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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 25, 2009 -> 05:18 PM) And none of it would have been possible if the government hadn't have set up agencies to buy this s***. Because clearly, all of this stuff is currently owned by the government. That's why all the banks and investment companies are in such great shape. They didn't buy any of it, it all was bought by the government, and the banks are 100% healthy. I'm so glad we're defended from the government's excesses by these responsible bankers who didn't buy up any of the sub-prime mortgages in the last 5 years, and certainly did not BUY VASTLY MORE OF THEM than the GSE's.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Feb 25, 2009 -> 04:05 PM) To me, the analysis of John Paxson's tenure here is pretty simple. I think we can all agree that even if the Bulls make the playoffs, they will lose in the first round to one of the east powers. Assuming that to be accurate, at the end of this year, John Paxson will have been GM here for 6 seasons (he was hired shortly after Jerry Krause's resignation following the 2003 season) and his teams will have won one playoff series. I understand he inherited a mess, but the interited mess he had to deal with has been cleaned up for a long time, and one playoff series win in six seasons is unacceptable, especially for a franchise like the Bulls. 1 playoff series win and presumably 4 playoff births if they make it this year though right?

Another interesting note on the mortgage mess...how pervasive was fraud on the part of the mortgage lenders in creating all these bad loans and getting them approved and sold off?

Senator Byrd is correct here. Too often, in particular for x number of years before this one where x = (2^4)/2, these sorts of appointments and commissions have wound up being used as nothing but ways to hide conflicts of interest from congressional oversight. Congress needs to take action on reigning in the executive branch in this matter.

The President was probably wrong last night when he gave America credit for inventing the automobile and solar energy.

Actual geologists and volcanologists respond to Jindal's attack on them.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Feb 25, 2009 -> 12:46 PM) When I buy my castle a top a mountain, I will be hiring you to perform my geological analysis to ensure my house doesn't fall off the mountain and onto my lowly peasants, LOL. Don't buy it in the mountains around L.A.

QUOTE (shipps @ Feb 25, 2009 -> 12:48 PM) For those listening today....What are the chances I will be turning the sound down to listen to the radio broadcast this year? With Stoney in the broadcast booth? This pairing is starting off better than Farmer and Singleton, but come on, seriously.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Feb 25, 2009 -> 12:46 PM) boy DJ sounds good with farmer....something about them just works... They're at least talking fairly intelligently.

Dotel in.

Thome k's.

Long fly ball to Dye. Dye crashes in to the wall, taking some time to recover.

Napoli with a hot shot, fielded on the shorthop by Fields, throws him out at 1st.

Q flies out. 3 outs.

AJ drives in 2. 2-0 good guys.

Broussard works the count full, then K's swinging.

QUOTE (BFirebird @ Feb 25, 2009 -> 12:20 PM) I just turned the game on the radio. Who is on the radio with Farmio...it doesn't sound like DJ. Ok, I'm not the only one who thought that.

Lexi swipes 2nd.

Is that actually DJ on the radio with farmer? His voice sounds totally different. Cadence is the same but the pitch is off.

Lexi singles on a shot up the middle.

Lexiness comes to the plate

Jerry Hairston Jr. Has a home run today for the Reds. Their Corner OF power problem is solved!

Morales also works a 2-2 count, fouls off a couple, then flies out to Owens in Right Center. 123 go the Halos.

Abreu works the count, pops a short popout to shallow CF, Owens covers good ground to get it.

Start off with a groundout to Getz, tricky hop supposedly.