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Great article from Josh Marshall http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2012...k.php?ref=fpblg Totally onboard. Ink my finger!

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 1, 2012 -> 09:41 PM) Unfortunately, if I only bought things from companies I agreed with on everything, I wouldn't have many things. My phone is made by non union Chinese slave labor enabled by lax US laws. My computer is made by a guy who gives to a whole lot of Republicans. I don't have to go to Chick Fil A today but I probably will again. They give me free sandwich coupons most of the times I give blood. But if they want to make a big deal about it, I don't have to go there right now. Eh, political contributions in general don't bother me. If I'm the head of a company i would probably just vote for anything that allowed my company to profit more in a very obvious way. But social politics I do care about. Especially when they are vocal.

Having a difficult time reconciling my hate for gottlieb with his prediction that mizzou wins the SEC.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Aug 1, 2012 -> 09:20 PM) The line at the Chik-Fil-A across the street from me was huge. I got there before the line was too big. Meal was delicious and I was served by the owner of the establishment (you know, someone who has invested money in the business and has a lot of money and his livelihood at stake). I'm certainly not boycotting a franchise owned store for something the CEO said (and was perfectly entitled to say). Additionally, he hasn't done anything to treat his employees poorly or to discriminate against them. Note: My coworkers wanted to go, the fact that it happened to be on national chick-fil-a day was pretty much oblivious to all of us (until I logged onto facebook afterwards). I feel for the franchise owners, but I also don't really care. The owner of Urban Outfitters is a real asshole with awful politics that he puts money behind. I dont' shop there and encourage my friends not to shop there. It may be a drop in the bucket, but so what, he has his money i have mine.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Aug 1, 2012 -> 08:28 PM) Right, that's what I was getting at. I'm still shocked they ever sold one of those things. Really? You can't believe they sold a very tiny music device that was cheap, especially with their partnership with nike for runners? Just because a tv company makes a really sweet tv doesn't mean they shouldn't offer smaller, less sweet ones for those who can't afford the highest end. It doesn't mean they don't produce groundbreaking products just becasue all of them aren't.

No reason to put this specifically here, but this is a beautiful excerpt from a memoir. It absolutely crushed me, and I think if you guys have the time you should check it out. http://gawker.com/5927452/ His prose is very lyrical. But, it just kind of reminds me those gut punches I get, when I think about my summer in these great events I go to, while so many my neighbors in this city are remembering this summer for who got killed.

goin for it.

I'm not sure a SG will be the answer to the Bulls problems. The SG position sucks right now, would much rather re-structure with a more offensively gifted SF or PF that has a different skillset than boozer and can play better D than to make some super backcourt. I'd say the one superstar that hasn't made his move yet that would put the bulls at the top would be Love. He signed a contract but already is discontent with the roster moves. If there's anything Kahn loves, it's assets to acquire to do nothing with. We just need love to get very whiney and say he wants Chicago. Otherwise he'll probably end up on the lakers in 2 years.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jul 31, 2012 -> 07:35 PM) This is pretty much key. Also, keep in mind that the majority of voters have an attention span of...oh wow, a bird, brb! That's because most of the stories are trivial.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 31, 2012 -> 06:42 PM) Complicated an hour and a half before the deadline usually ends with no deal.

QUOTE (farmteam @ Jul 31, 2012 -> 07:25 PM) I agree with you, but given the 24 hour news cycle and a collective conscience even shorter than that, it feels like what happens in the last week or so before the election is what matters. I don't think this will affect Romney. That said, if Romney's gaffes keep being the storyline, he'll be at a disadvantage in that last week. Depends if his narrative continues to be this bumbling flip flopper that just tells people what they want to hear. Lemon wet good.

My AT&T contract ends in november. I can't wait.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jul 31, 2012 -> 01:03 PM) Too bad Judges don't have to prove their case in court...the person(s) standing in front of them do. Unless your name is Scalia

nate robinson?

I think to bring in the main topic, I think it's ridiculous posturing. I disagree they should zone chickfila out for this. But Matthew Yglesias brought up, if you really don't want them in your neighborhood you can bring up the million stupid zoning laws to prevent people from getting there.

I missed the origin of this new argument, but if something is the right thing to do, no amount of work can really justify not doing it.

For a long time I didn't buy any albums and I had a firm mindset that this was morally correct. Now I buy 20+ albums a year plus get the premium subscription to Rdio. When you are 19 though, you have no money and you need music, just pay them back.

legislating behavior my ass.

Was in Austin this past weekend and caught Chromatics and Glass candy at Mohawk. It was really awesome, didn't even care that much for either band before that.

QUOTE (KG#1 @ Jul 30, 2012 -> 04:53 PM) Can we hire a translator for this person? I seriously don't ever know what the f*** he says.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 30, 2012 -> 04:12 PM) Liriano has struggled with consistency since the injury. He's gone through this pattern where he comes out and is absolutely horrific, they send him to the bullpen, he works it out, comes back, pitches extremely well for a long time, and then eventually falls back into bad habits and struggles again. Hopefully Cooper can keep him on track. Yeah, this is true. I'm kind of isolating this year from previous ones for no reason.

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Jul 30, 2012 -> 07:21 PM) The problem is they wouldn't really have any space unless they dumped multiple players. Even with Boozer gone, Rose/Deng/Noah is already $42 million. Then you add Kirk's deal ( If you want to move deng though, it's a lot easier next year when he has an expiring contract. At that point, Noah and Rose are your only bigger contracts, and then you have the option with Taj on what you want to do.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Jul 30, 2012 -> 06:19 PM) Hmm, wonder who that team was Danny... Certainly wasn't sox when he was there.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jul 30, 2012 -> 05:35 PM) Always. Or I'd be in a state of panic 100% of the time. Pretty much, i hate having a lot of keys, can't stand cases on my iphone because it makes it bulkier. Having a lot of s*** in my pockets drives me nuts, so I just pat them constantly to make sure they are there.

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Jul 30, 2012 -> 06:02 PM) That's JFL. I've been saying for several pages that what happened in the past doesn't really matter. Fair enough. I'd prefer Mayo over Hinrich. Especially after we saw Watson get the vet min. I have a hard time believing we couldn't find a PG of Watson quality to cover our asses this season without putting any resources into it. But, next year we have a bunch of expiring contracts plus the amnesty. I'm not really convinced we should follow the model of "bulls failed in 00 and 10 therefore can never land anyone big", I think if we get flexibilty there will be people who will come to Chicago to play with Rose and in Chicago.