mr_genius

GONE!!!

Rogers, who was trying to catch that, ended up like 5 feet away. talk about misjudging a pop up

haha i've never seen that before

Paulie! Paulie!

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 13, 2008 -> 09:20 AM) A bigot? Seriously? He makes statements alluding to the bitterness of rural folks and the good reasons for it (as well as what they do with it), who by the way will mostly be white, and he's a bigot? If there is any bigotry in his statements, to me, its pro-rural and pro-white. I think it's the 'they clutch to guns, religion, and ant-immigrant vies as a way to cope' that is what might bother certain voters. it's pretty condescending. obviously no one is going to care if Obama says people who lost a job are just bitter. If that stuff is all true, he shouldn't apologize. He should say "it's true, deal with it".

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 12, 2008 -> 04:52 PM) I like this. Believe it or not, what a candidate says is important. Just words? Isn't that a major corner stone of his campaign? I believe when he was criticized for being merely a good speaker, he gave his "just words?" speech.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 12, 2008 -> 04:36 PM) I think its very interesting that the people who have read this into his statements lately are people who frankly were never going to vote for him anyway, while those who might, apparently aren't seeing it (or so the polls indicate). If anything, Obama's support among Dems and nationally has been level or gone up a bit in recent weeks. Why is that? Is it that all the conservatives are just looking for cannon fodder, or that the liberals are willing to defend anything he says? Or is it reflective of the difference in the way people see our country and its situation? I'm sure it's a bit of both. Some Dems are voting Obama no matter what, GOP voters aren't voting for him. As far as the polls, McCain closed a 12 point gap on Obama in the general. I will admit though, I find polling to be a very inexact science. We'll see how these comments play out in Penn and Indiana. If Hillary has big wins I would suggest the comments made a difference. I see no way Obama's recent comments help him. But I might be wrong. I do think Dem voters want the primary over and they should vote Obama if that is the case. If they vote Hillary it really is a bad sign for Obama. That would basically suggest that they are willing to run this primary out due to the fact that they strongly oppose Obama.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Apr 12, 2008 -> 01:08 PM) But what is the message when you take all of these instances as a whole? Again, each fragment that I posted, on its own, doesn't mean much. NSS, I agree that growing up when Obama did, there wasn't an equality. But, I think that he doesn't embrace all Americans like he says he does. I believe both of Obama's parents were well educated. I think his mom has a PhD. I'm not so sure the deck was really stacked against Mr.Obama.

It was obvious Obama was saying the Caucasian blue collar worker is often a bitter, small minded, racist whom clutches to religion and guns as a means to cope. I've heard this line of logic often (in college it was a mainstay of many a sociology class). I'm sure when Obama said this to a group in San Francisco he was playing to the crowd. Not a smart move on his part, seeing there is no way a Dem wins by ditching blue collar workers.

OMG OMG OMG new scandal! http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/8902...b041108.article

If nothing else, the 2008 election will leave no doubt who the media MSM is pulling for. I don't think they are going to be able to contain themselves in any way. In 40 years people will be able to look back at the coverage and it'll be like the film"Reefer Madness", hilarious. edit: 'Reefer Madness' was an anti-pot government film from the 1930s. When watched today, it is obviously full of distortions. Just thought I would clear that up before the "What the hell are you talking about?" reply.

all the troops, except maybe NUKE, are voting Dem. don't you get it? bravo ABC, bravo. your reporting is unbiased and accurate. USA! USA!

QUOTE (Texsox @ Apr 8, 2008 -> 06:43 PM) No, not a video. But we had several threads regarding Israel attacking mourners at a funeral. (for example) You suggested that if the cartoon video was of a random middle eastern person being shot, people here would cheer for it. Your post was obviously intended for direct insult to certain posters. Who? I have no idea. Honestly, I have no idea what thread has any content with posters cheering for Israel to attack people at a funeral. If there is one, I don't care to read it.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Apr 8, 2008 -> 04:54 PM) What I was seeing was in regards to the youtube editorial that Jim posted. If that was some scum bag child molester, a certain segment would be cheering. If it was someone in the middle east, perhaps a Palistinian, some would cheer. China does it for their reasons, and people condem. I think it's wrong in all these cases. Texsox, no one here would cheer a video of random people from the middle east being executed. c'mon now.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Apr 8, 2008 -> 04:42 PM) There are a number of people that believe capital punishment is a good tool for keeping society safe, but we seem to be uncomfortable when other countries are more aggressive then us, but make fun of countries that use it less, or not at all. Look how we have changed what constitutes a capital offense, and whenever we change the line, we believe other countries should also. And it was in green because I generally believe that countries should not have the option to kill citizens. Ok, fair enough. But I don't think anyone here has condemned China and then insisted on more capital punishment in the US (or even supported government executions). Thats why it seemed like your quote was a bit out of the proverbial left-field.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 8, 2008 -> 04:26 PM) Isn't part of the idea though of trading with China that simply having contact with the rest of the world through things like the internet, trade, etc., supposed to wind up with one of its net results being a more open and Democratic China? (I'm not sure I believe this, but it's been one of the things claimed for years every time a China discussion comes up...that the best way to liberalize that country isnt' through sanctions, but is in fact through trading with them). Well, they don't have an open connection to the internet. Google, Yahoo, ect. have agreed to act as a government surrogate. Money is obviously more important than worker standards, freedom of speech, the environment, fair trade, and all that other meaningless dribble. China won't change it's policies and American corporations see a workforce readily available for abuse. win win my friend. right?

QUOTE (Texsox @ Apr 8, 2008 -> 04:12 PM) But don't we love a country that gets tough in crime instead of coddling them like we do? I'm not really sure what you are going with this post. please explain.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Apr 8, 2008 -> 09:03 AM) Tangent, should we make a distinction between athletes playing in China and American businesses playing in China? Seems if our corporations can go over there and play, making money for themselves *and* the Chinese, our athletes should be accorded the same opportunity. The corporations that fully support Chinese authoritarianism are much worse than the athletes.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Apr 8, 2008 -> 03:35 PM) Excellent post

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 8, 2008 -> 10:05 AM) I've never heard of tidal turbines before. I'm surprised they aren't used more widely since they aren't as big of an eyesore compared to wind turbines. Well, I for one never considered wind turbines to be an eyesore. I actually think they look pretty cool. I suppose the honorable Ted Kennedy disagrees.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Apr 8, 2008 -> 03:12 PM) A patch on the shoulder would be fitting I think thats the best option in my opinion.

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Apr 7, 2008 -> 09:07 PM) I agree. Went to the game today and it beyond great. Only bad thing is, the place didn't looked sold out at all. hmm, looked like a full house on tv

sox-r-us, it's great that you feel some how redeemed with Crede's success. But I think you are dishing out the 'I told you so' a bit heavy for one week into the season. even if you turn out to be correct at the end of the year, is it really necessary to instigate to this level? this is coming from someone who wanted Crede in the lineup for 2008. so this isn't a 'sour grapes' post

QUOTE (Texsox @ Apr 7, 2008 -> 05:02 PM) Step one, prove he is healthy. One week doesn't count much for stats, but he looks pretty healthy, and that will help his value. I'm not sure one week of activity proves durability so is this going to be the new soxtalk trend, if Crede starts having a great season we just discuss how we need to trade him? personally, i would prefer to keep him and try to win this year.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Apr 7, 2008 -> 04:55 PM) Even more sad, I'm thinking all this does is make it easier to trade him and get good value. One good week isn't going to give him that much more trade value.