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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 6, 2009 -> 02:43 PM) Either way I think we gave up too much. Hell for Washington, they might be starters.

QUOTE (Tex @ Aug 6, 2009 -> 02:38 PM) Could this thread follow her all the way to the White House in 2012? Quiet Palinista! Hmm, I think I like it.

Was it for PTBNL or cash?

Going for a sweep... I wonder what is on Maury?

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 6, 2009 -> 09:45 AM) Again. Read the article. I read the article. It is circular logic at its best. People have tried to solve Afghanistan. They failed, therefore everyone will fail in Afghanistan. Great. The funny part was in the article they blamed the failure of our government to protect us, which has failed us many times, but they seem to still think they are going to save us all, despite the history that tells us they can't protect us all. The funny thing is, if a stable government had been in Afghanistan, we wouldn't have had to worry about another inevitable security failure in our own government.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 6, 2009 -> 09:27 AM) Read the whole article. IMO there is nothing to gain by staying there but everyone knows I'm the hippie weirdo pacifist. about 3000 American's died on American soil because we ignored the mess there for so long. Not having thousands of American's die in the future to me is the very definition of "something to gain".

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 6, 2009 -> 09:08 AM) - Andy Bacevich, Commonweal. Unanswered? After 9-11?

FWIW, all of the misc Beckham threads have been merged into one ginorous Gordon Beckham lovefest thread. Short of actual news, please put all stuff in here, please!

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Aug 5, 2009 -> 06:35 PM) this constant obsession with Sarah Palin and some birth certificate conspiracy has got to be unhealthy. for both the far right and far left. no one else cares about this stuff. They don't have a catchy media nickname... maybe Palinistas?

Has anyone thought that Jermaine might not agree to DH?

QUOTE (DanksFan @ Aug 5, 2009 -> 02:55 PM) I think the jury is still out on Jayson Nix. He has displayed a very good eye, and 7 HR's, but he has not hit the ball to all fields with authority. He has filled in exceptionally well for Alexei and our #9 spot. With that said, I still think Chris Getz is winning the long-term 2B job. He can't hit right handed pitching. He kills the ball on the inner half and flails at the outer half.

Here is the comparison I have in my head... Robin Yount. A guy who hit tons of doubles, and wasn't afraid to hit with guys on, plus a little bit of pop.

QUOTE (flavum @ Aug 4, 2009 -> 04:04 PM) Beckham addressed Slayer and Bacon today on the Scott Van Pelt show. I think both are bad. http://sports.espn.go.com/stations/player?id=4376688 lol... "I have only seen it on one blog"

QUOTE (WCSox @ Aug 3, 2009 -> 10:27 AM) Beckham has done nothing but kick ass in the 2-hole. I'd move Alexei down to the 8th spot, and bat Getz 9th.

Wait, who is this Beckham guy? I thought he was a soccer player?

QUOTE (rangercal @ Aug 4, 2009 -> 10:51 PM) I am proud to say I was not one of those. I know a few more around here who liked the move as well. I liked the move as I felt a healthy Pods was better than what we were running out there.

YES!!!!

QUOTE (hammerhead johnson @ Aug 4, 2009 -> 09:21 PM) Under normal conditions, probably once or twice. My wife is pregnant, though, so I've been playing with myself a hell of a lot more often than usual. Hmmm, how about hammerhead the johnson?

QUOTE (PlaySumFnJurny @ Aug 3, 2009 -> 10:25 AM) I couldn't agree more, assuming that's what happened (I'm certainly no "capologist"). If the Hawks merely found and exploited a loophole, then they certainly shouldn't be punished for taking advantage of the system; the existing loophole should just be closed. And its true that in order for the NHL to establish wrongdoing, someone in the Hossa camp or Hawks' front office would have to rat themselves out, so I don't see that happening. What's weird is that you'd think a competitive, thriving Hawks franchise would be so good for the league as whole, it would be encouraged and supported rather than attacked, as seems to have been happening lately. Not that they should get a free pass or anything, but this can't be the first time some team has thought of this. Frankly, I have a hard time accepting that the Hawks could be that smart. But some bitter ex-front office personel could be ones to tell...

The thing is a guy like Gomez, could actually be better on grass. He will be able to kill bunts, and guys will have to play in closer to compensate for it.

So is Young a guy who is salvageable?

QUOTE (flavum @ Aug 4, 2009 -> 04:39 PM) Poreda getting roughed up for the Beavers. http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...srcaaa_poraaa_1 [snickers]

So maybe he means would you rather have Pods plus the $10,000,000 in salary, or Crawford? (I hope that is what he means!)

Happy Birthday Greg!

QUOTE (3 BeWareTheNewSox 5 @ Aug 4, 2009 -> 03:34 PM) I LMAO!!!