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Well there's the first CS of the year...finally.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Apr 29, 2009 -> 04:53 PM) I'm gonna go out on a limb and say there is a right wing site linking to this and running up the vote. I've seen it done on newsvine before. When legit polls have his approval rating at well over 60%, I have a hard time believing nearly 40% have him failing miserably. All i know is I linked to it from the focal section of the front page of msn.com.

msn.com links to a poll right now at newsvine that asks you to grade the president's job performance right now There are currently ~200K votes and it breaks down like this A - 33.5% B - 9% C - 6.4% D - 13.8% F - 37.3% http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_question/20...e-him?GT1=43001

Way to chase a 2-0 pitch with the bases loaded against a pitcher who has consistently been throwing balls all game long...

We're really doing our best to help out Bedard out so far

Floyd is really bailing himself out. He won't be able to keep getting away with what he's been doing for much longer

f***in dammit Ozzie...

In general, BA has been doing a very good job of not chasing pitches this year so far

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 29, 2009 -> 03:11 PM) There goes our best scoring opportunity of the game. Anderson and Ramirez will be in trouble with that big curveball. Betemit, too. Over/under on White Sox hits today? 3, 4 or 5? He threw 25 pitches and half of them were balls. I'm not too worried yet. Odds are he either stays wild and/or he doesn't last that long.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 29, 2009 -> 03:04 PM) Does he ever bunt? Why does Ozzie always want to start the first inning with 1 out and nobody on? It was a joke.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 29, 2009 -> 03:00 PM) If he must play, he should bat 9th. Leading off is the biggest joke I've ever seen. But he's fast and he's built like someone who should be able to bunt

Ok i understand Quentin stands on the plate, but he's been hit a lot so far this year.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 29, 2009 -> 01:07 PM) Kroeger would be the most likely player to be recalled. Betemit, to Fathom's eternal delight, would get most of the at-bats, in all likelihood. Andy Phillips would be called up before Kroeger. Kroeger has been god awful in Charlotte so far.

It's actually been pretty good usually for me, like within 5-10 minutes or off by an even hour. Now its off by like 45 minutes or so. i just happened to notice this yesterday as well.

We should call up Jon Link and send Broadway back to Charlotte

The ending in that Canes-Devils game was shocking. First time i've ever seen something like that.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 28, 2009 -> 03:34 PM) Didnt' do anything for me (Firefox?) Ya the cached page from google is now from this morning so it no longer works. It worked when I tried it this morning. I found it amusing. http://www.pcworld.com/article/163936/espn...tta_ponies.html

QUOTE (knightni @ Apr 28, 2009 -> 03:03 PM) What's the joke? Apparently a programmer at ESPN must have inserted code into the web page because this is what happens. http://kotaku.com/5230185/the-konami-code-...espncom-magical It has been removed now, but it still works in the cached page I posted.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 28, 2009 -> 01:35 PM) And how is that different than 99% of the other politicians out there? Didn't say it was. And that's the unfortunate reality.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Apr 28, 2009 -> 01:35 PM) I am an independent. The GOP (Excuse me, the Limbaugh Party) is laughable and a joke right now. I find it hard to support them. Plus, I support many of Obama's policies, which this move will help. Independent people don't rah-rah cheerlead 99% of moves one party makes and criticize 99% of everything pertaining to the other. But whatever, it is what it is. I don't want to ruin this thread.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Apr 28, 2009 -> 12:53 PM) I don't follow - y'all complain about the budget, and justifiably so. But then when the administration (specifically Gates, probably the best qualified of anyone in either this or the previous administration) takes specific action with long-term goals in mind to reduce the budget - the fact that the Air Force already has F-22s notwithstanding - that's also bad. It doesn't add up, logically. Certain things in the budget should be there. The loss of these two programs will hurt several major defense contractors. Mostly, these programs should not have been cut. (Technically they arent but they're on the chopping block). And the thing is, the presidential helicopter program was fine until Obama opened his mouth with some ignorant comment after fielding a question from a reporter. I, for one, have not actually ever complained here about the propsed budget, and I also will always support strong defense spending. The F-22 cut is fine because they are upping another jet (I forget which one). They are strongly supporting the new JLTV. The CSAR-X could go either way with me. The Pres helicopter I dont feel should have been cut (especially since they are so far along with it already...there's money down the drain!) The main issue with this, is we have them preaching about job creation and all that and these program cuts are going to directly lead to job loss. And these are often high paying techincal jobs too that are good for local economies. Also, it just feels these cuts were reactionary due to an unjustified outrage by those in the media and reporters, from both sides.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Apr 28, 2009 -> 01:26 PM) :headbang I think it's laughable that you try and claim you are an independent. Specter often votes with the Dems anyways. As Balta said, he would have been destroyed in the GOP primary and this was his only chance to win re-election. He would fare better in a general. Despite anything he says, this is all about him and what is best for him.

Lockheed Owego, where they are building the avionics system for the Presidential helicopter and working on the CSAR-X program announced they will lay off 225 in mid-May. This is a direct result of the Gates recommendation to terminate those programs. It was also said that these were only the first wave of layoffs in the company before the fiscal year 2010, which begins in October.

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:ssdn4F...&lr=lang_en Cached page of ESPN from yesterday. Go to it. Then use the old Contra cheat code Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, ENTER Trust me.

QUOTE (Controlled Chaos @ Apr 28, 2009 -> 11:03 AM) Is playing loud music and using bright lights torture? If it causes them any discomfort it is.