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:headshake No, actually, that was one helluva post Zach!

QUOTE(Cknolls @ Jun 13, 2006 -> 11:46 AM) When You Can't Say Something Nice ... You Might Be A Pollster Over at Real Clear Politics, I checked out their aggregation of President Bush's Job Approval polls. You know, how so many people are smirking that it sure doesn't look like President George W. Bush will win a third consecutive term? Anyway, I noticed something. Twelve different polls released Job Approval numbers sometime in May, which ended going on half a month ago. Of those twelve, only three have done a poll in June. Of those three, one shows the same numbers as in May, but the other two are higher in June than in May, one significantly so. That means nine major polls were happy to trumpet the news when they could post low numbers, but have not mentioned them since. Gee, I wonder why that is so? June is not over yet?

QUOTE(Shamrock4Life @ Jun 13, 2006 -> 11:44 AM) I am pretty sure the MLB decides where the system will be implemented. I was under that impression as well.

QUOTE(NYSox35 @ Jun 13, 2006 -> 11:05 AM) I just thought I'd start a thread to see what everyone thinks about the upcoming schedule... This was brought on by the top two threads being about angled seats and putting pablo in the rotation (Not that there's anything wrong with that). Anyway, it looks pretty tough. 3 more @ Tex, then @ Cincy - who is surprisingly decent this year, STL & Houston, and then the cubs - who granted, they suck, but always play us tough. STL is without pujols, but they're obviously good. I'm glad we're playing good ball b/c this is definitely not an easy stretch. Every one of those teams have a very tough series against the defending World Champs! I think we can handle it.

This should be good.

QUOTE(Felix @ Jun 13, 2006 -> 10:51 AM) http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?s=...dpost&p=1171105 http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?s=...dpost&p=1171975 That ought to 'help' him find them.

QUOTE(minors @ Jun 11, 2006 -> 01:00 PM) This sounds like a case a while back where a burglar fell through a skylight while trying to break into a house and cut himself on a kitchen knife that was on the counter and sued the homeowner and because it was in the liberal state of California he won. This reminds me of a story I heard out of Michigan. A man owned a small general store or something, and kept getting robbed as thieves would enter through the same window each time. One thing this guy sold was spring loaded traps and .... well you can figure out what happened. He got sued by the theif and iirc, lost.

I'm hoping the Shuttle takes off the first week of July. I'll be in Orlando and have a close friend in Cape. Would be cool to run over there and watch.

You see this so much more from the so called professionals, these days.

Hey Hangar ... are you going to answer those questions? Or ignore them and hope they go away? Man up or shut up.

QUOTE(Cknolls @ Jun 13, 2006 -> 09:24 AM) What will Matthews, Olbermann, and no cluester Shuster talk about for an hour every day. They had all the facts and Shuster was certain an indictment was forthcoming. this is great!!! MSNBC was all over it and now they are all in it.... You won't hear much about it. I'm curious as to what page that NYT story was on.

QUOTE(Steff @ Jun 13, 2006 -> 08:45 AM) What...? And give you another opportunity to b**** and moan and whine and cry about how the media isn't talking about something related to the White Sox... :rolly A shot ... and a GOAL!

QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Jun 12, 2006 -> 07:37 PM) The ACLU "choose life" furor is because there is no option for people to buy "pro-choice" plates. If they have that, then I wouldn't mind so much. But when the gov't is only allowing for promotion of one POV, then it is bulls***. Plus, think of all the money they could make since 2/3+ of the public agrees with the pro-choice position. /still thinks that a logical and rational discussion with teens via parents and teachers to discuss the risks and benefits of sexual activity + allowing for easy procurement/knowledge of contraceptives is going to do much more to lower the rates of abortion than merely banning a procedure. This sounds like an acknowledgement of supply and demand to me.

QUOTE(tonyho7476 @ Jun 12, 2006 -> 03:34 PM) It doesn't suck at providing a tasty barbeque porked sandwich. Personally, I'd pass on a sandwich that had been porked.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Jun 12, 2006 -> 07:35 PM) I did listen. Ozzie did not say he was pro drug use, but what he did say was basically a rat and a bad guy for "ratting people out". Well how about I send two dozen feds to Ozzie's house, while he has HGH in it, have the feds offer to take it easy on him if he talks, and see how he reacts. IT'S THE FEDS PEOPLE, you don't just "clam up" and "not snitch" when it's the f***ing feds. What you say here is 100% correct. To say Ozzie is defending cheaters is not.

Our educational system has been on the decline for decades. This kid pointed out several of the reasons why in front of the only educational system to which he had access. You guys calling this kid a loser and a nerd, well I have news for you. He's going to be the one raking in the big bucks and getting the trophy wife because he considered his education important. The ones that skate through school doing just enough to get by, spending the bulk of your time being popular, being jocks or heads and trying to score the hot babes are the ones that will end up being losers. Take it to bank.

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Jun 11, 2006 -> 01:04 PM) or maybe you just minterpreted the quote... or maybe I did but it doesnt look like he is b****ing about fan expectations to me. To me he is saying the expectations are high and he isnt reaching them atm... and he knows it but is sick of being asked questions about it every game. And its dumb for people to say well if your sick of it why dont you start pitching better.... because that would be making the assumption he isnt trying to pitch good which is kind of dumb if you think about it. I'm with you on this one. I am reading these quotes the very same way, especially considering the Garland quotes that I added to the discussion. People call it whining. I just see it as answering questions.

We're one of the better hitting teams in the league. Walker just got a 3 year contract. Summation: Dumb thread.

QUOTE(knightni @ Jun 11, 2006 -> 12:15 PM) http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2478716 This may mean that a trade is about to happen and he's not hurt. They pulled him to keep him from getting hurt.

What's wrong with wanting to drink beer all day?

QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Jun 11, 2006 -> 12:22 AM) House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi requested the investigation start on Jefferson and when the evidence began to mount against Jefferson, she also asked him to remove himself from the committee he is a member of because of possible conflicts of interest. Please don't lump the Congressional Black Caucus which has its own agenda with the leadership of the Democratic party. That's fair and accurate.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Jun 11, 2006 -> 01:46 AM) Why would he get a bump in ratings? He's still a bad president and it took WAY too long to catch this guy, a guy by all accounts who was losing power and was sold out by his own "allies". Read ... and learn

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Jun 10, 2006 -> 09:51 PM) ^^^^^^ Anyone who lives outside Chicago gets screwed over and cant watch the game unless they are lucky enough to get it over the Spankees or the Red Sux or someone else. Fortunately, when the Sox are on Fox the local affiliate usually show the game. Not sure why as the affiliate is located in Cape Girardeau, MO ... but they do.

This is totally being interpretted out of context. Here's some more quotes from Garland that put things in a different light.

Think about this. If the Phillies could flip Rowand for a couple of good pitching prospects, then they would have effectively traded 35 year old Jim Thome for 4 solid pitching prospects. That's not a bad return at all.