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QUOTE(Texsox @ Feb 10, 2006 -> 10:15 AM) Sorry, I should have been clearer, It's 67 million and that was a guess on mobilizing resources to get people out of harms way, secure the city, etc. Man am I stupid.

Does anyone else see this thread on the main page and read it as "I can barely use the bathroom"?

QUOTE(joeynach @ Feb 10, 2006 -> 09:48 AM) Yeah I mean the facility is 15 years old. How long are stadiums generally designed for 30-40 years of operation. So we are somewhere near half of its life. Id rather them take time to inspect and make sure everything is fine than have a cub and wrigley esc scandal and problem on our hands. But falling concrete just gives a stadium character! It turns you into a baseball mecca!

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Feb 10, 2006 -> 09:52 AM) I dont understand why they feel the need to pass this law, when it will undoubtedly be overturned. Because it actually will probably never go to court, the stay will be issued and it will sit there until Roe v. Wade is overturned, at which point they'll try to get the stay lifted.

QUOTE(KipWellsFan @ Feb 10, 2006 -> 09:46 AM) So abortion immediately becomes illegal? The way it has worked thus far in most places is states put these laws on the books that are directly in contravention of Roe v. Wade so that the moment that case is overturned, abortion immediately becomes illegal in the state. Of course, since there's only 1 abortion provider in the entire state of South Dakota, and none of the doctors there actually live in the state (they all fly in), all this will do is make it a longer drive for the women involved if it ever is able to be enforced.

QUOTE(Confederate_48 @ Feb 10, 2006 -> 08:56 AM) I think our secondary is gonna have a tough year next year with Martz and Childress in the division. That depends entirely on whether or not Brown stays healthy, as far as I can tell. Oh, and if you find a corner to improve on Tillman's performance.

Did anyone else notice how the person starting this thread was named "Crazyman"? I believe that has some significance for our problem.

Congratulations.

Did anyone else notice that blond lady they cut to while Buehrle was talking about how his wife was the one who first saw the story about the guy selling his tickets? Was that MB's wife?

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Feb 10, 2006 -> 07:45 AM) This guy is an embarassment. :headshake He's still done a lot for the people of his country, no matter what he says that pisses people off.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Feb 10, 2006 -> 09:05 AM) I am sittng here wondering how much time and money should have been spent on the possibility that NO would take a direct hit, and the levees would break, and this and that. While we have an unlimted budget to destroy and rebuild Iraq, we don't have an unlimited budget to mobilize thousands of people and tons of equipment on a worse case scenario. All that has to be balanced in the response. Can you imagine the headlines $67,000,000 spent on diaster that never came. What a waste of our tax dollars. First of all...I don't think I've seen any estimate which says that making the NO Levees structurally sound enough to take the surge from a Cat 5 would have cost $67 billion. A couple billion yes, but not that number. Secondly, this is the real cost/benefit analysis question. It's almost guaranteed that every city on the Gulf Coast will suffer at least a glancing blow from a major hurricane once every 100 years or so...maybe less as the planet warms up and we wind up with more major storms. When you have something that is a virtual guarantee to happen at some point, it's just not wise to ignore it. California is actually a fairly good comparison. This state knows that both the L.A. and San Fran areas at some point in the next 100 years are going to have to cope with a magnitude 7-8 earthquake at least once, along with several smaller events. And in San Fran's case, it will be a direct hit on the city. When you know for a fact it is going to happen...you can't just gamble that it won't happen soon. This state is actually going to be in real trouble if one hits in the next 20 years, since most of the retrofit projects started after '89 and '94 are projected to take another 10-20 years. The Golden Gate Bridge may very well go down, for example, if one hits tomorrow. And there would probably be massive levee breaches out here too, up in a river delta in the north. When you simply know that something is going to happen...you just have to spend the money. There's no way around it.

Nuke, this one's for you.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Feb 10, 2006 -> 07:08 AM) So wait a minute. You are trying to tell us that in 2001 the Republicians knew that Abramoff would somehow become a politicial liablity so while keeping in business contact with him themselves, and exposing themselves to further political liability, they set up Reid? Put away the tin foil hat dude. No, that means that they tried to get his support on the Marianas bill in the method they were using to get the support of the Republicans...$$$. Reid...refused. HE never supported their position despite the $$$ which worked so well on the Republicans. And the AP is kind enough to hide that fact, because otherwise they wouldn't have had anything to print here.

DHS Director Michael Chertoff told us after Katrina he didn't know the Levees broke until Tuesday afternoon. This is false. He was also informed of Levee breaks Early Monday.

He's a .280 career hitter against current Cubs pitchers. At least now...it's impossible for Ozzie to give him playing time. Utterly impossible.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Feb 9, 2006 -> 10:40 PM) Two words. Lisa Dergan. In other words...Pods could spend every offday wandering around wearing a dress...and his manhood is already confirmed. He wins.

Ho-Hum...the White House was told by email at 9:27 p.m. on Monday, the evening after Katrina blasted through New Orleans, that the Levees were rupturing, people were stranded, and the city was in terrible condition. I'd like to be able to say something more than ho-hum, but well...I'm just not surprised one iota. I'd go dig up the pictures of Bush happily strumming the guitar while NOLA flooded or holding up a birthday cake for McCain, but well, it's late.

As well as the Pistons are playing this year, I think only having 3 of their guys would almost be an insult to the rest of that team. Each one of them is playing great, and the fact that each of them is playing so well keeps the numbers of the others down a little bit compared to where they would be on, let's say the Lakers.

I'm almost certain Bobby at least has both a changeup and a slider in his arsenal. Until last year he was a starter. The Sox have been trying to make him into a fastball/curveball pitcher IIRC, which if he's only pitching 1 inning and he has that fastball hitting 99-100 is not a bad idea IMO.

QUOTE(TLAK @ Feb 9, 2006 -> 05:44 PM) were? Dude...if a world series doesn't end those grudges...then the ones holding them are Cub fans.

So, it's looking more and more like the idea that the President and the White House had almost no relation with disgraced Republican Lobbyist Jack Abramoff is simply another lie. Think Progress has been covering these emails and the attempts to cover up the photos of Bush and Abramoff for several days now. Mr. Eisler Made an appearance on CNN earlier tonight, and he left little room for doubt here. We've known for a while that the company which owned some pictures of Bush and Abramoff suddenly had those pictures disappear as soon as Abramoff plead guilty, and we've known that the White House's promise to provide full details of all meetings between Mr. Bush and Mr. Abramoff (given in early January) has gone totally unfulfilled, to the point of Mr. McClellan denying he ever made that promise. Now we are seeing more evidence of a direct relationship between Mr. Bush and Mr. Abramoff leaking out over time, despite the best efforts of the White House. The big remaining questions of course, are these; how much did the White House know, and why are they going to such great lengths to keep that information from coming out?

QUOTE(daa84 @ Feb 9, 2006 -> 03:12 PM) Edit: i am unsure about the speed numbers. I know he really didnt steal at all last year at AAA, but i know kenny has said he could steal 15. anyone get to see him with any regularity that can comment on his speed potential Supposedly he's faster than Rowand, who was 16/21 last year. If nothing else...it's hard to find 2 guys better to learn the art of stealing bases from than our first base coach and left fielder.

Today's gaggle: Good point...don't you usually blow up a plane with a bomb, not hijack it with one?

QUOTE(MarkBuehrle_TheAce @ Feb 9, 2006 -> 02:31 PM) am I the only sox fan in this forum who happens to beleive that jerry owens should be our starter in center? Yes.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Feb 9, 2006 -> 02:26 PM) Thanks for quoting Juan Cole, he is obviously an objective guy. Maybe I can quote Daniel Pipes. I am sure he is just as objective from the other point of view. Fine. Go repeat the searches he did and prove him wrong.