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At least the Phils won't be getting brown

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jul 29, 2011 -> 08:51 PM) I hope a HBP is not our only runner Last time we didn't get him until the 2nd time through.

Bad vibes.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 29, 2011 -> 08:48 PM) I'd rather he go to the Cards and suck than to go all C.C. to the Brewers on us. Makes coop look good at least.

Zero good comes from bumping this thread.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 29, 2011 -> 06:53 PM) It would have gone over better if you didn't have to raise taxes to pay subsidies. Right now we just increase the evil deficit to pay this subsidies.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 29, 2011 -> 08:40 PM) It's Huff with Pat Fitzgerald in the booth Huffs voice sounds disturbingly like paciorek.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 29, 2011 -> 08:21 PM) Who is in the booth with Hawk? Is that Huff? One of those voices is wimpy.

QUOTE (Springfield SoxFan @ Jul 29, 2011 -> 07:58 PM) Let's get this done so he is locked up for a while. If they were anywhere close it would already have been done.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 29, 2011 -> 07:09 PM) I could have sworn that Big Papi has done it before. He has.

Btw, for reference I am not defending the current housing subsidy scheme or saying that gse reform isn't needed. I just thought you were due for that one.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 29, 2011 -> 06:41 PM) I'll be honest, I figured i was some left wing blog, so I didn't even click it. The joke was wasted. I did say it was pay.gov repeatedly.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 29, 2011 -> 06:42 PM) Besides, who the F do you think pays for a subsidy The same people who benefit when there's a tax cut.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 29, 2011 -> 06:34 PM) I am also not the one saying people should be paying higher taxes. That would be the biggest difference. I am also not looking for massive expansions of spending. Yes, you are. You just said you wanted the elimination of housing subsidies. That would raise taxes on people who own houses. The biggest housing subsidy is the mortgage tax deduction. Removing that would raise taxes. At least we know how well you take your own joke line.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 29, 2011 -> 06:30 PM) Honestly, I have no problem with the ending of housing related subsidies. Then why have you not chipped in to the treasury? It's the same standard you use on us.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 29, 2011 -> 06:24 PM) Does it add in the trillions in additional costs from the lost loans? Oh, I see, so when someone thinks taxes should go up if we're going to hack at the deficit and you direct them to the Pay.gov site, it's fine, but when you argue that an indirect homeowner subsidy should go away and you get directed to Pay.gov, you quibble with the outside issues and ignore the fact that you're receiving a subsidy on one hand and arguing it should be done away with on the other. Fair is fair.

Texas Rangers unofficially ban the wave.

Cleared that Kolb money and spent it the next hour.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 29, 2011 -> 06:07 PM) Hey you finally came around to my thinking on why China can't screw the US! Have I disagreed with this in the past? (Serious question).

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 29, 2011 -> 06:06 PM) Not if there are no Fannie and Freddie. According to estimates by Passmore, Sherlund and Burgess (2005), the existence of the GSE's provides a subsidy on the order of a reduction of 42 basis points on a standard mortgage. I don't know the value of your home but I assume you can easily figure out how much this would increase the cost of your mortgage. Here's where you can send it.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 29, 2011 -> 06:03 PM) Then again if they can't sell that loan to the now smaller government, they aren't going to make many loans of the bad variety because they know there isn't going to be anyone to bail them out... That'll still happen, the people who want the smallest government are more than happy to bail out wall street when they come calling

QUOTE (WCSox @ Jul 29, 2011 -> 06:02 PM) With Morel being an automatic out, I would've instructed Viciedo to get reps at 3B a month ago. Sadly, I agree that Pierre in CF is a legit option at this point. Uggh... Please no more position shifts for him. If he's an OF, leave him there. This is his 3rd position in 3 years, with the progression going 3b-1b-3b-1b-OF. That's not exactly how you develop talent.

Bears targeting Vernan Gholston