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QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 08:29 PM) Funny how there were concerns about lawsuits but the poster turns out to be accurate. I was thinking exactly that as Clemens is about to go on trial for perjury related to steroids.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 08:42 PM) It's not really worth the risk just to "love" college basketball. I mean, it is their career. You wouldn't stay at your old job paying you $20K a year if another company offered you $500K to do similar work in the same field. Will he love college enough to stay all 4 years? It's still leaving early, same principle, if he leaves after 2. 20k a year at OSU might be a little low to be fair...

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 04:37 PM) Also not sure how to reconcile this: with this: or the Republican response with this: Failing to raise the debt limit will result in ~10% loss of GDP spending, launching us off the cliff into another recession. Republican economics has turned into a hardline religious orthodoxy. That is pretty funny after hearing about all of the ways that Obama won't compromise now.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 06:01 PM) ooooooooooooooooh snap

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 02:38 PM) Ok. You're the only person in the country with a mind of their own who can vote whichever party tickles your fancy at any given election. If we only had your strong will. BTW, this is exactly what Gage was saying people should be suspended for. But I am sure it is because I agree with you that you haven't been suspended.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 02:39 PM) Have you ever had to make a split second decision between leaning 3 inches more and missing a foul ball? [raises hand]

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 01:42 PM) Power is out AGAIN. Left work to take some food to my parents house this time, had to throw away a bunch of stuff last time. ComEd is saying that nearly 700k customers lost power I just read them calling it maybe the biggest outage in ComEd history.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 01:04 PM) Where is that from? QUOTE (The Baconator @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 01:50 PM) Seriously. I want to know more about this. It is on his twitter page. http://twitter.com/#!/lomomarlins We he has gotten in trouble for coincidentally. Sounds familiar for some reason... http://content.usatoday.com/communities/da...e-down-tweets/1

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 01:42 PM) bulls***. There have been a number of conservative posters who have left on their own because they didn't like having to argue their points to liberals on the board.. There is probably an equal split of liberal to conservative posters that actively participate in this forum. Both sides go at it about the same. ANd the conservatives whine just as much if not more. It has nothing to do with arguing points, and everything to do with having a bullseye on your back as soon as you deviate from the Democratic Party line. It would be different if it hadn't been a pattern over a period of years now.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 01:37 PM) It's one thing to have differing opinions but what about the rules of the board when it comes to name calling? Since this person shares your belief you can let that slide? Should I suspend everyone who has engaged in name calling in this thread?

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 01:33 PM) who is reinforcing the double standard here? For someone who claims to find this behavior so despicable, you're the first to defend it when it's coming from the other side. And you are an admin. In this case you just had someone called pathetic, and instead of writing a very reasonable response like chisox sonix, you said "you have a point". Its because this board has had a double standard for a long time. Basically anyone who isn't left wing is picked at until they say the wrong thing, and then everyone cries out for a suspension. You guys can't handle anyone who thinks differently, and everything is done to get rid of them ASAP. Usually it takes longer than this, so bravo.

And thanks for reinforcing the double standard SS.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 01:16 PM) No, I really love lamp *sniff* Pics or it isn't true.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 01:08 PM) That was not an insult, you're looking way too into this. The military, any military, is in fact a necessary evil. I'm one of the more conservative posters here (i've just stayed away from this forum for the most part the past few months), but i understand what he's trying to say. He's not saying that the military is evil, he's more saying how unfortunate it is that it is necessary. Wouldn't you rather live in a world where it wasn't needed (aka necessary)? Unfortunately, it is needed, badly, and I don't believe at all in defense spending cuts or anything like that. I even work for a company that provides connectors to most of the main military contractors. If you were ever in an MRAP, Abrams or JLTV or an F-35 or RAPTOR, etc you probably rode in something that contained pieces that came out from the facility I work at. I have the utmost respect for anyone in the military, past or present, but making that statement is not a knock on them at all. Don't look for fights, they'll come up on their own enough in this section as is. He has a point though. What would be the reaction if someone said don't ask, don't tell was a necessary evil? This place would be in meltdown.

You're missing Omar, but a nice spin on the grades idea.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 12:36 PM) If Ozzie were to be canned, who do you guys think are the top 3 candidates to take his place? Cora, Cora, and Cora

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 11:43 AM) Tell me why the word "gay" should be insulting to homos? How about queer? f**? Some words have different meanings in different culture. You are using them as a derogatory term, instead of a descriptive term. If I used your name as an insult to mean the most idiotic poster on Soxtalk, that wouldn't offend you? I mean it is your name and all, so that is fine, right? I'm not sure that the difference can be much clearer.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 10:46 AM) Oh snap! Damn I miss in Living Color.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 10:32 AM) You really believe that the fact that it's worth $10 plays into anyone's reactions here? The fact that it is not worth getting really, really hurt, or obviously worse, is what plays into my reaction.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 10:09 AM) I flat out do not believe you. You are lying both to me and to yourself. That I don't lean over walls to grab things at heights? Uh, believe what you want, but I'm not much interested in breaking a bunch of bones in my body for a baseball. At worst it drops to the ground and you try again. I've actually done that before years ago with Kirby Puckett of all people. I still have the ball.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 10:06 AM) And if you don't believe that an overwhelming majority of fans would have gone to just about any lengths to grab a foul ball for their son standing next to them...then either you're being totally dishonest or you aren't a baseball fan. Except for the person with a genuine fear of heights, everyone here who has seen that video would have done the exact same thing. I'd have reacted the exact same way as that guy. I'm going with having common sense.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 09:51 AM) If you're building a facility to serve 20,000 people alcohol 81 times a year, idiot-proof must be the only goal. You couldn't open an idiot proof stadium in Texas, because none of the state's residents could ever go to games.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 09:29 AM) I will agree that yes, the railings could probably be higher and safer, and that's probably the case in most MLB ballparks. The fan doesn't deserve all the blame. Improving the fan's experience often takes precedence over safety in designing these parks. That being said, even if a majority of fans would have done the same thing, it still doesn't mean it wasn't reckless. You still have to be careful when hanging over a railing like that, it's not like that happens daily at all the various baseball stadiums all over the country. To me there is a big difference between dangerous, and not idiot proof.

Absolute rightness? Yes I am very used to that.