southsider2k5

Fuzzy, yet funny.

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Nov 6, 2009 -> 04:08 PM) Gunman is alive... a rare opportunity to understand the minds of these people and for relatives of those lost to exact justice on their own terms. He is off of the ventilator now, so it sounds like he should survive for a trial.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Nov 6, 2009 -> 11:19 AM) And the crazies begin.... Conservative Says Hasan Acted On Orders Of Muslim Brotherhood 'And here are your left wing crazies doing the exact samething... http://www.examiner.com/x-2206-Cleveland-G...-as-smoking-gun Pretty much every two bit pundit is going to take something out of this, as there are so many hot button issues that can be pulled out of this (Muslim, Obama supporter, gun purchase, military activity/war, etc) and try to make himself look smart and prophetic. At the end of the day they are exploiting the deaths of 13 servicemen.

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Nov 9, 2009 -> 09:13 AM) The mess that states are in have very little to do with a specific party in power, sadly. Half of California's issues stem from referendum madness, imo. But the other half are very similar to issues that we saw reflected in the New Jersey election. Voters don't want state governments to fix systemic problems with the budget, they just want people who will promise to fix them. The referendum process is really interesting. At the end of the day it is the people saying what they want. The question becomes, how come practically a generation of California politicians haven't been able to adjust to a pretty consistent message from its residents?

Conning us again?

I'd do it in a heartbeat. Those are two guys who will never sniff the majors. I am not sure why another team would even want those two to be honest.

And skipping the letter X? For shame.

QUOTE (joeynach @ Nov 8, 2009 -> 10:38 PM) We have said over and over and over again there will not be another old, slow, lift and pull, base clogging sighing on the south side for a very long time. Goodbye Dye and Goodbye Thome. There will be some big and slow sluggers on this team. If you look at the ballpark, you need some thump.

QUOTE (The Baconator @ Nov 8, 2009 -> 11:12 PM) MLB Trade Rumors Not sure if this is posted anywhere else but I remember seeing someone mentioning Vlad (probably in the RF thread), and MLBTR has some pretty wild predictions in this list but has predicted Vlad as our big move for DH. FWIW. Injuries have just tore him up. In reality, Jim Thome has been just as productive the last couple of years.

Why do you always manage to find something Latin to put in here?

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Nov 9, 2009 -> 12:41 AM) There's a tidbit on hockey buzz that Bolland might need surgery on his back. I'm sure the Hawks brass won't say anything as of yet though. They are just snakebit this year.

Its a different world. I wonder how much really gets through to the average person down there. Even with the government trying to bury stories, people have to be wondering why so many of their athletes keep disappearing and why.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 8, 2009 -> 06:05 PM) So you are saying the manager has no say in who plays and who is on the roster. Interesting. Out of who comes out of AA and the like? Maybe some, but not nearly that much.

QUOTE (Tex @ Nov 8, 2009 -> 05:02 PM) Since you will not answer who is paying the higher revenue, I will assume you agree that more income taxes are being paid by us. And now we are paying for the current spending, plus the prior spending, plus the interest on the deficit. Plus, that would mean incomes are rising, something we are against in certain sectors because rising wages makes those products uncompetitive. (Autos for one) We agree that more money being spent generates more income. We cut someone's taxes and they decide to save that dollar, or spend it on a foreign vacation, or to buy a made overseas item, the effect is not as strong. The only entity we can be 100% guaranteed to spend the money is the government. Of course I would rather you and I spend the money than the government This all changes when we are rebating taxes because there is a surplus! The politician or party that pulls that off will have my vote forever. My objection is the bribing for votes that cutting taxes without changing spending brings. As you said, the bulk of the taxes are being paid by the middle class and above. I don't foresee that changing in the next couple decades. So those deficits will be paid by us, the middle class, with interest. When did a balanced budget become a liberal idea? I find it funny that during the 1990s with the GOP's "Contract For America" you would have been on the Dem side fighting against it and I would have been the GOPerhead. Higher income means higher total taxes paid, while at a lesser rate.

QUOTE (Tex @ Nov 8, 2009 -> 04:00 PM) I understand that, however, you are missing my point. Revenues go up. OK I will accept that. Revenues going up mean someone is depositing more money. Who is that and what tax are they paying? Simple question. If you and I aren't accounting for those higher revenues, it must be corporations, and as you have always pointed out, corporations pass that on to the consumers. More money is circulation means more people are spending money. More people spending money means more income is being generated, more income means more taxes are getting paid.

QUOTE (Tex @ Nov 8, 2009 -> 11:55 AM) Who pays the additional revenue? I'll even give you a hint, it's the good looking guy we both see in the mirror each morning. No it isn't. Again, read the explanation of the multiplier effect. This is a definition based on deposits and loans, but the concept is the same on anything that has to do with revenues and collections. Just substitute taxes and savings in. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/multipliereffect.asp

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 8, 2009 -> 01:23 PM) Arnold had a chance to be that fresh start. After the recall stomping, he could have legitimately pushed for institutional reforms and probably won. He even had advisors (Buffet) saying that prop 13 needed fixed. Instead, he cut the vehicle tax with no way to replace the revenue, launched pointless fights with the teachers unions (demanding concessions but offering nothing in return), borrowed his way through budget deficits in good times, and did nothing to plan for the future. The way he was elected, he had a genuine madate to reform the state if he wanted to use it. He didn't. A genuine mandate? I seem to recall just under half of the state being up in arms when he was elected.

Damn the Bears are just decimated at this point. They don't have a chance against any real teams.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 8, 2009 -> 11:47 AM) I said if he thinks a player is major league ready, like he said of Jordan Danks, to take it with a grain of salt. He managed groups of guys that apparently were no where near major league ready for 9 years. So that means he doesn't know what major league ready is? That is an odd assertion, seeing as the field manager isn't the one who decides who is major league ready. That would be the general manager. Plus if you look at the teams he did manage, its not like he drove the 27 Yankees into the ground, he spent his years with some horrible Tigers and Royals teams, and meh Rockies teams.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Nov 8, 2009 -> 02:57 PM) im gonna say you dont give the kid a nickname until he proves himself at the major league level. Nicknames happen. Give him a chance to play and show his personality.

QUOTE (Jeremy @ Nov 8, 2009 -> 02:51 PM) The fact that great hitters don't often play 2B is pretty indisputable but what's the basis for your rationale that it's because teams don't want to play good players there? In all the years I've been following baseball, this is the first time I've heard anyone claim organizations avoid playing valuable players at 2B due to injury concerns. If second base is so dangerous, why aren't we often talking about all the injuries sustained there each season? I certainly believe that teams prefer to play excellent middle infielders at SS when possible. That explains why Jeter, Hanley Ramirez, ARod, Nomar, Tejada, etc. weren't brought up as second basemen. Players who do end up at 2B seem to end up there either because they don't have the defensive chops to play shortstop (Utley, Pedroia) or they're blocked at SS. There's another obvious reason teams "avoid" playing their best players at 2B: most of the "best players" aren't nearly good enough defensively. For instance, many of the top 10 position players in the AL MVP voting last season - Morneau, Youkilis, Quentin, Hamilton, and Pena - could never play second. The winner did play second base while others might potentially play that position if they didn't already play a more challenging position (Mauer, Sizemore). Guys the reason Gordon Beckham isn't going to play SS is because he isn't a very good defensive SS. That has been said about him from when he was in college. He has always been a second baseman in waiting. If you watch Alexei, you know why the Sox want him at SS. He has all of the tools, except the mental aspect, which usually can be taught.

QUOTE (Tex @ Nov 8, 2009 -> 11:45 AM) And we went through and we never found where that $1 became anything more than $1. Bottom line, someone pays the higher revenues. At best it shifts the tax from someone to someone else. After the cut, who pays more and who pays less? Then you didn't read it.

QUOTE (Sonik22 @ Nov 8, 2009 -> 01:28 AM) Not gonna lie, I hated it when we drafted him. But since that day he has become my favorite player on the team probably. I love Joakim. He is finally learning to play 48 minutes and to play intelligently. That has always been the big two strikes against him.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 8, 2009 -> 11:18 AM) Who has he recognized that no one else could? I think he has very little impact on draft selections. Isn't he supposed to be developing players? Being around those bad teams, he may have a warped sense of what major league ready is. I don't get how being a manager of bad teams means he has no idea how to recognize talent. Even getting past this, his big thing is supposed to be teaching fundamentals to some of these kids coming through the system.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 8, 2009 -> 11:08 AM) Buddy Bell managed 9 seasons in the major leagues for 3 different organizations. His teams came in last place 6 times, 4th twice (one of the 4th place finishes he was fired during the season and the team was in last place when he got the boot) and 3rd place once with a 79-83 record. I know he's highly respected but I would take his reccommendation about players being major league ready or contributing to winning with a grain of salt. Being able to recognize talent is much different than actually able to coax it out of players.