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QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Sep 4, 2012 -> 08:08 PM) And greg when I refer to being on the wrong side of history, its this what I am referring to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ElectoralCollege1860.svg Now compare to the map at http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/ Over 150 years later, the first map still rules. The only state that would have voted for Lincoln and not Obama, Indiana. The only state that would have voted against Lincoln and for Obama, Virginia. Some days I wish that the North would have just let the South go. Im tired of supporting them with my tax dollars, while they refuse to change socially. And that is something youre beloved liberal media never talks about, donor states. http://taxfoundation.org/blog/why-do-some-...ding-not-others http://taxfoundation.org/sites/taxfoundati...ftsbs-large.jpg Irony that 8 of the top 10 at spending federal money will vote Republican. Meanwhile its likely that at least 8 of 10 donor states will vote Democrat. (Maybe 10 of 10.) http://taxfoundation.org/article/federal-t...enditures-state I always wonder why no one hammers on that. You dont want federal money, why am I sending it to you? The hypocrisy is unnerving. Thanks Badger, I enjoy your takes. But don't you agree it will be a media lovefest at the upcoming convention? That's mainly what was bothering me and led to my rant.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 4, 2012 -> 08:17 PM) No. I will not. Your position disgusts me. "He should fear being raped" is not an appropriate reaction or response to this. It is beneath us as human beings. Your only justification for that is that you want him to feel fear like he made other people feel. That is a terrible justification. It is no excuse for tolerating prison rape in the first place, treating it like a joke, or in any way treating it like an appropriate response to anything. The only way a person would legitimately fear prison rape is if...there's a reasonable chance of prison rape. It should NEVER occur in this country. We're better than that as a people. We wrote that into our constitution in amendment 8. You want punishment for him? Fine. He will be, based on our system. He will probably be put to death, eventually. Wanting him to fear prison rape is simply a disgusting, unjustifiable desire for revenge at a sickening level. Deal with him like a civilized person. All I can say is I strongly disagree with everything you just wrote. Are we talking about a man who killed nine people 10 people or whatever he did? I will not deal with him as a civilized person. He is not civilized. And to make it clear I don't want him brutalized physically ... but to fear that??? Hell yeah. I know a woman, one of my best friends, who was murdered when she was 24 by a scumbag piece of s*** who is serving life. I want the same for that bastard, to fear every day the rest of his life as he made her fear before he killed her and after he raped her. And if you are thinking I'm making this up, I can give you a name of a book to read about this scumbag who killed 4 women in Kansas, including my friend. I strongly disagree with your position. You are disgusted with my stance? I am with yours equally. And for you to not apologize after accusing me of wanting somebody raped? I am horrified.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 4, 2012 -> 08:01 PM) I am sickened by the fact that you would be happy about rape. It viscerally disgusts me. I do not care one iota what your excuse is. It should not happen in our country. It is absolutely pathetic. and there is zero defense for wanting it or condoning it. Don't you read before you post???!!! I said I am happy he'll FEAR his getting raped every day of his life. I repeat do you read??? I expect an apology. To make it clear ... again ... I want this bastard to be afraid every day of his life, to fear the fact if he's put in general population he'll be beaten, pillaged, raped. He KILLED a ton of people and ruined lives of many more. I never said I wanted this piece of scum raped. I said I am glad he will fear this harsh reality. Give me a f***ing break please. Are you saying you want this guy to leave in a happy mental state the rest of his life? I am assuming you do not feel that way, but I read posts before I insult people.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 4, 2012 -> 01:51 PM) Prison rape is not a punishment for anything and I think it's pathetic that people think somehow that's ok. I don't care what a person did. I'm not condoning it but I'm sure as hell happy bored Mr. Holmes has to worry about it every day the rest of his pathetic life. I'm not pointing fingers at Balta, not that he'd care if I did, but I think sometimes people have too much empathy for these pathological bastards. Seriously I wish great harm upon Holmes for all the lives he ruined. I don't want him raped in jail but for him to realize that if he ever gets put in the general population that he'll be raped and beaten ... that's awesome. It's awesome to think he'll be afraid of Bubba raping him, just like the fear he put in all those INNOCENT people in the movie theatre. That bastard.

Here comes the national media love fest, the Democratic convention. No longer do the media pundits have to act interested (a little bit at least) in what the evil Republicans have to say. The media pundits don't have to sneer and look for any misplaced sentences anymore. Ah, their beloved Democrats hit the big stage. Here comes the (second) lovefest with Obama and Michelle. The least the Prez could do is throw a shoutout to his White Sox again during his speech. The pundits do face a problem in one area, however. They are not big on war and acts of violence so they may not want to dwell on Obama's impressive missions to seek and destroy evildoers. And they can't point to his doing anything positive of note in the homeland since the economy sucks. And they certainly can't point to his leadership since he can't get the evil Republicans to back any of his ideas. What the pundits will do is point to the fact the experts think there will be an economic upturn for sure in the next four years under Obama and the fact he just needs more time to "complete the deal." Ah it's going to be a fun lovefest the next few days. Bring it on.

Not too long ago, pitchers were judged by their win/loss record. Now not so much. Jake's win total is very low for a guy who pitches so deep into games because of his throwing a fit whenever he gets taken out. He's a good starting pitcher. Not so sure he's an All Star even though he made the team.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 31, 2012 -> 01:49 PM) A couple of those random details that are sometimes interesting have come out in the last 2 days. First: That's an impressive statement. And 3: Link He prolly was going to call the prof to brag about what was about to happen. Holmes already is burning in hell. He's stuck in jail the rest of his life and he's only 24? Ha ha. I'm sure he's bored out of his mind already and he knows if he ever gets out of solitary that he's gonna be raped and beaten and pillaged. Too bad, motherbleeper. You asked for life in prison; u got it. His only hope is to get in a psychiatric hospital where he can prolly watch TV at least for the next 40 years.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Sep 4, 2012 -> 12:21 AM) Which is funny, because the Sox will end the night in sole possession of first place. We gotta build the lead to 3 or 4 before Detroit comes to town and wins 3. That's my mission as a fan; to see that happen.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 4, 2012 -> 03:38 AM) He's definitely hurting, and not just his wrist. Dunn was playing more firstbase before his injury, and they lifted Paulie tonight even though Lopez isn't Brooks Robinson at 3B. As bad as he's hurting and stinking, he's still in the top ten in the league in batting average. That's pretty wild. I bet he has a pretty bad injury that he's playing through.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Sep 4, 2012 -> 03:38 AM) I'm not going to be vigilant either way. Caesar didn't break any rules, he doesn't have to make another member name to come back. Similar promises were made in the past that we're not held up, it happens I'm not challenging the mods or anything. I just think Caesar is a man of his word and is gawn. However, I'd be curious to see what new name he re-joins the site under, that's all.

I just have a STRONG feeling as soon as our last game is played we're going to hear from Robin and KW how Paulie played with a cracked bone in his hand or something. You just know he's hurt, especially with Hawk implying it a lot throughout the course of the second half.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Sep 4, 2012 -> 02:36 AM) Who was it? Caesar is gone forever. I hope the mods tell us if a new person shows up with a different name. I trust Caesar. He insisted he wouldn't be back if Detroit lost. So he's gone. But will he sign up with a new name? Be observant of that.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Sep 4, 2012 -> 02:21 AM) Or Greg? Here and accounted for. QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Sep 4, 2012 -> 03:14 AM) All of the drama queens are surprisingly quiet when the road warrior Indians win in Detroit. How the hell can that happen? Seriously? I think we'd all agree we could have played Detroit in a 10-game series in Detroit and Detroit would have won all 10. Immediately Sox leave town and the Tigers lose. See? To all of the people on here who said stuff like, "Let's face it, Detroit just has a better team.' Well ... Detroit also has a MUCH better team than Cleveland and got beat. WTF??

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Sep 4, 2012 -> 02:46 AM) In a Tribune article today, a Cubs employee mentioned that 40% of the fans at Wrigley are from out of state on any given day. Wow. 40 percent is A LOT. Think of all the shirts and jackets and other stuff they sell to the visitors. I repeat WOW.

The key is to build our lead to four games so we can be one game up on Detroit after the next series with the Tigers. That will be difficult to do, but it's possible. We figure to win one of the four - Detroit can't win all four can they? - which would give us a one game lead still. Do you folks think we can build a four-game lead by the time we play 'em again? I'm too lazy to look up who we play and who they play in the interim. Cmon Sox ... gotta get that lead up to four and then we'll be talking!

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Sep 3, 2012 -> 10:47 PM) Wrigley is a big tourist attraction too. A lot people there probably aren't even baseball fans, let a lone care if the Cubs win. It's all about the ballpark. If they ever renovated the place and the Cubs had to play in the Cell for a season, they'd have Sox-like crowds. Bank on that.

So if Detroit lost that one guy can't post here any more. Awesome. Some guy in the game thread yesterday promised he'd never come back if Detroit lost today. Bye bye. Nice job, White Sox battling back after the faceplant. Sox suddenly are very good at home and s*** on the road. As we all know earlier this year Sox couldn't win at home and were great on road. Weird stuff.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 3, 2012 -> 06:39 PM) Of course, since Liriano's history is one of inconsistency, he's one start away from putting his Sox ERA back over 5. It's amazing how many big name players the Sox have added and still can't quite shake the hex of not making the playoffs. Good moves to bring in Myers, Youk and Liriano and even immediately fill a need for a week with Wise instead of going with some minor league hack of ours. KW has done all he can do, really. Now it's up to the players to close it out with a good 3.5 weeks or give up.

QUOTE (scenario @ Sep 3, 2012 -> 04:19 PM) The wake up call should be that we are 2 games back in the wild card standings with 3 teams in front of us. Ugh. That is scary. We lead all season and now all of a sudden it looks like the Sox are not gonna be playoff bound. I'm thinking at season's end everybody will proclaim this season a vast success. It's going to be revealed that Konerko needs surgery or something and we all know about the other injuries. Should be interesting to see if this team is indeed out of gas or beats the crap out of a horrendous Minnesota team and gets back on track.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 3, 2012 -> 05:38 PM) The problem with that thread is not the catch all thread. It's that the topic has come up in probably 3-4 other threads, maybe more, across the entire trade deadline time. I wouldn't pounce on you becasue of the catchall thread, I'd pounce because its an idea that we've heard before repeatedly unless there's something new and thoughtful to contribute. That makes sense. Sometimes the start of a thread makes the topic more passionate however.

QUOTE (knightni @ Sep 3, 2012 -> 07:17 AM) Isn't this his first full season? He's barely 23, right? If he was absolutely struggling at 26 or 27, I'd see your point. But, in my opinion, he's just getting familiar with MLB pitching this year. He's bound to improve with his skill set. Yeah but what is his real age? Is he really 23? QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Sep 3, 2012 -> 04:47 PM) Wow! Where's the rationality in this? He's a rookie. People think transitioning from the minors/college to MLB is llike college to the NFL. I guess they should have gave up on De Aza a long time ago. Where you expecting him to be the Big Hurt? I thought this guy would kill the Sox on defense. I have no complaints about him. I've not given up on him. Yes there is room for a ballplayer to improve. I'm just saying he's had a very average to lousy season thus far. The SIGNS are that he's a low OBP guy in the making. I don't know why he feels he has to swing as hard as he does but I don't like what I've seen this year except for some of his bombs, actually most of his homers have been dynamic. He's had some big hits and helped the Sox win some games. I hope he makes it big but I'm just rating this season and this season has been nothing special at all.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Sep 2, 2012 -> 07:58 PM) So is Peavy...he has choked 3 times against the Tigers. No way they bring him back at those salary numbers for 2013. All things considered, what starter on the trade market was going to give you 5 good starts out of 7 and cost you next to nothing? Would we be any better off with Greinke now, having had to trade Trayce Thompson to get him? We have such an old core with AJ/Dunn/Rios/Konerko/Youk/Alexei that we need to reinvigorate it with some young power bats. We might have missed with Mitchell (still believe he's got a shot), but Thompson and Viciedo both have the ability to be 30+ home run guys in the future. And Hawkins, too. Good post. I don't blame KW for bringing in Liriano. He's doing just as I expected, however. He's OK, definitely nothing special. Maybe it'd be worth letting him work with Coop another year tho.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Sep 2, 2012 -> 10:14 PM) And cause some things don't warrant a new thread. Fair enough. But let me ask you a question. Right now I want to open a thread entitled, "We should have kept Buehrle." But I would never do that cause of the scorn I'd get. So I'd put it in catch all instead. My question to you is ... would that be a fair thread to start?

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Sep 3, 2012 -> 06:23 AM) I have no complaints with Viciedo this season. There was unrealistic expectations starting last year that he was going to save the season. I thought he was going to be a butcher in the outfield and he's done quite well and a helluva arm. .255 batting average 19 hrs and 58 ribbies. Yuck. His OBP is .291. He's having a blah season, folks. Nineteen homers isn't horrendous, but since he's trying to hit a home run every at bat like Dunn, he ought to have at least 25 with all those at bats. The verdict is out on this guy ... sadly. I really was hoping for superstardom.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Sep 3, 2012 -> 03:42 AM) New year, same Sox. I'm surprised more people aren't frustrated and/or upset. We refused to bunt at a lame third baseman who might as well been using crutches and despite having all these veterans played so unaggressively. Horrible horrible road trip. This team needs to right the ship quickly cause these veterans may lose interest if they are convinced we're not good enough to even win one playoff series. Our starting pitching is very average right now. Our hitting is horrible right now. Our bullpen is the same as always. OK but nothing to write home about. Team needs to start hitting home runs in bunches again or we're doomed.