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kap, the point was that just because they created an effective and stable structure for government, doesn't mean that they were infallible and allknowing. There were a lot of stupid, short-sighted compromises made to create the constitution, including one to treat slaves as 3/5s of a person. Did they say that the gov't should be responsible for health care? No, but they also had no f***ing idea what modern gov'ts could be capable of.

i agree.

cards-packers was boring?

A derisive nickname for the new york times is the jew york times.

oh, cause they are all jews, right.

who needs offense when you have VeRsAtIlItY right? RIGHT? RIGHT?!?!?!

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 17, 2010 -> 12:17 AM) There is no middle ground between hatred and deification. Hi, welcome to kapkomet.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Jan 16, 2010 -> 10:57 PM) yea it was bulls*** article put out on the day of the attack. seriously, you guys worry me sometimes. Even dumbass Geraldo was on FOX news reporting it correctly from the start. That's a bad sign when he of 'Al Capone's Vault' is one upping the NY Times and such. yeah that was the AP, and you don't know that his 'start' was before or after this article. And i have a guess which one it is!

they wanted a place where an individual could choose what it is they wanted, that is, except for woman, non-landowners and black people. And indians.

did you look at the date of that article?

anytime there is 10% unemployment the economy is not performing well.

we need anomalies to win the division, and all of them on the good side.

I haven't had much internet this week. Just heard Jay Reatard died. sucks. Blood Visions was an amazing record.

WHY DIDNT WE LAUNCH DDAY IN 41 DAMN IT!?

I don't think anyone would ever accuse you of being biased kap

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jan 16, 2010 -> 03:48 AM) Funded by US military (defense spending) or UN? I happen to agree with you, but I guess my point is, these disasters happen all the time, and there's no single resource that can handle it the right way. So, our military gets bogged down in what I don't think they belong in - the point being there that they are not as efficient at this as they would otherwise be if there were a specialized group that did this. Like I said, it's just a thought. You're right, on its own, it would never fly, but shouldn't it? Do you think people would "sign up" for this type of branch over the traditional military? It's a really hard question. Do I think people would sign up for this specifically? Yes. Do I think this would be the first program you cut? yes. Do I think this would be a hard program to fund? Yes. Ideally speaking i think it's a really good idea, but, like balta said, a lot of the reasons the military is most ideal is because of it's resources (AC carriers, logistics), and would you give this group their own?

I don't think what you are proposing could ever get funded on its own, kap, i think it would have to be worked within the military or else it would be derided.

This price seems kind of high for a backup catcher no? Granted we are hoping he goes up to his career avgs. Man weve had bad luck with offensive catchers going to us as backups and becoming the worst offensive players in the history of the game. sigh...i just cant stand all these reasonable deals going out to players that would completely upgrade a huge offensive hole for us and we cry poor.

I disagree that Ozzie would not DH Vizquel, he seems to be doing and saying everything possible to make sure we dont upgrade our weak offense, and indeed, everyting possible to waste this pitching staff.

These two stories made me cry at work: http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_...hope-plead.html http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_...-of-things.html the scope itself can only be so horrifying, and numbers are so impersonal. What little money I have has just been donated, I dont have much, and i dont know if it'll help, but my God!, what else do you do? I just have a hard time grasping this, a country was, swallowed up. And knowing how things are built in Brazil, knowing what it would look like here, it makes me sick. And brazil is 1,000,000x more qualified to deal with something like this. Ugh.

I'm just thoroughly disgusted. I refuse to answer the poll of what is likely to happen, because then i would have to think like Ozzie, and if i did that i would start banging my head into my lap top and crying hysterically for hours. Why, oh why.

Pictures are horrifying. I can't even imagine what you do, youre on a damn island where near everything is destroyed.

McCain has a temper, we all know it, I don't doubt he could say it, but I don't think he meant it.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jan 11, 2010 -> 08:11 AM) I still wouldn't mind seeing Alejandro de Aza as a 4th/5th OF, but with Quentin/Pierre/Rios/Jones/Kotsay, it seems doubtful. Curses, i forgot about Kotsay.

i'm hoping De Aza will be it i guess? 5 OFers?