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Sox show some nice leather. Crede with a diving stop, to Gload with the stretch. 3 down. Going to bottom of 1st, Cubs 1-0.

Heh. Check that. Ramirez just hit a bomb to left. 1-0 Cubs.

2nd Cubs hitter (Hairston?) K's. 2 down. Vazquez looking very strong.

PBP? Pierre grounds out, 5-3. 1 down.

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Mar 18, 2006 -> 01:12 PM) Check out Fox News or MSNBC right now. I'm not quite sure what's going on because i just turned it on at halftime of the Duke game, but apparently there are students and union workers rioting during a job protest in Paris. It's crazy. Cars are being torched and stuff. http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/03/18...t.ap/index.html

QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Mar 18, 2006 -> 10:47 AM) It isn't an anti-Bush movie. The source material was written in 1983. The Bros. had wanted to make this flick but couldn't get big investors etc. until after the success of the Matrix movies. For Christ's sake, the guy who wrote the source material was British, so if anything it is more of a commentary on any government that tries to usurp liberty in the name of security -- and how people usually just go along with it. They took out one of the speeches he gives (for time reasons since the movie is already 2+ hrs. long) that is in the comic that hammers home this point: "In fact, let us not mince words… the management is terrible! We’ve had a string of embezzlers, frauds, liars, and lunatics making a string of catastrophic decisions. This is plain fact. But who elected them? It was you! You who appointed these people! You who gave them the power to make decisions for you! While I’ll admit that anyone can make a mistake once, to go on making the same lethal errors century after century seems to me to be nothing short of deliberate. You have encouraged these malicious incompetents, who have made your working life a shambles. You have accepted without question their senseless orders. You have allowed them to fill your workplace with dangerous and unproven machines. All you had to say was “No.” You have no spine. You have no pride. You are no longer an asset to the company." And that was one of the best parts of the movie. The source material was obviously not about Bush, but the way the movie was presented, it was "America's War" that was the turning point - showing images from Iraq (and mentioning that conflict multiple times). It was, unquestionably, a statement about western politics today, and more particularly the current set of US foreign policy doctrines. Ergo, it was about the policies being pursued by the west under the guidance of BushCo. Note that I did say that the points they tried to drive at are important, and the US (including its voters) has gone astray. I agree. I see little in this Administration's record to defend. I just think this film did an inconsistent, lackluster job of getting to that point. The point isn't the problem, the film's presentation was.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Mar 18, 2006 -> 07:57 AM) Borchard and Gload hitting .500 the last 2 weeks of spring training isn't going to raise their trade value.They have too much of a track record to base projections on 2 weeks worth of hitting in meaningless games. I don't think its Ozzie's style to try and indirectly motivate like that. If he thinks Borchard or Gload need to kick it up a gear or 2, I think he would just come out and say it. As to his comments about Boone Logan, he did refer to the other guys vying for the job as horses***. Ozzie has said it about both of them, more than once, in the media. And while no team is dumb enough to look only at ST numbers, they would certainly be a factor in the process.

** out of **** Had some great ideas, and painted a few striking pictures. Some excellent visuals and, at times, strong dialogue. But overall, this movie was disjointed in the extreme. Any sense of style, flow and momentum were non-existent - and I think those things (particularly momentum and energy) would be necessary for a film like this to work. It was, not surprisingly, strident in its message. It was also downright ham-handed in putting this situation squarely on Bush's shoulders, as much as is possible without actually mentioning his name. The message here is important - our personal freedoms are being eroded in the name of a crusade. And its true. But this film was only occasionally successful at accomplishing that.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Mar 17, 2006 -> 06:49 PM) So, it seems that this guy also last year bounced a $111 check for a haircut. This is just a guess, but... I'm thinking that the people of Idaho would probably not think too highly of a guy getting a $111 haircut. Just a feeling.

QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Mar 17, 2006 -> 11:30 PM) Anyone here read Wilderness and the American Mind by Roderick Nash? Nope - and I have done a fair amount of reading on wilderness. Would you recommend it?

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Mar 17, 2006 -> 04:42 PM) Iowa State is in danger of having the NCAA come down hard on them, since they aren't some legendary basketball program. Unfortunately, it is starting to look that way.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 17, 2006 -> 04:32 PM) What happened that everyone got all up in arms about? Did we give up some runs? It was 8-7 Sox last I saw. Anyone?!

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Mar 17, 2006 -> 11:09 AM) ISU's whole coaching staff just announced as fired. Bring me Mike. Not surprised. I think I can say, without being too big a homer, that Iowa State has historically been pretty clean as Division I programs go. They were at one time the only B12 team that didn't take Prop 47 players. They showed Frat-Party boy the door in a hurry. I hope this turns out to be no biggie.

What happened that everyone got all up in arms about? Did we give up some runs? It was 8-7 Sox last I saw.

QUOTE(fathom @ Mar 17, 2006 -> 04:08 PM) He took some terrific swings that AB. If he can keep his head on the ball like he showed that AB, he's going to be our starting 3b next season. He has looked just as bad in the field as always, though, in the games I saw.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Mar 17, 2006 -> 03:45 PM) Aldo! When I get cabin fever, or get too bogged down in urbanity... I break out Sand County Almanac, and put either Peter Gabriel's Passion or Mahler 1 ("The Titan") in the CD player. Sigurd Olson also works wonders, in that vein.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Mar 17, 2006 -> 02:49 PM) I'd happily settle for Bruce Babbit. I'd like to ressurect Aldo Leopold. Anyone have a Ouija Board?

Can we get this thread pinned?

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Mar 17, 2006 -> 02:33 PM) It's on Comcast. Crede made an error that lead to 3 unearned runs. Yikes. Looks in the box score on Yahoo like AJ hit a homer. At least that was good.

No game thread yet?!?! I guess I'll have to start my first one ever... No idea on TV/Radio.

RMN is a trash paper. If you read down in the article, it tries to say that the old adage that pitching is is key to success is wrong, and they use the Yankees to prove it. Its a ridiculous point to make, and their list proves it. All playoff teams were in the top 8, the ALCS teams were 1 and 2, and the other teams in the top 6 all had winning records. Denver lacks a good newspaper. The Post is, at least in the sports section, almost as bad as RMN.

There was a column in the Trib today about this, and some other ridiculous flubs were pointed out. For example, one sees mountains out the windows of an airport on multiple occasions.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Mar 17, 2006 -> 12:58 PM) Can someone explain why V for Venereal has been banned/removed? Was he a past poster under a new identity, or did he say something? For that matter, where did his posts go? And how did he post at all as unregistered?

QUOTE(Whitewashed in '05 @ Mar 17, 2006 -> 12:34 PM) The urinal seats more than the cell?? wow how many seats were subtracted from the renovation a few years ago?? Its not just that - its that Wrigley added 2100 seats for this season in the expanded bleachers. US Cell now holds about 40,600, Wrigley holds just over 41,000.