southsider2k5

QUOTE (Tex @ Jan 5, 2010 -> 09:23 AM) But they still let me in the tent . . . Family values -- Give us 1950s with gays in the closet . . . Media -- Give us Leave it to Beaver, no swearing, no nudity, etc Abortion, make it illegal again. Government -- cut back, eliminate social programs added since 1950 Schools -- get prayer back in, focus on RRR So conservatism has nothing to do with conserving? True Conservatism is all about preserving the individual. Taking from people to give what others see fit doesn't seem like a very big tent to me. It seems much against people and their rights.

I wasn't much of a civil war person until I actually visited Gettysburg a couple of years ago. Just being on the battlefield and hearing the stories told was enough to get me very interested in it. I found this book, which is just an incredible amount of information and detail on the battle. http://books.google.com/books?id=DsxcBNGyP...;q=&f=false

QUOTE (Tex @ Jan 5, 2010 -> 09:05 AM) In Washington's farewell address he argued against political parties, and I really believe he was correct. He had Hamilton and Jefferson fighting each other. Both parties place their interest above the country's interests at times. They may convince themselves they are doing to for altruistic reasons, but we know that is crap sometimes. The parties exist for their self interest and those of the members. It would be the rare person whose beliefs actually line up 100% with either party. Although I guess there are some weak willed voters who follow a party 100% because someone tells them it's the thing to do, or what they hear on the radio, television, and newspapers. Parties understand occasionally needing to break from the party's platform to be alinged with voters in a particular district, but on the big stuff, there is tremendous pressure to stay in line. Since conservatives are more about conserving what we have and not about expanding, there would seem to be less diversity of issues. Get us back to 1950s America. Since liberals believe they can make most everything better with a little government action, and there are so many different areas to expand, there would be more diversity. What becomes the issue is when that list is narrowed down to a do-able list. Some people's pet projects get tossed aside. SS can continue to poke fun, but a Dem team photo and a GOP team photo really does reveal which tent is bigger. But you are only welcome in either tent if you play by their rules. You will only want to be in the tent if it helps you. Your constituents and country be damned. How incredibly narrow-minded of what true Conservatism actually is.

Free as a Bird

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Jan 5, 2010 -> 07:03 AM) The 18th hole was usually the only hole-in-one you could count on. Sure it was... if you sucked at mini-golf!

Imagine that.

I remember when messages boards were threaded and used to wind back and forth with all of the RE:RE:RE:

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jan 4, 2010 -> 08:58 PM) Yeah that is such a lazy ass argument, you see pics of him from college when he played FOOTBALL and you could see he was still a behemoth. Then he got old, and got fat like all old guys do. He put on most of his weight after he quit playing the field.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jan 4, 2010 -> 07:28 PM) Outstanding move by Boston. Their defense has been elevated a ton with the additions of Cameron/Beltre. They're obviously attempting to get it done via pitching/defense in 2010. I like their chances. Pitching and defense does it. If we learned nothing else in 2005, that is it.

And yet here they are, leaving the party, threatening each other, and running people against their own party. Yep, the big tent totally exists.

I remember playing Pong when it was bad-assed.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jan 4, 2010 -> 09:19 PM) Our town's Drive-in and mini golf place got demolished for a WalMart too. Ours became an airport.

karma asks you to just try understanding Tex, I dare you.

The big issue here is not giving away people who aren't on the main roster now, because we will need them as we have to dump salaries. I don't want to see guys like Skille and Beech go, because we will need them as guys like Sharp and Versteeg have to go because of their salaries.

Now, people around here got a longer Christmas break, because of my best friend Mr Lake Effect.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jan 4, 2010 -> 04:04 PM) It was great when Specter did it, now it's "chaos" and no one will ever do it again (turn from Dem to GOP). He lost staff too. It just goes to show you the idea of the "Big tent" is a joke. Its a big tent as long as you agree with everything they tell you to agree with.

Remember when you had to go to the ballpark to get tickets to a game?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 4, 2010 -> 04:41 PM) I think the 49er drive in from Valpo still exists. It does.

GET ON THE BUS!!!

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Jan 4, 2010 -> 01:32 PM) And pressing play on the tape drive as that was the medium that held your programs on the Commadore 64. QBasic 4 evah. I actually remember encountering one of these at my first job... My first PC was a TRS 80.

I don't think you can emphasize enough the run Frank had in the 90's. Its too bad money issues forced him to play longer than he should have.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 4, 2010 -> 08:14 AM) There's one other issue that you'd likely bring up if it was the other thread; how many jobs would that cost in terms of tourist and business dollars that are suddenly less able to flow. (don't have an answer, but it should be a consideration here; you make travel from overseas more difficult and you cost American jobs) That all goes back to how much is a life actually worth. Where is your point of diminishing returns? You can also get into the how many freedoms are you willing to give up argument, or are you willing to accept that people will die because our rights give us a wide berth.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 4, 2010 -> 09:17 AM) Actually...it does strongly suggest that leaving does solve the problem. There is zero chance that actually happens.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 4, 2010 -> 09:19 AM) This may have been different then. I am 99% sure about Guillen being one of the HR's, because it was such a strange event. And Baines was another. So it had to be a season where Guillen was in the 2-slot, and he was a rookie in 1985. Yeah it wasn't Ozzie for sure at the game I was at. It must have been 1984, because it was Bryan Little who hit the other one. I can't find anyone on-line who lists them looking really quickly on google.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jan 3, 2010 -> 11:20 PM) Kovalchuk has some incredible speed. Add that to a team that already has good speed... Wth that said, he's a defensive liabilty. He doesn't like to backcheck/forecheck at all. I was just noticing, however, that the Hawks lead the league for both goal differential and total goals allowed. That's a nice stat for a team with "goaltender issues". They're playing really well in front of their goaltenders. They do an incredible job of working in the corners and winning battles. They also block shots and shoot the passing lanes as good as anyone in the league. The stat that it really shows up in is how far ahead they are in shots allowed.