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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 21, 2010 -> 05:46 PM) Actually the fact that the COC receives a large amount of funding from foreign sources is 100% well established. They schedule and hold public events all over the world. The Chamber's own websites list foreign dues paying companies as members. Would you like to join the U.S.-Bahrain cooperative of the COC? Here's the form. The only question is how strictly you want to apply bookkeeping rules. The money for tax purposes all goes into the same 501©6 account which does not disclose its contributors and out of which has come $70 million in campaign expenditures for this year. ABC Exactly zero evidence.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 21, 2010 -> 05:54 PM) The Aaron Rowand trade? He traded him after a off year for Jim Thome, a guy he basically promised Konerko. The thread which you have posted in is John Danks trade ideas and the original poster had a trade idea. You wish not to comment again so you can play either side. I then asked if you would make that proposed trade or the one posted all over this board, the Rasmus, again, no answer. But why trade for Fielder? If its all about budget he's more expensive in 2011 then he's definitely gone. Gonzalez you have for a bargain rate for one year, then he's gone, and I doubt SD would trade Gonzalez for a guy who will actually be more expensive than him next year and they have control of for only one more after that. Perhaps some 3 way, but 2 years of Danks is better than 1 year of Gonzalez IMO. Maybe it would be something to consider if the White Sox knew without a doubt Danks wasn't going to sign or what he's even asking for, as I have never seen anything published other than he rejected the same deal Floyd took. So you don't really know how difficult he will be to extend, and the Sox have a recent history of extending fairly expensive pitchers. I mentioned Garcia, Buerhle, Contreras, they also extended Vazquez. I don't understand why you and a lot of other posters think Danks is automatically gone in 2 years. The White Sox love him, which is something I have going for me, because I don't want him traded, and they won't trade him. At least this offseason. The Sox have a history of extending pitchers, and yet they haven't extended Danks. You really are making my points for me. You do it again when you instantly started looking long term when I talked about guys who could be here for only a year, I thought the idea was to win, right? I would think the difference between a Danks and a Sale would be smaller than the difference between Fielder and Kotsay, which would make us better and win more, right? I believe you said that the object is to win now, and doing anything that would harm that would be idiotic, right? I don't get quite why you are suddenly obsessed with why I would approve of a Danks deal or not (I'm guessing you are looking for something to bookmark to see if you get some kind of internet "victory" here in the future, but will delete if you don't) , but if it were me, I would have to get a young pitcher if I were to do a Rasmus deal. I don't think he is enough by himself. I don't want to see Danks dealt, but I don't see Danks being willing to sign a deal that helps the Sox position as a team out. If he were willing to sign a reasonable contract, which you yourself have shown the Sox have a history of offering, he would have done it already. We know already he turned one down. The Sox history of extending pitchers would indicate to me, that the Sox have made more than just the one offer, to me that is just common sense.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Oct 21, 2010 -> 05:02 PM) ESPN has some pretty cool Marvel Comic Variant covers, created by Marvel, for the NBA Season preview. West Preview East Preview That's the Bulls' one. Of course, it's one of the weaker efforts, as Boozer doesn't make me think of "The Hulk". The Dwight as Wolverine one is my favorite, I think. Finally a basketball preview that Derrick Rose could read...

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 21, 2010 -> 05:28 PM) But there are 2 things there that would have put people in jail. Taking large donations and slicing them up into small donations to avoid disclosure requirements is patently illegal. Taking contributions from admitted foreign citizens is patently illegal. An FEC claim was filed on the latter by the RNC in 2008, and as far as I can tell it went no where. As far as I can tell, no one has ever alleged the first. Can you back that up? I have exactly as much evidence as you do when you claim foreign donations are paying for these commercials.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 21, 2010 -> 05:22 PM) I'm not moving any goalposts. I said from the beginning, if the object is to win, and your boy KW has stated many times that's exactly what it is, trading Danks is idiotic, unless you are getting back something that is positively ridiculous. Colby Rasmus isn't that. The only reason anyone even mentions trading Danks is budget. They are fearful he might earn what he is worth. So what, then KW won't have $4 million to blow on Manny Ramirez. If you want to use the "well his value may never be higher" line, that's great. Then the White Sox should trade everyone who is possibly at peek trade value. But that's not how it works. You need good players, pitchers especially, to win. That's what Danks is. Perhaps the best pitcher on the White Sox. Why don't you go on the record right now? Should the White Sox trade John Danks if they can get Colby Rasmus for him? Or how about the trade suggestion in the original post? Go on what record? For what? My job as GM, lmao. Anyways, you act like the budget doesn't matter at all, and I know this all goes back to the White Sox are ass-raping the fans to make tons of money off of them argument that you have been making forever, but the reality is, Kenny Williams has a budget. If John Danks isn't willing to sign an extension, which he hasn't been as of yet, letting him walk away is just stupid to an organization that can't replace him. That is the counterside of your whole shtick. In a backdoor way you agree with what I am saying by stating that the Sox need go players. Getting nothing to replace guys who sign massive contracts else where isn't the way to have good players on your team. The ridiculous extra steps in your argument that trading one good player to replenish the system means that we need to trade everyone at "peek" value, is hyperbole at its finest. It also ignores that this is exactly how Kenny does business. If he figures he can't keep a highly valued player, he will deal them to keep the team moving forward. Am I the only one who remembers the Carlos Lee trade? The Aaron Rowand trade? Hell the very trade that got Danks here involved trading a pitcher at his peak value. Because of his contract status, I would put Danks out and see what fish bite. With the premium on pitching, there is a very good chance we could end up better for it. If you don't get what you want, its not like we are obligated to trade him. With the amount of powerhitting out there who is one year away from free agency, it wouldn't surprise me if a deal for a Fielder or Gonzalez could happen, even if it had to involve a third team to get prospects to the original team.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 21, 2010 -> 05:24 PM) You and I have very different definitions of actively trying. Holding a hearing with an "expert" who advocates a certain position does not constitute actually writing legislation. Actually writing legislation does not constitute introducing it into the House. Bringing legislation before a committee does not constitute bringing it up before the full Senate/Full House. Bringing it up before the Full Senate/Full house does not constitute a full court press to pass something. I'd say this effort is less far along than the effort to repeal the 14th amendment. This is ironic considering all of the scare stuff you post about people on the other side of the aisle.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 21, 2010 -> 04:24 PM) I'm laughing because you think that'd actually happen. How many different "things that will never happen" can we put in 1 article? "The government is going to seize everyone's 401K. The government that can't pass jack squat is going to pass gigantic legislation that has never been written and they're going to do so within 2 months and in a lame duck session where the Dem majority has already shrunk." I'm laughing because the intent is there, and that doesn't seem to bother you at all. They are actively trying.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 21, 2010 -> 04:47 PM) How many playoff series did they win? Peavy was injured when they traded him and injured again this year. 2008 the Twins went to game 163. If they had kept Santana, do you think there is a chance they would have been at least 1 game better and made the playoffs? And Toronto wasn't playing to win in 2010. Are you saying Toronto would have been worse with Roy Halladay in 2010 than with the 3 minor leagers they got for him? The White Sox are trying to win in 2011. I know a lot of people are talking about depth in the starting rotation, but you don't know if Garcia will be back and really how many innings he can give you. You don't know if Sale is ready to be a starter and how many innings he can give you. You know what you have in Buerhle and Floyd. Peavy is a huge question mark. The minor leaguers are not who you want on the mound if you are trying to win. The White Sox bullpen got beat up late in the season and they were one of the least used bullpens around. DO NOT TRADE JOHN DANKS. Way to move the goalposts.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 21, 2010 -> 04:20 PM) Of course you would laugh. It all fits the same pattern of penalizing those who earn, for those who don't.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 21, 2010 -> 04:19 PM) You didn't answer the question. According to you, we don't know how much, because we have no idea how much it really is. Remember the majority of Obama's donations were small, so theoretically they could have just made everything foreign, small, and then hid it from view.

Now they are coming for your 401k and IRA's. These people scare me. http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=39336

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 21, 2010 -> 04:15 PM) How much influence does $199 buy? Its always different.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 21, 2010 -> 01:45 PM) Is it worth pointing out that the Swift boats were organized as a 527...and as such actually had to disclose their contributors? Only if it is pointed out that Obama wouldn't disclose his complete list to the public, so we don't know who gave to him either. http://www.lvrj.com/blogs/mitchell/Why_all...ch.html?ref=618

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 21, 2010 -> 04:05 PM) I think it won't be that hard to come up with lots of examples of teams doing the exact opposite and winning more the next year. The Padres traded Jake Peavy and nearly won the division. The Twins traded Santana, got nothing of real use back, and hardly missed a beat. Toronto was 12 games under .500 in 2009 with Roy Halladay, and 8 games over .500 in 2010 without Roy Halladay. Not to mention all of the teams who lost their best starters for nothing...

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Oct 21, 2010 -> 12:23 AM) As long as he's getting healthy, I really don't give a crap what he does in the AFL. No joke. Way too much time is wasted micro-observing prospects. It isn't about what they do on an individual game basis most of the time, especially in the case of Mitchell. All that kid needs to do is run around, swing a bat, and get some feeling and confidence back for next year.

I lol'd, I don't know if he really said it or not, but I saw someone post it on facebook, and thought it was worth repeating.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 20, 2010 -> 05:28 PM) Has anyone else had a sh*tload of problems lately with Adobe Flash crashing randomly? I have had it happening in Firefox.

QUOTE (BigEdWalsh @ Oct 21, 2010 -> 08:25 AM) Aren't all Ernest movies horror movies? +1

QUOTE (lostfan @ Oct 20, 2010 -> 08:24 PM) It'd probably be pretty funny if you looked at my posts on Alexei's defense last year (which at the time were accurate) and what I think of him this year. Complete 180, because his defensive game has done a complete 180. It wasn't just me either, even notoriously sunshiny guys like 2K5 were saying "he is physically gifted but as long as he is a bonehead it will keep him from being elite." I believe my description was an ADHD Hummingbird. Omars signing was the best one of the last year.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 21, 2010 -> 07:51 AM) I'd be totally amazed if he wasn't regularly getting hate mails & such before his move. I figure every athlete does. In all seriousness, it isn't too far from Akron to some serious Klan country. I'd bet he has more than a few "fans" out there.

Quite a bit better. Tex a fricassee.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 21, 2010 -> 07:26 AM) The problem, Tex, is that the way around that is very simple...instead of running an inaccurate ad yourself, you just have the Chamber of Commerce do it. I don't know about you, but I associate it with the other side anyway.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Oct 20, 2010 -> 08:19 PM) Is Quinn really that bad? He punked out on the Blago thing but he inherited a pretty f***ed up situation... I mean it's hard to follow arguably the worst governor in your state's history. He is completely 100% spineless. The things he could do and fix, he ran away from.

QUOTE (He_Gawn @ Oct 20, 2010 -> 12:16 PM) According to Dan Dakich, he got it confirmed to him that Cody Zeller is going to be a Hoosier. We will see how this shakes out in the coming weeks or maybe even days. Dakich did an interview on my station last week. He is such an awesome person to hear talk about college basketball.

Oh my that is a mental image I could have done without.