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QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 8, 2011 -> 12:19 PM) Its a start though, and its definitely a good place to invest infrastructure money into. Huge money and time savings long run, not to mention job creation, increase in tourism spending, etc. But you are right, the GOP in the House will say no. 81 members of the Senate think the money is better spent on oil subsidies - that's how laughably shortsighted they (81 being multple parties) are. Just for you... You're a stalinist.

Help, I have no idea which way to go!

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Feb 10, 2011 -> 11:26 AM) I think our best move out there is a deal for Melo centered around Taj & Deng (w/Deng going to another team for expirings which go back to Denver) plus draft picks. I think teams have noticed what Deng is doing and I think the Bulls can afford to move both of them if it means getting Melo back. I still can't figure out why this move hasn't happened yet...unless Carmelo has made it clear he won't immediately sign an extension in Chicago. That's a better offer than anyone else has had on the table since the Netropolitans pulled out.

QUOTE (Tex @ Feb 9, 2011 -> 10:23 PM) Christopher Lee setting a record for fastest resignation with the smallest known misstep. Don't complain, if he hadn't resigned, soon he'd be crossing orcs with goblin men and breeding an army, capable of moving in daylight and covering great distance at speed.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Feb 9, 2011 -> 07:18 PM) he probably wants to get his career as a lobbyist started ? The guy is a former secretary of the Navy. If he wanted to be a Lobbyist, he wouldn't have had to serve in the Senate to do it. Hell, serving in the Senate might hurt...you're associated with a political party once you've done that, rather than just "guy who signs the contracts".

QUOTE (Tex @ Feb 9, 2011 -> 10:22 PM) I wish the Dems would follow suit when it happens to someone with a (D) after their name. WTF? Name a D who has been established to have had personal improprieties and not almost immediately resigned? There's enough Republicans who qualify on that list to form their own caucus. You can go for financial improprieties and a few Dems will show up, but a few Republicans will show up as well.

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Feb 9, 2011 -> 09:18 PM) Well if so, that means he turned down that deal to join another team for the same salary, so no wonder they're booing him for that (and also because he sucked so many times in the playoffs against the Lakers probably). No, the Jazz had no intention of offering Boozer the same sort of contract the Bulls did.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Feb 10, 2011 -> 03:10 AM) Am I the only one who anticipates Buehrle remaining a White Sox player long after 2011? If Mark wants to stay, he won't be going anywhere. I just don't know how long he'll want to.

Really, I'm more stunned that this was all it took to get him to resign. I'd assume that there has to be a lot more than this that he now expects to come out. I'll be genuinely surprised if there isn't. Hell, a Senator jsut got re-elected despite having visited prostitutes.

Zero chance I'm going to agree with that, I'm the one who fills in all the XX's.

F*** it, I'm splitting the thread since he resigned. Fastest moving scandal ever?

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 9, 2011 -> 05:42 PM) Let's put it this way....do you think there is a significantly higher %age of financially inept people no than there was in 1985, 1970, 1955, or 1940? If so, well, I'd be surprised actually, with the proliferation of stock ownership, for example, people have simply had to deal with those issues much more often. So I'd actually disagree with that. If people haven't gotten worse at managing their money than they were 15, 30, 50 years ago, then it's worth asking if something else changed...like say, regulations and banks willingness to lend to people with no credit check.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 9, 2011 -> 05:30 PM) I'm not denying there aren't outliers and that there are some people who did everything right and still got screwed. But I also don't buy that the cause of the foreclosures was Bush closing a credit card debt loophole and insurance companies screwing people over. If you'll note, I explicity included the section of the article that stated the number of foreclosures they thought it caused. Their number was about 200k. The year over year foreclosure numbers from the crisis years have been 1-2 million. It wouldn't have fixed the problem if we hadn't passed that stupid law, but "it didn't cause the worst financial crash since 1929" is not a defense for adding in several hundred thousand foreclosures.

QUOTE (joeynach @ Feb 9, 2011 -> 04:59 PM) Also, the Rangers are said to want 1 top pitching prospect and 1 major league ready position player that can contribute right now. Said by whom? That sounds insane, they already turned the guy into the league's most expensive DH/Super sub because they wanted a defensive upgrade.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 9, 2011 -> 04:36 PM) Man, f*** the government for holding people accountable for their actions! Those assholes. Seriously, how people ignore the first step in this - that a ton of people were stupid, not understanding how money, debt and compounding interest works -is beyond me. This article makes no sense to me, other than to blame Bush yet again. Adding some additional data, as of 2009, somewhere in the neighborhood of 62.1% of bankruptcies were caused directly by medical bills. Of that population, 78% had insurance at the time, but were still bankrupted because of unexpected expenses/copays. Presumably, although its' not catalogued there, a large additional number of bankruptcies were caused by job losses. Therefore, the problem of compounded interest not being understood and causing bankruptcy is of course, much less important than the problem of Health Insurers that don't provide health care.

Ok, look, someone's going to post this anyway, they'll probably make a thread about it, but why not start it off here. If nothing else it pads my post count. Pads it like this Congressman's abs. Edit: The Congressman has resigned, effective immediately.

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QUOTE (Controlled Chaos @ Feb 9, 2011 -> 02:20 PM) Better example would be a US citizen vacation in another country when the injury occurs. Would the vacationing country pay for the lifelong care of a US citizen if they wished to remain there or would they be sent home? In that case, the victim of the injury would have to do something to establish residency (which typically takes on the order of a few months to "officially" qualify.) If you were there for 2 days, got hurt, and decided you wanted to stay in that country, then you'd probably have to file an official request with the government to be granted a visa.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 9, 2011 -> 02:07 PM) Yep, cuz the American system clearly failed him. If only our doctors and hospitals had hearts and souls, they would have provided him at least SOME medical treatment. Instead, this crappy system we have kicked him to the curb to die soon after his accident. Please note the difference in the scenario Tex described to the scenario in this case; in the case Tex described, the person who had moved overseas had clearly established residency. If you're working anywhere else in the Western World and you suffer a debilitating injury, their health care system will take care of you. In the case of an illegal immigrant, they might be treated much as they are here. For emergency care, all that is typically required is a date of birth or something like that; they will treat you regardless. For admission and long-term care, they would go through the state-run insurance provider. Whether a hospital could specifically on their own deport a patient without going through the authorities, I doubt they could but I could be proven wrong on that issue.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Feb 9, 2011 -> 01:52 PM) 2011 PECOTA has the Rays and Yankees at 98 and 100 wins. They have Boston at 88. I don't know what they're smoking over there at BP. The Sox are at 89 wins. Has PECOTA ever liked Carl Crawford?

Xanthippe would be unhappy at your fear of this letter.

QUOTE (Tex @ Feb 9, 2011 -> 01:39 PM) Just wondering, using the example of an American who decided to leave the US and move to another country. He becomes injured working there and needs a lifetime of care at considerable expense would you . . . Say screw him, he left the US, it is his problem, he likes that country so much he should stay there or Since he is an American citizen he is our responsibility from cradle to grave and the US taxpayer should pay for his injuries and lifetime treatment. If the country he moved to were anywhere else in the developed world, that country (or at worst his government subsidized private insurance) would pay for his health care and it wouldn't be a question.

Ever since Hollinger wrote that Derrick Rose was being held back by not getting to the free throw line enough, he's been one of the best in the NBA at getting to the free throw line.

QUOTE (knightni @ Feb 9, 2011 -> 01:21 PM) The only thing that Texas would want would be Danks back. ? The Deal the Rockies and Rangers were talking about would have centered around 25 YO Eric Young Jr., who isnt' exactly gold himself. The Rockies backed out, mostly because they decided they wouldn't give up anything remotely useful while also taking on that contract.