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QUOTE(Texsox @ Jan 22, 2006 -> 07:20 AM) YASNY, not only will I listen, I promise not to reply so this truly isn't bait of any kind. How does a newspaper become nuetral in your eyes? If they are writting a story about Monica Lewinsky or Prison abuse, how do they balance that? The order in which they report facts will become an issue. Do they look for positive articles to balance? Do they add up the colum inches and see how many are positive and negative? Do they endorse the exact same number of Dem and GOP candidates? If you have the choice of reading the Trib or Sun-Times is Chicago "balanced"? What I don't understand is how anyone could pull up one article and point to it and say it shows a widespread media bias. What seems to happen is the same thing when you decide to buy a car. Suddenly you see that car everywhere. The GOP has told their supporters to not believe the Press and their supporters have agreed. Talk about insulating themselves from criticism. BTW, Astros fans are still b****ing about the WS coverage bias. They point to how the Sox are the media darlings and received all the press coverage dating back to the regular season. A possible Sox collapse received more attention than the amazing surge by the Astros. I am so sick of hearing Hillary and '08. The Dems will not nominate a woman, and she has zero chance of winning. The GOP keeps hyping her and trying to get Dems to believe it. They know they could get anyone elected if she is the opponent. That's just it, Tex. I'm not basing it on one newspaper article at all. I'm basing it on 30 plus years of reading newspapers and watching network news. It doesn't matter. Not worth a debate because I can't understand how it's not obvious to all. I know it's my opinion, but it's going to stay my opinion until I see a change in the overall trend of media coverage. It's just like watching a young ballplayer that hits .250 for two years yet you just know this guy is eventually going to be damn good. You can't point to any stats to back your judgement, but you base it on what you see and experience you've had watching baseball. I see the media's liberal slant the same way. I can't prove it and am not going to try. But I know it's there.

Did I just make a post in this thread?

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Jan 22, 2006 -> 12:26 AM) I've got trouble remembering yesterday like it was yesterday. That means you are really getting old!

There is a guy from my district in the KY state legislature. He ran as a democrat. With a Dem as governor, he switched to the GOP because he didn't like the way the Dems were playing politics. Then GOP Fletcher was elected governor. Guess what? he didn't like the way they were playing ball either. So, he switched and is now running as an Independant. I wish he'd run for president. This man has some convictions that he will stand behind. Edit: His name is Bob Leeper.

QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Jan 22, 2006 -> 12:05 AM) Damn. Use the quote feature then. :-) I'm too easily confused. It's a liberal thing. We understand.

QUOTE(Reddy @ Jan 21, 2006 -> 12:24 PM) do you not realize that MOST dems dont like hillary? edit: and as soon as you can substantiate your claim about a liberal media then i'll give it to you. until then i'll sit back, watch fox, and laugh at the absurdity of it all. Most Dems don't like Hillary because she's the only smart one of the bunch and is trying to "center" herself. That's what scares me. As soon as that b**** takes office, she be so left she won't be able to find her right hand. As for the media ... what's the use. You wouldn't listen anyway.

Totally thrilled for you, PA. My heartiest congratulations! Are you really buying this? Just kidding. I wish nothing but the best for of you.

Easter is not a celebration of his death. It's a celebration of his resurrection. That's what was so 'twisted'.

QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Jan 21, 2006 -> 09:50 AM) With all this talk about Democrat media manipulation, you'd think they might actually control Congress or something. Nobody is claiming the Democrats control the media. It's the liberals.

Hillary would kick Delay's ass, which is one reason he won't get close to the nomination.

I had a half of tank, but I filled up this morning "just in case".

QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Jan 21, 2006 -> 10:33 AM) I don't have a problem with Dems in the cabinet. I have a problem when its done in a way that increases the GOP majority in the Senate. But that's up to the voters in CT. They have the right to decide who represents them, whether it meets your approval or not.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Jan 21, 2006 -> 01:58 AM) What's really funny is how much Neyer loved the Sox over the Twins when the Twins were winning...he loved them so much he predicted the Sox would win the division in 05. One month into the season, he was off the Sox bandwagon - after the incredible start the Sox had - because they were not a good sabermetrical team. At some point, you just have to give up the argument and STFU. Given Neyer's previous analysises(what the hell is the plural form of analysis anyways?), I tend to think that he is wrong like 95% of the time. He just seems clueless. I mean, this is the same guy that said the Sox had one of the worst offseasons in the league last year(along with every other writer in the country...good call on that one fellows), yet called Jermaine Dye one of the best value FA signings of the offseason. Atleast when he's right, it turns out well for the Sox. Good question. a·nal·y·sis n. pl. a·nal·y·ses

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jan 20, 2006 -> 06:43 PM) It took like 5 days for that to happen. Give it up, man. The Democrats are going to fight tooth and nail to keep this from blowing into a scandal. They'll use whatever means necessary. Why? Because this potential scandal can derail Queen Hillary's senatorial reelection and presidential aspirations.

QUOTE(Reddy @ Jan 20, 2006 -> 02:21 PM) the republican party also does not stand for what it used to. Remember Eisenhower? he was a pretty staunch Repub. His son was also. Recently, his son has switched to being a democrat not because his values and opinions have changed, but because the republican party has begun to swing so far to the right that he just isnt a republican anymore. bottom line, both parties change. out of curiosity how would you feel about a republican in congress who agreed with john kerry and was very outspoken about this? Remember Eisenhower? You know, the guy the democrats tried to recruit as their candidate because he was a war hero. He couldn't have been to "staunch" if the Dems wanted him to be their front man.

Wow. Talk about twisting something to suit your purpose. :headshake

You'd think the Sox would have been smart enough to change flags before game 2. The could have actioned the second one off to help WS Charities.

QUOTE(2nd_city_saint787 @ Jan 20, 2006 -> 10:38 PM) just wondering how you guys think Contreras will do without Hernandez around? I believe there was talks that one of the main reasons for Jose's success last year was thanks in part to him being around his best friend el duque. Do ne of you see a drop off in stats since he is no longer here?? also how was uribe with puttin down bunts last year...i really like the idea of putting tad in the 6 but do u think uribe will do good in the 2? One the keys for Contreras was when Hernandez told him to pitch like he did while in Cuba. Jose went back to that and became an ace calibre pitcher. I see no reason for Jose to deviate from that again, since he's proven he is successful.

I think this is an experiment that is well worth trying. It could pay off big time, and I see little risk.

For someone to say Rose wasn't a good enough player to qualify for the HOF is just, well, wrong. And I'm being nice here.

"He slams it home!"

I miss the Jordan rules.

Because you all sound like Chicken Little.

Happy Birthday, Champ! Congrats on your citizenship!

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Jan 20, 2006 -> 11:30 AM) That's more or less what I'm trying to say. A lot of LEFTISTS (hehe) are running around saying HE BROKE THE LAW, when in fact it's conjecture whether or not he did. As I've said before, the thing that bothers me most is that we will probably not really ever know because it won't get that far in the court system. I hope it does, for all of our sakes.