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QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Mar 2, 2009 -> 01:03 PM) I feel like I might as well burn my money every time I look at my 401K balance. As long as you are a long term investor, just remember, this is a buying opportunity. You are buying everything cheaper now than it will be later. Actually, if you are just starting in the work world around now (not you, in general), I'd suggest putting as much as possible into your 401k right now.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 2, 2009 -> 11:41 AM) It's fun losing 3.5% every day for two weeks straight (or at least it seems like that). We had actually run back up a bit more recently than that. Then sprinted back down. Ugh. Assets evaporating.

QUOTE (mreye @ Mar 2, 2009 -> 11:28 AM) Towed, I realize. Even responsible for damages, but ticketed? I agree it's not too bright to park in an empty lot, but this sounds like it was bait and even more so if it was owned by the city. For example... private businesses have restricted parking lots. This could be retail business, or a school, or whatever. You can be ticketed and towed from those lots at the discretion of the property owner. I happen to know this first hand. And I don't think I'd call it bait - I doubt the city put an empty lot there to attract parkers. If they even own the lot. I'm not saying it is a nice thing to do or anything. I can also understand where, if you already see everyone else parking there, it might be easy to assume it must be OK. I'm just saying that, legally, you can't just park your car in an empty lot because its there, and there are some good reasons why that is the case.

QUOTE (MurcieOne @ Mar 2, 2009 -> 11:20 AM) I hope none of you are planning on running for public office in the city of Chicago.... Fredrenna Lyle is taking notes, and will rally people of color against you. There is something really wrong here. Yes there is. Fredrenna Lyle is apparently a raging racist hosebeast.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Mar 2, 2009 -> 09:00 AM) oh i like this financial quote from FOX financial news "Will the US government end up losing the 186 billion investment in AIG?" lol. that money is gone. stupid question. they lost 61 billion last quarter alone. So here is something to think about. Let's say that AIG manages to use the federal funds to actually crawl out of the hole in their investment unit. Even if they can do that, the problem is, I am not sure AIG can survive as an insurance company. The whole idea of insurance includes that you trust the insurer, to be able to cover you in a loss. Does anyone in their right mind trust AIG anymore? I'll say it. I think that AIG needs to be broken up, clients sold or auctioned off to other insurers, and let the financial arm go the failed bank route. I think AIG needs to go away.

QUOTE (mreye @ Mar 2, 2009 -> 10:50 AM) It has to be public property, doesn't it? Can you get a ticket for parking on private property? Yes, actually, you can. If the private property owner calls the police and wants something done about it. The cars could also be towed at the vehicle owner's expense.

We're not getting a high end prospect. If they aren't willing to give up the draft picks, then they aren't willing to give up a top prospect. I doubt it would be anyone in their top 10.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 2, 2009 -> 08:23 AM) It was delivered at 11PM the night before the vote. How many even read page 1? Hell, how many of them read anything they vote for? A lot of bills are like that, which is terrible. Yet another artifact of the problem of the multi-effort bill, which is now so prevalent. A bill should be about one thing, and one thing only.

I hate to side with the assholes here, but, I tend to agree with the cops. Just because there is some open field near the park, that doesn't mean it can become your parking lot. That is someone's private (or public) property, and they probably were none too pleased when there were suddenly a hundred cars parked on it. Ideally, I suppose if they cops knew about it while it was happening, they should have tried to stop people. But if everyone was already there, really, nothing else can be done.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 28, 2009 -> 04:16 PM) At least he didn't go to the Twins. More and more, I am starting to think that we should be more worried about the Royals than we are.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 2, 2009 -> 07:17 AM) And the Patriot Act. I think that was less ignorance, and more fear and group think.

Also, for the record, I didn't think Duke's post was directed at Don. I thought it was a generalized comment.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Mar 1, 2009 -> 07:30 PM) I have bad news for you guys, all these little 'precious moments' such as the kid that asks Blago to play a game of hoops during a press conference or the lady at a Obama rally that touched everyone’s heart... is all set up. I know, I’m sure you guys are devastated. I had no idea! Say it ain't so, joe genius!!!

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 1, 2009 -> 05:44 PM) Read earlier this week that last year the head of the ATF said that something like 80-90% of the guns being used in that drug war were coming across the border the other way. I can share a personal story along this line. In 2002, we were hiking the anchor leg of the Continental Divide Trail - the part of it that starts at the Mexican border, in the "bootheel" of New Mexico. We spent a week hiking through mountains and desert, not seeing another human being, except once... about 2 days in, we were hiking a poorly kept dirt road, after emerging from the Big Hatchet mountains. Just before dusk, we spot a vehcile coming down the road (towards the border, and us). This beat up Suburban eventually meets us, on this nearly unused road, near dusk, going away from civilization. There are two guys in the Suburban, no back seats, but something piled up in the back area (couldn't make out what). They stop to talk with us, and an uncomfortable conversation ensues, that goes something like this: Dudes: "Hey there. What are you guys up to?" Us: "Hiking the divide trail, just makin' our way north" Dudes: "Oh, yeah, pretty country, huh? We're just checking out real estate" Us: "I see. Well, we better get going." Dudes: "Getting late. Where you guys planning to camp tonight?" Us: "Oh, not sure, somewhere that way." Dudes: "We'll look for ya on the way back" Us: "Um, OK." We hiked a bit further north along the road, took a left across country and found a valley you couldn't see from the road. We tried to obscure our footprints where we left the road as well, and crossed a couple washes with a zag. No way in hell we wanted to see them again. I don't know what they were doing, but, there is absolutely nothing down that road but the border, some mountains and desert. And the land is all part of a couple huge ranches, or BLM property, nothing for sale. This was why we had the debate before going about whether or not to go armed on that trip.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Mar 1, 2009 -> 05:01 PM) Way cool. The closest I have been to a big cat was at Big Bend a few years back. It was on the other side of a notch as we were backpacking. One of the Scouts spotted it. QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Mar 1, 2009 -> 05:16 PM) A Mountain Lion or a Jaguar? If it was a Jaguar, according to this article you guys saw something unbelievably rare In Big Bend, I'd think it was a mountain lion. Those jaguar, as far as I know, are only in the Malpai region (SE AZ, SW NM), and even there are very, very rare. I think I posted my story here a while back, near (but not quite) encounter with a big cat, in that region. Its an interested bad effect of putting in a physical (as opposed to virtual) wall though, that jaguar population would be cut off and probably die off. That Malpai region is an ecological goldmine, with more species of mammal than anywhere else in the US. If you put in a big wall, the damage to the ecosystem will be huge.

Walks, men on 1 and 2, no out. Down 2 to 1. Now batting, Sergio Santos.

Sox trying to mount a 9th inning rally. Man on 1st (Restovich I think), no out, Torres up. Bad bunt attempt, but now 3-1.

QUOTE (SouthsideDon48 @ Mar 1, 2009 -> 01:53 PM) Dude, what are you talking about??? Racism against Muslims? You are clearly ignorant. Muslim is not a race, it's a religion. There's muslims of all races: Arab, black, white, asian. Arab is a race, and I'm not racist against arabs. Arabs partake in many religions other than Islam. Just because someone's arab doesn't mean they're muslim. Get that through your head. I'm not racist against Arabs, I'm not racist against anyone for their skin color whatsoever. It's religion I have a problem with, it's the Muslim religion I have a problem with, and it's just coincidental that most Muslims happen to be Arab. I dont care what race Muslims are, it's Islam that I'm vehemently opposed to. I'm also vehemently opposed to all forms of religions, I despise Catholicism, Christianity, Judism, Protestantism, Baptists, etc etc. I feel that the way how nuns wear the habits is just as oppressive as how Muslim women wear the hijab. Also, the way how nuns and priests in the Christian faith waste their lives in the name of a religion is just so pathetic. But back to my main point: I'm not racist against Arabs, they come in all shapes and forms, they're just as diverse as anybody else, and no one should lump them all together. I am against how oppressive the Islamic religion is, and here's my reasons: *Islam oppresses women, it's too male-dominated. *Muslim women are oppressed when they wear the hijab, whether they realize they're oppressed or not. *arranged marriages in Islam also makes it so that Muslim women has no say in who they marry. *honor killings, it's found to be acceptable in heavily fundamentalist islamic areas. *Muslim women killed in Muslim countries by stoning or public executions for having children out of wedlock. *I'm just as opposed to how muslims have to pray numerous times of the day and practice Ramadan as I am opposed to how Christians observe Lent and Ash Wednesday. So don't go calling me racist, because I'm not and it just makes you look ignorant. It's one thing to be liberal, and I consider myself to be liberal as well, but I consider myself to be even more liberal because I'm against the conservative concept of all forms of religion, especially oppressive ones like those under Islam. Please be careful with your ad hominem stuff (calling someone "ignorat"), which is against the rules. Please make sure you have read the MUST READ thread pinned in this forum, and if you haven't, post your acknowledgement in it. Further, I'd caution you about your blanket statements about religious believers as well. The religion is one thing, but, you are also sometimes targeting all those who believe, and labeling them as pathetic or ignorant. Its a personal attack, and should be avoided.

I've backpacked in the country near the border. The Malpais Borderlands area, SW NM and SE AZ. Its rough terrain, there is very little water, and it can be slow going. With a motivated, well-equiped group, it takes upwards of a week to a week and a half to get from the border to I-10. These guys have to also travese similar distance on the other side, and they are not at all well equipped. I am not at all surprised that there are so many fatalities.

QUOTE (joesaiditstrue @ Mar 1, 2009 -> 03:02 PM) don't let anyone fool you, viciedo will not make the team out of spring training, it's not a real competition. Fool me? I just said the same thing you did.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Mar 1, 2009 -> 12:34 PM) Dotel had a handful of super megafail outings last summer which I think distorts peoples' opinion of him. I did laugh out loud at the quoting of some random messageboard chatter though. I think this does get at something many of us noticed last year with Dotel: you can tell right away if he has it or not. You only need one batter to see if he's going to do well, or get shelled. There never seemed to be an in-between. But he's darn good, overall.

QUOTE (joesaiditstrue @ Mar 1, 2009 -> 02:58 PM) well he just did, he doesn't seem to be recognizing any pitches, whether it's due to nervousness or something else idk I really don't see Dayan making the squad for opening day. I think Viciedo could be very good, but he's very raw, and as long as Fields is looking good, there isn't any good reason to carry Viciedo just yet.

QUOTE (tommy @ Mar 1, 2009 -> 02:55 PM) Did you guys see the White Sox ADD ? HAHA. Yeah, that was actually pretty good. Always fun to see what the new ad campaigns will look like.

QUOTE (SouthsideDon48 @ Mar 1, 2009 -> 02:39 PM) Corky Miller looks like a good back-up catcher candidate. He's a very good defender, and a smart player. But look at his career hitting numbers - he just can't hit. I hope he's suddenly "figured it out", but, I doubt it, and this is a very small sample size. I'd rather have Stewart as of this point, but we'll see how the rest of spring goes. Also, we're in game 5, and this is the number of games/at-bats we've seen the candidates for backup C so far: Flowers: 3 games, 5 AB Miller: 2 games, 4 AB*** (playing today) Stewart: 1 game, 3 AB Armstrong: 1 game, 1 AB Lucy: 0, 0 I am starting to think that Lucy isn't seen as a real candidate for the job. I guess he'll be in Charlotte trying to prove he's healthy. And we are seeing very little of Cole so far as well, which surprises me. This MIGHT be because they want to see Flowers early before sending him to minor league camp, since I don't think they are really considering him for backup C this year.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Feb 28, 2009 -> 01:20 PM) Payback is a b****. Thank you for illustrating my point. Are we 12 year olds or something? I saw some dude on the board post like that before, so, I'm going to do it now? That isn't discussion, its venting. Also, your "payback" effects everyone in here, even though only a couple people may have even come close to doing this from the other side. QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Feb 28, 2009 -> 01:21 PM) The dems had 8 years to do that, not sure it happened even once. Why so suprised that it isn't happening now? Not surprised - disappointed. There is a difference. I guess GOP = Dem.