Controlled Chaos

QUOTE(Soxy @ Jul 24, 2007 -> 10:46 AM) I was confused, I thought this thread was about what happened last year (or was it earlier this year)--but, nope, new charges. What a flippin' idiot. What boggles my mind is celebrities have so many handlers around then, can't one of them be like, honey you're a mess. Stop. I wonder how this will affect Dina Lohan's (alleged) tv deal with E! Or her friends? What kind of friends does she have, when one can't step up and say...don't drive.

It's just mind boggling. I mean fine you want to be a fricken drunk and a druggy then do it, but why does she keep getting behind the wheel of a car. She has the means to have a limo cart her around all over the place. I hope she goes to jail and even though I know it won't happen, I hope this actually affects her career.

God Bless his family.

Great grab by Gooch!!

QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Jul 20, 2007 -> 03:21 PM) Exactly what Flynt and Hustler think. They don't care if a governmental worker likes to be tied up and beaten with a wet piece of celery by a person dressed up in a Daffy Duck outfit from someone who is not their wife/husband. However, they do care about affairs when the person is a hypocritical blowhard who talks the family values platform in public. I couldn't care less who the person is having sex with as long as they don't turn hypocritical in their attitude in government. did you hack into my computer or somethin?

Some funny photoshop pics. http://planethiltron.com/

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jul 20, 2007 -> 12:49 PM) Robert Byrd, on the Senate floor: This dude needs to retire...

QUOTE(Allsox @ Jul 20, 2007 -> 09:42 AM) I thought Shoota's post was mistakenly not in green. A shuttle run prevents Frank from being in the top 5 in Sox history?!? Hey Shoota, check out next Friday's game when the Blue Jays come in. 35000+ will let you know otherwise when Frank strides to the plate And way to go Sox! Take 3 of 4 from Boston and .500 is within reach then! I will be there and I will be with the one guy who absoultely hates Frank Thomas. So he will be the only asshole booing. Feel free to come by and give him a pop inthe nose if you wish.

I will add one more thing to the mix. When removing the membrane from the back. I used a spoon last time instead of a knife and it worked out great. Then once you get a little corner up, grab it with a paper towel and pull it off.

So we had the bases loaded in the first with no outs and got one run across? Uggh...it's sad, but that sounds about right.

Interesting, click on the ? http://www.poodwaddle.com/worldclock.swf

He may be at his peak of the year right now.

Hafner and Indians agree to $57 million, 4-year extension July 12, 2007 AP - Jul 11, 11:47 pm EDT More Photos CLEVELAND (AP) -- Travis Hafner and the Cleveland Indians agreed Thursday to a $57 million, four-year contract extension through the 2012 season. Hafner, the Indians' designated hitter, was making $3.95 million this year and Cleveland had a 2008 option for a minimum $4.95 million. Under the new deal, he will receive more money next year. The new agreement includes a team option for 2013. "Not only is Travis Hafner among the elite hitters in major league baseball today, but he will now have the opportunity to establish himself as one of the great players in the proud history of the Cleveland Indians organization," Indians general manager Mark Shapiro said. "This contract is both a credit to Travis's offensive performance and a testament to who he is as a teammate, his relentless work ethic and his strong desire to help bring a championship to Cleveland." The 30-year-old Hafner is batting .262 with 14 homers and 57 RBIs this season after hitting .308 last year with 42 homers and 117 RBIs.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Jul 12, 2007 -> 12:22 PM) Take any woman, no mattter how hot she is and she is at least somewhat self conscious in a bathing suit. Of course there is nothing 'wrong' with wearing a bikini to a pool party. BUT, IMO it demonstrates a certain comfort level between her and the suspect and that should be enough for any good investigator to at least question what kind of relationship they have. That's all. I don't know man...If her story is true then she was originally going to a public pool with hundereds of others. What was her comfort level with all those strangers?

QUOTE(Soxy @ Jul 12, 2007 -> 09:37 AM) Metro, I think. I can't get the Trib out here, but it's always on the mainpage of their website. I found it on their main page and after reading his article from yesterday, I should have just posted that instead of spending the time writing my post. It sums up my take exactly... Originally posted: July 10, 2007 Defending Amy Let's look at the elements of the story that has WMAQ-Ch. 5 reporter Amy Jacobson in trouble (UPDATE -- out the door) as outlined in Phil Rosenthal's story and elsewhere today. Where did she go wrong, if at all? 1. She accepted an invitation to attend a social event with a source she was cultivating for an ongoing story. Jacobson is among the reporters covering the April 30 disappearance of Plainfield resident Lisa Stebic. Stebic's estranged husband, Craig, hasn't opened up to journalists in recent weeks. So, Jacobson's attorney told Rosenthal, Jacobson accepted an offer from Craig Stebic's sister to attend a social event at Craig Stebic's house (competing station WBBM-CH. 2 captured her visit on video). As long as the social event wasn't so lavish that merely attending it could be misconstrued as a gift from the source or an attempt to curry favor, accepting this invitation looks like enterprising journalism to me. Socializing with sources is an excellent way to build rapport that can lead to revealing conversations. It's why we interview people over lunch or coffee or, even, sometimes, drinks. The insinuation in CBS-2's reporting and on talk radio that Jacobson had a "social relationship" with Stebic that crossed an ethical line is serious but wholly unproven by the videotape or circumstances as we now know them. More may come out and this story develops, of course, but for now, to give Jacobson the benefit of the doubt, being friendly with a source is not the same as becoming friends with a source. 2. She reportedly attended this social event on her day off. You don't punch a clock when you're working a story. Unless it could somehow be established that Jacobson, a married mother of two, was socializing with Craig Stebic for non-professional reasons, the "day off" element of this story puts her in a slightly better light, making her appear industrious, dedicated and creative. 3. It was a swimming pool party and Jacobson reportedly wore her bathing suit. This seems to be central element of Jacobson's offense. She wore appropriate attire to a casual social event. Why didn't she wear a power suit and mingle with the guests and her source in clothing that signaled her professional status and mission? Because that's not how it works. Reporters try to dress for the occasion no matter where they are. Early in my career I took off all my clothes to cover a nudist convention near O'Hare. Is there something unwholesome about pool parties? About wearing bathing suits when one attends? Of course not. So, finally, we get to what I believe is the actual, critical central element of Amy Jacobson's offense... 4. She's a woman Let's be honest: If Phil Rogers, Charlie Wojciechowski or any other male reporters on the NBC-5 team had accepted an exclusive invitation to Craig Stebic's pool party and dressed appropriately for the event so he could mix and mingle with a key figure in a troubling, high-profile mystery, no one would have said a word other than "congratulations." If management disciplines or fires her over this incident, it won't be for her ethics, but for her gender. The story is reminiscent of the controversy that enveloped former WBBM-Ch. 2 reporter Giselle Fernandez in 1988 As Rick Kogan told the story in a 1989 Tribune article: Operating on a tip, Fernandez broke wide open last summer's hottest story, the sordid tale of south suburban dope dealer John Cappas. Though she continued for three weeks to break news, it was her final piece that created the greatest controversy. This is how she tells it: "Cappas contacted me to turn himself in. He was worried that the police would beat him up. A meet was set for Fox Lake. We met him, did the interview and as we were packing up, a friend offered him a ride on a speed boat. I thought it would make good video, so we (she was with cameraman Joe Klimovitz) took shots on the boat. "Then, as we were driving back to the Federal Building, Cappas wanted to stop for pizza. We did. I bought it. And then he turned himself in. It's that simple. The event was portrayed as some sort of rollicking pizza party. Someone even said I was in a bikini. That's nonsense. Management approved of every step I took." The outcry against Fernandez was loud. Public officials and newspaper columnists questioned the manner in which she handled the surrender, implying but never proving any wrongdoing. Again, I doubt anyone would have made these implications and insinuations had Fernandez been male.

QUOTE(Soxy @ Jul 12, 2007 -> 09:19 AM) This is pretty much how Eric Zorn at the Trib has been talking about this situation. And I tend to agree. The most disturbing part to me is that she brought the kids. I don't think she was having an affair (or that there really is anything salacious about this story), but I do think she definitely showed poor judgment. I'll have to look him up. What section does he write in?

I've been kinda going back and forth with my with my wife about this. She and all the news programs keep hammering the fact she is in a bikini. I say...who cares? Since when did bikini become such a dirty word? Since when did bikini become construed as having an affair or doing something immoral. Women wear bikini's around other men all the time. Would it have been better if she was in a one piece? I think the big deal here is that she brought her kids over to a murder suspects house. DUMB DUMB DUMB. I'm sure she felt safe and all. Even if this guy did off his wife he hasn't shown anything to say he is a mass murderer and he's going to kill other people and children too, but still. This guy may have murdered his wife in cold blood. Is that who you want your kids to hang around. Lets just assume for a quick second that her story is true(as much as we never want to do that). She hadn't spent any time with her kids. She promised them they would go to the pool. Then on her way she gets this phone call. She thinks she can get some big scoop and the kids will still get to go to a pool. There's other mothers and other children there as well. Yeah it was a dumb decision. You shouldn't mix your private time and professional time, but I'm sure she's not the first reporter to do it. And if she did get some big scoop, NBC wouldn't give a s*** how she obtained it or what she was wearing when she did so. If this was Chuck Goudie in that exact same situation, brought his kids there, wore his swim trunks would this even be a story?? No, because nobody would assume anything sexual between the two guys. It should be a story, because it's a reporter subjecting his kids to a murder suspect, but it wouldn't be. Throw in a female reporter though and this has some nice tabloidness to it.

QUOTE(Middle Buffalo @ Jul 11, 2007 -> 09:53 PM) You have EIGHT lightbulbs in your bathroom. Al Gore does not like you. Did you see all those carbon offsets in the yard though??

QUOTE(Steve9347 @ Jul 11, 2007 -> 02:33 PM) if you are serious about selling it, take it down. That's what I thought, but I asked a bunch of people and it was kinda split.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Jul 11, 2007 -> 02:21 PM) Is the Sox/Bears/Bulls/Hawks shrine staying? Nope. I was acutally trying to decide if I should take it down or leave it up during the selling process.

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Jul 11, 2007 -> 02:09 PM) is there a "hot chicks" room? sub question: have the hot chicks been updated since 1997? Thanks, I'll hang up and listen to the answer. no hot chicks room, there is a poo room though...if that's your kinda thing

QUOTE(Middle Buffalo @ Jul 10, 2007 -> 09:09 PM) I've heard the exact same story CC wrote from two different people. My sister told me that story 20 years ago about a fireman friend, and the word used was "smoove." My father in law tells the same story (also with "smoove" as the word), but he says he was there on an ambulance assist when it happened. He was a Chicago fireman until 15 years ago. I'm pretty sure this story is an urban myth. So you're saying I was had!!!! It's still funny and most likely did happen somewhere along the line, but back on the topic of hate, I hate when people pass s*** off as their own when it isn't.

My buddy was a cop. He was talking to some homies on the street and asked the one what happened to his face. He said his old lady hit him with a smove. My buddy was like a smove? What the hell is a smove? He said you know you smove your clothes with it. My friend goes you mean an iron? and the dude goes...man you white people got words for everything!!!!!!

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Jul 10, 2007 -> 03:19 PM) agreed. He is talking to someone. I honestly am ready to send Gooch somewhere else and see if we can cheap a 2B to save some cash next season. Richar, although raw, appears to be really hitting the ball well for us. Which teams out there need a gooch type of player?