mr_genius

QUOTE(Texsox @ Apr 17, 2007 -> 05:59 PM) I support the rights of this human garbage to legally protest within the confines of local laws. It proves how strong our system of self government is and how we value the rights of individuals no matter how despicable they may be. When these idiots have free speech rights, I know that others have not unjustly lost theirs. i agree. but you don't have the 'right' to have a noisy protest at any time or place you want, as you metioned in the form of local laws.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 17, 2007 -> 04:49 PM) If on public property, much as we'd all hate it, I think it has to be allowed. I agree with the earlier comment though, those bikers who shield the funerals are a great defense. i wouldn't want a bunch of bikers roaring their engines at a family members funeral, i don't think that is necessarily a good solution. i would arrest the protestors for dusturbing the peace. after the services, they can protest all they want.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Apr 17, 2007 -> 12:14 PM) Oh for crying out loud. So, I'm deliberately not linking to their website, but that was posted on it. So, do you think he should be allowed to bring a group of protestors to the funerals? lets say they decide to protest on public land near the cemetary or church were services are being held, yelling through bull horns about how the kids 'got what they deserved'. Remember, you support protestors at funerals of soldiers who died in Iraq. not trying to start a fight, just wonder if you think these are "different".

QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Apr 17, 2007 -> 03:12 PM) Conceal Carry Permits were allowed in Virginia in 1995. Total Violent Crime in Virginia: 23921 offenses in 1995, 21400 in 2005. Total decline 10.5% Total Violent Crime in the US: 1798790 offenses in 1995, 1390695 in 2005. Total decline 22% impossible. there is no way violent crime has diminished during the evil Bush regime. you, sir, are a liar.

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Apr 16, 2007 -> 10:43 PM) IMO, you are comparing apples and oranges. Canceling classes and keeping kids in dorms/apts/wherever isn't the same as closing local businesses or whatever else you want to do. Not to mention that the population, while as big, isn't as spread out as any of those listed towns, making it much easier to contact all involved. Hindsight is 20/20, but there have been school shootings all over the place in recent years. When 2 or more people are murdered in a dorm room and the gunman isn't caught, that means someone, likely a college student IMO, is out there with a gun and has the potential to harm others. Might as well be careful in this situation. If I were a student I would have expected to wake up to an email telling me there was a murder in a local dorm, we have no idea where this guy with a gun is nor what he might want to accomplish, so don't bother going to class and stay where you are. Something that simple. If nothing else happens, you missed a day of classes. If not, well... I agree.

This is very tragic. Horrible. very disturbing, obviously.

Word has it the guy was on a student visa. Can someone with a student visa legally buy a gun in the United States? I hope not.

QUOTE(jackie hayes @ Apr 15, 2007 -> 09:48 PM) Or because he wanted to make a point. A point that would resonate with someone who thinks Sheryl Crow's opinion has any particular importance. yea, thats more likely. Maher was just talking out of his a** again.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Apr 15, 2007 -> 05:44 PM) You can probably add the human genome project and associated DNA work to that list as a major accomplishment. Progress decoding the basics of life. definately, those are huge scientific advances in which a lot of the research was done in the United States.

how about:Computer technology advances/the internet /communications advances/engineering breakthroughs. those are all pretty major QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Apr 15, 2007 -> 11:31 AM) We haven't truly won a War and finished off the opponent since WWII. Unless we're counting the Cold War. Well, winning wars and killing people isn't neccesarily a sign of progress.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Apr 14, 2007 -> 03:19 PM) I would rent out my condo for the entire games at a premium and stay the hell away from the city for sure. I bet you stay in the city if the city hosts the Olympics. this is kinda a once in a life time thing that will happen in Chicago.

yesssss

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Apr 13, 2007 -> 09:10 PM) PK = CLUTCH Konerko sucks, send him to A ball. that'll teach him.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Apr 13, 2007 -> 09:11 PM) Most likely scenarios: 1.) LF: Pods CF: Erstad 2.) LF: Anderson CF: Erstad 3.) LF: Erstad CF: Anderson would be optimal

QUOTE(fathom @ Apr 13, 2007 -> 09:08 PM) I think he might have learned his lesson though. i agree. let's see pods on the bench in the ninth

QUOTE(SleepyWhiteSox @ Apr 13, 2007 -> 08:59 PM) ba would've caught it with his hat. or would he have corralled it to the top if his ring finger and had it spin around like a global trotter spinning a basketball.

Uh oh, wait until PETA hears about this. http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/340688,...y041307.article

whats going on with the game? sox winning? my csn+ not working

QUOTE(drive like jehu @ Apr 13, 2007 -> 10:40 AM) Wow, a lot of Reinsdorf kool-aid has been consumed in the past two decades. THE Comiskey Park is and always be the Baseball Palace. Nothing will ever compare to it.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Apr 12, 2007 -> 07:17 PM) Id it'd send a great message to the companies carrying Glenn Beck, Michael Savage, Ann Coulter, and their ilk; keep giving these people airtime and expect to be really burned eventually. and companies that carry Rosie O'Donnell, Randy Rhodes, Keith Olbermann and John Stewart... oh wait, that would be stupid. just like being scared to have Rush LImbough on the radio because he might offend someone is stupid.

I'm watching CBS news right now. Hilarious, they're totally being mellow dramatic. You'd think Don IMus just killed someone. I love you liberal media, you entertain me

Old Comiskey was great. I miss it The new park is nice too, after the renovations.

"There has been much discussion of the effect language like this has on our young people, particularly young women of color trying to make their way in this society," CBS President and Chief Executive Officer Leslie Moonves said in announcing the decision. "That consideration has weighed most heavily on our minds as we made our decision." ok, Leslie. On a side note. guess who said this on ABC. sounds very damaging to chinese people... "You know, you can imagine in China it's like, 'Ching chong, ching chong chong, Danny DeVito, ching chong chong chong, drunk, 'The View,' ching chong,' " the 44-year-old comedian said.

that sucker punching sissy, Michael Barrett

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Apr 12, 2007 -> 04:01 PM) By the way, Imus is now officially fired. wow political correctness has completely corrupted our national news media. they basically went on a 3 day long crusade to get some old man fired for saying "nappy headed hoes". it's kinda funny, but also troubling.