BrandoFan

Did you honestly expect him to be pessimistic or even ambivalent as to the direction of the economy? Does he even know? You seem to be confusing the old Chairman with the omniscient/omnipotent Being. But hey, the interest rates are still extremely low, so that's good.

I'll take my sig over yours. Also:

Go Steiny, go! Ideally, I woulda loved to see Cards or Phillies grab him, but I'll settle for Yankees. Cubs must not be allowed to get Maddux.

Speaking of facts....There goes the "32yo" theory....

There is no maybe about it. SSI is not an idiot. Contentious? Perhaps. Homosexual? Most definately. But an idiot? No. Roman, BMR -- those were idiots. Knew next to nothing about baseball and were very loud about it. If you disagree with him, just give him facts and leave the black-listing to others.

Yeah, what a horrible, horrible concept. Charity, compassion, fraternity, justice.....appeasing the (relatively) poor majority so they don't eat you alive. All very evil. Economy is on the upswing and everything is working? It's partly an illusion as has been recently discussed by kapkomet and southsider among others. Just because we are not in the late-2000/2001-esque free fall anymore, doesn't mean the upward cycle swing is upon us. Just how healthy IS the economy? Low/middle classes don't pay taxes? Since when? Sky-rocketing budget deficits; circumvention of UN authority; unapologetic corporate cum-guzzling culminating in the unprecedented intelligence fraud and the subsequent invasion/Oil War; deteriorating foreign relations and image; police state-happy civil rights-usurping domestic policy; minority rights encroachment, with Constitutional ramifications; of course failing education and healthcare reforms go without saying.....Those and other neo-con follies will be paid in full with the blood and sweat and freedoms of current and future generations three-fold. It's not empty rhetoric, its not demagoguery...it's a scary reality. This admin has failed spectacularly in every respect. But at least you're honest with regard to your expectations and assesment of the current administration. Major kudos, Bob. Now if I could only get Nuke to re-enact the kabuki version of "Greed is Good" speech from Wall Street.....

"Elaine, it's a Ziggy!"

I dunno, I still believe in the ultimate Justice and Mercy of the Omni-everything Lord.

To hear y'all's academia horror tales makes me glad I never graduated from (american) HS. If it's not a secret, who/what were you accused of plagerizing, FSJ?

See, I am interested in the synopsis, maybe you can simulate how it went, a short version of course. I say/she say type thing. Or was it your classmate who told you 4 times that you're going to hell (where BTW most fun people will be, including overwhlming majority of your favorite family members, authors, athletes, scientists, politicians, actors, etc)?

Winning? Yankees certainly wouldn't know anything about that, would they....

What did His Distinguishedness actually say? Soxy, you're hell-bound?

It seems I have confused Heather with another poster. Nevermind.

AIDS cure coming along nicely, I presume?

Will you, though? That's what I am asking. That's debatable and so are his REASONS for doing so. We shall see.

Being interviwed by the Dyed One right now.

Major city = major exposure. Prestige. MJ had it right. Shaq and AR are misguided souls.

Would it matter to you if he DID and it was PROVEN? I doubt it. You hate liberals too much. Worst comes the worst, you'd say it was long time ago. You'd say riding a silver spoon to the NG is still better than decamping to Canada. AWOL from a rich-boy haven? Meh. Coke? Doesn't matter. Grand bribery and assorted corporate fraud later on? Who cares. War crimes? Clinton's fault. At least I am upfront in that Kerry's dalliances do not interest me. Are you?

I am looking forward to James Moore's book. It's said to have some pretty damning piece of evidence in it. This stuff is not easy to prove if you understand that we're walking about 3 decades ago here and hundreds of millions if not billions are on the line. As far as eye-witnesses coming forward.....I can't speak for other people, but put a knife next to my nutsac and I'll "corroborate" anything you want me to. Bribes historically work well on many people as well. Just saying.

That post is but a FOOTNOTE to the Debya '72 saga. I cannot believe you are supporting this cowardly, amoral imbecil. But then again, what CHOICE do YOU personally have? John MaCain? Colin Powell? Please. On a somwhat related subject, I DO love this quote: "The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." - J. K. Galbraith

I really liked Snow Dogs. Oh wait, I mean Straw Dogs. Oh and...."My name is jhsdjsd and I AM God!!"

A serenade perhaps?

Off the top of my head, only going by recent few years.......these positional players went on to have numerous good-to-very-good seasons after turning 32: Frank Thomas Larry Walker Barry Bonds Sammy Sosa Manny Ramirez Garry Sheffield Darryl Strawberry Edgar Martinez Mike Piazza Robin Ventura Brian Giles Loius Gonzalez Bret Boone Mark Grace Matt Stairs Kenny Lofton Robbie ALomar John Olerud Ellis Burks Albert Belle Mark McGwire Bernie Williams Jose Canseco Jim Edmonds Andres Galarraga Ricki Henderson Tim Raines Tony Gwynn Cal Ripken Wade Boggs Barry Larkin David Justice Juan Gonalez Will Clark Matt Williams Moises Alou Jim Thome Randy Velarde Raffy Palmeiro Harold Baines Julio Franco Fred McGriff Eric Davis Jeff Bagwell Craig Biggio Jeff Kent Greg Vaughn

I Steff. Damn straight!

To be fair.....Robbie Alomar had AWESOME seasons in 1999-2001 when he was 31, 32 and 33 respectively. But if you want to get technical, HISTORICALLY, players PEAK at 28. So you could say Vlad Guerrero is past his prime.