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QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Jan 12, 2011 -> 11:03 AM) If you work in Illinois and live in Indiana or Wisconsin what tax do you pay? I am glad that the govenors of both states want companies to just uproot and move to a new state like there was no thought into why they were starting where they are in the first place. I wish Chicago would open a land based casino though and gain the revenue that the citizens are pumping into other municipalities and states. Indiana you pay IL their 3%, and then pay the .4% difference to IN. I'm not sure what happens after IL goes higher than IN.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 12, 2011 -> 10:14 AM) That could be true.I could also see many voters think that putting Glavine on the same first ballot as Maddux would somehow diminish Maddux's legacy and sort of bad name how truly good he was. (Remember these are HOF voters we are talking about. Some of them didn't vote for Nolan Ryan, Cal Ripken, or Tony Gwynn just to prove a point of who knows what.) That is my thought process. I could see a lot of writers feeling that they put these two on equal footing by voting for both of them at the same time on the first ballot.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jan 12, 2011 -> 10:03 AM) The fact that Paulie is even getting HoF talk is quite ridiculous imo. Guy has been a very good player through out his career but he's no where near a HoF type. I agree 100%. When I think of the best 1Bs during Paulies career, I never think of Paulie anywhere near those guys.

Mason Raymonds SO goal last night was pure awesomeness.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 12, 2011 -> 10:52 AM) The Tax Foundation numbers are much more inclusive. Pre-massive tax hikes IL's average was about $4350 per person in total tax burden, or 14th highest in the US. IN was about 3500, or 34th highest. It will be interesting to see what happens to ILs numbers now. Well this answers my post http://www.taxfoundation.org/publications/show/26954.html

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 12, 2011 -> 10:34 AM) Which leaves out both the corporate taxes, and all of the fees it takes to do business in IL. Its either that or accept that Indiana did WAY better with the relative same amount of rates. Which ever one you pick, it sucks to live in IL. The Tax Foundation numbers are much more inclusive. Pre-massive tax hikes IL's average was about $4350 per person in total tax burden, or 14th highest in the US. IN was about 3500, or 34th highest. It will be interesting to see what happens to ILs numbers now.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jan 12, 2011 -> 10:45 AM) and now it sucks even more. 66% increase in income taxes (5%) and 50% increase in business taxes approved. I love that it's only for 4 years and then it'll drop to 4%. I'd bet my life savings it'll NEVER drop. Also glad they had to stay up until 1am to get this thing passed by 1 vote. I'm guessing something fishy went on there. How many taxes started off as temporary? Yeah, you guys are screwed.

Opulence will teach them

QUOTE (Cknolls @ Jan 12, 2011 -> 10:22 AM) Funny how this was missed: http://www.weeklystandard.com/sites/all/fi...docs/Bernie.pdf And the posts about the Dem Rep who called for shooting the governor of FL...

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 12, 2011 -> 10:27 AM) By the way, this data is a bit out of date but it's worth highlighting in this discussion...here's the ranking of average state tax rates as of 2008 (mid-collapse). Illinois was #30 out of 50 states in total tax rate. In that ranking, Indiana was 28th. Which leaves out both the corporate taxes, and all of the fees it takes to do business in IL. Its either that or accept that Indiana did WAY better with the relative same amount of rates. Which ever one you pick, it sucks to live in IL.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 12, 2011 -> 08:41 AM) Palin's labeled the media's response as "blood libel." f*** the heck? Also, irony: hmmm For once, I agree with her. That maybe a first.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 10, 2011 -> 07:07 PM) I don't know if I see Glavine as a definite first ballot HOF, I view him as borderline 1st ballot as it is. Being up for election at the same time as Maddux can either hurt him or help him. Some voters could vote him in because the two were teammates, some could choose to wait a year because they think Maddux deserves to go in alone, cause he was so good. (Who knows how those dumb voters think). I agree that it will probably be one of the two though, hopefully it is Frank. I don't see Glavine as a first timer, especially being on at the same time as Maddux. I think when people look at the two of them in the same group, they will see Greg as a big step above Tommy, and leave him off for the most part. Either way, I don't see that stopping Frank.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jan 12, 2011 -> 12:43 AM) It's not out of the realm of possibility that Rivera could pass Hoffman this year. It might actually be better because of the state of the Yankees starters making it a whole lot more closer games this year.

TCU #2 over Oregon?

HA!

Well on the bright side, the entire panel said they would do this deal if they were Philly, and saw no reason to do it if they were the Sox. Mitch Williams said the idea had to come from a Philly fan.

eventually they will all be back... then what?

Celtics don't need more big fat guys.

And he weights like 350 pounds now.

Yeah right.

We should expect a poster of DRose in an elevator soon if that is the case.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jan 11, 2011 -> 12:04 PM) I agree that the best announcers are on the radio, but I disagree that it's hard to find good PBP on TV. It's just an entirely different kind of PBP. The advantage that the viewer has of seeing the action is a HUGE disadvantage to the PBP guy. On the other hand, with radio, they must describe EVERYTHING that is happening, and do so clearly and eloquently. And I believe the hockey guy you are referring to is Mike "Doc" Emrick. He's a legend and one of my favorites. There's a lot of things he does poorly (super repetitive for one) but he's a huge idol to me. I've done hockey play by play on the radio for 15 months now and I'm absolutely in love with it. SUPER challenging at first, but once you get comfortable with it, it's so much fun. Going between football and basketball I have learned that as an announcer tempo and rhythm of the game need to be reflected in the announcers pace and style. Basketball calls should have a faster feel to them than football. I would imagine hockey is even more so with the non-stop nature. More than anything it is about finding something you are comfortable with and going with it.

Usually they don't

Stacey King made the poster for him.

Should the Philadelphia Phillies trade Joe Blanton and Raul Ibanez to the Chicago White Sox for Carlos Quentin? This is a topic for the MLB Networks Hot Stove program. My big thing is that I have no idea how the Sox could take on that much money, and what we would do with another starter.