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Yeah that was a good one.

word...go mizzou.

QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Oct 29, 2010 -> 04:59 AM) But outside of 2004 he probably was always in the top 5 easily, maybe even the top 3. His four years from 2005-2008 gave him the longevity of a premiere whipping boy on this site. I remember when I first came on here Jose Valentin was a whipping boy in 2004. I'll say this, when Uribe took over 3rd base in 2008 I think a lot of people started to appreciate him, 1 because he did a phenomenal job, 2 because we knew it was his last year. I used to b**** about Juan Uribe a lot, they way you b**** about any player, but he was also one of my favorite players of the decade.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Oct 27, 2010 -> 01:00 AM) but when I do say something that's perfectly honest and in black and white, I'm the hypocrite? Have a nice day! Cheers, Kap yes. Thinking you are being honest about something that's your opinion does not mean you cannot be defined as a hypocrite. I didn't doubt you were being sincere.

Jermaine Dye was pretty bad in april every season before coming to the sox. He had a few good ones.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Oct 27, 2010 -> 01:22 AM) No, certain people know more then everyone, everywhere about everything, even in technical things they have no experience in. It's tiresome and why this place sucks now, and this last little bit of an exchange illustrates it perfectly moreso then the veiled stuff everywhere else in this forum. Certain people don't want to learn, cetain people always want to be right to the point of vomiting crap and seeing what sticks. But I, for one, do appreciate the nuances and experience you're trying to bring out here. kap, this is the most hypocritical bulls*** i've ever read.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Oct 26, 2010 -> 11:04 PM) I'm not comparing football from 2010 to 1970. I'm saying if Boise is going to cry about being left out of the title game then they need to give up their demands and start playing top tier teams on the road. Go play Alabama and not ask for a return date. Or maybe do a 2 for 1 series with them. So then they would have a stronger argument if they win those games and still get left out. And if they are good then they'll win those regular season games and still make the money by going to a BCS bowl game. If they lose then they really dont belong to be there in the first place. Imagine if Notre Dame decided to join C-USA. ND gets 8 easy conference games, schedules 2 MAC teams, keeps Michigan and then adds an mid level BCS team like Pitt to their yearly schedule. People would be ripping them apart for that. But since it's Boise, its ok. You are making all the points I would make. BUt really we are talking about boise when we should be talking about Mizzou, everyone. Come on. They're great. TJ Moe. I digress.

I'm fine with stoops looking like an idiot.

Mizzou #7... If we get out of nebraska alive...big things bros.

I loved mizzou so much. The last two years of college there were incredible for many more reasons than just the lack of responsibility x college social life. Columbia is a wonderful town.

i specifically am going to watch just for all the bulls*** "nobody cares" comments about the sox-astros.

Also do you guys remember the 3 inning eulogy chris berman was delivering for the red sox as he masturbated to big papi.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Oct 24, 2010 -> 04:53 PM) To say the very least, that is how I felt, too. I'm positive that I took time off of my lifespan with all of the worrying/pressure/excitement. October of 2005 was consumed by the White Sox. seriously haha. Also, i'll never forget going into a german exam still drunk and off 1 hour of sleep the day after we won. I actually got an A too. But yeah i did think after it was all over, that it was ridiculous how anxious and stressed I was considering we were 11-1 in the playoffs.

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Oct 24, 2010 -> 04:21 AM) Okay Flaming Lips fans, what are their essential albums? the top five: The Soft Bulletin - the best, an unbelievable album. Clouds taste metallic yoshimi battles the pink robots transmission from the satellite heart embryonic I really liked embryonic, it kind of shocked me how good it was coming off of the pretty piss-poor at war with the mystics and it seemed like things were winding down. But yeah...the soft bulletin is just so great, i'm going to turn that on right now.

That was amazing. As great as MU football was when I was there, we never had that big win against oklahoma or texas, or really, against a team we weren't supposed to beat. I can't believe it. Feels amazing, and god I love TJ Moe.

it was the whole point of the thread, that it's nastier than ever.

i also remember the nineties...this isn't new

I find it to be a bunch of hooey that it gets worse every year. Bush mailers in SC in 2000. The Harold Ford Jr. with a blonde girl hugging ads in Tennesee in 2006. Any chaxby sambliss ad. Any Jesse Helms ad.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Oct 19, 2010 -> 09:13 PM) It's a valid point. No, it really isn't.

I thought this meant he was retiring.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 21, 2010 -> 10:41 PM) Well, other than the "deck" comment, that sort of rough stuff actually isn't uncommon with reporters. Still kind of lousy though, that he was blocked out like that. I was actually impressed with the way Emmanuel handled it though. daley pointed a gun at the chicago reader's city beat writer and joked about shooting him. so, yeah he did better.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Oct 18, 2010 -> 02:49 PM) Mad Men was so fantastic last night it is unreasonable. I agree. They always kind of play with you thinking that Don Draper can be the character we all want him to be, dominating in business, a good father and taking the smart, beautiful woman as his wife, and then they just beat the s*** out of you to remind you that these guys are assholes and he's just like Roger except more talented. I think the rush in california was mostly him avoiding his grieving and misplacing it as feelings for how he felt when he told ana he was in love with betty in the flash back in season 1 or 2.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 8, 2010 -> 01:12 AM) Ok, this is fundamentally untrue. There were a few people who were saying that we needed to shoot for the moon on the stimulus, that we would be in much worse shape if we went too small than if we went too big, and that $1.2 trillion should be a starting point. However...those people aside from 1 or 2 people were not in the administration. They were people on the outside like Krugman. They were the same ones saying it was too loaded with tax cuts, and needed more long-term, infrastructure based spending. This was coming from his chair of the council economic advisors, and was the starting point. It became apparent in the senate that people did not want more than 800 billion and so that's what happened. Krugman was fighting for significantly more than 1.2 trillion. http://articles.sfgate.com/2010-09-03/busi...president-obama

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Oct 7, 2010 -> 04:36 PM) Kind of like the Dems and Obama with the stimulus bill. "Oh yeah, we invited them to a meeting. We aren't going to incorporate anything they want, but they can sit in on the meeting. That's bi-partisan action right there." GMAB this is a GOP only tactic. That's Washington politics. the initial stimulus proposal was 1.2 trillion and had a lot more actual spending. It finished at 800 billion with half in tax cuts. WHat the hell are you talking about.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Oct 7, 2010 -> 12:22 AM) He only had to 'opt in' because he didn't pay any taxes to that town at all, much less for fire service. I agree they probably should have put it out and then billed him to the max, but he sort of deserved it for taking a gamble that failed. How will people learn if you bail them out of their mistakes all the time? He was aware of the lack of fire coverage, and aware of the opt in fee to BE covered by a neighboring town to which he paid no taxes. He chose. Poorly. Who cares though, if you live in that town and a bunch of people forget to pay it (which is likely in opt-in models), you still have to deal with a bunch of empty burned down properties and that affects you. This is like, the classic collective action model, it's stupid to mess with.