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QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Nov 12, 2009 -> 11:53 AM) FYI - There are no volcanoes in Tennessee. Very little of Mars there either. Won't stop me from working on it.

QUOTE (dasox24 @ Nov 12, 2009 -> 11:36 AM) I was wondering if that's what you meant when you responded in the College Football thread about the TN players getting arrested. Where in Tennessee? Based on your signature...probably the same place you're at.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Nov 12, 2009 -> 10:13 AM) How about multitasking? Kinda good at that, but the NFL doesn't like broadcasting their games online.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Nov 12, 2009 -> 11:53 AM) Maybe we just watch too much tv. Some of us never watch any of the 24 hour networks...yet our lives are still substantially impacted by them.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Nov 12, 2009 -> 09:43 AM) So your saying we should ask for more back? My thought is you are giving up Konerko but freeing up the resources to spend money on a good DH and a reliever. I'm not sure if the BoSox would include a Bowden or Bard instead of Kochman (or on top of Kochman). I was throwing the idea out as it might be one of the best ways to get a real good, young, top of the order bat, and shed salary. I think I'm saying that Kotchman really doesn't interest me...but if we're making a deal like that, we'd need to find something to fill in for Konerko's bat. If Casey could do that, sure, or if we could sign Laroche, sure, but either way, we need more power.

QUOTE (jasonxctf @ Nov 12, 2009 -> 10:01 AM) so back to the thought... why not require the "opinion" logo? At what point on Fox would it go away? Would it run on Joe Scarborough? What about when 2 different talking heads come on?

I think this 12 minutes basically sums up everything that is wrong with how CNN currently operates. Although there are bleeps, probably nsfw. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c CNN Leaves It There www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Crisis

I would like to also say...I really don't have a problem with the existence of these commentators, nor do I have a problem with the existence of something like Fox, which is 99% the mouthpiece of one party. The thing that bothers me the most though is how little attention gets paid to their influence by the other networks and how they're allowed to shape the debate without question by anyone except the Daily Show. Drudge picks up something about how kids in NJ sang a song that mentionned Obama 8 months before, it goes to Beck, the Fox "hard news" people start talking about how its now a controversy, then it migrates to the other channels without any effort to ask the simple questions. Like Lost says, they just play the old "2 equal sides" card, rather than asking "Did the parents approve the thing first" or "What did the school actually do". There's no accountability from the people who are supposed to be the hard news guys. When a Republican comes on and says "This health care system is a blatant takeover of government", the answer is not "Ok", it's "Why do you say that when study x says this and study y says this". When an administration official gives the number of jobs created by the stimulus, the question is "How do you deal with studies like this one".

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 12, 2009 -> 09:38 AM) The best way to fight the trend of these stations doing so little news reporting, is for a competitor to crop up that does in fact report news. There are some bright spots here and there, but they are on the web or in print, not on TV. Or if they are on TV like PBS, they don't have the resources to truly be a global news presence. My prediction: BBC will parlay their continued expansion in the US into a full-blown US news channel, to compete with the existing MSM. And I'd probably watch it. I'd watch a network like that too. I think this is a currently un-filled market niche.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Nov 12, 2009 -> 09:18 AM) I realize Victor Martinez/Casey Kochman are on board but Victor might catch (who knows) and the Red Sox have to be concerned with Papi. Probably unlikely, but what if: Sox Trade: Ramirez/Konerko for Kochman/Jacoby. Would you guys do it? Unless someoen in our org still thinks Kotchman has enough in the tank to turn into a 20 HR, .280 hitter, no. The Sox would be giving up 2 big offensive threats and getting 1 back. Right now I'm looking at casey as just a backup 1b, and with that, i can't agree to that deal.

QUOTE (bmags @ Nov 12, 2009 -> 08:55 AM) This is what I was getting at. Karzai needs to make some major reforms as a sign of solidarity, like, stop profiting from the poppy trade. Supposedly one of Petraeus's famous lines about Iraq is "Tell me how this ends". I think this is Obama saying the same thing.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Nov 12, 2009 -> 09:10 AM) Bucholtz is severely over-rated. He's a very good pitching prospect, but he's not an elite pitching prospect. I don't think Hudson is either, but more than a few people have rated Hudson in the top 10 pitching prospects in baseball currently. I'm not sure where I stand on that theory but Hudson is pretty damn good. Both have questions and neither are sure things (what prospect is), but I would argue that Bucholz isn't hands-down better. He may not be hands-down better, but the biggest advantage he'd have is being at least a year ahead of Hudson, in terms of hitting the big leagues and starting to learn how to get big league hitters out. That's a big advantage for a pitching prospect.

If the trade makes this team a lot better, ok...but we better also be willing to overpay to keep AJ for another 2-3 years as an aging catcher.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Nov 12, 2009 -> 07:23 AM) How f-ing stupid do you have to be to do something like this while on a full ride to a bigtime SEC school? I will never understand this Makes me feel good about my new home. If I'm gonna be robbed, at least I'll get to meet a football player.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 12, 2009 -> 08:21 AM) More specifically, I get the impression it isn't about troop LEVELS, its about usage and strategy. The "surge" in Iraq worked not because there were more troops, but because of a big shift in strategy. I think Obama is looking for that right set of good ideas to implement and get a similar result. Of course, that was a different scenario with some coincidental political changes in Iraq, but the military change was indeed part of the reason why violence went down so much. I don't particularly care if its 30k or 40k, that's not important here, really. Also, related, we need to get more of our guys our of Iraq faster, if we are going to do this right. Sending troops to Afghanistan means, for many of them, a 3rd or even 4th tour in the region, and that has to wear them down a bit. That concerns me. What his "Rejection" means is that he's not yet satisfied that he's been presented a comprehensive plan, and thus he's not going to put more blood and treasure on the line just yet. Which is an impressive move, if its true that the entire defense side was just basically saying "More troops" unanimously. I'm not sure where i saw this but I believe I read a key thing he wants is some sort of workable structure for the debacle that is the Karzai government, such that we're not just backing up a corrupt dictator with more troops. I can't complain about that line of thinking.

Moving to Tennessee

God, it's been a long time since I've had Sundays free enough to sit around and watch a couple football games.

Just out of curiousity...what do people think he'll be looking at when he hits the FA market after 2011? Is he another Tex kind of contract guy, 8 years, $200 million ish?

Quitting for the night, I am.

IIRC you can't PTBNL Mitchell until Mid-December at the earliest.

Royals to sign former White Sox IF Wilson Betemit.

Obviously the chemicals have made typing difficult for you.

Maybe you should either lay off that stuff or bring enough for everyone.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 11, 2009 -> 07:48 PM) 2nd quarter 35 points. 2nd half 29 points. Their legs were flat out spent.