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QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Apr 28, 2011 -> 12:34 PM) Has Jermaine Dye officially retired? If so, I would love to see a JD appreciation day at the cell. He has.

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/lachlan-marka...r-more-fox-news

QUOTE (The Gooch @ Apr 28, 2011 -> 11:36 AM) Sure it will. I would also bet that the government could generate some statistics (default rates, employment of graduates, salary, etc) from minorities of the schools that become ineligible for aid and make it a short argument. I'm telling you, some of the students that go to these schools are at about a 2nd grading reading level. The online schools are a joke. The problem is that we have gotten to the point in this country where if something affects a group in a disproportionate ratio, then it gets blamed on an -ism.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 28, 2011 -> 11:29 AM) You do if you declare bankruptcy. Maybe from a technical standpoint, but you are still responsible for paying them.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 28, 2011 -> 11:05 AM) You need to scale that $15,000 up a bit. The DoE rule doesn't restrict giving loans to minorities or those at risk of default. It targets schools who churn out loads of useless degrees that graduates have no chance of paying back because the programs themselves are garbage. If they're offering quality programs that actually lead to employment, there won't be a problem. If they offer crap programs with little or no practical field experience (nursing) or are just very expensive and unlikely to get a job, they'll be cut off from guaranteed federal dollars. BTW this is also why for-profit voucher schools are a terrible idea. And which schools do you think will disproportionally accept disadvantaged minority students? Its not on the basis of race for sure, but you can bet your ass it will be turned into a because of race argument down the road.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Apr 28, 2011 -> 10:56 AM) Haha. This was definitely an alcohol induced thread. But I have always kinda wondered what certain user names meant. And no SS2k5, I had no idea what or who that was until now. But s***. I get crap from my friends because I've never seen Pulp Fiction or Avatar. They say that's not normal and borderline retarded. You have to see that movie. Cult classic for sure. Plus it is even funnier when you have been drinking.

So I noticed we are up to 4694 registered members at Soxtalk. I thought it might be interesting to throw a contest out there to see who could guess the date that we register member #5000. Guess a date in this thread. Winner receives absolutely nothing but some half-hearted congratulations from fellow Soxtalkers. It seems crazy thinking back to the early days that we could be looking at having 5000 people who have signed up for this site. Then again, it is going on 9 years old now. Also we haven't really done this in a long time, but if you have a friend that you think might enjoy the site, go ahead and pass it on to them. We could always use the new blood and fresh opinions. Also you can join the Soxtalk facebook page, which is kind of our backup plan for whenver Soxtalk crashes, which thankfully isn't as often as it used to be. http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/gr...gid=27284358753

Konerko

I supposed the day of the draft is as good of any day to start this...

The first inning tells everything. If we get the line moving early we can do this. If we go three and out, it will be ugly.

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Apr 28, 2011 -> 09:58 AM) If anybody was wondering, I'm okay. My brother in law was in Tuscaloosa, he almost died. His apartment was hit directly. He was blown out of it and tossed several feet, he saved a woman and her child, but got more hurt in the process. Numerous injuries, lost a lot of blood from a laceration on his foot, concussion, etc. It completely missed us, but came close. Wow. Glad to hear he is alive.

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/Ozzie-G...ch-other-042711

That would be a worthwhile experiment. Someone with law experience needs to start filing claims in small claims court every chance they get to see how these companies react. It would be interesting to just inundate corporations with suits all over the country.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Apr 28, 2011 -> 08:38 AM) I know that Knightni is a reference to the Knights who say NI! Wait, so does that mean Jordan hasn't seen Monty Python's Holy Grail?

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Apr 28, 2011 -> 08:02 AM) Started posting on the espn boards back in 99 or 2000. My favorite teams were the White Sox and Seattle Sonics. Then I just "cleverly" changed the spelling of Sonics. Carried the name over to here. It's still my user ID over at espn too. I see what you did there...

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 27, 2011 -> 08:27 PM) The land of Ichiro. Japan, huh? That'll be a long commute.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 27, 2011 -> 06:28 PM) How the DOE outlined it above? How various other agencies/groups go after people who are exploiting the poor and don't go after people who are actually helping the poor? And who is the most likely to default on their loans? (Its a guess, but I bet it is right) Even though it makes sense, I bet the program gets labeled racist in the next 10 years when it starts disproportionally affecting minorities.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 28, 2011 -> 07:42 AM) No. And they're virtually uninsurable after leaving the league because they played in the NFL and no self-respecting insurer wants any part of that person. At least until a new CBA is agreed to. Long term care is not health insurance.

Yeah I really was excited to hear the Sox were talking to Soriano about closing, but when I heard what the Yankees paid, I was more than happy to lose that fight.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 28, 2011 -> 12:22 AM) Dunn has to start hitting some bombs. His performance has been a factor in the Sox being a pathetic last place team so far with an offense about as exciting as Princeton's in basketball back in the day. It looks to me like he isn't swinging full out right now. He really seems like he is trying to get his stroke back before he goes back into launch mode.

QUOTE (scenario @ Apr 27, 2011 -> 08:39 PM) The reason for Lillibridge's awe-inspiring defensive skills uncovered... http://yfrog.com/z/gz9kanp Great another illegal alien.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 27, 2011 -> 09:38 PM) Do you disagree? Yes.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 27, 2011 -> 08:32 PM) Kenny Williams needs to stop trading away our young talent. And we should totally not trade our stars who won't resign with us so that we get the draft picks.

The minimum wage guys are making like half a million dollars a year. I am pretty sure they also get health insurance for life now. They aren't hurting.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 27, 2011 -> 09:16 PM) Guess I was wrong about them scoring runs. Oh well. It looked like Colon was bringing some pretty good stuff in the one highlight I saw. Since when is throwing 95 again?