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QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 9, 2008 -> 02:56 PM) I'm getting very nervous about job security in these times. Everyone should be. If companies don't have money to operate, they fire people. Its pretty much that simple. There is a common though that the bailout is only for Wall Street, but if the business you work for doesn't have cash to function, they cease to exist, and so does your job.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 9, 2008 -> 12:38 PM) So, there is some backstory here...the guy instituting this policy will still perform evictions, but only if the bank provides documentary proof that the people he's evicting actually have been notified and given 120 day warnings. The idea is to avoid the mess where a person goes in to foreclosure and either isn't told at all before they're evicted or even worse when a property owner goes in to foreclosure and the people he's renting to wind up being evicted despite having paid their rent in full and no warning given to them whatsoever. Don't see how it's inappropriate for a bank performing an eviction to follow the laws even if that makes it a little more expensive for them. So why are we penalizing the banks and not the landlords?

I would be more interesting to see if anyone felt the person who won the debate was NOT the person they were going to vote for?

QUOTE (MurcieOne @ Oct 8, 2008 -> 11:22 AM) If this were a serious "im gonna f*** this guy up" kind of move... I'd agree. If he took a s***, and used the s*** as paint... and then painted "cubs suck" in s*** on the guys garage... I'd be more upset. However, this seems like a playful poking match between neighbors. It seems light hearted, no damage really done... I applaud the creativity. Exactly. Even if the fans of the teams had been reversed, you have to give the guy his props. That is excellent work for a spectacular practical joke.

Happy Birthday Boys

Most excellent work!

QUOTE (Texsox @ Oct 8, 2008 -> 09:46 AM) Yeah. those 30,000 fans at the game were not enough. I'm certain it totally ruined Buehrle's night when he went to high five Logan and he wasn't there. Or needed a pat on the ass from Broadway and he was gone. I'm certain Junior missed that ball over his head because there wasn't enough guys on the clubhouse couch rooting for him. Comparing professional players to little league players needing their moms and dads is silly. They manage to play almost an entire 162 game season (minus Sept.) without extras in the clubhouse and on the bench. Yeah, it is a great experience hanging out. Fans would pay $$ for that opportunity. It is totally cool to see all the behind the scenes stuff. And parties are always better with a crowd. But that comes at an expense. There are no free lunches. And point to someone on this team who benefited from being in the clubhouse, but not on the roster, during the playoffs in 2005. Was Danks ever hanging around a playoff locker room? And how many AAAA players need to be hanging around? Eight? Eleven? Twenty? Are we really thinking they would have won even another game with more guys hanging out in the clubhouse? If you can't see the future benefit of observing people doing your job at the highest level, I'm not sure what else there is to argue about.

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Those evil speculators are at work again... http://www.businessandmedia.org/articles/2...1007163408.aspx

Discuss amongst yourselves.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...8091202415.html

NO more questions? We are about to close these and send them on the respective players!!!

I wonder if this is the same Russian team that was offering Ben Gordon a contract...

QUOTE (The Critic @ Oct 7, 2008 -> 07:45 AM) Shooter McGavin: I eat pieces of s*** like you for breakfast!!! Happy Gilmore: You eat s*** for breakfast??? Shooter: .........NO........ thank you, thank you.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Oct 7, 2008 -> 07:26 AM) for the time being. and they know the next president of the usa probably won't re-invade. kinda smart on their part. The next President could send a lot more troops if the situation continues to deteroirate.

So if the problem is lack of regulations, how come Iceland, and the EU, which are WAY more regulated than the US are having the same collapse of banking? http://www.fool.co.uk/news/your-money/savi...-in-crisis.aspx http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Business/...g_Funke_Resigns http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/cont...global+business

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Oct 6, 2008 -> 08:19 PM) Jagerbombs...I f***ing shower in that s*** You shower in s***?

Interesting. I wonder if they finally realized the way to get rid of Americans in their country was to stop the fighting?

I'm officially down 11 pounds now. I wouldn't mind going back down another 10ish. I don't have any real goal, more of just a few changes. I have no real interest in donig the formal "diet" routine, but at the sametime, I wanted to shed a bit.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Oct 6, 2008 -> 06:49 PM) In a properly run Scout program, I can't think of an example where they are told not to. Perhaps there is one. But I can't think of a time they come to an activity and told to just sit in another room and watch and *maybe* someday you'll have a chance to do this. But I only have 20 years into the program And that is really a side note. How important is it to win, and how important is it to get AAAA players time hanging on the clubhouse couch while the rest of the team takes the field? I believe winning is far more important than player development during the playoffs. That is what September call ups are for. Anything that helps the 25 man roster prepare to play is good, anything that detracts from that is bad. If Broadway and Logan hanging around helps the team win, I'm for it. If Mark said he needs Logan in the clubhouse, than Logan whoulsd be in the clubhouse. But I've never heard that. I agree it is good experience for the developing players, but at what expense? Obviously they can't have every minor league player hanging out, so how many is the correct number? The more the merrier? I don't know. But I really can't get too worked up that someone who may never be on a playoff roster for the Sox didn't watch the game on the clubhouse couch. And I would use Danks as an example also. He watched Mark then put what he observed immediately into play. Day in and day out. A couple games would not have made that same difference. And for some of the guys that are called up in September, that is the time for that experience, not adding to the carnival of the playoffs. Again, not dismissing the value to the minor leaguers, but not seeing any value to the 25 man roster and their goal of winning. They are going to get a chance to try, just not right at that exact second. Don't forget we shut down Danks for pretty much all of September07, and guess where he sat for pretty much that entire month. Mentoring is very important to the future of the team. Maybe it doesn't pay dividends that second, but it does down the road, which is why you do it. In the same vein, what benefit do you get out of being a scout master in that very second its happening? Does it improve some skill of yours? No. It is teaching the kids life lessons, just like the next generation of ballplayers learn valuable lessons hanging out with winners.

What a great season. This team really grew on me, probably because of the overachieving thing, but this team had a lot of personality. Some groups that come through don't really offer a lot of extra reasons to root for them, besides the results on the field, but this one sure did. I think it ranks up there with the 1990 group that came out of no where and seemed to have a ton of fun doing it. It will be interesting to see what the mad scientist has in-store for us this off season, and what shape this group will take in 2k9.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Oct 6, 2008 -> 04:03 PM) My point is this is time to get a job done, in Boy Scouts we would have the kids actually participating, not sitting on the sidelines or on a couch far away. So if Broadway declined an offer to actually play, then the analogy would hold true. But to think the Sox need Logan and Broadway to cheer them on or support them seems silly to me. A locker room full of hanger-ons seems like a distraction, not a help. Guys that made a contribution during the year like CQ or JC, make sense, AAAA players can stay home. So every scout participates everytime in every activity? That's news to me. Ask John Danks what a year of hanging around Mark Buehrle did for him.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Oct 6, 2008 -> 09:28 AM) I'm certain Buehrle misses having Broadway around. To me it seems like a distraction having some AAAA guys hanging around like some fan-boys. If they ain't on the roster, they are taking up space and breathing oxygen that they didn't earn. If 40,000 fans aren't enough, and they really need Logan for support, the team is really f***ed. Come on, dammit, we really need those guys close by, in the clubhouse on the couch, they aren't helping at home on a couch. GMAFB Come on, you of all people should understand the value of having the younger group hang around the people who have been there to learn how to behave and think like big leaguers. If not, you are probably wasting your time and effort in the boy scouts.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Oct 5, 2008 -> 10:43 PM) Where's our Danks? Which one?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 6, 2008 -> 10:59 AM) Ok, so let's start giving week by week and month by month odds on when "Bailout 2: Electric Boogaloo" is proposed. I have already heard the first rumbling that the bailout wasn't big enough. Anyways, fun factoid of the day 494 of the SP 500 stocks are down today.