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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 15, 2009 -> 09:03 PM) No, but these will be some of the people that we will all be forced to pay for under the "no one can be dropped" portion of the plan. LOL

is this going to be a part of the new "obama's health care plan will force feed you meth" meme or something?

first sunny day throughout the day I've seen since I've been here. Tomorrow begins the first of 6 straight rainy days...ARGH

Took some pictures from the famed Jardim Botanica...it's taking forever to load them so i hope you don't mind just blog-linkin... benmagnuson.blogspot.com

I'M GOING TO GET REALLY MAD ABOUT A LIST FROM A WEB SITE I DON'T VISIT OR RESPECT ANYWAYS!!!

QUOTE (lostfan @ Oct 13, 2009 -> 04:01 PM) If my computer has a lot of porn on it does this mean it has a lot of RAM? DA-DUM DUM TSSS It's BA DUM CHHHHH

Well, I hate how being a war hawk dem makes you "moderate". War is mainstream.

Wow, somethings wrong with me. I was totally reading kap's rick perry post as Rick Astley and I was like wtf why is rick rolling being taken seriously. I feel like lostfan thinking kevin jones was still healthy.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 13, 2009 -> 09:39 PM) LOL priceless One of the few times I can put LOL and mean it.

It's toasted.

QUOTE (SHIPPS @ Oct 13, 2009 -> 01:49 AM) White Rabbits are so much better and less annoying than the CWK. I dont know how to really answer what songs to listen too, I would just say that you know as well as the next that you have to listen to most albums a few times through to get a feel of what the band is doing. There are some cool subtle things that they throw in each song that I like. please?

QUOTE (knightni @ Oct 13, 2009 -> 12:06 AM) Or, they are so over-the-top, that it would be hard to not consider it a joke. Yeah, but then some trade scenarios in here are not in green, so...

QUOTE (boejouma @ Oct 12, 2009 -> 11:43 PM) aging veteran?? he not jermaine dye you know, carlos turned 27 in august, so hes just entering him prime years. Protip: when people write in the green font it signifies sarcasm. We get so used to it that even when someone writes something in over the top sarcasm and it's not in green we have to believe they are serious.

nothing more entertaining than watching the Argentina-Peru match in Brazil with 3 Argentinians. When they scored in the 92nd, they all ripped their shirts off and started yelling back at the brazilians who were rooting for Peru. That said, I can't stand maradona

what songs should I listen off of white rabbits album because I have it, and I try to listen to it, then i turn on something else. Same thing happened with cold war kids, whom were compared to spoon their first go and obviously didn't have the connection that white rabbits does, and then someone played a song off of "robbers" and I realized I never really listened to the album.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 10, 2009 -> 08:55 PM) Worked when we stole quentin. That would fall more under "we need to take a flyer on someone" rather than "we need to trade for Matt Kemp"

I'm assuming Hudson had 22 pts. not 222

Gavin Floyd -- If Bert Blyleven wasn’t a Twinkie guy, he’d be the perfect tutor for your curveball. Whatever, if you ever figure out consistent control, you’d be a no-hit threat once you take the mound instead once a month. . . . something about this sentence is off. It's too stream of consciousness and so I don't know what the f*** he is talking about. Instead once a month what, instead OF once a month? I hate writers like this.

If you are placing more importance on exclusively next year why do you care if the players are young and cheap?

If we sign pods can we tell him he can't steal except on a passed ball or knuckle baller. And otherwise to keep his damn foot on the base?

We are not going to be able to do anything other than stop gap guys. Even if Kenny makes a surprise trade we all love, to keep guys that our likely in poster of soxtalk plans, we are either going to sign a guy to a 2 year contract, or trade for a guy that is a risk and hope it works out. But all the guys you mentioned, there's no reason those teams would trade them. It's like other team message boards pondering "what cheap studly IF prospects can we nab" and talking about what it takes to get Beckham.

This is a hilarious interview. How do stupid people get prominent jobs.

QUOTE (knightni @ Oct 10, 2009 -> 06:28 AM) You guys need to try http://www.swaptree.com/ if you have extra books, CDs, DVDs, and games that you don't want anymore. heard about this right before I left. Really want to try it out when I get back.

Really liked Sullivan's piece, who usually has a pretty good pulse on world politics : "I've had some coffee now. Reading through all the reactions, compiled by Chris and Patrick, there are two obvious points: this is premature and this is thoroughly deserved. Both are right. I don't think Americans fully absorbed the depths to which this country's reputation had sunk under the Cheney era. That's understandable. And so they also haven't fully absorbed the turn-around in the world's view of America that Obama and the American people have accomplished. Of course, this has yet to bear real fruit. But you can begin to see how it could; and I hope more see both the peaceful intentions and the steely resolve of this man to persevere. This president has done a huge amount to bring race relations in this country to a different place, which is why the far right has become so vicious in attacking him and lying about him. They know he threatens their politics of division and rule. He has also directly addressed the Muslim world, telling some hard truths, and played a small role in evoking a similar movement of hope and change in Iran, and finally told the Israelis to stop cutting their nose off to spite their face. I like Shimon Peres' statement, reprinted in a useful compendium of world reaction at the Lede: “Very few leaders if at all were able to change the mood of the entire world in such a short while with such a profound impact. You provided the entire humanity with fresh hope, with intellectual determination, and a feeling that there is a lord in heaven and believers on earth.” Mr. Peres, who won the peace prize with Yitzhak Rabin and Yasir Arafat in 1994 following the Oslo Accords, added: “Under your leadership, peace became a real and original agenda. And from Jerusalem, I am sure all the bells of engagement and understanding will ring again. You gave us a license to dream and act in a noble direction.” Right now, we do not know where that direction will ultimately lead. We do know that we were facing a spiral of conflict that, unchecked, could have taken the world to the abyss. I see this prize as an endorsement of his extraordinary reorientation of world politics, and as an encouragement to see it through. In the midst of our domestic battles, and their ill-temper (from which I have not been immune lately), this is an attempt to tell us: look up for a moment, see how far we've come in pivoting away from global conflict, and give this man a break for his efforts and the massive burden he now bears. And, in the darkness that still threatens, know hope." http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_...world.html#more

QUOTE (Pants Rowland @ Oct 10, 2009 -> 06:03 AM) Thanks! What's a jib? Maybe, but our reach has only been around for a short period of time when compared to other great nations in history. I suppose it does not make the spread of our culture any less impressive, but is the ability to market ourselves an indication of the richness and attraction of this culture, or simply our ability to spin and spread our story? Thousands of years from now, when it's all covered in sand (other than the top of the Statue of Liberty, of course) will future archeologists be impressed with our civilization or will they simply be amazed at our skill producing plastic junk that still won't be fully decomposed thousands of years later? I really do not know the answer to these questions. Coming back to Tex's original statement, however, I am somewhat troubled how such a great nation, with the opportunity (and wealth) to leave an overwhelming legacy in so many fields, prides itself the most on having a strong military and reveres no citizens more than those in uniform. We take pride in "protecting" our citizens at home and abroad from alleged foreign threats, yet don't tackle real visible daily threats to our health and happiness such as pollution, poverty, obesity, food allergies, and most importantly ignorance. What's worse, is that ignorance has been given multiple new media and spokespeople to spread further. I do not know if any of this rant is related to the nobel prize, but the ignorant comments from all sides of the political spectrum today (not necessarily here), along with trying to explain the concept of peace got me wondering if we as a nation really try to spread peace at home and abroad. Well, I'm sure the historians will be able to tell a discernible difference in eras. In one era, goods moved slowly, politics moved slowly, and armies moved slowly, and America has ruled in the new era where everything can end at the push of a button. I think we deserve some credit for our relatively short dominance because I can't see someone dominating the world as the romans did ever again.