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OK, so really, its not email - its a spam box. What other purpose could it possibly have? If you want email from someone, you trade email addresses. There is a zero percent chance I ever sign up for something like this. Why would I want more spam?

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Feb 10, 2009 -> 12:43 PM) That's not what I was getting at. I just wanted to see where that particular poster drew the line. Looks like I won't get an answer. I wouldn't bother, he's just firing for effect.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Feb 10, 2009 -> 11:25 AM) This seems pretty cool and it's free. http://beta.zumbox.com/ um... isn't that called email? By the way, there is an area that could really use some reform - junk mail. Just like the Do Not Call list, there should be a Do Not Mail list. So much paper and time is wasted on crappy offers in the mail that most people don't want. You could save a lot of money and trees by only having those offers go to people that actually want them.

Not often I say this, but... I'm with Alpha on this one. That rancher, as far as I know the law (admitedly limited) and what I think is right, had every right to detain them with a firearm. If he had shot at them, that is a whole different thing, but he didn't. 16 people on your property illegally with everything to lose, with repeated illegal acts prior to reckon with, against you by yourself? You'd better believe I'd be armed out there too.

I'll take the over, and probably by a fair amount.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Feb 9, 2009 -> 09:43 PM) Because people say the same thing about everyone else, unless it's their guy. I'm only making the point. But "they" don't. Some do. Others do not.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Feb 9, 2009 -> 08:46 PM) Then don't go around screaming "CHANGE" and "TRUST ME" and all that bulls***, knowing f***ing damn well he wouldn't keep his promise. Gee, no different then anyone else, imagine that. Why is it you only seem to want to acknowledge that either Obama changes everything, or nothing, when reality is clearly between?

QUOTE (jasonxctf @ Feb 9, 2009 -> 08:35 PM) out of curiousity and maybe someone here knows.. how do the laws protect individuals in similar situations such as being in the US on a student visa or vacationing from another country and this happens? So again, non US citizens. There are some protections, but they are criminal protections, as I understood it. And not the say as a citizen. An illegal would be different anyway. But I do not know the details of the differences.

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 9, 2009 -> 03:25 PM) fine line between courage and obliviousness He's more on the latter. Trust me.

I hope this gets laughed out of court by the jury. Also, I don't understand how people who were in the country illegally have any standing in a US civil trial for their civilian rights. Makes no sense to me.

I miss Ribbie. Wait... there's a poster by that name??????? Happy Birthday!

QUOTE (ChiSox420* @ Feb 9, 2009 -> 12:50 PM) I don't know why but this Manny situation really bothers me. Manny may be the best right handed hitter of our time, and the interest he is drawing is insulting. Yeah I know teams are afraid of Manny being Manny but I am the only one who has heard of behavioral clauses in contracts, and yeah all teams are crying poor but lets be honest all of these teams are multimillion dollar franchises, and Manny may being in more dollars then he cost! Just had to get that out. Thanks. Doesn't bother me at all. In fact, I am enjoying it. I like to see selfish assholes confronted with the fact that they aren't as omnipotent as they think they are. Yes, it is schadenfreud, I admit. But I have zero sympathy for a guy who makes 10's of millions a year to play a game, and doesn't have enough respect for the game that put them where they are, to make a real effort. And besides, he's STILL gotten very nice offers anyway: QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 9, 2009 -> 12:54 PM) 2 years, $45 million rejected outright, with Boras saying they'd only listen to "Serious" offers. That was back in Nov. 1 year, $25 million (2nd highest yearly salary in the game) rejected a week or so ago.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 9, 2009 -> 11:51 AM) Link But they're all the same!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Too many exclamation points?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 9, 2009 -> 11:27 AM) When I was on earlier, they said I had less than 1 minute, then it went to 2,3,4... up until 9. I finally got some but if I have a place in line I wonder why the time goes higher. I really think brokers have some sort of access to jump the line. I'm normally not the conspiracy theory type, but in this case, I completely agree. TicketMaster is a gigantic broker racket.

We had this guy a few years ago, his name was Ross Gload. Except I think Broussard is on the decline in a big way right now.

QUOTE (GREEDY @ Feb 7, 2009 -> 08:30 PM) Dude is a first baseman. Based on his size? Dude, look at Juan Uribe's stocky/chubby build, and he's a very good shortstop. Being a thick guy (and he is) isn't a definite sentence for 1B. No way we have any idea about this until we see him on the field.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Feb 6, 2009 -> 05:51 PM) Also, I thought you were talking about the best westerns of this decade or something. Unforgiven and Tombstone wouldn't fall into that category. And with the other two, I put Open Range higher than 3:10 to Yuma. And Val Kilmer's Doc Holiday was probably the best movie character ever. Eh, I was talking about generally recent westerns - stuff in the last decade or two. And I can't disagree about Kilmer's role there, it was one of the best ever.

QUOTE (BobDylan @ Feb 6, 2009 -> 10:12 PM) Nobody has mentioned Dead Man yet. I'd put that close to the top of the best westerns after 1990. Not familiar with that one. I may have to check it out, along with the other recommendation you had.

QUOTE (SouthsideDon48 @ Feb 7, 2009 -> 08:24 AM) I feel the EXACT same way about Robin Williams and Eddie Murphy. They ruined their careers wit stupid movies they made. For Robin Williams, that movie "Jumanji" was pushing it, but every other comedy movie he made after that was disaster. I think he's better at playing disturbed characters now like he did in "One Hour Photo" and when he guest starred on an episode of "Law and Order: SVU" Anyone else agree? Robin Williams is very good at serious roles, if people can get past who he is. Not just One Hour Photo, but also the remake of Insomnia from a few years ago, and a smaller role in Dead Again. Also, weird movie, but that one where Williams dies and is guided into afterlife by Cuba Gooding Jr (can't recall the name of it).

I still feel reasonably confident that Frank didn't use. Not 100% of course, as I can't be, but pretty sure. My fear though, is that when HOF voters look at him, if they don't know him well enough, he'll be looked at as part of the whole thing. Also, if I had to completely ballpark it, I'd guess something like 20% to 30% of major leaguers have, at some point in their professional careers, used some sort of banned substance.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Feb 6, 2009 -> 04:08 PM) he's writing waivers, maybe that is the "wiggle" room. Obama is looking to bring in a "performance czar", and make government run more efficiently. Cut the fat. This is his initiative. Which is a good one. But see, if you are going to do that, you already are going to have some consternation among government employees. It is key, for that kind of effort, to not upset them any further. Do you really think they will be willing to help with the effort, when they see rules put against them that don't apply to higher ups?

QUOTE (lostfan @ Feb 6, 2009 -> 04:05 PM) He could've left himself more wiggle room than he did in the executive order, or at least laid out more specific guidelines for possible exceptions. Come to think of it, I haven't read the EO personally, maybe he did. People tend to deliberately miss things like that so it's entirely possible. I read an article, I think in WSJ or Crain's, that laid out large chunks of it (which I took to be most or all of it - most XO's aren't particularly long). I don't recall any flexible parts.

QUOTE (onedude @ Feb 6, 2009 -> 03:39 PM) I think the thing that tends to hurt 3:10 is the action. Most westerns don't have the amount of action and unreal gunfights. I criticize it for that....it's still a good movie. More of an action movie that takes place in the west instead of a western. So you probably liked the Quick and the Dead, yeah?

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Feb 6, 2009 -> 02:23 PM) I'd say Open Range was better. I did like Open Range, but put it below any of the three I mentioned (3:10, Unforgiven, Tombstone). QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Feb 6, 2009 -> 02:25 PM) Did you see the Assassination of Jesse James? I liked it better than 3:10 although Pitt was mediocre. Affleck stole the show for me in that one. I saw it. Very good acting and characters, costumes and sets were also excellent. Writing wasn't so good - way too much air, like watching a Mamet film. And the whole production aspect was horribly over-artsy, for no other purpose - felt like the movie Thin Red Line. QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Feb 6, 2009 -> 02:36 PM) Tombstone was one of the best westerns ever made. It was "directed" by Cosmatos. But, when he died, Kurt Russell came forward and said that he actually directed the whole thing, and used Cosmatos' name to draw attention to it. It was an agreement between the two to keep it secret until Cosmatos was gone. Tombstone > 3:10 To Yuma That's a tough call, between those two. Tombstone was most of a very good movie, but the last third just took it from great to good for me. Still a fun movie to watch though, and I loved the way they shot the OK Corral scene.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Feb 6, 2009 -> 03:47 PM) Anyone who knows how extensive lobbyists' influence is in Washington knows that's a promise that can't possibly be kept 100% and should have known that from jump. It could have been, it just would have been a nuclear shift in the way business is done there. A monumental task no doubt, but, not truly impossible. He shouldn't have made an executive order that he himself could not abide by.