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QUOTE(KipWellsFan @ Jan 3, 2008 -> 09:57 AM) Like I said, wait times are an issue. But I doubt "droves" would be an accurate description of the amount of Canadians crossing the border to see specialists, particularly in life threatening cases. Let's just say I heard reports of dissatisfaction with the system since it's implementation, resulting in many crossing the border to get quality health care. In fact, I've Brits are also complaining due to the lack of timely, quality health care over there as well. When I think of government run health care, I think of the fiasco at Walter Reed Hospital and the cockroaches that were accompanying our wounded soldiers. As I said, I'll pass.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 3, 2008 -> 09:43 AM) I'd be good with building refining capacity. Not so much on drilling in Alaska. Well hey! That's something anyway.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Jan 3, 2008 -> 09:38 AM) LINK Based on this alone i say: Obama 39% Edwards 28% Clinton 27% Is he really supporting Obama, or is he 'directing traffic' away from Edwards for his own best interests.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 3, 2008 -> 09:44 AM) Its possible. I actually considered that before making my guesstimates. Wouldn't surprise me too much. Yet, I noticed you completely left Paul off the list.

QUOTE(jasonxctf @ Jan 3, 2008 -> 09:40 AM) personally, i declare shennanigans on those reports. Personally, I believe them.

I suspect that Boylan is trying to send a message to TT. Let's give the guy a chance and see what happens.

QUOTE(KipWellsFan @ Jan 3, 2008 -> 09:28 AM) In Canada we have universal health care and no one in my immediate family has been told what doctor to see. Wait times are often an issue here but I don't ever hear people complaining about being forced to see a particular doctor. Perhaps in situations where a specialist is required. Oh, and as for predictions I don't think the local Des Moines paper will be far off. Obama will win tonight. Why, then, are we getting reports of Canadiens coming across the border in droves to get health care? From what I've been hearing is that they can't get to specialists when needed for months upon months at a time. No thanks, you keep your 'universal health care'. I want no part of it whatsoever.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Jan 3, 2008 -> 09:26 AM) And so is McCain. I LOVE your analogy. A jackass in elephant's clothing... fodder for a new sig... I agree on McCain. But Huckabee is much worse than McCain imho.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 3, 2008 -> 09:22 AM) These will probably be about as accurate as my Sox pre-season predictions typically are, but what the heck... Obama Clinton -6 Edwards -8 Romney Huckabee -3 McCain -10 Thompson -12 I'm going to step out on a limb here and say that Paul finishes above McCain and Thompson.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 2, 2008 -> 02:48 PM) When the sell the oil, either at spot market or if they play on the futures exchanges, they make money on its rise in price. Also, as they produce gasoline and what not, they still dictate those final prices for refined products, so they can make more money too, if they choose. While we are pushing the non-fossil agenda, let's build some refineries in this nation. Or let's drill more off the Gulf Coast or Alaska. Let's put some more oil into the equation while we pursue these alternatives. Let's make it ecomonically worthwhile to invest in alternative fuel sources by giving subsidies and tax breaks to non-petroleum based companies to really open up the market and see what good old American ingenuity can come with without the deck being stacked in favor of the oil barons. And yes, I'm pointing my finger right at Bush43 by saying that. I'm also pointing at the southpaws for not letting us build new refineries or drill off the coast or Alaska. There is enough blame to go around to include both parties. Hell, they're all in it together anyway.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Jan 2, 2008 -> 10:08 PM) I'm watching a youtube video of Ron Paul on "Meet the Press" and I don't see how he's running on the Republican ticket. His motives are appealing. Russert did his damnedest to trip him up and couldn't do so. Paul is running on the GOP ticket because his stance and policies are the basis for conservatism. That's what the GOP used to be and what he is trying to get it back to being. Bush43 is not a conservative and has sold out the conservatives nationally, like Huckabee did for Arkansas conservatives. Huckabee is a jackass in elephant's clothing, so to speak.

QUOTE(klaus kinski @ Jan 2, 2008 -> 09:15 AM) Yeah-getting rid of a 200 inning pitcher for a shortstop we have for one year is the high point of his idea of improving. Williams has got to go What makes you think we'd have that 200 inning pitcher for more than one more year?

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jan 1, 2008 -> 12:25 AM) So, it seems Huckabee put on a bizarre enough performance today to get the assembled/establishment media actually laughing at him. Good. I don't want him nominated anyway.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Dec 31, 2007 -> 09:09 AM) Yikes. So really, the next question becomes... was this incompetence while being rushed in a decision, or are they trying to cover something up. And what are they trying to cover up, exactly? Two things stand out to me. One, the car is bomb-proof - so the fact that there was a shooter to assure the death seems to indicate they knew that ahead of time. That sounds like maybe someone on the inside was involved. Two, the shooter - clean-shaven, sunglasses, suit... doesn't seem like the average Paki on the street, nor does it what suicide bombers tend to where (pure white cotton). I don't know, maybe I'm just paranoid, but his appearance - and his ability to calmly approach the vehicle and kill Bhutto accurately with a pistol - give it the air of him being a pro. Considering that the suicide bomber was directly behind the shooter, I'm sure the shooter was a 'casualty' and therefore cannot be caught and made to answer any questions. That's convenient as well.

QUOTE(Brian @ Dec 30, 2007 -> 04:30 PM) Let's sign Brock Forsey and every one game wonder the NFL has ever had!!!!! I never said he was a great back. He showed some heart that we never saw out of Benson. That's all I said about him.

The Cowboys look kind of shakey lately.

QUOTE(MurcieOne @ Dec 30, 2007 -> 03:10 PM) Pierre Thomas needs to come home and play for his Chicago Bears. Not only is he better than Benson, but he's a Sox fan!

QUOTE(SnB @ Dec 30, 2007 -> 01:44 PM) Illini. I knew somebody would jump all over that fact.

QUOTE(Brian @ Dec 30, 2007 -> 01:41 PM) And 100 times the O-Line The O-line doesn't break tackles.

This undrafted RB the Saints have ... Pierre Thomas ... has 3 times more heart and drive than Cedric Benson.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Dec 29, 2007 -> 05:35 PM) I understand both sides here actually. If the Joe Crede of 2006 could appear and stay healthy for several seasons, I'd have no problem at all with Joe at 3rd. He might be a step below Josh offensively, but he's a step above defensively, and both of them actually have room for enough improvement to make up those gaps (Joe's numbers would have been even better in 06 if he hadn't had his back go out on him again in September). The thing that still pisses me off though is that thanks to Boras's medics, we're in a terrible situation where we either have to trade Fields and then have no choice but to sign Crede or we have to trade Crede when his value is near zero. If Joe would just have done the surgery in October of 06, like the teams' doctors wanted, then maybe Joe could have played some portion of the 07 season and proved he was healthy enough for another team to take a gamble on him. We're in a worse spot than the Phillies were after the 05 season with Thome/Howard...at least then, Thome still had some value and they could get something for him while moving in their young guy, and he was still under contract so whatever team went for him would get him for a couple years. Us on the other hand, have Crede, coming off a down/injured year, with only 1 year left before he's a FA, and no one having any idea if he's healthy. I dunno about you guys, but I still think Crede's decision to listen to Boras's medical people instead of the team's doctors after 06 and delay the surgery hurt us more than any other decision the team has made, including even the Anderson blowup. Maybe, but that was Crede's decision to make. If I was in his shoes, I'd do what I thought was best for me. Back surgery is nothing to take for granted.

New and more detailed information. Thanks, Balta.

QUOTE(Steff @ Dec 29, 2007 -> 10:53 AM) She's only 5 weeks old. All he needs to be sure of is that the bottle makes it in her mouth and the diaper into the trash. Diapers are not conducive to focus.

QUOTE(Steff @ Dec 29, 2007 -> 10:51 AM) Hmmm.. this makes you a prime babysitting candidate for NYE. Steff ... He said it requires focus. C'mon now.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Dec 29, 2007 -> 10:39 AM) You're free to see things that way. But to me, since the great, great majority of climatological scientists see at least some degree of anthropomorphic climate change, I'll go with their view. And before you go into the "they have an interest in it" thing, keep in mind two things. One, scientists make their name by showing something new or different than others have done - so at this point, the motivation is for them to find against it. Two, look at some of the groups of people who would rather this was not the case. For example... I know someone who does a lot of gardening - she consults with people and helps them do landscaping, etc. All the trade books and data that people in that field use are now, at great cost, being updated and changed because the climate zones they use for planting have changed quite dramatically. What do they get out of it? How is it political for them? It just means their product is more likely to fail and be difficult to maintain. I don't deny 'climate change'. I do think it's because the sun is putting out more heat. Nothing more. Back in the 11th century, they were growing grapes in England. That was 'global warming'. It happens and it is real. But it is cyclical and beyond the control of man. Do we need to keep our output of CO2 down? Yes. Do we need to improve on environmental responsibility. Of course! But to say that man is causing global warming is just jumping to conclusions that just cannot be backed up.