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QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Jan 23, 2006 -> 03:24 PM) Because, for the most part, it's not party line that people vote for in Congressional elections, it's the incumbent. Once you seat someone in a post, it's very difficult to unseat someone in the following election. It seems to me that you are making my case that it's smart politics. Of course, 'politics' being the key word. If it's not party lines, but unseating an incumbent that is so difficult, then wouldn't the appointee then be the incumbent and therefore more difficult to unseat? Then Balta reinforces by pointing out the 'disincentive to replace'.

QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Jan 23, 2006 -> 11:40 PM) He hasn't yet. I'm still waiting for them. The average newscast on CBS or ABC or NBC reaches 10 million people. Rush Limbaugh reaches over 15 million a week. Who's more mainstream? 15 million divided by 5 broadcasts = 3 million. Now, who's more mainstream? Geez, Mr. Twister, you compare an average newscast, that's singular, vs. a weeks worth of Limbaugh's broadcasts and try make a point like that. How many people in a week are reached by the network newscasts? 3 networks times 7 days a week times 10 million people ... of course, we are only talking about the nightly network news. We won't include viewers to the morning hours long news shows, such as the Today Show, or the magazine format news shows such as '60 minutes, or the Sunday discussion shows such as Meet the Press, etc. Should we talk newspapers and magazines now?

Here is an excellent site that explains the 4th amendment. The word "reasonable" is scattered liberally throughout. Based on what I read here, the General does know what the amendment says and how it has been interpretted. It's, again, a matter of interpretation.

QUOTE(crazyman26 @ Jan 23, 2006 -> 06:03 PM) Will he be hitting in the bottom of the order? I am guessing the order will be similar to last year except for Iguichi moving to a 6 or 7 spot, and Uribe taking his old place. Since he is a rookie if he plays great defence and just produces solid hitting that should be seen as a good start, but better than that would be great obviously. The guy he is replacing didnt have a great year with the bat last year so expectations probably wont be too high. Can you 'pitcher' it if Anderson has ROY calibre year? Our line up would be awesome.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Jan 23, 2006 -> 02:24 PM) At least they got a pitcher, even if it is a relatively crappy one (and possibly the most over-rated pitcher in the game). He's been living on his high draft status every since he came into the bigs. Mazzone might be able to get him a little closer to achieving that 1st round potential.

QUOTE(Steve Bartman's my idol @ Jan 23, 2006 -> 12:44 PM) My point is...one one be EXTREMELY hard-pressed to find anything in the Old or New Testaments that can even be remotely interpreted that non-believers should perish. Not so for the Koran. According to the OT, God would be the one to punish sinners and unbelievers. Look at Exodus where God's wrath was unleashed because the Isrealites worshipped a golden calf ... which basically represented another god, Baal. I'm not a biblical expert by any means, but God's wrath is a recurrent theme in the OT, against the children of Isreal and non-Isrealites.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 23, 2006 -> 12:04 PM) I for one would be thrilled. Seriously. As would I.

QUOTE(WilliamTell @ Jan 23, 2006 -> 11:54 AM) Oh come on now, leave Lieberman alone, he's a good guy. haha this won't happen but wouldn't it be crazy if Lieberman was the Democratic nominee and McCain was the Republican nominee. Then we might have an election that was based on issues instead of personalities. Wait! What am I saying?

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 23, 2006 -> 12:01 PM) ...and got impatient? nah. I just decided to give you a break.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 23, 2006 -> 11:56 AM) Precisely. I'm glad someone else made that comparison. I was afraid I'd be vilified if I suggested that. You would have been. I was just waiting for it....

QUOTE(Texsox @ Jan 23, 2006 -> 07:49 AM) Yet we reelected him. You're right. I still can't believe Clinton got reelected.

QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Jan 23, 2006 -> 09:00 AM) Sure, but then so would the idea of finding a new Democrat to represent CT in the Senate who wouldn't consider such a move. Now why would that be smart politics on the part of the GOP?

The Koran is like the Bible. It can be intrepretted to justify or condemn damn near anything. It all depends on who's reading it.

To "minors" .... I just wanted to add that this guy knows his stuff.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Jan 23, 2006 -> 08:17 AM) The biggest lie I can think of is that Sox fans would never support the Cubs. Eventually, the Cubs would be selling out every game like Boston. Die Hard Sox fans would never cross over, but many more would. IMHO, the Cubs would have had a WS winner by now with the increased payroll am extra million fans would have brought in. That's Blasphemy!

QUOTE(aboz56 @ Jan 23, 2006 -> 09:03 AM) You could almost fly cheaper on southwest (which is what im doing) than drive up from KY by the time you pay parking at the hotel and gas. I was able to fly up for $95 round-trip. Yes, I wish that was an option for me, but by the time I drive to Louisville, I'd be halfway to Chicago.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Jan 23, 2006 -> 10:55 AM) The schedules aren't out just yet, I'd assume they'll be out within the next few days. The thread this originated from has been merged with this one.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Jan 23, 2006 -> 10:45 AM) Completely agree rock, fantastic post. It's important to have a good farm system for different reasons depending on how you run your franchise. Kenny seems to have a few guys he loves and won't trade like BA and Brandon and then the rest he'll trade for proven commodities. I love this approach and without it we wouldn't be awaiting a ring ceremony the 2nd game of the season. The farm system is used to supplement the big club. Whether that is by bringing players through the system to the bigs, or by trading them for established players. It doesn't matter how the big club is supplemented as long as the correct decisions are made. With KW, so far so good after a questionable start.

QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Jan 22, 2006 -> 03:24 PM) That's not how the Senate works. It's not that CT would elect a Republican Senator, its that the Republican Governor would appoint a Republican Senator who would finish Lieberman's term. So CT would NOT be getting what it votes for, by definition. Okay. I see where you are coming from now. But isn't that what you'd call smart politics on the part of the GOP?

QUOTE(whitesox1976 @ Jan 22, 2006 -> 10:11 PM) It will be great to see the White Sox at the White House. I would think Rowand would be in attendance as he was part of the World Championship team. After Philly fans went apes*** about him wearing that Bears jersey, going to the White House with the Sox may not be a good idea for Rowand.

I don't know exactly where you are but an alternative route might be the WK Parkway west to I-24 west, then to I-57 north.

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Jan 22, 2006 -> 11:39 AM) is the end of that pronounced "sees"? If I remember correctly, they (dictionary-dot-com) had it as 'sez' but I don't recall whether it was a long or short 'e'. I'd venture to guess 'seize' as the correct pronunciation. If you don't want a guess ... look it up yourself.

Coming up with a top ten list would be extremely difficult, imho. And, of course, nobody is going to agree with you on everything and you'd get slammed on a lot of choices.

Happy Birthday! Have a good one and drink liberally.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Jan 22, 2006 -> 07:09 AM) We don't have the likes of Rush, Hannity, O'Reilly, Ingram, etc to teach us and keep us in line. I'm glad you realized my remark was 'tongue in cheek'. I probably should have used green.