mr_genius

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jul 7, 2008 -> 07:20 PM) Technically, sure. But you'd have to be a huge jackass to sue because some volunteers sandbagged to help out the community. IMO, anyway. you think that there would be some kind of 'in case of total emergency volunteers can be used' or something in the contract.

Interesting point I heard today. If we go with McCain's plan to juice up our nuclear capacity it will create 700,000 new jobs and we can cut the trade deficit on energy.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jul 6, 2008 -> 10:39 PM) http://www.snopes.com/photos/people/griffin.asp haha nice

Thomas's 1996 and 1997 seasons were better too even though 152 RBI's by Belle is really impressive

3 shot at taste one killed http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1041053...shoot05.article

QUOTE (jackie hayes @ Jul 4, 2008 -> 10:26 PM) You say it's tasteless, but you're gloating about Chappaquiddick and Kennedy going to hell. Naturally. I was talking about one particular blog that was cited. One that didn't mention Helms burning in hell or dancing on graves (it did little more than quote his own words and summarize them, accurately, as "hateful"). I certainly didn't say anything celebratory about Helms's death. You brought the death-party into the discussion, in looking forward to the death of a living Senator. If you think it's tasteless, maybe, I dunno, don't f***ing do it? No, I am not gloating about anything nor am I rooting for him to die. I was merely pointing out that this type of thing is in poor judgment and both sides do it; you seem to support the Helms gloating. I am sure you would not approve of any blog postings, which appear on the same day of Kennedy's death, which pointed out all the facts of the drowning Kennedy was involved in. You are obviously getting very angry now that your hypocritical stance has been called into question, so I think we should end this discussion. And I really disliked Helms anyways, so arguing this is not something I want to do.

QUOTE (jackie hayes @ Jul 4, 2008 -> 07:19 PM) Yup. The last blog cited is pretty objective. He was racist. He was homophobic. It's not classless to report what a man actually said and believed. That's true. But be prepared when Ted Kennedy dies to hear a lot about that girl he let drown to save his own ass. Perhaps T.Kennedy will be burning in hell with Jessie Helms and both right and left wing can dance on some graves. Whats worse, being racist or deciding your political career is more important than your friends life? Personally, I think it's tasteless to be cheering for people to die. Oh well.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Jul 4, 2008 -> 01:15 PM) http://www.redlasso.com/ClipPlayer.aspx?id...e0-26c207d9525a I see some people have already started on the Mccain Derangement Syndrome, just in case. Break out your tinfoil hats! haha MSNBC, you are hilarious. Not an actual news channel, but still hilarious.

the shadows and light in this game are messing with me, i think everything hit in the air is a homerun.

QUOTE (lukeman89 @ Jul 3, 2008 -> 02:38 PM) his 1.83 ERA wasn't good enough for you? I'm surprised it was that low. I remember that season well and seem to recall a lot of blown saves and it seemed like things often became 'interesting' with Thigpen on the mound. But 57 saves is obviously a big year especially with a low ERA like that.

I remember (last year I believe) this discussion on Soxtalk. The consensus was that the uniforms were a good idea because camouflage would make our players difficult to detect on the base paths, thus giving the sox an advantage in stealing bases and taking an extra base. How can you throw out that which you cannot see? Oh Kenny Williams and his get rich quick schemes.

haha totally what a great couple of wins. clutch

:headbang :headbang :headbang YES!

QUOTE (Texsox @ Jul 2, 2008 -> 04:50 PM) What does this say about the liberal media? that they don't control talk radio i suppose

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 2, 2008 -> 03:39 PM) How much does that count against the cap? Maybe the radio industry might not have enough cap room to resign Hannity.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 2, 2008 -> 03:42 PM) You know, there was a time when I think "Oh look, bureaucracy, that's going to cost a lot of money and be scary!" might have worked. Like, any time we had a functioning health care system in this country. But I for one think that when I can point to a slightly scarier video of a person dying while stuck waiting in line for the emergency room, the fear of the government running things might not win out in this match. First off, the video that the media is using as part of their narrative to elect Obama is not something that socialized health care would have prevented. The exact same thing would have happened, as emergency rooms are currently required to take patients like that. So that doesn't prove that the system is 'completely broken'. Secondly, costs are out of control. What people are mocking is if the Dems attempt to cap costs, all the while the likes of John Edwards are galavanting across the country filing class action lawsuit after lawsuit, basically ruining doctors as they cannot charge a rate which makes up for their high insurance rates if costs are strictly capped.

whoa that is a lot of money

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 1, 2008 -> 05:43 PM) Here's an interesting little fact also...our government spends more on Medicare per person in the U.S. than quite a few European countries spend per person on their full national health care systems, and Medicare for us only covers the elderly. I know, thats one of the reasons I cringe when thinking about the costs of a full nation health care system in the US. It's going to be massive and much bigger than medicare. I know countries like Germany have cost caps for health care, I think all doctors have a book which tells them how much they can charge for any given medical situation.

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ Jul 1, 2008 -> 05:31 PM) So cut spending. Could the government afford it if we pulled out of Iraq? While the Iraq war is very expensive, universal health care would dwarf the Iraq war costs. But yea, the trillion dollars spent in Iraq could have been spent better on a great number of things.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Jul 1, 2008 -> 09:09 PM) Aexei batted .355 in June and season high 13 games over .500. nice

man that was a great win

omg omg omg

aww

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 1, 2008 -> 03:27 PM) They had a habit of constantly trying to kill him. They sent him a fair number of places that no other network was sending people, like the middle of the Bosnian war, I think he hit up Rwanda although I could be mistaken, etc. Ah yes the Geraldo Rivera award. Anytime you almost get yourself killed you are a great journalist. He's a complete idiot, his reporting is terrible and you can just tell that he's dumb as a rock when you see him on tv. And yes Bmags, he tells a narrative, which is a shameful technique in covering the news. Any journalist that goes out and cherry picks stories to coincide with their political narrative, while completely ignoring relevant important stories which may contradict that political narrative, is a hack. I could go on and on about this, but I will no longer hijack the Obama thread. Maybe I'll go post a rant in the GOP only thread.