mr_genius

redeem yourself

nice blanket ozzie

should be 1 out no one on now 0 out and go ahead run on 3rd

WTF!

fancy

yessss

i like that play

good old OBP no batting average players like swish. worthless with runners on

take that! paulie haters

q with the quick bat

the largest savings and loan in the Los Angeles. one of the biggest banking collapses in US history. They specialized in risky home loans.

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Jul 11, 2008 -> 12:42 PM) It isn't the primary motivator, but I do think the weak dollar may be responsible for 15-20% of the current valuation. It definitely does. and now they want to add more debt with a massive corporate bailout with money the government doesn't have? This is going to do more damage than good. For some reason, it seems the majority of people in this country really don't care about a massive deficit. The dollar is going to get weaker and weaker the more the country goes into debt. The weaker dollar topped with raising prices due to increased global = expensive gasoline for Americans.

All horrible ideas.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jul 10, 2008 -> 07:16 PM) I agree with everything you just wrote. in general, neither side as really done much. I do believe that McCain and Obama would both change america's energy policy in a good direction. I think Obama's is more drastic than McCains, but that is up for debate. Energy is probably one of those things that I'd have no major issue with either of them. Personally, I prefer Obama's policy of wind and solar with some nuclear over McCains policy of heavy nuclear with some wind and solar. but whatever. I also think that Yucaa isnt as big of a deal as people make it out to be. Just dump the nuclear waste there. I'm all for solar and wind power, but I don't think it is ready to take over as a major producer of energy. We need to put money into research as we build some new nuclear. I don't think nuclear power needs to be the total long term solution.

time for a double from Thome

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 10, 2008 -> 10:40 AM) The idea of alternative energy policy is somewhat Dem, but is really not truly either party at this point. And he's been pushing that pretty hard (more so than McCain). Obama has also talked about mass transit and other subjects that neither party wants to touch. I totally disagree. McCain is for alternative energy just as much as Obama. Also, the Dems haven't done anything for energy independence, the notion that they are better on energy is a farce. A lot Democrats won't even allow windmills in their area. Plus, there is more to alternative energy than wind and solar.

take that ! Zach Grienke

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Jul 9, 2008 -> 09:20 PM) I have one in a drawer back at my folks home. From back when I was about 60 pounds lighter. I did just buy this sweet vintage WU truckers hat on eBay though Hey, It's the 25th anniversary of one of the best summers of my life! nice cap

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Jul 9, 2008 -> 09:18 PM) They voted on Medicare today. The vote was to stop reducing the amount of money Medicare pays to medical professionals for treatment. 99 Senators out of 100 made it in. Only John McCain didn't make it to Washington for the vote. Ted Kennedy, who is currently receiving treatment for brain cancer, did. Which is excellent. did it pass? so is medicare getting even more expensive?

QUOTE (CrimsonWeltall @ Jul 9, 2008 -> 07:33 PM) If you check out the report made by the HR firm (here), it appears that the 2 things mentioned most in the media, the Bible on the desk and the cross burned into the arm, are two of the LEAST relevant things that occured. The burned cross appears to be a lot of media hype ("Teacher burns cross into student's arm!"). While putting crosses onto students' arms is inappropriate and causing minor electrical burns is just farkng dumb, the students did volunteer and there was no indication that the teacher intended to cause any harm. The red marks disappeared in a short period of time for most students. One student involved had some kind of bad reaction to the process and his mark lasted for weeks rather than days. That kid's parents made a complaint. The teacher's supporters keep talking about the Bible on the desk in an attempt to make it seem like it was the only reason he got into such hot water and that he is being persecuted (omg secularists!) for his beliefs. In reality, his personal Bible was by far the most benign element of his religious beliefs he brought into the classroom. Some of the other highlights: 10 commandments and other religious posters displayed in the room Bibles in the classroom for student use, not his personal use Inappropriate leadership in student prayer group contrary to school policy Taught Creationism/ID in the classroom Repeated insubordination after being told to not teach Creationism/ID Distributed (and recollected) handouts to students from "All About God Ministries" Assigned extra credit for students seeing a movie about Intelligent Design Was a poor science teacher overall (teachers in subsequent grades complained his students didn't understand even the basic concept of science) Had a discussion with students about Easter/Good Friday/the Resurrection Had a discussion with students about the evils of homosexuality yea he shouldn't teach creationism as it's not proven science. i don't think religion should be in public class rooms. the public school system is bad enough without tossing this stuff in the classroom IMO. US students are already horrible enough at math and science.

I guess he won teacher of the year too, which was brought up in the interview, but not the article. I think one of the main issues here is that he keeps a bible on his desk.

Obviously he should be in jail if he is branding kids at school. Why isn't he in jail? He should obviously be fired if it's true and locked up. the other side of the story.... I saw him on tv with his lawyer, and they showed the burn (which was obviously not a brand, looked like a chemical burn from an experiment gone awry). He says the story is basically false, but this is the kind of story that the media will just destroy someone, then if the facts come out he is innocent, they will bury the 'innoncent story' on p.53 with a 2 sentence blurb. But if students are getting injured in his class because he is careless, that is also ground for being fired.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 9, 2008 -> 04:13 PM) Get rid of the electoral college and only allow ballots to people with a 90 I.Q. or higher. the Democrats would lose every election in a landslide

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Mar 27, 2008 -> 03:21 PM) The electoral college issue is nothing but hypocrisy based on the results of the most recent election. Case in point: All the democrats cried and whined over the electoral college since it kept the popular vote winner Al Gore out of office in 2000, but then in 2004 they whined about Ohio voter fraud costing John Kerry the electoral college, even though he lost the popular vote by 3 million. Double talk at it's finest. As for primaries, I agree with what I think Balta is saying, which is this is a state political party issue on both sides, so I'm not sure how a national proposal does anything. This is exactly correct. The Democrats only want which system favors them at any given moment. If it was the other way around, the Dems would be saying the electoral college is key to a strong union of states. The electoral college is ok, and it does represent what we are, a union of states.

haha watching cooper anderson 360 on CNN. i know, it's a waste of time. but anyone who says this show isn't embarrassingly biased is either dishonest or a fool,