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That is a great sig!

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Mar 23, 2010 -> 03:21 PM) Partisan joking aside, ACORN is probably just dissolving and getting ready to switch names. Too much bad press associated with their old label. No doubt about that.

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Mar 23, 2010 -> 03:26 PM) president or precedent Bah. Me No Speaky English. precedent

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 23, 2010 -> 02:54 PM) The specific thing that they'd challenge is the existence of the "individual mandate" which they could say the federal government can't do, that only a state could do that (i.e. mandating car insurance). Normally, I'd say that between the several hundred years of precedent about how wide Congress's power in the interstate commerce clause is and how deeply Congress has previously been involved in health care, I wouldn't worry. Except, this is the Roberts court. I think deep down, a whole lot of people could see justice Roberts deciding that everything in the past 150 years of regulation of business was actually illegal and tossing out every regulation Congress has ever written. So what president is there for forcing people to buy something exactly?

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Mar 23, 2010 -> 01:52 PM) Your "I'm smarter than everyone else" attitude is getting a little tired. aka the Democratic thread...

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Mar 23, 2010 -> 09:42 AM) Facebook Comment of the day: I'm gonna bet he wont be returning his military pension or Social Security when he's 75. If it's so evil, dont take the money. As long as the federal government gives me back the money I paid for them, and doesn't take any more of my money, its a deal. I would opt out in a heartbeat.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 23, 2010 -> 07:50 AM) He's my new Ross Gload. Except I think Kila has a lot higher ceiling. That's not saying much considering Gload has the ceiling of a smurf

QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ Mar 22, 2010 -> 11:43 PM) Peavy got lit up today, gets me thinking about how nice it would be to have ol' CR/AP back Congrats on winning the premature panic award for 2010.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Mar 22, 2010 -> 11:03 PM) The people love the idea of free s*** more than anything. What percentage of those incensed fans would have actually redeemed their ticket? 5%? If that? It's like that guy who would trample a small child for a free t-shirt from a scantily clad 20-something or a jackass in a bull costume sporting an air cannon when you just know neither he nor anyone else will ever wear it. Oh I know. It just cracked me up that an arena full of people who paid an average of at least $50 for each ticket, plus parking, beer, food etc...can't just go pay the $2 for whatever fastfood crap they are giving away.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 23, 2010 -> 07:00 AM) Really, they despise the guy? I'm surprised. It's not like the Rangers gave him a ton of money or anything. Did he throw a bottle at them? Sox fans despise guys like Andy Gonzalez for a few months of horrible baseball on a terrible team at the league minimum. Its not like we are any different.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Mar 22, 2010 -> 10:29 PM) I think that the government isn't going to eliminate s*** in these costs. But you all view it as the savior of all things market related, so wallah, it must be so. The funny part is the subsidy isn't really going away, it just isn't called a subsidy anymore when the government lends out money at below market rates. The reason that this subsidy even came into being is that it was making companies lend out money at interest rates way below market rates so no one wanted to do it. The only way this program existed was because the government paid banks to undercut even the fed rates at points in the past. It also means the government is going to keep all of the collections fees instead of the banks that were making the loans. There will still be excess administration costs as the probability is that it will take more expensive unionized government workers to run his program into the ground, instead of their cheaper private sector counterparts who had been running the program. This is all accounting tricks which the private sector couldn't get away with, but since the government absolves themselves from following most laws, including Sarbane's Oxley in this case, no one really is the wiser.

I'm sure China has them filtered out by now anyway.

QUOTE (bmags @ Mar 22, 2010 -> 09:26 PM) they are getting new customers...remember. Sure, all of the expensive ones that have been supposedly been excluded until now.

You gotta love the fans booing at the end of the Bulls game because they held on to the ball with a ten point lead in the final seconds, keeping them from 100 points, and their free tacos, big macs or whatever.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 22, 2010 -> 09:14 PM) Do you honestly believe that you're not already paying higher costs because of the insurance companies? And the best way to fix that is to add more costs to them. That makes total sense. They will totally give up profit margins!

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Mar 22, 2010 -> 04:54 PM) My results: There will be no change to your insurance coverage. You will not pay any additional taxes. OMG!!! SOCIALISM!! COMMUNISM!! Do you honestly believe that insurance companies paying higher costs aren't going to pass them on to consumers? YOU may not be paying the tax directly, but you will pay for it.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Mar 22, 2010 -> 06:52 PM) And here's confirmation; according to Cowley 71 of the 74 pitches Peavy threw vs KC were fastballs. THIS is just one of the many, many reasons spring stats don't mean a whole hell of a lot. That's exactly why I was curious from someone who has seen Jones to find out what he is hitting.

Sounds like a guy who doesn't want to get fired because of his idiot son.

QUOTE (flavum @ Mar 22, 2010 -> 01:55 PM) If Jones plays 145 games, I think Pierre and Quentin will DH just as much as Andruw. Mostly I mean Kotsay will be the one who doesn't play as much.

QUOTE (Palehosefan @ Mar 22, 2010 -> 01:54 PM) http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=5018281 Memphis officially loses 2007-2008 season. Yet Calipari slimed away with nothing. And more importantly, so did Derrick Rose who actually did the cheating.

QUOTE (flavum @ Mar 22, 2010 -> 02:43 PM) I think this is right, and it brings up the Kotsay/Jones DH topic. If Andruw Jones is going into opening day with a hot bat, he's got to be an every day player. Kotsay just needs to stay on the bench and start once a week, and replace Paulie when he gets pinch run for. He'll be a lot more valuable in that role. I'm just afraid Guillen will play Kotsay too much. If Jones plays anywhere even close to 75% of his former self, there won't be much of a platoon at DH, except maybe days when Jones plays in the OF for someone.

QUOTE (knightni @ Mar 22, 2010 -> 02:28 PM) I wonder how many other "not famous" guys get interviewed on The Score? Couldn't have said it better. How many guys who don't want attention are going on 50,000 watt radio stations?

QUOTE (Palehosefan @ Mar 22, 2010 -> 01:19 PM) Doesn't mean a whole lot back in December. Duke lost to the same Wisconsin team that Gonzaga beat by 13. Hell, Saint Mary's, a team that Gonzaga whipped 2/3 this year should have been a 8-9 seed over both Louisville and California. Either way, it doesn't matter anymore. I don't think Duke will get past Baylor anyways. I hope you are right, but I don't see Duke going down until the final 4.

A guy shooting up the boards? Sounds like the Sox for sure.

QUOTE (docsox24 @ Mar 22, 2010 -> 02:23 PM) Probably nothing too suprising here but this is what I am told the lineup would look like if opening day were today: Pierre - LF Beckham - 2b Quentin - RF Konerko - 1b Rios - CF AJ - C Jones - DH Teahan - 3b Ramirez - SS That looks about what was expected. The question is how long would Kenny let the offense flounder before making a deal?