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QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Aug 5, 2008 -> 02:55 PM) To buttress that, it looks like while the "childish" McCain attacks might have worked in the short term, it didn't stick: Gallup: Obama +4 (Obama 47, McCain 43) AP-Ipsos Poll: Obama +6 (Obama 47, McCain 41) Note: the same Ipsos poll done in early June had a similar spread. So, not much shift. Sorry but part of the reason I posted that blog piece was to discredit national polls. What good are they for? They're about as relevant as the Clinton campaign's attempt at pushing the popular vote idea in the primaries. They ultimately mean nothing.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Aug 5, 2008 -> 01:49 PM) Is there another team that's been around for at least 50 years with a worse 2nd best player in franchise history than the Sox? Probably not.

At least we have a new euphemism for jacking it.

Heh

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QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 5, 2008 -> 01:31 PM) You're probably right... and I don't know how much nuclear waste we're talking either. I'd imagine it would have to be quite a bit if we are going to build a multi-billion dollar rocket to ship it out.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 5, 2008 -> 12:30 PM) Hell, we could just toss it out into space away from the Earth to float out in space indefinitely, who cares where it ends up. The Klingons care!

QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 5, 2008 -> 12:27 PM) It would suck, obviously.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 5, 2008 -> 12:15 PM) Open-ended question: for spent nuclear fuel, what's preventing us from just putting this stuff on a rocket and sending it to the sun? The sun is basically a giant ball of nuclear fusion and whatever is sent there would burn up/disintegrate/whatever before it even gets there. What would happen if the shuttle used to launch it into orbit exploded over a large land mass?

QUOTE (The Gooch @ Aug 5, 2008 -> 12:54 PM) Peter. Francis. Geraci. = Classic I waited on him once about 8 or 9 years ago. He's just as energetic in person as he is on TV.

QUOTE (almagest @ Aug 5, 2008 -> 09:46 AM) Any offense will look moribund when the pitching staff gives up 12 runs a game. Offense isn't our problem, and hasn't been for a while. Indeed. Without numbers to back me up I would assume we have had one of the worst pitching staffs in the league in the last 3 weeks or so.

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QUOTE (DBAH0 @ Aug 5, 2008 -> 09:01 AM) Of course you'd have $10M wasted on Contreras still then (unless you could somehow dump him on somebody). Joba is hurt! They have money. One can only dream.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 5, 2008 -> 09:55 AM) Griffey will get a standing O tonight. i would put money on it. I'll do my part.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Aug 5, 2008 -> 09:48 AM) However, my biggest issue with the Democrat Party is the way they make people think that they need their government, it's much more psychological warefare on their front. They want to make decisions for people (we'll decide energy policy.... What is the GOP offering that has the people decide their energy policy? That doesn't even make sense to me.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 5, 2008 -> 08:39 AM) With the relapse of injury problems, a thought just hit me. Usually if a Borass guy can't get a whole lot of years, they take a one year deal so that they could re-explore the market in a year. Any thoughts about something like a one year 7-10 million dollar deal to bring Joe back for 2009? Hmm. He seems to miss a decent amount of time every season now. For 1 year maybe we can sign Casey Blake? And is Fields still a desirable option for the future? Seems like fans are losing interest and patience.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 5, 2008 -> 09:34 AM) Kinda like 100 years of war being the McCain Iraq plan? I will agree that the reaction has been ridiculous, but the statement was pretty full of hot air as well. Good point. Both sides seize on statements like this but it seems like in recent years the GOP take it to an extreme, at least from my point of view. In this case it's everyone holding up tire gauges and it was everyone at the '04 convention holding up actual flip flops. Way over the top especially since the Dem convention back then was so much more positive in its message. I envision a similar direction this year with a negative/attack type GOP convention based on fears and bashing the opponent while the Dem convention will be more focused on positive things like hope and dare I say it, change.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 5, 2008 -> 09:14 AM) If McCain had said it, they would be treating it like some old man gaffe. Its not the tire pressure comment per se, its the line AFTER that which makes it incredibly wrong. Obama wasn't just saying that inflating your tires helps, he actually said that if everyone did it, it would be the same as all of the off-shore drilling would be. It's the reaction by the GOP that I find silly. Sure they can dispute his assumptions/calculations regarding ANWR but they are making it out as if the only proposal for energy he has is proper tire pressure. That is just ludicrous as he laid out a very comprehensive energy plan this week (side note: I don't fully agree with his plan).

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QUOTE (LosMediasBlancas @ Aug 5, 2008 -> 03:07 AM) I've been describing that to everyone out here and everyone says I'm making it up. What do you expect in Cali?

Very disturbing to say the least.

I look forward to cheering on Griffey in his first home game. Hope there's no rain.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Aug 4, 2008 -> 01:30 PM) He does bring "executive branch" experience with him, up to and including enforcement of putting a foot upside ss2k's ass out of the capital building of Indiana.