a flaw in his delivery that was tipping his pitches. Six-game winner Freddy Garcia is on the mound for Saturday's game with a career 3-0 record (0.82 ERA) against the Cubs, and then there's Contreras. The best pitcher on the staff since last July, bar none, took yet another huge step in getting off the 15-day disabled list on Monday morning. Contreras threw about 75 pitches from all arm angles in the bullpen, with his stuff looking as nasty as it has been this season. While he won't exactly be riding in on a white horse in his return, it doesn't mean there won't be a certain buildup for it. ''Obviously, they will make a big deal,'' Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said of his pitcher's expected return from sciatica. ''I don't mind him facing anyone, but when you face the Cubs, I know it's something that's going on for the fans. ''Having Jose, he's been the most consistent pitcher we've had the last two months of last year and the beginning of the season this year. You want the best guy.'' With a 5-0 record and a 1.41 ERA, Contreras arguably is the best -- not just on both sides of the city but in the entire American League. ''There's nothing better than when your guy throwing the ball the best goes against a team you should beat or play good against,'' Guillen continued. Pitching coach Don Cooper monitored Contreras' latest throwing session, and while he was doing his best to reserve judgment until Contreras' return is official, Cooper was beaming with anticipation of what the Cubs will have to face in Sunday's series finale. ''He wanted to get a good workout, and he got it,'' Cooper said of the latest session. ''When he has an [injury], we want to make sure he has a couple of times to get it out of his head. And [Monday] it sure looks like it was out of his head. ''I'll tell you what, it sure looks like we are going in the right direction.'' At least one team in the upcoming Crosstown Showdown can say that.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ May 15, 2006 -> 02:59 PM) Thats how American women floss. What school is that?

QUOTE(JimH @ May 15, 2006 -> 02:53 PM) It is a fun thing, guys get fined by the "court" for the dumbest things ... I bet Podsednik will get fined for hitting his first HR today. I hope to have enough money some day when fines are just fun.

QUOTE(JimH @ May 15, 2006 -> 02:50 PM) If Konerko threw the triple play ball in the stands, the kangaroo court will probably levy an additional fine for not getting the lead runner first. I figured it was Uribe.

QUOTE(JimH @ May 15, 2006 -> 02:46 PM) That's a BIG fine. Probably $100 at least. Just found this.... It is unknown whether Guillen also was forced to pay a fine in kangaroo court, which followed batting practice Friday. Presiding judge was Chris Widger, who replaced the departed Carl Everett. "I tried to get [Jim] Thome or Jermaine [Dye] to be the judge, but they didn't really want to. I was the oldest [player] except for Thome, so I got stuck with it." Players are fined--from $5 and up--for offenses spotted by fellow players. Some are obvious ones that happen during games. Others are less obvious, such as saying the wrong words to media. The money is taken late in the season and used for a players-only meeting while the team is on the road. So does Widger wield a mean gavel? "There will be a lot of `guiltys,' but I'm not that tough a guy," he said. "Let's just say there's a lot of `fineable' people on this team."

Just said something onthe radio that they held kangaroo court and someone got in trouble for throwing the triple play ball in the stands. Id love to know what they really do. Anybody have info on kangaroo court?

Anyone have lower bowl ticketfast tickets for that day?

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ May 15, 2006 -> 12:36 PM) Way too soon for his 1st. He's now on pace for like 12 more than last year, LOL. We are relying way too much on the homerun.

Ozzie just said on the pregame that he thought Buehrle was tipping his pitches. They worked something out and he was able to hide the ball better or something. The way they were hitting him I was thinking this too, but who knows.

If Thome remains healthy he can hit 60.

Is anyone tailgating?

QUOTE(YASNY @ May 15, 2006 -> 08:40 AM) I have to admit, that was damn good strategy. I was somewhat questioning it at first. I was looking for the 5-4-3 triple play. When he called the 3-4-6, I definitely had my doubts. I'm glad it all worked out though and I'm enjoying my crow. Nice Job Coop!!

QUOTE(mmmmmbeeer @ May 14, 2006 -> 06:32 AM) I believe that they are actually screening, electronically, the contents of each conversation, not just looking for patterns of phone numbers. No, it's phone numbers. I am OK with this and it has nothing to do with the GOP. It has to do with protecting this country. If 6 months from now we catch a terrorist, wouldn't it be extremely beneficial for the NSA, CIA, FBI or who ever the hell does it, to look back and see who they called when. Wouldn't it be beneficial to capture a whole cell or multiple cells because of this program. This is not to track John and Mary Jones. This is not infinging on your rights to have a private and secure conversation. Your number willl never even be looked at unless you're speaking to someone you shouldn't be. This program can be an enormous help in the fight. I mean you people do know that terrorists don't walk around with signs that say "I want to kill Americans." We don't know who they are right now. If we do catch one...we can go back and see who they have links to. We can catch others that want to blow up our buildings. We can catch others that want to kill our way of life. Yeah, I'm all for that. If you think it's just because of party affiliation then so be it. Yes Tex cause a phone NUMBER database has to do with losing our freedom of speech, search and guns. There are hundered of databases out there. Why do you think you keep getting letters from John Kerry that you so graciously post here. You are in their database and because of that you are in other Democratic databases. Your freedom curtailed?? Are you kidding me? Your freedom of a phone number log? You'd rather have the occasional bombing, resulting in countless deaths of innocent lives, then the government having a list of numbers coming to and from your house stored in a database?? Do you even realize how ridiculous that sounds.

8x12 feet $399.00 4x6 feet $299.00 that's some expensive ass wallpaper

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Bottom line...they have a computer looking at a bunch phone numbers....I can care less. If that computer can develop a pattern and help them catch someone, I'm all for it. There are people out there that want to blow up another building. There are people that want me you and everyone else that doesn't praise Allah dead. Intelligence is necessary, not really on this message board, but definitely for the powers that be when runnig this country. Just cause the media uses words like survellience and spying and eavesdropping doesn't mean the nsa is outside your window with binoculars. A gazillion phone numbers in a database, which probably 95% never even get looked at by human eyes, is hardly infringing on your civil liberties. Here ya go 630-362-6971.

When Rowand was hit Tuesday night with a Pedro Martínez fastball, he stayed in the game despite a left hand that was purple and puffy. "It's what an anti-inflammatory is made for," Rowand said. HAHA

Good read on Arow. It's not often I use "good read" when linking a NY Times article, but it's warranted in this case. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/12/sports/b...12phillies.html