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QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 22, 2011 -> 10:09 AM) I support splitting arguments from the partisan catch-alls, but I'm not going to complain about someone arguing against something in the Democrat thread. It's one thing to argue but to be a troll about it with all the LMFAO!!!! and circle jerk talk is not civilized discourse.

QUOTE (Cknolls @ Feb 22, 2011 -> 10:04 AM) And your point is what? End defense spending and we solve problem? Again LMFAO!!! You people are killing me. Continue circle jerk... Maybe this conversation needs to be in a separate thread. I'm getting tired of the trolling.

QUOTE (Cknolls @ Feb 22, 2011 -> 09:58 AM) LMFAO!!!! Yeah that's it!!!!

via Sullivan

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 22, 2011 -> 09:24 AM) What's the biggest budget problem out there right now (and specifically growing into the future? Defense spending

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 22, 2011 -> 09:05 AM) So, when a guy like Saddam Hussein does these types of things it's bad to intervene, but here it's ok? I don't get it. I didn't say we needed to send 500K troops in there to wage a war. I'd recommend shooting down their planes during this skirmish as we have evidence that their planes are shooting civilians. It'll be a good use for our multi-million dollar war planes that collect dust for the most part.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 22, 2011 -> 08:37 AM) The protesters deserve solidarity and support, but should the US (or other countries) use military force to stop the atrocities being carried out against the Libyan people? If they're bombing their own people with planes, should those planes be brought down? Yes

Can anyone find a progressive guide for voting today? I can't find one for the life of me. EDIT: Never mind. There's only 4 offices on the ballot.

http://twitter.com/#!/HermSchneider

Pretty solid episode of Chicago Code tonight. I still think the pacing of the show is a little off.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 21, 2011 -> 03:48 PM) If Lovie Smith ever went on and on about how well run the Packers were, even 1/100th of how much Ozzie strokes the Twins, it would be considered a fireable offense by 99.99% of Bears fans. For some reason White Sox fans have tolerated the White Sox stroking of the Minnesota organization for years. 2011 needs to be the year it stops. When the voice of the organization, Hawk, does the same then of course it's tolerated by most fans.

What about grenades?

QUOTE (chw42 @ Feb 21, 2011 -> 03:12 PM) This team needs to have a kickass mentality this year. They need to convince themselves that the Twins are s*** and they are THE s***. No more friendly talk about the Twins and how they're this well-runned organization. When you embrace your rival that much, something is wrong. You don't hear the same stuff from the Twins about the Sox. I somehow doubt that mindset will change this year. Ozzie, Hawk, and Paulie are still here.

Yikes. Poor guy. He could have been the Mickey Mantle of our era.

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 21, 2011 -> 02:50 PM) what's up with airline food? nicely played

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Feb 21, 2011 -> 02:50 PM) His recovery has been amazing. He might be a T800.

I knew that Gary Hawkings looked familiar (Raylan's ex wife's husband in Justified). He was in that show Herman’s Head from the early 90s.

Per Mark Gonzalez:

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 21, 2011 -> 01:03 PM) It could be that Maher just got a little hyperbolic and said something stupid that doesn't accurately reflect his beliefs. That wouldn't be the first time and it wouldn't be the last. As it stands, it was a bigoted statement, but I wouldn't say one stupid statement makes Maher a bigoted person. I'd tend to agree with this assessment. And as I watched the show over the weekend I just cringed as I knew where he was going with his argument but he made an ass out of himself with the words he chose and the examples he used.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 21, 2011 -> 12:54 PM) This is for BS: Americans could cut beef consumption by 2.5% and produce enough food to end global starvation (yeah it's pretty old but the math still works out AFAIK, and there's been some dietary debates here recently) We don't have a food scarcity problem; we have a resource allocation problem. Yeah I've read a few articles similar to that over the past few years.

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Feb 21, 2011 -> 10:52 AM) I know you like saber stats, ans none of those players WAR would have offset Kotsay's enough to make up 6 games in the standings. Yeah but you can't just replace player A with player B in a vacuum. What about the impact of teammates if you have a certain player, say Kotsay, in your lineup? Are guys pressing more and popping out or grounding into double plays because they know Kotsay is on deck? Having a huge hole like that in your lineup ultimately affects other players as well and conversely should have a positive impact when you sub him for a player of Dunn's caliber.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Feb 21, 2011 -> 09:37 AM) Anybody else watch Portlandia? Ive been around hipsters the past 8 years or so and this show cracks me up in the way they portray them. I'm a big fan although last week's was a little weak.

Happy Birthday!

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Feb 21, 2011 -> 09:10 AM) This JimThome guy was out there and wanted to come back to Chicago. Vlad was out there. Hell, a year of Johnny Damon would've sufficed. To make a guy your primary DH when he was 10 seconds away from being DFAd before scooping him up from superstar Brian Anderson is indefensible. You deserve another round of these... :notworthy :notworthy

QUOTE (MHizzle85 @ Feb 18, 2011 -> 10:14 PM) You're one of the posters around here with good music tastes, so I'll just go ahead & chalk this up to an agree to disagree. Agreed. Oh and check out this verse from Tyler back from his first album. Sounds like he's reading my mind.