Mercy!

Too true. In the ironic and/or goofy department: When Mark was given the opportunity to back off on some of his own earlier newsworthy remarks about Maddux doctoring the ball and the Rangers stealing his signs (“do you regret any of the things you said about… blah, blah blah…”), he didn’t back down. First, he repeated like he had before that he hadn’t named Maddux specifically (oh, please) and then said that other people (unnamed, of course) had come up to him later claiming the same things. :rolly Glad to see the guys have their priorities straight right now.

I was a little surprised that Buehrle didn’t just give the standard “no-comment” type of response when asked today on a call-in show on ESPN radio about Carl Everett’s public complaints about being demoted from 3rd to 6th in the lineup. He basically said he was disappointed that Carl complained when you’ve got guys like Borchard and others on the bench who’d love an opportunity to get a chance to contribute. But Carl’s going to be Carl, and he’s going to go off and "say some goofy thing." However, Buehrle was smart enough not to take the bait when he was asked who’d he’d put in the three hole if he were making up the lineup. That’s when he decided to say that the offense wasn’t his business.

Currently, Asian banks own 2 TRILLION of US debt, with those nice Communists in China leading the pack. Think about that "little detail" for a bit.

Steff – Like I said, I wasn’t pointing a finger and I’m sorry you’re taking this personally, for some reason. I was referring to this post by SOMEONE ELSE: “I heard on WGN that waves will reach 30 ft. and that the New Orleans sewer sytem and flood control will be destroyed with the city under 10-20 feet of sewage and toxic stuff from landfills and such. 90 % of the homes will be destroyed with the expected casualties at 1 million.” Did someone on WGN actually say that? Dunno. Can we at least agree that no species of snake in New Orleans would eat people, dead or alive?

As far as the million casualties statement goes, someone said they heard it on WGN. Nobody ever “corrected” that. Another speculation was merely posted in its place. For all I know, some news reader on WGN might have said a million casualties were expected. I left in the “dogs and alligators” part to be fair to the speaker. It was the part about SNAKES eating human remains in New Orleans that was totally dippy. I wasn't pointing a finger. My point had to do with keeping our critical wits about us.

“Diversity”? Absolutely not! I think every member of the Supreme Court should be female.

I heard of a report of CANNIBILISM somewhere. Someone on here posted of hearing that a MILLION people might die. I heard some official person mentioning the problem of dogs, alligators and SNAKES eating the human corpses left exposed. With everyone being a printing press owner now, I think it’s ever more important to keep the who, what, where, when stuff firmly in mind.

Noticed this about Carl Everett lately? Some players seem to, uh, “adjust” themselves more frequently than others. But recently, Carl’s just been going on a tear. Today, for instance, he seemed to be giving the jewels a tug after almost every swing of the bat. Swing-miss-tug; swing-miss-jiggle; swing-miss-pull; walk back to the bench. Please don’t call me freaky. Hasn’t everyone else noticed this, too? Anyway, perhaps just going up one size in whatever gear he’s wearing might be just what he needs to give his batting average a little lift.

B-12 shots?

Only if we get our science from singers. However, I'll admit to being worried about the message being sent when our President weighs in with his junk science views.

Oh, you meant The Onion, not The Observer. Everyone knows that in the REAL secret experiments, the dolphins are armed with toxic dart FROGS.

OM MANI PADME HUM

Flight Plan – a thriller which appeals to the brain The Constant Gardener – a thriller which appeals to the brain, but also aims for your heart and soul. I catch most of my movies on the small screen at home, but went today to the early show at the theater and ended up seeing these two almost-first-run flicks for $5.00. I thought they staggered showings to make that more difficult, but not in this case. I might try double dipping more often. Flight Plan wouldn’t lose much at all by being seen on TV, but The Constant Gardener has some spectacular location photography best seen on the wide screen.

I was surfing for news when I caught their shot of Ronnie Woo-Woo in his usual Cubs jersey sitting in the stands with a White Sox cap on. This is something that a television station would waste even a second of valuable news time on? Pathetic.

Yes.

I've been hoping that there might be a surge of interest in getting rid of those cars altogether. Got a problem with gasoline prices? Got an ethical problem regarding the planet's degredation? Try getting rid of your automobiles, folks! Anyone?

I agree with you, but my COMPLETE thought was: "But that doesn’t seem to prevent him from having an outsize ego which allows no point of view in the broadcast booth other than his own, all the while maintaining that “aw shucks” personality" That aspect of his broadcast performance is what has been killing it for me this year. As my name should indicate, I used to be a big Ken Harrelson fan. I guess I’ve just fallen out of love with Hawk this year. Strange as it may seem to others who’ve followed his career in the broadcast booth, I honestly had never noticed how much he insists on total agreement from his color partner with darn near EVERYTHING he says. He actually bullies, and harps on something, and interrupts DJ until he gets him to parrot his response or shut up. Was Hawk always this way? Was I always this blind? And, yes, I'm tired of "STRETCH!", too.

To which Hermie are you referring?

You’re Both Right! Sure, most folks know Hawk was a career .239 hitter. But that doesn’t seem to prevent him from having an outsize ego which allows no point of view in the broadcast booth other than his own, all the while maintaining that “aw shucks” personality. Guess I’m a little down on the Hawkaroo right now. I’m remembering how I felt last year at this time while he was waxing rhapsodically about ALL THOSE HOME RUNS the boys were slugging as we waved good bye to lst place. This week, we’ve had to listen to him insult our intelligence by proclaiming repeatedly that IT’S NOT A COLLAPSE. Whatever.

It's a toss up which is the biggest train wreck: the team or its manager. When the players start blaming the fans, and the manager blames the media, you know its all flushable.

Huh? Can you say "Good Riddance."

I say shame on those parents for subjecting that child to such a vile environment, but I hope they've now seen the light. If I were their lawyers, I'd be checking to see if that "Christian" school gets even one dollar of governement aid - federal, state or local.

I thought he was referring to the rapture. Or is that supposed to be Rapture? At any rate, he sounded like he could have used a little bit of assistance from your HR Department prior to this personality break. By the way, do you know if he owns body armor and guns?

By me, the human attire looked totally appropriate for New Orleans in late summer. But that snout screamed, well, CROC. You’d only expect to see alligators in Louisiana, not crocodiles. And two tons plus? That is most definitely a croc o’....

Jim - I'm having trouble following the conversation. To what site or previous discussion or whatever do your references to Singer and Spencer pertain? The search function here is disabled right now. Thanks.