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A couple of notables that have been missed ( I think anyway) The Smurfs Get that Pigeon The Great Grape Ape The Archies Dukes of Hazzard

QUOTE(YASNY @ Feb 26, 2008 -> 07:44 AM) Sorry about yesterday folks. I had listened to 3 hours of Rush on my drive back from Texas and was feeling unusually snarky. 3 hours of Geddy Lee would make me angry as well

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Feb 25, 2008 -> 10:27 PM) I find that completely illogical. On a personality level, you find a candidate distasteful, but if her platform and views are so much more in line with those of the person you are supporting, how can you just shrug and be ok with someone with a radically different ideology winning in November? In the various conservative circles, you can bet there's a lot of talk about holding your nose and pulling the handle for McCain even if he's not an ideal candidate in a lot of people's minds. The Democrats and liberal-leaning independents need to be able to do the same thing if it comes to it. For some people there is more than just platform type stuff to decide how to vote. Character does matter to some people. I'll bet there are a lot of people who believe in the same platform as GWB who would probably never vote for him again.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Feb 22, 2008 -> 04:36 PM) So when exactly do you want the Sox to make their Home Opener? June? The Sox home opener in '05 (April 4th) is still one of the most pleasant games I've ever attended. Was it 2003 or 2004 that was 35 degrees and downpours... that was special.

http://www.sportsnetwork.com/default.asp?c.../AAN4133658.htm

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tom-blumer/20...go-unchallenged

QUOTE(elrockinMT @ Feb 25, 2008 -> 12:04 PM) I see from MLB.com reports that now the Red Sox are reportedly ready to sign Colon to a minor league deal. What happened to the W. Sox supposed interest? Or does MLB have the color wrong? The White Sox rumors the second time around weren't true.

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Feb 25, 2008 -> 11:33 AM) I dont get it. Why is it so hard to understand that Boras is going to take Crede to free agency and get him paid like the top 3B in free agency? The Sox arent gonna pay that money. Move on. Get over it. Fields is the man who is taking his place. End O' Story Bingo. Its not that the Sox don't like Crede, its that they know there is a zero chance of him being a White Sox in 2009. You get what you can for him and move on.

QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Feb 25, 2008 -> 09:50 AM) Perhaps you could tell me where the "rush to publication" happened? It certainly wasn't mentioned in the Public Editor/Ombudsman's piece. So I'm just curious as to how you know all about the inner workings of the New York Times editorial board. Post 1564 in this thread, Balta posted a link to a story about just that.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Feb 24, 2008 -> 05:46 PM) Bravo. HEY! Obama stole that from me! I was saying that months ago!

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Feb 24, 2008 -> 04:44 PM) Because someone else scooped them and they had to break it. There's no other reason. And, BTW, I think there's more out there that the press is holding on to. It happens every cycle. Exactly. The only reason they ran the article now, is because someone else was going to beat them to it. Otherwise they were self-admittedly going to sit on it.

QUOTE(SoxAce @ Feb 25, 2008 -> 12:44 AM) We need another "The Continuing Decline of _________ (insert player name)" thread. Nah, we need more "mutherf***ing dips*** ass" type threads... there isn't nearly enough angry people on Soxtalk

Buehrle with a combination of a good year and a recharged offense could make a Cy Young run.

QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Feb 24, 2008 -> 02:21 PM) I never said that. I said that since the story's publication, other news organizations have produced evidence to back up a good chunk of what the Times story alleges. My bet is had McCain not countered by attacking the media instead of the story itself, these other news organizations would not have sought to back up this story. If this was to have maximum damage effect on McCain for the general election, the story would not have blown up in February. It would blow up in October. If they are so left leaning, why wouldn't they blow up McCain, easily the most electable candidate, just before South Carolina or Florida? This way a much weaker Romney or Huckabee could have gotten the GOP nod. That's just it, is the most electable if the NYT has a hand grenade to throw in his lap?

QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Feb 24, 2008 -> 01:22 PM) Here's what I'm asking that you fail to mention - if they have such a huge liberal bias, why wouldn't they have ran this story at a time that would have made a difference? Do you think anybody is going to remember what the New York Times said about John McCain in February? And what the public editor (ombudsman) of the New York Times said, was that the problem of the story had more to do with the fact that it insinuated an affair that the Times had no proof of. Its hides the point of the story, which was that Senator John "Take on the Special Interests" McCain had a special relationship with lobbyists who were working on behalf of John Paxson - who was trying to clear regulatory hurdles to buy a TV station. This is something that the Senator now denies but did admit to during a 2002 deposition. So he's either lying now about some or all of the article, or committed perjury. Either or. The New York Times story was pretty poorly written, however there are other reports which have come out recently that back parts of the story up. Notably from Newsweek as well as the conservative leaning UK paper, The Times and the liberal leaning UK paper, The Guardian. Not if they thought a Democrat would have an easier time beating McCain than anyone else. You yourself said the only reason they ran the story was because another paper was about to run it. Have you asked yourself exactly what they were waiting for to run the story? Could it be later in the election cycle when the candidates have already been picked, and it would have a maximum damage effect on McCain for the general election?

Manny Ramirez, in the last year of his 6 year, $120 million contract, has switched to Scott Borass for his agent.

QUOTE(shipps @ Feb 24, 2008 -> 10:11 AM) I really hope Richar gets his papers situated so he can beat out both of those guys for the starting job.He has a higher ceiling and a brighter future than any of our second basemen. The writing is on the wall for Danny. He is buried. Does he have an option left?

Per his appearence on Meet the Press this morning...

The NYT public editor basically slammed his own paper today for the McCain chop job...

QUOTE(Athomeboy_2000 @ Feb 23, 2008 -> 03:14 PM) Hillary is pissed at an Obama mailer... http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/...lary.speech.cnn Here's the problem, the mailers are ACCURATE. She, or at the very least her campaign, did say that universal healthcare is mandatory and she could "garnish wages" and NAFTA has been great for America. By the way.. she is saying Obama is using "Karl Rove" tactics... yep, her campaign has been COMPLETELY clean with positive factually accurate mailers. I swear if I hear "Shame on Barack Obama" one more time, I am going to flip out. That whole thing about attack Dems just goes back to more of the massive Clintonian Hypocrasy, or does she not remember slamming Obama on Rezko? But that isn't attacking fellow Dems, right?

Happy Birthday Steve-O

I really hope Alexei Ramirez wins the second base job over Uribe. I don't want to see Ozuna win it, because he is much more valuable off of the bench.

They had an interview with Javy, and he said almost that exact thing...

No big surprise there...

QUOTE(Jenks Heat @ Feb 22, 2008 -> 02:20 PM) The problem with the recap spolier info is that the person in the coffin may not even be revealed to us as of yet and could cause Jack to turn into the Season 3 finale Jack. The assumption you make is a good one and leaves only one person. Why a funeral in Caifornia then? That's the great thing about this show. They lead you totally down a path to believe something, then out of no where... *WHAP* They totally pull the rug out from under you. Look no further than Kate telling Jack that she had to leave the airport before "he" missed her. Everyone assumed the "he" was Sawyer. Now it looks to be Aaron. With LOST!, things are never the obvious answer.