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QUOTE (Jake @ Nov 5, 2012 -> 07:53 PM) Why greg775 should vote for: Obama - He's a Christian. He is a known entity and under his watch you have seen the economy finish crashing and start coming back up. He has increased the rights of all kinds of Americans, namely the right to equal pay for women and the right to serve openly for gays, and will end up on the right side of history, socially. In the coming term, several Supreme Court seats are likely to open up...what kind of justices do you want to see appointed? If you want ones that will protect the rights of women, gays, minorities, etc. then Obama may be your choice. If you like helping your fellow man when things are down, Obama is probably your guy. If you don't want to use a voucher to buy healthcare when you get older or perhaps you don't want your social security checks to be underfunded, Obama is your guy. If you want someone that is worldly working in foreign affairs that has no impulse to justify our foreign wars and understands foreign cultures, there's Obama again. If you want someone who won't be run over by his party leadership because he IS the party leadership, there he is again. Romney - He's new. He ran a business very successfully. He claims to wish to lower your income tax rate further than it already has. You may think the Supreme Court justices he would appoint would reflect your values better. As someone who has outsourced, he likely has a very intimate idea of what causes someone to do that and probably knows that there are actually good times to do things like that (would you rather be partially outsourced or not exist? for instance). Despite what he's said, he's unlikely to prioritize a repeal of Obamacare because it is so similar to the law he pushed so hard for in Mass. Also, Romney will inherit a recovering economy so he won't have to change much to keep things going. You also may find the same party holding Pres and House to be better than Pres and Senate (if BO is elected). Vote for anyone - Don't be the kind of person that embarrasses the country that claims to be the most democratic place in the world while boasting a terrible turnout rate in comparison to other democratic governments. Speak your voice in local politics, spend time tonight and see who is running locally. Even if your vote tomorrow doesn't result in a different candidate being elected, you will be heard. Every city, county, state is evaluated not just for which candidate they went for, but also at what strength. Your rep., your president, everyone cares about who you voted for. If your vote makes your area more R-leaning, then R's will please you more. If your vote makes your area more D-leaning, then D's will try to please you more and the R's will try to win you back. Speak out! Nice post. appreciate it.

I am an undecided voter today because I think both candidates suck. I have a couple questions. Please keep answers short. 1.) Why should I vote for Obama? 2.) Why should I vote for Romney? 3.) Why should I vote at all, being that the state of Kansas would vote Rebublican and my vote won't matter, even if the Republican candidate for president was Donald Trump? What is the argument for voting when your state is 100 percent going one way.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Nov 4, 2012 -> 06:20 AM) The bullpen clearly wasn't the biggest issue last year. Yeah, Matt Thornton lost 10 games, bad luck hits sometimes. Just like how good luck hits and you vulture 8 wins like Nate Jones. If Sox want Thornton to face one lefty batter, fine, but he's a horrible option for more than one batter IMO. I wish they'd get rid of him.

Can Kansas State reach the national title game?

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Oct 29, 2012 -> 11:37 PM) Benet is pretty good. 7A is an absolute b****, but they should get past Oswego. Benet played a great second half. Now, can Benet beat Downers North?

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Nov 2, 2012 -> 08:47 AM) It was actually my eye black... Quin I had no idea u were female. Crazy.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Nov 3, 2012 -> 09:23 PM) This website blows my mind at times. Moustakas put up a 3.5 WAR as a 23 year old this past season. I'm not sure if people realize how bad the 3B position has gotten in recent years, but that's f***ing incredible. Sure, his offense wasn't spectacular, but again, he just turned 24 years old and has only had about 1 2/3 full seasons in the pros. Considering he was the 9th ranked prospect in all of bassball in 2011, I'm going to go out on a limb and say he will get better with the bat over the next few years. And even if he doesn't, he's already one of the better all-around 3B in baseball and is under team control for the next 5 years. Thinking we can get him for Floyd or some borderline prospects is pure insanity. If I were Hahn and the Royals expressed any willingness to trade Moustakas, I'd immedietely offer up Quintana and cross my fingers. Unfortunately, I think they'd want a more proven, cost-controlled SP if they were to consider moving him and I personally can't comprehend why they'd want to trade him in the first place. The Royals haven't been lieing to their fanbase telling them to be patient and wait for the kids to come up to trade a Moustakas for a Quintana. Floyd has a name and is more on the right track, but it would take something like Floyd, Quintana and Beckham to get that one done and the fans would still be pissed cause Quintana is not officially a stud prospect yet, Floyd is OK but hittable and makes a lot of money and Beckham has a name but his stats are starting to scream, "I'm just another guy like Getz." Royals would have to be blown away with current big leaguers to trade a Moose or Hosmer. And the Royals are cheap so monetary considerations would be out there for any of the name players they acquire.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 3, 2012 -> 04:16 AM) Are Mitt and Barack going to spend Monday night hanging out in a Hot Tub Time Machine? WTF? I swear I read a book once that said some candidate knew from advance polling he'd lost when he was on his way to vote and had to put on a happy face. He knew he had lost.

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Nov 3, 2012 -> 09:39 AM) Greg, its more customary for you to send people your Brazzers account information now. A lifetime supply of HQ streaming pornography is the gift that keeps on giving. Hilarious. Can you imagine sending a thank you note to a millionaire and adding, "by the way thought you might appreciate my brazzers ID. Enjoy some free porn." Yikes! I wonder if I'd hear from the police.

QUOTE (ewokpelts @ Nov 3, 2012 -> 04:56 PM) heard some rumblings that the sox have a LOT more to announce price wise. no details, but you'll like it..... I think the price slashing will help a lot. Didn't somebody say parking is now 20 bucks even?

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Nov 3, 2012 -> 06:36 PM) I always thought Bulls fans were generally the dumbest in Chicago. Comments like this make me think otherwise. Enjoy Dan Johnson starting DH. Dunn's not going anywhere, so what's the problem. I gave Dunn a B or A-. I just tire of the .200ish batting average. I do think the Sox would probably be happy to dump that salary. What's so outlandish about that? Your point is well taken I guess in that we only win games when we hit home runs. Subtracting 40 might not help us win at this point in time even with all the Ks. At some point that's got to be addressed as well.

Great great post. The key, for starters, is to get rid of Thornton and make sure we don't sign Myers. Thornton, quite frankly, is garbage.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Nov 2, 2012 -> 12:22 PM) His collapse in the polls came right after the first debate, where he was detached and boring. He rebounded with the later ones. Did he do well in the later ones or did he still seem mean? I only watched Debate No. One.

Isn't it true that the candidates will know who won even before Election Day begins? I read somewhere that candidates know exactly what is going to happen at 5 a.m. on Election Day.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Nov 1, 2012 -> 08:33 PM) There was a stretch between 8/28 and 9/12 where the Tigers went 6 - 9 with 5 of those wins coming against the Sox. The problem is that they went 13 - 7 after that when the Sox couldn't buy a win. So they went through a bad patch but over 162 games, they were the better team. But I feel like we were the only reason they were able to stay afloat. The Sox could have buried them in that stretch you mentioned.Sox proved to be their life support and thus the Sox deserve some of their postseason paychecks.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 2, 2012 -> 07:04 PM) Unless they get some real pitching, these guys will be retired, and KC will still be waiting. Yeah, but how can they tell their fans this was all a sham? Fans have been told to wait patiently for Moose, Hosmer, Cain, Perez and a batch of pitchers.

We won a WS during his watch which frankly may never happen again so cheers to him.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Nov 2, 2012 -> 08:39 PM) You know he got traded to the Red Sox in June right? When he played for Cleveland it looked like he purposely threw that ball away trying to let the Sox get its act together and win the division. We still lost the game. Sox couldn't get a clutch hit the last month of the season to save its life.

QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Nov 2, 2012 -> 12:52 PM) THere's nothing wrong with sending a card. However, whst is your relationship with the car dealer? Is he a good friend or just an aquaintance? For a friend I would definitely recommend buying him a few beers. I suppose the card would be adequate otherwise, but a few beers or a gift card for dinner would be even better...that could lead to even more free stuff in the future. Acquaintance. Never been at a bar with him or anything like that. QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Nov 2, 2012 -> 02:15 PM) Personally, I would have sent flowers. I knew I was kind of treading the feminine line with this post, so to speak, but what the hey? QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Nov 2, 2012 -> 03:18 PM) I'm assuming you buy your cars from this guy? If so, I think a card/booze/etc is completely fine. Yep I get my cars there. Thanks for the comments to those of you who posted.

The Royals' plan has been to wait on their "stars" like Moose and Hosmer, et. all. They are not going to trade Moose yet.

QUOTE (soxfan-kwman @ Oct 29, 2012 -> 05:12 AM) Hope he gets Lillibridge back & dewayne wise for speed n versatility. Maybe he'll get a stud pitcher too. Perhaps King Felix & Sale could be a good start to the rotation for next year. Lilly's a good guy for throwing away that easy ground ball, but I think it's time for a new utility man. He's a flop.

I think the Sox would be doing handstands in joy if somebody would take Dunn and his contract off the Sox hands. Do you all at least agree on that?

Emily Post Question: I needed four tickets for the Kansas-Texas football game last week because I had friends coming in from Chicago for Homecoming. I made it my mission to find good seats that were free because, frankly, I'm not going to shell out a penny for Kansas football for gosh sakes. We're talking one of the worst programs in the country with awful fans. I ran into my rich car dealer one day, who is a big booster, and I asked him if he had four freebies to the Kansas-Texas game. He said yes and said to call him the week of the game. He ended up calling me the week of the game before I could call him and I went and picked up the freebies at the dealership. He even threw in a parking pass in a very convenient spot. The game came and went and my friends went to the game and had great seats (not that it matters for a Kansas football game). I was at the store buying some stuff and bought a thank you card and sent it to my car dealer. My question to you is: Was that a good thing to do, to send him a thank you card or was it nerdy and kind of unnecessary, unmanly so to speak? Believe it or not, the four tix were worth 320 bucks (for a Kansas football game, my god; 80 bucks a pop). I figured it would be nice to thank him with a card rather than just an email. So was it a bush league move or a good move to send him a thank you card? We know each other and I'd consider the car dealer an acquaintaince more than a friend. I have purchased 2 cars there in the past. As it turns out, I havent heard a peep from my friends who used the four tickets. I saw them tailgating and tailgated with them a while (I had to go to a couple diffrent tailgates, not just theirs) but no thanks for the tix from them. They had a lot of stuff planned so I didn't get to see them much all weekend. So what say you? Thank you cards? Or are they absurd?

QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ Oct 31, 2012 -> 07:50 PM) It's 8 times a day with the heavy stuff, with some other smaller pieces throughout the day. My back was shot after the first 40 piece pallet. As I've mentioned before (when talking about medical marijuana) I have a bad back from rugby and just being overall a pretty big guy for my whole life. So the bending, lifting, then bending to lay them down really took a toll on my back. My supervisor was right there when I was doing it and saw me grimace a few times and I told him about my back and he straight up told me "This isn't the job for you, we don't want you getting hurt. This isn't going to work out." It only paid 450 a week (8 an hour with a lot of OT). Benefits after 90 days so if my back goes out in those 90 days I'm kinda screwed It wasn't that hard at all, my arms weren't tired nor was I winded, my back was the only thing that couldn't take it. Eight bucks an hour for viciously difficult work. What are you going to do to put bread on the table in the future?

QUOTE (Reddy @ Oct 29, 2012 -> 03:58 AM) hah here i was not actually noticing that you're FROM Ireland. for some reason i had England in my head. my apologies. but i'll be honest, i got the expression from a Martin McDonagh play I did. yeah went as well as it could have really, and i oddly feel a whole lot better than i did before. it's amazing how getting questions answered and knowing they're also going through hell can help Glad it went well and you are content. Has she ever thanked her for getting her the f***ing job, though?? If she hasn't, I think she has some character issues and you are better off w/out her.