southsider2k5

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 24, 2009 -> 11:31 AM) Serious question...can you cite an historical example of this happening? Of a country's leadership willingly destroying itself and its country to fulfill a religious belief, in the way you say we should worry about Iran doing here? Osama Bin Laden, twice.

Konerko has at least another year. I think they want to sort out where some of these prospects are going to land (like Flowers, Viciedo, etc) to see if we have a first baseman in the bunch who will put up similar numbers at a fraction of the price.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Sep 24, 2009 -> 11:06 AM) There's a pretty big difference between that, and knowingly and intentionally sending your country on an irreversible path to obliteration. Its also a big difference in capability. Religious zealots don't value their homeland very much, it is whatever fate they are trying to fill that matters.

QUOTE (jasonxctf @ Sep 24, 2009 -> 11:03 AM) No, I think you are combining my two thoughts into one. Yes, I think without the bailout/investment, many additional banks would have gone under. And since the banks lend to each other, this would have effected others. (In fact, there is a great article on Lehman/Barclays in Esquire Magazine this month) No, I don't think that JP Morgan Chase would have gone under. My second thought is that we need to eliminate "too big to fail" in the long-term, and break up these gigantic financial institutions who have gotten even bigger (3-5x bigger) over the past 10-15 years. Kinda like the federal government? Can we trust bust them too?

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Sep 23, 2009 -> 11:45 PM) so you think Chase was going under? really? they didn't even use the bailout loot to give out loans, they used it to buy more banks. so the bailout actually made that problem, of super mega banks, worse. I could make a really convincing argument that it very well could have if nothing was done by the fed and Congress.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Sep 24, 2009 -> 10:44 AM) Hudson will be starting again Sunday. Looks like Floyd's done for the year. That is perfectly fine with me. If he has an injury, there is no sense in potentially doing serious damage to Floyd.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Sep 24, 2009 -> 10:29 AM) Wait, was Raines fired or did he choose to leave? I honestly can't remember. Technically he was not asked back. His contract was up, he got no extention.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Sep 24, 2009 -> 10:31 AM) I hope we got some Walt payoff this year. Following his age progression, he should be about 30 and working at a bank by now, right?

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Sep 24, 2009 -> 10:08 AM) I like the platoon in theory. I just think Getz would have more use for this team playing all around the field. If Getz is such a bad defender at second, what the heck makes you think he would be better at the tougher positions. Almost by definition if Nix is so far superior in range and arm strength, that should mean he would be more valuable at the other positions.

And what the heck is Obama doing addressing the UN? I thought he was too busy solving the health care crisis to do anything else?

I like the part where he said Obama should be President forever. I wonder when the DNC will start running that commerical

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Sep 24, 2009 -> 08:42 AM) Nothing in their history indicates that they even would. They are already supplying money and weapons to the Palestinians, and weapons and money in Iraq. In this day and age I don't believe you can't take people at their face value, especially if we allow them to go nuclear.

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Sep 24, 2009 -> 08:37 AM) Rhetoric and action are two different things. The big difference between those two is that they don't have the ability to take action... yet.

It is amazing how quickly the opinion of Jermaine Dye has changed. 2 votes? Wow.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Sep 23, 2009 -> 11:09 PM) Ya he doesn't have much time left and I personally don't believe he'll fulfill it. Getz is growing on me more and more though. Ask me two years ago (or even last year) on who I would have manning 2B based on what I know about those two I wouldn't hesitate. Now, I have to think Getz is more of what this team needs, and probably wants to get away from. This might be the most sane post of this thread. Am I the only one who thinks the Getz/Nix platoon has been one of Ozzie's best moves of the year? I'd like to see it going forward as well.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Sep 23, 2009 -> 11:12 PM) KW better do a HELL of alot better job this winter than last, he sat on his ass and did nothing with smugass comments about only having 50 cents as usual. Maybe he is waiting for more than the normal smugass one sentence posts...

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Sep 24, 2009 -> 12:26 AM) And he's not going to let Achey keep spouting that s*** over and over for years if he didn't want it out there. Exactly. He also wouldn't have rigged an election for him if he didn't want it like this.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 23, 2009 -> 10:19 PM) It is fun to be the party out of control, I must say. Besides, it is make up whatever you want your opponent to say day... so I figured I play along.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 23, 2009 -> 09:52 PM) My God, you read that and that's what you come up with? Jesus H. Christ. "There is no correlation between number of doctors and health care outcomes but there is a strong correlation between number of doctors and increased costs" = "We're going to force doctors to move at gunpoint." It is fun to be the party out of control, I must say.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 23, 2009 -> 09:28 PM) Here's a commentary on one of 2k5's favorite arguments; that we can't possibly treat 45 million more people because we don't have enough doctors. From the author of the book "Overtreated". Forced relocations? Sweet.

I guess someone told Jermaine he might want to start hitting now...

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 23, 2009 -> 09:01 PM) Russia is a rogue state who is run by a power-mad dictator. We gain nothing by negotiations. We should keep the system there to spite them. That'll show them. Here is a great idea... Why doesn't Russia quit selling them the nuclear technology.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Sep 23, 2009 -> 09:18 PM) Why was Torres still the game with the bases loaded? Why not? Its a chance to see what the kid is made of in a game that doesn't matter. People have been clamoring for exactly what Ozzie just gave us.

Ugh. Well that ought to do it for tonight. Torres has shown nothing since he has been back up here.

Well it is nice to see that the offense didn't quit down 5-0. They are back to 5-4.