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Now they're talking about adding more to the bailout...which has pushed the price tag to something like $1.8 trillion.

QUOTE (The Critic @ Sep 22, 2008 -> 07:39 AM) If the Sox had won any of their 2005 series clinchers in US Cellular Field, I'd bet anything we'd have seen the same thing. I don't begrudge them celebrating with the home fans. Who knows if they'll have another chance to celebrate? Anything can happen in the playoffs, why not enjoy the moment? Their players seemed to have the right frame of mind - they all said "we'll enjoy this for a day or two, but we still have work to do". Because it's the 2nd year in a row that they've reached the top 8.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 22, 2008 -> 07:55 AM) Brandon Webb

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Sep 20, 2008 -> 05:55 PM) But shouldn't he be condenming the hackers for their invasion of her privacy? You can argue that these people were motivated by his words about 'getting in people's faces' and so on. i mean, if some on the liberal side can claim that Rush et al incite violence then why can't the same apply in reverse? Or is he afraid of getting hacked by them if he does? Politics aside, he would gain more points by pointing out how unfair and wrong that was than by staying quiet and seeming like he quietly condones it. Why? He voted along with the rest of the majority in favor of saying it was totally ok that the President had grabbed all those emails and phone calls illegally? Why would you expect him to have a problem with this?

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 21, 2008 -> 12:38 PM) $$$$$$$$$$ more than that though Which of course translates directly to the incumbent survival rate.

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 21, 2008 -> 01:18 PM) thats nothing new though However, I believe the 95% plus incumbent survival rate is actually quite new.

Man, what a game in Buffalo...

QUOTE (Sox It To Em @ Sep 21, 2008 -> 01:00 PM) 3-0 Sox. Gracias.

Anyone mind filling me in on the score?

The debate rules sheet is out. Compared to the ones involving Bush, they're quite a bit more open for the top 2. The VP debate rules however seem to be lockdown rules.

About a year ago, Hamas created an anti-Israeli children's program with a character that looked exactly like Mickey Mouse. That character was beaten to death by an Israeli. I have no idea how this all fits together, but there's clearly some sort of weird mickey mouse related issues that the Middle East needs to work out.

QUOTE (Felix @ Sep 20, 2008 -> 04:55 PM) When Mackowiak was out there, there were tons of posts each day asking for the head of Ozzie for marching him out there. Funny how the defense (and offense for that matter) is worse, but there are less posts given the players name. Sorry, I've been busy lately.

Oh goody, Swisher and his .170 BA in Sept. are up. Prove me wrong Nick.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Sep 20, 2008 -> 03:28 PM) I d like to have some of the funny stuff Hawk is smoking,he is still laughably saying that the 3 best MLB teams are in no particular order the Angels,Cubs and the Whites Sox,LOL...agree with the first 2 but to be honest the Rays and Red Sox are better than us. With all 3 of those teams you list...it may well come down to whose bullpen bothers stepping up in the postseason. The Rays don't have a solid closer, the Red Sox's setup people have been weaker this year than last and their starters aren't where they were last year, and the good guys need 1 more RH reliever to step up (please Liney come back to us!).

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Sep 20, 2008 -> 10:49 AM) Independent group. Actually it's listed as being made by a "private citizen" at the end if you read the disclaimer.

John McCain in the September/October issue of "Contingencies" magazine.

Come on Rays, grab a couple more.

So the bailout plan is pretty remarkable. It's 3 pages long. It essentially gives the Secretary of the Treasury carte blanche to transfer $700 billion of your tax dollars to any business he wants. And it specifically says you can't challenge any of the decisions in court. Christ. For the Republicans...do you think it's a great idea for any part of the federal government to be given a $700 billion blank check? For the Democrats...can you think of a better way to spend $700 billion dollars? I can't imagine why anyone in their right mind would do this as currently structured. Which of course is exactly why it's going to happen as written. It's a transfer of $2000 for each person in your family to a bunch of bankers who made bad decisions.

Nashville TN is experiencing a major gasoline shortage (which at least indirectly can be traced both to Ike and to the falling price of gasoline). 85% of the stations in nashville have no gasoline.

Kill em G! Work that magical left arm of yours!

And it's still up, and it's been at least 2 hours since this thread started.

Ok, haven't chimed in yet, so here we go. In no particular order FISA Ethanol The continued insistence that there is something called "Clean coal". The lack of emphasis on eliminating the structural budget deficit. The fact that he adopted the simply incorrect notion that there is a "Crisis" in Social Security The fact that his health care plan does not provide universal coverage and does not challenge the insurance companies nearly enough The fact that he often lets Senator McCain drag him along down the idiotic "The only serious foreign policy is to bomb everyone" path, a-la how he followed McCain's lead on the Georgia/NATO question. Civil Unions Probably come up with more soon.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Sep 20, 2008 -> 09:39 AM) Seriously I think there's a little something to that. The government seems to mess things up when it tries too hard. I'm not sure I agree with that. I'd argue that it's more the people running the government than the nature of government itself (although the nature of this lobbyist, corrupted government might be the real key). Think about the 25 years before this 25 year block, 58-83. Within that time, you had major things get through the Congress. The Civil Rights legislation. Creation of Medicare and the other "Great Society" programs, along with all the drive and funding for the space race. The 25 year block before that you had FDR and his major shakeups, Social Security and the entire regulatory structure we've functioned under for 75 years now, along with the Defense acts of 1948 that structured the military as its found today, and a fairly major war in both blocks. You may not like those things, take your pick...but no one can deny that Civil Rights and Medicare are "Big things". The next set of "Big things" that people might want to get done in this country (a universal health care system, a crash program to get rid of fossil fuels) have been hung up by entrenched interests. Why they're so strong is the question. Is it the media? Has the power of lobbyists gone up that much? Is the American voter just dumber? Is it the party/people we have running things? I really don't know.

QUOTE (WSoxMatt @ Sep 19, 2008 -> 06:58 PM) If Jimmy hits #600 with the WSOX, does he go into the Hall as a White Sox? Not without a big time postseason performance. He goes out and carries the team to rings, hits like 10 home runs this postseason or something like that, maybe walks off a game in the series, then we can talk.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 19, 2008 -> 06:45 PM) You ok? Bah, just a disaster of a day in the lab, home, pretty much everywhere. My computer tried to die at about 3:00 today right before I had to give a presentation and that wasn't nearly the worst part of my day. I could seriously use a win tonight.