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Man I don't know if Everett was a reclamation project. He was hittin damn well at Texas when we picked him up initially if i remember. He was an allstar selection no?

Also, the leader is still working. These people, knowing full well the consequences are continuing to do their jobs without compromise. Respect is not a strong enough word, inspiring, it all seems like crap. I wish there was something I could do. Committee to Protect Journalists , this will just be another article.

In Sri Lanka there has been a civil war for nearly 20 years. For now, it appears that the Sri Lankan gov't has the Tamil Tigers on the ropes, but at what cost to its people. Recently, journalists have been the center of attacks. I found an article on this in this months economist, and here is the article from the editor of the sunday times, written three days before his death, as he knew it was coming. He was shot down outside his apartment. http://www.thesundayleader.lk/20090111/editorial-.htm I think out of respect to the man, I will just post the link, so that something can signal that people are watching.

QUOTE (mreye @ Jan 29, 2009 -> 05:41 PM) Oh, I agree. My argument isn't that we shouldn't have the coupon program. My argument is it was grossly mismanaged (Imagine that). They should have limited it to one coupon and then there wouldn't be this complaint about all these people that will be in the dark on Feb 17. I think many people got 2 even when they only have one TV that needs it, or have very little need for a converter, period. I got two coupons for two of my garage TVs that are on an antenna in the attic. I rarely watch TV in there (It's mostly used for karaoke and DVDs), but I figured if my tax dollars are going to pay for $40 of the $55 converters why shouldn't I take advantage of that. Ah, sorry. I agree. Ugh, too often I find myself carrying all the arguments of the thread and attributing it to the person I'm conversing with at the moment.

"Even though this may seem amusing to a lot of people, this is really serious, and it is a crime," said Austin Public Works spokesperson Sara Hartley. "And you can be indicted for it, and we want to make sure our traffic on the roadways stays safe." sara BUZZKILL

Even so, cubano, given the age of Viciedo and whirlwind, I don't know how good of an idea it is to depend on him so early to be our starting third baseman.

Saw this. We have a priest from Algeria studying at the journalism school through this exchange program we have through a Holy Cross university at the Vatican. Needless to say he was pretty upset, he said pretty much if you are in power in many African countries you are doing these things. I hope they let him get charged in Algeria.

Well, then, counterpoint, and why this is a mess. Is could you imagine living like a Palestinian, uneducated, unemployed and caged? Has there been a place in the world where people have been treated like that and haven't rebelled unless controlled by a talented dictator? Israel will not be able to insert a government over palestine as successful as to quell the violence, so this wishy washy defense doesn't really work either. It's just sustainable damage. I mean, if they want to do work, look at what Russia has done to Chechnya, that is some great stuff in the book of oppressive government success! Burning homes of parents who have kids that joined the militia...go putin. But as it stands, Israel's policy towards Palestine and vice versa is not something that is going to eventually solve anything. And really, as long as Palestinians are so unskilled and so uneducated, things will not change.

QUOTE (mreye @ Jan 29, 2009 -> 04:59 PM) Not brand new. It's old, I assume. Like the three in my garage I got for free. So, they should wait for these converter boxes to be available for $5 or free. Correct. Used TV. I assume these aren't rich people just using bunny ears to screw the cable companies out of profit. So, if 40 bucks is too difficult, let's assume as well that newspapers are too difficult, and that they have no internet. I don't think it's a smart move to isolate such a large portion of the pop. for market values. There already is a large knowledge gap, lets not take away another source where they could still be knowledgable in this democracy. This really isn't that big of a deal.

I got my TV for five dollars. Perhaps they did too.

they are a bit like the aliens in the toy grab in toy story. We just need to dress up like the claw. I think you see where I'm going with this.

bahaha

Perhaps Palestinians are especially stupid because their only education is to count how many pieces their school is in.

QUOTE (Nixon @ Jan 28, 2009 -> 07:36 PM) They don't really have money to waste. Most member states are delinquent in their payments. http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-04-09-dues_N.htm That said, the security council needs an enema and they need to stop electing sac-less hippies like Annan and Moon as SGs. oh god bless it, you were serious and really joined.

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Jan 28, 2009 -> 08:55 AM) The Unborn I have a killer fetus that kills people. Ahh dont worry I am a Rabbi who will give you a Jewish exorcism that ends the curse on yr families fetuses. I am Auschwitz, I was worked into the plot somehow. Ahhh just back from my business trip, I wonder whats happened here. OH NO DEXTER PUT AWAY THAT KNIFE NO. hahahahaha

I think maybe we are distorting this a little. I didn't get away from this that after 2 weekends Joey Cora took Josh fields from poor defender to a shockingly good defender. Rather that Josh Fields went to Joey Cora's home two weekends this month to prove how hard he had worked and how much improved he was.

Coleman has a really strong case! tpm "We have seen the best thing that Norm Coleman's legal team has done so far in this election trial -- and it ain't pretty. This afternoon the Coleman team was bringing in rejected absentee voters to show that their ballots were improperly tossed. So far the court has heard from six people, most of of whom said they were contacted by the Republican Party in the last few weeks. They mostly seemed sympathetic enough, putting a human face on the disenfranchised Coleman voter -- but at least two of them appeared to have been rejected properly under the conditions of Minnesota law. One of the voters was Douglas Thompson, who admitted under oath that his girlfriend filled out his absentee ballot application for him, signing his name with her own hand and purporting to be himself. His ballot was rejected because the signature on his ballot envelope (his own) did not match the signature on the application (his girlfriend's). The Coleman team's argument appears to be that he is still a legal voter in Minnesota, as the signature on the ballot was his own, even if admitted dishonesty was involved in getting the ballot. Keep in mind: Thompson's story came up during the direct examination by Coleman lawyer James Langdon. So the Coleman camp fully knew this information and decided to make him into a witness. Another one of the voters, an older man named Wesley Briest, initially responded that he voted at the polls -- not by absentee. Then Coleman attorney James Langdon showed him his absentee ballot envelope, reminding him that he did not go to the polls, too. Upon cross-examination by Franken lawyer Kevin Hamilton, Briest admitted that his wife, who served as the witness on his ballot, did not fully complete the witness section of the absentee ballot. On top of this, the court began over four hours late today, after the judges and lawyers had to go into a closed-door meeting to figure out how to bring in original rejected absentee ballot envelopes in the wake of yesterday's mess involving the Coleman team making alterations to their photocopied evidence."

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Jan 27, 2009 -> 09:43 PM) First, if you think that by hiring BBC journalists that somehow lends them an air of respecability, you are mistaken there, The BBc is more liberal there than PBS and NPR is here. Second, as for the 'cradle of civilization thing, they have become the armpit of civilization to their own lack of willingness to get with the program and live in the 21st century. Their whole belief system and culture needs to get out of the 12th century. Quit living and acting like dogs and maybe they wouldn't be looked at as dogs. If they are so ashamed at being so far behind, then build somethign instead of blowing things up. 1st. Is anybody surprised that you think every media outlet in the history of the world that isn't owned by the mooneys or murdoch is a flaming sixties radical rag. The BBC has the most in depth coverage on everything in the world. It isn't liberal, it might be less pro US, so is everything that isn't the US. If you don't read it don't create opinions on it. And reading it isn't reposting 1 of a billion articles that might get forwarded out on emails proving bias. Second, can you always blame the people for their governments or rulers? These are people of the middle east, real people, not the caricatures you like to paint so often.

God damn, NPR and PBS are getting hit hard, I donated what little I had last month after a this american life appeal.

Wow, did not understand more than 4 words of that.

Another lobbyist to the admin. http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6735898&page=1 Why do symbolic gestures like that order not work? When they get in the way of allowing someone you want on your team.

That was a great world series. Schilling/Johnson being such work horses was fun to watch. Everything game minus one blowout? Was amazing. The fact that home field decided it so. What a great series.

Obama's team lied about meeting with foreign gov'ts during transition Appear to have been successfully lobbied by India to exclude India/Cashmir http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/20...anxiety_part_ii Great work by FP

I'm cautiously optimistic about what George Mitchell could accomplish. BUt boy, I hope we don't get the worst out of the Israeli elections.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jan 27, 2009 -> 05:09 PM) I had a guy once tell me he preferred Al-Aribiyah to Al-Jazeera because "those guys are killing me." Well, yeah. I mean I assume American military would prefer anything over al jazeera which shows graphic images of our dead soldiers. But, I mean, as much as it disturbs me, it also hurts me they have a point. They have a point that we can look at 100 arabs die and brush it off, see terrible images of them and not care, the way we do other people in tragedies. They claim they are trying to show how equally awful these deaths to arabs are by provoking similar reactions to other groups. It's very sensational and heavy handed. But, I have to give Al Jazeera english credit, they aren't bad. They hired a ton of BBC journalists who were formerly their middle east reporters and the editorial is just incredibly different. It really would give you the balanced perspective as opposed to the western perspective. I should mention that al arabiya's editorial shows would make americans likely angry. One thing more. I struggle to put this into words concisely or with anything resembling intelligence. Andrew Sullivan touched upon something very important about Obama being president and what it means to the middle east, and specifically this small gesture in general. Tom Friedman had a tv special where he went to saudi arabia and other middle eastern countries to figure out where this anger to the US is coming from. A top reason for murder in the world is embarrassment. Which is so, I mean, shallow and dumb compared to other things but it's a reality. And the result of that special was that Arabs feel slighted by the world. They feel like they should be more respected for once being the cradle of civilization and are ashamed they are left so far behind. But, as a professor said in the program when Friedman was at a university, "They look up to America so much, and are so hurt when America looks down upon them." So, this language by Obama, the fact of his background, it's important in speaking to the Arabs in the Middle East and talking to them as people, that we do understand their concerns and don't think of them as dogs, could be very influential. And it's just such a simple thing to do. I am glad this was happening, especially in America during the election I was worried the effects of Obama brushing off coldly accusations he was muslim instead of embracing Muslims but correcting the myth. American muslims do very well in our culture, the last thing we want is to marginalize a culture for silly reasons not relating to them. We are so lucky not to have the problems of france.