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QUOTE(Al Lopez's Ghost @ Feb 7, 2006 -> 05:24 AM) CLee in left and Matsui in right in Yankee Stadium? You'd need Jim Edmonds and Rowand in Center at the same time to cover the alleys for those guys. Carlos as DH for the Yanks, that I can see. But he'd be a great fit for the Cubs, the way he hit at Wrigley. He wouldn't be facing Cub pitching at Wrigley though .... big difference.

QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Feb 7, 2006 -> 06:43 AM) And in the "Everybody Knew This Was Coming" department of today's news: http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/07/...n.ap/index.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- A prominent Iranian newspaper says it is going to hold a competition for cartoons on the Holocaust to test whether the West will apply the principle of freedom of expression to the Nazi genocide against Jews as it did to the caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed. Maybe we have something here. Send all military and militants home and let the cartoonists battle it out.

Section 1. Slowride - Fogthat vs. White Room - Cream No Time - Guess Who vs. Gallows Pole - Led Zeppelin While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles vs. Feeling Alright - Joe Cocker Ticket to Ride - The Beatles vs. God Only Knows - The Beach Boys Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan vs. Tape From California - Phil Ochs Section 2. Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles vs. Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynard A Day in the Life - The Beatles vs. Mr Churchill Says - The Kins Sympathy for the Devil - The Rolling Stones vs. Baby Blue - Badfinger American Woman - The Guess Who vs. Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower Ridin' the Storm Out - REO Speedwagon vs. When the Levee Breaks- Led Zeppelin Section 3. Surrender - Cheap Trick vs. Echoes - Pink Floyd Aerosmith - Dream On vs. Sugar Magnolia - Grateful Dead Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen vs. Rock n Roll All Night - Kiss 20th Century Boy - T-Rex vs. Street Fighting Man - The Rolling Stones Thunderstruck - AC/DC vs. The Best of Times - STYX Section 4. Stay With Me - The Faces vs. Rock n Roll, Hoochie Koo - Rick Derringer Pinball Wizard - The Who vs. Barracuda - Heart Crazy Train - Ozzy Osborne vs. The Voice - Moody Blues Feel Like Makin Love - Bad Company vs. Baba O'Reilly - The Who The Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy vs. Ohh La La - The Faces

QUOTE(JUGGERNAUT @ Feb 6, 2006 -> 04:38 PM) Here we go again. Read the sentence. It's a general reference to left-wing nut-job. Any coincidence to actual persons living or dead is purely coincidental. Any association to actual persons living is at the discretion of the reader for which the term may or may not fit. Now if there is a rule at SOXTALK explicitly stating that no one can use the term "left-wing nut-job" in any context whatsoever then I will be more than happy to edit the post. You don't get it, do you? Though it may not have been directed at any one specific person, applying the term 'nut job" to the term 'left-wing' is a general, across the board insult to anyone with liberal or left-wing point of view. Stop being so damn condescending and treat these people with a little respect.

QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Feb 6, 2006 -> 03:38 PM) So you're saying Flaxx is wrong for thinking that NASA shouldn't have to consider religious implications in its discussion of science because Flaxx wouldn't consider religious implications elsewhere? I'm honestly confused. You certainly are. The very first sentence stated the fact that I didn't think NASA should have to consider religion. I used this specific instance to point out to Jim, because he asked for someone to challange this issue, that challenging him on anything religiously oriented is a complete waste of time.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Feb 6, 2006 -> 05:41 PM) I follow the line of reasoning you are attempting, but your comparisons are not truly analogous. NOBODY you quoted, Rex or LCR or myself is defending the extremists' acts of violence. What was pointed out in all those posts was that the refutation of Islam as being a religion of peace because of the reprehensible acts of a minority is hypocritical unless you also refute that Christianity is peaceful because of the reprehensible acts of a minority in that instance as well. Sure, the specifics are different. As they are when the actions of a previous administration is pointed out. He's saying the same approached that is being used in his examples. Which was not kosher before, but seems to be now.

QUOTE(TheBigHurt @ Feb 6, 2006 -> 11:16 AM) Damn straight. .... or curly.

QUOTE(nitetrain8601 @ Feb 5, 2006 -> 02:12 PM) What did I say that was objectional or seen as a personal attack? See this part of the edit: I consider demeaning Spanish speaking people by phonetically spelling their attempts to speak English as offensive. You aren't the only that has been guilty of this so don't take it personally. I will take this course of action on any and all occasions that this occurs.

QUOTE(maggsmaggs @ Feb 6, 2006 -> 09:05 PM) I didn't read my heading nor do I have spell check. He has all of the resources. Making excuses makes it look even worse.

Is "left-wing nut job" really needed here?

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Feb 6, 2006 -> 09:08 AM) Does that mean you think a mandate that the NASA agenda include religious viewpoints is valid? Rather than make my beliefs about the metaphysical world the issue, why not either voice your support or lack of support for the above-stated policy. No, I don't think a mandate of NASA is needed. Still, the point remains that it wouldn't matter if it was NASA or whatever, you wouldn't consider a religious POV for one iota. So, why do you ask for a challenge on the matter? It doesn't make sense. If you are totally closed minded to any reigious phlosophy whatsoever, what's the point of debating it?

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Feb 5, 2006 -> 08:12 AM) That's certainly true -- if "ignorant" or "nutjob," etc. is not included in the same sentence. With those epithets added it is clear that differentiating a political view is not the goal. Agreed. But scroll thruough the Dems only thread, and you'll see that is not what the complaint has been.

QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Feb 6, 2006 -> 08:19 AM) I was wondering when we were finally gonna make this Clinton's fault. Didn't he hire Janet Reno?

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Feb 5, 2006 -> 07:59 PM) So some 24 year old snot-nosed political appointee with no science background thinks that NASA is supposed to be including religious viewpoints in the information they produce?!! One of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard. Won't even be a blip in the MSM. I actually don't take issue with the first request of te memo - that "theory" be used in all descriptions of the Big Bang. But a memo to NASA scientists warning them not to discount ID, when NSF, AAAS, and the f***ing Supreme Court has dimissed it is beyond absurd. The follow-on request that NASA's information include aspects of the "religious issue" so as to include "both halfs of the debate" is politicical hackism run completely amock. Somebody here defend this bulls***, because I'm dying to hear the defense. Why should somebody try and convince you that something religious should be considered in way, shape or form. You totally discount the possibility that there is anything substantial to it. As far as I'm concerned, it's a waste of time to discuss anything along these lines with you.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Feb 5, 2006 -> 09:51 PM) Newsweek's running a version on this story I've brought up...can the President order a killing on U.S. soil? Of course the President can do this. That has already been established. Waco.

QUOTE(EvilMonkey @ Feb 5, 2006 -> 11:07 PM) I guess it wasn't THAT clear or he woldn't have been pulled aside and questioned to begin with. If they have to err, they need to do it on the side of caution. They didn't take him in the back and waterboard him, they questioned him because they thought there may be a threat. Then they apologized. I disagree that his 'rights were infringed upon'. What right did they infirnge? I agree that they should have beenable to clear him faster, especially since he supposedly has security clearance already, but come on. But the mainstream media isn't liberally slanted. Noooooooooo.

QUOTE(TLAK @ Feb 5, 2006 -> 11:50 AM) Pretty close, the only move I liked was Marte (after his fight with Ozzie) for Mackowiak. I'm trying to get behind the current players but it's hard for me. Most others on this board are very optimistic while I struggle to see this team equaling, much less improving on last year's bunch. On offense they subtracted 1577 AB, 393 H, 52 HR and 208 RBI. They added 719 AB, 181 H, 17 HR and 90 RBI. A banner year from Thome (.207 BA in 2005) and better production from Anderson (.179 BA in 2005) might balance this but it's a stretch to assume they will improve on it. The big defensive change was to replace Rowand, who may have been the heart of the team, with a rookie who might still be looking for that pop fly in Seattle had Uribe not picked it up off the ground and threw it in. Mackowiak will probably take over most of Iguchi's 30 or so off days, he as a .966 career FP at 2B vs .988 for Willie Harris and .994 for Geoff Blum. I haven't seen Mack play much but the numbers are not encouraging. On the mound they subtracted 288 IN 4.85 AL ERA 19 W 22 L, and added 216 IN 4.42 NL ERA 11 W 15 L. Plus there is another 70 innings to come up with from the likes of Javy Lopez, Arnie Munoz or Chad Bentz. After last season ended Ozzie said he wanted more speed and a 2 hitter. I don't see how any of these moves addressed it, KW just fixed a bunch of other things that were not broken. The joy of baseball is we can forget all about this come opening day, every year in baseball is a new year. I'm not really pessimistic about the team, I just don't buy into the euphoria I see on this board after I do the math. Baseball is not about math. It's all about ballplayers. We've seen these guys play ball, compared to the guys we've lost. We know what these guys can do and the upside of the new guys is higher than the upside of the old guys. Will they achieve to their capabilities? No one can say, but the same can be said about the guys who've been moved.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Feb 3, 2006 -> 03:19 PM) Never say never. Exactly. Even Rome fell.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Feb 3, 2006 -> 08:09 PM) Oxford Ohio has a law where you can drink when you are 18 if you are within arms reach of your parents. That is a very reasonable law. I like it.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Feb 4, 2006 -> 05:19 PM) You say left-winger liike it's a bad thing. From what I can tell, only the left considers being called left-wingers or leftists an insult. To me, it's a designation to differentiate one political point of view from the other.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 3, 2006 -> 09:19 AM) There is certainly some good humor out there targeted at the GOP. I like those daily calendars that have a different bizarre Bush quote on them for each day. I wish I had one. It certainly goes both ways. Either way, it's harmless political satire.

I believe Isreal will air strike Iran if Iran continues it's nuclear program. They will attempt to take out each and every location where Iran is doing nuclear work. The US will back Isreal 100% other than a likely meaningless public statement that won't have the effect of a slap on the wrist. The collective Arab world will respond in kind against Isreal. Where and how it escalates from there, who can say?

QUOTE(JUGGERNAUT @ Feb 3, 2006 -> 05:30 PM) if Frank had been the highest paid player in the game during his career with the White Sox do you think he would have attracted all that bad publicity? I don't. I think it stems not from his being selfish but rather being so full of himself (pride). Like I said earlier the HOF has plenty of guys just like him in that regards. The fact remains that Franks production vs cost during his time with the White Sox was probably the best of any player that played in the game during that time. That's why I have a hard time calling Frank selfish. Yes, he did b**** & moan a lot but in the end he signed reasonable contracts that helped the team more than it hurt it. If Frank didn't have that pride, he wouldn't have been Frank. It was in integral part of his make up that helped drive him to excel. It made have been annoying at times, but it was a big part of what made Frank so great.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Feb 3, 2006 -> 11:56 PM) I remember a certain poster calling him "Jermaine Die" but he was banned long ago . . . or was he? NUKE called him 'Jermaine Dead'. Unfortunately, he's still with us.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Feb 3, 2006 -> 07:52 AM) Iran has zero interest in attacking the US. He has to hit Israel in order to further what he believes is his cause in aiding the return of the final prophet. If they guy had said Iran was going to nuke Tel Aviv I could have believed him, maybe. The US getting attacked by Iran, no way. Same net result, imo.