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QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jun 11, 2008 -> 09:21 AM) I just hope you have a similar prediction for McCain. I can't stand either of them.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jun 11, 2008 -> 09:03 AM) BTW, that reminds me...where's Kap? Didn't he repeatedly say "Mark my words Hillary will be the nominee"? Yep. I did. And, Mr. Obvious, I was wrong.

I think I want to just lock this thread on principle.

Hafner will catch fire, that's a given, to me. Cleveland will be in the race before it's over. Minni's a .500 club. Detroit will come back, but they're pretty far down, they'll have to claw to get back to .500.

Who's going to catch fire when the Sox start playing .500 ball? The thing is, though, 88 games might be enough in this division, so if the Sox go 1 game over .500 the rest of the year, they would be 88-74. I betcha that wins this division.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jun 4, 2008 -> 11:23 PM) AMAZING pictures: http://www.crh.noaa.gov/images/dmx/parkers...mage-Survey.pdf In 1985, a tornado went through the trailer park we used to live at in Northwestern Pennsylvania - the damage in these pictures are identical to what I remember it being like - all the way to the barkless tree...

20-8 vs. the AL Central. You win games versus your division, you'll win your division.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 6, 2008 -> 02:40 PM) I don't like Edwards much either, but, he definitely would have brought some political power to the ticket. He takes in a crowd that Obama has a hard time with. I still think its Richardson. I don't. I think it will be a liberal northeastern senator...

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 4, 2008 -> 01:12 PM) The wife and I went to Ruth Chris in Toronto on our honeymoon. That might be a perfect thing for our rapidly approaching anniversary. Man, I've been in Texas 8 years now - what a weekend all that was. I wonder if DKF will ever live it down? I'm still here, he isn't.

QUOTE (Controlled Chaos @ Jun 4, 2008 -> 09:18 AM) McCain won't pander to the far right...he doesn't need to. I think Obama's record is enough to guarantee that everyone on the right....from off the charts wackos to moderately right, will not vote for him...and they won't sit home either and let the country go to someone who is the polar opposite of themselves. McCain has to worry about the down the center folks and even slightly left. It's time to move past the fancy preaching rhetoric and on to his record....which is pretty much right in line with the wacko left.... And the "spin machine" hasn't even begun on his record. They've let him (Obama) get this far on his appearance and not the substance. Fine... but eventually, as SS2k5 alluded to, McCain has to show, and forcefully, what this will cost Americans.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 4, 2008 -> 08:27 AM) I really hope McCain leaves the religion stuff to the media and very simply takes out some charts and shows exactly how the plans of Obama would impact people's pocketbooks. I think that would make his Presidency hit home harder than anything else. You would think. He canNOT pander to the right wing idiots and win the election. I don't understand why common sense can't win an election anymore.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 4, 2008 -> 08:40 AM) Actually no, that's an incorrect use of the word. Latin was the LANGUAGE of the Romans, but was never a title for their culture. People from Latin America, are Latin, OR Latino. That's why I found it an odd statement. It was a joke...

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 4, 2008 -> 08:24 AM) Latin blood? The bible mentions Aztecs and Incans? Latin, not latinO.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jun 3, 2008 -> 06:53 PM) I can't help but to laugh at all the Obama haters that kept saying how he just talks fluff and has no substance to his speeches. After 15 minutes of Obama bashing and forced one-liners I'm wondering where McCain's substance is. Double standard if I ever saw one. I know this is a Dems only thread, but I really dislike McCain - and you're absolutely spot on - McCain has very little substance to offer, IMO.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jun 3, 2008 -> 09:37 AM) How in the blue f*** would the Antichrist be described as a Muslim (assuming Obama was in fact a Muslim, which obviously he isn't) considering Islam didn't even exist until the 7th century? Because the antichrist is muslim? Oh wait, my Bible tells me different, thank goodness, but you wouldn't know it from the BS that's out there.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jun 3, 2008 -> 10:14 AM) He will continue with his plans for a jihad. Isn't that the real reason why he left the church? Isn't he jihad'ing us? Nice one, BS.

QUOTE (Gregory Pratt @ Jun 1, 2008 -> 02:52 PM) This is what I wrote on Obama leaving Trinity: It's not often I agree with you, but that's a well written piece, even including the part about GWB.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jun 1, 2008 -> 02:44 PM) We hadn't restarted the server in over 260 days, so shut-er-down and it usually causes about a 30-45 minute outage. Oops, I guess I shoulda posted something, huh? Sorry ya'll. We were down for about 45 minutes this morning because I had to shut down and restart this thing.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 1, 2008 -> 02:22 PM) Well, my friend is not a part of that, and she's been there all her life. She said she makes it to about 2 a month. She's taught me a lot and when I learned she had been to this church in addition to a chicago reader article on a journalists run-in with THE PEOPLe of the church, I almost feel a need to defend it. The way she describes it, the people of that church are just very active and intelligent on the issues the city faces. I think 95% of what goes on there is probably fine. And I realize the 5% is making the story here - but it's a glimpse of underneath what's happening there - nothing more. I'm not trying to say this is a racist, no whites allowed, all you haters stay out, type of place... but I am trying to say that there's certain overtones that keep migrating their way out into the media, so there has to be something to it.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 1, 2008 -> 03:11 PM) I'm friends at school with someone who attends trinity. She's the brightest, nicest, open person I've ever met. This isn't a terrorist camp. And another leap, Obama said he heard 'questionable' things in sermons, he didn't say he WAS THERE for the questionable sermons we saw. I continually see this repeated and I don't understand it. edit: she's not the brightest person I've ever met, but she's got some bright ideas in journalism reporting. And I'm not saying it is. But I am saying, there are certain verbal overtones in the culture there that separate us as a society when they shouldn't. And if Obama is a part of that, he's just like every other politician out there and is no different then any of the rest.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Jun 1, 2008 -> 01:00 PM) I hear your point, but at what point does it become a double standard and hypocritical? After one time? Ten Times? When your views change? When the other person crosses some line? Once you run for office and get elected you are now locked in on all your associates? And how much do you have to overlap to be friends? I have friends who I differ almost 100% politically, but we enjoy surfing and camping together. If one of them ran for office and I did not support them, would I be a hypocrite? Would they be hypocritical if I used our friendship to discuss my views on immigration and then they disowned me? After all we are friends now. I think that "church" is a fabric of life, meaning, if you choose to associate yourself with it for TWENTY YEARS, you're agreeing with most of what goes on there. Disagreements happen, but the atmosphere as described by MANY (and no, not just the asshole Hannitys and Limbaughs or worse of the world, from some articles I've read of people who attend there in the newspaper a couple of times) says that Obama holds certain aspects of this place true.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jun 1, 2008 -> 10:23 AM) And if you were in his shoes you would do what exactly? Do you understand why I say what I did? He's heard "questionable" things at his church. Ok, but now that those "questionable things" have been aired out, suddenly, he's uncomfortable associating with them after 20 years? It's a double standard and hypocritical. To be fair, he's darned if he does and darned if he doesn't. But, I'm pretty sure that "white people" aren't exactly welcomed with open arms at UTC. It's a shame that this is so much of an issue, but at the same time, I think the character of Obama comes in to play with all of this - it's the people he associates most with, whether you like it or not. You are "friends" with people you think alike with - not all encompassing, but mostly. You identify with people at a church, most of the time. It's a reference point, but not an end all, be all. And that reference point is important.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Jun 1, 2008 -> 11:18 AM) I thought much of this was brought up over the past 4 months or so. Big events become mile stones in relationships. Think of the friendships that were torn apart with the Vietnam draft and protests. And we change. I had friends in college who were still into the partying scene ten years later. Basically we stopped calling each other, our interests had changed. People change Churches. When Fr. Jerry moved from Holy Spirit Parish down here, attendance dipped. But I'm not discounting the political realities of the situation. But that works two ways. Friends and associates of candidates suddenly have a wider audience then ever before. If they suddenly start making statements that the candidate doesn't agree with, the candidate should sever ties. I'm just pointing out this is a very human situation that most of us have faced in our lives. We change, friends change, and friendships are lost. Hell, couples divirce after twenty plus years. Obama would not have left if he weren't running for president, IMO, and that's what makes this a story.

I can't believe MB's stat line in the subject. Man, he needs to pitch well in June. It's hard to believe he's by far our worst starter. Let's go, MB!

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 1, 2008 -> 09:44 AM) And in the big picture is really looks bad when you contrast it with a guy who has called the leadership of the church his friends for decades, but now he is willing to drop them because of political pressures? Especailly when you add in this is the guy who makes a big deal out of being willing to talk to our enemies? Its pretty two faced if you ask me. More politics as usual. If you can't stand out of the heat, get out of the kitchen? Hmmm...