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Who really runs the world? It's not the UN, or any one "country".

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 16, 2009 -> 07:52 AM) Geithner isn't a Democrat, as I understand it. He's an independent, and I think I read he actually was a registered Republican at one time. Since he hasn't run for a party-backed elected office before, I don't think he's ever really declared his party. If this were a Republican appointee, was the way I needed to phrase it. It's about appearances.

QUOTE (Chet Lemon @ Jan 15, 2009 -> 08:53 PM) A new show on Fox News? Why the hell is anyone other than Sean Hannity hosting it? Nice. Very nicely played.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Jan 15, 2009 -> 10:35 PM) I agree with the spirit, but seriously, you would not find yourself in jail for this. We just do not lock people up for this. Heavy fines. No jail time. Everyday Thomas, yes, they would... but then again, everyday Thomas wouldn't be making this kind of money. Since he makes this kind of money, and it's just an "oversight", of course it'll get glossed over. Now if this were a Republican, he would have had to withdrawl his name...

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jan 14, 2009 -> 03:45 PM) I don't follow the logic, if there wasn't enough outrage over Bush doing it, why would there be for Obama? I was not serious. Sorry. I should have put the Kaperbole ™ on there. My fault for not being clear on that one. Actually, the inauguration funds are largely from private sources anyway. If these big corporation fat cats want to spend their money on this through their PAC's and other various assorted vehicles of hush pay for play money, they can. Hmmm. That might not be Kaperbole ™, I'll have to think about that one.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jan 14, 2009 -> 03:29 PM) So Cknolls point is that there wasn't enough outrage at the cost of Bush's inauguration? Yep. Of course we won't hear about the exorbitant (sp.) costs of anything Obama does, because he's the Messiah.

Sitting on my ass doing absolutely nothing. Well, while I don't have a job, I've read more trade publications, Wall Street Journals, and other assorted books then I've read in 3 years (post MBA). And I'm studying for the CMA (specialized CPA more or less).

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jan 14, 2009 -> 03:18 PM) What outrage? The article you linked has this as a header: The D.C. press corps failed to ask hard questions about the inauguration's huge cost So for you outrage = one article by a Salon.com writer? Thanks for making the point.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Jan 12, 2009 -> 04:57 PM) Not necessary. I'll just find a few thousand ballots for my candidate if they are needed. Exactly.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 12, 2009 -> 03:39 PM) Yes. That's what's happening. Do you remember all those sample controversial ballots that balta posted on here that we all guessed spiritedly on? They were pretty much all thrown out, including that check for franken, but write-in for lizard people, or anything where two boxes were filled in, like the one that said no. So how is that happening? The secretary of state and governor could sign a provisional certification to seat Franken while the legal challenges are done. All's fair in the world of politics, as long as your guy wins. I understand.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 12, 2009 -> 02:09 PM) democrat secretary of state Ritchie who has muscled every election official into fixing the votes for Franken is being so partisan now as to refuse to certify Franken's election according to the law! "Minnesota law is very clear on when a certificate of election can be issued. Neither the governor nor I may sign a certificate of election in the U.S. Senate race until all election contests have reached a final determination. Even if the governor issues a certificate of election prior to the conclusion of the contest phase, I will not sign it." There is a huge differnce between being partisan in the process and then not going against the DIRECT law that is written. Of course he can't sign it, it's VERY f***ing black and white in their law. This vote valid? For Coleman? Naaah. Looks like they checked two boxes. For Franken? OK, looks good, it was just an accident and they INTENDED to vote for Franken!

QUOTE (daa84 @ Jan 12, 2009 -> 12:48 PM) when i tried to load soxtalk on my computer it still said site was under maintenance, when i checked on another computer, it was up and running.... i then went back to my computer and downloaded the newest version of firefox and I am now able to see the site.... not sure if its like that for everyone, or if its a problem or what, but there still may be people trying to look at the site from the old firefox and still getting the maintenance screen It's that the maintenance page is stuck in the cache - it has nothing to do with browsers at all.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 11, 2009 -> 08:47 PM) Its funny... I've seen this argument used about Iraq. The Iraq war was a cluster f*** and perhaps shouldn't have happened at all, but once there, you had to fight your way to a certain level of success before walking away. Will those same Republicans who used that logic, use the same to defend Obama here? Yes, because he has no choice. I'll defend what he's trying to do. But, I have serious problems with it. And, it wouldn't matter if the pope were president, his economic advisers would tell him to have a huge stimulus package in this circumstance. (oh the irony - collection plate, please). Your paralell is actually spot on, actually, IMO.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 11, 2009 -> 04:40 PM) A month or so ago, minority leader John Boehner put out an ad asking for economists to come forward who would agree with him that the economic stimulus plan was a mistake. Without noting here the problem of opposing a policy without bothering to ask an economist first, the results of his plan so far are very interesting. So far, only a handful of economists think this is a bad idea, and even the top Republican economists aren't among them. Remember that when people lecture us on how the Bush/Bush/Reagan deficits are the real problem. First, what do you mean by your last sentance? I'm not following you, I don't think. Second, (thinking about how best to say this...) - the stimulus plan is a mistake, but it's not right now. It's making a mistake on top of a bigger mistake. I'm not sure I can even explain that...

M&M by a longshot at this point in time.

QUOTE (GREEDY @ Jan 10, 2009 -> 10:43 PM) While defensive ability is a tad hard to measure effectively, Michael Young is definitely not average. +/- has Young ranked 28th, 32nd and 27th over the past three seasons, and that is against qualifying shortstops, making Young either the worst or second to worst for the past three years (that is as far back as James' site goes). RZR is kinder to Young, especially in '08, but in '05 it rated him last. His OOZ (out of zone) play totals are near the bottom despite playing everyday. Yes, "He Blows" might have been an exaggeration, but he isn't good, and Young is only getting older. "Putting the bat on the ball" is easy to measure, but hard to gauge it's importance. Obviously, anyone who watched the Sox daily last year saw how horrible Swisher was, while his OBP was still somewhat respectable. So, last season definitely took a little bit of steam out of OPS being the "end all" stat in my eyes. I will give you that. I have no problem with an aggressive hitter posting a high batting average and a low OBP if he hits for power. Young does not hit for power. Milton Bradley's OBP was literally 100 points higher than Young in '08 while hitting in the same conditions. That means Young, a non power hitter, was on base one time less than Bradley every 2.5 games. Bradley just signed a deal for less than half of the money that is owed to Michael Young. I don't want to upset you as I read the forum often and respect your opinions, but another thing I have noticed over the years is that when someone uses the words "Pretty" "Damn" "Good" and "BallPlayer" in the same sentence... it usually also includes the word "Grinder". I take no offense whatsoever to your post. You bring up good points. iamshack mentioned the short grass at Arlington - they have to keep it that short here... otherwise it would get too thick with all the water they have to use to keep it from burning up. Anyway, I actually like Young just from watching him play over the past few years down here. It's interesting to me to see the opposition to getting him for the Sox as I have always enjoyed watching him play and thought he shows a lot of hustle in his play. But I'm talking intangibles, and some of the "tangible" evidence to not sign him is interesting. Good conversation. Like I said, I'm 50-50 on this one - I could see the value, but I also respect what those of you who are opposed to this are saying.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 6, 2009 -> 10:42 AM) The religion injection thing bothers me too. And I certainly agree, some folks use the States Rights argument as either a way of compromising (which isn't so bad I suppose), or a way to get it banned that they think will work better. If abortion is about human rights, it really can't be a states issue. I personally am 100% against abortion. Period. But to me, it is a states rights issue. If the state of Texas (using this wonderful state as an example) decided that they were going to legalize abortion, I wouldn't like it but I would live with it. My whole damn problem is EITHER party telling me what my moral standards should be. It's not the damn national goverment that should tell me that, it should be the states and/or local codes that should tell us that... and then we choose to live where we want to based on those codes. Think about that. Does it make sense what I'm trying to say?

I'm sort of torn about this one. Michael Young does get more power from being in Arlington, but he also puts the bat on the ball. Well. You don't get 200 hits for 6 seasons in a row just out of pure luck. And not to mention, US Cellular isn't exactly a spacious ballpark. His fielding is better then average, sorry to disagree with you, GREEDY. He's really a pretty damn good ball player and I think he'd do well in Chicago. With all of that said, I don't think I'd like the package - and I do also agree that's a pretty stiff contract to pick up.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 10, 2009 -> 05:24 PM) Last thing I've been keeping open to post... wow...

Also, probably sometime in the next two weeks we will have an outage because there is one more software upgrade we have to complete. We'll try to let you know in advance. Thanks!

Let's try this again. Yesterday when we brought it back up something else happened that we had to correct for. We should be ok this time. We apologize for the inconvenience.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jan 6, 2009 -> 01:57 PM) Look at an alarm clock and do a raspberry or buzz your lips or something and the LED lights bounce. How profound.

Panetta is good to all Dems because he will do things according to their way of thinking. Duh.

QUOTE (scenario @ Jan 5, 2009 -> 09:50 PM) Check around some local butcher shops in your area. Some of them are likely to having smoking equipment and make their own jerky. I live in Rockford and there are a couple out here that are outstanding. That's the best way to go, IMO.

It's not as good as homemade, but the Robertson's Beef Jerky they sell at Love's gas stations is pretty damn good.