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QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 26, 2009 -> 01:37 PM) Huet is the lesser of two evils. Let's be real here. The guy had freaking 2 months off and they expect him to jump into the middle of a series against the Stanley Cup Champions and be a wall? I don't think so. It was bad luck that Khabibulin got injured. I'm no fan of having Huet the next 2 years at $5.65 million, but Campbell for another SIX years at $7.14 million? That's going to get in the way of keeping at least one player we really want to... I believe Huet signed a 4 year deal.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 26, 2009 -> 05:42 PM) This is unimportant. IN 1991, the coalition armies could have danced their way to Baghdad if they wanted to. After the ground assault, the Iraqi Army was broken, their tanks were gone, their soldiers were surrendering by the hundreds of thousands. Even the crack, well equipped "Republican Guard" for all practical purposes had been obliterated. The first President Bush made the choice that ripping down the government would destabilize the region more (see: 2003-present) and chose not to take Baghdad. The defeat was so complete that the Iraqis gave up a huge amount of military sovereignty; they allowed the U.N. to dismantle their WMD programs (and they did in fact do so) and no-fly zones were established covering like 1/2 of that country. Thanks for the assist B. I had my first Planning Comission meeting tonight, and had to prepare.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ May 26, 2009 -> 05:25 PM) SS2k, Who in the world said the same thing about the Iraq army? (I know not to trust Wikipedia, but Im lazy and I dont get paid for this) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_count...f_active_troops North Korea is #5. Iraq is #21 (although it says under Saddam they had 400k). 1.19mil is a lot larger than 400k The US active army is only 1.4mil, Russia 1.2mil US had approximately 3x the army of Iraq. US would only have 200k more army than NK. Not to mention the US army is around the world, the NK army is located in one area. I really seem to recall that Iraq had something like the 6th or 7th biggest army in the world during the original Gulf War numbering something like a million people. I don't have time to look now, but I remember that for some reason.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ May 26, 2009 -> 04:53 PM) What army is going to be the first into NK? The estimates are NK has a 1mil+ standing army. They may not have the most sophisticated weaponry, but its still a lot of manpower. They said the same things about Iraq, and they folded like the Cubs in October, twice. I truely believe that if the NK army saw how SK lives, they would throw down their arms and surrender quickly. Right now the propaganda and the lack of outside world info really holds them in line. If their army got past that and really saw how bad they have it, things would change quickly and the government would collapse if the military wasn't on Il's side.

QUOTE (lostfan @ May 26, 2009 -> 03:24 PM) That is just awesome.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 26, 2009 -> 02:28 PM) You guys really are obsessed with them aren't you? Kinda like the left wing with Fox.

Write in...

Allen is currently putting up his most consistant performance at any stop in the minors hitting in the middle of the Birmingham murders row. Allen is checking in at .292 with 6 homers and 27 RBI through 42 games played this year. He only has 28 strike outs this year in 161 ABs which is only one every 5.75 ABs, by far a career low rate in his time in the minors. His 18 walks average out to one every 8.94 ABs. Those two things average out to a K/BB ratio of 1.56, which is also by far the best he has seen so far. The power numbers are a bit lower, but he is also in the worst park to hit homers in the entire Sox system. This OBP is up to .365, with a slug of .497 for an OPS of .862. Most publications, including FutureSox are rating Allen as a borderline top 5 prospect in the White Sox system currently. The upside of Allen is that as we speak he is only 23 years old and close to completing one whole year in AA. He has plenty of time to finish developing what has been projected by most to be 30 homer power at the major league level.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 26, 2009 -> 01:34 PM) Especially considering the state of their bullpen. I believe in their case you have to refer to it as a "bullpen".

Well it will be interesting to see if the Hawks man up tonight or go home a beaten team.

QUOTE (Texsox @ May 26, 2009 -> 11:48 AM) You are correct that most of the time, in fact the overwhelming majority of the time, that honesty is the best policy. But, there are times when I find lying acceptable. Examples include "We are not planning an invasion", "We do not negotiate with terrorists". etc. I would guess we agree on that. The best outcome of this is for NK to be disarmed. The disservice would be to do nothing. On that we all can agree. That is especially beneficial to the billions of people within range of their missiles. If in the process of achieving that agenda item, the disarming of a nuclear Korea, lies are told, I'm comfortable. If, as you seem to be suggesting, and also sadly within the realm of possibility, the UN response is to lie and say there is no threat, *and* do nothing, then again, we will agree 100%. That is beyond wrong. Actually you suggested the UN is lying at the very beginning of this about the NK nuclear program actually being shutdown. Personally I really doubt it, but if it were true, it would explain the culture of corruption that goes on there.

QUOTE (CanOfCorn @ May 26, 2009 -> 11:46 AM) He just needs to steal some bases...or at least scare teams into thinking he still can. I honestly think that fear is exactly why Alexei keeps getting fastballs to hit when Pods is on base.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 26, 2009 -> 10:54 AM) Considering the attack campaign against Justice Sotomayer started the moment Souter announced his retirement, I think you're right, and I think that she'll have hte hardest time of any potential nominee. If she doesn't put on a Roberts-like performance in her confirmation hearings, then we're going to get the beautiful spectacle of 40 or so white males lecturing a hispanic woman for hours on end about the evils of abortion on the floor of the Senate. I think this will genuinely be a 58-41 cloture vote. QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 26, 2009 -> 11:13 AM) The appellate court judge who ruled against the MLB owners and helped bring an end to the strike of 1995? Sonia Sotomayer. Sounds like the sanctification process started at about the same time.

QUOTE (Texsox @ May 26, 2009 -> 11:28 AM) As I suspected, we are thinking about two different things. I do agree with your example. But I'm not certain where you get the bolded. That was not my intent. The lives of those billions should be an agenda item for the US, and the UN. So much so that in the process of protecting those billions of people a lie needs to be told, so be it. I'd rather have the lie, than a nuclear armed North Korea. And I am not in favor of all lying, and certainly not for the corruption in the oil for food program. I will agree with most all of your examples, and there are many. However, there is a time and the place. Talk like 'we're not planning an invasion" while planning the invasion, is a perfect example of what I mean. It is acceptable for the US military and should be acceptable for a UN peace keeping force made up, in part, of US troops. Yes they are lying, but I believe it is acceptable. The lie here is exactly what I am talking about. If the UN is saying there is no nuclear program, while there is, they are doing a diservice to the billions of people within thousands of miles of NK that could be hit by their current missiles tipped with nukes.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 26, 2009 -> 11:10 AM) Iraq is a wonderful counter-example here...because while "Containment" may have been a poor policy there...look at what the alternative got us. Iraq is better today than it was under Hussien. It might not be ideal, but it is better, no matter what the liberal blogs say. The UN had no part in that, in fact, they could very easily be blamed for bringing it to the point where W felt an invasion was necesary. It is very easy to imagine a scenario with no money, where his regime collapses under its own weight and is replaced with something in the middle of what history has given us.

QUOTE (Texsox @ May 26, 2009 -> 11:00 AM) Better yet, allow me a concrete example. I believe it is our best interest that North Korea does not possess a nuclear bomb. That makes it an agenda item for the US. I believe it is in the world's best interest that North Korea not possess a nuclear bomb. That should make it an agenda item for the UN. If for example, the US announcing that they believe NK has stopped research, in order to perhaps flush them out, or make them careless, a little diplomatic lie is acceptable. I give the UN the same opportunity to use that strategy. And the billions of people within range of their balastic nuclear missiles be damned. Nope. I don't buy that the UN should be purposefully lying to the world. I really believe that when you start to blur that line, it is when you open yourself up for being no better than the countries you are trying to stop from destroying each other. Look no further than the oil for food program. I am sure they had a great reason for that little white lie, but it does no good for the people murdered in Iraq by the enabling of Hussein for decades.

Looks like the BMOC is closing the door on Jake Peavy http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20...rtnerId=rss_cws

We are 5.5 games out with 3/4 of the season to go. We are still "in" it. Teams have come back from way further back against better teams.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ May 24, 2009 -> 10:11 AM) So I finished 127 of 3500 runners in the Mad City Marathon. 92 minutes was pretty good for me. Tough, hilly course, too, and my reward: nickel-sized blood blister on my right big toe. Congrats man, that is impressive.

QUOTE (Texsox @ May 26, 2009 -> 10:27 AM) Isn't that what the US does as well? It seems every country makes announcements while doing something else. The first examples that comes to mind are moldy oldie, but we denied ever targeting Castro for execution. We denied having operations in Cambodia during Viet Nam. You do not tip your hand fully to the other side. That only backs up my claim that the UN is not functioning how it is supposed to if it has agendas like countries do.

QUOTE (Texsox @ May 26, 2009 -> 10:09 AM) I always assumed it was more a diplomatic front, than an actual belief. Well if the UN is willing to lie to billions of people under the guise of "diplomacy" that really says all you need to know about that particular organization. It probably goes a long way towards explaining the corruption that has racked it recently as well.

QUOTE (lostfan @ May 26, 2009 -> 08:23 AM) Obama to nominate Sonia Sotomayor as his pick, a Hispanic and a woman. Let the games begin. What are the odds of an arbitrary Republican filibuster? So here is the big question... How much in back taxes does she owe?

So the Sox are 20-24, and 5.5 games behind Detroit in 4th place. The Cubs are 21-22 and 5 games behind Milwaukee in 4th place... Who has the better chance at winning their division? Will both or neither win?

Very nice. Thanks for sharing that!

I just saw the replays from yesterday... Is there any bigger embarrassment in professional sports than the 7th inning stretch at Wrigley? Good god, find a tape of Harry doing it, and retire the whole celeb thing, except for maybe special occasions. It is a complete joke now.