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QUOTE (Texsox @ Nov 18, 2008 -> 02:16 PM) Interesting, I agree with your entire post. The only disagreement is the timing. I'd prefer he wait to be President and then begin making decisions, after he actually becomes President and has all the info. I can't wait for him to be the new guy. Bottom line. I prefer a leader who gathers all the facts, or at least as many as possible, before making a decision. WMD in Iraq Y'all prefer a shoot from the hip, manage from the gut type of guy. Damn, I thought I was the Texan Unfortunately because of the failure of a president we currently have in office, the legal limbo makes this one of the more stickier solutions he has. I see no reason for Obama's team to not be looking into a safe and fair way to close GITMO down even before he's in office. Bush hasn't had any problems with people doing his job before now, so what's the big deal.

QUOTE (kwill @ Nov 18, 2008 -> 04:05 AM) • Ken Williams is one of the winter's most significant wheelers and dealers. He is marketing Javier Vazquez, Bobby Jenks, Jermaine Dye and others as he tries to overhaul the White Sox. The Mets are afraid of the red flag on Jenks, whose strikeout rate has dropped precipitously from 50 in 39 1/3 innings in 2005 to 38 in 61 2/3 innings this past season. And although GM Omar Minaya checked in on Sabathia, it does not mean the Mets will get into a bidding war with the Yankees for the 2007 AL Cy Young Award winner. • Scouts in Arizona for the Arizona Fall League and the White Sox's minor league people are convinced that Gordon Beckham, the eighth pick in the MLB draft this past June, will be Chicago's everyday second baseman by June. I find both being very telling of the whitesox offseason plans as getting everyday centerfield rather than a middle infielder seems to be a priority to williams. Beckham seems to a prospect that is already polished in many ways and will be a major impact in August and September. Swisher deal in my opinion reveals that Williams has no intentions on trading Dye as he only has one year on his contract and Swisher would have been a low cost replacement in right field. Bobby Jenks on the other hand may be dealt as Kenny doesnt believe in paying big money to closers. I could see him spread the wealth elsewhere along with getting prospects back in order to make the whitesox younger. Jenks could be a centerpiece for a trade involving the Giants. Javier may interest some teams as he reliable and could entice some suitors with his talent level. Maybe, if the Braves pull out of the Peavy sweepstakes they could come knocking on Kenny's door. good post, didn't catch this.

Couldn't disagree more, tex. One of the biggest stains on the United States ever, used against us constantly in foreign affairs negotiations and the new guy comes in and stands strong that he will come up with a way to deal with them morally and legally. Every day GITMO remains operating as is, is another disgraceful day to America's reputation.

Wow. Scum.

QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ Nov 18, 2008 -> 01:53 AM) Silverio until proven otherwise should be considered a 20+ year old scrub who was talked up by Wilder & Friends and given a fat contract so our former con-artists could buy new sportscars. Jose Martinez is still legit I'm sure. It's hard to lie about a guy whose father once played in the Major Leagues. People would know. Hopefully Jose rebounds and shoots back up the prospect lists. Silveiro is 20+? I thought he was 17?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 17, 2008 -> 09:39 PM) What are Arizona's rules regarding replacing a Senator who leaves for another job/special election? That seat could well be the difference between 59 and 60. requires to pick a senator of the same party.

women live longer.

This was just awesome, thanks kyyle. My favorite part is when he keeps asking for the picture back despite emailing it to her.

For the record, I don't think that SOS position is an actual leak, and is false. Secondly, I don't think Hillary should leave the hill. no pun. Thirdly, this is probably false.

QUOTE (YASNY @ Nov 14, 2008 -> 08:18 PM) Why is it when we are talking about potential trade value of our players they are always worthless, until we actually do trade one of them and we never get enough for them? hehe

wiki Jhonny J. Núñez (born November 26, 1985, in the Dominican Republic) is a North American professional baseball player. He is a right-handed pitching prospect in the New York Yankees organization. Núñez signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2006. He pitched in the rookie-level Gulf Coast League for the GCL Dodgers, where he accrued a win-loss record of 6-0 and an ERA of 1.58 in 7 starts and 3 relief appearances; he struck out 56 batters in 57 innings. The Los Angeles organization recognized Núñez as their top minor league pitcher for the month of July. On August 31, 2006, he was acquired by the Washington Nationals for veteran utilityman Marlon Anderson. In 2007, Núñez pitched for the Hagerstown Suns of the low A-level South Atlantic League. He logged 105⅔ innings in 22 starts and one relief appearance, winning 4, losing 6, and recording a 4.05 ERA. in 2008, Núñez pitched for the high-A Potomac Nationals and AA Harrisburg Senators, converting to relief. On July 31, 2008, Núñez was traded to the New York Yankees for infielder Alberto Gonzalez. He has joined the Yankees AA affiliate, the Trenton Thunder. Núñez is a fastball/slider pitcher with a 94-mph sinker. He has a three-quarters arm slot and can throw a changeup, but it's apparently a secondary pitch.[1] During the offseason, Núñez lives in San Jose de las Matas, Dominican Republic. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jhonny_Núñez

I'm so confused...

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Nov 13, 2008 -> 03:53 PM) He's like George Costanza. You mean Art Vandelay?

FTR, I learned last night that the only real leak from the campaign has been Emanuel soooo, essentially all this really is rumors and speculation. The

most every team has bad contracts.

http://www.collider.com/entertainment/inte...aid/9816/tcid/1

I'm sorry I don't have a link, I was just watching countdown and he said Tambor in an interview said he was contacted by the show's writer, producers and director this week and they all said its a go. He said "get your hopes up"...pretty awesome.

I just find it strange that the last two elections, the democratic candidates always seem to be the most liberal in the senate. Odd. Maybe the people doing these calculations are a little off, no?

Man I wish Bloomberg would've given me that internship.

I have a feeling it was the bank lobbys.

I thought the door was placed there specifically to allow this to get done because they didn't think buying stupid stuff would work in addition to not knowing what to price it as. I am glad they are doing this, it was the best idea if we were to do a bailout.

I'll just say I don't think President's get too much blame. Stuff like what Max said at one point would've applied, but not anymore. The President isn't just the figurehead executive to the powerful Congress. They make the agendas, they make so many executive orders, the cabinet is huge and powerful, they are in complete control of foreign policy save a few areas that Congress seems to waive their right to now anyways. Congress can block, sure, and I'm not saying they are rendered useless. But the modern presidency is very powerful, and they can and should be blamed for a lot of things. Do I think this economic collapse was all Bush's fault? No. Do I think if Bush or Clinton had shown some foresight to act prior to collapse things could be different? Yes. Congress in the late 90s had a bill to make CDS on a regulated market, and it was shot down. Something else could've popped up troublesome, but at least derivatives people could've made sane decisions knowing who was all connected to them.

I think Kanye will probably be my album of the year.

Here's an example, check it out. http://www.propublica.org/feature/bailout-...#When:13:08:00Z

Well then do you know what I want? A question hour. Virtually every parliamentary system has an hour ONCE A WEEK where the prime minister or leader comes to the legislature and answers any and all questions. It has different variations of names, but most have one. On the other hand, we used to have something like this IMO, when I think Kennedy became president, but maybe it was Ike, they had weekly press conferences. Now that is being replaced with the spokesman, and the president has Q&As less and less, and there's been a lot of manipulation. I think Obama should have a weekly press conference or a question hour.