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If they really want a scary bird, change the logo to a bucket of Popeyes Chicken @ 2 in the morning.

As soon as they can lock-up Bobby Fisher for the lead role.

I can not go into details but there is a movie in development, about 16" softball, that is supposed to shoot in Chicago this Summer. I know the Writer and Producer and will update Soxtalk as things progress. This movie is about 16" softball, "About Last Night" had 16" softball as almost a backdrop to the relationships that the characters had going. This would be a great movie for all of Chicago showcasing our game, a game that we invented and that we still play better than anyone in the country. PS "Keep it pure, no gloves"

Pods - If he can hit .300 and his OBP is .330+ that causes major problems for the defense trying to hold him on. The whole infield is worrying about the steal and leaning towards covering it. It also divides the pitchers attention from the batter. If Pods has a good year the players batting behind him reap the benifits and the whole offense has a good year. Pitcher? - I think that our starters are in good shape (Garland is a good #4 pitcher and a really good #5 pitcher). I also think our middle relievers and setup men are some of the best in the AL. That leaves our closer from the land of the rising sun to prove he can shut down the opposition through a whole season and I think he may be the key to the pitching staff.

Sign PK. I think he compares favorably w/Sexson (except speed wise) and I would stay away from Glaus (major juice rumors).

Not only was this guy an idiot, his timing and positioning could not have been worse. He left his jeep stuck in the middle track, where the southbound train full of people, hit it and derailed, it then struck a sitting freight train which forced it to accordion back across onto the northbound tracks & was struck by the northbound train that just happened to be going by at that time. This happened about a mile from where I was this morning. People fron Costco where carrying people away from the scene on lumber carts and whatever else they could find, until fire and rescue arrived. This clown needs to be shot.

Did he wear a glove on his throwing hand?

wino - Under Title 10, recon and target dentification would not be covered. Title 10 relates to deployment orders and formal instructions (orders) for troops in combat or troops that in imminent danger of going into combat. The very purpose of these Spec Ops troops is to remain concealed and undetected while they do their jobs. The only way they could violate Title 10 under these circumstances, would be to disobey a direct order i.e. their mission plan and engage the Iranians. The only exception to this would be the general rule of engagement to fire only when fired upon, in which case their mission would still be a failure as the opposition found out about them. Under Title 50 I would vigorously argue that recon and target ID traditional military activities and not subject to direct congressional oversight. The NRO (National Reconnaissance Office) can not do the same job as an actual person on the ground, whether that person is a CIA operative roaming the streets of Tehran or a few SEALS in a hole in the Iranian desert. It is also well known fact that congress is about as good at keeping secrets as a sieve is at holding water. It would be a danger to the safety of troops on the ground to have Congress oversee each and every on the ground HUMINT mission. It is also not practicle in many situations to get congressional approval in which time is a factor. I realize that it is difficult and goes against the gut instincts of most Americans, but in these times and in situations like this you have to give the military a little latitude to conduct the operations they feel are ness. for the safety of this country and the troops that may have to go into battle, in the near or far future. The simple answer to your Question (Why aren't they telling us?) is , because if congress knew there would be dozens of aides and assistants, some with the same level of restaint and respondsibility as Monica Lewinsky who would know the details of these operations as well.

Maybe it was 1.4 quadrillion pesos, in that case it would be worth $1456.65 give or take a penny.

Letterman and Leno, both owe their careers to the King of the late nite talk shows. Rest in Peace Johnny.

This is an obscure one, but the TV play-by-play man for the Los Angeles Kings, Bob Miller (Who is one of the best in the business) is a big Sox fan. I live in LA and see him from time to time @ Kings games. Not this year of course.

If Liberace and Barry Manilow are Sox fans I'll just shoot myself right now.

A few things... Both Blankley and Hersh are a bit off base. 1) Winodj is correct the war on terror is not a declared war, so Blankleys case against Hersh does not standup. (The Big Hurts Foot is on more solid ground). 2) Hersh on the other hand makes a leap in logic from the fact that there are most likely a few Spec Ops troops on the ground in Iran for Recon and Target ID purposes to a massive task force roaming around the outskirts of Tehran doing the Hokey Pokey. If there are troops on the ground in Iran it is probably a couple of 2-4 man teams and no more. A larger force would be to easily detected. 3) Hersh makes it seem like he has inside info, but everything he says is simple logic, an Infil through Afganistan is the safest route with the least number of people milling around herding goats The Gulf of Oman or the Persian Gulf have to much traffic and there is to much going on in neighboring Iraq. 4) Iran does not have to smuggle in a dirty bomb, all they have to do is smuggle in a few pounds of nuclear material ( which anyone crossing into CA, AZ or TX from Mexico could carry on their backs) and make the bomb here in the good old USA. 5) If that did happen and we did believe that Iran was the culprit, they could do very little to prevent us from taking out most of their land based missiles and aircraft. ( and would be done strickly with conventional weapons). 6) Even if they did get off one of their long range missiles, the chance of them actually hitting anything is remote. This missile would be aimed at Isreal as everyone knows. (Maybe we will all be lucky and it will over shoot its target and land in Paris or Wrigley Field) 7) The military is under as much, if not more congressional oversight than the CIA. Spying goes on all the time, and has since 1775.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jan 19, 2005 -> 02:03 PM) Good to see BMac got an invite . Any idea who the other 8 players are? The United States is constantly planning invasions of dozens of countries and much to the amazement of most naive Americans, we have Special Forces (Seals, Delta etc..) in place in many countries throughout the world, some with the permission of the host country and some without. In todays world we can't rely on the CIA, NSA & NRO for our intel, we have to have reliable HUMINT from people and troops on the ground. Iran would be a likely target for on the ground recon from U S Special Forces and does not necessarily mean that an attack or invasion is imminent