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QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 27, 2009 -> 07:10 AM) I haven't seen anyone use them incorrectly yet. Look again.

I have one request in this thread... please use deficit and debt correctly. Thank you.

I can't wait to see Neal Cotts in Yankee Stadium...

QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 26, 2009 -> 02:45 PM) So since you guys are on the subject, earlier today I was looking at Planet Earth on Blu-Ray and wondering if I should get it - I was on the fence but now I think I'll do it. Anyone watched The Universe? I'm really into that kind of stuff. The Universe is a great series. I loved it.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 26, 2009 -> 02:30 PM) Why is Joe Cowley stuck as a sports beat writer, he should be a freaking comedian Come on Sox, stop the suckfest today and win a damn ballgame!! He thinks he is a comedian, because he sure doesn't try to write anything intelligent.

I saw Cindy Sheenan was back as well. I guess she isn't lead copy now that she is protesting Obama.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 26, 2009 -> 11:55 AM) My question is... Why didn't he ever get hurt in Minnesota? He has already had one elbow surgery in 2001.

So this means Viciedo won't be in Chicago in September... interesting.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Aug 26, 2009 -> 12:33 PM) Errors are an odd statistic anyway, as many times they’re simply in the eye of the beholder. A lot of errors are absurd, because it took everything for the fielder in question just to get to ball nevertheless, make a play on it. There are way more errors made for non-range reasons, Nix included.

QUOTE (La Marr Hoyt HOF @ Aug 26, 2009 -> 01:19 PM) i love it that he's a real fan, not just pretending to be sports fan to connect with the "common" man. In the Costas interview he referred to it as the Old Comi-n-sky Park, so he is suspect, but as 35thStreetSwarm points out, he represents... Have you been on the southside much? That is totally the way it is said in Bridgeport.

This should come as a surprise to no one.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Aug 26, 2009 -> 12:25 PM) Which is a complete fabrication. /burns some corn As usual.

A cultural icon is gone... http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/c...0,2706535.story

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Aug 26, 2009 -> 11:32 AM) http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=4422520 Reinsdorf pulls his bid. Some bid from the NHL is now on the table for the Coyotes. You know, I don't know why they just don't allow Ballsillie to purchase the team. It is by far the best offer, and Hamilton is leaps and bounds a better city than Phoenix. That team should never have been moved from Winnipeg. I really wish some group from Hartford would jump in and make a bid. One of two things has to happen. Either Glendale needs to renogtiate that contract, or the team needs to move to somewhere it can be financially viable.

Yeah that nine trillion dollar debt is probably BS as well... http://www.forbes.com/2009/08/25/federal-b...way-budget.html

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 26, 2009 -> 10:38 AM) Bargain basement buyers and those seeking the special first time credits (along with some isolated local programs too), all helping this. I almost wish the surge was a little less pronounced though, as this will probably cause a slight dip again early in 2010. Nothing to be alarmed about though. Overall, from everything I am reading, looks like at a national level, we've leveled and have the pieces in place to start climbing back up a bit. The X factor though, is employment. If unemployment stays similar to now for about 6 months, then goes up, (or something akin to this), I think we'll be good. If it gets notably worse (not talking about a few tenths here, I mean more than that), and can't recover in that 6 month or so timeline, then the housing market will stay flat, and spending will too, and we could be in for another overall dip. Again, another sign that we are going to see a double dip in this recession.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 26, 2009 -> 10:32 AM) Gawd I cannot wait until we stop creating one-word-er phrases. Yeah, me neither, which is why I am making the point of how absurd they are.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 25, 2009 -> 09:35 PM) That's a misleading stat. What about games where the starter was pulled in the 4th and the bullpen only gave up 1 more run the rest of the way? I'd call that a good job by the bullpen. Even a game where the starter goes 6 and the pen gives up 1, still makes an era of 3.00. I know the pen hasn't been good, but that is a terrible stat.

QUOTE (vandy125 @ Aug 26, 2009 -> 10:19 AM) Since when is healthcare reform synonomous with a public plan? You can be a big advocate of reform but not want the public plan included as part of that. That's all a part of being a Healther. The government has to do it.

QUOTE (Elgin Slim @ Aug 26, 2009 -> 09:19 AM) National Geographic is good, History has stupid ass shows like Monster Quest and the tin foil hat guys who look for things that aren't there, and people are supposed to be surprised when they find nothing. No s*** Sherlock. That's why I love History International. Its the stuff that used to be on History, before they got into the reality series. BTW I am glad that someone else thinks those shows (add in Ice Road Truckers) are a waste of time.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 25, 2009 -> 09:43 PM) And instead of a huge fraction of the wealth being concentrated in the hands of a very small and shrinking few, the U.S. emerged from that war with the strongest middle class at any point in the last century. There is no sign anywhere of that purchasing power reappearing. That's because we still have 10 years of depression to go before we destroy the upper classes.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Aug 25, 2009 -> 09:21 PM) That would rock, except we wouldn't have anywhere to get our cheap crap from anymore. Then what would we do? There really is a reason that inflation has been not existant for such a long time.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Aug 25, 2009 -> 09:24 PM) Then force people to watch PBS and listen to NPR. Lot less commercials (as long as it isn't a pledge drive!) Could I just get my info straight from the Democratic committee instead?

And it took us pretty much until the 40's to recover totally.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Aug 25, 2009 -> 09:01 PM) First one is true as well. There's a ton of those plants that have yet to be idled. Those numbers that you see "post bankrputcy" is after the plants are idled, and a lot of them aren't slated to stop production until 2010. You've got another 100,000 people in JUST GM and Chrysler to go - not to mention now the suppliers you effect because of the "smaller and leaner" companies. A lot of the dealerships are yet to close as well.