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QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 26, 2009 -> 06:15 AM) That's what it will cost the government. What does it cost private industry? Significantly less than that unless you're a coal company, because the CBO can't take in to account how private businesses and individuals react to the new market. Give you a great example...a cap and trade system was established in the 90's for mercury pollution, the CBO score estimated the cost would be something like 7 times what it actually turned out to be 5 years in to the plan, because the businesses adapted to the new market and cleaned up rapidly.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jun 26, 2009 -> 07:05 AM) This has been the rumor all along, my bet is this is a trial balloon to see how much flack they will get. Also, if this health plan is the BEST THERE IS, then why are senators, representatives, and the president exempt from it? If they legislate this healing pile of s*** on us, they need to live in the same health care system. So...since the legislators and President already have a publicly funded health care system paid for by the taxpayer, I take it you're advocating a taxpayer funded public health care system?

Couldn't care less about him having an affair. Care a fair amount about the fact that he feels it appropriate to legislate and lecture everyone else's sex life (Btw, adultery is still illegal in South Carolina). If I were in that state though, I'd be trying to have him impeached for how he's handled the affair. Wasting public funds on it? Reimbursing the state doesn't count. If he hadn't been caught then he'd have had the state pay for a vacay with his mistress. And then on top of it, skipping town to the point that no one has any idea where you're at? Lying to people about where you're going? Leaving a state owned car at the airport filled with items that make it look like you went hiking? Leaving the state ungoverned for a week (would have been 10 days if his original plans hadn't been interrupted by people noticing). That's an awful record. What would have happened had there been some weather or someone broke out of a prison, something that required a legit declaration of an emergency? You actually need the governor's signature on that. The level of irresponsibility there boggles the mind. Anyway, from now on we have a new political metaphor. "Hiking the Appalachian Trail".

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 26, 2009 -> 07:15 AM) largely because of his childhood success And his incredibly abusive father.

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Jun 25, 2009 -> 11:03 PM) I'm real worried that Portland and Sacramento are going to offer him $10M a season, and if they do, I don't think we'll match. I'll be shocked if Sacto is spending money this offseason. Absolutely shocked.

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Jun 26, 2009 -> 06:51 AM) But he looks to take too many walks which with his speed is bulls***. He needs to over swing as the ball flies out of the cell for the 25 hot games in which they play there. A guy with speed taking too many walks is a bad thing? If he's taking the walks but not striking out a ton then that means he's getting on base. That's when a speedster should be going to town.

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Jun 26, 2009 -> 05:44 AM) Ozeroo is right on with his Carrasco comments. He could be the most valuable guy out there right now in the trade market. Most Valuable guy to your team ≠ most valuable on the trade market.

Farmer and DJ were talking about this. It seems that it's the song he's come out to since he was in high school, so he asked them to find it here. And supposedly he actually knows the song, knows the album, etc.

I got so much work done...

Good work Javy.

QUOTE (BearSox @ Jun 22, 2009 -> 06:36 PM) Mitchell turns into a .300 hitter, I'll jizz my pants and never doubt KW ever again. Why's that? Too many strikeouts? Or just low on the overall scale of odds.

QUOTE (Cali @ Jun 22, 2009 -> 06:27 PM) Mitchell followed by Danks? Danks followed by Mitchell? Mitchell turns in to a .320 hitter with power and we hit him 3rd

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Jun 22, 2009 -> 06:15 PM) Buchholz is not REMOTELY comparable to Thornton when we acquired him. Buchholz is 24 and has been largely successful throughout his minor league career with half a season of unsuccessful performance in the majors, Thornton was a 29 year old reliever that couldn't find the plate with a GPS. If Buchholz comes up and struggles for another 1/3 year, then you can compare him to Floyd.

QUOTE (Cali @ Jun 22, 2009 -> 05:38 PM) Allen's gotta be coming up soon, especially if Paulie's thumb is more injured than the Sox are saying... The timing of him being promoted to AAA at the same time of Paulie jamming that thumb can't just be a coincidence.... Actually it could be, didn't B-Ham just wrap up its playoff spot right at the time all those promotions happened?

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Jun 22, 2009 -> 05:28 PM) Wouldn't doubt it at all, though A-Rod was pretty skinny in high school and for a good couple years with the Mariners until he looked bigger. My personal opinion, Selena overexagerated the high school claim about him. I mean he would have to be horrendously stupid to have that kind of talent and want an edge, especially during the 90s. I'm sure it was during the 98-00 homerun years that gave A-Rod that motivation to outdo everyone else to become the homerun king. He was already a very good up and comming player. But I guess the homeruns make the bank for him, or he wanted to live off that huge contract he got. The point is...it's entirely plausible that the reason you say "have all that kind of talent" is that he was already on something beforehand to help him have that talent.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Jun 22, 2009 -> 04:01 PM) It's a shame really cause there's alot of guys that played the game right. I would vote Bonds into the hall of fame. Take away his numbers from 1999-now (when he started using them) and he's still in the hall of fame. I love Bonds though in my eyes, Hank Aaron is still the true homerun champion as in Roger Maris' 61. I also don't like how posters here ignore other posters sigs on quotes, sites, saying with players/coaches, etc. You can learn alot from what very smart posters here post that can come a long way. I wanna thank hammerhead and another poster who I cant remember who posted Ted Williams' sayings, other coaches/players quotes about Frank, etc.. For the 3 months between ARod's steroid admission and Selena Roberts's book, people were thinking exactly the same thing about ARod; oh he was just using for those 3 years. Not everyone, but a good number. Then she came out with a book saying he was juicing in high school. I still have no conclusive reason to believe that Bonds just started juicing in 1999, rather than switching which steroid he was on.

Unfortunately this hit over the weekend, but it's excellent stuff to see. The Congressional Budget Office has scored the Waxman/Markey Climate bill, which would establish programs to cut our CO2 emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and even farther afterwards, in terms of how much it would actually cost. The answer? Virtually nothing. The CBO doesn't count savings due to increased energy efficency, only actual inputs and outputs from the government, and the total cost of the bill over 10 years is $24 billion. Since there's a breakdown in who gets what rebates, I can also give this chart from the document:

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Jun 22, 2009 -> 02:04 PM) What would the Bulls get in return for Hinrich, any ideas? Ben Gordon

Ford

JD's OPS is 13th out of AL OF's this year. He's tied with Ben Zobrist for 5th among AL OF's with 15 home runs, but he's low on everything else. From the stats, Zobrist, Hunter, Bay, Ichiro, Adam Jones, and a number of others are better AS OF candidates than JD unless he runs off a huge hot streak.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jun 22, 2009 -> 12:39 PM) No one in Washington has any money? I don't get the joke...everyone in washington is blind?

Teams under .500 should not have 4 all stars.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jun 22, 2009 -> 12:31 PM) I'm one of those "if it ain't broke" type of people. I think that by court ruling our money actually has been determined to be broke, because the blind have no way of knowing what denomination they're holding if everything is the same size. I think the reason they're constantly trying to add color has to do with the difficulty of copying it as well, which would be another type of broke-ness.

His legacy is the needle. That's all I have to say about him.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jun 22, 2009 -> 11:55 AM) He said he could have bought his own insurance but just didn't feel like and wouldn't have blamed anyone else. Back when I used to do consulting work in 2002-2004, I opted to buy my own insurance from Blue Cross, I paid a little over 100$ a month and I was fully covered. I'd be absolutley thrilled if that was an option for my family. No insurer will allow us to do that because of pre-existing conditions.