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QUOTE (Texsox @ Sep 25, 2008 -> 08:34 AM) Ozzie needs to put on roller skates and call it the roller dome There is an idea. We could take them in a roller derby... http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/footb...,5348645.column

So do you think there is still a rift between Clinton and Obama? I still think they want Barack to lose so Hill can run again in '12. http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/20...clinton-do.html

QUOTE (Texsox @ Sep 25, 2008 -> 08:30 AM) I'm too busy to be miserable, but I wish Nuke would post more and Change his screen name to NukeMinny I'm really hating that team. I'll understand fans of the Sox and Cub, Bear Packer fans, UT and A&M fans long before I will understand fans of Minny and Sox. I'd settle for NukeTheDome. We are 1-7 there this year, and 7-2 at USCF against the Twins. Talk about home field advantage.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 25, 2008 -> 08:29 AM) Wow. OK, maybe I'll be able to stick with 670 the whole way. Thanks. If not, take this with you. http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/cws/schedu..._affiliates.jsp

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QUOTE (Texsox @ Sep 25, 2008 -> 08:27 AM) Thank you Annie Why not. If we want to kill ourselves, we might as well be truely miserable before doing it.

... I just stick out my chin, and grin, and say... the sun'll come out tomorrow!

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I wish I had some photoshop skillz, because I would have two things done... First I would take the Tribs pic of Vazquez from yesterday of him rubbing his head in frustration and put the caption "Nickels for Neuticals, don't let this happen to someone you know" and second I would be photoshopping Jermaine Dye and Jim Thome onto a milk carton with a caption about the Sox offense going missing, if found return to the Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 10:03 PM) Why would you not watch this game? It's the most important game of the season. You've watched over 150 games to get to this point, and you're going to chicken out now? QFT.

You all have upset the Rally Crede :

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 02:26 PM) If I'm a professor, I want the answer to the poli 401 question at the poli 401 level. If I'm a voter, I want a candidate who can answer above a poli sci 101 level too. It's not about sophistication or bulls***, its about knowing and understanding the actual issues. It's pretty clear that she doesn't. And that is an unmitigated bad thing. There is always this too. Just because she gives a 101 answer, doesn't mean she doesn't know it on a 401 level. You risk alienating a lot more people the more detail you get into. Its the same reason Obama stayed vague for the first year of his campaign, and ran for President after two years in Congress instead of 6. The less that other party has to pick apart of your record, the better.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 09:23 PM) I'm willing to believe you're right on that, and still say that the bailout as currently proposed is a horrid idea. First of all, doing it in one gigantic sum is a terrible idea. Secondly, structuring it in ways that we're bailing out foreign banks, we're bailing out banks that aren't in trouble, we're not getting anything in terms of quality assets for it is a terrible idea. Everything about this just stinks to me. I get this feeling from this whole proposal that it's like we've got a couple of bank robbers tearing apart a bank, and suddenly they hear police sirens in the distance so they decide to try to grab everything they can and get out as fast as they can before the cops get there. Congressman "Baghdad is like a Market in Indiana" Pence had another good one. That's what happens when members of Congress gets millions and millions of dollars from an industry. Both of these campaigns and Congress are so intertwined into the banking industry its no shock to me that the checkbook is open.

I had never actually heard Barney Frank speak before last night, I am glad to see that Elmer Fudd still lives on, just a little more angry and partisian.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 09:01 PM) The good news with AIG was as a nation we still got that 80% stake in the company. Which means we can hold it, take some losses now, but once things settle, sell off the assets and make a profit on it. The real problem here is that the stuff we'd be buying with that $700 billion right now is basically worthless. We'd be trying to say that the government can better judge the value of that stuff to be high than the market can right now. We're not getting anything that has tangible value for it if we buy it at the inflated prices that are necessary to shut down the mess. There really is no difference between the worthless paper that makes AIG worthless and the worthless paper that makes the $700 billion worthless. Its the same commercial papers, just on a larger scale. We are getting the samething, just with a nameplate on the front door.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 03:54 PM) Here's the problem with that idea. The bailout is horrible policy. Most polls show people don't like it. The stock market is hurting but isn't completely in the tank. Most people aren't stupid, they realize this. They saw other bubbles burst like in 2001 and know that we didn't spend a trillion dollars bailing things out then. Polling data pretty well confirms that. There's no reason this needs to be done during the pressure of a presidential election. The Fed still has $200 billion or so in reserves left, if they genuinely need more the Congress can authorize a much smaller buyout package to tide things over a little while longer and buy some time. This is one instance where I say flat out f*** the polls. Sometimes there are more important things. I don't think people grasp fully what a collapse of the financial sector would mean for their lives. They do need to fix this. I don't know if the bailout is the right answer, but I have yet to see anyone come up with something better.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 03:57 PM) Reid calls McCain: A Democratic source says Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid just called John McCain, and told him on the phone that it "wouldn't be helpful" for him to return to Washington. This is the same Reid who just a week ago said he didn't know what to do, right? Yeah ummm...

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 06:28 PM) Oh Goodie. Everything I've read or heard about this thing since it was proposed is screaming "Horrible idea." Bottom to top. Of course its fuzzy. If they gave us the real total, people would freak out. I will say it today, before this is all said and done, it costs us over 2 trillion dollars. I said a trillion a couple of months ago, and looking at it, it is way worse.

QUOTE (jackie hayes @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 02:20 PM) It's my opinion that Gramlich warned against subprime mortgages? It's my opinion that the Comptroller of the Currency exempted national banks from local and state legislation on predatory lending? It's my opinion that the GOP controlled Congress until very recently? Or is it merely my opinion that 2006 (when McCain supported S.190) came after 2001-2003 (when, you say, it was too late for any Dem reaction to be meaningful)? If you want to insult me (and I understand that, as an admin, that's your right, glacial daverfication and all that), at least say something coherent. And since we're sharing what we'd like to see each other do, I'd like to see you make one argument that consists of something more than parroting whatever extreme right-wing talking head you sought out that morning. You don't think my statements contribute anything, that's fine. Believe me, the feeling is mutual. You kill me. You want statements other than my own and I give you statements from other people, and you say they are still not enough. I ask for you for the exact samething, and you STILL haven't gone out and gotten one statement that isn't your own. Talk about parroting, that's all you have done, except you just keep repeating yourself. If you aren't going to even live up to your own standards, there really isn't a point.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 02:13 PM) GMAB. What's he going to do Friday night that will magically fix everything? I deleted it. I knew what your reaction would be as soon as I posted it. I'm not going down that road.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 02:09 PM) LMAO The demise of the McCain/Palin ticket before our eyes. never mind

McCain Calls for a Delay of Friday’s Presidential Debate America this week faces an historic crisis in our financial system. We must pass legislation to address this crisis. If we do not, credit will dry up, with devastating consequences for our economy. People will no longer be able to buy homes and their life savings will be at stake. Businesses will not have enough money to pay their employees. If we do not act, ever corner of our country will be impacted. We cannot allow this to happen. Last Friday, I laid out my proposal and I have since discussed my priorities and concerns with the bill the Administration has put forward. Senator Obama has expressed his priorities and concerns. This morning, I met with a group of economic advisers to talk about the proposal on the table and the steps that we should take going forward. I have also spoken with members of Congress to hear their perspective. It has become clear that no consensus has developed to support the Administration’s proposal. I do not believe that the plan on the table will pass as it currently stands, and we are running out of time. Tomorrow morning, I will suspend my campaign and return to Washington after speaking at the Clinton Global Initiative. I have spoken to Senator Obama and informed him of my decision and have asked him to join me. I am calling on the President to convene a meeting with the leadership from both houses of Congress, including Senator Obama and myself. It is time for both parties to come together to solve this problem. We must meet as Americans, not as Democrats or Republicans, and we must meet until this crisis is resolved. I am directing my campaign to work with the Obama campaign and the commission on presidential debates to delay Friday night’s debate until we have taken action to address this crisis. I am confident that before the markets open on Monday we can achieve consensus on legislation that will stabilize our financial markets, protect taxpayers and homeowners, and earn the confidence of the American people. All we must do to achieve this is temporarily set politics aside, and I am committed to doing so. Following September 11th, our national leaders came together at a time of crisis. We must show that kind of patriotism now. Americans across our country lament the fact that partisan divisions in Washington have prevented us from addressing our national challenges. Now is our chance to come together to prove that Washington is once again capable of leading this country.

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