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QUOTE (danman31 @ Oct 28, 2009 -> 07:06 PM) For the reasons said above and the hot dry air helps a bit too. Spring training in AZ favors hitters as well. The AFL does more so because the pitchers are working on stuff and the top guys are being protected/saved. All 3 of those should at least be able to play capable CF. It would be a drastic turn around from what we've seen since Rowand if things break right. Yeah, I am not the type of guy who believes that most prospects turn out, but if we get anything close to potential from one of them, we are going to be set for a long time in CF.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Oct 28, 2009 -> 08:04 PM) Barney Frank is a f***ing idiot. QUOTE (kapkomet @ Oct 28, 2009 -> 08:13 PM) And he's honest, which is the scary part. He is honestly an idiot.

Sorry. They could nuke Detroit, and it would be an improvement.

Killing them is half of the fun.

QUOTE (jphat007 @ Oct 28, 2009 -> 06:05 PM) Only 25? I think the X's were supposed to be M's.

I imagine it is about as long as it takes one to run under my car tire.

Great, its not like anyone else cares about Detroit anyway.

Except Detroit has no one to blame but themselves.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Oct 28, 2009 -> 05:52 PM) There was a very interesting quote that stuck out to me: Sounds to me like something was going on and my guess is it has to do with certain guys not listening him, not putting in the extra work, etc. I wonder who those guys are and whether I'm reading too much into this or not. That's exactly what it sounds like to me. It will be really interesting to see who is not back next year. That probably tells us who they are talking about.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 27, 2009 -> 11:10 AM) Other than being the party of No right now, how are they offering solutions? And just because I had no idea (and how I missed it with the conservatives controlling the media is beyond me), but they have introduced SIX health care reform bills. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion...0,3170155.story http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion...0,3170155.story

QUOTE (flavum @ Oct 28, 2009 -> 12:26 PM) Maybe Danks plays LF for a year, but I hope he's projecting to be the CF for the future. If things fall into place, I hope the outfield is Mitchell-Danks-Rios in 2012. There is also the Jared Mitchell factor, who projects as a star defensive CF.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Oct 28, 2009 -> 08:28 AM) It wasn't intended to be that way. Bills are supposed to pass with a simple majority and a filibuster is only supposed to happen rarely. The threat of a filibuster alone is not supposed to kill a bill. It's not just a technicality, it's a full-blown broken system. Then they need to fix the system. In the meantime, how pissed can you get about people doing exactly what is available to do. People do it all of the time. Heck our own President was going to take the government funding for his Presidential race, but as soon as he saw he would have a significant advantage by not doing so. He went back on his word, and something according to him, felt was broken about the system, and did it anyway.

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 28, 2009 -> 08:09 AM) Then why ever vote no? Why ever vote? Sometimes you are going to be overruled when 100 people are voting on something, well, if ever they could be allowed to vote. The vote is the statement. Why look at voting records? Let's look at threats to make sure voting doesn't happen. That apparently is the key. Hey, let's go to dinner. Alright, where do you guys wanna go. I've heard good things about this spanish food place Oh, me too, sounds good. I like Mexican. Well let's take a vote. No, I've already heard people express their vote against me, we shouldn't vote. Let's just not eat. For one, I think the Senate filibuster is way too easy to enact, as opposed to the house, they don't have to do anything strenuous. It isn't Mr. Smith goes to washington. But really, You arguing that I shouldn't be mad about a senator in the Dem caucus granted leadership positions that not just isn't giving his vote to what his caucus has worked on, but won't even let them vote on it. It's ridiculous. I noticed you answered the question with another question. Not to mention, the idea of a representative Democracy has two different meanings depending on who you ask. Some people believe you are elected to do what 50% +1 of your constituents want. The other side believes that they elected you to use your judgment on what is best for the people you represent, and the country as a whole. And if everyone is going to call for the guy's head for voting what he really feels, then you and everyone who believes that, needs to quit all of the BS about the party of inclusion and broader coalition than the Republicans, because last I saw, no one was calling for Snowe to be stripped of everything she has earned.

Now I'm for dinner!

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 28, 2009 -> 08:01 AM) because we live in a representative democracy that only recently has moved the bar from simple majority passing, to now 3/5s. The majority in 2 chambers plus another branch would pass this on straight up or down, but because a minority in one chamber, it shouldn't even be allowed to be voted on? That's not technicality. When you are talking about procedure, it is a technicality. Congress needs to address this, but until then, those are the rules. Are you honestly telling me that people should vote for a technicality when they know doing so will result in something they don't believe in?

QUOTE (knightni @ Oct 28, 2009 -> 01:05 AM) Amazing how top running backs just drop off from the face of the earth. Terrell Davis Shaun Alexander Priest Holmes Larry Johnson LaDanian Tomlinson I remember seeing a research piece about backs who get more than 400 carries in a season falling apart very quickly.

QUOTE (G&T @ Oct 28, 2009 -> 07:47 AM) Why is girl owed classy comments? She knowingly had an affair with a married man. Joined Facebook and secretly talked to his kids to find out intimate details about his family. Went to his house to leave the infamous note to tell his wife how unhappy he is in his marriage, etc. She's bats*** crazy and is not innocent in this. If people were making negative comments about Phillips' wife then I'd understand. But frankly, I don't understand why people have to be "classy." And by the way, he is now going to rehab for "sex-addiction." The distinction isn't about negative or positive comments, it is about a bunch of insecure people hiding behind computer screens slamming her looks instead of her actions.

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 28, 2009 -> 07:36 AM) I really wish I would've bought the box set. Being poor sucks. It is still floating around Ebay.

QUOTE (knightni @ Oct 28, 2009 -> 01:50 AM) http://www.sporcle.com/games/samsabs/believin Thankfully, I did awful.

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 28, 2009 -> 07:33 AM) There's a difference between voting up or down, and voting against cloture to prevent a vote on the bill your party has worked on. In the Senate, 40 senators can threaten to fil-i-bust-er and they don't have to read a telephone book, they merely have to continually have someone in the senate as present, and this would kill a bill easily. So no, I don't care if Lincoln, Bayh, Nelson say "no" I have a problem if they don't allow their own party to vote on its own bill. The difference is technical only, really it is much worse, because he is putting the bill into a situation where he knows it will pass. At the end of the day, everyone is saying that Lieberman's duty as a Democrat is more important than his job as a Representative, which is insane. If he doesn't believe in a bill he knows he is going to vote against, why should he cast a vote that he knows will lead to its passage?

By now, I'd believe anything.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Oct 27, 2009 -> 10:35 PM) I didn't know Balta, jasonxctf, BigSqwert, and bmags were U.S. Senators. I didn't know I was either...

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 27, 2009 -> 09:59 PM) She was drunk and it was consensual? Exactly.

What?