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QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jan 2, 2013 -> 02:40 PM) What exactly did Obama NOT get in this negotiation? A measly 200K income gap between his original 250k threshold which he later backed off of like a month after the election? The estate tax affecting slightly bigger estates than he wanted? An increase in the debt ceiling, to prevent a default caused by this deal.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jan 2, 2013 -> 02:33 PM) Laugh all you want. Apparently this party is all talk and no bite. Months and months about cutting spending and they didn't cut anything. If they continue to negotiate like that, they'll happily give up gun rights. They don't care about spending, they care about tax cuts, and they cut something in the range of $4 trillion dollars in taxes over the next 10 years yesterday.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jan 2, 2013 -> 02:30 PM) The way this current Republican party folds on their demands, i'm sure they'll fold on any and all restrictions on guns. I'd just like to re-highlight this because I think there will be a few laughs.

QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ Jan 2, 2013 -> 02:27 PM) Lol no way, Kyle Adams for the win! Ya a proven TE would be nice too, I wouldn't mind grabbing one in the draft though. Only so many needs can be left to the draft, unfortunately, and O-Line depth is likely to be a major one there also.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 2, 2013 -> 01:39 PM) So Hester isn't going anywhere. $2.85 is still pretty high for him.

QUOTE (Tex @ Jan 2, 2013 -> 01:05 PM) It's like walking into a restaurant knowing you have $10 left on your credit limit and buying a $20 meal and expecting the credit card company to bail you out. Or acting shocked there even is a limit. You have to be pretty stupid to keep doing that. It should be a warning to stop the spending. You have to live within your limits. But some people can't seem to grasp that eventually you have to pay back the loans. It's one thing I really dislike about liberals who want all this stuff but can't seem to grasp that it isn't free. The government should not routinely spend more than what taxpayers send in. So you're in favor of the defense department and medicare shutting down at the end of February?

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jan 2, 2013 -> 11:30 AM) Bulls***! You can keep spewing this nonsense out, but everyone needs to know it's utter and complete bulls***. The gun crazies are going to lose ground in the next 6 months or a year. There will be new legislation with new restrictions. It won't be anywhere near what you want (no guns) but it's not somehow going to go the other way and become the wild west. Who is going to pass this new legislation? The Republican House? Ha. Funny. They might pass a bill allowing the FBI to track gun purchases used in crimes as long as the bill also makes gun ownership mandatory for everyone over 6 and bans safety switches on guns. The States might try...but they're literally hamstrung. The places that want stronger gun legislation can't really do anything because they can't get the help of the Feds even in monitoring dealers and they can't ban this type of rifle on their own. Meanwhile, the states and cities that do have strong gun laws continue to have them dismantled by the courts (see: concealed carry in Illinois). And there is plenty more that can and will be struck down, maybe not tomorrow, but over the next few years. The states that don't have strong gun regulation aren't going to create them because of this incident. We already see what is happening instead, Tennessee and Arizona are happy to lead the way in arming teachers and having Sheriff Arpaio's insane clown posse taking up positions in schools. And on top of that, those 20 dead kids have been the best marketing incident the Bushmaster rifle could ever ask for. We just had a gun show here in knoxville, and those style of guns were going for 4x the price that they were going for before this rampage. Background checks all over the coutnry skyrocketed after this killing, because people wanted to stock up. So, we're going to watch now as even more of these things wind up on the streets and in the hands of people who are capable of such acts. So yeah. More guns. No new laws. And the crazy states will lead the way in coming up with new idiotic places to put guns.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jan 2, 2013 -> 12:33 PM) I still think we will see Simon Castro sometime soon. He had a nice year and his right handedness could be an asset, especially if we ship Gavin out. I certainly wouldn't count him out either, but right now he's like 7th or 8th in line for a rotation spot. If nothing else, it makes sense that people wouldn't put him in prospect lists without knowing our system well, since he's already had a stint at AAA and will now be repeating it.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Jan 2, 2013 -> 01:07 PM) I don't know how the Bears could afford Long without cutting Peppers. They probably could but it'd be their only big addition of the offseason. What's more likely though is that the Bears could rework some of their contracts, including Peppers.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 2, 2013 -> 09:51 AM) You may want to tell the most prominent gun advocate interest group and their supporters how silly that argument is since they're still making it. The problem of course is, they're winning. They're going to get more guns in schools and on the streets out of this. Sitting here angrily watching the body count pile up until the next massacre happens and we wonder how in the world the next guy got his hands on an assault rifle seems like a reasonable reaction.

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This one will be bad enough that the economy will either shrink or grow very close to 0% in 2013 Q1. That's my prediction.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 2, 2013 -> 08:57 AM) The Big Ten goes 2-5 with two of their top teams on the sidelines this year. They made the games a lot more competitive than I thought they'd be. Except for one school, that is.

QUOTE (mmmmmbeeer @ Jan 1, 2013 -> 11:43 PM) The GOP is in absolute disarray right now. Unbelievable...never seen anything quite like this. Will Boehner retain the speakership or did Cantor stab in the back just well enough to steal it? We have Rubio and Rand Paul voting against the compromise and Ryan voting for it...how's this play in 2016? What in the holy f*** is going to happen with the debt ceiling??? This debate was small potatoes compared to what's going to happen with the debt ceiling. No one will remember this one in 2016. If any of these "Debates" are remembered, it's because they wound up shutting the government down on one of them.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 1, 2013 -> 10:26 PM) He didn't deserve to be fired so quickly. Rex Grossman would have an upgrade at the QB position for them. I'd assume part of the problem had to be that he was involved in choosing their QB candidate.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 2, 2013 -> 06:27 AM) Having a pro bowl LT absolutely fixes things long term I think there's still a serious scheme problem in the Bears offense that leaves their OLine players alone, without help, way too often. But...the chances of the Bears having the same scheme next year appear remote.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 2, 2013 -> 08:46 AM) The thing is, with the kind of power Dunn has, he can still swing for the fences to CF or even LF, and be just as powerful. Its not like the guy ever hits cheapies. If he gets it, it goes 400+ The wierd thing about guys who get the shift...a lot of times, they do spray the ball to all fields in the air, but it's only when they hit it on the ground that it is biased to one side.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jan 1, 2013 -> 09:33 PM) Whisenhunt is better than Arizona showed. He deserves another head coaching job. I think both he and Lovie are on Buffalos list. As is Denver's OC, who is on the Bears list.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Jan 1, 2013 -> 09:35 PM) Well it was already illegal for him to purchase or possess guns, and there were already laws about straw purchasing, so unless you have a few precogs hiding around somewhere, not too much else you can do. Limiting clip size or scary looking guns would not have made a difference. Of course, if it were illegal to have made that assault rifle in the first place, it could never have been bought for him. Not having that rifle would have made him much less skilled at killing people, particularly at range.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jan 1, 2013 -> 09:06 PM) I'd love Clements for an OC, I think there are better options for a HC. The bustability of some of these assistants is pretty high. Serious q: isn't that the case for any hire? Retread coach, college coach, coordinator...all have fairly high bust rates.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 1, 2013 -> 08:59 PM) And what? Default on the debt? The debt ceiling is just a dumb self-imposed cap to not pay for the things Congress has already voted for. I think Tex should take his beliefs in the debt ceiling to heart. He should go to the most expensive restaurant in the area, have their most expensive meal. When the check comes, kindly inform the waiter that he has passed legislation mandating he cannot pay more than $10 on a meal, and hand him $10.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jan 1, 2013 -> 08:01 PM) So how about the Senate actually have some balls and do something, like vote on House bills? Oh wait... they're on your side, so they're doing the right thing. STFU with the rhetoric, because one is no better then the other. QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 1, 2013 -> 09:06 PM) that you are making things up again? No, explain to me why the House, let alone the Senate, should waste its time with dozens of "repeal pbamacare" bills. And by the way, here's the roll call on the Senate vote to "To repeal the job-killing health care law and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.". It failed.

QUOTE (Tex @ Jan 1, 2013 -> 07:34 PM) I believe this hard of a fight will result in the very best compromise we could hope for. I really hope there is no move to increase the debt ceiling. We may finally be putting the brakes on government borrowing. Why are you in favor of this deal with no debt ceiling bill. That's insane. This bill mandates tax cuts that would push over that ceiling with ease. Why do you think defaulting on the debt is a good idea?