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2003 hit the hardest for me. 1994 I was just confused as hell being 8 years old. But that year I got one of those fake autographed balls signed by the whole team, I looked at it so much i rubbed off all the signatures in like a month. I love those memories. Also...there was a mascot then, that I loved...it was a dog?

Ahh question time was hilarious. How rare these people are faced with reality

The left know exactly what to do, the problem is that senators with populations in total less than 1 million get to control what to do.

Well, its clearly a difference from 2 years ago, where our best prospects could be marginal players. Now we have 5-6 that could be starters and maybe a topline starter. The depth will take some time to build.

Ideally I want single payer, I find myself rooting and calling and writing for a bill significantly less than that, who ushers in millions of new healthy clients into the insurance industry. That is in fact listening to the other side. You think that the you don't have to compromise to be listened to. That's not how you govern a republic of 300 million. All you wanted to do is open up competition across state lines...that doesn't go nearly far enough to cover or compress costs...so yeah, if people who actually want to solve a problem and you have people who don't, the people who don't will get left out of the process, but their insight was CLEARLY there in the crafting of the bill, to say otherwise is retarded. If you have the ability to pass something with broad appeal, you do that, they tried, the other side was just stalling and trying to kill it in their nihilist view of government, so they mmoved on. That doesn't make republicans shunned, they could jump in at any time if they promised that if they got some of what they wanted they would vote for it. They won't, theyll get some of what they want and then not vote for it. SO f*** them.

Kap, if the point is that you think that since the dems has 60 sens that they can't complain about anything, that's fine. I think it's stupid because it's completely ignoring very conservative senators. But the fact that just because they have sixty you can accuse them of not having tried to get some republican senators is really inane. They clearly did. They wasted 4 mos. doing it even when it was clear grassley would never vote on it, and even when he stated that yes, he did have an impact on that baucus bill that is so clearly the senate's bill at this point. They clearly tried to court snowe and collins, and snowe, who said she could commit to a triggered PO, is not even going to vote for a billl without any PO at all. And you want me to believe that no, the dems didn't reach out to the GOP at all. it's clearly false. And in the climate change negotiations, when sens. like Graham and McCain who so clearly agreed with climate change legislation before now say they are adamently against it, you can again claim the democrats clearly never reached out to GOp. But there are two sides. And one side is committed to not even trying to legislate, and do whatever they can to reduce the senate to a halt. They've said as much. But yet you seem intent on pushing this memo that the dems are just pushing this radical leftist legislation, when the hard progressives have shown willing to compromise A LOT to pass something to help the situation. So yeah, I find your comments stupid, especially when you are pushing them in the dem thread.

QUOTE (flippedoutpunk @ Jan 29, 2010 -> 01:53 AM) make sure you take him someplace awesome to eat.. lord knows when i got back from iraq thats the first thing i wanted.. a beer, and some REAL food lol.. I'll be sure to follow through on that!

Awesome. My friend is a marine reserve getting back from Iraq in March, same month I get back. I can't wait to see him.

I'm a Johnnies beef guy. Thanks for your service, what military branch were you in?

Jenks, it's probably just a condition of circumstance, you clearly made fun of reid for being old, too. However, it seems to me that many criticisms around Pelosi are based off of looks, ON the board. And with H. Clinton in her presidential run, the same thing. I think there are some really fantastic women politicians, and it bothers me that so often derisive criticisms of them are about their looks. (All directed outside your post) Often compared with men, implications they are lesbians in a critical way, etc. So I immediately get turned off when these criticisms are made. And as a personal aside, I thought much of the speech was applauding the house, and I agree. Obviously, yeah, the house can fix the HC debacle by passing it, but it's worth noting that pelosi has gotten action on so many of the presidents priorities already, and tried to do it in a way that could protect her more conservative members from having to vote. Though it's fair to disagree with how effective the policies she's whipping to vote are, I don't think it's fair to say she has been the problem. The senate holds that honor.

QUOTE (vandy125 @ Jan 28, 2010 -> 10:51 PM) I was hoping for the ability of a netbook and an eReader combined with this, but was really disappointed. My netbook and any e-Reader work much better than what this thing will do. The netbook I have runs all of the apps I need including Office and iTunes. I can also connect to the Verizon 3G network to browse wherever and whenever I want and have any sort of a signal. I've got 250GBs of storage on it as well as card readers to throw my pictures from my digital camera on it. Oh, and it has a web cam on it. I didn't have to pay the $70 or whatever it will cost to add a web cam. Also, I can run more than 1 app at a time on the netbook. The only thing this has on a good netbook from what I can see is that it may do video better (even though it doesn't have a good output for it). As far as an eReader, the screen is not as good for your eyes as the eReaders out there. Battery life is also lacking compared to eReaders. Kindles and Nooks last days on 1 charge. The iPad lasts 10 hours. Granted, a screen that enables really good video cannot last for days and will not have the technology that is good for the eyes when reading. Count me as disappointed, but I think my expectations may have been way too high for this thing. well the web cam thing was an obvious ?, unless they really just want to save ish like that for upgrades, but it's stupid considering how it's offered on nearly all your other products. But, it lasts 10 hrs to run video, does it only last 10 hrs. for it's e-reader?

Was thinking the same thing.

Is he aware that hudson moved past A ball?

QUOTE (Ranger @ Jan 28, 2010 -> 04:27 PM) Do you even know what you're talking about? This doesn't make any sense. Deferring to management? I'm just telling you how it is, brother. Prove me wrong. And, bmags, talk to me when you graduate from college and learn yourself a thing or two. If I knew half the s*** I thought I knew 10 years ago, I would've been an oracle. Already graduated, but i do hope by the time I'm thirty I'll have acquired the knowledge to say "I think they probably know what they are doing, right?"

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Jan 28, 2010 -> 02:21 PM) Maybe I'm just a company shill, but I think management around here does alright by us and it wouldn't hurt to follow established posting guidelines to keep them out of any possible trouble. I for one embrace our new insect overlords. thanks flaxx but i wasn't talking about soxtalk mgmt. Rather the incessant posting from Rongey criticizing anyone who doesn't think the white sox management is acting in the most rational sane course, and when he gets a chance to, he acts for ESPNs.

i'd rather you all just secede

Ranger is there any topic where you don't completely defer to management?

yeah, there are really cheap lap tops. Really cheap mp3 players. But they look like s*** and operate to me, I like OSX more and haven't had to deal with half the s*** most of my friends have dealt with with their PCs. And as far as apps go, blackberry isn't even close to the number of apps, so ipod touch/ipod. And further, what we are boiling down to is the fact that many, many of the people that shelled out the cash for apple products really loved the quality.

QUOTE (kev211 @ Jan 28, 2010 -> 04:20 AM) I don't really get apple, and don't understand why people are in love with them. They just come up with new crap all the time that no one needs and way overprice it. um, what? Yeah i guess people don't NEED a laptop or a computer or ipod or phone. True, it's not water. But these are all things that many people do really want. None of this is that bizaare. This is essentially an answer to netbooks and kindels. You won't be seeing it in sharper image.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jan 28, 2010 -> 02:59 AM) Damn he just s*** on the Supreme Court as they sit in the front row watching. I chose to take this literally since I can't see this.

I wouldn't put too much in the price, there was a huge drop in price for the iphone, i don't expect the same after 5 mos. or whatever since that pissed off a lot of people, but I don't see it being 600 or more. Also, it works better than a netbook for commercial use for the following: browsing and hd movies. That will have a lot of commercial appeal for dumb teenagers and traveling. In addition to working as your own kindel/school. Plus it removes a weak point of lap tops that a lot of problems happen: the joint.

I'm not talking about Ben Nelson/lieberman/Landrieu, I'm talking about f***ing GRASSLEy AND SNOWE, who negotiated, got what they wanted and still vote no, if you can't understand this concept and the R under their names then don't talk on it.

considering i watched the ipad launch, watching a state of the union is too much f***ing excitement for one day

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jan 27, 2010 -> 08:25 PM) Smokescreen - it really worked, didn't it? smokescreen on whose part kap? After 8 mos. of negotiating with snowe she said it was "too rushed" even though it was damn near the same bill as the baucus plan, that she voted for. They weren't negotiating in good faith

Will one of you answer how willfully neglecting to improve a key offensive position that can easily be filled NOW, BEFORE it hurts us in the season is a wise idea?